Inside the Golden Brilliance Hotel.
The Middle-aged Uncle was dripping with sweat. The only thing he could be certain of right now were the first two digits of the password.
'There were two notices from Qiu Yinong.'
'The first notice stated that starting from number 8, every custor would sequentially move to the room with their current number plus 1. Therefore...'
'The first digit of the password is: 1.'
'The second notice stated that starting from number 1000, every custor would sequentially move to the room with their current number multiplied by 2. Therefore...'
'The second digit of the password is: 2.'
Deducing these two digits was not difficult for him. The real problem was the third arrangent—he had absolutely no clue.
'Let deduce this from the beginning.'
'Assuming the number of rooms is infinite, during the first task, it could be seen as a custor booking Room 1.'
'The guest in Room 1 moves to Room 2, the one in Room 2 moves to Room 3, the one in Room 3 moves to Room 4...'
'This way, Room 1 is left vacant.'
'Assuming that in this hotel, a specific person's number is N, then...'
'He would need to move to Room N 1.'
'N could be 1, or it could be ∞. In other words: ∞ = ∞ 1.'
'By the sa logic, based on Qiu Yinong's second arrangent, it can be concluded that: ∞ = 2∞.'
'Damn it! I've been completely fooled!'
'Qiu Yinong deliberately asked if I had read Das Kapital just to trick into thinking about this problem from the perspective of capital.'
'The next step is to prove...'
'∞ = ∞ * ∞!'
Realizing this, the Middle-aged Uncle hurriedly stepped up to the computer and opened a Form.
He originally intended to use the Form to organize and arrange the tasks, but after thinking it over, he realized the final output had to be sent as a written 'notice.'
Thus, he gave up on using the Form.
'I need to find a pattern.'
'Pri numbers?'
'The pri numbers are:
2, 3, 5, 7, 11...'
'The defining characteristic of pri numbers is that they can only be divided by 1 and themselves.'
'For example, 2 can only be divided by 1 and 2, while 3 can only be divided by 1 and 3.'
'At the sa ti, different powers of pri numbers will yield distinct results. For instance, 2 to the power of 2 is 4, while 3 to the power of 2 is 9.'
'In other words, if countless pop-up windows are represented by an infinite sequence of pri numbers, and the people queuing in each window are represented by the powers of that specific pri number, we would get countless groups, each containing countless unique numbers.'
'Take the first pop-up window as an example. If we represent it with the pri number 3, then the first person in the queue is 3 to the power of 1, the second person is 3 to the power of 2, the third person is 3 to the power of 3... and so on.'
'By the sa logic, the second pop-up window is represented by the pri number 5. The first person in that queue is 5 to the power of 1, the second person is 5 to the power of 2, the third person is...'
'The results of these pri number powers are exactly the room numbers for the infinite queues of custors from the infinite pop-up windows.'
'So, what I need to do now is clear out all the guests currently residing in the rooms numbered as powers of pri numbers.'
'However, there is a serious issue involved here. The previous two room changes are still ongoing. The custors in these pri-power rooms are in the middle of changing rooms...'
He pondered for a mont, then started typing on the keyboard.
'Notice: The following modifications are made to the contents of the first and second notices: When the room exchange cycle lands on a pri number or a room numbered as a power of a pri number, it will be automatically skipped and excluded from the room exchange process.
At the sa ti, guests whose room numbers are pri numbers or powers of pri numbers must imdiately move to the next available room that is neither a pri number nor a power of a pri number, while adhering to the first two arrangents.'
Once the notice was published.
The Middle-aged Uncle kept his eyes glued to the operating interface. Sure enough, the rooms numbered as pri numbers or powers of pri numbers were instantly vacated.
The next step was to deduce the third digit of the Electronic Combination Lock password.
However, just as he was brimming with confidence and preparing to reason it out, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of the computer screen.
Room 8...
It was vacant right now, but according to the booking information, at 18:00, there would be two people...
...moving into Room 8!
The first was: the custor who had booked Room 8 during the first task arrangent.
The second was: the guest assigned to 2 to the power of 3 in the third task arrangent.
He urgently issued another notice.
'Notice: Custors in rooms numbered 10 or below that are either 2 or powers of 2 are exempt from the previous notice.'
He glanced at the ti—17:58. There were only two minutes left until 18:00.
"Phew, thank goodness, it's not 18:00 yet. Otherwise, I might have triggered a trap due to a scheduling error."
"So, the third password digit must be related to pri numbers. The only commonality among pri numbers is that they can be divided by 1."
"Also, the pri number 2 is the only even pri number; all the rest are odd pri numbers."
"Therefore."
"The password is 121 or 122!"
Figuring out which one was the real password put the Middle-aged Uncle in a difficult position.
Just as he was mulling it over...
The clock struck 18:00...
The elevator doors in the lobby slid open, followed by the stairwell doors. Countless furious custors charged out from within.
They flooded the lobby, surging like a tidal wave toward the front desk computer.
The Middle-aged Uncle's heart skipped a beat. Suddenly, as if realizing sothing, he whipped his head toward the notices and opened the 'Notice History.'
There, resting in the history log, was a single entry:
'The custor in Room 1 changed to Room 11 at 17:59:59.'
He vividly rembered that Qiu Yinong had never issued this notice. That ant there was only one possible answer.
She had quietly published it when he went to check the elevator and she took the opportunity to leave.
This notice functioned similarly to a Future Lie. The mont the specified ti arrived, all the previously issued notices and arrangents would be altered by this single command, violently deviating from the correct arrangent.
A rush of blood surged violently through the Middle-aged Uncle's body, coursing through his veins and shooting straight to the crown of his head, making his scalp go numb.
The Middle-aged Uncle was violently torn limb from limb, his flesh scattered in every conceivable direction.
He was as dead as dead could be.
In truth, the difficulty of this Secret Room was quite average. But within an Instance, solving puzzles was rely the surface layer; Infighting was the true core.
If I don't kill you, I don't get Points. Without Points, it is impossible to survive in the 18th Level.
This was a Chain of Suspicion.
In the sa Instance, I can neither bet on your kindness nor can I guarantee that I won't fall into your hands in the future.
Therefore, I must kill you.
...
'Qiu Yinong: 7 minutes and 11 seconds.'
'Li Jianguo: Dead!'
Seeing the results displayed on the door, everyone looked at Qiu Yinong in shock.
The three captains were all Veteran Players who had experienced countless battles. The chances of the Middle-aged Uncle dying in a "normal" difficulty Escape Room Ga were practically zero.
Unless...
He was set up and killed by soone else.
Liu Xing and Geng Hao looked at Chen Ran and Qiu Yinong. Between these two Newbies, one excelled at decoding puzzles and Lie-Judgnt, while the other was a master of disguise and setting lethal traps.
What kind of god-tier duo was this?
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