I Was Once a Legend

Chapter 192 Circus Show

Password already given to me?

Dong Zheng glanced back, the multi-legged girl was helping the caterpillar to smoke, the braided girl was feeding food into the mouth on the back of her head, the mouthless girl was hiding in the corner with her head down, the dwarfs were standing on the stool, the two-headed man’s The two heads were talking in a low voice, and the mermaid stared at him with her chin resting, her blue eyes full of affection.

He lowered his head and continued to look at the combination lock, feeling a rising sense of oppression, as if he could no longer breathe.

Is this what they say time is running out?

After pondering for a moment, Dong Zheng dialed the combination lock.

7, 8, 1.

He pressed the small button next to the combination lock, and it clicked softly, and the lock opened.

Dong Zheng pushed open the door.

wow-

Water poured in overwhelmingly.

"Look! He escaped!" Water poured into his nostrils, Dong Zheng coughed violently, staggered and knelt on the ground on one knee, he choked out the water in his trachea, wiped his face, and felt the harsh light coming through Light spots left on the eyelids, squinting and opening the eyes.

Countless people were in the auditorium, and the multicolored light illuminated their faces flushed with excitement, and their eyes stared at him, and the enthusiasm in them almost shot out like arrows, stabbing him with cuts and bruises all over his body.

"After being locked up and imprisoned in the water dungeon, contestant No. 1 still escaped within 1 minute! Let us give this escape master the warmest praise!"

Cheers and screams almost toppled the roof of the circus, Dong Zheng looked back, the three-meter-high cylindrical transparent jar was broken with a big mouth, the thumb-thick chain and a dozen or so brass locks sank at the bottom, these Things were originally locked on him.

While talking with the freak show performers in the hall of the mansion, the real him, as a performer, performed a wonderful escape from the water prison for the circus audience. After a long time, he will be drowned alive in the water prison.

Dong Zheng was so soaked that the existence of cold sweat was not obvious. A large pool of water had accumulated on the floor. He stood up and turned his head to see the other escape shows that were performing at the same time.

It seems that all pilgrims have the same experience as him.

He was the first to successfully escape from the mansion grounds. Half a minute later, other people successfully escaped one after another.

Refused to be supported by the masked staff, Dong Zheng walked off the stage alone. He glanced at the auditorium and noticed that there was a gap in the last row surrounded by red cloth.

Suddenly bumping into Dong Zheng's line of sight, Cui Zuojing raised the corners of his lips, then turned around, like a child showing off his belongings, and said to the clown triumphantly: "Look, I said those little tricks will definitely not trap him. of."

The clown nodded: "That's true, okay, you and Victor go to the auditorium with them, it's my turn to perform."

The clown stood up, pressed the red nose on his nose, and showed Cui Zuojing a funny smile that reached to the ear, bent over and lifted the curtain, and walked out.

His steps gradually changed from steady to exaggerated jumping, and his gestures were crazy and ridiculous. At this moment, the laughing clown who was the cleaner disappeared and was replaced by a circus performer clown.

Cui Zuojing hung Tang Dao on his waist, put Victor on the box, and said softly, "Let's go uncle, go find them."

The performance was in full swing, and all sounds were swallowed by the deafening music. Dong Zheng saw that Cui Zuojing calmed down a little, and was alert to possible accidents and dangers. He went backstage and changed into clean clothes under the guidance of the staff.

He was then ushered into the VIP box, which was empty in a row, closest to the stage, with 25 seats, apparently reserved for pilgrims.

When he sat in the VIP seat, all the escape shows were over, only one person failed to come out, Wang Que was almost burned to the hair when he escaped from the mansion, Xia Qiongyun didn't know how he crawled out of the coffin, poor As soon as the sunspot rolled to the side, the fuse burned to the end, and the oil barrel exploded.

Anyway, just like Dong Zheng, they unlocked the combination lock and stepped out of the gate of the mansion, and found themselves out of danger.

"It's a pity that our No. 19 contestant failed to escape. He dedicated his precious life to the stage. Let us give our applause to this brave challenger!"

No one is sad for the sudden loss of a life. The circus tent is filled with frantic excitement, and everything is given the reputation of performing. is the most delicious condiment.

Amid the cheers and constant applause, someone sat down beside him, and colorful psychedelic lights illuminated the boy's side face. Cui Zuojing saw Dong Zheng's still wet hair and asked, "How is it?"

"It's okay." Dong Zheng frowned imperceptibly when he thought of the one-armed boy who deliberately pretended to be Cui Zuojing, "It's just too disgusting."

"This can be regarded as one of the characteristics of the circus. The freak show has existed since the first time I came to the circus. Besides the clown, there is also a strange doctor who is the leader's confidant. He enjoys biological experiments. Many people in the circus Monsters—whether animals or humans—are created by him.”

Dong Zheng nodded, the freak show gave him too much impact, he stared at the performance on stage, and the scene in the mansion was still emerging in his mind.

When the braided girl said "the password has been given to you", he knew that the three numbers needed were hidden in the previous two things.

Butterfly girl said something about the patient's suicide. If she had to ask a question, her question would most likely be "How many sick people are there in the village?"

And the answer to the two-headed man's mystery is even more obvious-when is the leader's birthday?

Among the ten alternative answers given by the dwarf, it happens that the number of days and months are all odd numbers, corresponding to the password only 0-9, which is a choice of numbers.If he thinks right, the number of people who are sick, the month and date of the leader's birthday can just form a three-digit number.

As for the problem of the patient, if there is only one patient in the village, the patient will know that he is the only one who is sick and choose to commit suicide when he observes that no one else is sick on the first day.

If there are two patients, set A and B, both of them will see the other patient when they observe, and they find that the other party has not committed suicide, they will understand that there is not only one patient in the village, and they will know that they must have the same disease. sickness, and suicide.So when there are two patients in the village, they will all kill themselves after the first day of observation.

And if there are three patients, set it to A, B, and C. A will see two patients on the first day of observation, assuming that he is not a patient, then according to the situation of only two patients in the village, B and C will commit suicide on the first day, and on the second day of observation, A finds that B and C If C is still alive, it means that the number of patients must not be 2, and if other people are not sick, he must be a patient.

B and C thought the same as A, so on the second day, the three committed suicide.

If there are four patients, let's say A, B, C, D. A will see three patients on the first day of observation, assuming that he is not a patient, then according to the situation of only three patients in the village, B, C, and D will commit suicide on the second day, and on the third day of observation, A finds that B , C, and D are still alive, which means that the number of patients must not be 3, and if other people are not sick, they must be patients.

B, C, and D thought the same as A, so on the third day, the four committed suicide.

In this way, the recursive reasoning continues, and the final conclusion can be drawn. Let the gunshot sound as the nth day. When n=1, the number of patients is 1 or 2. When n>1, the number of patients is n+1. .

In the story of the Butterfly Girl, the gunshot rang out on the sixth day, indicating that there were seven sick people in total.

As for the issue of the head’s birthday, it’s actually very easy to think about it. The male head knows the exact month, and the female head knows the date, because the female head can’t judge the head’s birthday based on the date alone, so it can be ruled out that only relying on the date can be judged 4 July 7, September 9 two days.

The man knows that the woman knows the exact date, but since he is sure that if he does not mention the month, the woman will not know the answer. By the method of counter-evidence, it shows that the months he knows do not include the ones that can get the final answer as long as he knows the date. April 4 and September 7, i.e. the months will not be April and September.

"If I don't know the head's birthday, you certainly don't know either."

女头从男头的话中推测出可能的月份只剩下了1月和8月，而她说知道了，表明日期值在剩下的选项中是唯一的，排除1月6和8月6号两个。

In the end, there were only three options left: January 1, January 3, and August 1. After hearing the confirmation of the female head, the male head who only knew the month also said that he knew it, indicating that the month can only be the only remaining 9 month, so the leader's birthday is August 8st.

If you get three numbers and combine them into a three-digit password, there are six ways to arrange them.

Dong Zheng judged directly based on the order in which they spoke. The butterfly girl was the first to tell the story, so her answer 7 corresponds to the first, and the month and date of the male and female speakers respectively represent the second and third. password.

That's 7, 8, 1.

Two slightly awkward logical questions, but for Dong Zheng who has already mastered the core ability, it is not too difficult.

There were pilgrims who were just in shock and sat on the honored guests. Cui Zuojing raised his hand to touch Dong Zheng's dripping temples, and he grabbed his hand.

"Why?" The boy stared at him and asked, his dark eyes reflected a different kind of psychedelic color under the light of a different color.

Dong Zheng didn't speak, he pulled Cui Zuojing's hand to his lips, and gently rubbed his knuckles with the corner of his lips.

After he left the mansion, the prisoner link gradually recovered, and now it is no longer abnormal. Both Dong Zheng and Cui Zuojing can clearly perceive the traces of the other party's existence in their consciousness.

Like two stars illuminating each other in the night sky.

Cui Zuojing curled his fingers uncomfortably. There were people all around him. Although the audience was staring at the performance on the stage and no one would pay attention to them in the shadows, the noisy and crowded environment still made him feel a little shame.

However, he didn't insist on pulling his hand back. The warm breath of his breath hit his fingers, which made his heart feel strangely itchy.

Dong Zheng watched the performance intently. The clown was on the stage. Every exaggerated movement and expression caused a burst of laughter. This was the first time Dong Zheng saw a circus performance with his own eyes. .

After going on like this for several minutes, Cui Zuojing heard a small voice next to him: "That... Brother Cui, can I sit here?"

He turned his head and saw that Wang Que, who had packed up and came from the backstage, was hunched over beside him, his excited and restrained eyes couldn't help drifting towards Dong Zheng's corner of his lips, and Xia Qiongyun was behind her, The confused expression of "Whathappened" on the face.

"Yes." Cui Zuojing patted the empty seat next to him and said with a smile, "Why do you ask me specifically?"

Isn't this afraid of disturbing you and Brother Dong... Wang Que sat down silently, picked up Victor who was squatting on the armrest, met Xia Qiongyun's probing and inquiring eyes, and smiled at her with a smile on the corner of his lips Blinked.

The author has something to say: Congratulations to the motherland on its 70th birthday!Happy National Day!

I just made an adaptation of the two questions, I can’t design such a hard-to-think question with my brain orz