Those years when I was taken away by the boss

Chapter 169 The Dead End

On the third day of the edge sinking, the temperature rose slightly.

Shu Shi didn't wait for Zhong Ruji to take the initiative, and went to Yigong spontaneously early in the morning.

The sound of the bronze door being pushed was especially subtle. Under the strange gaze of another tasker, Shu Shi moved into Yigong 7 lightly.

But this kind of behavior was obviously unnecessary, as soon as he entered, he saw Zhong Ruji, who was resting against the wall, slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were clear and he was not sleepy at all.

Everyone was awake, so Shu Shi didn't have to be a thief anymore, he rubbed his fingers on the bridge of his nose, and squatted down in front of Zhong Ruji.

Although Zhong Ruji was awake, his face was a bit lazy and tired, and he probably just had a good rest.

Shu Shi thought of his irregular work and rest, and couldn't help saying: "It's still early, why don't you continue to sleep for a while?"

With Zhong Ruji's excellent physical fitness, staying up all night has no effect on him at all.

But thinking about the persona he set up, Zhong Ruji lowered his eyes halfway, his brows loosened at the right moment, and his expression became a little more tired.

He tilted his watch inward, and closed his eyes again after confirming that the countdown was not cut in half. He said in a low voice, "Well, for a while."

Shu Shi supported the ground with his hands, turned around and sat beside him, sending his shoulders over.

The accepted meeting time was nine o'clock, and the two rested together for two or three hours before leaving.

The dividing line has changed again, but it does not affect them going directly to the assembly point.Zhong Rujidai's room is the fourth row, no matter how the board changes, there must be a meeting point in his row.

Since the two lived close to each other, Shu Shi didn't have a chance to see what the board would look like in advance, but it didn't matter, because the rendezvous point had already told them the answer.

There are only seven meeting points, and Sudoku of the Eight Palaces is officially converted to Sudoku of the Seven Palaces.

The draft paper in his pocket didn't disappear with the backpack, Shu Shi took the time to open it and looked at it, and couldn't help but sigh that Zhong Ruji was amazing.

He glanced at the strange dividing line at the assembly point, and said fortunately: "It's a good thing I did it yesterday, otherwise I don't know how much time it would take."

Sudoku of the Seventh Palace is destined to be irregular, so today's board randomly becomes a jagged Sudoku.

"No, NPCs are already overrun." Zhong Ruji said.

Shu Shi came to his senses: "Yeah, luckily the ghost is not as perverted as you, at least Chupan is very friendly."

Zhong Ruji put a bucket of cold water in his pocket to wake him up: "Be careful of being caught crying behind you."

Ghosts can be divided into good and evil, but high-level ghosts don't. All of them are not good things. They don't distinguish between good and evil, they only know how to pretend.Just because you act like a nice guy doesn't mean you're really a nice guy.

The highest level of ghosts, you can know what kind of group they are if you think about it.

Shu Shi didn't answer the call, because people entered the assembly point one after another.

However, he thought that being pitted and crying should not exist, and the high-level people would die at most.

The NPC looked around the room, and the backpack containing the supplies was next to his legs.

The two took their bags and left earlier than the NPC.

Before Shu Shi opened the door and left, he accidentally glanced and saw that the other three were still waiting for the NPC, but the meaning in their eyes was quite different from before.

Previously, their purpose of following the NPC was to get a fixed number, so the emotions in their eyes were calm and peaceful, but now they stared at the NPC with a little murderous intent in their eyes.

This killing intent was not concealed, and there was no need to avoid suspicion. After all, killing an NPC seemed less cruel and cold-blooded than killing one of his own.

Going to see Chupan as usual, Shu Shi holds a pen and paper, and adds a few strokes as he passes through a room. He is not serious when doing these things, not only the movements are somewhat casual, but even the gaze that falls on the paper is empty. They were all scattered, as if they were lost in thought.

Both Shu Shi and Zhong Ruji have a common trait, they are used to keeping silent when encountering difficult situations, and they will talk to others only after they have settled the line.

When Shu didn't speak, Zhong Ruji knew that this person had his own thoughts again.

He competently acted as the guide, slowly waiting for the other party to figure out what happened.

After seeing the whole row of rooms, Shu Shi suddenly regained consciousness looking at the long and short lines on the paper, his expression was still confused.

Zhong Ruji stopped pushing the door, and finally asked, "What did you think of, and you haven't come up with the result for a long time?"

"Well—I thought of a more critical question, you should have thought about it..." Shu Shi paused for a while in the middle of speaking, organized his words before continuing, "According to the current situation, the number of NPCs is too large, occupying too much space. Too many places is equivalent to squeezing the number of living people, their number is a problem, and someone has to solve this.”

"However, there is only one way to solve this problem, and that is to make them disappear and make room for them." He looked at Zhong Ruji.

Zhong Ruji nodded slightly: "So the number of NPCs is being reduced."

Since yesterday, some people have put their minds on NPCs, such as the No. 9 tasker who is still alive, they have just met.

"As mentioned before, if the number of NPCs is not enough, Sudoku will have multiple solutions, but under the laissez-faire of the rules, NPCs will become popular sooner or later." Shu Shi frowned slightly, "Depending on the question you asked, eight The number is enough to determine the only solution, and there are more than 20 NPCs... In this way, it sounds like ghosts are releasing water."

He looked at Zhong Ruji and smiled helplessly: "Do you think this is possible?"

"Based on my many years of experience, it's impossible." Zhong Ruji replied seriously, but there was a bit of interest in his eyes.

He likes to analyze clues while watching Shu Shi, because the other party can always bring him a different experience.

"The mission time limit this time is very interesting, eight days." Shu Shi said, "I figured it out, Sudoku must be at least 4x4."

"According to the law of change, the nine palaces on the first day, the eight palaces on the second day, the seven palaces on the third day, and so on. If it decreases to the sixth day, it will be the four palace Sudoku." He stopped.

This is always said half of the problem is very tricky, but Zhong Ruji is quite useful: "So you are thinking about the changes on the seventh day, but you can't find a reasonable direction?"

Shu Shi nodded heavily.

Perhaps his expression was in sharp contrast to his usual calm appearance, Zhong Ruji was so cute for a moment.

Well, it's probably a cute contrast.

Shu Shi's question got stuck on the key point, and it can be said that he found the dead end of Ming Bureau.

Because it is a dead end, it is unsolvable.If the ghost does not play 3x3, it will give everyone a "surprise" on the seventh day.

Zhong Ruji couldn't force a way out of the unsolvable bright situation. He said frankly: "There is no absolute deadlock at a senior level, although every step we take is in the routine of ghosts. However, being passive does not mean losing."

His voice suddenly softened a lot, but it was not soothing.

This kind of tone is very familiar to Shu Shi, he thought, this man is here again, and he will start again soon.

"Could you be simpler next time when you want to change the subject, don't keep tempting... bewitching me. This makes me look very serious..." Shu Shi poked someone's back with the pen cap and began to mumble, and after a few pokes, it was easy Draw a stroke on paper without delay.

"Correct two points. First, I am the one who is being tempted," Zhong Rujixu pressed the copper doorknob, hooking his chin with his free hand, "Secondly, a kiss will not look indecent, it is really indecent I haven't done it yet."

When Mr. No. 1 in the room heard these conversations, he immediately had a shocked expression on his face.

Shu Shi took away the hand that teased him, raised his eyes to stare at Zhong Ruji's ear, and lost his mind.

Zhong Ruji said again unhurriedly: "If you can't hold back first, don't blame me for not being a man."

Shu Shi quickly retracted his gaze, he couldn't be more serious.

Tsk, the opponent's rank is too high, and our side hastily retreated.

While the two were fighting each other, Mr. No. 1 had already approached them with ghostly steps. With a stiff face, this gentleman reached out to push open the door that had not been opened for Zhong Ruji, and raised his hand indifferently towards the outside. He raised his arm and made a "please" gesture.

Shu Shi: "..."

Zhong Ruji: "..."

The meaning of chasing guests was so strong that Zhong Ruji asked politely: "May I ask, how long have you been single?"

Mr. 1 didn't bother to talk to him.

Shu Shi rubbed his forehead, thinking that you should say a few words less, to irritate people every day.

After two days of dealing with them, Mr. No. 1 was obviously familiar with them. He saw that they didn't even pretend to be pretending, and they didn't cover up their number plates, with an attitude of "what are you doing?"

The other party cooperated so much, Zhong Ruji even wanted to hurt him a few words.

Shu Shi picked up the bag, and pushed Zhong Ruji to the next room without saying a word, lest he get angry with the NPC.

They stepped into the next room with their front foot, and the door was closed tightly on the back foot No. 1.

Shu Shi glanced at the door and couldn't help laughing: "Look, you're mad at him..."

Zhong Dawei didn't change his face: "I think I'm very polite."

"Come on, politeness is politeness, and it's twice as annoying." Shu Shi tapped the back of his hand with a pen, signaling him to restrain himself, and it's time to get back to business.

Zhong Ruji also switched states naturally, almost seamlessly. While scanning the room, he said, "I didn't hear the sound, so there are no living people or NPCs in this room."

After he finished speaking, his figure paused very obviously.

Shu Shi glanced at the corner, and silently added an explanation: "But there are dead people."

"..."