Chapter 32

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Chapter 32: The Police’s Sudden Attack!

Ye Qiu’s ID is named Shixuan, he did not tell anyone his real name.

It’s not that he doesn’t trust Fang Ze and others, but it’s not the right time to reveal his true identity and name.

Ye Qiu wiped the oil stains from the corners of his mouth, "On the way back, I was thinking about the puzzle all along, I think Old Zhang’s idea is correct."

"The first layer has sixteen peaks, and in the story of the dwarf, the size of the wolf is comparable to sixteen peaks."

"So there must be some connection between the two."

"You open the map and carefully look at the positions of these peaks, assume they are points, then connect these points into two lines."

"Finally, when the two lines converge, we will get a pattern."

Fang Ze tried to connect all the points following Ye Qiu’s idea, but unexpectedly ended up with a picture of a wild beast!

"Is this… a wolf?"

Good.

When sixteen mines connect to form a pattern, you can see a wolf-like pattern.

Zhang Qingyan, "That’s the giant wolf as big as sixteen mountains, I see now!"

Fang Ze, "Are you sure?"

Ye Qiu, "I think it’s pretty close."

Fang Ze, "Hmm, if the pattern of the sixteen mountains represents a wolf, then what about the snake coiled around the wolf?"

Ye Qiu fell silent for a moment, having heard about the first layer of decryption in his past life.

But because of the long gap in time, he couldn’t remember much anymore.

Yet he vaguely recalled that the way to unlock the first puzzle lay in two points.

Catch the shape, observe the nature.

Catching shapes is easy to understand, it’s like finding the outline of animals on a map.

Ye Qiu found the wolf using this method, it’s easy to find, just need to think a bit differently and the wolf’s presence can be seen at a glance.

Observing nature is a bit more unclear.

The story of the dwarf specifically emphasizes how wolves are good at deceiving, snakes are chaotic and unclear, and owls are cunning with many tricks.

Deception, chaos, and tricky schemes.

These three are nature.

To solve the mystery, one must focus on unraveling these three natures.

"I’m not sure where the snake is, but have you ever thought about something?"

"Why do the three animals in the story of the dwarf have different personalities even though they just look like animals in the dwarf’s puzzle?"

"For example, the wolf likes to deceive, the snake is confused, and the owl is cunning?"

"I think these three are the key clues to solving the mystery."

"Think about when we first heard the puzzle and when we first saw the story."

"Would you consider the wolf to be lifeless?"

"Clearly, we wouldn’t."

"At first, we all think the wolf is alive, but if there really were wolves so huge, how could we not see them?"

"So, the wolf deceived us, just like the dwarf deceived me; the wolf is not alive, it just represents a shape."

"Thus, the clue to unraveling the wolf is deception and the sixteen peaks mentioned in the story."

"So, following this idea."

"What does the snake correspond to?"

Upon hearing Ye Qiu’s words, Zhang Qingyan couldn’t help but frown, "confusing and unclear?"

Ye Qiu nodded, "That’s one point, but… we’re still missing one."

Fang Ze, "Snake on the earth’s veins?"

Ye Qiu’s eyes lit up, "Yes, that’s it!"

"Wolf corresponds to the mountain peak, snake corresponds to the earth’s veins, wolf’s nature is deceitful, snake’s nature is chaotic!"

"So what if we connect chaos with the earth’s veins?"

Fang Ze, instinctively reaching for nonexistent glasses on his nose, "confusing and unclear… I think I know where the snake is now."

"Wolves are not living creatures, and a snake that can match a wolf in size must also not be a living creature."

"So it’s there on the map too, we just can’t see it right now."

Zhang Qingyan was a bit confused, "If we can’t see the snake, Old Fang, how did you come to this conclusion?"

Fang Ze opened the map, "After playing this game for so long, we should all be aware that the map at night is different from the map during the day."

"During the day, the map is bright, and you can see everything clearly on the ground."

"At night, the map is dark, and you can only see some blurry patterns or large mountain ranges."

"So think about it, seeing clearly during the day but not at night, can we understand it as sometimes clear and sometimes chaotic?"

Zhang Qingyan suddenly realized, "The snake is sometimes clear and sometimes confused, just like our eyes being able to see clearly in the day but not at night."

"Just like daytime and nighttime, one clear and the other murky."

"So snakes can only be seen during the day, because they are chaotic and blurry at night!"

Fang Ze nodded, "Yes, that’s right."

Du Yuan and Brother Watermelon glanced at each other, "What are they talking about over there, did you understand?"

"Not really."

"I don’t know either."

"Is it because we can’t turn our brains around?"

"Possibly."

Fly waved his hand upon hearing this, "It’s not your fault, because I can’t understand it either."

Upon hearing Fang Ze’s decryption idea, Ye Qiu couldn’t help but sigh.

Truly living up to the title of Master of Magic, known for being the top decrypter.

Just a little reminder was all it took for Ye Qiu to start getting ideas.

To be honest, if left to figure out where the snake was on his own, Ye Qiu might not have been able to think of it.

But now, it’s much easier.

After all, the master of decryption is right here.

He just needs to provide some assistance on the side.

"The snake has been found."

"Then how should we go about finding the owl?"

Zhang Qingyan looked directly at Ye Qiu as he spoke, "Following your lead, the owl represents cunning, and also…"

"I’m sorry, I forgot…"

Fang Ze sighed, "The dwarf found a crafty owl among the stars at night."

"So the clue to unravel the owl is the night stars and its craftiness."

"Following the snake’s idea, the owl’s purpose is to keep the snake alert, and the snake’s chaotic and blurry moments are at night."

"Therefore, the owl should appear at night."

"But it’s night now, and apart from wolves on the ground, we can’t see anything else."

When Ye Qiu heard this, he suddenly laughed, he remembered something.

He remembered where the owl was!

Because talking about the owl was particularly funny.

"Owls are birds, and birds can fly. In the dwarf story, it is mentioned that the owl is found searching among the stars at night."

"So, the owl must not be on the ground."

Zhang Qingyan, "Not on the ground… could it be in the sky?"

Ye Qiu chuckled, "Yes, it is in the sky."

Zhang Qingyan scratched his head, feeling puzzled, "How can we see it in the sky? Do we need to look up?"

Ye Qiu shook his head, "Think about it, why does our system map also distinguish between day and night?"

"Doesn’t this seem a bit illogical?"

"The purpose of maps is to help players find their way easily. But if we can’t see the map at night, what’s the point of having it?"

"Why would the developers intentionally design the map this way? What’s the significance behind it?"

"Does the map also have the sun and the moon, and the cycle of day and night?"

"I didn’t understand, didn’t get it, until I casually drew on the map."

Speaking, Ye Qiu suddenly slid the map in front of everyone!

The map flipped in an instant, turning into a pitch-black night sky, with the moon shining brightly and stars twinkling!

Seeing this scene, everyone was amazed!

"This!"

"The map actually has more than one side!"

"A map of the sky?!"

"The map can also flip?!"

"Oh no!"

When it comes to it, in his past life, Fang Ze was stuck on this puzzle for a long time without solving it.

And he was stuck there for a whole five months!

It wasn’t until April Fool’s Day that year when the officials suddenly released an update announcement.

The announcement talked about a lot of things, including expanding the map’s content and allowing players to switch viewpoints to see the sky.

However, after players confirmed it, everything mentioned earlier turned out to be false!

That was just an April Fool’s joke!

But strangely enough, flipping the map was actually true!

Only then did Fang Ze finally solve this last puzzle.

At that time, Fang Ze openly complained about officials intentionally not updating the starmap, so they couldn’t navigate the first level.

Did they not finish the second level and didn’t want players to navigate the first level?

But soon, an old player stood up and said that flipping the map had already been done.

Just not many people had discovered it.

So this time’s update, did not update anything!

This was the famous Fool’s Map Incident from the past life.

This was the only time Fang Ze was publicly embarrassed.

Ye Qiu is still deeply impressed by it.

Fang Ze followed suit and directly flipped the map.

The area shown on the map suddenly turned into a star map!

And on this star map, he saw an image of a giant bird!

That is an owl!

Zhang Qingyan laughed, "So cunning, haha, the official hidden map is indeed full of cunning tricks."

Now all three beasts have been found.

But a new problem has arisen.

Fang Ze, "Wolf, snake, owl, we have found them all, the puzzle is solved, what’s next?"

Ye Qiu paused for a moment.

That’s right?

And then what?

Are you asking me?

How should I know?

Fang Ze thought Ye Qiu had a plan, and Ye Qiu thought Fang Ze had a plan.

The two of them stared at each other, looking confused.

"Yeah, and then what?"

Seeing Fang Ze looking confused, Ye Qiu smacked his forehead, "Looks like I was thinking too simple…"

。。。

Inside the game.

Chen Ye, who had turned into the giant eye of the Creation God, couldn’t help but feel emotional as he kept watching every move Ye Qiu made.

Can we say he’s a remarkable reborn person?

"The dimensional attack from a reborn person is truly terrifying. This move almost directly unraveled 50% of the puzzle."

"Future me, you really have brought me a great gift…"

Just as Chen Ye was feeling emotional.

He suddenly felt like his body in reality was being pulled somehow.

Was this feeling… Ghost Shadow Corps calling out to him?

Chen Ye had once specifically instructed Ghost Shadow Corps.

Therefore, if Ghost Shadow Corps was actively calling out to Chen Ye, there was only one possibility!

"We have a visitor."

。。。

Inside Chen Ye’s rented house.

A group of people wearing black uniforms and carrying standard weapons burst in through the door!

But when they burst in, the person in front of them was not Chen Ye.

It was a Shadow Soldier wearing a scary mask and a black cloak!

The Shadow Soldier’s eyes were bloodshot, looking coldly at the group of intruders in black.

Chen Ye had already left before they broke in.

The Shadow Soldier left behind was a special creation made by Chen Ye himself.

He was different from the other Ghost Shadow Corps, he could speak, selected by Chen Ye himself as a replacement.

"Such a grand display."

Shadow Soldier suddenly spoke with a hoarse voice, and a gun appeared instantly pointed at his head!

"Zero Investigation Bureau."

"Who are you?"

Upon hearing the leader’s words, Shadow Soldier’s blood-red eyes flashed.

Zero Bureau?

So that means…

Police then?

。。。