Rebel Demon King

Chapter 1126 Winter Palace (8)

Cheng Mo held a map worth 50 US dollars and walked quickly along the stone road towards the "Garden of Cosmic Thinking".

The sun is shining brightly, the whole world is very bright, the sky is blue, the grass is green, the lake not far away is as blue as a mirror, reflecting the sky with white clouds, and along the other side of the lake is a tall and deep fir forest, emerald-like The leaves swayed gently in the breeze.This picturesque scenery is like the landscape wallpaper in the computer.

Along the way, Cheng Mo saw a few small wooden rural villas, a transparent glass house hidden in the fir forest, and a flower house decorated with flowers. Everything was bright, clean and elegant, really like a paradise on earth.

Not only the scenery is pleasant, but the climate is also pleasant.Cheng Mo was wearing a lace shirt with a black dress and shorts. It was just neither hot nor cold, and the temperature was just right, giving him a beautiful feeling of high autumn air.

Cheng Mo breathed the air filled with the faint aroma of pine wood, and arrived at the "Universal Thinking Garden" surrounded by a circle of white fences in the breath of nature. The iron gate at the entrance was closed, and the black and white checkerboard garden iron gate hung There is a sign saying "Private Property, Do Not Enter".

This gate made Cheng Mo feel weird, the two gates looked like chess boards, and the fence posts surrounding the whole garden looked like chess pieces.

Cheng Mo knows both mathematics and chess, so he naturally knows that chess boards, chess pieces and their moves are often used to represent various mathematical concepts and solve problems.It can be said that chess and mathematics have a lot of integration.The outstanding mathematician Halkey wrote in his essay "Confessions of a Mathematician": "Disassembling chess problems is like solving mathematical problems, and playing chess is like performing mathematical operations."

Because of Lermontov's warning, Cheng Mo didn't dare to do anything wrong, so he could only stand at the iron door and look inside.

After careful observation, I found that this "cosmic thinking garden" is very interesting, not only the gate is the chessboard.The lake in the garden is different from the common lake waterscape. The water in the lake is very shallow and there are no clusters of aquatic plants. The lake is surrounded by high and low bridge shrubs. is a "Grassmannian manifold".The green hills in the garden have white stone roads spiraling upwards, which look like "Penrose stairs".

And in the center of the garden stands a white stone building. This building has a strange shape and consists of two parts. The tower-like building on the left is a tower-like "1", while on the right is a metal building. The "0" word building composed of glass and glass.

There is no doubt that this "cosmic thinking garden" is a garden with the theme of "mathematics".The construction design of all flowers and plants is derived from mathematical graphics and mathematical inspiration.

Cheng Mo was amazed, no matter whether Yan Funing was inside or not, he regretted not being able to go in and take a look.Standing at the door and admiring it for a while, Cheng Mo found that the builders made full use of the terrain to present black holes, fractals, and manifolds, and constructed a mathematician's fantasy world in an interlaced and orderly manner, which is very fantastic.

He never thought that there are such wonderful gardens in this world.If Athena was here, she would definitely go in and visit this beautiful mathematics garden regardless of the sign hanging on the iron gate. It would definitely be a wonderful thing if she could walk in it with her.

After lingering in this kind of imagination for a long time, Cheng Mo thought again, wondering where Bai Xiuxiu and Athena went to find him now.Thinking of their worries, Cheng Mo realized that he didn't have much time to waste, he couldn't be leisurely, he had to find a way out as soon as possible.But he checked carefully, and stood at the door for a long time, but he didn't see anyone passing by, nor did he see anyone in the garden.

In desperation, Cheng Mo chose to look around along the fence of chess pieces on the border of the garden. The "Garden of Cosmic Thinking" is on a small piece of green field, a gravel road with the width of a car passes through the grassland, like a field ridge.When we walked to the corner of the chess piece fence, there was another vast wheat field, and the green wheat waves rippled in the sun, which was extremely beautiful.

On the edge of the wheat field stands a lonely thatched house, next to the thatched house stands a scarecrow wearing a black three-cornered hat and a colorful mask.Cheng Mo took a closer look, and saw that the scarecrow was wearing a mask and was tied to a cross made of two wooden sticks. The mask on his face was like a white "Venice mask". It looked like a robot.He looked carefully and found that the scarecrow's face was covered with a Venetian mask made of fine varnished oil cloth. In terms of shape, it should be a "Burrattino" mask. This style of Venetian mask generally represents eccentric children.

After a little hesitation, Cheng Mo walked towards the thatched hut by the wheat field without a sound.Before reaching the door of the thatched cottage, I heard the "Scarecrow" making a very weird sound, like a signal from a distant radio station, with a distorted hissing sound.

"Hello, guest, this is a private domain, please don't enter casually."

"Sorry." Cheng Mo stopped in his tracks. He rolled his throat and tried to look in through the wooden window of the thatched cottage. He could only see a few simple pieces of furniture, such as tables, chairs and cabinets. Seeing people, he asked, "Excuse me, is your master in the room?"

"My master is not in the room. Maybe I went fishing, maybe I went hunting, maybe I went to tryst with Chloe, who knows? And I, I am just a poor scarecrow, I have to stand here The master looks after the house, but I can't let that blind villain steal the flour from the master, it is the master's hard work, last time a bastard stole my big bag of wheat."

"Chloe", after hearing this unfamiliar but seemingly important name again, Cheng Mo was in a daze for a moment from the mouth of an artificial intelligence, feeling strange in his heart, "Sorry," he interrupted the scarecrow. Nagging, "Then do you know how to get into the Universe Thinking Garden next door?"

"Of course I know, I, Chernabog, know everything!" said the Scarecrow in a triumphant tone.

Chernabog is the "God of Black" in Ennoth mythology, representing night, darkness, blindness (Chernabog himself is blind), death and many other negative symbols. In Ennoth mythology, he has The ability to bring misfortune to humans.

But that is in mythology. What Cheng Mo is facing at this time is just an artificial intelligence robot. Judging from the dialogue, it is an artificial intelligence robot that is much more expensive than Cheng Mo’s servant Sislaberg. Cheng Mo guesses that this should be It is the highest-level artificial intelligence that paid [-] million U.S. dollars for a humanized version. In comparison, Sis Laberge can only be regarded as artificially retarded.

"Then how to get in?" Cheng Mo asked.

"Go in or climb in," the scarecrow laughed loudly, his face wearing a white paint mask raised up, and the whole wooden cross was shaking, the scene was very strange.

Cheng Mo was not annoyed at being played by an artificial intelligence, thought for a while, and pretended to mock: "It seems that you don't know."

"How is it possible? How could I not know!" the Scarecrow said angrily, "Don't think I'm going to be fooled by your idiot's aggressive tactics!"

"No, you just don't know." Cheng Mo said lightly.

"Haha! I don't know!? The Cosmic Thinking Garden only opens twice a year. You have already missed one, and you will miss one more time. You won't be able to enter this year!" The limbs of the cross trembled like a dancer performing a mechanical dance.

Cheng Mo deliberately said sincerely, "Thank you, Mr. Chernaberg."

Hearing the word "thank you", the scarecrow seemed less angry, and he whispered, "You idiot, you can't get in, even if you can wait until the door opens next time."

"why?"

"Because only smart people can get in."

"Maybe I can try the next time it opens the door and see if I'm an idiot."

"Don't ask, of course you're an idiot."

"Since Mr. Chernaberg thinks I'm an idiot, tell me when the Cosmic Thinking Garden will open next time, and I won't be able to get in anyway, right?" Cheng Mo shrugged, "If you dare not tell me , it means you think I'm a smart person."

"How is it possible, you will definitely not be able to get in." The scarecrow said arrogantly, "I'm not afraid of you trying, the next time the Universal Thinking Garden will open the door"

At this moment, the sound of wheels crushing stones was heard in the distance, and the sound approached rapidly.The scarecrow seemed to have heard some frightening sound, and he quickly drooped his head, motionless as if dead.

Cheng Mo seemed to see the scarecrow swinging. He turned his head and looked towards the field path across the grassland. A man wearing a white "Volto" mask was galloping towards the thatched cottage on a bicycle with a large and small wheel.This "Volto" mask and the "Burrattino" mask on the face of the robot are also Venetian masks, also known as "Larva", which means "ghost" in Latin, so it can be called "mask of the dead". ".

The man was wearing a black tuxedo. He was very short, only about 1.4 meters tall, but he was riding on a large and small wheeled bicycle that was nearly three meters high, like an acrobat in a circus.A thunderous voice came from mid-air, "What are you doing at my door? Go away!"

"Sir." Cheng Mo said with a slight bow, "I have no malice!"

"I'm not interested in your reason for coming!" The man was like an angry bull, "Get out of here, or I'll cut your head like a watermelon!"

Cheng Mo raised his head, looked at the menacing undead masked man and said lightly: "I didn't enter your house, you have no reason to kill me."

The man jumped off the bicycle lightly, and the tall bicycle with large and small wheels rushed forward a few meters on the gravel road, and then staggered and fell to the grass.And the dwarf undead rushed towards Cheng Mo quickly. His legs were short, but his steps were fast and fast. He was wearing a tuxedo like an emperor penguin in heat.

Cheng Mo watched the dwarf undead rushing in front of him, then he put his hands on his hips, raised his head to stare at himself, and said viciously, "Are you provoking me?"

The dwarf undead acted like a hungry wolf chasing prey in the wasteland, and his voice also showed bloodthirsty ferocity, but because he was too short, his posture was a bit naive and cute. Cheng Mo felt that he could slap this emperor with a single slap. The penguin was knocked to the ground.He looked down at the dwarf undead, the eyes under the mask were very bright, but they did not reveal the vicious cruelty at all.

No matter what, Cheng Mo was not afraid, but he didn't want to cause trouble after only a few days in the "Utopia", so he raised his hands and said, "No, sir, I didn't mean to provoke you."

"Then get out of here!" said the dwarf undead, baring his teeth. He walked towards the thatched cottage, still cursing, "Why are there so many annoying boys lately?"

Cheng Mo looked at the scarecrow Chernabog, who was hanging his head and dared not make a sound, turned around and walked towards the gravel path.He walked back to the checkerboard iron gate along the chessboard fence of the Universal Thinking Garden, and waited at the gate until noon. He didn't see anyone, and he didn't see the dwarf undead coming out of the thatched cottage, so he chose to go back to the hotel.

Ask Sislaberg about the "Universal Thinking Garden", Sislaberg said she doesn't know, even if Cheng Mo is willing to spend money to upgrade her to the highest level, she has no way of knowing, because she is in Cheng Mo was not activated until the day he arrived at the Winter Palace.

Cheng Mo had no choice but to contact Lermontov by phone, wanting to know about the "Universal Thinking Garden", but Lermontov said that he didn't know many things about the Utopia.For example, the "Cosmic Thinking Garden" was a place that existed before he came to the Utopia. As for the dwarf undead, he has never seen it. As a staff member who occasionally goes out, his scope of work is only within the palace, so he can't help it. to a place other than the palace.

Cheng Mo was disappointed by Lermontov's answer, but there was nothing to be discouraged about.After lunch, Cheng Mo came to the Universal Thinking Garden again in the afternoon, and the black and white checkerboard iron gate was still tightly closed.Cheng Mo looked inside for a while, but didn't wait for any passers-by, and couldn't find any movement, so after thinking about it for a while, he still walked towards the thatched cottage.

The dwarf wearing the mask of the undead is sitting in front of the thatched hut drinking coffee, while the scarecrow Cernaberg wearing the mask of a child is pushing a wooden pole in front of a stone mill like a donkey to grind wheat, "Squeak, "Squeak, squeak" sound of stone grinding reverberates in the silent wilderness.

"Sir, I'm sorry to disturb you, I just want to ask you something." Cheng Mo said quickly, "I'm willing to pay a price for this, money or something else."

"Money?" The undead dwarf sneered, "In this world, no one dares to say that money can buy me anything."

Cheng Mo stood aside and said respectfully: "I may be a bit abrupt when talking about money, but anything else is fine. I think seniors always have something they need."

"I really don't need anything." The undead dwarf sneered, "Get lost!"

Cheng Mo stared at the "Venice mask" covered in white paint by the undead dwarf, and said with a smile: "No, what you need, Mr. Chernaberg." The man said, "You are the master, and he is Chernabog."

The movement of the man wearing the child's mask froze for a moment, probably because he felt that he could no longer hide it, so he muttered in a fuss: "My performance should be flawless, how did you see it!"

Cheng Mo said with a smile: "Mr.'s acting skills are of course impeccable, but the performance of artificial intelligence is not necessarily the case."

"Really?" The man wearing a child's mask touched his chin, "Then you said to see where Chernabog showed his flaws?"

"First of all, the mask is a hint. Secondly, artificial intelligence is not human after all. Wearing a mask can cover up most problems, but as long as you look at the eyes, you can find that the eyes are the windows to the soul. There is no anger in Chernaberg's eyes."

"Alas!" The man wearing a child's mask sighed and said, "One hundred million is in vain!"

"If you are interested in acting, I would like to act with you!"

"Really?" the man wearing a child mask asked excitedly.

"Of course." Cheng Mo said with a smile, "but you have to tell me when the 'Cosmic Thinking Garden' will open."

"What are you doing in that boring place?"

"Find someone."

"It's hard to wait, the next time the Cosmic Thinking Garden opens is Halloween."

"Won't the people in there come out?"

"Seldom come out!" The man wearing a child mask shook his head and said, "The people inside are all math lunatics. They are only interested in numbers. They are either discussing mathematics or calculating conjectures all day long."

Cheng Mo frowned, "Apart from waiting for them to open the door, is there any way to get in touch with the people inside?"

"Hey!" The man in the child's mask smiled strangely, "Others can't do it, but I can do it, but you have to help me act first."

(End of this chapter)