The Chosen System: Counterattack with Husband

After Xu Yiyu's seemingly "inadvertent" reminder, Rong Yan and Lin Yi's eyes lit up at the same time.

Rong Yan pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, his face showing an eager expression.

"To be honest, I have some immature ideas. How about I briefly talk about them and see if you can correct me?"

"There's no need to criticize. We are all working together to get through this difficult time. Let's discuss this together."

Seeing that Rong Yan was ready to start his lecture, and considering Rong Yan's extensive knowledge as a member of the theory group, Lin Yi also readily expressed his attitude.

Xu Yiyu didn't say anything, but just made a "please" gesture with his injured hand, and put on an attitude of listening attentively.

Black Cat sat quietly on the side, tilting his head to look at Rong Yan, as if he had made some extremely novel discovery.

Rong Yan circled the four pictures in the four directions of the maze and began to elaborate on his views.

"According to the information we know so far, the four directions of the maze are Toad, Crow, Star, and Flame."

"In the Chinese legend system, there is one thing that crows symbolize, especially the three-legged golden crow, which is very well known."

"That's the sun."

Rong Yan drew a line on the pattern of the three-legged golden crow. When he explained his thoughts, even his usually calm facial features became vivid and active.

"The sun, in terms of direction, is pretty obvious symbolically - it's the east."

"As for the toad that is the counterpart of the three-legged golden crow, although I am not sure, in ancient legends, the ancients used the jade toad to represent the moon, so my initial guess is that this toad should symbolize the West."

After talking about the symbolic meaning of crows and toads, Rong Yan's brows tightened, and a bit of contradiction appeared in his expression.

"I'm 90 percent sure about the symbolic meaning of crows and toads for direction, but I'm really a little confused about the stars and flames."

"From an astronomical perspective, there are many very famous individual stars, located in the southeast, northwest, and northeast directions of the blue planet."

"The flame has even more symbolic meanings. I can't tell whether I am overthinking it or whether this is a mental block set by the owner of the underground palace for us latecomers."

The three of them sat on the ground. Xu Yiyu and Lin Yi looked up at Rong Yan, who was obviously in a state of mental confusion, and then looked at each other.

People with diverse knowledge sometimes have this kind of distress, because there are too many possibilities in their minds, and sometimes they really fall into a dilemma where they can't move forward.

Xu Yiyu understood that now was the time for her to step up and give a reminder.

She picked up the stone with her good hand, drew two lines under the stars and flames, and spoke in a persuasive tone.

"Xiao Yan, do you think there is a possibility that both the stars and the flames are a reminder given to us by the owner of the underground palace? Can we think about it from an astronomical perspective?"

"For example, this flame could represent a certain star?"

Xu Yiyu felt that his reminder was obvious enough. He turned his head to look at the black cat who led the three people here, and became more and more certain of the accuracy of his speculation.

The four sacred beasts that appeared at the entrance to the underground palace had actually given everyone enough clues.

——The Suzaku, the sacred beast that guards the south, is said to be a sacred beast with the Nanming Lihuo burning all over its body, and its connection with fire is very close.

And the stars...

Even in ancient China, the Big Dipper was a reference for many people to determine the direction at night, and the hint given by the owner of the underground palace was obvious enough.

Stars - North.

Fire - South.

"Yes! I did fall into a misconception just now! Thank you for your reminder, Sister Yi Yu."

The conflicted look on Rong Yan's face disappeared, and he thanked Xu Yiyu with shining eyes.

"You're welcome. I'm glad I could give you some ideas."

In this environment, Xu Yiyu didn't want to take on everything.

Of course Xu Yiyu was very happy to make his companions further aware of his value in this treasure hunt mission.

Rong Yan shook his head, getting rid of the overly complicated thoughts in his mind, and reconstructed the direction of solving the puzzle in his mind.

"If we speculate purely from an astronomical perspective, the four constellations in ancient times were Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, and Black Tortoise. Vermillion Bird, the sacred beast of the south that has always had a close relationship with fire, symbolizes the south."

"Correspondingly, our ancestors often used the location of the Big Dipper to identify directions at night, so the direction symbolized by this star is the north."

After deducing the corresponding directions from the four pictures in the four directions of the maze, Rong Yan's eyes became brighter.

He did not stop, but immediately started walking through the circular maze again according to the sixteen-character formula.

Lin Yi looked at the young man in front of him who was much younger than him with admiration, and understood Xu Yiyu's intention of letting him take the lead in the direction of derivation.

Everyone in the treasure hunting team has his or her own indispensable value, and everyone shines in the field of his or her expertise.

This is true for both him, Lin, and Rong Yan.

Xu Yiyu is really a good team leader.

"Okay, I've redrawn the way to navigate the maze. Take a look. There shouldn't be any part that contradicts the sixteen-word formula."

In the dimly lit passage, Rong Yan pointed at his own derivation results on the ground with bright eyes and spoke to Xu Yiyu and Lin Yi with excitement.

Xu Yiyu took a look as he was told and found that the routes drawn according to the eight characters "set out in the morning and arrive in the evening" and "come from the south and travel from the north" perfectly converged at one point on the Jianmu in the center of the maze, and then led to the exit respectively, which also matched the last eight characters of the formula.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying in China that "the sky is round and the earth is square". Although it has been falsified with the development of modern science and technology, it was undoubtedly still a widely recognized theory of the universe at that time.

The circular maze designed based on this theory should symbolize the round "sky" above the head, so if viewed from an upward perspective, the direction will indeed be different from what modern people perceive.

"Now that we have reached a conclusion, the next task will be handed over to the two of you. I, the injured soldier, will just rest aside for the time being."

Xu Yiyu stood up with the support of his good hand, casually brushed off the dust on his body, then smiled and stepped aside, giving the space in front of the maze to his two companions.

She, Xu, is not modest at all. She should have the awareness of being injured. It would be more appropriate to give this "heavy work" to those who are not injured.

Neither Rong Yan nor Lin Yi declined, but stood close to the maze.

After they each grasped the movable round stones at the east and south exits, the two looked at each other and began to move at the same speed in the circular maze tacitly.

Xu Yiyu squatted down, rubbed the black cat that was sitting at his feet, and spoke in a very small voice.

"How's it going Mimi?"

"Are all of my sister's companions behaving well?"