midnight ten

How powerful a master can put together thousands of fragments without reference pictures in less than half an hour?

Wang Zhengming was incredible: "This can't be a stationery tree..."

"No, it's just a hobby." Tao Wenyu was a little unwilling. "And he didn't finish the spell at all. It was obvious after less than a quarter of the spell."

Wang Zhengming was concerned immediately: "What is it?"

Tao Wenyu had a headache: "I don't know, there is a piece here and there, and there is no match at all."

Tang Lin quickly sorted out the information: "It means five screens, and the four major forces have already deciphered one, and now the master is helping to fight for the others, right?"

Chai also nodded.

Tang Lin asked again: "The piece that was deciphered is the one that is less than a quarter of it spelled out. What do the pieces look like?"

Chai also recalled carefully: "One piece is grayish-blue, one piece is grayish-black, and one piece is yellow-green ball."

Tang Rin: "..."

Fan Peiyang: "..."

Wang Zhengming raised his forehead, and went to his partner with stronger verbal skills with a little shame: "Tao Zi, tell me."

Tao Wenyu thought for a while: "One gray-blue, one gray-black, and one ball, yellow and green."

Wang Zhengming: "...Thank you."

No matter how good Tang Lin's analytical ability is, it is futile to describe this level: "Do you have any photos?"

Tao Wenyu and Chai Ye: "..."

Tang Lin didn't care and said, "It's okay, I'll go and have a look."

Chai also stopped him: "It's ruined."

"Zhou Yunhui, that fox, flipped the table after deciphering it by himself, leaving no clue." Tao Wenyu was indignant.

"I took the photo." Nan Ge's voice came closer and closer, and Zheng Luozhu came back together.

"In terms of carefulness, my sister is the only one." With Ye Ying present, Zheng Luozhu had to help his own people.

Seven people formed a circle.

Nan Ge took out his phone, dug out the photos, and handed them to everyone.

Tang Lin, Fan Peiyang, Wang Zhengming, Tao Wenyu, Chai Ye: "..."

Even Zheng Luozhu couldn't help out anymore: "Sister, your phone is really... nostalgic."

Clamshell, color screen, impressive screen size, and even more impressive photo pixels.

Anyone who comes to take a look will definitely be able to evoke youthful memories ten years ago.

"Let you look at the photos, not the phone." Nan Ge's tone rose subtly, and the rain was about to come.

Zheng Luozhu lowered his head, shut up, and looked at the photo.

Tao Wenyu and Chai are really not lying at all. There are only three pieces that can be described, melancholic blue-gray, gray-black, and yellow-green balls, although the dregs of the photos have covered these with a grainy veil.

"This is... a lollipop?" Zheng Luozhu was able to make some guesses on the yellow-green ball, "Banana kiwifruit flavor?"

Tao Wenyu: "Your taste really suits you."

"It's a dragon," Tang Lin lowered his voice even though the corner was far enough away, "Western Dragon."

"Did you see it?!" Wang Zhengming tried his best to restrain himself, but still leaked a trace of excitement.

Tang Lin asked everyone to gather closer, and blocked the phone airtightly, before reaching out and tapping the three partial pictures: "This yellow-green spherical pattern, look carefully, there is a bit of gray-blue on the edge, and this gray-black pattern , the edge is also gray-blue, and this gray-blue piece is only gray-blue, and there is no other color, there is only one explanation for this situation..."

Others were still thinking, but Fan Peiyang said lightly: "The gray-blue color is a kind of large-scale background."

Tang Lin continued: "And this gray-blue color has layers and looks like it's flowing, so it's most likely either the sky covered with dark clouds, or the sea surface with dark currents..."

Zheng Luozhu: "Then this banana kiwi fruit ball is..."

Fan Peiyang: "Hot air balloons, so the background of this puzzle is the sky."

Zheng Luozhu looked up at President Fan: "Boss, this is what you thought, or Mr. Tang told you secretly."

Fan Peiyang didn't understand his question: "As soon as you talk about dragons, don't you get in touch with everyone?"

Zheng Luozhu: "..."

Yeying three: "..."

Nan Ge sighed.She hasn't understood the friendship between these two, but she has seen the tacit understanding.

The last piece of strange gray-black shape, without Tang Lin's explanation, everyone understands that it is a wing unique to the Western Dragon, a huge part of the wing with a curved edge.

In fact, after the mystery is revealed, reasoning is not difficult.The master of Kongming Lantern dared to determine the answer, and there must be key information in these partial maps. It seems that the strange gray-black piece is the most suspicious.For the rest, as long as you can recognize that gray-blue is dark clouds, yellow-green is hot air balloons, and confirm that this animal is flying in the sky, the answer will basically come out.

Among the [-] species of animals in the password grid, many can fly, but the only insects without feathers are butterflies, moths, and Western dragons. Combined with the partial map to infer the size of this animal, it is clear at a glance.

Nan Ge put away the phone.

Wang Zhengming whispered: "Since this is a dragon, will the remaining four be legendary animals?"

If this is the case, it will be easy. Among a hundred kinds of animals, there are only a handful of fantasy beasts.

Tang Lin shook his head: "The Kongming Lantern must have been tried. They continued to choose to let that master continue to puzzle. It's not that simple."

【Oh, someone entered the correct password, the door is about to open~~】

The sound of an owl suddenly sounded in the subway station. It no longer appeared on the advertising screen, but the sound seemed to be in the ears of every passerby.

Following its voice, the five doors of the last carriage really opened together!

The Kong Mingdeng brothers who were guarding the door looked at each other, and Zhou Yunhui was also caught off guard by this turn of events.

However, those who lost the correct password didn't have the patience to wait for their response. Led by Guan Lan, the six donuts had already arrived in front of the subway gate at top speed.

Only then did Zhou Yunhui want to stop him, the young man with wheat complexion shot faster than him, and with a push, he was sent flying.

Zhou Yunhui urgently used protective equipment to protect his body, so he didn't fall into a comminuted fracture, but he still fell to the ground heavily, and the pain was terribly painful.

As for the few who reacted later and wanted to catch up, as soon as they stepped into the subway door with one foot, their whole body twitched like an electric shock, and they had to retreat back to the platform desperately before the terrible electric sensation disappeared.

[I said it all, the subway door is only opened for the person who enters the correct password, you are not good~~]

【Everyone keep working hard~~咕咕~~】

Sending off the winners and taunting the losers, the little owl disappeared again.

Six people in Donuts reserved the last carriage, each occupying a row of seats, waving leisurely outside.

Zheng Luozhu gritted his teeth: "It's too fucking unbearable..."

Tao Wenyu hehe: "When you entered the pass, it was even worse than that."

The arrival of donuts has brought about a huge change in the whole situation.

Most of the members of the four major forces withdrew directly, and began to guard the five subway gates with heavy troops, leaving only the pot cover and a few people to continue to conquer the puzzle.

Zhou Yunhui changed from being a fool, and his face was gloomy.

Cui Zhan looked at the donuts through the car door, his expression unpredictable.

Dai Xiaoliang and He Lu were discussing in low voices.

Countdown 27:34

Those who board the subway 6/100

Now everyone knows, without puzzles, you can get the password.

The crowd pressed down on the platform again, where the VIPs and Ye Ying were located, the range was at the very edge.

The disadvantage is that it is too far from the subway gate.

The good thing is, it's clean enough.

"It's the same as what you said," Wang Zhengming had to believe, "The puzzle is not the only way."

Tang Lin lowered his eyes, staring at the fine lines on the marble floor: "The point is what we have overlooked..."

From the beginning to the end, the level did not provide them with any clues at all. The only information was what the owl said.And Donut chose to "meditate to solve puzzles" at the beginning, and must have heard the mystery from those words.

Tang Lin forced himself to calm down and revisit what the owl said——

[The password to open the door is in the password box~~Reminder: The password is five animals...]

[The time to enter the password is only one hour, and the quota for entering the subway car is only 100...]

[Finally, I would like to give you some suggestions...]

Tang Lin raised his eyes abruptly, and made some suggestions.

[First, watch more advertising screens; second, the division of labor must be clear; third, make good use of the stationery tree, this tree is your world~~]

It feels a bit strange, but where is the blame...

"I've been thinking," Fan Peiyang said, as if after a long time of deliberation, "I still think that sentence is very awkward."

Tang Lin looked at him immediately: "Which sentence?"

Fan Peiyang said: "The stationery tree. If it is hoped that we will use the stationery tree to prevent people who enter the password correctly from boarding the subway, it can have a clearer and smoother expression."

This tree is your world?

Sorry, with Mr. Fan, such ambiguous statements will be sent back to the Secretariat for rewriting.

"If it was intentional." Tang Lin's eyebrows stretched, and the dark clouds finally disappeared from his eyes.

Countdown 22:09

Those who board the subway 6/100

The four VIPs and the three Ye Ying regrouped into an airtight small group.

Tang Lin announced the answer: "The password is eagle, deer, dragon, snake, and squirrel."

Six faces were blank, including Mr. Fan. There was a hundred secretariats between "felt that sentence was awkward" and "deciphered the code".

"Why?" Someone finally asked the soul for everyone.

"It's too late to elaborate," Tang Lin raised his eyes, "Look over there."

When everyone turned their heads, they saw the pot head trotting back from the advertising screen, whispering to Zhou Yunhui.

Zhou Yunhui listened carefully at first, then straightened his back, and the last trace of doubt disappeared from his face.

Zheng Luozhu: "Is this the second picture spelled out?"

"I'm afraid that after the donuts went in, someone in their group would have guessed it," Tang Lin could almost conclude, "waiting for the answer to the second picture is just for the final confirmation."

Sure enough, Tang Lin had just finished speaking, and the members of the Kongming Lantern team over there had begun to whisper, but it was not a discussion, it was more like passing an answer internally.

Tang Lin looked at Fan Peiyang: "It's time to squeeze the subway."

Fan Peiyang nodded lightly: "Be careful."

Tang Lin looked at Zheng Luozhu and Nan Ge again, and said only four words: "Emergency plan."

The two understood: "Understood."

"No, what's the plan?" Tao Wenyu represented Yeying, with innocent and dazed eyes.

Tang Lin shook his head: "It's not important, you just remember one thing, after entering the password, run to the subway."

The team members of Kongming Lantern have already clicked on the password grid one after another. Although they are very low-key, they can't stand the crowd and are really conspicuous.

Iron Blood Battalion, Home Returning Group, and Ten Clubs were all aware of it.

Tang Lin immediately said: "It's now, enter the password."

The seven people clicked on their password boxes at the same time, and selected eagle, deer, dragon, snake, and squirrel, and their actions were almost in sync with those of the Kongming Lantern.

【Oh, someone entered the correct password, the door is about to open~~】

The lively little owl is here again.

It is not clear who was the first to complete the input, but this time the door will be opened to welcome a large number of passengers.

Most of the team members of Kongming Lantern were almost standing at the entrance of the subway. When the door was opened, it was like a tide rushing in.

But the other three major forces were also guarding the door, and immediately tried their best to block it.

It's not that you can't enter, but it doesn't matter if you leave the other three and eat alone.

The battle was about to start, and the scene was suddenly chaotic.

"It's now." Tang Lin said decisively.

Fan Peiyang, who was already ready, instantly clicked <[Defense] Five Miles of Fog>.

The entire subway station was instantly filled with fog!

"Fuck, where's the fog—"

"Hey, who stepped on me—"

"I'll go, don't squeeze, this door has electricity—"

At first it was just the sound of people chaotically colliding, but soon, there were weird sounds of "whoosh--" and "whoosh--".

"What is flying?!" The man became frightened, and his voice changed.

"Damn it slapped me in the face, it hurts—"

"Is it a stone—"

"Who the hell—"

No one answered.

Countdown 17:44

The dense fog cleared, and those who boarded the subway were 32/100.

Among them, there are 6 strawberry donuts, 19 Kongming lanterns, 4 VIPs, and 3 night shadows.

Chapter 25 The World Tree┃This tree supports the sky and supports the earth, dividing the world into three worlds: heaven, earth, and the lower world.

The doors of the subway closed again, and the carriages accommodating 32 people suddenly became lively.

The four of Tang Lin and the three of Ye Ying found two empty benches and sat facing each other, while most of the Kongming Lantern team members still gathered at the door, waiting for the team leader to speak.

In order to cover as many members of his team as possible, Zhou Yunhui was the last one to call up. Right now, he was panting with his hands on his knees, but his head was raised, and his eyes were fixed on the VIP and Ye Ying who were sitting a little far away.

Tao Wenyu winked at the VIPs on the opposite side, and said in a low voice, "Look, I'll definitely come over and have a heart-to-heart talk with us later."

No need to "wait a while", Zhou Yunhui straightened up in the next second, briefly explained a few words to the team members, and then came over unceremoniously.

The team members of Kongming Lantern found a seat nearby, but they all avoided the donuts. Even if they had to sit on a bench, they had to open at least two or three seats.

As soon as Zhou Yunhui approached the social area, Tao Wenyu immediately put on a smiling face: "Hi."

"Don't pretend," he glanced unceremoniously at the seven people on both sides, "you are calm enough, guess if you are in a daze or not, you are just waiting to borrow our advantage, right?"

Once you think about it, it all makes sense. There is no such coincidence in the world. We guessed it, and you happened to guess it too, so we fought with each other, and you fisherman benefited.

Tao Wenyu hesitated to speak for a long time, and finally asked cautiously: "I want to say it's a coincidence, do you want to hit someone?"

Zhou Yunhui word by word: "You, say, what?"

Tao Wenyu curled his lips and shut up.

If you take advantage of others, don't act like a good boy.

Zhou Yunhui leaned against the vertical metal pillar, his breathing gradually became steady, and his idleness returned: "It's useless to say anything now, and I can't drive you down, so let's talk about compensation, we can't take our free ride in vain. "

Wang Zhengming frowned: "Group Leader Zhou..."

"Compensation is fine." Tang Lin interrupted unhurriedly.

Wang Zhengming looked at him in surprise.

Tang Lin continued: "But the premise of compensation is that the reason for the claim is established."

Zhou Yunhui raised his eyebrows: "Is there a problem with my reason?"

"There is a big problem." Tang Lin spoke calmly and clearly, "First, we only need a chance for chaos. As for who created the chaos, we have no control over it, so we didn't choose Kongming Lantern, but Kongming Lantern chose us. Second, the size of our organization determines that the Kongming Lantern can only be forcibly broken, and we must take advantage of it. Facing the joint encirclement and suppression of the entire platform, the number of people boarding the subway will be far less than..."

Simply look around.

"19 people." Tang Lin concluded politely, "In summary, this is an inevitable and mutually beneficial event, and the reason for the claim is dismissed."

Zhou Yunhui: "..."

Not only Team Leader Zhou was speechless, but also Zheng Luozhu, Nan Ge, Tao Wenyu, Wang Zhengming, and Chai Ye who were completely dumbfounded.

It seems that something is wrong, but before I can think about it, I was taken away by Tang Lin, and there is only one feeling left in the end-it makes sense.

Group leader Zhou returned home in defeat.

The lonely back makes people feel a little distressed for no reason.

When he walked away, Fan Peiyang commented lightly: "Sophistry."

Tang Lin raised the corner of his mouth: "As long as it works."

Nan Ge was stunned.

Zheng Luozhu sitting next to her saw her in a daze and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Nan Ge whispered: "So he can laugh."

Zheng Luozhu: "Who?"

Nan Ge: "Tang Lin."

Zheng Luozhu understood, he didn't need to look at it clearly: "Are you still smiling very gently?"

Nan Ge: "And charming."

Zheng Luozhu: "Look at it and cherish it, it's a special offer from Mr. Fan."

With Zhou Yunhui's return to the team, Kong Ming Deng's side was completely stabilized, and the carriage gradually became quiet.

Wang Zhengming leaned forward, put his elbows on his knees, and looked at Tang Lin opposite: "Now you can tell us, why are the five animals the password?"

One sentence arouses everyone's curiosity.

Zhou Yunhui almost forgot about such an important matter.

Tang Lin nodded: "Actually, thanks to the donuts, they boarded the subway and confirmed that there are other hints besides the puzzle. And all the information we got is what the owl said..."

"Once you focus your doubts here, you will find that, 'Use the stationery tree well, this tree is your world' is a very strange statement. Whether it wants us to use stationery to protect ourselves, or wants us to use stationery Preventing others from boarding the subway, the word 'world' seems far-fetched..."

"But thinking about it the other way around, what if it deliberately made the words so awkward, what if this is a hint? The problem is much simpler. Trees, worlds, the two put together, the first thing that comes to mind is the world tree in Norse mythology ..."

"In "Eda", this tree supports the sky and supports the earth, dividing the world into three realms: heaven, earth, and the lower world..."

"Wait, wait a minute," Tao Wenyu raised his hand and asked if he didn't understand, "What is "Eda"?"

Tang Lin: "A manuscript about Nordic mythology was created between the 9th and 13th centuries. Its poetic style can be regarded as one of the sources of Nordic mythology. However, at the beginning of the 13th century, someone created a prose 'Egyptian Da', to interpret the poetic 'Eda', so now the former is called "Old Edda" and the latter is called "New Edda."

Tao Wenyu swallowed hard, and now his head is full of "Ada": "Did you happen to read it, or is the knowledge system so strong..."

"I was hospitalized a while ago, I had nothing to do, and I read a lot of idle books." Tang Lin said frankly.

Tao Wenyu: "And you still remember it?"

Tang Lin: "It's easier to calm down when you're hospitalized."

Tao Wenyu: "..."

Zheng Luozhu, Nan Ge, Wang Zhengming, Chai Ye: "..."

Is this hospitalization or part-time study?

Fan Peiyang was the calmest one, he just nodded silently in his heart, it's good, he remembered everything.

Tang Lin got down to business and said the password: "The passage about the world tree in "Ada" just mentioned several kinds of animals. The squirrel ran back and forth between the trees, passing messages to the eagle above and the dragon below. There are four little males. The deer are gnawing on the leaves, and besides, there are many pythons sleeping at the roots, trying to rot their trunks..."

"Squirrels, eagles, dragons, deer, and snakes, exactly five types. However, the translator of that book wrote in the preface that there is ambiguity in this part of Norse mythology about whether it is an eagle or a rooster on the top of the tree," he said. Arrived here, exhaled softly, "But luckily we don't have a cock in our password grid."

After the explanation, the audience fell into a long silence.

Too much information to digest.

Zheng Luozhu gave up even digesting it, and only looked at Tang Lin adoringly.Poor students don't need to embarrass themselves, just look up to the study committee.

"You really can always bring surprises." A teasing voice suddenly came from the front, making the seven of them startled.

Guan Lan and her five team members stood at the nearest subway gate.

The problem is that no one noticed them coming, and they don't know if they are so powerful, or if the knowledge they just received is too strong, and everyone's vigilance is overwhelmed.

Before waiting for this side to speak, Guan Lan cast a dissatisfied glance at the teammate next to him: "Look at him, one is one, two is two, he remembers everything clearly."

The one who was criticized was naturally the young man with western style who thought hard to think about the bald head before finally finding out the five animals.

Now he is calm and dejected, but his small mouth, which has nowhere to rest, is still buzzing and muttering: "You can come here..."

Guan Lan angrily tapped his head.

The bald man next to him was in a good mood.When he was on the platform, the guy thought hard and contemplated to no avail. He only urged a few words, but was silenced by "you do what you want".Now he finds that the team leader will also be attacked, and he is very relieved.

Tang Lin didn't think Donuts would come over to greet them on purpose, and turned to look at the platform outside the window, sure enough.

Dai Xiaoliang, He Lu, Cui Zhan, the three major team leaders are gathering together for a secret talk.Depending on the situation, it was mainly He Lu and Dai Xiaoliang who were talking, and Cui Zhan was only in charge of listening, and his whole face was wrinkled when he heard it.

The remaining three forces have also deciphered the code.

That's the real reason for the Strawberry Donuts station's doors to watch.

As for whether they "care about competitors" or "just watch the fun", it's hard to say.

After a long time, the three team leaders outside hadn't finished talking, and the strawberry donuts became a little bored.The formation also broke up, people were lazy, some were leaning on the metal pillars, some raised their hands to clean the glass of the car door, Team Leader Guan took out a lollipop from his pocket, tore off the package and stuffed it into his mouth.

The one with the lowest pressure here is the thin man.

He was the only one who didn't move, still standing there quietly looking at the platform outside the glass, with a cold and desolate profile.

"Team Leader Guan." Tang Lin suddenly called Guan Lan.

Guan Lan looked over in a daze: "Huh?"

"Why are you called Strawberry Donuts?" Tang Lin simply asked curiously.

This question got to Zheng Luozhu, Nan Ge, and Ye Ying's heart, and their eyes immediately gathered.

Unexpectedly, Guan Lan shook her head regretfully: "I have to ask the elders above."

Tang Lin was surprised. He thought that Guan Lan, who had such a suitable style, knew the inside story.

"If I want to know who came up with this name, I must have a good chat with him." Guan Lan curled her lips in disgust.

Tang Rin: "You don't like it?"

Guan Lan: "Well, I don't like strawberry flavor."

Tang Lin: "Understood."

Zheng Luozhu, Nan Ge, and Ye Ying: "..."

Donuts are okay? !

There are five members of the Strawberry Donuts team, and they still have to do what they should do. They joined Donuts because of their strength, not their names.In a nutshell——Buddhism, how can you get out of the circle?

"That mouse in the white group is really good at exploiting..." Wheat complexion folded his arms and said with a smile that was not a smile.

"Are you making small moves again?" The bald head looked over curiously.

Tang Lin and Fan Peiyang exchanged glances, turned their heads to look out the window at the same time, and quickly locked on to Lu Jue who was hiding near the trash can.

It can't be regarded as hiding, that position was originally inconspicuous, he just stood low-key, did nothing, but kept his eyes on the three leaders who were talking in the distance.

But given the distance between him and He Lu, it was impossible to eavesdrop.

Tang Lin was wondering, when he suddenly saw a small black spot on the ground behind He Lu's heel, and looked carefully, it turned out to be a mouse!

He Lu's feet completely blocked it, so that none of the three people in the conversation noticed it.

After another half a minute, the mouse retreated quietly, and returned to Lu Jue's feet along the base of the wall.

After a while, the mouse disappeared with a whoosh, and Lu Jue's face showed a smug look of joy.

It is really a unique stationery tree to eavesdrop with a mouse.

Tang Lin finally understood why Donuts called him a "mouse", in a word, a pun.