The Game Show of Death: Demons of Reason

Nian Wei was already close to the fireplace, bent down, and put his head in to look.The fire had just been extinguished by the blanket, and the remaining smoke made Nian Weiji cough a few times.He saw the walls of the chimney rising straight up, with a narrow opening at the end glowing with light.

"Are you up there?" Nian Weiji shouted, and the echo was repeated several times.

"I'm here." It was Wei Zixu's voice, "It's quite big up there, come up and have a look."

"Huh? Are you kidding me?"

Nian Weiji looked up at the chimney wall more than ten meters high, and really didn't understand how Wei Zixu climbed it.Now Wei Zixu greeted him from above, Nian Wei said without hesitation: "I can't climb up, just tell me what's up there."

Wei Zixu was silent for half a minute, then suddenly said: "Hey, there is a button here, let me see what it is for—ah! It turned out to be an anti-gravity button, and everything around it floated up, obviously there is still oxygen. What is the principle? Hey, there is a cage here, and these three are just... what kind of animals? They look so strange. Could it be that they mutated in this environment? There has never been a news report. Oh, I saw A valve has opened, I'll go in and have a look, you wait down there alone."

"Wait!" Nian Weiji said urgently, "What animal! What valve! Let me see, let me see!"

"I'm not free!" Wei Zixu said impatiently, "If you want to see it, you can come up and watch it yourself. Anyway, if you don't come up, you will never see these things. I'm leaving."

"Don't go, Director Wei!" Nian Weiji called Wei Zixu anxiously, but there was no response.At the end of the year, he didn't know what happened above, and he was really curious about the mutated animals, so he blurted out: "At least teach me how to crawl and walk!"

"Put your back against the wall of the chimney, put your hands and feet against the other side, and slowly climb up. Hurry up, the valve is about to be closed." Wei Zixu's voice miraculously appeared again.

"Oh!" Nian Wei has got into the chimney, according to Wei Zixu's instruction, his back is close to the chimney wall, and his limbs are against the other sides, trying to move up.Nian Weiji just rubbed it, and a layer of soot fell off his back. Nian Weiji felt a pile of debris rolling down from his back, and great reluctance surged in his heart.

"No, I don't have a cleanliness, I don't have a cleanliness..." Nian Weiji comforted himself in a low voice, concentrating on moving upwards.To be honest, this movement is less laborious than he imagined, and his lack of exercise physique has successfully climbed halfway.At the end of the year, it felt like a long time had passed. I wanted to see how much I had climbed. When I looked down, the ground was as high as two floors above him. Suddenly my waist went limp, and my fingers dug into the wall of the chimney, not daring to move. Puffing in the middle of the chimney.

Nian Wei had panted for a while, and the feeling of dizziness subsided a little, and then he heard Wei Zixu speaking from above: "Why is it so long, do you still want to watch it or not?"

"Director Wei, I...I seem to be stuck."

"Huh?" Wei Zixu poked his head out from the end of the chimney, and said puzzledly, "Isn't it all right? Look up, and you'll be up after a few dozen seconds of climbing."

Nian Weiji tried his best to look up at the bright place and continue to climb.The lingering smoke and soot made him cough for a long time, he was still afraid of heights, his limbs were weak, and he moved for almost half a year in the tens of seconds Wei Zixu said.

"What's the matter with you? Is it so hard?" Wei Zixu finally couldn't bear it anymore, and looked at Nian Wei from the top of the chimney.Not only Nian Weiji regretted climbing the chimney, but even Wei Zixu began to blame himself, he didn't expect Nian Weiji to spend so much time climbing the chimney.When Nian Wei was almost at the exit, Wei Zixu leaned down and hugged his chest, and pulled him out with all his might.

Nian Wei has sat down on the floor again and breathed a sigh of relief.He looked up and saw Wei Zixu's disheveled face, just about to laugh at him, when he suddenly noticed that his hair was falling down with ashes, his laughter seemed to be blocked back in his throat by a cotton ball, and his Adam's apple twitched.

Wei Zixu stood up straight and walked towards the corner: "This institution occupies a large area, come and have a look."

At the end of the year, he shook his body from head to toe, slapped away all the dust that could be slapped away, stood up and jumped twice.He looked around, but he couldn't find any mutated animals or mysterious valves, and the furniture in the room didn't seem to float up and then fall down again. He immediately looked disappointed, and said sullenly to Wei Zixu, "You tricked me into coming up."

"Those things are lying to you, but you really should come up and take a look at this thing." Wei Zixu stood under a huge device and pointed to his surroundings.At the end of the year, he raised his eyes and saw the colorful reflection for the first time.Wei Zixu was standing under a support like a globe's rotating shaft. Under the support, there were glass planets hanging in mid-air. Each planet was connected by bearings, and finally gathered on a table under the support.

Wei Zixu stared obsessively at the planet bracket at the end of the year, and said triumphantly, "Isn't it beautiful?"

"It's very beautiful...but what is it for?" Nian Weiji asked.

"There is a desk lamp in the center of these glass spheres, and if you turn on the switch—you see, it will become like this." After adding a central light source to this installation, the atmosphere of the whole installation is completely different.Each glass ball reflects a different color, casting a sparkle on the surrounding white walls.Each type of glass reflects different wavelengths, so the whole installation is filled with colorful light spots, and Wei Zi’s virtual image is standing in a dreamy ball.

Wei Zixu: "The four walls of this room are all white walls, and there is no shelter. This is not unreasonable. You see, the projection lamp is in the middle, and different shadows are reflected on the four walls. The solution to this device should be It has something to do with the shadow." Wei Zixu said this, standing on a pedal in the center of the device, the pedal is connected to the bearing, and can precisely control the height of the glass ball: "Let's try to unify the silhouettes on the four walls."

At the end of the year, he is still worried about not seeing unknown species. Although this huge glass installation is amazing, it is not worth it compared with the hard work he has endured climbing the chimney.But Wei Zixu seemed to like it very much, and even heard a hint of showing off from his tone.

"I'll help you look at the wall behind, and you adjust your posture." Nian Weiji said.

Among all the glass balls, eight are larger, and the others range from the size of a fist to the size of a marble. There are five adjustable bearings, each of which requires precise control of force.Wei Zixu first paid attention to adjusting the shadows on the two walls, and when he adjusted the rough outline, Nian Wei had already seen the clues.This device is arranged in imitation of the solar system. Wei Zixu is standing at the center of the light source, which is the position of the sun. The surrounding glass spheres form the stars and satellites surrounding him. The light scattered by the glass is like a vast nebula.

In order to make the galaxy take shape, Wei Zixu made more and more movements. He stood on tiptoes, raised his arms above his head, supported the bearing with one hand, and pulled the rope with only his little finger in the other hand. Touch the pressure lever.At the end of the year, he saw the tendons popping out of Wei Zixu's neck, so he could imagine how strenuous this posture was.When an obvious galaxy orbit formed around him, there was a soft sound of mechanism turning under the chimney.

"It's done!" Nian Weiji said happily, "Go down and solve the riddle, I'll stay here and watch."

Just as Wei Zixu relieved his strength, the sound of the mechanism turning came from below again, and Wei Zixu hurried back to his original state: "It seems that I have to maintain this state, you go down to solve the puzzle, and I will guard here."

"It's me again!" Nian Weiji complained, "I solved the riddles in the two secret rooms before. Can you go down this time? You know it took me a long time to climb the chimney."

Wei Zixu: "You will have to climb sooner or later, and your physical strength is not good enough. You can't maintain this position for long. It's better to untie the mechanism below as soon as possible. It's good for you and me. Don't delay, go quickly."

Nian Wei had been urged by Wei Zixu, and he went back into the chimney sullenly.He focused on his eyes, the sense of urgency in his heart overwhelmed the tension, and it was smoother than when he climbed up.After a while, Nian Wei had drilled out of the chimney, and the layout of the secret room was the same as before, except that the trap door disappeared and was replaced by an arched door.There are four code holes on that door, and Nian Wei has dialed it. It is an alphabet code lock, which means that each code has 26 possibilities. It seems that you must find a hint to open it.

The decoration of this door is simple and retro, which is consistent with the style of the secret room. At the end of the year, he finally understands that the sense of incongruity that the trap door gave him comes from the architectural style. The style of the trap door is Gothic, which is very incongruous in this secret room. Although the trap is thrilling , but the hint given by the director is also obvious.At the end of the year, he searched around the secret room, but found nothing new.So he entered the first secret room, but unexpectedly, his feet were empty, and he hurried back.

The floor of the first chamber has sunk, and now only a narrow wooden stick leads to the center of the room, and the surrounding depths are bottomless.

At the end of the year, I looked carefully, and there was a glass box at the end of the stick, and there was something in the glass box.Nian Weiji stretched out one foot and lightly stepped on the wooden stick, which immediately sank.Nian Wei tried his best to maintain his balance, and walked towards the glass box step by step. The width of this wooden stick was just wide enough for his one foot, and if he was not careful, he would fall into the abyss.

At the end of the year, every time he took a step, he could see the darkness around him, and the wooden stick was shaking up and down, and he didn't know if it would break suddenly.The surrounding area was terribly quiet, if Wei Zixu could make a noise nearby, even if it was deliberately taunting him, it would be able to divert his attention.Enduring a strong sense of dizziness, Nian Wei moved forward without hesitation.Wei Zixu always asks him why he is not afraid, and what Nian Wei has told him is the truth, and Nian Wei has rarely been influenced by fear or anger, because reason will help him find a solution first, and maybe he will shrink back and act but did not waver.

He narrowly walked to the glass box, and found another mechanism box inside the glass box.There are two holes on the side of the glass case, just big enough to reach in and operate.However, there is a circle of internally rotating blades inside these two holes, and you can't pull it out if you put your hand in.At the end of the year, he took a look, and decisively reached in to explore the mechanism box.The blade is just one centimeter outside his wrist, and it can cut his skin with a slight contraction.

Nian Weiji held his breath and concentrated on the operation for 3 minutes, when he suddenly remembered that the current situation between him and Wei Zixu was exactly the same as the cooperation model he had originally envisioned. "Actually, Xiaodai's brain circuit is quite similar to mine." Nian Weiji muttered, from hidden levels to game details, the director's idea fits him very well. If we meet in reality, maybe we will become a good partner.

The mechanism box was opened layer by layer, and Nian Wei already felt that he was not far from the core, and his heartbeat accelerated slightly.At the same time, the blade swayed slightly, probably because Wei Zixu couldn't hold it anymore.

"Director Wei, just a little more time with me... just a little while..."

Wei Zixu's limbs have long been numb, and now he just maintains his posture stiffly.He felt that his body was getting heavier and heavier, and he would fall if he didn't pay attention.The blood from the upper body flowed back, and it gradually became cold from the fingertips until Wei Zixu felt a gust of cold wind blowing from the back of his neck, and he suddenly woke up with a jolt.Wei Zixu couldn't lower his head, he caught a glimpse of a big red sleeve from the corner of his eyes, as if ten cold fingers pinched his neck, a woman whispered in his ear: "Although you are a man, you are very beautiful."

Wei Zixu's scalp tingled and he swallowed.Ten fingers stretched out their sharp nails and pressed against his throat.

"Give me this skin, please?"

The moment the nail pierced Wei Zixu's neck, Wei Zixu flinched, and the whole device was immediately dislocated. Wei Zixu was shocked and hurriedly resumed his posture.

"hiss--"

The blade suddenly shrunk and cut into the young man's skin by a millimeter. At that moment, his mind went blank, thinking that his hands would be cut off directly in the glass box.Fortunately, the blade did not continue to shrink, but got stuck in Nianwei's skin and did not move.Nian Wei gritted his teeth and continued to work, blood flowing down the glass box in streams.

At the end of the year, the last riddle was solved, the mechanism box was fully opened, and a series of numbers were engraved on the bottom of the box: "128142053612182099"

The blade was retracted, and the hand could be pulled out at the end of the year. At the same time, the floor of the secret room rose, and everything returned to its original state, even the position of the "Drinkme!" bottle remained the same.

At the end of the year, he walked back to the second secret room, and saw a person sitting on the recliner next to the fireplace for the first time. The person was wearing a pair of rimless glasses and a camel sweater, with a book spread out on his lap, as if I am concentrating on reading a book.

But it is impossible for him to be reading, because he only has a skeleton left.

Nian Wei has walked in front of the skeleton, obviously the human skeleton has no temperament, but Nian Wei has felt a serious attitude from that skeleton.

"The light source above went out, I think you should have succeeded."

Wei Zixu got out of the fireplace, and while talking to Nian Weiji, he lost his words the moment he saw the skeleton.