"Hahaha, wearing women's clothes, you can figure it out!" Xia Tianwu's words made the bald head burst into a hearty laugh, he stroked his bald head twice with the palm of his hand, with a look of nothing to do with Xia Tian, He waved his hand and said, "All right, all right, he's yours now."

"Come on, beauty." Xia Wu exchanged glances with the rest of his teammates, flirtatiously stretched out his hand to take Tang Si's arm, seemingly pulling him hard, but in fact he was holding him up secretly, unhurriedly Go to the side railing.

"You have chosen the person, what is the solution?" Seeing Xia Tian's slow movements, the bald head couldn't bear it.

"You, go and help me push a medical bed," Xia Wu asked Tang Si to lean on the railing, unceremoniously ordered a little star thief standing next to him, and said to the bald head, "Boss, don't worry, we As long as we retreat within four to 10 minutes, those who rushed to the rescue will definitely not be able to catch up."

"Hmph, as long as I can find the professor, I'm not afraid of fighting those trash head-on." The bald head said disdainfully, "Stop clinging to that little boy, come and help my nephew tonight when you have a lot of time, he Is there any problem with this injury?"

The bald head worriedly pointed to Lin Yi who was on the hospital bed.

Nephew? Only now did everyone understand the relationship between Lin Yi and Star Bandit.

"If we want to find the professor, we must first figure out a problem," Xia Wu walked to Lin Yi's bed, motioned him to look up, and said while doing a simple check, "If the professor is really kidnapped, the kidnapper Why would you rather die than confess where he is?"

The deck froze for a few seconds, and Lin Yi, who was raising his head to let him inspect the wound, also clenched his fingers nervously.

The bald head twisted his fingers thoughtfully, and said in a rough voice, "The person who hired him to kidnap offered a very high price. He is willing to exchange his life for money?"

Do you think everyone is you?Money is not life.Xia Tian paused for a while as he removed the gauze, "The idea that the benefits outweigh the risks is correct. If you encounter this situation, it can be said that there is nothing you can do about this kidnapper who would rather die than recruit."

"Then we can't find the professor?"

"However, if he dies, how can he hand over the hidden professor and get his own bounty?" Xia Tian said in a persuasive manner.

The bald head was silent for a while, then slammed the armrest, and the tiger's eyes flashed, "So, he either has an accomplice, or there is no bounty at all. He didn't want to arrest the professor, but To save the professor. He is sure that even if he dies, the professor can escape by himself."

Xia Tian Wu nodded, that's what he meant.

"So we might as well change our breakthrough target and try from the professor." Xia Wu checked Lin Yi's wound without stopping, "Even if the kidnapper present is willing to sacrifice himself, his accomplice or the professor himself will Not necessarily."

"Wonderful!" The bald head patted his forehead and laughed loudly, "If you know that so many people died because of him, as long as the professor is still alive, he will definitely not be able to sit still!"

Hearing this, Lin Yi's face suddenly turned pale.

Song Ci silently sighed, Lin Yi's expression should confirm Xia Wu's guess.He was the one who kidnapped the professor, but he didn't want to harm the professor, but to save him.

As a member of the Star Bandits, he couldn't harm his own people, but he didn't want them to take away the professor, so he came up with such an idea of ​​'kidnapping' in advance, so that the Star Bandits could be caught in the air.

However, what he didn't expect was that the star robbers would come out in full force. If they couldn't catch anyone, they wouldn't let it go, and even blew up the starship.

"That's what it means." Xia Tian Wu nodded, his gaze passing across the red-haired Lin Yi's face as if nothing had happened.He rewound the gauze on his hand.

In fact, there are many other situations, but judging from what Ke Wen told him before and the current situation, he can basically determine the general course of the matter, as long as he guides the bald head to think in that direction.

As for whether to lure Professor Ponton out, Xia Wu also hesitated just now.This secret room is too special. Elimination may damage the life card. If they are not careful, what awaits them is hell beyond redemption.He can't put his teammates at risk.

After weighing it for a long time, he felt that temporarily taking the professor and his teammates to the Star Thief was the only way for all his teammates to live with Professor Ponton.

To die and then to live.

It is estimated that this is also the reason why the Chamber of Secrets placed him on the Gaia.

As for the other NPCs, after all, they are just a series of past tense in the memory picture, he can only do his best and obey the destiny.

"The wound on the young master's side was treated in a timely manner. From now on, as long as the wound is well healed, it is guaranteed that even the scar will not be left." After Xia Wu wrapped the bandage, he turned to the bald head.

The bald head nodded in satisfaction, then turned his head and told the big man who brought the man in uniform upstairs just now, "You, take him to the broadcasting room immediately, the whole ship broadcasts, within 5 minutes, if Professor Ponton doesn't show up, every In ten seconds, we will kill ten people."

He stared coldly at the hostages who were silent on the deck, "I don't believe that even after killing all the 600 people here, he still hasn't come out!"

"It's so boring to kill randomly, how about playing a game, and you can bet on that guy's mouth, so that he won't keep saying that you violated the interstellar convention or something." Xia Tian put his hands in his pockets, and glanced at the man in uniform meaningfully.

The man in uniform widened his eyes alertly, what does this man want to do?

Hearing what he said, the bald head became a little interested, "Let's hear it."

"Isn't there just a few circles in the floor tile pattern over there? Let's have a lucky turntable." Xia Tian took out a scalpel from his pocket, and used the tip of the knife to gesture at the Starlight Deck.

In the middle of the deck, there are several circular patterns spliced ​​with triangular patterns.He counted in advance just now, according to the pattern, there are exactly 30 triangle positions in each circle.

"Wheel of Fortune?"

"Boss, you just designate a triangular pattern as No. 1, and then ask these guys to stand in the circle and count 1212 clockwise. Everyone who reports to No. 2 is responsible for answering the question 'Where is the professor', and I can't answer it." You can’t blame us for being cruel.”

Uniform man: ……………

"The counting is repeated in circles until there is only one person left, and that is the winner of the wheel of fortune."

The bald head patted the armrest of the sofa and said, "Hahaha, it's kind of interesting. You kid, you really have a stomach full of bad water, so I will do as you say!"

The people on the deck originally thought that Xia Wu was trying to save them. After hearing this method, they couldn't help feeling ashamed. Dozens of them survived. What's the difference between this and massacre?

In the crowd, a mustache wrapped in a white bathrobe couldn't help but yell at Xia Tian.

A cold light flashed, and the scalpel in Xia Wu's hand flew out, accurately cutting open the mustache's throat.The speed was so fast that even the bald head didn't react.

Xia Tian walked over nonchalantly, pulled out his own scalpel and wiped it on the mustache bathrobe, then smiled lightly, "Anyone else want to try?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone took a step back in fright.

"You have to figure it out, originally each of you was going to die, but now, at least I helped you fight for more than [-] places to live." Xia Tian took out a tissue from his pocket unhurriedly, and took the scalpel again. Wipe it again.

Crowd: ………………

The bald man admired Xia Wu's throwing knife very much, "That's right, tough and ruthless, this is the style of our star robbers, this game will be controlled by you later!"

Xia Tian breathed a sigh of relief silently.

"Wouldn't it be easy for us to be killed?" Shen Yunhai in the crowd whispered.He counted the triangles on the ground, the probability of survival is one-thirtieth, what exactly is Xia Wu thinking?

"I'm not afraid of gambling with luck, what should you do?" Zhang Chi was also a little anxious.

"Don't bet on luck, there is a sure way to win this game." Song Ci stared at the circle of floor tiles calmly, and after listening to Xia Wu's 'suggestion', he quickly realized that this was the Joseph ring, and Xia Wu found it for them game of survival.

"Can you calculate the final survival position in advance?" Ke Wen immediately understood what Song Ci meant.

"Well, if it is 1 or 2 counting, the final surviving position is No. 29, which is the second counterclockwise position of No. 1." Song Ci said firmly, "Everyone should grab the first position later. wheel."

Several people immediately remembered that position firmly.

Song Ci sighed. The only problem with this game is that it is easy for people behind to see the problem. The next round will be for No. 29.It is estimated that after this phenomenon occurs, Xia Tianwu will suggest that the bald head change the number of the reporting question, and then he can only calculate the new position based on the newly given number.So, the best way is that they all enter the game in the first round.

At this time, Xiaoxing Pirates had already pushed the hospital bed, Xia Wu refused to let Xiaoxing Pirates 'take advantage', and helped Tang Si onto the hospital bed with his own hands.

"You really treasure him." The bald head teased.

Xia Tian Wu frivolously slid the back of the scalpel over Tang Si's chin, "A beauty, naturally deserves to be loved."

Tang Si: ...

Ke Wen in the crowd shivered instead of Xia Wu, good guy, is this the legendary one-day life?Don't leave yourself a way out at all.

The bald man laughed loudly, waved his hand to let the star next to him steal the broadcast, and then happily pointed to the number 1 who started from different positions in the circles.

The two star thieves immediately went to drive the passengers to stand in the circle, and Song Ci and others were among them.

Xia Wuhan leaned on Tang Si's hospital bed, put his fingers together, and blew a kiss towards the crowd, "I wish you all good luck."

Taking the opportunity of blowing a kiss, he made a gesture of 29, reminding Song Ci that they were standing on the [-]th.Song Ci nodded lightly, telling him that he already understood, so don't worry.

The four successfully blended into the crowd and seized the position of No. 29 respectively. Then the broadcast of the feeder resounded in every corner.

For the rest of the time, the entire deck was quiet.

The 150 passengers were divided into five circles, and they were in their respective positions tremblingly. The 5-minute wait was like a mental delay for them, and every minute and every second was anxious.

[Countdown for ten seconds, ten, nine...]

The star thief on the broadcast has started the final countdown, and the passengers at various positions in the circle are also extremely nervous.

Even Xia Tian tensed his back nervously.

"Don't worry, the professor will come out." Although Tang Si's voice behind him was soft, he was extremely determined.The only thing to worry about now is that the bald head doesn't count.

Sure enough, in the last three seconds, Professor Ponton came out from the direction of the beauty salon.

After being saved, everyone on the deck breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'll go with you and let them go." Professor Ponton looked at the bald head coldly.

"Of course, of course." The bald head patted his forehead and laughed loudly, "Quickly move a seat for the professor."

When everyone was wondering why he asked someone to move the professor's seat, the bald smile suddenly disappeared, and a ruthless look flashed in his eyes, "However, it's better to finish this game that has already started."

Crowd: ? ? ?

The bald man raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and the star robbers beside each circle immediately aimed their guns at the passengers' heads, "Report the count."

"1, 2."

boom! boom! boom!

After a few gunshots, there were a few more corpses on the ground.

"You don't count what you say!" Professor Ponton trembled with anger.

"Professor, you have two choices now. Sit down quietly, or I will find someone to make you sit down quietly." The bald head looked at Professor Ponton expressionlessly, and gave him a warning, "You know, I am now You are in a bad mood because you came out too late."

Ponton: ……………

"Continue." Seeing that the professor refused to sit down, the bald man waved his hand.

The trembling counting sound rang again.

It didn't take long before the ground was full of corpses. Of the 150 people, only Song Ci, Ke Wen, Zhang Chi, Shen Yunhai and Afro remained standing.

No one dared to move, and the quiet needle drop could be heard on the deck.

There was a strong smell of blood in the air, which made people shudder.

Although the bald head looked joking, he was actually a murderous demon without batting an eyelid.

"You five are really lucky." The bald man clapped his hands, and then looked at the other people on the deck with unsatisfied interest, "Shall we do another round?"

The faces of the rest of the people immediately turned pale.

"Either let them go, or I will die here immediately." Professor Ponton took out a dagger and aimed it at his neck.

The bald smile froze on his face, "Professor, take it easy. Don't mess around."

Professor Ponton was unmoved at all, and pressed the blade down for a few minutes, and the blood immediately oozed out, "You don't have to think about it, you know what I do, if I want to die, I will fall into your trap Starships can also easily find tools for suicide. No matter who hired you to catch me, as long as I am dead, you will not get a penny."

The bald head was silent for two seconds, then raised his hands in surrender, "Okay, you win."

The professor still didn't relax.

"Release those people." The bald head waved his hand, and the star thieves around the edge moved out of the gap, and the people on the deck immediately scattered and fled to all corners.

"Boss, what about these?" A star thief pointed to Song Ci and the other five people who were still standing in the circle, and asked.

"Professor, I will release all those people, but these few..." The bald head paused deliberately.

Song Ci and the others' hearts immediately rose to their throats.

Xia Tianwu silently clenched the scalpel in his hand, and Tang Si on the hospital bed also tightened his body, ready to go.

"You don't mind if I take you back and be an 'assistant' along the way?" The bald head meant very simply, using the lives of the five of Song Ci and the others as a bargaining chip to threaten the professor's obedience on the way.But he didn't know that he had just turned around before the gate of hell.

"Find a few people and move all the boxes in my room. I can't stop the research." Knowing this, the professor would not let go of his bald head. He glanced at Song Ci and the others guiltily, and made another request.

"No problem." The bald man followed suit.

After 10 minutes, all the star thieves evacuated the shuttle ship Xuzi, only took away five of them, Professor Ponton and Song Ci, and left the rest of the hostages.

Professor Ponton, Song Ci and others were imprisoned in two cells adjacent to the starship.

Shen Yunhai looked at the metal wall in front of him and sighed, they were so destined to be in the cell.

Ke Wen looked at the others, "What shall we do now?"

Zhang Chi spread his hands and said as a matter of course, "Let's find a way to escape with the professor."

Ke Wen choked and escaped. It's easy to say, but the question is can we escape?

"Don't worry, we still have two foreign aids." Song Ci said as if he knew what he was thinking, leaning against the corner and closing his eyes to rest his mind.

Speaking of this, Ke Wen suddenly squatted in front of Song Ci with a smirk, "Hey, you two are sharing the same bed or something, are you not worried at all?"

Song Ci gave him a lazy look, "Do you think Xia Tian is incapable of going to Tang Si's bed?"

Ke Wen: ……………

That's right, Xia Tianwu might be beaten up tonight.

On the other side, Xia Wu was not beaten for the time being, but was discussing the escape plan with Tang Si with the starship floor plan that he had drawn by hand.Xia Wu hadn't been idle for the past few hours, not to mention drinking and chatting to collect information, and even got the key of a small ship in advance.

On the way back, he also learned a piece of news that was extremely beneficial to them from a few star thieves.

Tomorrow happens to be Lin Yi's birthday. The bald head successfully captured the professor and brought back his nephew. He was in a good mood, thinking about holding a birthday party for his nephew on the ship tomorrow to celebrate.Lin Yi admires Professor Ponton very much, so it is estimated that the bald head will find a way to ask Professor Ponton to attend.

Time is too tight, and the bald head will hand over the professor the day after tomorrow.The best way at present is to take advantage of tomorrow's birthday party to get the key to the prison, then add sleeping pills to the food of the whole ship, save people in the middle of the night, and escape in that small ship.

After the two discussed about it, Xia Wuyou said, "The question now is, how to inform Song Ci and the others of our plan?"

There is no signal in the cell, and the information from the light screen cannot be sent.

Tang Si frowned and said, "Didn't you say that they were locked up next to the professor? You can take the opportunity of checking the professor's wound tomorrow to pass the news to them."

"Not very good. There are people watching at the door. I can at most say a word or two to them."

"Writing a note?"

"Everything I bring in will be inspected at the door, and it will be bad if it is turned over."

Tang Si lowered his eyelids and pondered for a while, "I thought of a way to make the star thief at the door unable to find out the problem. At that time, you just need to say a few more words to Song Ci."

Xia Tian took a sip of water slowly, "Which four words?"

Tang Si pointed to the tip of his nose, and said confidently, "Say I'm sweet or salty."

"Pfft!" Xia Tian couldn't control it, and sprayed out a mouthful of water.

The author has something to say: Xia Wu: Boss, are you sure you're not kidding me?

Remarks: Joseph ring: Joseph problem (sometimes called Josephs permutation, is a problem in computer science and mathematics. In the algorithm of computer programming, similar problems are also called Joseph ring. Also known as "throwing the handkerchief problem".) It is said that the famous Jewish historian Josephus had the following story: After the Romans occupied Chotapat, 39 Jews hid in a cave with Josephus and his friends, and the 39 Jews decided that they would rather die than be caught by the enemy , so a suicide method is decided, 41 people line up in a circle, the first person starts to count, every time the third person is counted, the person must commit suicide, and then the next person counts again, until everyone commits suicide until death.However Josephus and his friends did not want to comply.First start with one person, cross k-1 people (because the first person has been crossed), and kill the kth person.Then, go over k-3 people and kill the kth person.This process continues in circles until eventually only one person remains and that person can continue to live.The question is, given and , where to stand in the first place to avoid being executed. Josephus asked his friend to pretend to obey first, and he placed his friend and himself in the 2th and 1st positions, thus escaping the death game.

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