However, Zhang Ke beat him to it and said the obvious answer, "East, South, West, and North correspond to the initials of ESWN. Apart from that, I can't think of any other combinations with them as the initials."
Already."
"Tch, I guess your brain has improved quickly, but it's like this every time." Han Gang was robbed by Zhang Ke, and he was a little unhappy.
"What's wrong? You don't seem to be very happy." Zhang Ke felt confused, "Do you think I stole the limelight? But now besides the two of us, there is no third evaluator here, so what's the point?
Jealous of the air."
"Oh, you have always been like this from the beginning." Han Gang seemed to be opened up and said angrily, "He is obviously an extremely boring man, and there is nothing particularly outstanding or attractive about him.
But..."
"But what?" Zhang Ke asked quickly.
"Haha, you asked knowingly." Han Gang rolled his eyes at him and said coldly, "Do you want to hear me praise you personally? Don't even think about it. I'm too lazy to say anything good about you."
"No, that's not what I meant..." At this time, Zhang Ke was indeed a little unjust.
After all, he really wanted to know what kind of person he was in the past. But in Han Gang's opinion, his performance seemed more like a self-satisfied boast.
"Don't change the subject, let's think about the matter at hand." Although Han Gang could not move while sitting, his eyes never stopped for a moment, trying his best to search for all possible relevant information in his field of vision.
"The number 3 on the wall on the right does not seem to be a coincidence." Han Gang said, "Because not only this wall, but every wall in this room has a number."
"Huh?" Zhang Ke turned around and squinted his eyes to look carefully.
"The light in the room is too dark, so it's normal that you didn't notice it - but when you were rummaging through the cabinets just now to find medicines, I wasn't idle either. I carefully searched every corner of the four walls and found that there were faintly visible objects on each surface.
Hold a number."
"That's right... there is a 3 on the door opposite, a 5 in the corner of the wall on the left, and behind - there is a number 0 behind the desk!"
"3, 3, 5, 0 - we now have four numbers." Han Gang picked up the cipher box and said, "There are a total of twelve buttons on it, and each button seems to be exactly the same, there is no difference.
I guess you have to press it in a certain way to open the box."
"If we follow the current clues, will we be asked to press three times, three times, five times and zero respectively from front to back?" Zhang Ke thought, "Or maybe we will be asked to press the third one in order.
Button, the fifth button...uh, what does the zeroth button mean?"
"I have also considered the first conjecture, but in this case, we need at least twelve numbers." Han Gang said, "Four numbers are only enough to press the first four buttons. We cannot repeat the three
Let’s take a turn. As for the latter thought, I don’t even have to tell you that you already know where the problem lies.”
"Indeed, if there are only four numbers, how can they be converted into these twelve buttons?" Zhang Ke said with a frown.
"More importantly, why do you think the arrangement of these four numbers is 3350 instead of 3503? Or 0335? Or 5033?" Han Gang asked, "Based on the order in which you found the numbers from first to last?"
"Indeed... although we have these four numbers, we still don't know how to arrange them." Zhang Ke had to admit at this time that Han Gang was not what he seemed on the surface, just an uneducated and idle person.
playboy.
Once he calms down seriously, his thinking is still very clear, especially when the two people's thoughts complement each other, it can be said that they cooperate seamlessly.
"By the way, the arrangement - do you think the four letters on the cryptex can be used here?" Zhang Ke's eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "ESWN corresponds to the southeast, northwest and northwest respectively. Could it be a kind of order?
Tips for arranging.”
"For example, if the wall where the number 5 is located is east, then East=5, so the first number is 5."
"You mean, the directions of these four walls are exactly in the southeast, northwest, and the numbers on the walls can correspond to the directions of the walls where they are located? Finally, we can get the answer by arranging the numbers in the corresponding order of ESWN?" Han
Just nodded and said:
"This conjecture is relatively reliable, because in this way, the unique arrangement order can be obtained, and it also conforms to the prompts given by the cryptex itself."
"It's just that this raises a new problem." Han Gang looked worried, and Zhang Ke also understood what he was worried about.
In a small dark room where you can't even see the sun, how do you determine the southeast, northwest, and northwest?
Let’s not talk about modern people, who will bring a compass when they go out. Mobile phones that can replace this function have long been confiscated. I don’t think Sister Lan would be so kind and hide one in the room.
"Is there anything else that can indicate the direction?" Han Gang said with a frown, "I only know that the sun and certain constellations can be used to indicate the direction, but there are no windows here."
"Most of the methods I know require looking up to the sky, and the last one involves using a watch." Zhang Ke asked, "Rich young master, are you wearing a watch?"
"My hands sweat because of the heat, so I never wear them." Han Gang asked disappointedly, "What about you?"
"My own watch is broken, and what's left...is an electronic watch." Zhang Ke shook Xu Xiaoli's pink electronic watch and couldn't help but feel helpless.
"Ah... it would be great if there was a compass! Or even a small magnetic needle." Han Gang couldn't help complaining, "Obviously I already have some reliable clues."
"Magnetic needle? Yes, magnetic needle!" Zhang Ke jumped up extremely excitedly, startling the other party, "You don't need a finished compass, you only need a magnetic needle, and you can rely on the geomagnetic field to determine the southeast, northwest, and northwest.
!”
"The question is, why do you think there will be a magnetic needle in this room?" Han Gang crossed his hands and said helplessly, "I think you should pull out a compass from a corner, or even just a compass.
The possibility is even higher.”
"There are no ready-made magnetic needles, but there are magnets." Zhang Ke strode towards the bed.
However, his target was not the bed itself, but the abandoned refrigerator placed next to it——
To be more precise, it's a refrigerator magnet that's firmly stuck to the door.