After saying that, Moriarty paused for two seconds before continuing, "Oh, with regards to your question this time …" He looked at Hong Hu and said, "Obviously, we are not going to answer it."
When he made that announcement, one of the question cards on the table automatically flipped over and moved to face Hong Hu. On the front of the card, the word 'exemption' was written.
From that moment on, it was Autumn Wind's turn.
"Let me think about it …" Autumn Wind said.
Weighty Words reminded him from the other end of the table. "For this round, it's best to choose 'question' and draw an exemption card first."
Hong Hu agreed with Weighty Words. He added, "That's right. Currently, we still have too little information. Speculation is not safe, and speculation might lead to punishment."
Right then, Moriarty said, "Allow me to explain. In terms of severity, the punishment for suggestion is between light to medium. And if you are punished for questioning and speculation, the damage will be medium to serious. However, the presumptive punishment is between Severe and Fatal. "
"Follow the normal strategy," Holmes added. "After those who do not know the truth enter the game with suggestion, they should choose to ask to gain immunity in the second round, and in the third round, they should try to speculate. Even if the speculation is wrong, they can use their immunity to offset the punishment. " He took another puff from the cigarette. "Phew … Of course, if you have enough confidence in your speculation, you can choose to speculate in the third round. But if your speculation is not even close to the truth, then your immunity will be used up by your speculation … In the fourth round, you will have to make a presumption without any safety measures. "
"Hey … But we are opponents," Autumn Wind said. "Why are the two of you helping us with the analysis? What is the meaning of this?"
"What I am talking about is the most basic strategy," Holmes replied. "I believe that any one of you, after giving it some thought, would do the same — hint, question, inference, and conjecture — to deal with the first four rounds."
"If you think the kind advice given by me and Holmes is misleading, there is no need to follow our advice," Moriarty said.
"They are right." Weighty Words turned to Autumn Wind. "Reaching the fifth round alive is our primary goal. And the strategy proposed by Mr. Holmes is the most correct and the safest. "
Hong Hu interrupted, "They're just talking about a strategy that we could have thought of in the first place, and it's very likely that we'll implement it. It's not much help." He adjusted his glasses. "If you don't do it because of reverse psychology, you'll fall into their trap."
Qiu Feng pondered for a moment and then said, "I'd like to ask —" He looked at the professor and Holmes. "Is there any other way to end this game other than the death of all those who don't know and the unlocking of the laws of space?"
The two bosses looked at each other. This time, they chose to answer.
Holmes laughed. "There is. You can try to kill the professor."
Moriarty continued, "If you can kill me, this game and this room will disappear."
After they finished answering, an inquiry card on the table moved in front of Qiu Feng.
Qiu Feng took a deep breath and flipped the card open. The front of the card was blank.
"You should have more confidence in yourself, young man," Moriarty said. "That's not a bad question."
Qiu Feng gave a long sigh. "Seeing how fearless the two of you are, naturally, I can guess something …" He looked at his teammates. "Obviously, with our power level, we won't be able to kill the professor, but if we can deduce the laws of this space, we have a chance to do it …"
Hong Hu added, "But … since we've already deduced the laws of this space, there's no need for us to take the risk to fight. We can just say it in the form of 'deduction' and win the game."
"But we can't rule out the possibility that … among the four of us, there is someone who knows the truth but refuses to do the deduction and insists on killing the professor," Feng Bujue suddenly said.
At this moment, all three of his teammates cast meaningful glances at him.
"What are you doing?" Feng Bujue leaned against the chair and opened his arms.
"Brother Feng, I believe only you would do something like that," Weighty Words said.
Qiu Feng and Hong Hu also nodded to show their agreement.
"Then, let's stop playing. I'll try to kill the professor first." As Feng Bujue spoke, he took out something from his inventory.
"What!" When the other three saw Feng Bujue reach his hand into his inventory, they were shocked.
This was because their inventory had returned to its sealed state after they entered this room. Technically speaking, they were all players, and Feng Bujue was no exception.
Feng Bujue raised the anti-gravity gun and took out the Nokia phone from his pocket to use as ammunition. He aimed it at Professor Moriarty. "Any last words? Professor. "
"Hahaha …" Holmes laughed at the side and put down his pipe to clap for Feng Bujue.
Moriarty was calm. He sat at the table and said calmly, "This is hard to believe … We're only halfway through the second round, and you've completed the deduction."
"If the opponent is too weak or too strong, it will take away the fun of the game, won't it?" Feng Bujue said with a smile.
"What's going on?" Hong Hu asked. "Brother Feng … What are you …"
"The law of this space is …" Feng Bujue said confidently. "What you believe is true is true."
"What the … How did you come up with that?" This time, Qiu Feng could not follow Brother Jue's train of thought.
Feng Bujue temporarily put down the gun and said, "First, think back to the most basic hint … Language is a kind of power." He used his finger to tap his temple twice. "Do you still remember the five messages?"
Without waiting for his teammates to reply, Feng Bujue continued. "These messages are not comments after the incident but the reason behind it."
"Then … the things that we saw when we were climbing the stairs …" Hong Hu was the first to react.
Weighty Words added, "They were all messages before the actual incident happened …"
"When we jumped into the waterfall on the roof of the sixth floor, those five sentences have already become a part of our 'memory'." "Therefore, some of the experiences that we have experienced in the memory space have come true to the message that was left behind."
Brother Jue's eyes scanned his teammates. "If I'm not mistaken, the matches, pointy hats, brooms, and apples that you carried with you were all used to solve the mystery or push forward the plot in your memory space, right?"
The three nodded slightly. They had indeed used up all the plot items in their own memory space.
"These few items have two similarities. One, they were all obtained inside the 'testing building'. Two, due to various reasons, they were used before we entered this room. Hah … This leads me to a hypothesis. Could it be that someone did not want us to bring these things into this room? " Feng Bujue said as he pointed at the phone floating before the catapult. "Look, the phone, dagger, and notebook that I obtained outside the testing building … I brought them all in here."
"This is the final room. Isn't it normal for the plot items to be used before we arrived here?" Weighty Words said. "And Brother Feng, your dagger and notebook are 'tools' and 'equipment' that can be brought out of the scenario. They are not necessary items to push forward the plot."
"Yes, that explanation does make sense, but …" Feng Bujue chuckled coldly. "Earlier, the professor told me something that bothered me. He said … 'This is not a mental world that belongs to me alone but a space made up by the collective consciousness of others.' Combined with the current situation, I understand that the main purpose of the interlude in the memory space is for us to use up the things that we should not have brought in. "
"Why?" Qiu Feng asked.
"Because those few items are the 'creations' of other consciousnesses. Their appearance here will have some kind of influence on the professor," Hong Hu said with some thought. He was following his Brother Jue's train of thought.
Feng Bujue smiled. "Professor, you won't deny that, right?"
"Yes, those items can pose a certain threat to me. Of course, that is if you know how to use them, "Moriarty admitted openly.
"Humph … After all, the items are gone, so it doesn't matter anymore, right?" Qiu Feng scoffed.
"Let's talk about what happened after the round table game started." Feng Bujue continued. "The four of us entered the game according to the rules, and we were all injured by the power of 'language'. There is not much to say about that. Then, when it was the professor's turn, he immediately exposed his weakness. "
"What did you say?" Moriarty's tone changed as he asked with a frown.
"No, no, no, it doesn't matter what I say. The key is what you said," Feng Bujue repeated. "The hint — 'There are no lies in this world.'"
Once that was said, Holmes' hand that held the pipe shook slightly, and he said darkly, "Humph … Looks like the professor's hint was too obvious."
Moriarty said, "Did you guess the truth after hearing that?"
"I did have a hypothesis, but I did not confirm it." Feng Bujue shrugged and sighed. "Sigh … Your hint was not punished, so it means that the hint is meaningful. Since you have given me a meaningful hint, I have to dig out something from it to repay you. "
"Believing in the truth means believing in the truth," Qiu Feng said. "In other words … as long as you believe in the truth, it will become the truth."
Weighty Words added, "Therefore, there is a chance that 'there are no lies in this world' is true."
Combined with Feng Bujue's conclusion, the two naturally understood the reasoning process.
"The thing that brought me one step closer to the truth was Mr. Holmes' speculation." Feng Bujue continued. "He said … 'Professor Moriarty is a retard'." He smiled. "I tried to think of it from a different perspective … As an insider, during the 'speculation', naturally, it was impossible for him to come up with the correct conclusion that was related to the truth because that would be admitting defeat. Therefore, Mr. Holmes would have come up with a speculation that had nothing to do with the truth.
Actually, at the time, he could have said something like 'the sky is blue' or 'the snow is white' and accepted the punishment. But he did not... as you say, Professor, Mr. Holmes, he was' exceedingly conceited, careless, and dissolute. '
Therefore, he said, 'Professor Moriarty is a retard.'
Haha … Now, this is interesting. Why didn't he say 'the giraffe breathes fire' or 'pigs fly in the sky'? Because he knew … if he said something like that, there was a certain chance that these things would come true. "
Feng Bujue extended his hand to point around them. "Both of you are familiar with the rules of this space and have gotten used to it. As long as you can convince your brain that something is true, then it will become true. Just now, Mr. Holmes had only to 'believe' that the bomb could do no harm to him, and he would be unscathed. "
"This kind of self-hypnosis can be mastered through training. It is not that difficult for you." Brother Jue titled his head and told the professor. "But 'Professor Moriarty is a retard' is something that Mr. Holmes could not convince himself to believe, so he said it in a joking manner.
Your 'Nicetry' and his' It costs nothing to try ', I understood it immediately. His action appeared to be trying to use words to turn you into a retard. And when he failed, the two of you said those words half-jokingly.
At this point, I have basically determined the truth. "
"Then why didn't you just choose the presumption in your turn?" Holmes asked.
"It's not safe," Feng Bujue replied. "What if I'm wrong?" He wagged his finger. "At that time, all I needed was more time to verify my conclusion. So I chose to ask first and asked a foolproof question."
"When you asked, I hadn't fully explained the rules of the inquiry. To be able to ask such a question, you are indeed outstanding," Moriarty commented.
"You flatter me." Feng Bujue replied. "In short … I know very well that to verify my conclusion, I don't necessarily have to do it in the round table game. I can do it while sitting in my seat."
Ambitionist looked at Feng Bujue with disbelief. "In such a short amount of time, you have mastered the method to control the rules without using 'language'?"
"That is indeed difficult, but it is not impossible." Feng Bujue said. "I silently gave myself a psychological suggestion, telling myself … that I have two tongues."
"Huh?"
Including Moriarty, the expression of everyone at the table changed.
"And it worked." Feng Bujue said as he opened his mouth. Below his original tongue, a tongue that was identical to his original one poked out. "That way, I have completely confirmed the truth. As long as I convince myself that something is' real ', then it will come true."
"Er … I say …" Autumn Wind could not help but say, "Why didn't you use 'my face is perfectly fine' as an experiment?"
"Wouldn't that be exposed?" Feng Bujue countered.
"Ha …" Moriarty laughed wickedly. "Therefore, after confirming that killing us would end the game, you decided to kill us? Haha … Forgive me for being blunt, but isn't that a bit unwise? " He glanced at Weighty Words next to him. "If you had your partner say the truth directly with his' assumption ', wouldn't you have won?"
"Fufu …" Holmes also took a puff from his cigarette. "It is indeed praiseworthy for you to be able to take out items from your dimensional pocket, but do you really wish to fight us?" His tone was still calm. "For us, using our 'thoughts' and 'language' to rewrite the truth here is something we have gotten used to. I only need a few seconds to convince myself that 'Feng Bujue is a rock' or 'Feng Bujue has been crushed into meat paste'. " He pointed at Brother Jue. "And you, you have already spent a lot of time convincing yourself that 'my dimensional pocket can be used', haven't you? How could you possibly win against us? "
"Brother Feng … Looks like they are just trying to persuade you," Weighty Words said.
"They are just pretending to be calm. Humph … As long as I believe that 'Feng Bujue will not die', nothing will happen." Feng Bujue smiled. "When the 'truth' that others believe is different from the 'truth' that I believe, this is a simple battle of will."
"Brother Feng … Why do you have to …" Hong Hu also did not understand. At that moment, as long as Weighty Words said 'assumption', the game would be won, so why was Feng Bujue so insistent on turning against the two bosses?
"Do you still not get it?" Feng Bujue interrupted. "This place is just a mental world. That is why language and thoughts are so powerful here, and they even have the power to reverse order. " The cuts on his face healed, and his tongue turned back into a single one. "In real life, our bodies are probably already inside the Detective Club, but our minds are trapped inside this so-called 'testing building'."
What Feng Bujue said next would not be heard by the bosses. "I only have one question for you … Do you want to clear this scenario as soon as possible, or do you want to follow me to see the truth of this scenario?"
Hong Hu, Autumn Wind, and Weighty Words looked at each other.
As professional players, sometimes, they had to choose between fun and efficiency. The three of them had something similar to Brother Bujue in their bones, and that was a morbid curiosity.
"Okay, let's do it your way," Hong Hu said.
Weighty Words added, "I will give my life to accompany the madman."
Autumn Wind was still lying on the chair. "I'm trying to convince myself that 'my chest is not injured', so I can't stop you."
"Haha …" Feng Bujue laughed. He raised the anti-gravity gun again and aimed the Nokia cannon at Moriarty. "Professor, I have to tell you with regret. No matter which dimension, no matter what kind of physics, no matter what kind of creature you are in … being hit by this thing means certain death! "
Hu!
The phone whizzed out from the catapult. Professor Moriarty watched in astonishment as the black shadow blasted towards his face...
Almost at the same time, the system announcement came one after another. "Current quest has been changed. Main quest has been updated.
"World-building has been solved. Player Feng Bujue obtained 2,700 Skill Points as a reward. The team can now explore the rules of this scenario in the quest menu.
"You have entered the hidden plot."
In the mission tab, the mission [Defeat Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty in the Game of the Round Table] was crossed out, and a new mission appeared below it. [Defeat the real 'boss' or escape from the Detective Club.]
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