Chapter 215: Small Puzzle
"Not necessarily. It may not have fully thought of our plan. It's just because Su Ming lured all the people in the dream over there, so it thinks we are dangerous undercover agents and wants to eliminate us." Jiang Yichuang replied.
"The problem now is that we can't safely know the thoughts of the Devil of Hope... If you think about it carefully, the current situation is a bit like a prisoner's dilemma. How do we break this dilemma?" Sylvie said with a smile.
Su Ming sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes, and thought seriously.
Judging from what happened yesterday, the Hope Demon is a very difficult demon to deal with and hard to talk to. If it were to appear in front of its believers at random now, their location would probably be known to the dreamer soon, and then they would be attacked.
However, even though the other party is difficult to deal with, there are still ways out. Now they have a very advantageous bargaining chip in their hands, and that is the truth about the Devil of Hope!
If the truth about the Devil of Hope were told to the Dream Cult and the Plague Cult, these two religions would absolutely try to find out the true form of the Devil of Hope and destroy it at all costs. This is probably the last thing the Devil of Hope wants to see.
Demons - creatures that think completely differently from humans, but they also have something in common when it comes to gaming.
Those demons, they fight each other, what on earth do they want to do?
"Minister, I—"
Jiang Yichuan raised his hand and was about to speak, and Sylvie also raised her hand to stop Jiang Yichuan from continuing.
"Let Xiao Ming use his brain. He seems to be thinking so seriously." Sylvie looked at Su Ming with a smile.
Su Ming looked up when he heard this and saw Jiang Yichuan and Sylvie looking at him straight. His intuition told him that these two people had come up with a solution.
"Have you figured out a solution?" Su Ming asked in surprise.
"It's a very simple little puzzle. You should be able to figure it out if you use your brain." Sylvie said casually.
Arthur and Liu Feiyun were stunned when they heard this, and stared at Sylvie blankly... They didn't think this was a small puzzle, and like Su Ming, they couldn't think of any solution.
But Sylvie just said this was a little puzzle. At this point, she shouldn't say anything nonsense, right?
"Minister Sylvie, what should we do next?" Liu Feiyun asked softly.
Sylvie glanced at them with a hint of mockery on her face.
"Xiao Ming didn't finish the online course, so it's understandable that he couldn't think of it, but you should have finished all the online courses you had to take to join the game, right?"
"Could it be that the solution to the problem... is in the online class?" Arthur asked with a frown.
"Forget it, let's stop playing tricks. If nothing goes wrong, we can get out today. You guys stay here, and I'll go into the village. If I'm not back before noon, the command of this team will be handed over to you." Sylvie looked at Jiang Yichuang.
"Yes." Jiang Yichuan nodded.
Sylvie took out the white gloves and the parchment scroll from her pocket and handed them to Jiang Yichuang. After doing this, she turned and looked in the direction of the village.
When Su Ming saw Sylvie was about to enter the village, he wanted to stop her, but after taking a few steps, he found that the feeling his super intuition gave him had changed.
Before, his super intuition gave him a straightforward sense of crisis, pure and strong, but now, this sense of crisis has become very complicated.
The village was still dangerous, but Sylvie's entry into the village was no longer dangerous.
The originally fixed development of events has given rise to new possibilities after the discussion just now.
Just a small discussion can change the originally fixed result. This is the use of super intuition.
Unbelievable.
Sylvie passed by Su Ming, patted him on the shoulder, and gave him a meaningful smile.
"Xiao Ming, you did a great job this time. Your intuition is very sharp."
"Average." Su Ming answered calmly.
He watched Sylvie walk down the hill and towards the village in the distance. He watched her walk to the door, and then the people inside came out to greet her, and she walked into the village with those people.
When Xi Wei disappeared from his sight, Su Ming immediately turned around and ran to Jiang Yichuan: "Captain, what solution did you come up with just now?"
"The minister asked you to think about it first, as a small puzzle." Jiang Yichuang said calmly.
Su Ming was shocked. He thought this was a bit outrageous. Now was a critical moment of life and death. Wasn't it a bit inappropriate to test a rookie like him at this time?
"It's already this late, so don't keep us in suspense. Let us know first so we can have a better idea of what to do next." Arthur said.
Jiang Yichuan turned his head to look at Arthur, then looked at Liu Feiyun, and sighed slightly: "You two failed your studies. How many points did you get in the basic theory test?"
"A."
"A."
Arthur and Liu Feiyun reported their results.
Jiang Yichuan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then fell into deep thought.
After a while, he raised his head and said seriously: "Studying should be applied actively. Don't just study blindly, and don't just read books blindly."
Su Ming blinked and thought that judging from your appearance, Captain, you look more like a nerd who only reads books.
Su Ming turned his head to look at Xia Xiaoyu and found that Xia Xiaoyu was sitting on a big rock, thinking about something seriously.
"Xiaoyu, you know——"
"Wait a minute, I can definitely figure it out, for sure!" Xia Xiaoyu said seriously. Judging from her appearance, she was completely immersed in this puzzle.
Then everyone fell into silent thinking again.
After an unknown amount of time, Flora raised her hand hesitantly and said, "I think... I have some idea."
"Tell me about it." Jiang Yichuang said.
"Because of the principle of conservation of abnormalities, and the habit of demons to devour each other, is the minister planning to introduce the demons from our world into this world?" Flora said.
Jiang Yichuan nodded.
Before Su Ming understood what this sentence meant, Sylvie walked out of the village. It took her less than ten minutes from the time she entered to the time she came out.
"Okay, I've communicated with the Demon of Hope." Sylvie made an OK gesture to everyone.
Everyone looked delighted, but were shocked in their hearts. They thought that this transaction with the Devil of Hope would be very difficult, but they didn't expect it to be resolved so quickly!
"Can we go out now?" Su Ming asked.
Sylvie nodded and said, "We will be able to go out soon. The villagers are already preparing for the ceremony. However, only you can go out this time. I have to stay here first."
Su Ming's heart sank, realizing that Sylvie stayed here to serve as a hostage.
"Don't make that expression. I'll be back soon. Just tell the director the intelligence here." Sylvie shrugged indifferently.
Xia Xiaoyu walked a few steps towards Su Ming, and after getting closer, she said, "We should tell her about resigning. We will run the bounty guild ourselves from now on."
Su Ming thought for a moment, made a decision in his heart, stepped forward and said, "Minister, after I leave this time, I want to resign."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone around was shocked. Even Jiang Yichuan frowned slightly and looked at Su Ming in confusion.
Arthur was stunned. He didn't expect Su Ming to resign suddenly. Why did he resign suddenly? Was it because he was afraid of carrying out dangerous tasks?
Impossible! Su Ming is not that kind of person. When he first encountered the three glowing people in his dreams, it was Su Ming and Jiang Yichuan who stayed behind to cover their retreat. He is definitely not someone who fears death!
Arthur was extremely confused. If Su Ming really resigned from the Investigation Bureau, it would definitely be a good thing for Arthur. He had just completed Bai Wu's mission, obtained intelligence successfully and survived. His biggest competitor resigned as a result, so he would naturally be sure to win the position of district chief.
But he doesn't want Su Ming to resign now. He thinks Su Ming should stay in the Investigation Bureau. In this place, Su Ming can create greater value and protect more people!
"Su Ming, why do you want to resign?" Arthur asked.
"Yes, you don't think the mission is too dangerous, so you want to resign?" Liu Feiyun said in disbelief.
Sylvie stared at Su Ming with a curious desire in her eyes. She paced a few steps and said:
“Normally, people who join the Investigation Bureau for high salaries, no matter how capable they are, are not eligible to be promoted to cadres in the Investigation Bureau. Because of the special nature of the Investigation Bureau, all managers in the bureau must be able to play a role in their positions in a long-term and stable manner.
If you joined the Bureau just for the pay, I would not have nominated you for District Chief, but you and I both know that you did not join the Bureau for the money.
"Xiao Ming, you came to the Investigation Bureau to become stronger, right? Why do you suddenly want to quit? The Investigation Bureau is obviously a very suitable place for you to develop, especially your superpowers. Your superpowers can play a stronger role in the Investigation Bureau, right?"
"Although I feel sorry for everyone if I quit at this critical moment, I have a safer way to become stronger, so I plan to resign." Su Ming said calmly.
"Really? That's a pity. I just thought of assigning some death row prisoners to you. You will be the special executioner. All the death row prisoners in the Seventh Bureau of Dongyang Island will be handed over to you for execution.
According to past statistics, our Seventh Bureau has hundreds of death row prisoners who need to be executed every year, and almost all of them are supernatural beings. Are you sure you want to resign?" Sylvie asked again.
Su Ming was stunned. Because of Sylvie's words, all his plans suddenly had to be overturned.
Even a fool can figure out this account. If he quits his job and starts a bounty guild with Xia Xiaoyu, he can hunt monsters more safely, but killing people with special powers will be difficult to do, after all, he will not kill indiscriminately.
And even if he decided to hunt down people with special powers, it would be impossible for him to hunt down very strong people with special powers. In addition, in order to seize the special powers, the other party must be alive, and the stronger the other party is, the longer it takes to seize the special powers, which further increases the difficulty of seizing the special powers.
In other words, Su Ming can only seize the superpowers of those who are weaker than himself.
But it is different when staying in the Investigation Bureau. Among the death row prisoners caught by the Investigation Bureau, there may be one or two very strong ones. These prisoners are all subdued by the Investigation Bureau and cannot resist, so they are safe and risk-free.
And there are hundreds of them every year, which means there are about ten per month, which means one every three days!
