HCB Chapter 20 Division of Labor and Cooperation
Chapter 20 Division of Labor and Cooperation
Meanwhile, Shan Shanshan also found the first blue box.
When she left her residence to look for something, she realized that Anwar was completely different now.
Although there are no more buildings yet, Anwar no longer looks like a bare cobblestone street.
The vegetation and decorations of all sizes make the whole of Anhua look exceptionally harmonious.
The box she just found was in the low bushes.
However, she really had a headache with this riddle.
However, she wasn't too worried.
After all, she has an entire think tank behind her.
"Looking up, it's a cow; looking down, it's a cow. You can't kill it, and you can't cook it."
What Chinese character is represented by this character?
Shan Shanshan repeated the riddle on the blue box.
Then he flipped through the booklet.
"Is it possible that it's related to the things here?"
While Shan Shan was searching, the viewers in the live stream were also racking their brains.
"Looking up, there's one cow? From above, there seems to be one cow?"
"No, it's just one word. All four sentences should use the same word."
"Not necessarily. There are also sentences where each part is a character, which together form a single character."
"One cow versus one cow? A newborn cow versus buying a cow?"
"No, no, there's an extra checkmark in the character 'buy'."
"Look at what you're saying, isn't this even a single character?"
"Wait, I think I suddenly understand!"
"The character '生' (shēng) is '生'! Shanshan, try it quickly!"
"Don't rush Shanshan! Shanshan just said there's a cooldown period after you make a mistake."
"Wait a minute, 'living' really makes sense! You can't kill it, so it's alive; you can't cook it, so it's still alive!"
"Wow, that makes a lot of sense! This must be the right answer!"
"Shanshan! Give it a try!"
When Shan Shanshan looked up, she found that her think tank had already come up with the answer.
She thought about it in her mind and agreed that the answer was quite plausible.
So, without hesitation, she typed the character "生" (life) onto the screen.
The green light came on, and the lock automatically popped open.
Inside the box was a slip of paper that read: "Coupon for one cup of milk tea".
Shan Shan was overjoyed and quickly thanked the viewers in the live stream:
"You guys are amazing! Who was the first viewer to give the answer? Message me privately later."
"From now on, any viewer who helps me think of the answer to the blue box will be rewarded with 10 times the prize inside. If it's the red box, I'll reimburse that viewer's travel expenses to and from Anwar!"
"Shanshan is so generous!"
"Shanshan is so generous!"
The audience's enthusiasm soared even higher.
……
After a tense and exciting morning of searching, everyone gathered in front of the steamed bun stall.
While everyone was having lunch, Shi Bai asked:
"How many have you all searched?"
The seven people spoke in bits and pieces, and Shi Bai got a general understanding of the current situation.
"Sister Yu and Brother An found a total of 17 boxes. They opened 10 of them, all of which were blue boxes. The remaining 4 boxes were red boxes."
“Shi Erzhe found 12, but he didn’t open any of them.”
"Tang Jiang found 7 boxes, opened 4 blue boxes, and left 2 red boxes and 1 blue box unopened."
"Shanshan found 11, and there are still 3 red boxes left to be opened."
"I searched 10 boxes, and there are still 3 red boxes left that I haven't opened."
The results were indeed a bit lackluster, but everyone needs to balance searching and solving puzzles, so the current situation is already quite good.
"Ding Ning found a total of 11 boxes, and... he opened them all?"
At this point, Shi Bai couldn't help but look up at Ding Ning.
Ding Ning responded with a smile.
"I've done the count. There are 100 boxes in total, and we've found 68 so far. Even fewer have been unlocked. So, to make our evening activities more exciting, let's divide the work among ourselves."
After a tense and exciting morning of searching, everyone's initial excitement had subsided somewhat.
They did realize that the red box wasn't as easy to open as they had imagined.
“No problem,” Yu Xiaorui said first.
She knew that the five people opposite her were together, so Shi Bai was actually just asking for their opinions.
“I’ll listen to Xiaorui,” An Yixuan said without any objection.
"Okay, then let's split into two parts."
"One part is finding the boxes, and the other part is deciphering the boxes."
"The first step is decryption."
Shi Bai looked at Ding Ning.
"You're the only one among us who solved the red box puzzle. This afternoon, you'll be in charge of solving the remaining puzzles, okay?"
Ding Ning nodded.
At this moment, Shan Shanshan quickly raised her hand and said, "I have an audience, I can also help decipher the mystery."
Shi Bai thought about it and realized that made sense.
Therefore, both of them were assigned to the decryption group.
"If you have a box that you are confident you can solve, you can keep it for yourself. If you still have no clue when the time is almost up, you can hand it over to the decryption team."
"The blue boxes that the decryption team unlocks are divided equally. For example, if a provider has two blue boxes that are unlocked, the person who discovered the blue box gets one, and the person who unlocked it gets one. The prizes are drawn by lottery."
"Regarding finding the boxes, everyone should eliminate the locations where boxes have been found, and then divide the remaining locations into four groups based on the number of boxes remaining on the map, to ensure that no one searches the same location."
"What do you think?"
……
"I have a slight objection."