Seeing the old man who had led him all the way blowing his beard and staring, Lin knew that the old man was angry. And it seemed that he was implicated, because the young man's target was actually himself.
For the great magician Kabanbai, the most unbearable thing is probably not being tested like this by a young man. But even though he has come forward, there are still people who are looking for trouble. No matter who the target is, this is a loss of his face.
If Saint Milediades of France had personally come forward to set up these tests, then he would have nothing to say. His status was there, so he could bear to say hello to a new face who had just arrived, and he was also included in the trap.
But this kind of thing cannot be taught to a young man who has no hair at all. If this is really what the Dharma Saint means, then he doesn't even take himself seriously!
Respect him because he is the owner of this magic tower. Without this level of identity, just the title of Dharma Saint would not be able to scare this old man. He just didn't travel enough places and wasn't recognized by enough people. So now old Kabamba’s mood is: What a shame, old man! If you are brave enough, come out and practice with me! I don’t know who will die yet!
Holding the wooden box, someone standing behind sighed. Judging from what this young man said, he might have been an apprentice accepted by French Saint Mildiades in his later years and taught him personally, so he could be called his teacher. In Mi Di, not everyone can call the word 'teacher'.
Being able to enter the Dharma Eyes of a Dharma Saint is certainly something special. But it seems that I have developed a bad habit of keeping my eyes higher than my head. It's easy for an old man to lose face.
Seeing the old magician clenching his fists and shaking with anger, Lin knew that he could no longer remain silent. It would be his own fault if he made this old man angry. Besides, the cause of this incident was himself. If he pretended to be stupid and watched the show, then if the old man got angry at him later, he would be in trouble.
The backer must be well supported. If people help me and I help others, the road will go a long way. Thinking of this, Lin walked forward and stood in front of the boundary that entered the maze on the fourth floor. He turned around and said, "Dean, let me give it a try."
Not to mention the contemptuous expression of the magic apprentice. The great magician Kabamba asked worriedly: "Is there no problem?"
Lin smiled and said: "I wasn't sure at first, but someone just gave me a hint, and the answer almost came out."
"What's the meaning?"
"The most important thing in a changing maze like this is to find the rules and limitations. If it is a mechanism-type change, there will be signs and traces of the movement of the mechanism, but there are no such signs here. Instead, it is a phenomenon of space truncation. It’s very obvious. So I think this is a cleverly arranged spatial displacement using teleportation techniques.”
Maybe the great magician Kabanbai is not good at teleportation or space type magic, but it does not prevent him from understanding it. Although the opening statement of this young magician whom he admired was an obvious fact, it was always a good start. So he nodded in agreement and said, "Please continue."
"This method of replacing blocks will not come out of nowhere, nor will it disappear for no reason. It is like a classroom with all seats. As soon as the time is up, I will let the students inside change their seats at will. The only requirement is a seat It can only seat one person, not two. And because it was originally full, even after changing seats, it is still full."
"In other words, we just need to find this pattern of changing seats?"
"Yes, Dean, as you said. In my observation, the automatic change period here is one thousand three hundred and fifty seconds, there are sixty-four daily change modes, and the change mode is fixed for all blocks Shift one space to the left, right, forward or backward, and the blocks at the edge will be moved to the other side to fill the vacated position. At the same time, there will also be a clockwise or counterclockwise direction conversion, although this part looks as a whole There is no certain pattern, but the order of transformation of each block is fixed."
"But according to what you said, there will be a fixed window period of twenty-two and a half minutes after the automatic change. But as soon as we enter, won't there be changes due to the action?"
"Yes, this part is even simpler. Look carefully at the runes on the floor tiles, although they are arranged in a messy manner and in different directions, but there are only eight kinds. And the floor tiles with runes do not completely cover all the floors. Every time they pass a distance, There will be a blank stretch of floor tiles.”
Kabamba followed Lin's prompts and observed that the floor in front of him was exactly what the young magician said. This kind of floor layout also includes the part under the feet. This person has just walked up the stairs and has not yet officially entered the stair passage of the fourth floor space.
Lin continued: "Of these eight types of runes, some have been stepped on, some have not been stepped on, a few of each have been stepped on, and a few have been stepped on in total. These numbers are related to the subsequent block changes."
"So how many are there in total?" The great magician Kabambai frowned and studied the runes on the floor. Ranwen
"President, it's not that complicated. The second prompt is at our feet."
Kaban went to this stairway and looked at the smallest rune floor tiles, and he suddenly realized something. Although the arrangement is equally chaotic, there are only thirty-two runes, four of each type.
"Although the appearance does not appear to have changed, in fact, as long as we step down, there will be a subtle power fluctuation. If we step on the rune in the same position again, there will be no change. Therefore, we can change the rune on the floor Divided into two types: triggered and non-triggered, and then calculate the number of triggered runes, what is the remainder after dividing by two. And finally, the total number of triggered runes, what is the remainder divided by eight. These numbers determine Understand the changes that the channel will produce.”
Although the experienced magician probably guessed the way to navigate this maze, he still asked one more question: "What is the way to get through here?"
"Although I haven't seen all the rune floor tiles. But I believe that there won't be too many kinds of chaotic arrangements of floor tiles. According to the general idea, there are two solutions. One is that for every arrangement of floor tiles, there will be One standard way of moving, the next change is the direction leading to the exit. The other is based on the arrangement of the floor tiles at the starting point, which determines the unique way of moving the floor tiles in each subsequent change block, and finally leads to the exit. .Basically, I prefer the latter solution, because there is the first tip, that is, the fourth floor will automatically change at intervals. If there are different starting points and block divisions at different times, the former method Practice will not lead smoothly to the right answer.”
This was consistent with his own experience, so the great magician Kabamba nodded in agreement with Lin's statement. But he heard a key point and couldn't help but curiously asked: "Xiao Gai, you just talked about the general idea and the solution. Does that mean you have other solutions?"
"Dean, how many variations do you think there are in the maze in front of you?"
"How many changes are there? Wait, let me do the math." The old man, who has been playing math for a while now, naturally did the math when he heard such a question. "Eight kinds of runes, the remainders are zero and one, and the permutations and combinations are two to the eighth power, that is two hundred and fifty-six kinds. The remainder divided by eight is zero to seven, and there are eight changes, so There are two thousand and forty-eight variations in total. That’s right.”
Although Lin did not promote abacus or mental arithmetic in Mystery, magicians can handle magic models, incantations, etc., and their complexity is not inferior to that of advanced mathematical formulas. As long as you master the method, calculating mathematical results is not a big problem. Not to mention the calculation just now is at the level of a primary school student.
"Correct, Dean." Someone was holding something in his hand, or else he wanted to give a thumbs up to encourage the old man. Lin said nonchalantly: "There are only more than 2,000 changes. I am more inclined to brute force cracking."
"Brute force cracking, what...means..."
Before the great magician Kabamba finished his question, someone stamped his foot on the ground, directly interfering with the operation of the magic trap on the floor and going through all the changes. Just look at the changing scenery of the floors in front of you, which is changing rapidly and is dizzying. The whole scene of constant changes finally stopped in front of an upward stairwell.
In other words, you don't even have to walk through the maze on the fourth floor, just move the end point directly in front of you. Done.
Holding the wooden box in his hand, Lin turned sideways, nodded slightly, and said, "Your Excellency, Dean of the Academy, please go up." When he said these words, of course he did not look at the young apprentice. But judging from the violent acceleration of the other person's heartbeat, he was probably very angry. But, what does it have to do with me.
Seeing that this maze that he thought was a embarrassment was solved, the great magician Kabamba was stunned for a while, then burst into laughter and laughed happily for a long time. Finally, out of breath, he stopped laughing. But he still gasped and asked: "Is this true?"
"If the person who comes to break into the tower is lucky enough, it is possible to directly see the stairs leading to the upper level. After all, the chance is only one in 2,048." Lin shrugged and said, not feeling at all that he could crack this. What's wrong with growing things? However, there was still a trace of worry hidden in his heart, and he said, "Dean, let's go up. Don't keep Master Dharma Saint waiting for too long."
"Wait a minute!" Hakim, the young magic apprentice, shouted angrily: "You actually... you actually used such despicable means to crack the maze. I don't allow it, I don't allow such a thing! Go to hell, go to hell Die, I want you to understand that the maze of Tower VI is definitely more than that. He can kill all intruders, including you."
The angry young man took out a magic item that vaguely resonated with the magic tower. This also confirmed someone's worry. With a magic tower of the Dharma Saint level, how could the defense in the tower be just two mazes. If a maze of this level were expanded ten times, it would just trap more people without any lethality.
But the reason why there are no rumors about Tower VI's defense function outside the maze, apart from the possibility that it really doesn't exist, is because everyone encountered is dead and can be promoted outside.
This can be learned from the other party's threatening language.
So now, fight back? In someone else's magic tower.
