EBE Chapter 122 The conductor's smile
Chapter 122 The conductor's smile
‘Da～!’
A crisp sound of a door opening echoed, and the door at the front of the carriage slowly opened.
Everyone's eyes turned involuntarily towards the source of the sound, and they saw an old man in a black uniform appear at the door, followed by a group of people dressed in black clothing.
“Dear passengers, this is the conductor of this train.” A stewardess with a strange smile introduced mechanically to everyone.
Everyone cast curious glances. The appearance of the conductor made the Chosen Ones feel a sudden unease.
〈Train Rule A:〉
〈①、Please be quiet. The conductor doesn't like noisy people.〉
〈⑥、When the conductor inspects, please greet him with a smile!〉
〈⑦、Without the conductor's permission, you must not go to other carriages.〉
〈Death Train Rule B:〉
〈⑥、The conductor will come to the carriage for inspection from time to time. Simply greet him with a look when you see the conductor.〉
〈⑦、The conductor's words are completely correct. You can always trust the conductor's decisions!〉
These are the rules related to the conductor, five in total, but it is obvious that there are contradictions between the rules.
The conductor's face was kind, and his eyes revealed a kind of majesty and calmness.
“First of all, I, the conductor, am very happy to be on this train with all of you passengers.
Secondly, I, the conductor, hope that everyone can abide by the train's rules and order, listen to my arrangements, and jointly create a harmonious and quiet travel environment.” The conductor mechanically recited the opening remarks.
Coupled with the smile on his face, a strange feeling that could not be described washed over them.
“Hello, Conductor!” A reckless youth at the front quickly stood up to greet him.
The other person next to this reckless youth thought of Rule ① of Train Rule A: 〈①、Please be quiet. The conductor doesn't like noisy people.〉
And Rule ⑥ of Train Rule B: 〈⑥、The conductor will come to the carriage for inspection from time to time. Simply greet him with a look when you see the conductor.〉
Combining them, the second person chose to abide by Rule ⑥ of Train Rule B and greeted him with a look.
The conductor 'kindly' nodded, noting down these two troublemakers in his heart.
The first person stood up and spoke to him, completely disregarding his earlier statement of 'staying quiet.' Disobeying the conductor's orders, bold and reckless, this person must not be spared!
The second person dared to glare at him, blatantly provoking his authority as the conductor, completely disregarding him. This person must not be spared either!
However, given that the second person had listened to his words, the conductor decided to put this person in the later sacrificial sequence team.
With the arrival of the conductor, Chu Yanxi immediately thought of the rules related to the conductor's inspection.
〈Train Rule A:〉
〈①、Please be quiet. The conductor doesn't like noisy people.〉
〈⑥、When the conductor inspects, please greet him with a smile!〉
〈Train Rule B:〉
〈⑥、The conductor will come to the carriage for inspection from time to time. Simply greet him with a look when you see the conductor.〉
〈⑦、The conductor's words are completely correct. You can always trust the conductor's decisions!〉
Rule ⑥ of Train Rule A and Rule ⑥ of Train Rule B are obviously contradictory. Chu Yanxi knew that both rules were actually wrong.
Based on her memory of the original plot trajectory, Rule ⑦ of Train Rule B is incorrect, which means that three rules are wrong.
Greeting with a smile and greeting with a look are both greetings. According to the previous incident with the delivery man, the conductor's inspection should also be screening the sacrificial sequence team.
If someone stood up and greeted with a smile like the first person, it would obviously directly violate Rule ① of Train Rule A and Rules ⑥ and ⑦ of Train Rule B, although these rules are not entirely correct.
But violating a wrong rule is still violating a rule. The conductor has a problem. The first person's answer is undoubtedly the most wrong approach and will be placed by the conductor in the first sacrificial team.
And the second person gestured with his eyes, seemingly conforming to the high-priority rule, but in reality, he still didn't smile, violating Rule ⑥ of Rule A.
No!
Chu Yanxi suddenly thought of another terrifying idea: the train rules are very likely to be bidirectional!
From the conductor's perspective, the original plot trajectory of the conductor sacrificing the Chosen Ones from Azure Planet was not wrong either. That is to say, Rule ⑦ of Train Rule B is both right and wrong.
By extension, other rules are also very likely to be both right and wrong.
That is to say, Rule ① and Rule ⑥ of Train Rule A, and Rule ⑥ and Rule ⑦ of Train Rule B, all four rules can coexist.
Combining the conductor's opening remarks, Chu Yanxi thought of the only correct answer, which is also the answer that is the wrong answer: greet with a smile in your eyes.
Saying this answer is right is because this answer simultaneously satisfies four rules: greeting with a smile, greeting with a look, staying quiet, and obeying the conductor's words.
Saying this answer is wrong is because Rule ⑦ of Train Rule B is wrong from the perspective of the Chosen Ones. The train needs to sacrifice flesh and blood to travel through the mist, and the sacrifice of flesh and blood will cause the Chosen Ones to be eliminated, and the order of sacrificing the Chosen Ones is the Chosen One's answer.
That is to say, if the Chosen Ones' answers are consistent, they will be wiped out directly. If the answers differ in degree, the sacrifice will decrease gradually, and there is a probability that someone will survive in the end.
Combining the memory of the plot trajectory, Chu Yanxi roughly divided the answer range of the tardy delivery man into four sacrificial sequence teams: those who scolded fiercely, those who just told him to get lost, simple refusal, and ordering food!
Four answer level teams. In the original plot trajectory, only the first three sacrificial sequence teams appeared. Excluding one 'relatively most correct answer,' there can only be two sacrificial sequence teams left, which is obviously not enough for six sacrifices.
So the conductor arranged an inspection, and the set answer range continued to be divided into four sacrificial sequence teams: those who greeted verbally, those who greeted with a look, those who didn't greet, and those who greeted with a smiling look.
There are also four answer level teams, but in the original plot trajectory, only three sacrificial sequence teams appeared. Excluding one 'relatively most correct answer,' there are only two sacrificial sequence teams left, which is also obviously not enough for the number of sacrifices.
With the superposition of the two answer ranges, a total of four sacrificial sequence teams were used: ① those who scolded fiercely (already sacrificed); ② those who answered aloud; ③ those who simultaneously existed as 'told to get lost' and 'greeted with a look'; ④ 'told to get lost' and 'greeted with a look' only had one!
There are still two sacrificial sequence teams missing. Logically speaking, no one should have cleared the game in the original plot trajectory.
But among them, a Daughter of Fortune Qiao An'an who can be resurrected infinitely was mixed in, and this created a turning point.
Deducing to this point, Chu Yanxi realized that there were still some loopholes in her deduction, which is why the conductor went to the trouble of doing these things?
If the train only travels between two locations, it seems that whether the Chosen Ones can survive to the end has nothing to do with the conductor.
If the Chosen Ones fail in the instance, they can just pull in new people. Anyway, the success rate of the later people passing the instance checkpoints will only get higher and higher with the pioneers opening the way.
Taking a step back, even if no one succeeds, the anomalies can still descend on Azure Planet, and the anomalies' purpose is completely unaffected.
Unless… the conductor and these people are survivors of failed worlds who survived under the influence of the anomalies. The Chosen Ones of Azure Planet experience instances, and these natives also have to experience similar instance links!
That is to say, the conductor's task is to ensure that there are Chosen Ones from Azure Planet who reach the end, and there will be punishment for failing the task.
If there are not enough Chosen Ones to sacrifice, then native survivors must be sacrificed to fill the number.
If the answer is like this, then everything makes sense.
The reason why Qiao An'an was sacrificed three times in the original plot trajectory was not because the conductor was kind.
But because after Qiao An'an, it was them, the remaining Chu Yanxi and others who were lucky enough to choose the 'relatively most correct answer,' who were the people that the conductor's mission had to protect.
Discovering that Qiao An'an could be resurrected, the conductor directly changed all the sacrificial sequence lists to Qiao An'an, and the others followed the conductor to get a share of the credit!
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