—One thing we know so far is that different teams are assigned different starting positions when they enter this maze.
Elsewhere in the maze, Xia Liang was squatting on the ground, slowly tracing a square outline of the maze with magic before marking a star at one spot.
"Now, let's assume the maze has a fixed exit, and that exit is where the star is. What would happen?"
"What would happen?" Mountain Lily squatted opposite Xia Liang, staring blankly at the diagram on the ground.
"It would become unfair."
Leaning against Mountain Lily, Tiger Lily seemed to have figured something out. "If every team starts in a different position, while the exit already exists and is fixed, then some teams will inevitably be closer to clearing the test, while others will be farther away."
"Right, that's exactly it."
Xia Liang pointed at the star on the diagram.
"If there were no restrictions, then in the most extreme case, some examinees might be teleported right next to the exit as soon as they entered the maze. A senior on my team once told me that when solving problems, you should try to see things from the examiner's perspective. If I were an examiner, I'd definitely do everything I could to avoid that situation."
"Then couldn't they just teleport the examinees as far from the exit as possible?"
Tiger Lily frowned and countered, "Suppose this square is the maze we're in. If we split this square maze in half, then when placing the examinees at the start, we simply don't place anyone in the half near the exit. Then we could..."
She trailed off halfway through, getting stuck on her own words.
"Could do what?"
Xia Liang suddenly laughed and continued for her. "It would make the test easier, right?"
"Yes... In