Night lay heavy, and the rumble of the train pierced the silent sky. They had reached the countryside, free of light pollution, where stars clustered around the moon.
Although they had not worked out every detail of Wei Yanchi's lateral-thinking puzzle, they had guessed the gist, which barely counted as solving it.
Wei Yanchi calmly downed the drink he had poured earlier, set his glass on the table, and asked, "Who's next?"
Everyone glanced vaguely toward 39.
After all, 39 had been the one to suggest this game. They were eager to hear the clues he would offer, even if they were fabricated or misleading.
Xie De naturally noticed their looks. They all wanted him to pose the next puzzle, but coming up with one on the spot was rather difficult. He fell silent for a moment.
Witch ventured, "Your Excellency 39? Why don't you pose the puzzle this time?"
"Mm." 39 seemed equally indifferent.
Xie De secretly asked 455 in his mind.
455, give me a harder puzzle. I don't want to drink.
455 came online at a leisurely pace. It had probably gone off to pester 730 again, which explained the delayed response.
But when it did reply, it dropped a bombshell.
"(＾∨＾) A puzzle? I happen to have one. In the surface world, it would probably count as a supernatural puzzle, but everyone here is a big shot in the Otherworld, so to them, it should count as a realistic one? Hmm, not sure."
"Ahem. The premise: they took an unfamiliar child back to the desert, heading toward familiar surroundings. In the end, all three members of the family became coordinates unmarked on the map."
"There's no limit on guesses for this puzzle."
Xie De asked, No limit on guesses?
455 said confidently, "(•̀ᴗ•́) Yes, no limit