[Happy Kids Swimming Pool 17] Two rounds of analysis, a newcomer appears!
The bullet chat was stunned.
Viewers in the livestream could see the contents of the players' watches. It was only the players who couldn't see one another's watch contents.
No rules had appeared earlier when the girl with the high ponytail followed the children.
Why had rules appeared when Chen Han followed a child?
Because rules had appeared.
Everyone therefore assumed that Chen Han and Fang Lei had found the right way to clear the instance.
"What did I just see? New rules got triggered?"
"Does that make sense?"
"Why did new rules get triggered?"
"How did Fang Lei know to follow that kid bro?"
"It feels like Big Boss Chen Han didn't do anything this time. He just got carried!"
"Holy shit, when did Fang Lei get so smart?"
"I told you Big Boss Chen Han wouldn't save someone worthless! Let's see the chat keep talking shit now!"
"Is Fang Lei using cheats?"
"I never thought this bullied little boy would actually be a kind NPC. Boohoo, I'm so touched!"
"Can someone explain exactly why following this kid triggered the rules?"
"+1, genuinely confused. Any experts care to explain?"
Most people in the livestream were confused.
After all, something they couldn't understand had happened.
Why exactly was that?
Li Chen was carefully observing Fang Lei's expression.
After Chen Han got out of the pool, Fang Lei had visibly relaxed a great deal.
Before that, he had kept rubbing his hands against the sides of his pants.
Clearly, Fang Lei had either been feeling guilty or nervous.
By now, Fang Lei naturally knew that Chen Han was the real big boss and would want to cling tightly to his golden thigh.
So he couldn't possibly do anything detrimental to Chen Han, which meant he wouldn't be feeling guilty.
That left only one possibility: Fang Lei had actually been nervous.
Why had he been nervous?
Could it be because Fang Lei hadn't actually been entirely confident about this move?
Instead, he had acted on Big Boss Chen Han's instructions, and his nervousness had actually been over whether he had followed Big Boss Chen Han's hints correctly.
Then when had Chen Han given Fang Lei a hint?
Li Chen kept rewinding his memories.
Finally, he had it!
It had been right then.
Now everything fit together!
Li Chen rapidly typed his reasoning into the livestream chat.
"Fang Lei knew to take this step because, during the interval after the fourth blackout, he asked Big Boss Chen Han two questions."
"The answer to the second question was the key to Fang Lei making the right decision this time."
"That was when Big Boss Chen Han said, 'For what comes next.'"
"This means Chen Han's act of giving the candy to the girl with the high ponytail was actually a way of casting a brick to attract jade."
"The candy wasn't meant for the child in red. It was meant to catch the beaten child's attention, enticing him to ask Chen Han for candy and helping Chen Han achieve his goal."
"As for why Chen Han didn't ask the beaten child to take him away himself this time, and Fang Lei was the one who asked instead, the reason is-"
"Fang Lei was taking the initiative to demonstrate his value!"
"He was proving that he wasn't useless!"
The livestream chat instantly exploded.
"Holy shit, Big Boss Chen Han is fucking awesome."
"Big Boss Chen Han noticed this kid ages ago, but he kept pretending he couldn't see him."
"Big Boss Chen Han really knows how to put on an act! I thought this kid really was just a useless NPC!"
"This Fang Lei knows what's good for him!"
"Spend enough time with a big boss and even your IQ goes up. Awesome!"
Before long, however, a new question emerged.
How had Big Boss Chen Han known to follow the beaten child instead of the earlier child in red?
The rules clearly said they could follow children during a blackout.
But why did "child" specifically mean this beaten child?
They couldn't figure it out no matter how hard they thought.
"Can I ask a tiny question? How did Big Boss Chen Han know to use that bait to attract the beaten child?"
"Agreed. This kid might have been beaten, but his face was covered in blood. If it were me, I'd choose to follow the child in red."
"Could Big Boss Chen Han have relied on his sixth sense?"
A heated discussion broke out in the livestream chat.
Li Chen frowned.
He genuinely hadn't figured that part out yet either.
Every step Big Boss Chen Han took was calculated by his incredibly powerful brain.
He never voiced his reasoning, and he barely even showed any expression.
It was truly difficult to know Big Boss Chen Han's entire reasoning process!
So difficult!
Just then, Li Chen discovered something to his surprise.
Someone else in the livestream chat had rapidly typed out the reasoning behind why Chen Han had known to follow the beaten child.
"Chen Han knew to follow the beaten child because these rules were playing a word game with us!"
"Rule 7 says you can 'ask a child for help,' but it doesn't say you can 'ask children for help'! That's the key!"
"It's only a single-character difference, but the meanings are worlds apart! There's a major restriction on numbers! The plural marker means a group, but without it, it refers only to an individual-in other words, the beaten child!"
"I think one point needs correcting here. Fang Lei didn't volunteer to speak to demonstrate his value. He was leading by example, testing the waters for Big Boss Chen Han as a precaution. That way, even if there was any danger, Fang Lei would be the first to bite the dust!"
The livestream chat immediately erupted into an uproar.
Many were in agony over having overlooked such a tiny detail and wasted so much time thinking.
"Holy fucking shit, I spent forever thinking about this, going through every complicated possibility, and now you're telling me it was that simple!"
"I feel like my IQ's been ground into the dirt!"
"How is this any different from those elementary school trick questions about converting kilograms to grams?"
"A tiny error makes a world of difference. Big Boss Chen Han really is awesome!"
"So Fang Lei spoke up because he wanted to test the waters for the big boss. He's got some potential after all!"
Chen Han had absolutely no idea that the livestream chat had just weathered one storm after another.
He was only certain of one thing.
Namely: Holy shit!
Fang Lei was actually a hidden big boss!
He'd actually found a way to clear the instance!
Unbelievable. And he'd said at the beginning that he wanted to be my lackey.
What a trick!
Looks like Fang Lei really hadn't been wrong to approach me at the start.
He's a player with brains. From now on, I'm leaving every puzzle I can't solve to him.
So that inexplicable look he gave me just now was actually him showing off his IQ?
That's very likely. After all, the smarter people are, the more they need to feel different from everyone else!