Chapter 569

For the NPC of this copy, the mechanism book of the perfect item can only be regarded as an ornament at most. In addition to the value of viewing, its only function is to display the clock in the upper left corner of the cover, that is, to tell the time.

Perhaps this is the legendary secret casting of pearls. For a world without magic, no one can know the full value of the mechanism book, although it is not a useful thing for an Yizhi.

Therefore, anasta only took the plastic ball with the puzzle, but did not move the mechanism book placed next to the single sofa. By the way, I contributed a perfect strange magic book to an Yizhi.

"Sounds like you want to know a lot about this house. Do you even know the answer?"

Tu Hongyu asked in surprise.

"Well, I know."

"Why didn't you say it at first?"

Anasta covered her mouth and smiled:

"That's boring. I'm just here to see if anyone can solve Mr. Edward's puzzle."

As she once said, she is not interested in the treasure, because she knows what the treasure is and where to put it. And there are many secrets about this sister anasta. Funny lawyer Abel and Countess Lydia still want to kill people, but they don't know that they have made the biggest mistake.

But

I've untied it all!

Looking at the indifferent anasta, Ann knew that the sister probably didn't know all the secrets. The good play is behind

"The first one to untie is lawyer Abel?"

Ann asked, twisting open two plastic balls with one finger.

"Yes, but he has intelligence advantage and knows many organs in this house, so he can't be the first to solve it."

"So I'm the first?"

"Of course"

Everyone can see how simple and rude the method is, but an Yizhi just eats it:

"Ha ha, let me see how difficult Mr. Edward's puzzle is."

You can belittle a secondary two disease, because most of them are paranoia living in their own "Settings", but never despise a secondary two disease with full action, especially an Yizhi, which is terminally ill.

The things in the two plastic balls are a piece of paper, and the puzzles written on them are exactly the same.

"When the time is in the right place, night falls and passes through the gate of the starry sky, my treasure is there. It is the brightest star."

An Yizhi reads the sentence on the note and Tu Hongyu scratches his head:

"What does that mean? Night falls? Need to wait until night?"

"Let me think twice"

“……”

Did this guy pinch him again?

An Yi pointed out the copy time and looked at it. It's about 2 p.m. because a lot of things have happened, everyone is not in the mood to eat, but anyway, both players don't need to eat, and anasta doesn't mean to eat.

The point is that the end time of this copy is 6 p.m., in other words, there are five hours left to reach the deadline. In any case, it is impossible to wait until nightfall.

Does it mean that this puzzle can only be solved when it was discovered the day before and spent the night?

no

An Yizhi secretly rejected it in his heart.

The system will not arrange tasks that require such strict time without prompt. In that case, the time limit of the copy will not be 6 p.m. the next day, but before sunrise the next day.

Then, the so-called night fall refers not to the real meaning of "night", but a proxy.

Just like the "gate of the stars" mentioned in the riddle, we must not simply understand it literally, otherwise we really go through the so-called star gate, and the nature of this copy will become science fiction

Since it is a proxy, what does it represent?

An Yizhi closes his eyes and has the experience of solving the chessboard puzzle before. He has found out the urine of this copy puzzle. The so-called star gate must refer to something in the mansion.

As for what it is

He recalled everything that had happened since he entered the copy and everything he saw in his mind. The memory passed quickly like water. Finally, he locked something that he thought was strange at the beginning

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The three came to the main hall and asked Charlie and Mary when they passed the restaurant. Neither of them had seen Lydia and lawyer Abel appear.

"What are you doing here?"

Tu Hongyu asked. Anasta didn't make a sound and looked at an with interest.

"It's very simple. This is the gate of the stars."

An Yizhi said:

"Do you remember my guess about Mr. Edward's character?"

"Of course, obsessive compulsive disorder."

"Yes, he has a very serious obsessive-compulsive disorder."

Looking around, an Yizhi continued:

"This can be seen from bookshelves and symmetrically arranged decorations, but look here."

He pointed to the vertical Bell road not far away:

"Everything in this mansion is double, or symmetrically arranged, but there is only a vertical clock in the main hall corridor, and an ordinary landscape painting is hung opposite him."

"Really!"

Tu Hongyu was stunned and then said:

"This only shows that it's suspicious here. How can you see that the gate of the stars is here?"

"It's simple."

An pointed and smiled proudly:

"The reason is the painting."

The picture he said is the one hanging in the center of the Y-shaped staircase and heard that the pattern will change automatically.

"In the early morning of this morning, we followed the guardian here, but the guardian suddenly disappeared. At that time, I suspected that there was a secret door here, but I didn't know how to open the secret door. At that time, what the pattern in the painting showed was the dusk of the upcoming starry sky."

Then Ann pointed to the only vertical wall clock, reached out to open the dial, and then quickly turned the pointer clockwise.

At the same time, Tu Hongyu saw that the picture hanging on the stairs was also changing rapidly. Sometimes it was a portrait, sometimes it was a landscape pattern, and sometimes it would disappear directly.

Finally, the clock stopped at 3 o'clock, and the pattern in the painting became the starry sky under the night.

Immediately, the crowd heard a creak, like the sound of metal activities.

Tu Hongyu was surprised to see that the back of the picture of the starry sky was opened, and a soft ladder was put down from behind the cracked door opening.

"The normal movement of the hour hand needs the presence of the guardian before it can be opened. Usually, it can only be opened by rotating the hour hand. I have to say that Mr. Edward's skill is really powerful."

"It's you, Mr. Ann."

Anasta clapped her hands and praised:

"It's the first time I've seen someone solve Mr. Edward's puzzle. You're the first. You're worthy of a detective."

"Ha ha, easy to say."

Then an pointed:

"I have something more surprising for you. I hope you won't be surprised at that time."

Anasta was stunned, smiled and said:

"Wait and see."

Climbing up the ladder, the space behind the portrait was unexpectedly large enough for two people to walk side by side.

When the three entered, the portrait automatically closed. Anasta groped around the nearby door and seemed to open a light door. The whole passage was lit instantly.

This is a hidden passage hidden inside the mansion. There are two stairs in front of an Yizhi and Tu Hongyu, one downward and the other upward.

An Yizhi walked down the road. There were a pile of signs hanging on the wall, which said "to the door", "to the garden" and "to the city".

"Miss anasta, you use this passage from your home in the city."

Mary, the maid, once said that she didn't hear any sound from the engine. It was like looking up and seeing that anasta was standing at the door.

"Well, that's right"

Anasta admitted it in a big way. She said:

"The entrance that just came in is only allowed in and out, while there are no so many restrictions on other entrances and exits. I arrived here by underground rail car from the secret road below my home in the city."

"The secret road leads directly to the harbor? Mr. Edward, how long has it been digging?"

To be honest, it was a little unexpected for an Yizhi. He thought it would go down the mountain at most.

"Mr. Edward invented the automatic hole digging machine. It didn't take long."

“……”

I feel that if this guy uses his invention in infrastructure, human civilization will progress a lot.

"If I guess correctly..."

An Yi pointed to his surroundings and said firmly:

"Those rooms that can't be opened are actually the machinery to maintain the operation of the whole mansion, including the machinery of the concert hall, the swan and the guardian and other organs. They are maintained by those rooms."

"Yes"

Anasta explained:

"Those rooms are not without keys, nor can they be opened, but can only be opened by Mr. Edward and his automatic machines."

She took a complicated brass key from her skirt pocket and showed it to them:

"This is the key that can open the doors of all rooms."

An Yizhi continued:

"In the whole house, except for the rooms that can't be opened, all the guest rooms, whether furniture or wallpaper, are brand-new and have been decorated only in recent weeks. This is because Mr. Edward doesn't intend to use these guest rooms to entertain guests. Before, they were empty or even houses without any decoration."

He touched his chin:

"It should be a spare room for some machines, just like those locked rooms."

Anasta clapped his hands:

"As you said, those guest rooms were originally intended to be transformed into rooms that provide mechanical power, but Mr. Edward was only 30 years old when he designed this luxury house. It was nearly 50 years old when he began to work on it. The new design is much better than the original design, so a lot of space is made up."

It also explains why the furniture in all guest rooms is new.

In other words, this is the legendary 'occupy the building for standby'?

The three continued along the passage to a patio.

"The treasure you are looking for is on it."

Anasta pointed to the winding stairway:

"This staircase leads to the bell tower."

"After talking for a long time, what is the treasure?"

Tu Hongyu looked at the stairs he turned to go up. It hurt a little. He didn't expect to climb the stairs crazily when playing a game.

"Nothing, the most valuable thing is really this house."

Anasta shook her head and said that since she knew this road, she had naturally seen the so-called treasure. It was really not something worth fighting for.

"That's not necessarily."

Ann pointed to a mysterious smile and took the lead up the stairs.

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The stairs are longer than expected, because the slope is not big, but it is also because the slope is not big. When they climb the stairs, they don't feel very tired. Just like taking a walk at ordinary times, they walk all the way to the top floor.

At the end of the stairs was a wooden door, and the door was unlocked. The three pushed the door in.

The first thing that comes into view is the moving mechanical gears, large and small, and the huge translucent dial behind them. You can see that the long metal pointer is turning regularly.

Although the machinery is huge, it doesn't make much sound, only some subtle roars, which makes an Yizhi have the illusion of entering the second dimensional world.

It seems that Hal's mobile castle is the same tune

However, there was no lighting in the room. It was obviously not the first time for anasta to come here. She quickly found the light door and pressed it, but it didn't work normally. The light bulb flashed.

"There should be something wrong with the wiring on the ceiling."

"It doesn't matter. It's just a bad contact. Some of us can fix it."

An pointed and looked at TU Hongyu.

"I've said it many times. I studied welders, not electricians, not lathe workers and fitters... Well, I'll just go and have a look."

Looking around, Tu Hongyu found a row of obvious protrusions on the wall next to the door, just like a ladder. It seems that he can go up from there.

Only he has experience in decorating the house here. It's more reliable to expect an Yizhi to repair the circuit than to expect his secondary disease to recover.