Chapter 65 Chapter 65 (2/2)

He seemed to have a good temper and also a high tolerance.

Ji Yushi asked, “What colours have you encountered until now?”

Song Qinglan, “Yellow, blue, purple, green and red.”

It was the same as what he had seen. Were there only five colours?

Ji Yushi thought for a moment before asking, “Which colour appeared the most?”

This was a question Duan Wen could answer, “Green and blue the most. We only recently started to see red.”

Ji Yushi turned on his communicator and drew a cube in the air. He then chose a red pen, “The traversers and I ran into red rooms the most at first and then green and blue slowly appeared before we met here. This shows that we are near a point of intersection, and we just happen to have advanced to the same point.”

Ji Yushi first coloured one side of the cube red. He then coloured the two adjacent sides blue and green.

Everyone quietly watched him analyse the situation. Different colours were projected onto his face.

This was the Ji Yushi everyone was familiar with.

Ji Yushi’s thought process was very clear. As he coloured it, he said, “It is known that going from red to yellow will lead to death and going from green to purple will also lead to death. Assuming that the side opposite red is yellow and the side opposite green is purple, this should be how the layout is now.”

The cube in the holographic projection had been coloured.

Apart from the side opposite blue whose colour was still unknown, the layout was clear.

“My guess is, just like the Rubik’s Cube in reality, it is impossible to go between colours on opposite sides.” Ji Yushi explained, “From one adjacent colour to the other adjacent colour is safe. If we want to move around safely here, we will need to avoid going to rooms with colours on the opposing side of the cube.”

Duan Wen was shocked, “How do we choose?”

Song Qinglan mused, “So you’re saying that we need to exclude rooms with the same colour but with a time difference as well as rooms with opposite colours?”

Ji Yushi was glad there was someone who understood him immediately, “Yes.”

The three of them didn’t speak.

Ji Yushi gave them time to digest this information.

In the silence, Lin Xinlan once again spoke up, “Then having gone through rooms of the same colour this entire time and not encountering the time difference mentioned by Advisor Ji and even coming out unscathed, we must have been really lucky.”

Everyone could tell that this was a kind of euphemistic questioning.

For those who didn’t understand Ji Yushi, Ji Yushi hadn’t been here for long and had also spent more than ten hours in one room. For him to boldly make such a conclusion, it did indeed seem unreasonable.

Lin Xinlan, “Let me ask, how can we complete the so-called ‘joining’ while avoiding those two possibilities?”

Ji Yushi, “Firstly, by figuring out the rules behind the movement of the rooms.”

Lin Xinlan, “How to figure out?”

Ji Yushi, “Whenever someone leaves the room, the room will move. It’s very simple. Before leaving the room, we remember the colours of the surrounding rooms and under the premise that it is safe, we test them out one by one to see what direction the colours change.”

Lin Xinlan, “And then?”

The two asked and answered back and forth. Somehow, there seemed to be some tension in the air.

Duan Wen was confused.

What was going on here?

Song Qinglan had already walked over. He stood in front of Ji Yushi, blocking him completely.

Song Qinglan habitually crossed his arms. His handsome face looked a lot more mature with the stubble, but he still looked unkept and distant.

He spoke coldly, “And then it would be cleared. Cap Lin, our Advisor Ji telling you how to go through this cube safely is already more than enough. You should use your own brain to figure out how to clear the mission. Don’t forget, we are opponents in this mission. Don’t think about trying to get the answer out from him.”

Lin Xinlan smiled, “Oh no, you saw through me.”

Song Qinglan, “If you have doubts about the analysis just now, you don’t have to come with us.”

Lin Xinlan, “Forget it. I’ll trust him and follow you guys.”

Song Qinglan was noncommittal. He didn’t want to talk to him anymore.

He turned around and saw Ji Yushi take something out of his pocket and carve something onto the ground.

Ji Yushi was using the zipper handle he had taken from his clothes. The mark he left was strange. It wasn’t a number nor a letter.

When he got back up while patting his hands, Duan Wen and Song Qinglan recognised it.

Song Qinglan had a small urge to laugh.

Little classmate Ji held grudges. Having almost been tricked into giving out the answer, he didn’t want to disclose anything else to Lin Xinlan.

What he had written on the ground was Big Beard’s language, something that no one else would understand.

“Let’s go.” Ji Yushi’s expression was the same, “Let’s check the colours of the surrounding rooms first.”

They chose to advance into a green room. It was on their left.

Duan Wen climbed up first. He waited at the entrance to prevent the door to the room from closing and causing them to separate again.

Everyone climbed up the stairs one by one.

“Song Qinglan.” Lin Xinlan suddenly shouted out.

Ji Yushi looked back and saw Lin Xinlan sitting on the ground with his hand stretched out, “Lend me a hand. My legs are numb.”

Ji Yushi, “……..”

He simply continued climbing.

Behind him, Song Qinglan spoke heartlessly, “Get up by yourself.”

Lin Xinlan could only sigh regretfully, “Haa, we’re friends though. How did I offend you?”

The ambiguous atmosphere was strong.

Ji Yushi remembered what Li Chun had said about Lin Xinlan. His words didn’t seem too exaggerated.

He reached the new room and continued to mark the ground with his zipper handle. He turned a blind eye to the things happening behind him.

A pair of black boots appeared in front of him.

Song Qinglan squatted down beside him. He coughed dryly and then whispered to him, “That uh, that Lin Xinlan came from a year ago.”

A year ago.

Ji Yushi’s hand stopped. He didn’t raise his head, “From the time he confessed to you which resulted in you developing PTSD?”

PTSD?

Who gave that mess a name like that?

The timing and occasion wasn’t right. Song Qinglan didn’t know how to explain the matter, “………”

Ji Yushi finally looked up.

He looked at the unshaven Song Qinglan. His eyes were very calm, “Don’t change the past, don’t talk about the present. Don’t worry, I won’t tell Cap Lin about this.”