Be the king in the infinite escape game

[Game Name: White Dream Escape]

[Background story: On the distant Baiji Star, there is a city whose development far exceeds that of Earth civilization, called White Night City.The Tao family, the second richest man in the city, recently issued an announcement, offering generous rewards, looking for several knowledgeable, patient and responsible tutors for the patriarch's beloved young son.As newcomers who just graduated from Capital University, you decided to try your luck...]

[Game Rating: Level 6, Hardcore Ingenuity]

【Tags: escape room; cyberpunk; studying for exams】

[Initial number of live broadcasts: 100 people. 】

[Your first-stage goal: Pass the housekeeper's test, successfully move into Tao's house, and become the tutor of Young Master Tao Baimeng. 】

As a puff of smoke and dust passed by, Gu Runan found himself standing on an empty concrete floor, the white sun shone brightly on the ground, his hairs all over his body were tingling, and he couldn't open his eyes.

He looked around for a long time, but there was no one around, and couldn't help but slander: This Meng Jingshui, agreed to do team building, but chose a single-person perspective dungeon, what kind of team building is he doing?

A drop of crystal sweat ran across his face, dripped on the ground, evaporated instantly, and disappeared into the air as white mist.

He stared at the water stains on the ground and found that something was gnawing at his trouser legs. He looked back and saw that the ground was full of robot dogs.

A long line of robot dogs moved on the street, densely packed and orderly.They seem to be patrolling the entire block, or they may be preparing to deliver supplies to various stores.

There was a buzzing sound above his head. Gu Runan raised his head and looked around with his eyes covered—the sky was not densely covered with birds flying high, but black drones making loud noises.

These drones are shooting over the city without any blind spots.Maybe it's ground monitoring, maybe it's drawing a three-dimensional map of the entire White Night City.

The sky is not clear, not azure blue, but has a very thick layer of smoke and dust, giving people a feeling of extreme pollution.

Not far away, high-tech buildings towered up, and the smoke from the factory was discharged into the sky.The cold, huge lifting machine raises the mechanical arm and lowers it, doing repetitive lifting work.

They are burying a piece of ruins, and the things in the ruins are familiar to Gu Runan - the ruins of cities in real life on the earth. Signs such as "Hongqi Convenience Store", "Ali Tobacco and Liquor Store", and "Glasses Beef Noodle Restaurant" can be found everywhere, obviously lagging behind the high-tech scene displayed in White Night City.

Cranes are burying these obsolete cities, leveling them and laying down foundations on which to build grander buildings.

The collapse of civilization takes only a moment here.

For several miles around, no humans were walking around.The tallest and most conspicuous building in the city is a skyscraper with an all-glass curtain wall. The entire LED screen is placed on the building, and there is a dynamic portrait of a middle-aged man.

Above the building, there is a metal plaque with the words "Chu's Group" painted on iron and silver hooks.

Gu Runan felt a chill in his heart, this is a cyberpunk world controlled by chaebols.

He has seen in science fiction books before that this kind of world is high-tech, low-desire, emphasizing spirit and despising material, and the economic lifeline is often firmly controlled by a certain monopoly interest group.

He glanced at the side of the street, scurrying rats and homeless people made no distinction between you and me.The homeless man is lying under the poisonous sun, dressed in rags, holding a few bottles of nutrient solution, and indulging in the VR (virtual reality) device.

In this context, people will be treated as rats are treated.

The chief culprit of all this is undoubtedly the Chu Group.Gu Runan silently put the name in her heart.

Following the guidance of the system, Gu Runan came to a small white house.Two words "Tao Family" immediately appeared in front of his eyes.

He knocked on the door, but no one answered for a long time. He thought maybe the interior space was too large, and the owner couldn't hear the knock, so he went to ring the doorbell.

His face was facing the camera, and the "facial recognition system" issued a rapid siren.

A rustling sound came from the nearby bushes, dozens of sharp, cold mechanical limbs that resembled spider legs stretched out towards him, the sharp knife at the bottom was sharpened, and there was a blood trough for bleeding, With a single blow, he could be pierced through.

Gu Runan was tightening his body in the cracks, thinking about how to avoid these big guys, the housekeeper suddenly opened the door.

It was an extremely strange person, even Gu Runan was not sure if he could be called a human being, because he had a mechanical prosthetic eye, and the left hand that opened the door was a mechanical arm.I don't know if it is an ordinary person who has been mechanically strengthened, or a bionic person made entirely of machinery.

The housekeeper pressed a remote control somewhere, and those metal spiders instantly stopped their killing intent, and retreated silently into the grass, like wild animals returning to the forest.

Once this kind of security system detects an outsider's intrusion, it will show its weapons without hesitation.

Although there may be a chance of manslaughter, it will never let go of the slightest danger. It is much more deadly than the dogs kept at the door of every household in the small fishing village where Gu Runan used to live.

The robot butler had a gloomy face, and the human skin was very dull, as if he hadn't slept for a few days, and he was lifeless.

Are all people here like this?Or is it just a problem with this housekeeper?Gu Runan was puzzled in his heart.

"Are you the tutor who signed up?"

"Yes. My name is Gu Runan. I saw your recruitment notice and came here to apply." Gu Runan said politely.

"Come in and take the written test." The housekeeper said, the mechanical eyes rolled nervously.

Under the leadership of the butler, Gu Runan walked into the Tao's house.

The entire bungalow is large in size, but there are not many pieces of furniture.From the walls to the ceiling, to the lamps and seats, they are all white. As soon as you enter, you will have the illusion of suffering from snow blindness.

There is a glass showcase in the entrance, which is full of various medals and trophies.A photo of a boy in a doctor's suit is placed in the center: the boy is holding a trophy and showing a shy smile.

This is the son of the Tao family, his future student, Tao Baimeng, right?

With a calf face, it looks very docile, and the eyes are shining with wisdom.

Many of these awards are for inventions. It seems that Tao Baimeng is still a little inventor.

Such an energetic child, do you still need to make up lessons?

The butler saw through Gu Runan's doubts: "My young master's performance in cultural subjects is not very good, so I want you to come over and help him with tutoring. You know, in this world, if you can't do things that surpass machines, you have to be replaced by machines. "

On this point, Gu Runan also deeply felt the same.Even on the earth where he lives, human jobs are being squeezed and occupied by machines at a rapid speed.In the past, many things in the factory were done by people, but now only one machine can save a lot of manpower.Self-service code scanning, unmanned vending stores, unmanned driving, artificial intelligence and other technologies are no longer new.

Human beings are really becoming more and more replaceable. It is hard for him to imagine what the future will look like, maybe it will be like White Night City.

It is completely mechanized, and people have lost their real value, spending their remaining years like a tramp relying on nutrient solution and virtual games.

However, Gu Runan was never worried about machines producing human emotions and rebelling against humans. After all, they are not living beings, and they will turn off as soon as the power is turned off.

The housekeeper seemed to be the one who was going to interview him later, and he subconsciously approached him: "Mr. housekeeper, so is Tao Baimeng the only child in the Tao family? Because he is the only child, the parents regard him as very important, so they give him Find a teacher for tutoring?"

"No." The butler rolled his mechanical eyes and said in a deep voice, "He has an older brother, but he is not in good health, so he was taken out."

"Oh, that's it." It's strange, since there is an older brother, why doesn't there even be a photo in this house.

Neither did Tao Baimeng's parents.It's weird.

"If you pass the interview, during your work here, you will not meet anyone other than Master Baimeng and me. So don't ask too much about other things."

"I see."

The butler brought him test questions and pens, and arranged for him to take the exam.

Gu Runan glanced at the test paper briefly, and finally understood why the number of live broadcasters mentioned when entering the book was the initial number.

There is a threshold for this live broadcast, and you must pass the screening and meet the standards before you can enter.It is not clear how many people can be admitted later, it should depend on the needs of the Tao family.

Gu Runan couldn't help opening the APP, and complained in the group chat "Love each other as a family":

[Team building agreed, team up to take the exam?If we fail the exam, wouldn't we be scattered! @白珍老公Boss Meng. 】

Meng Jingshui didn't answer for a long time, and she didn't know if she was concentrating on the questions, or she couldn't use the app to communicate during the exam.

But he soon received a message from Hu Dobe:

[Ru Nan Ru Nan, what should I choose for this question?Help me see! 】

[Which question? 】

【Coat the outer surface of an 8×8×1 white cuboid with black paint, then cut it into 64 small cubes with a side length of 1, and then stack these small cubes into a large cube with a side length of 4, And make the exposed area of ​​the black face as large as possible.May I ask, what is the area of ​​the big cube whose surface is black? 】

[You mean question 16? 】

[Ah, this is question 8 here. 】

Gu Runan: [The arrangement of my options here is A.84B.96C.88D.92 choose c? 】

Hu Dobe was surprised: "Huh? You figured it out so quickly?!"

Gu Runan: "When in doubt, choose c."

Hu Dobe: "Are you reliable, you!"

Gu Runan was scratching his head angrily. It wasn't a question of whether he was reliable or not. There were more than 100 multiple-choice questions, and he was given 60 minutes. How could he make time for each one?

The exam questions include general knowledge of literature, English grammar, mathematical solid geometry, as well as history and geography, all of which are more difficult than the simulation papers of the college entrance examination.Is this picking an expert in the encyclopedia of knowledge, or picking who is more likely to get confused!

It would be a ghost to select truly knowledgeable people.

He quickly stumbled upon some questions before he heard Meng Liushen answer in the group:

[I figured it out and chose 88.The white cuboid is a tile of 64 small cubes, consisting of 4 corners, 24 edges and 36 small cubes in the middle.The 4 small cubes on the corners, 4 faces are painted black; the 24 small cubes on the edges, the three connected faces are painted black; the 36 small cubes in the middle, the The faces are painted black; the resulting large cube has 8 corners, 24 edges, and 24 single faces.When splicing, there are 4 corners that need to be filled with the small cubes on the previous edge, and a black surface is missing for each patch, and a total of 4 black surfaces are missing on the corners.Since the small cubes on the 4 edges have been patched to the corners, and 4 small cubes are missing on the edges, it needs to be filled with small cubes whose opposite faces are black, and one black surface is missing at a time, so there are 4 missing cubes on the edges.The surface area of ​​the big cube is 4×4×6=96, so there are 96-4-4=88 areas on the surface of the big cube that are black. 】

Everyone in the barrage was shocked:

[Damn it, is this the top student? 】

[Do you want to be so detailed! ! 】

【Maybe I'm afraid my husband won't understand it hhh】

[Be considerate of the wife Meng Ershao, moved the heavens and the earth]

【Why are you hooked, but according to his calculation, you can't finish a hundred questions... Worry about jpg】

[No one noticed, is Nan Nan wrong again? (pull hatred)]

The author says:

On how Ouhuang defeated Zhen Xueba;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!