Chapter 1620 Random Exchange!
"What are you doing!"
Evelina was puzzled when Lu Li stopped her.
"Don't rush to ask which door leads to the exit," Lu Li said calmly.
"Just to be on the safe side, let's do one more verification."
"Huh? You're back again, being the cautious one!" Evelina exclaimed in surprise, giving Lu Li a rather exaggerated once-over.
Land from:"……"
"I've always been like this, haven't I..."
“I’ll go this time,” Babayak volunteered.
"It's the same question. Ask the guard on the right."
"If its answer is negative this time, then our inference will be completely correct!"
"Okay, go ahead." Lu Li nodded, his expression remaining unchanged.
Babayak quickly approached the right-hand guard and asked the exact same question:
"Excuse me, am I Gobelin?"
The guardian statue reacted no differently than before, with its eyes glowing red and its response as blank as ever.
But the answer was exactly the same as before!
"Of course you are Gobelin."
No sooner had the words been spoken than the bell rang again!
The alternating flashes of red and blue light transformed the entire underground space into a disco.
When things calmed down again, the light emanating from the bronze bell turned scarlet once more.
"What, what's going on?"
Babayak exclaimed in horror:
"Why is the guardian statue on the right still telling the truth?!"
"Isn't it said that after the bells toll, the positions of 'truth' and 'lie' will be switched?"
"There will indeed be an exchange," Lu Li said calmly.
"But the rules don't say that it can only be swapped once."
Upon hearing this, everyone's pupils dilated instantly.
Didn't they say it would only be exchanged once?
What do you mean?
Does that mean the number of swaps is random each time?!
"Have you recorded the number of times the red and blue light alternated between the two chimes?"
Lu Li didn't give the other three much time to be shocked before continuing to ask questions.
Everyone was stunned again.
How many times does the red and blue light alternate during the chiming of the bell?
Are you referring to those extremely short, dazzling flashes of light?
Who the hell would notice that?!
"My lord, you wouldn't have... you wouldn't have even memorized the number of times the red and blue lights alternated, would you?" Babayak asked incredulously.
He originally thought that Li Yun, the Great Demon, was already incredibly powerful and had amazing abilities!
I never expected him to be so intellectually gifted as well!
Especially the insight into details,
It's simply stunning!
"I've roughly remembered it, and I'd like to compare it with yours," Lu Li replied.
"The number of alternations I recorded were 29 and 31 respectively."
"Do any of you remember me as being different?"
Everyone fell silent, exchanging bewildered glances.
After a moment, they all shook their heads and said:
"We didn't remember..."
"Hiss..." Lu Li took a shallow breath, his expression troubled:
"Then we can only rely on my count for now to make that deduction..."
"Hurry up and push! The three of us combined can't outwit you, you're the only one with any hope of breaking this deadlock..." Evelyna once again adopted a lying-down posture.
He urged her on, somewhat shamelessly and seemingly enjoying it.
"Let's start with the simplest appearance," Lu Li murmured, stroking his chin with one hand.
“We have asked the same guard the same question twice, and we have received the same answer each time.”
"That proves that the color of the light emitted from the surface of the bronze bell after it stops ringing has no direct connection with the position between 'truth' and 'lie'."
Everyone nodded in unison, looking very approving.
Lu Li continued:
"However, the number of times the red and blue light alternated, as I recorded, was not the same."
"Perhaps the secret to how 'truth' and 'lie' switch places lies in the number of times?"
“I understand!” Evelina suddenly said.
"The two bell tolls, and the number of times the red and blue light alternates is odd, which proves that the guard on the right is the same as last time—the one who tells the truth!"
Before Babayak and Glargon could fully grasp the succubus's conjecture, they heard Lu Li's soft, discreet denial:
"It's you!"
“The color of the bronze bell is different each time, so the number of alternations must be odd.”
"Huh? Is that so?" Evelina looked blankly at him, her eyes revealing a clear sense of naivety.
"Let's take the example of blue turning into red," Lu Li sighed and patiently explained.
"When the bronze bell changes from blue to red, it counts as one cycle."
"Then during the second alternation, it will inevitably change from red to blue."
"And so on, the third time, blue turns into red again."
"Therefore, as long as the final color of the bronze bell is different from the initial color, the number of times the light alternates will definitely be odd."
"Conversely, if the bronze bell ends up with the same color as it started, then the number of times the light alternates must be even."
"Moreover, during the flashing of the light, there was no continuous flashing of the same color, such as 'blue-blue-red' or 'red-red-red'."
"Each flashing alternation is regular."
"So, it shouldn't have anything to do with odd or even numbers."
At this point, Lu Li paused, then offered his own perspective:
"Personally, I think it might be related to the number of times."
"Currently, the threshold is set at thirty times."
"If the number of alternations of light is less than thirty, the actual positions of 'truth' and 'lie' will not change."
"When the light alternates more than thirty times, 'truth' and 'lie' exchange positions."
"So this time, Evelyna, you go and ask the guard on the right again."
"If its answer is 'lie,' then my inference is probably correct."
"And I can determine which guardian statue is telling the truth after the next bell tolls by recording the number of times the light alternates."
Everyone nodded in unison, their movements perfectly synchronized as if they had rehearsed beforehand.
Makes sense!
This reasoning,
Flawless!
"Then, then, then I'm going!" Evelina sniffed, her face once again showing excitement.
"Wait a minute, what question are you going to ask?" Lu Li asked, a little worried, seeing the succubus looking eager to try.
"Don't make it too complicated, don't make it harder for yourself..."
"I'll just ask that guardian statue if I'm a succubus or not," Evelina replied with a disdainful sneer.
"Okay, that's settled then." Lu Li nodded before letting the person leave.
Evelyna quickly arrived at the guardian statue on the right and asked her question.
Everyone held their breath, waiting for a reply.
However, the statue's rigid response was like a blunt object, striking everyone hard on the head—
"Of course you are a succubus."
The stone statue, which was supposed to tell a 'lie,' once again gave the answer of 'truth'!
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