134: Chapter 134 The Counselor's Leave Request

Hearing this, Meng Zhou and the others also wanted to crowd around to take a look.

However, the King suddenly waved his hand, and the soldier wax statues located on both sides simultaneously raised their arms high, gripping the swords in their hands.

They crossed the blades and held them before everyone's necks.

The dense number of soldiers on both sides seemingly formed a web of steel.

As long as anyone dared to act rashly, their blades could instantly sever their heads.

"Heh, of course, they should all be your subordinates, right? If you cannot solve my puzzle, then there is no point in letting you all live."

At this moment, red light surged from the King's pupils, revealing a treacherous expression.

It seemed he felt that Chen Mo simply could not solve the puzzle and was just going through the motions.

"Your Majesty, that's not necessarily true. Just because he can't solve the puzzle, does that mean we can't?"

Threatened by death, their lives were all entrusted to Chen Mo's hands.

At this point, Meng Zhou no longer remained silent but proactively volunteered, wanting to secure a chance at survival.

"Shut up! One more word of nonsense, and I will chop your head off directly!"

"This is the rule. Only the person who finds me first is qualified to be the Riddler!"

Hearing this, Chen Mo's mouth twitched.

"No, respected Your Majesty, you don't think 'Riddler' is a compliment, do you?"

"Chen Mo! Go for it!" Xu Xiaoman and Su Qing both cheered in support.

Jiang Xiaoyun had previously calculated their fate; she would not be wrong, and Chen Mo would definitely be able to solve the puzzle.

Jiang Xinyi said nothing. She had been closest to Chen Mo just now and had seen the so-called Bean game.

She simply remained standing where she was, without the slightest fear.

It made the wax soldier statues on both sides a bit annoyed.

This woman was not only unafraid but even had a trace of mockery on the corner of her lips.

Heh, as it happened, this Bean game was a method she had previously used to tease Chen Mo.

Chen Mo had fallen into her trap the first few times, but after losing just one round, Chen Mo had turned defeat into victory.

"Then... top student from Daming Palace, let's begin!"

The King made the first move, taking away the first pile of Beans.

The first pile only had one Bean, and the situation became: 2, 3, 4, 4.

Chen Mo directly took the three Beans from the second pile.

2, 4, 4.

The King stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and then reached out to take the 4 Beans from the last pile.

2, 4.

Chen Mo took the 2 Beans on the right.

2, 2.

"This..."

Only two piles remained, each with 2 Beans; the King knew.

If he took away another pile of Beans at will, he would undoubtedly lose.

So, he took one from the left.

1, 2.

Chen Mo took one Bean from the right.

1, 1.

"Ah?!"

Seeing the two remaining Beans before him, the King knew he had lost this game.

"Your Majesty, I won. Can you let your soldiers release my companions?"

"No, no! You kid must have just gotten lucky! Let's play another round."

"This time, I'll go first!"

Thus, Chen Mo and the King began their second round of confrontation.

However, the outcome remained the same: Chen Mo won.

The King's temper grew increasingly irritable, but he still wouldn't give up, continuing with overtime rounds.

In the end, Chen Mo still won.

At this point, the King was completely convinced.

"Release them!" The King waved his hand, signaling the wax soldier statues on both sides to retract their blades.

Feeling the blades hanging behind his neck disappear, Lu Chengfeng also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Damn, I almost died here. Good thing Chen Mo is reliable."

Everyone was liberated and walked up the stairs together to look at the game Chen Mo had been playing.

"This is a puzzle set by the smartest strategist of Daming Palace."

"In my Madrid Royal Palace, there are countless brilliant minds, yet none could solve it. Although you are a Huaxia person, the clothes you wear are demonic."

"So... you are actually not from Daming Palace!"

"What is that monster on your clothes?"

Hearing the King comment on his attire, Chen Mo looked down.

He was wearing a T-shirt today, printed with a silly panda-head meme.

It was a panda's body, but the face was a human meme face.

It was also giving a thumbs up, with a line of text written next to it.

[You are this]

"How on earth did you solve it?"

Meng Zhou had originally wanted to speak up and explain.

He had a habit: whenever he encountered someone asking a question, he couldn't help but want to answer it.

His goal for himself was to stay at the university and become a math teacher after finishing his postgraduate studies.

But at this moment, he understood the King's personality; Chen Mo had to be the one to answer, otherwise he would lose his head.

"Your Majesty, this is sorcery."

"Sorcery?" Hearing this, the King's eyes widened instantly.

He even subconsciously gripped the sword in his arms.

"What kind of sorcery? So that's it! Every time I duel with that person from Daming Palace, I lose repeatedly. It turns out it's because this is sorcery; I couldn't possibly win!"

"No! Your Majesty, this is a type of sorcery known as binary!"

"As long as you listen to me and practice repeatedly, you can also master it, and it won't affect your mind."

Hearing what Chen Mo said, Jiang Xinyi's eyelids twitched uncontrollably.

Good grief, you're calling the calculation rules of computer programming sorcery?

Isn't this just purely using the information gap of a modern person to deceive a cute ancient person?

Afterward, Chen Mo simply explained to the King what this binary number stuff was.

The King listened with a look of utter confusion.

Of course, the person who designed this Bean game indeed utilized the principles of binary numbers.

Because binary number calculations only have two numbers: 0 and 1.

Decimal numbers are our usual way of calculating.

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

1+1 = 2

And in binary, 1+1 = 0, 1+2 = 1.

Addition is called XOR; when two identical numbers are added, it equals 0, and when different numbers are added, it equals 1.

Therefore, applying this to the Bean game is the principle of balance.

There were 14 Beans at the beginning, which is an even number, maintaining a state of balance.

And what Chen Mo had to do was to always keep the Beans in an even, balanced state, which is the 1+1=0 state.

Repeating this, in the end, there would definitely be 2 Beans left, and he would inevitably be the one to take the last Bean!

"Whew... as expected, the Bean game is quite simple."

"So, just how hard is the Matchstick game?"

Chen Mo was feeling a bit arrogant at this moment, wanting to know what the Matchstick game was.

Although His Majesty the King didn't understand, his expression looked like he had just been cured of a week-long case of constipation.

He revealed a radiant smile.

He reached out and patted Chen Mo on the shoulder, laughing: "This is your reward. Although I don't know what use it has, this is what the gods arranged for me to do."

Chen Mo took the item from His Majesty the King's hand.

Picking it up to look, he discovered that it was 6 rectangular slips of paper.

On them was written a line of clear, small text.

[Item: Counselor's Leave Request]