Chapter 587 Riddle

A week of peaceful life passed quickly.

This afternoon Zhang Heng was flipping through a book of photographic compositions in the library when he received a call from Shen Xixi.

"Is it convenient to talk now?"

"Hold on."

Zhang Heng got up, left the borrowing area, walked into the safe passage, and looked around. There were only a few freshmen who were discussing group homework in full swing. No one even noticed him walking past.

Zhang Heng then picked up his phone and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I remember you said that you could drive?"

"Hmm." Of course Zhang Heng knew that what Shen Xixi said about being able to drive did not mean getting a driver's license, but having a certain level of driving skills.

"Then can I ask you for a favor?" Shen Xixi said, "You know the news on the forum during this time."

"Sorry, I haven't been on the forum much this week."

"Oh, that's it, you can take a look first, and if you want to chat later, you can come to the carving time in Food Lane to find me."

"good."

Zhang Heng hung up the phone, opened his laptop, plugged in the USB flash drive that could not be tracked, logged into the player forum, and browsed the hot posts in this city. You can already know what Shen Xixi is going to say.

Now the players on the forum are most interested in the news of the Sphinx haunting.

Unlike the Moresby and Xaviercha that Zhang Heng met before, the Sphinx belongs to the familiar mythical species.

Originally derived from Egyptian mythology, of course its most famous story is still in Greek mythology.

The Sphinx squatted on the cliff near the city of Thebes, intercepting passers-by to play riddles and quizzes, "What animal walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs at night?" Those who couldn't answer It was about to be swallowed by it, until one day Oedipus passed by and gave the answer, and the Sphinx was so ashamed that he jumped off the cliff and died.

Just like all Greek myths, this kind of story is also full of aura of wisdom. Let’s not talk about why Sphinx would jump off a cliff to commit suicide after guessing the answer. The most important thing is that according to the descriptions of each version, Sphinx It was a monster with a lion's torso and a woman's face with wings on its back. With those wings, it didn't look like it would die if it jumped off a cliff.

The post about the suspected haunting of the Sphinx was first sent by a player named Goldbach's conjecture.

He said that he was a high school teacher, but one night when he was returning home from self-study, a monster similar to a large hound suddenly appeared from the side of the road. By the barrel, and what happened after that was pretty much the same as in the myth.

The monster suddenly spit out human words and asked Goldbach's conjecture to play a riddle game with it. If the answer was correct, Goldbach's conjecture would be let go, and if the answer was wrong, he would be punished.

Goldbach's conjecture suddenly became tense. As a player, he certainly knew that he had encountered a supernatural event, and it was likely to be a fatal supernatural event. Although the other party did not clearly state that he would take his life, but as an understanding Anyone who reads the story knows what will happen if they can't answer the riddle.

So Goldbach guessed that he was scared to death.

He lived in a remote place, there were not many pedestrians on the road at that time, and he himself was not a combat player, so he could only bite the bullet and start listening to the questions. Fortunately, the riddles of the Sphinx were as bad as the legends.

"The upper and lower limbs are all hands, sometimes crawling and sometimes walking, walking like a person, crawling like a dog, hitting an animal, remember, you only have one minute, three chances." The suspected sphinx Animals say so.

Goldbach guessed that because he was too nervous, his brain went blank for a while, but then he came back to his senses and quickly thought of the answer, "Monkey, it's a monkey, right?"

"Congratulations, you got the answer right." After Sphinx said this sentence with no emotion like a google girl, he got into the green belt and disappeared, as if he had never appeared before.

Considering the relatively large gap in combat power between the two sides, Goldbach guessed that he didn’t dare to ask why I answered the riddle. You didn’t jump off the cliff and die like in the myths and legends. Until the Sphinx left, He just woke up from a big dream, because he was worried that he would lead this monster home, he didn't dare to go to the direction of the community, he went straight to the game point, stayed at the game point for one night, and was almost beaten by his wife The daughter misunderstood that she had an affair, and she couldn't tell the truth.

Then he sorted out his experience and posted it on the forum.

Because the whole process was too child's play, no one even believed it at first, and some people left messages below, did my brother come from UC? If there is no news, you have to create news? It wasn't until the next one, and the next victim appeared, that this post was suddenly upvoted and became the hottest post on the forum.

The second victim was not so lucky. He was walking his dog downstairs in the early morning. When he reached the carport where no one was there, the dog suddenly barked and refused to go any further. Although the player reacted quickly, it was still not as fast as the head that suddenly poked out from the bicycle shed.

"You are not too old, you have a lot of beards, no matter how big or small, you can only call me mom and beat animals." The thing said with a blank expression.

"What the hell?!" The second victim was almost scared and sat on the ground.

"If the answer is wrong, there are two more chances."

"This counts as one time?"

"The answer is wrong, and there is another chance."

The second victim didn't dare to speak any more at this time, and after a while, he managed to hold back an answer, "Is it a cat?"

"wrong answer."

Accompanied by these words, the sphinx monster jumped at the second victim, and just when the latter thought he was going to die, the monster swung its claws and grabbed three wounds on his arm. There was a blood mark, and then jumped onto the carport amidst Teddy's barking, and disappeared over the wall again.

The second victim rushed to the hospital immediately and had an examination, but nothing abnormal was found. After receiving a shot of rabies vaccine, he went home to rest. He is still in good physical condition, and the slight fever is only after the injection For normal reactions after the vaccine, you will continue to go to the hospital to get the remaining four injections.

There are more people complaining about his post.

——Brother, the answer is sheep is so simple, can you get it wrong? It took three more chances.

——When did the Sphinx become so easy to talk, and if he made a mistake, he just scratched it and left.

——Where's your dog, didn't he save you at a critical moment?

——My friend upstairs, you point to Teddy to save you, and it points to you to save it.