Detective Agency of the Bizarre
Chapter 641 - 641 160

641: 160.

Strange Knowledge Test Paper 641: 160.

Strange Knowledge Test Paper Standing at the classroom door with a flowerpot, Lu Li appeared, drawing the gaze of everyone, including two students newly bestowed with the “Paradise” status from outside.

Of course, this did not include the corpulent figure who had been fed upon.

Lu Li placed the flowerpot above the desk diagonally, clearing a sufficiently large and clean surface for the upcoming exam.

At his right, the strange girl kept casting surreptitious glances, seemingly wanting to inquire about the potted plant while still harboring past resentments.

Ignoring the various gazes around him, Lu Li took out a fountain pen he had gotten from Professor Gawain York and set it beside the quill and ink bottle.

As time drew near, the students seemed to sense something, and the atmosphere in the classroom gradually became silent.

Not long after, a figure entered the classroom carrying a stack of leather paper exams.

The bent eyes conveyed a maliciousness too intimidating to look at directly.

Without hearing the young professor speak, the students already knew the rules of the exam from the whispers echoing in their minds.

The young professor stepped down from the podium, distributing the exams in sequence and soon arrived at Lu Li’s desk.

As usual, she stared at Lu Li, but soon, her attention was drawn to the potted plant at the corner of the desk.

“Why place a flowerpot?” asked the young professor, her tone slightly odd as she looked at the recently watered moist soil.

“To take it back for planting,” Lu Li answered simply.

As the words fell, as if something was triggered, the young professor’s crescent-shaped eyes were overtaken by an unconcealed fervor.

Even Lu Li had to furrow his brow and avert his eyes from the flames burning within her gaze.

“How much longer are you going to look?

Professor,” the weird girl on his right impatiently tapped the desk surface.

Finally, the young professor moved away her disturbingly lingering gaze and continued distributing the exams.

However, Lu Li still felt the burning glances occasionally cast his way.

With a furrowed brow, Lu Li did not reach for the fountain pen beside him.

He temporarily disregarded the young professor’s peculiarity, briefly skimming the questions.

The first question:

[Andrew Town has a population of 3,540.

The residents illuminate oil lamps every evening at six until six the following day.

Shadow Thief of Fire and the Uninvited Guests arrive one hour before dusk.

Knowing that the Uninvited Guests kill an average of seven people per minute and Shadow Thief of Fire kills eleven, compute: assuming the residents of the town cannot escape, how long will it take for Shadow Thief of Fire and the Uninvited Guests to kill all the residents, and how many will each kill?]

As expected—or perhaps not—the question indeed confirmed Lu Li’s suspicions.

Yet beneath the first question’s bloody terror lay a trap.

Shadow Thief of Fire normally appears after dark.

It cannot steal heavenly light but only that of ordinary sources, such as bonfires and lamps.

Thus, it can only consider the time from six in the evening until six in the morning.

The second question:

[As night falls, a mysterious fog blankets the earth.

A traveler, lost in the mist, has an oil lamp that sustains light for three hours.

Every five minutes, the chance of encountering something bizarre increases by one percent.

Starting the second hour, as the fuel dwindles, the lamplight dims.

Given: from the second hour onward, the likelihood of encountering something strange increases from one percent to three percent, calculate: the probability of the traveler encountering something strange before his lamp finally extinguishes.]

A standard problem, Lu Li turned his attention to the third question.

[Eye Demon Worms roam daily around the Spine of the World Mountains in the Barren Lands.

When they reach above the Gauss Basin, their shadows completely cover the basin.

If they float 30 kilometers above the ground, the shadow will entirely fill the Gauss Basin.

Assuming the volume of the Eye Demon Worms is also 30 kilometers, calculate the maximum diameter of the Gauss Basin.]

Spanning sixty miles, floating in the air, this otherworldly creature…

Lu Li could imagine the shock brought about by its massive size.

And this was itself an extraordinary question.

In this world, even the top scholars found it difficult to derive the true answer—unless they were allowed to create models to simulate and had sufficient time to calculate.

Of course, one could also get straight to the point by measuring the area of the Gauss Basin.

Lu Li wanted to know the answers of other students, or whether their exams differed.

However, as he turned his head, a whispering murmur from within warned him: Looking around would be regarded as cheating and would be punished.

The only relief was that the three questions occupied about half the parchment, so there wouldn’t be many questions left.

But contrary to his expectation, the next question was no longer essay-based:

[There are 3,540 inhabitants in Andrew Town.

Shadow Thief of Fire and Uninvited Guests arrive one hour before evening.

Knowing this, you will: 1.

“Hard to fight the strange, retreat to protect the crowd.” 2.

“Try to kill or drive them away.” “Join them.”]

The questions reappeared in the form of multiple choice.

Lu Li looked at the next two multiple-choice questions, unsurprisingly, they were variations of essay questions.

[As night falls, a mysterious fog covers the land.

A traveler lost in the fog carries an oil lamp that can only last three hours.

If you happen to cross paths with him, you will: 1.

“Provide fuel, do not accompany him.” 2.

“Guide him to a safe gathering place.” 3.

“Eat him.”]

[Every day, the Eye Demon Worms wander around the Spine of the World Mountains in the Barren Lands.

They have no time to care about the tiny creatures on the ground, but you living in this land feel uneasy about their presence.

You will: 1.

“Try to drive it away” 2.

“Choose to coexist peacefully.” 3.

“Devour it by any means necessary.”]

Undoubtedly, for the parchment test, most of the classroom’s answers would be opposite to Lu Li’s.

Unless Lu Li answered from a bizarre perspective—the test questions seemed like crude, baitless fishhooks.

They were luring those who were hiding among the strange to bite willingly.

But it was too crude, crude to the point of being eerie: Intelligent fish, even when faced with a hook laden with succulent bait, would avoid it—how would they bite onto this one?

And the test maintained a certain level of probing: Its questions corresponded with aggressive, moderate, and mild approaches, and its choices also mirrored aggressive, moderate, and mild approaches, like a Sudoku puzzle.

It was hard to call this a coincidence.

Unable to analyze a definite outcome, Lu Li looked towards the last question, which though termed a question, seemed more like a closing phrase.

[It’s called Prada, an entity that exists between the seams of reality and illusion.

It only appears in your imagination when you read this sentence.]

[Have you started to imagine its docile and friendly nature?

But if you stop imagining, Prada disappears.]

[Your attention is like a thread, linking Prada to this real world.]

[“Please don’t forget about me…” Prada said helplessly.]

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