Chapter 328: S-level Secret Realm, The Great Migration Journey. _4
The moment it touched my mouth, the fragment that had been sharp and defined melted instantly, revealing a slightly sweet taste.
And as the sweetness melted away...
I looked at the panel that popped up in front of me.
Hungry Monkey's eyes suddenly lit up, disbelief and shock flashed through them, and his voice stuttered, "This this this... this..."
No wonder Hungry Monkey was too excited to speak.
The attributes were indeed a bit too exaggerated.
A full 400 Strength Points had boosted his Strength to over 500. Truthfully, it seemed too outrageous; he was certain that he must be the one with the highest Strength Value on Blue Star.
If it were just a matter of Strength, no one could surpass him.
"That's enough,"
Chen Miao patted Hungry Monkey on the shoulder, "There's no need for emotional words; brotherhood is felt in the heart, isn't it?"
At that moment—
A prompt panel popped up in front of everyone who had signed up for the secret realm.
'Ding, the registration for this mystical realm has reached 30 million, the registration channel is now closed, and we will not wait as the number of participants is full; the mystical realm will now open.'
'Please prepare, all players.'
"Miao..."
Glancing at the pop-up in front of him, Hungry Monkey turned to Chen Miao with tearful eyes and a trembling voice full of emotion, "You've been too good to me, I don't know how to repay you, I..."
The next second.
A flash of white light suddenly appeared.
All those who registered for the mystical realm appeared on a vast and boundless plain, and in the sky, there was a huge white prompt box.
'This S-rank mystical realm, The Great Migration, consists of 13 stages.'
'Clearing each stage will yield corresponding rewards, and even if you don't clear the stage, you will still receive a consolation prize.'
'The player who clears the last stage will receive the ultimate reward.'
'The first stage is about to begin!'
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'Name of the First Stage': Real-Scene Simulation.
'Stage Content': You stand by a river, with a river in front of you, a boat on the river, and beside you a wolf, a sheep, and a cabbage. Every time you cross the river, you can carry only one item at most.
If the wolf and sheep are left alone together, the wolf will eat the sheep.
If the sheep and cabbage are left alone together, the sheep will eat the cabbage. Experience tales at My Virtual Library Empire
You need to transport the wolf, the sheep, and the cabbage to the other side of the river within five minutes.
And neither the wolf nor the sheep can die.
The countdown begins!
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As the countdown began.
Before everyone had time to observe their surroundings, they found themselves in an absolutely isolated white space, with indeed a river five meters wide in front, a wolf and a sheep looking up at them, and a small cabbage.
"Interesting,"
Hungry Monkey glanced around and nodded thoughtfully; a stage that tested intelligence was his strong point!
He tried to send a message to Miao but found it was impossible to send; this was a space completely isolated from the outside world, even stricter than a college entrance exam.
He pondered the problem again.
Then he found the solution.
The problem seemed very difficult; if he transported the wolf to the other side first, then the sheep left behind would eat the cabbage, and if he transported the cabbage first, then the wolf left alone with the sheep would eat it.
If he decided to ferry the sheep first,
The wolf indeed wouldn't eat the cabbage left behind, but in his second trip, whether he chose to transport the wolf or the cabbage would be wrong; if he brought the wolf, it would eat the sheep, and if he brought the cabbage, the sheep would eat it.
All choices seemed wrong.
But, he had a better choice.
"Hehe."
Hungry Monkey picked up the cabbage from the ground, held it in his hand, and grinned. With a little effort, he threw the cabbage to the opposite bank of the river. The cabbage settled steadily on the other side.
They said it needed to be transported across, but didn't specify how.
Can't I just throw it over?
Then he held the wolf in his left hand and the sheep in his right, standing by the riverbank. He bent his knees slightly and took a deep breath. He leaped into the air, effortlessly crossing the five or six meters wide river.
Suddenly,
the words "Successfully Cleared" popped up before him.
As the white space gradually dissipated, Hungry Monkey sighed somewhat helplessly: "That was a bit too pressure-free, wasn't it? Was it really that simple? I can't imagine how anyone could be eliminated by this first challenge."
"It's very simple, isn't it?"
And from beginning to end, he didn't even use that wooden boat.
"Hey, Miao, did you clear it that quickly too? Did you jump across?"
"No."
Chen Miao shook his head calmly: "I flew over. You forgot, I can fly."
"Oh."
As they conversed, more people continually materialized on the open ground. They were all returning here from the white space after successfully clearing the challenge. Out of thirty million people, it was unknown how many would be filtered out in the first challenge.
Soon—
Yuan Buping and others appeared as well.
"Hey, how did you guys get out?"
Eagerly, Hungry Monkey approached and asked: "You can't fly or jump, so how did you get across?"
"We used the boat."
"A boat? What was the first thing you transported across the river?"
"The sheep."
"But if you transport the sheep first, wouldn't something get eaten no matter what you transport next?"
"How so?"
Zhou Shen shook his head: "I transported the sheep first, ensuring that the wolf and the cabbage left behind wouldn't clash. On the second trip, I carried the cabbage over, then brought the sheep back with me on the return trip to ensure it wouldn't eat the cabbage. The third trip was to bring over the wolf, and finally, I transported the sheep across. That's all."
"Isn't it quite simple?"
"Just need to make sure they aren't left alone together."
"..."
After a long, expressionless silence, Hungry Monkey calmly said: "Not bad, that's what I thought too, I just found jumping across more convenient."
Quickly—
Five minutes flew by in an instant.
"Ding, 16.2023 million players cleared the first challenge. All remaining players are eliminated. Eliminated players, don't feel down; you will all receive a 10k Experience Value Exchange Card as an encouragement reward."
"And all players who cleared the first challenge will receive a special gift pack."
"The gift pack includes: 1x 20k Experience Value Exchange Card, 1x Random F-grade item."
"Ah?"
A flicker of disbelief crossed Zhou Shen's eyes: "Such a simple challenge eliminated nearly half the people? Isn't that a bit exaggerated? Is the problem really that hard to think through?"
"Shouldn't be, right?"
Yuan Buping opened his mouth uncertainly: "Even someone like me, who hasn't studied much, could figure it out. Could so many people not come up with a solution? Maybe it's because there wasn't enough time, or some people didn't know how to use the boat? To be honest, that boat was indeed hard to use."
"Plus, that wolf was pretty tough to handle."
"If it were a low-level Supernatural Being, not to mention taking the wolf across the river, they probably wouldn't be able to beat the wolf."
"Really?"
Hungry Monkey asked with confusion: "My wolf just lay there without moving, I thought it was set not to move. Does that wolf actually have combat ability?"
"It does, but when a Gatling gun barrel from the fortress is pointed at its head, it becomes quite docile."