Chapter 36
Lu's Shady Moves
Do you smoke?
I don't drink alcohol.
Would you like some fruit?
"I don't smoke."
"Would you like some wine?"
"I don't drink Coke."
"..."
Lu Li's enthusiasm was completely extinguished by Xing Tian's irrelevant answer.
Tsk, he was clearly quite happy to see Xing Tian.
This means that he really didn't die in the previous worldview-altering scenario.
Moreover, Lu Li had many things she wanted to ask him.
For example, how do you use the stack of talismans inside the ring?
And then there are those flashy-looking swords, spears, and halberds.
Each one weighs dozens of kilograms, how is he supposed to use them?
I was originally going to ask Xing Tian if he had any martial arts manuals or body-enhancing drugs.
Well, looks like we'll have to deal with it later.
Lu Li thought that Xing Tian was pretending not to know him in order to avoid suspicion, probably because he didn't want Pan Shuai or the other four guys to know that he knew him.
But Xing Tian... he's terrified right now.
He even felt that his life was as fragile as a candle flickering in the wind.
What the hell is going on!
How did I end up encountering a monster like Lu Li?!
And judging from the other party's reaction, it's obviously Lu Li from the Upside-Down World!
How can he travel between different instance worlds?
Is he also one of the Descendants?
impossible!
Team battle dungeons will provide specific prompts!
Is that a detached one?
That's impossible! You'll get a warning when someone falls off a cliff.
Therefore, there is only one truth to the matter...
Lu Li is a monster who can travel between different worlds!
Xingtian once heard a legend.
It is said that if a world with such great power cannot withstand it, then it will transcend the world.
He always thought it was just a legend, but now it seems... the legend is true!
Moreover, Lu Li is a monster who transcends the world!
But that wasn't what terrified Xing Tian.
Although Lu Li was terrifying, he spared his life after all!
Aside from taking his ring, swallowing a third of his property, causing the deaths of five of his companions, and making his mission completion level extremely low, they didn't do anything too outrageous.
What he feared were those two monsters disguised as women!
Although Lu Li is incredibly strong and likes to play pranks, at least he still has humanity and a certain degree of logic.
But those two monsters were different!
Xingtian has never forgotten how his five companions died.
They all died inexplicably! One second they were chatting, the next they were suddenly dead!
If Lu Li were in this world... then would they be here too?
The thought of this made Xing Tian restless.
He always felt that he was about to die a violent death at any moment.
However, Lu Li didn't pay any attention to it since he didn't seem to have any intention of chatting with him.
I'll ask him for advice privately when we're alone later.
While you're at it, ask him what kind of people his four companions are. If they're trash... you'd better get rid of them as soon as possible.
He turned to look at Pan Shuai and the other two, "Don't say anything, let's eat hot pot first."
Lu Li glanced at Xing Tian, who was about to wet himself, and his four disdainful accessories, and said with a smile, "It just so happens that we prepared a lot this time, so let's all eat together."
Eating hot pot is the perfect time to chat while you eat.
Lu Li had originally planned it that way too.
Unfortunately, there were five more guys this time, so he couldn't be bothered to say anything more.
No matter which side you're talking to, you need to speak to them privately and individually.
Pan Shuai and the other two remained silent.
They were supposed to keep Lu Li's secret, and now that there were five outsiders, they naturally wouldn't say anything.
Xing Tian was terrified; he certainly wouldn't dare to speak if Lu Li didn't say anything.
Needless to say, the other four people already looked down on Lu Li and his group.
In their eyes, these are just a bunch of NPCs and natives; you can tell their attitude just from their choice of words.
They ate hotpot in silence.
After finishing the meal, Lu Li poured out the soup and put the pot in the refrigerator to soak. Then, while picking his teeth with dental floss, he returned to the living room.
"Young Master Pan, please tell everyone about the Ouija board thing tonight, the rules and stuff."
When it came to serious matters, Pan Shuai's expression became much more serious.
He glanced around and began to explain.
"Tonight's urban legend is about the Ouija board. Normally, there are multi-player and two-player versions, but to avoid escalating the danger, we'll play it as a two-player game tonight."
This is also to minimize the risk.
"That might not work." Lu Li smiled slightly and went to the kitchen to take out a lot of things.
From a plate to an 80x80 cm sheet of paper covered in writing.
There were also bowls filled with water and chopsticks.
Pan Shuai was a little stunned. "What are all these things?"
"I was thinking of doing something exciting," Lu Li shrugged. "I've been thinking about something all day: what would happen if we played Ouija, Spirit Tablet, and Chopstick Spirit games all at the same time?"
Pan Shuai's face changed drastically. "Old Lu! Are you crazy?!"
"What nonsense! This is called fighting poison with poison."
Lu Li's antics weren't over yet; he pulled out another A4 sheet of paper covered in writing.
Pan Shuai leaned over for a look and immediately felt a little dizzy.
"What the hell is this?"
There were many questions written on the paper.
[Given a positive integer x, if it's odd, multiply it by 3 and add 1; if it's even, factor in the evenness factor 2ⁿ. After repeating this process a certain number of times, it will eventually return to 1. Why?]
[Assuming there is an L-shaped corner corridor with a width of 1, what is the largest possible shape that can pass through the corner?]
In 1744, Euler proved that e is an irrational number, and in 1761, Lambert proved that π is also an irrational number. So, is e + π an irrational number?
Does a cuboid exist where the edge length, face diagonals, and body diagonals are all integers?
A number is called a perfect number when the sum of all its proper factors (i.e., divisors other than itself) is equal to itself. Currently, all perfect numbers we have discovered are even. Is there any perfect number that is odd? Please explain your reasoning.
Every even number greater than 2 can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers. Why?
There's a whole host of questions that follow.
It was basically all math and physics problems.
Later on, there are questions like "How did the universe come about?" and "What's at the end of the universe?"
Pan Shuai felt dizzy and lightheaded after just one glance.
He looked up at Lu Li as if he were a god, "Old Lu, do you know the answers to these things?"
"I don't know anything about it. These are just some 'unsolved mysteries in mathematics and physics' that I randomly searched online."
Lu Li revealed a mysterious smile, "I just want to know if you can answer these questions... about Ouija boards, spirit boards, chopsticks spirits and stuff."
Then he turned to look at Xing Tian and the others, his face still displaying a harmless and refreshing smile.
"Oh, and you guys should come join us too!"
Looking at his smile, the same one he wore before the cooking competition in the upside-down world, Xing Tian felt a chill run down his spine.