Don't follow the rules

Chapter 457: Haojiu Home Furnishing City (Thirty-three)
“Now that we have roughly measured the impact range of [time zone], the next step is to detect the duration of each segment. Only after measuring the duration can we roughly determine how long it will take for subsequent Sister Feng to receive the memory, and how many Sister Feng will eventually be able to cooperate with our actions.” Ning Yao clapped his hands, signaling everyone to cheer up.

Xiao Bai struggled out of Liang Feng's embrace: "Sorry to interrupt, I can trust Xiao Feng unconditionally, but where is the Xiao Feng behind me just now? Where did she go?"

Liang Feng explained: "She is also me, but she is me two hours later. The whole context is a bit complicated. I will tell you slowly later."

Xiaobai looked at Ning Yao, then at Gao Yang, then back at Liang Feng. She thought for a moment, nodded slightly, and whispered, "Okay."

Gao Yang breathed a sigh of relief. Although he felt it was none of his business, he was still afraid of seeing good friends turning against each other. After all, they were in the same team and would see each other every day. If a quarrel really occurred, he would always feel embarrassed and at a loss.

He pretended to be busy, organizing everyone's shopping carts. When the time was right, he finally spoke up to cue the process: "Brother Ning, how do we measure... time?"

"You asked me, and I don't know." Ning Yao spread his hands and gave up.

"what?!"

Gao Yang was horrified. He didn't expect that his casual question would lead to such an answer: "Then what should we do? Wasn't this your idea? You only managed to get to the first step, but didn't think about how to implement the second step?"

Ning Yao: "I have always been a believer in 'things will work out when the time comes'."

Liang Feng was also a little speechless: "Now the boat has been sailed to your face, please come up with something useful and stop telling stand-up comedy there."

Ning Yao was very thorough: "If you want me to say so, just wait. I will now create an instruction for you to execute. For example, all the Feng sisters who have updated their memories will return to the staff lounge and leave their current time on the blackboard before leaving. This way we can see how often all the people in the time period after you update their memories."

Liang Feng seemed a little hesitant: "Although this is indeed the most accurate way to record time, the cost of doing so is not small."

"Price?" Ning Yao scratched his head. "What price?"

Liang Feng: "Time is one of the few resources in this escape game that is controlled by the players themselves. In order to determine such a small setting as the 'tallye clerk's time', we may have to wait for several hours. Now it is getting closer to closing time. Are you sure you want to wait like this?"

She paused and said, "I have never stayed in a mall after it was completely closed. I don't know what will happen here after the closure. My experience may not be able to help you."

"And I have some not-so-good news. I've seen many temporary quality inspectors like you, but I don't think I've seen anyone who can stay in the living room area for several days in a row. At best, it may be the way to the next area, and at worst, it may be..."

Liang Feng swallowed the second half of his words, leaving everyone with endless room for imagination.

"It's true that the rules of the quality inspection game do not stipulate that everyone must complete the game before closing time, nor do they prohibit players from staying overnight, but I guess the night in Home City is not a very friendly setting."

"So, are you sure you want to wait?" Liang Feng asked Ning Yao again.

Ning Yao sighed: "Now that you've said this, it would be a bit unfair to your safety if I continue to act badly. Okay, okay, I'll use my brain reluctantly."

After listening to the details of the home furnishing city added by Liang Feng, Gao Yang was a little scared and wanted to get closer to his teammates, but when he thought about it carefully, he was more afraid of Ning Yao, so he had to push the cart towards Liang Feng and Xiao Bai.

"What are you doing?" Liang Feng did not hide the disgust on his face.

"I'm here to protect you." Gao Yang tried to sound noble.

Liang Feng burst out laughing: "Just you?"

Gao Yang's courage, which he had finally mustered, immediately wilted. He said stubbornly, "I am a man after all. It shouldn't be a funny thing for me to protect you two little girls, right?"

Liang Feng patted his pockets and said, "It's so funny! I can kill you with just a pair of scissors. Do I need you to protect me?"

Gao Yang was not convinced: "You have a weapon, so can't I protect Xiaobai?" Liang Feng: "Xiaobai has learned Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from her father since she was a child. She can twist your head off with one hand and play with it as a ball."

Ning Yao's eyes lit up: "Really? Can you demonstrate it?"

Bai Yunyou stamped her feet in shame: "Xiao Feng!"

Liang Feng: "Okay, okay, I won't say anything."

Gao Yang was also embarrassed by Liang Feng, and could only change the subject stiffly: "You, you, you have been with us for so long, don't you have to take care of your tally work? Be careful that the boss will find fault with you and fire you."

Liang Feng grinned: "You don't have to worry about that. We have planned it very reasonably. The scope that a tally clerk can take care of is always limited. If the goods exceed a certain scope and cannot be taken care of in time, it will not be considered as our passive work."

Ning Yao seemed to have a flash of inspiration in his mind: "Sister Feng, is there a specific value for the range you mentioned?"

Liang Feng recalled: "There should be, but it's all in the details. I don't usually study it in depth, so I just have a rough impression."

"What's the approximate range?" Ning Yao asked.

Liang Feng gestured towards the model room not far away: "It's basically a model room and the area around it, right? Because sometimes the room will be messed up by customers or temporary quality inspectors. It's hard enough to tidy up a room. It's understandable that you occasionally don't take care of the next door or further away."

Ning Yao seemed to be thinking: "Sister Feng, you said that your working time is uncertain, sometimes early, sometimes late, so if you average it out, how long do you work every day?"

Liang Feng didn't say anything. Her eyes glanced slightly to the side, which showed that she was reminiscing.

"Probably... uh, Xiaobai, don't be angry, on average, it's about 17 or 18 hours a day..."

"Hiss~" Gao Yang took a breath, "If Yu Min were here, she would definitely shout about the labor law again."

Ning Yao lowered his head and counted on his fingers, not knowing what he was doing.

Liang Feng was curious: "Why are you asking this? Will it be useful for your next plan?"

"I think it should be useful." Ning Yao raised his head. "I used my limited elementary school math skills to the fullest and calculated the duration of Sister Feng's segment."

Liang Feng frowned fiercely: "Why don't you tell us your idea and we can get someone who is good at math to do the calculation."

Ning Yao: "Who is good at math?"

Bai Yunyou shook his head: "I can't."

Gao Yang: "Although men cannot say no, but when it comes to math, no means no."

Liang Feng: "Hasn't any of you completed compulsory education?!"

Ning Yao taunted: "Sister Feng, where is your math?"

Bai Yunyou reported: "Xiao Feng had a fight with the math teacher!"

Liang Feng: “Hey!”

"Hahaha!" Ning Yao laughed, "Not even as good as my elementary school math."