Old-time musicians

After hearing Fan Ning's words, Vasius and others gathered around the window.

Sure enough, the houses and lights on the ground, as well as the fences and vegetation outside the city, were obviously farther and higher from everyone's gaze.

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Isn't this an elevator? Fan Ning was confused. From this point of view, the entire floor has indeed "risen".

"Miss Sheeran, you have deduced the secret, haven't you?" Vasius suddenly appeared behind her quietly.

"Don't move." The baton in Fan Ning's hand immediately touched the spiritual connection he had established with several of his party.

Just like at the end of the graduation concert, he summoned Joan's light of first acquaintance to separate the branches and leaves from the light curtain. At this moment, Roy's light of first acquaintance was also invoked by himself. He stretched out his hand, and the space folded and shrank, a few meters away. Xilan immediately pulled him to his side.

Using the mystery of the "key" related to command, and under the influence of the mysterious medium of "the old days", he can almost completely restore the effect of the light of first acquaintance that is lower than his own. It only requires others to actively establish contact and consumes his own inspiration. double.

A piece of "Fire Sun Guidance" slipped into Fan Ning's palm, and Qiong and Roy's bodies suddenly tensed up.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

"Why are you so nervous? It's like I'm going to do something to you or prevent you from leaving this place." Vasius' laughter suddenly sounded behind Fan Ning's ears.

Vasius, who was in the previous position, separated his entire figure into several black and white threads visible to the naked eye, and floated back to the position next to Fan Ning.

Fan Ning was secretly shocked when she saw him standing beside her again.

…Inspiration materialized? A high-ranking person with knowledge? The estimate of level six intelligence is too conservative. It couldn't be teleportation, nor was it like a substitute. It seemed like his own flow rate suddenly became faster for a few seconds. The light of first acquaintance? Or is it the resonance of spirituality and some kind of ritual vessel?

The true situation of the invisible power of strangers and knowledgeable people is too difficult to analyze, and what you see is always the appearance.

Vasius twirled his pocket watch with his fingers, "Miss Roy, right? Say hello to President McAdam for me..."

"Since you know me, it's best for us to maintain a friendly cooperative relationship." Roy's voice was polite and cold.

"Who doesn't know his beloved daughter, who is famous for having the most bizarre tactics against enemies in the Tioline Empire?" Vasius adjusted his top hat, "Don't worry, Uvransey like me Your little guy doesn't dare to do anything to Miss Roy. Even if he misfolds time and space here, I'm worried that McAdam will figure out what he did to you... Of course, your current meager invisible power doesn't matter. You're wasting your efforts on me. Before you take action, you'd better think about what this means for your identity..."

He paced back and forth a few steps under Roy's cold eyes: "Interesting combination, two members of the Bologna School, two members of the Guidance School, and this inexplicable violator... But relax, infer that the secret is something It’s a good thing, isn’t it? After all, I’m here to do something, not to die.”

…work? It seems that this investigator has other goals than his own request for escape?

"If you want to lead the team yourself, then do it yourself." Fan Ning released his hold on Xilan's hand and patted her wrinkled clothes, "Your Special Patrol Office is going to lead the investigation, and no one will stop you from taking the lead. ”

"Utilizing the wisdom of everyone is leadership." Vasius didn't care about what Fan Ning said. "Go on, let me see the research results of your phonetic fragments."

Fragments of sound series? Fan Ning was at a loss. When he was reading the information obtained from the black market, he noticed that it mentioned that this investigator "has a public identity as an art critic, has a profound music appreciation, and is also very familiar with the works of unpopular composers."

Starting from the Turner Museum of Art, among a series of secrets such as the identity of the father, the keys to the museum, the mysterious church of enlightenment, and the "old days" baton, the audio series fragments are at the hub of information. When he learned that the location of Qiong's memory in this strange town was also an art museum, he vaguely guessed whether it might also be related to the audio fragments.

"Contemplation of Death" and "Flow"? Twin relationship?

"Desolation" and "cocoon"? "Hidden lamp" and "fountain in the painting"?

If what Vasius suspected was the fragment of the sound series, and his motive today was to use the last resort of need to get out of trouble, to see if he could understand the code contained in it.

That's not a question of whether he lets his side leave, but conversely, Fan Ning can't let him return to the Special Patrol Office with this information!

"I think you were too surprised." After all these thoughts flashed through, Fan Ning shrugged and said nonchalantly, "It's just a coincidence, isn't it obvious? First, Miss Nehemiah pulled the yellow light ring. Then I randomly tried a round of purple pull tabs, and after the trial, they were all adjusted back to normal. Then Miss Sheeran wanted to see what would happen if the light bulb flashed brightly and darkly. Who knew something would happen, tell me this. What the hell kind of password is that?”

"I listened to the radio station about you, and it was indeed good." Vasius seemed to change the topic, "I'm curious whether you only filled in the beginning, or whether you filled it in from beginning to end."

In the dark corridor, Fan Ning stared at him for a few seconds, and then chuckled: "There are ready-made wonderful harmony materials, why not try to quote them from beginning to end?"

He finally knew what Vasius' previous inexplicable "You borrowed No. 9" meant.

Unexpectedly, this investigator was so familiar with the chords of the 11 note series fragments that after hearing the beginning of just one piece of music on the radio, he could immediately identify that it was the same as the previous chord trend of one of the pieces. consistent.

The Special Inspection Office was far more "interested" in him than he had expected. However, this was harmless. "I and Professor Anton had spent sleep and food studying the fragments of the music series." They knew this fact very well and took advantage of it. It is a reasonable attempt to compose music using chord arrangements.

But this was not a good sign. Fan Ning's desire to keep Vasius here forever became stronger and stronger.

He issued exhibition number plate No. 2 to Vasius based on a certain conjecture and pretended to issue it casually.

But there are many things he hasn't fully figured out yet.

“It’s not easy to quote No. 9 in its entirety.” Vasius praised, “Although it is a ready-made harmonious trend, it means a very low degree of freedom, and it is completely dancing with heavy shackles. From your amazing words at the beginning Judging from the experience, this is quite a feat.”

The atmosphere was tense just now, but in the blink of an eye this person was talking to me about music again?

Fan Ning responded calmly: "It may not be a feat, but to be honest, my teacher and I have been studying the fragments of the phonetic series for almost a year, and we have always come up with some academic results or decent works of art. This is more reliable than the so-called cipher, you say. Right?" There was a hint of teasing in his tone, "Pragmatism is always more valuable than conspiracy theories."

"Sometimes, the purpose of conspiracy theories is pragmatism." Vasius' face twitched again, "... Speaking of which, the 'discussion group' is currently preparing the 913 'Boethius Artist' nomination list, special tour What I want to do is to consider using the music fragments as test questions. After arriving in the imperial capital, how about I introduce you to continue to develop your talents?"

…discussion group? Fan Ning heard another word that he didn't quite understand.

"I'll tell you when I get out." The girl's soft words and faint fragrance came from behind him, and Roy unknowingly changed his title to Fan Ning.

Fan Ning was just about to continue a friendly exchange with Vasius when suddenly, the light came on.

Bright red and green lights lit up in various areas, making everyone's eyes dizzy again after finally calming down.

The arrangement of each corridor is different from before. Although the colors are still the same, the designated areas are also different.

Without enough time to think about the meaning of Vasius's next words, Fan Ning closed his eyes and shook his head in discomfort. When he opened them again, he showed a thoughtful expression.

"It seems that it is not rising, but that everyone was simply and rudely taken to the third floor?" Roy said.

"According to the previous sign, it should be 2F." Fan Ning said.

At present, it is easy to see that whether you can go upstairs is related to the light status of seven colors.

"Is it the order?" Qiong followed the previous steps and walked towards the yellow light area in the distance. First, she pulled the ring three times, then pressed the original medium-intensity light to strong, weak, and medium again in turn, and then found the purple light again. The "key" phase area, and then darken the "derivative" phase area.

After waiting quietly for more than ten seconds, nothing happened. Fan Ning shook his head and said: "No, I don't think it is such a so-called 'operation' sequence, because it is too disordered. Why does the yellow and purple light intensity cycle? , and then the light and dark flash lights were adjusted to weak? We did it randomly. "

"If we tried dozens or hundreds of methods and finally guessed the order of operations correctly, I think it is a small probability event, but we can get it right in one go? Isn't it possible that we are so lucky? From a probability perspective , I would rather believe that its mechanism is not that complicated at all - it has nothing to do with the order of operations, only the final state!"

"The final state?" Xilan tried to understand: "It means that as long as the six lights remain as normal and the 'Evolution' phase lights are dimmed, you can go up from F1 to the F2 floor?"

"That's what it means." Fan Ning nodded, "This is a more concise form."

Why is this? In his mind, he was also trying to grasp the connection between Mr. F’s weird regulations about the art museum and various clues.

Must come out before dawn. This may be related to the bad luck of new entrants who develop hidden diseases after dawn in the town and find it difficult to leave.

Jumping off buildings is prohibited. Perhaps it is to prevent the audience from forcing a way out when there is "no way out".

Lights are prohibited. Perhaps it’s because climbing between floors relies on lighting to prevent interference.

The above three points are easy to understand now, but the ban on bringing animals is a bit confusing to Fan Ning.

Also, the number of visitors to the exhibition must be 12 each time, and cards numbered 1-12 will be issued, and one person will disappear as a "ticket"?

There were originally 12 people, but after they disappeared, there were 11 people. This was an important reason why Fan Ning had previously thought of the fragments of the sound series.

Could it be that the reason why we were able to come up from 1F just now is because the state of "the six lights are as usual, and the phase lights are dimmed" meets certain requirements of Sound Series Fragment No. 1?

"A very credible hypothesis." Vasius, who heard the previous conversation between the two, gave a thumbs up, as if he had seen through Fan Ning's mind, "Then think about it carefully, what is the password for the second volume of the Yin List Fragment? ?”

Fan Ning looked up from his contemplation and looked at Vasius.

He was very clear about Vasius's plans.

It was impossible for him to be wary of actively cracking the code just because he was looking around - this guy didn't appear to be in a hurry, and he could walk alone through the wilderness without evaporating. He must have some kind of confidence, and maybe it was him. The pocket watch that I often play with in my hand.

It would be no good for Fanning to delay.

Not only were there companions around him, but there were also 80 other members of the group waiting anxiously on the train.

The special patrol investigator was sure of this, so he waited beside Fanning to continue to show the secrets he knew for confirmation.

Fanning began to pace and think on the F2 floor.

He was getting more and more anxious, mainly because he didn't have much time left.

The time here was chaotic or disproportionate to the outside world, but if the relative speed of the internal flow was similar, it felt like it was probably past four in the morning, and according to the estimate of six o'clock dawn, there was only more than an hour left.

"Sheeran, go and turn the 'derivative' phase light bulb back to medium intensity, restore it first and then think about it."

"Okay." Sheeran responded and walked to the back.

Fanning looked out the window at the dark night and began to lose his mind.

Previously, he was able to crack the code behind the sound series fragments at the Turner Museum by starting with tonality.

The 11 tone fragments are the harmonic skeletons of 11 musical works in the previous life. These 11 works have different tonality, but they are all recorded in the initial tonality of C major/a minor without ascending or descending on the fragments, thus erasing their differences.

If it is tonality...

The 1F layer just now corresponds to the first fragment, namely Beethoven's "The Tempest Sonata", D minor.

So why is it the state of "six lights are normal, and the phase light is dimmed"?

Tonality and phase? ... What does this have to do with it? ...

In just a few seconds, a lot of information flowed in Fanning's mind. At this time, with a "bang", all the lights went out again, and the whole high-rise building shook violently again.

Although it was the second time, the unexpected change still made everyone fall to the ground.

"Sheeran, what did you just do?" Joan's voice came from the darkness.

"I... Didn't Carloen ask me to restore the 'phase' light bulb? ... I just did it." The little girl was a little confused.

After groping around in the dark for a while, they came to a window with a faint light again.

Sure enough, the view became a little higher. After a while, the dazzling seven-color lights came on as usual, and the layout and direction of the corridor changed again.

Although it seemed that they had successfully reached the 3F, Qiong sighed: "Now we have reached the first floor without doing anything. It's over. I guess we thought too much before and didn't find the right direction. This damn place is completely messed up... It's better to hand in a blank paper than to answer the test paper fully..."

Fan Ning shook his head slowly, and after standing there for a minute, his eyes gradually focused.

"I think I understand..."

He walked quickly through the colorful corridors on the 3F floor, and finally came to the silver-white light area symbolizing the "wild" phase.

Reach out and hold the pull ring, and gently go down.

Just for a moment, the corridor was bright like mercury, then the lights went out, and the building shook.

After a few breaths, everyone came to the 4F floor!

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