activa-t Chapter 4303 Mutual Questioning
Chapter 4303 Mutual Questioning
Chapter 4303 Mutual Questioning
For some time afterward.
The Decayers and Liriel continued their "treasure hunt" in the Labyrinth of Questions, acquiring three more treasure chests and passing through two more walls of questions within five hours.
Angor no longer interfered with the questions posed by the Wall of Questions, but instead allowed Normefens to ask any questions he wanted.
The only requirement is to try not to hold them back on any issues.
If you really need to slow down the progress later, just use the treasure chest.
Normeffens followed Angell's ideas exactly and came up with the problem.
As for how to create high-quality questions without hindering progress, the answer is: create more subjective questions and fewer questions with objective answers.
Take the problem of 1 plus 1 as an example. If you directly ask what the answer is, and their answer is not 2, then you're stuck.
But if you change the question to a subjective one, for example: What do you think 1 plus 1 equals?
答案可以是1加1等于2，也可以是1加1等于8，甚至你只要言之有物，1加1等于钝角，诺美芬斯都能闭着眼睛给你过。
In short, Normefens basically operated in this way for the next two walls of questions. The questions were not difficult, but both the withered one and Liriel gave very good answers.
Another half hour passed.
During the next half hour, their experience was relatively uneventful; they neither discovered any treasure chests nor encountered any walls of questions.
However, they came across a rather secluded room that was completely empty, which struck them as odd.
“I have a feeling there’s a treasure chest here,” Lillie said.
The withered one nodded in deep agreement: "I think so too, but... I can't find the riddle."
This was the first "room" they encountered, but it was completely empty, which was very strange.
They searched around for a long time but couldn't find anything related to the "riddle".
Finally, after discussing it, they decided to temporarily abandon the search.
First, note down the location of this room. Then, if you are still short of the treasure chest progress, go back and explore this room.
After leaving the strange room, they hadn't walked far when they encountered the Wall of Questions again.
Having already encountered this five times, they had become much calmer.
They exchanged a glance and then walked together to the wall of questions.
This Nomefenus clone on the wall is different from the previous ones. Its face has become that of a withered old man, and when it opens its eyes, its previously golden pupils have become dim and cloudy.
"Oh...you've arrived."
Its voice carried a distinct sense of vicissitude, and it spoke very slowly.
The only thing that hasn't changed is that same condescending attitude. Even though he's aged so much that his skin is wrinkled, that condescension and arrogance are still etched deep in his eyes.
“I…” Liriel instinctively wanted to speak after seeing it.
But before she could speak, a golden light flashed, and Liriel felt as if she couldn't move her mouth. —She was forcibly silenced.
“I know what you want to say.” Normfins raised his cloudy eyes: “It’s nothing more than asking if I can answer your question after clearing the level.”
“I’ve already heard about these things from my other clones.”
Liriel nodded silently. Although she couldn't speak at the moment, this was exactly what she wanted to say.
“I’m different from my other clones. I really like ambitious young people, so my answer is… yes.”
"But it's still limited to one."
Hearing this, Liriel's eyes flashed with joy. The previous three walls of questions had all refused to answer her questions, and she thought she might never get an answer from Normefens again. She never expected to meet one that was willing to answer!
“However, while I admire ambitious young people, I dislike those who don’t know the rules.” Normfins looked at Liriel: “Remember, when facing the Wall of Questions, without my permission, only I can ask you questions, not the other way around.”
A glint of gold flashed in his cloudy eyes.
Lillie felt a wave of dizziness and it took her a long time to recover.
Clearly, this was Normefens's punishment for her asking the question.
However, Lillie felt quite aggrieved. She had only said one word and was immediately silenced... Was that even considered a question?
Unfortunately, all the interpretation rights lay with Normeffens, and no matter how helpless she felt, she could only accept it.
“Unlike my other clones, I don’t enjoy thinking and always ask profound and mysterious questions.” Normefens: “My rule here is that I don’t ask questions; you ask each other questions.”
The Decayer, Liriel: "?!?!"
“Don’t be so shocked,” Normfins said. “The rules are different for each Wall of Questions. I just enjoy watching you ask each other questions.”
"But remember, if your questions are too simple and don't give me anything interesting, then those questions don't count with me; you have to keep asking questions until I approve of the three questions you've asked each other, then it's over."
"It's simple, right?"
Normfins grinned, revealing his somewhat cracked, sharp teeth.
Although it looked like she was smiling, it gave Lillie a feeling of malice.
Do they need Normeffen's approval to ask each other questions?
What criteria would make Normelfens consider a "good show"? Is it to pose an extremely difficult question that stumps the other person? Or is it to ask about each other's most embarrassing private matters, forcing the other person into a dilemma?
These vague rules are much harder to deal with than the previous, clearly defined questions. After all, the former had rules to follow, while the latter depended entirely on Normeffens's mood.
She glanced at the withered creature beside her, whose expression also carried a sense of daze.
Clearly, it doesn't know how to deal with such ambiguous rules.
“You can’t negotiate,” Normefens said. “Now we can begin.”
Lillie curled her lip; she was about to ask if it was possible to discuss it, but was immediately met with a denial.
She and the withered one looked at each other, and both saw helplessness in each other's eyes.
Liriel sighed deeply. Each of Normefens's clones was stranger than the last. Before, they were either serious or difficult, but this time they had turned into spectators who enjoyed watching a good show.
Unfortunately, the rules are in their hands, and they can only follow them.
She looked at the withered one and gestured with her eyes: You go first? Or should I go first?
……
Questioning the void above the maze.
"Questions for each other?" Angel's eyes lit up. This mechanism... is interesting.
This time, Angor still didn't intend to interfere with the Wall of Questions, handing over the authority to ask questions to Nomefens.
Unexpectedly, the new mechanism proposed by Normeffens surprised him.
The key to this mechanism is that the right to ask questions is given to the withered one, who, to some extent, can already be considered one of his people.
In other words, letting the withered ask questions is tantamount to indirectly handing over the "information mining initiative" to Angell!
Previously, he was still pondering how to accurately uncover Liriel's secrets without arousing her suspicion when he later launched the "Nomefens clone who loves gossip and privacy" to inquire about privacy.
The solution is here now.
Asking each other questions is one solution!
The decaying one asked the questions on behalf of Angell, questions that he could not directly intervene in, nor that Normefens could directly inquire about.
This allows them to justify their questioning by using the pretext of "rules requirements," while also lowering Lillie's guard.
Since it's a question-and-answer session rather than a one-sided interrogation, even if Liriel is wary, she will most likely give selective responses in order to get past the wall of questions.
This is more controllable and discreet than having Normeff directly inquire about privacy!
……
While Angor was secretly admiring the new mechanism, Liriel and the Decayer had already begun exchanging questions.
The Decayer gave the right to ask the first question to Liriel.
In other words, Lillie will control the direction of the inquiry.
Liriel thought for a moment, then tentatively asked, "If your wife were kidnapped by a succubus who said she would only release your wife if you and she had a lovemaking session, would you do it?"
Liriel had barely finished speaking.
The withered one looked at Liriel with a face full of questions.
Not to mention the withered ones, even Angel, who was watching from the void, stared wide-eyed.
What kind of problem is this?
Although Angell was outwardly complaining, he had to admit that he was quite curious about how the Decayer would respond.
All I can say is that Liriel truly lives up to her reputation as someone from the Pure Land of Elysium; the questions she asks are absolutely outrageous!
Ask him in front of the wall.
After asking, Liriel found the Decayer looking at her speechlessly, and she actually felt a little regretful.
The reason she brought up this question was mainly because, as Normeffens had just mentioned, she wanted to see a "good show."
In her understanding, what constitutes a "good show"?
Digging into other people's privacy is a good show, watching others fight tooth and nail over their positions is a good show, hearing about the misfortunes of people you dislike is a good show...
These are all topics that witches often discuss at their tea parties.
The topic of lust is an indispensable part of the tea party, and it is always very heated, with everyone discussing it in a very unrestrained manner.
As a regular at various tea parties, Liriel was completely at ease with these kinds of topics. Hearing that Nomefens wanted to see a good show, she immediately started talking about vulgar matters.
But she regretted it after asking, mainly because neither Normefens nor the Decayers were human, and they might not care about such a question at all.
Moreover, the silent gaze of the withered one made Liriel feel a chill run down her spine.
Was her question too much?
But since she'd already asked, she couldn't very well take it back...
Just as Liriel hesitated whether to say, "This is a joke, let me ask another question," the Decayer answered.
The withered one remained silent for a full ten seconds, his expression shifting from astonishment to silence, finally settling into a look of utter disbelief. He managed to stammer, "First of all, I have no wife. Secondly, I've spent a long time in the Abyss and am very familiar with the habits of all kinds of succubi. If they want to get a man, they'll only target the man himself, not his wife, unless there is one..."
The withered man paused before continuing, "In short, I don't think this question is valid."
After rejecting the answer, the withered one added, "If I were to ignore all the unreasonable details and insist on answering, I would first let my wife help me choose. If she agrees, then I will have a loving fusion with the succubus; if she disagrees, then I will not take her opinion into consideration."
Liriel: "???"
The withered one: "Saving her is more important."
Lillie opened her mouth, wanting to continue asking about this topic, but then she thought that this wasn't the time to gossip at a tea party.
She simply turned her head to look at Normefens, wanting to confirm from it whether her choice was appropriate or not.
The Decayer was also curious: would this unconventional question satisfy Normefens?
Normfins said calmly, "I will make my judgment after we have finished asking each other a round of questions."
In other words, the Decayer must ask one more question before Normefens can confirm whether the question is valid.
The decaying creature instinctively wanted to ask the question it had prepared: What price do you think you would have to pay to betray your own position?
Since speaking with Angell, the Decaying One had come to understand that the situation here must never be known to the Cruel Scholar.
Just as Angor said, although the world's will does not care about the demon god, it will not allow the demon god to destroy the world.
If Liriel returns to the Abyss, she will likely inform the Cruel Scholar of the situation, which the Decayers consider a bad outcome.
Because Elan and other Prussians will live here in the future, it does not want the arrival of cruel scholars to affect the workings of this world.
So, it is also trying its best to figure out what to do?
The question it wanted to raise was a core part of its thinking: if it could get Lillie to change her stance, perhaps this dilemma could be resolved.
However, just as the withered one was about to speak, he suddenly stopped... Of course, he should ask, but now seemed to be the wrong time.
Although it is very curious about the answer, its current priority is still to "go through the wall of questions".
And now, they don't even know Normefens's criteria for judgment.
Its problem is completely different from Lillie's problem. If Normefens' final judgment is—unqualified.
Neither she nor Liriel could even confirm whose problem led to Normefens' negative evaluation.
Therefore, the optimal solution at present should be to follow Lillie's line of thought and ask similar questions.
Keep the question type a single variable.
In this way, even if the answer is rejected, the conclusion can be drawn directly: Normefens dislikes this type of question.
Thinking of this, the withered one lowered his eyebrows, pondering what question he should ask to remain the same type as Liriel.
Although Liriel's question is strange, it can actually be categorized as "curiosity and wild imagination".
So if it's going to ask a question, it should ask in this direction.
"If one day you woke up to find yourself cursed by an unknown entity and turned into a pig-headed man, and you had to give birth to offspring as a pig-headed man to return to your original form, would you do it?"
After the Decayer asked the question, Liriel was a little stunned. She felt that the Decayer was even more frivolous than she was.
But in a flash, Liriel understood what the Decayer meant.
—It is imitating itself, using similar questions to test Normeffens's criteria.