sbdcsierra Chapter 1479 The Meaning of "Automatic Delivery"
Chapter 1479 The Meaning of "Automatic Delivery"
Chen Mu didn't keep Xiao Ye in suspense and said directly:
"I considered many possibilities, but none of them satisfied me."
However, based on my understanding of bizarre missions, even if they differ from human understanding, they must leave us clues and hints within them.
The most prominent clue right now is Lin Shanshan's delivery.
So when I think back to that time, I really noticed one tiny detail.
That was the sharp knife the bald man was holding in the basement.
I suddenly thought of Lin Shanshan's death.
She died with her abdomen ripped open. So, is her death also a hint? A hint about how the bald man killed the woman who received the package?
Judging from this, it's highly likely that the bald man used that long, thin, sharp knife to cut open the woman's stomach.
This posture reminded me of a certain action.
"What action?" Hong Wenli asked.
Chen Mu picked up the envelope in his hand and did what he had just done: tear open the seal on the envelope.
"Tearing open the seal strip in one go is like taking a knife and slicing open a person's belly in one go."
Following Chen Mu's gesture, Xiao Ye and Hong Wenli were surprised to find that the two really did look very similar!
"Boss, you're amazing! How did you figure that out? You can connect the dots!" Xiaoye couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
Chen Mu shrugged; this was something that came to mind during a moment of wild imagination.
The so-called "unfettered imagination" must take all possibilities into account. Even the most outrageous ideas must be considered.
The designers of this bizarre boss must have racked their brains to come up with such a tricky hint—it had to be unexpected by the players, yet there had to be subtle clues to fit the rules.
Hong Wenli said, "So, Mr. Chen, you mean that the 'letter' mentioned in the rules actually refers to us players?"
Xiaoye said, "You still haven't figured it out? What do you mean by 'we players'? 'Letter' refers to the recipient. The recipient with the icon is the 'letter' that the rules refer to!"
Chen Mu said approvingly, "That's right! You grasped it very quickly. Once you figured this out, the whole situation was solved!"
Once I figured out what the "letter" referred to, I quickly understood everything.
To be frank, "letter" refers to the recipient, and "stamp" refers to the letter itself.
Think about it, didn't we hand the letter to the woman before she screamed and was murdered?
Don't you find it strange that the bald man's house is so small, and the basement isn't big either?
The woman who was supposed to receive the package was hiding under the wardrobe. The bald man could easily find her by searching the entire place in twenty minutes.
Why didn't the bald man kill her? Was it because he couldn't find her or couldn't?
I think I'm more inclined to say 'no,' because there are rules that prevent the bald man from killing the woman who received the package.
So when will the bald man be able to break the rules and kill the woman who received the package?
In fact, rule 3 already provided a hint—
Rule 3: Once the stamp is affixed to the surface of the letter, the letter will be automatically delivered.
Since "letter" refers to the woman receiving the mail, and "stamp" refers to the mail we hold, then handing the mail to the woman means—
Affix the stamp to the surface of the letter.
Hong Wenli was completely convinced. "Damn, you can think like that? Boss Chen, if you weren't here, I probably would never have thought of this in my life."
Chen Mu continued, "After you affix the stamp to the letter, the letter will be delivered automatically."
There is no clear definition for this automatic delivery.
For humans, what exactly constitutes automated delivery? To which destination is the delivery made?
Considering the woman's death, we can deduce that the automated delivery refers to her being murdered.
The woman who received the package was killed by the bald man because she was killed without doing anything; that's the meaning of 'automatic'.
The target of this delivery is death. The woman receiving the package is a form of automated delivery to death!
Rule 3 is actually a hint, telling us not to give the letter to the recipient, otherwise the bald man or the zombie can attack the recipient and kill them.
But this eerie BOSS is really particularly sinister!
To prevent us from thinking in that direction, it even uses teleportation to villages/zombie apocalypses, along with an icon above the recipient's head.
It's meant to give us a suggestion that this is 'automatic delivery', so we don't think about it too deeply.
At first, that was indeed the case; we always thought it was automatic delivery.
I just don't understand, if it's so automatic, why not just teleport directly to the recipient in one step? Why make us search slowly from the village entrance?
This minor inconsistency became the breakthrough point for my thinking.
Listening to Mr. Chen's analysis, Hong Wenli felt a cold sweat break out on his back.
If Boss Chen hadn't seen through the truth, they would probably all have been wiped out here.
This Mr. Chen is truly amazing. He actually saw through the hidden truth.
Who could have imagined that "automatic delivery" would have this meaning?
What exactly did Mr. Chen go through to develop such terrifying intuition?
Hong Wenli felt that Chen Mu's image was becoming more and more mysterious.
Xiaoye asked, "Boss, what exactly is the [recipient] in the rules?"
Chen Mu held up the letter in his hand and smiled. "The address on the letter in my hand is [Recipient]."
The letter listed the places the father and daughter wanted to go. If the father and daughter were the "letter," then the places they wanted to go would be the real "recipients."
Since letters and stamps can be so abstract, it's quite reasonable for the recipient to be a central hospital.
That's why the icon only indicates half of the information.
Because the destination for the second half requires us to open the letter and check it ourselves.
Perhaps if we had opened the letter earlier, we could have seen through the truth sooner, or at least gained some insight.
However, due to the restriction of Rule 2, it is not allowed to open the letter without permission, otherwise the person in question will die.
Under such restrictions, who would have the courage to open and read the letter?
Not only will others be prevented from opening it, but the person in charge will also prevent others from opening it.
The horrific scene of Lin Shanshan's death, in particular, is chilling to behold.
However, Lin Shanshan's death had absolutely nothing to do with the bald man opening the paper letter. She didn't die because the paper letter was opened at all.
If the truth hadn't been seen through, these paper letters would probably never have been opened.