Chapter Ch181.2 - Roller Coaster

translator: xiin

editors: apricot & juurensha

Wei Shi looked at the roller coaster that was still bumping around in the distance, “White smoke, non-toxic, cheap fragrance. Condensed fat flame fuel.”

Wu Jin was stunned repeatedly as he listened. The big boss’s investigative skills were flawless! However, the details didn’t add up to anything that was related to time––

At this time, the beacon fires across the entire mountain suddenly went out!

Their wrist watches vibrated almost simultaneously.

The number of teams that had passed three entertainment facilities had gone up from three to four.

Wei-Thin had passed the roller coaster task!

Wu Jin came back to his senses, and his expression showed his surprise, “The answer for this round can be copied. The roller coaster clearance time is 16:03. Time flows with the roller coaster, like the water in the pyramid––”

Wei Shi corrected him, “Time flows following the fire.”

Wu Jin suddenly understood, “Right, it’s the water rather than the boat that controlled time in the pyramid. When this model is applied to the Great Wall, it’s the fire rather than the roller coaster car that controls time here. Flame, fuel, orbit… They put out the flame at the back of the carriage at 16:03, so they reached the target time of 16:03?”

Wu Jin fell into thought, “I seem to have seen this somewhere.”

Wei Shi kneaded the soft, small curls, “No rush. Think about it slowly.”

The memories from Wu Jín slowly unfolded and opened up.

In summer, mosquito coil incense burned slowly by the bed. Early versions of mosquito repellent incense were harmful to the human body, and a single coil of mosquito repellent incense that could be burned for six hours usually couldn’t be used up all in one go.

The old director of the orphanage was slow and steady as he put a small metal clip on the mosquito repellent incense, “Two hours!”

Wu Jin, or rather, Wu Jín, nodded and smiled, and obediently did two hours of homework.

When the mosquito repellent incense slowly burned towards the iron clip, the heat was absorbed by the metal, and the incense was extinguished. Wu Jin happily tossed aside his exercise book and went to the small library that had been donated by a kind-hearted person to read books.

This ancient timing method that used incense and an incense plate was still in use in the 21st century.

Time, in the context of the Chinese civilization, was also related to intent. Brewing a cup of tea, or a stick of incense.

“The roller coaster is a clock that uses fire to measure time!” Wu Jin spoke excitedly, “The intricate track is like the incense coil used for tracking time in Ancient China. There is a time scale based on the incense, and as time goes by with the burning of the incense, that’s how much time remains…”

Wei Shi praised, “Yes, the fire clock.”

Water and fire were the oldest methods for keeping time. The water clock originated from Ancient Egypt, and the fire clock originated from China.

Off in the distance, Thin Fire jumped down from the roller coaster, waved at Wu Jin, and turned to leave.

The smoke in the Great Wall’s gate tower went out.

Now that they were closer, Wu Jin could squint and see the artwork on the bricks of the Great Wall.

The brick art was as beautiful as ink and paper paintings.

This kind of artwork originated in the Han Dynasty. The lines that varied in thickness were graceful and attractive, and were made by pouring clay into etched molds.

The brick art at the start of the Great Wall depicted the Spring and Autumn Warring States period and many other scenes.

It went on and on.

Wu Jin’s cheeks were glowing when he turned back, “Let’s go, go and research the time scale for 16:03!”

Wei Shi nodded.

The big boss then spoke indifferently, “He’s coming out.”

“!” Wu Jin understood and was very obedient as he scurried away to put some distance between them.

What else could he do?! These were the Big and Small versions of the partner he’d married, shouldn’t he indulge him!

However, judging from this time frame, Big and Little Wei had originally made the switch once every two hours. Now, it was every 15 minutes, and it might even become once every half a minute later on&#k2026;

Big Wei warned him before he left, “Don’t pay attention to him. I will check into it.”

Wu Jin nodded repeatedly and continued to run off happily.

Wei Shi: “Wait.”

The big boss stood tall and pulled out a piece of rope, tossing it at Wu Jin.

Wei Shi stretched out his hand and spoke coldly, “Bind.”

“……” On the platform at the start of the Great Wall, Wu Jin was forced to engage in bondage play with his teammate.

A few dozen seconds later, Little Wei slowly woke up.

Wei Shi looked down at the rope, “……”

Wu Jin looked down at the rope, “……”

Wei Shi slowly narrowed his eyes.

Wu Jin’s desire to survive broke out again. Inspiration struck, and he darted over to untie Little Wei, “I tied him up! And waited for you to come back!”

Cub Wei finally snorted, and his expression smoothed out, “Where are we going next.”

Wu Jin used the fastest possible speed to explain the Great Wall, fire clock, and 16:03, and his mouth was dry when he finished. His heart thumped loudly; if the big boss was really going to switch every half a minute, he might have to explain the rules twice every time…

Wei Shi nodded. Before climbing up the Great Wall, he suddenly raised his chin and swept his fingertips across Wu Jin’s cheek, “Hey. Thinking is too tiring. I’ll help you figure things out together.”

“As for him, keep tying him up.”

The roller coaster track was intricate, and the Great Wall was extensive. Fortunately, it was all wrapped around the same area, and they didn’t need to walk too far. To Wu Jin’s surprise, he couldn’t find any kind of a time scale except for the brick art.

Including their visual observation of Wei Yan’s path before the flames extinguished, there was no trace of a time scale.

“Check the brick artwork.” Wu Jin thought about it for a long time, then spoke.

The brick artwork extended from the Spring and Autumn Warring States period to the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Northern Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, the Liao and Jin Dynasties, the Ming…

Wei Shi suddenly opened his mouth, “The Tang and Song Dynasties aren’t here.”

Wu Jin paused, then looked carefully after the Sui Dynasty. As expected there was no Tang and Song Dynasty. Reasonably speaking, with a Chinese civilization theme, the prosperous Tang Dynasty inevitably had to be included––

The youth frowned slightly, and then looked over the brick artwork one by one. He also drew out the area, “The roller coaster was here when we first purchased tickets. The display time was 6:04.”

In the brick artwork, it first showed war, then unity, then war again, interspersed with scenes of Confucianism. It seemed that the imperial examinations also appeared for the first time in this period. Following that came the construction of the Great Wall, and tens of thousands of civilians digging canals…

“Sui Dynasty.” Wu Jin spoke in a low voice, “Opening the canals led to the subjugation of the country.”

“The time on the second ticket.” Wu Jin led Wei Shi to another location, “The ticket time was 14:00.”

In the brick artwork, the moving of the capital was shown, the construction of the Great Wall, tributes, Zheng He’s voyages to the West, and large-scale firearm production.

“Ming Dynasty.” Wei Shi didn’t need to look further.

Wu Jin looked thoughtfully at the brick artwork on the Great Wall that signified the Ming Dynasty, then suddenly said, “No wonder there is no Tang or Song Dynasty. All the dynasties that appear on the brick artwork are dynasties that built the Great Wall.”

“The Qin Great Wall, the Sui Great Wall, the Ming Great Wall… The Tang Dynasty was so powerful that those who refused to accept them just stayed far away. The North couldn’t resist the regime, and there was naturally no need to build up the Great Wall. As for the Song Dynasty… they lost sway over that frontier and couldn’t build up the Great Wall.”

“That’s why there’s a break in dynasties shown on the brick artwork––”

The two of them stilled abruptly.

“Time!” Wu Jin and Wei Shi opened their mouths to speak at almost the same time. Wei Shi immediately fell back into silence, gesturing for the little shortie to speak.

Wu Jin didn’t have time to be concerned over this. “Time. Time also moved forward suddenly! It jumped from 6:04 to 14:00, but the time from 14:00 to 16:03 when Wei Yan finished the task was quite long––”

“Time and the dynasties on the brick artwork are advancing together!”

“The brick artwork is the time scale!”

Wei Shi: “In which year did the Sui Dynasty fall.”

Wu Jin, a familiar hand with the college examination, answered instantly, “619 AD… 6:04, is it 604 AD?!”

Wei Shi finally nodded. “My guess is that what they snatched up from the souvenir shop just now was something that summarized Chinese Civilization.”

Wu Jin looked at the big boss in happy surprise.

A little shortie ball soon bounced onto Wei Shi’s body and rubbed against him. The 16 year old Wei Shi’s ears turned a little red again, and his face was expressionless as he reprimanded, “What are you doing! Hey.”

“Aren’t I more useful than he is.”

Wu Jin took advantage of how Big Wei wasn’t here to nod repeatedly. The big boss was the most handsome! The cub was the cutest!

Wei Shi made a sound of acknowledgement and tilted his head, “Next time you jump, I’ll catch you.”

It took Wu Jin a long time to realize that what he was referring to was the time at the Brave Rapids. He smiled like a fox as he reached out to touch the big boss’s waist and abdomen that felt great to touch.

Draft paper was pulled out from their backpacks. Wu Jin sketched out the clues against the wall.

6:04. Year 604. The end of the Sui Dynasty, and the location of the brick artwork matched up to the positioning of the roller coaster at the time that they’d collected the first ticket.

14:00. In 1400, the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. The corresponding brick artwork location matched up with the position of the roller coaster when they’d collected the second ticket.

16:03.

“1603 AD.” Wu Jin wrote down the words, then set down the pen, “End of the Ming Dynasty.”

The Ming Dynasty Great Wall was the last one. The place where Wei Yan had put out the fire clock should be at the end of the track.

Wu Jin let out a long sigh of relief and reached out.

Wei Shi very tacitly held his hand.

The Crosson Show’s live stream room.

Blood Pigeon and Ying Xiangxiang both looked at the Scarf team on the screen in a daze.

Blood Pigeon: “They solved it just like that?”

Ying Xiangxiang showed an incredulous expression, “They didn’t go into the secondary instances to obtain any key brick artworks? They simply picked up two tickets and walked along the Great Wall…”

Backstage, the director responsible for game design was also stunned silly.

According to their original predictions, the contestants would have to obtain the ‘Pan Xiang seal’, the ‘Brick artwork tips of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall’, the ‘fire clock of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties’, and ‘notes recording the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)’ from Qianqing Palace, the Mausoleum of the Ming Emperor, the Jinzhong Courtyard, and the papermaking technique instances.

Yet as a result, almost all of the trainees didn’t play the cards according to common sense.

Wei Yan went through all the books with dates in them in the souvenir shop and found 1603 right away.

As for Wu Jin––

The little director wailed, “How can any trainee recite all the dates and years? Is this even a survival show trainee? Shouldn’t he be a candidate for the current Federal college entrance examination?!”

Inside the elimination match arena.

Wu Jin led the boss towards the roller coaster, “Gogogogogo––”

The beacon fires lit up one after another!

The modified version of the Xuanyuan chariot––the roller coaster car ascended and darted along the tracks of the Great Wall, sending roiling smoke up into the sky. Numerous brick artwork pieces flitted past their eyes. On the balcony, the virtual projections around the beacon fires showed the soldiers at the border wearing clothing from the various dynasties––

Vast and grand China had a hundred schools of thought, had the beauty of clothing and civilized society.

The walls of the north, protecting China’s safety.

The roller coaster finally went past the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Wei Shi decisively extinguished the fire.

Their watches vibrated slightly. The two of them passed the instance at the same time!

The roller coaster sped into the tunnel.

Their field of vision was covered in darkness.

After the 18th century, the rise of great navigation, capital colonization, and the industrial revolution promoted the birth of firearms. The rulers of the country no longer focused on building the Great Wall, and Huaxia no longer used cold brick and stone against its northern foreign enemies.

In the 300 years that followed, there were losses and twists and turns, but the country finally rose up again.

The roller coaster came to the end point.

The sun shone brightly.

Wu Jin looked back and glanced over the brick artwork that spanned thousands of years. The only place that wasn’t illuminated was the tunnel that they were in.

The two of them were once again in first place.

Wu Jin happily pulled Little Wei with him to get off the ride––

The 16 year old Wei Shi frowned, “We’re about to switch.”

Wu Jin reacted quickly; he was about to switch with the big boss. So, he pulled the rope out from his backpack, “Okay! Let me bind your hands!”

Cub Wei nodded, then ordered, “Tie them up tightly and tie up the legs too. Don’t let him bully you.”

Wu Jin sighed emotionally. He even wanted to tie up the legs; the cub was even more cruel!

Little Wei sank into the subconscious.

Wu Jin waited obediently for Big Wei to appear.

A few seconds later.

Wei Shi raised his eyelids and locked coldly at Wu Jin.

Wu Jin quickly asked for praise, “You’re awake. How was your sleep? You’re all tied up! Do you want to check…”

Wei Shi: “Tied up the whole time?”

Wu Jin nodded quickly.

Wei Shi: “Fine, then.”

“My hands and feet are tied. Tell me, how did I get onto the roller coaster from the entrance.”

Juurensha: Hahahaa Wei Yan, very impressed at the emotional lock treatment!

xiin: lol wei shi… you’re a little too smart to be jealous of yourself >_>