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I felt Liu Squad Leader stiffen in front of me. I patted him: "Don't be nervous, it's for your shoulder." This naked threat made Liu Squad Leader's body soften instantly, and he seemed to be leaning against the Cave Wall as if he was about to collapse. I ignored him, pulled out the torch from my back, lit it and handed it to Zhao Squad Leader. Zhao Squad Leader confidently holds the torch and walks towards the center of Branch. Then I heard Zhao Squad Leader scream and saw the torch light spinning around Branch. "Boots is gone!" Zhao Squad Leader ran to me and Liu Squad Leader in surprise. I shook my head: "I don't think this is the Starting Point where we are running. Zhao Squad Leader, I can now conclude that you have remembered the wrong way." Zhao Squad Leader's eyes were filled with surprise, then anger, as if I don’t believe that the path I’ve tried my best to memorize will go wrong. What a hassle. I asked Zhao Squad Leader to come over and take a break, and let’s analyze together where to go. We walked this section of the road for nearly six hours, and I felt that the distance had already exceeded the distance we ran. "How long did we run just now? Less than an hour, right? Even if we ran at full speed during this time, the reasonable distance should be between three and five Branch stops. But we have walked through this period of time Seven intersections, this is the eighth, that is, we have walked through seven sections of passage. Think about it, is it possible for us to run through seven sections of equal length in more than fifty minutes? " Zhao Squad After Leader listened to my analysis, he immediately lost his energy and asked in horror: "What's going on? I remember it very clearly. I did run eight Branchs. I recalled it carefully several times and I am very sure." Otherwise, I won’t take you two back.” I couldn’t explain it to him, so I had to tell him, “Let’s all think about what to do next. Everyone makes mistakes, and there’s no need to dwell on the mistakes we’ve made. It’s a mistake to think about how to solve the problem, which is a hundred times better than regretting it. Also, we don’t have much time to regret it.” Yes, leaving the proven two-story passage this time not only wastes a lot of time, but also leaves more time. A lot of energy and food were consumed outside. This means that we don’t have much time and resources to explore more deeply, and even returning to the intersection where Boots appeared has become a luxury. It's time to seriously consider where to go. I don't dare to expect them to give any good advice. At this critical moment, I am no longer afraid that my judgment will be wrong and they will complain. I began to draw a huge and complex map in my mind, centered on the two floors we initially explored, the intersection where we had food and rest, which was also the location where Liu Squad Leader crashed and died. I set him is Point A, which appears on this map. There are too many possibilities for points that may appear at this location. Except for the direction we have explored on the two floors, other directions are possible.
Based on the initial direction that Liu Squad Leader had taken, I marked several Point A locations on the map, labeling them as a1, a, a2, and so on. Then I designated our current position as Point B and incorporated it into these points. Since the path in this section was clear, I could deduce the location of each Point A on the map. As long as Point B overlapped with our known positions, I could erase the corresponding Point A from the map, indicating that this hypothetical point was incorrect because our current position bore no markings; it was an unfamiliar Branch.
This was an extremely taxing task that required strong spatial imagination and precise mental calculation. I focused entirely on this map, and fortunately, neither of them disturbed me during this time. Otherwise, even the slightest interruption would cause the mental image of the map in my mind to collapse. I truly admired Liu Squad Leader for his ability to remain quiet; had he been even slightly more coherent, I would have shared my thoughts with him and let him handle this task—he would undoubtedly do it more meticulously and accurately than I could.
I lost track of time as I used the process of elimination to roughly determine some locations for Point B and thereby deduced the general direction of the passages we had explored. I couldn't be certain that my inferred direction was accurate, but it was the limit of my capabilities. I decided to follow this direction to search for a way back to the known passage where we could wait for Xiao Guolin and the others to find us. That place was where we had left the most comprehensive information, and besides, our resources could no longer support further searching.
Of course, I still needed to consider both of them. However, if they didn't have any good ideas, I believed they wouldn't be able to refuse my plan. I first asked Zhao Squad Leader if he had any suggestions; unsurprisingly, he offered no constructive advice. I didn't ask Liu Squad Leader; I felt it was best to proceed with my plan without his input—if he suggested something disheartening, it would only dampen morale. I really couldn't expect much from him.
I laid out my thoughts and action plan. Zhao Squad Leader clearly struggled to understand and kept asking how I had determined this direction in the darkness. After explaining several times, all he said was, "Can you repeat that?"
Discussing complex shapes with someone lacking spatial imagination is far more exhausting than explaining a vibrant oil painting to a colorblind person.
I painstakingly explained again to Zhao Squad Leader until he finally responded with an "Oh" and asked me, "So how do we proceed?"
I realized that all my efforts had been in vain; he hadn't grasped anything at all.
Liu Squad Leader remained silent, seemingly resentful that I hadn't sought his opinion.
Just as I was clarifying our route to Zhao Squad Leader, Liu Squad Leader suddenly interjected, "You won't be able to go back using this route."
I knew my spatial reasoning skills were far inferior to Liu Squad Leader's; however, this was a route I had carefully calculated after much thought. I couldn't believe he could come up with something more accurate and detailed in such a short time.
Feeling frustrated and dismissive, I replied, "This is a route I've meticulously calculated; it won't be overturned by your single statement. Unless you have a more precise plan, don't think about disrupting mine."
I suddenly thought of another possibility and immediately asked him, "Do you remember the path we took?"
"No, my mind was a complete mess at that time. How could I remember what I did?" Liu Squad Leader replied, his tone unusually awkward. "But the route you planned does have some issues."
I felt Liu Squad Leader's hand moving in the air, as if he were drawing something or placing objects in the void ahead. I scoffed, "Are you molding Zongzi again?"
"No, this time it's lotus root powder," Liu Squad Leader said calmly.
I heard Zhao Squad Leader swallow loudly.
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