Chapter 5.1 - Sent to prison: Purpose
“First of all, it is related to the carriage number. Because our pa.s.senger numbers are all multiples of 3, and the six carriage numbers are 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8 respectively and there is no such number combination as 3, 6, and 9, it’s easy to focus on 3, 6, and 9 or relate it being multiples of 3 but, the six numbers of ‘124,578’, if they are rearranged, are themselves one of the most fantastic numbers in the world, 142,857.”
“This set of numbers are related to pyramids in Egypt and our flight attendant, the monster with the characteristics of a sphinx, also made me sure that 142,857 is more important than 369. There are statues of sphinxes and the numbers ‘142857’ are engraved on the walls of the pyramid. This straightens my idea that this set of numbers must have some value.”
Xiangnu said lightly, “If you have heard of this string of numbers, you should know what is most special about it. Multiplying this string of numbers with a random number of 123456 produces the same digits in a different order of 1428571142857, the six repeating digits of 1/7(0.142857), is the best-known cyclic number in base 10.[1][2][3][4] If it is multiplied by 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, the answer will be a cyclic permutation of itself, and will correspond to the repeating digits of 2/7, 3/7, 4/7, 5/7 or 6/7 respectively..”.”
“And the reason why I initially guessed that the first car to be inspected was 7 instead of 1 firstly because I was in the first car, I wasn’t expecting to be one of the unlucky people to be observed, so I was more looking forward to Car No.1 not being the first to be checked. The second is because the number 7 itself is very special in this series of numbers.”
“When this group of numbers is multiplied from 1 to 6, the resulting tail numbers are 741852, and when multiplied to 7, the result is 99999921 × 142,857 = 142,857, 2 × 142,857 = 285,714, 3 × 142,857 = 428,571, 4 × 142,857 = 571,428, 5 × 142,857 = 714,285, 6 × 142,857 = 857,142, 7 × 142,857 = 999,999 Here, the tailing numbers are 7, 4, 1, 8, 5 and 2. In this serial, the carriages are checked.And the numbers that are divided by 7 result in different orders of ‘142857’, there is 1 within 10, and 14 within 100. 142 within 1,000, 1,428 within 10,000, 14,285 within 100,000, 142,857 within 1,000,000, and 1,428,571 within 1,000,000 Here, I think the numbers divided by 7 producing different cycles of number 142857 are given..”
“When a number between 1-9 is divided by 7, the result is a cycle of 142857 in different orders after the decimal point31/7= 0.142857, 2/7= 0.285714, 3/7= 0.428571, 4/7= 0.571428, 5/7= 0.714285, 6/7= 0.857142, 7/7= 0.999999 = 1, 8/7= 1.142857, 9/7= 1.285714.”.”
“When you divide 1 by 142857, you get only 7 in addition to 0 (1/142857=0.000007).”
“It can be seen that if this series of numbers is used to determine the law, the probability of 7 is the highest. As for the order of the carriages to be checked later, I personally don’t think it will be too complicated. Of course, I was not sure at first. But after two carriage selections, It’s enough for me to lock in the pattern. After multiplying 142857 from 1 to 6, the combination of the tail numbers of the last digit in the obtained number ‘741852’ is obtained.”
Xiangnu’s many words seemed to be explained to the task person in the No. 5 carriage, but those dreamy foggy eyes were always ‘looking’ in Yu Su’s direction.
Yu Su also looked at him seriously, and when he saw Xiangnu looked over, he slightly opened his lips and seemed to want to say something, but when the words reached his lips, he paused, clapping his hands lightly, and simply boasted: “You observed very carefully, so a rule was soon figured out.
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Xiangnu frowned and said modestly, “It’s just luck.”
Yu Su’s eyes darkened a little, Xiang Nu was a little curious about what he wanted to say to him, and it felt as if a feather was scratching gently in his heart, which made people feel unbearable.
But there were a lot of people around, and Xiangnu felt that the reason why Yu Su didn’t say everything was probably because of this, so he couldn’t wait to get out of here, and then ask what Yu Su wanted to say to him just now.
The taskers in the No. 5 car were still happily saying, “It’s good to know the rules of the random inspection of the car, so that next time even if there is an accident, it will not be a problem if you can’t go back to the car immediately, just avoid the random inspection car!”
Xiangnu twitched the corners of his mouth, but the expression on his face did not fluctuate.
That is to say, but two of the six carriages have been checked and the checked carriages will likely be occupied by ghosts again.
The taskers in the No. 8 car have been basically isolated, and they can’t even receive the ‘silver light’ information leaked by Yu Su. There is no way, the taskers in the No. 8 car dare not pa.s.s through the No. 7 car occupied by the female ghost to go to other cars and the other missionaries were not so virgin and wouldn’t go out of their way to pa.s.s the 7th car at the risk of telling them the message.
Now, the No. 4 car has been checked by random. After entering the station later, if there are monsters in the No. 4 car, the No. 5 car will be in the same desperate situation as the No. 8 car, with monsters in the cars in the front and rear.
According to the rules summed up by Xiangnu, after the No. 4 car, the No. 1 car will be randomly checked, and in that case, the No. 2 car will also be surrounded.
The monster carriage, the tasker’s carriage, the monster carriage… In this order, each carriage will fall into a desperate situation of isolation and helplessness.
Finding out the rules of random inspection will only make the taskers feel more nervous, and let them understand how short their time is. Apart from that, there is no other help.
There is no such thing as free lunch in the imagination of the taskers who can figure out the rules. This dungeon task that had sealed countless experienced taskers will not give the taskers any advantage.
Xiangnu was clearly aware of this but did not say anything to attack the mood of these relaxed missionaries.
Because there is no need to say it, it is just asking for trouble. What’s more, they may not have thought of this, but they just avoided this possibility subconsciously.
The most urgent task was to wait for the result of the No. 4 carriage, which was the only hope that could be seen at present.
That piece of silver light…will it be the comfort place, ideal land, central hall of the missionaries?
Xiangnu thought of this then his ears moved sensitively as he listened more intently to the sound from the No. 4 carriage.
There was an occasional scream from the No. 4 carriage, but it was not desperate.
After all, the No. 4 carriage was quite close to No. 7, and most of the taskers are also experienced and have their own set of methods to deal with unexpected situations.
Xiangnu was waiting for the flight attendant to leave. At that time, they could enter the No. 4 carriage and start talking with the task workers in that carriage.
Just as he was listening intently to the movement in the No. 4 carriage, judging whether the spot check was over and whether the flight attendant will leave, a cold feeling suddenly came from his ears.
Xiang Nu trembled uncontrollably, opened his eyes wide and ‘looked’ in the direction of Yu Su. Someone was rubbing his ears was unconsciously pinching the tip of Xiang Nu’s small ear, and pressing it lightly again, the voice sounded with a little curious interest, “Your ears just moved…”
Looked kind of cute.
Xiang Nu widened his eyes and slapped his hands away in a panic. After feeling that unfamiliar and unbearable touch gradually subsided, Xiang Nu was still a little confused. He pursed his lips slightly and pretended to be serious saying, “Mr Yu, I’m doing business. If you have any ideas, please bear with me a little bit. Don’t act like this suddenly. You startled me just now, you know!”
Yu Su fell silent and didn’t speak for a while. Just as Xiangnu was beginning to think about whether he was angry or annoyed, Yu Su approached him and with a subtle tone whispered in Xiangnu’s ear, “Then when you don’t do important things, will I be able to…”
Yu Su hesitated to speak, but Xiangnu understood what he meant.
Yu Su’s words were all, then when you’re not doing business, can I do anything to you?
Seeing that he didn’t seem angry, Xiangnu replied, “Mr Yu, your question is very cute. I thought you always understood what I meant before.”
Xiangnu’s att.i.tude towards Yu Su has always been very intimate and even a bit out of bounds. Xiangnu also thought that Yu Su was in a well-known and ambiguous relationship with himself. As a result, he suddenly made such a call. His mood suddenly became subtle and even fell a little uncomfortable.
Yu Su fell silent again, and after a while, he said in a subtle tone: “I know, but I thought you were just trying to catch my attention and making gestures toward me wanting me to be your eye, but I didn’t expect you to actually want to let me touch you…”
Xiang Nu’s expression became uncomfortable for a moment, but Yu Su became normal, and gently fumbled with his fingertips on his chin, he asked flatly, “Speaking of which, I haven’t helped you that much, so why are you willing to let me touch you? …hmm?”
- 1142857, the six repeating digits of 1/7(0.142857), is the best-known cyclic number in base 10.[1][2][3][4] If it is multiplied by 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, the answer will be a cyclic permutation of itself, and will correspond to the repeating digits of 2/7, 3/7, 4/7, 5/7 or 6/7 respectively..”
- 21 × 142,857 = 142,857, 2 × 142,857 = 285,714, 3 × 142,857 = 428,571, 4 × 142,857 = 571,428, 5 × 142,857 = 714,285, 6 × 142,857 = 857,142, 7 × 142,857 = 999,999 Here, the tailing numbers are 7, 4, 1, 8, 5 and 2. In this serial, the carriages are checked
- 31/7= 0.142857, 2/7= 0.285714, 3/7= 0.428571, 4/7= 0.571428, 5/7= 0.714285, 6/7= 0.857142, 7/7= 0.999999 = 1, 8/7= 1.142857, 9/7= 1.285714.”