Si Muran looked around the room. This was better than not seeing anything. Footsteps came from the door and a few masked men walked in.
Si Muran subconsciously stepped back, but the room was only big enough for her to take two or three steps back. Her back was pressed against the wall as she looked warily at all the masked men in front of her.
"Miss Si, don't be afraid. We don't intend to kill you now.”The person in the black mask spoke slowly. It was not Jinlin's voice, but the words that came out of his mouth did not comfort Si Muran at all.
He didn't plan to kill her now? When would he kill her? When she was no longer of value?
However, Si Muran had to speak up." What do you want with me? Where's Jinlin?" If it wasn't for her, she wouldn't have become a fish on the chopping board, waiting to be slaughtered.
"Miss Si, you don't seem to fully understand your situation. You don't have the right to ask questions.”The man with the black mask seemed to be smiling, but Si Muran felt a chill run down her spine. He gave her the feeling that he was a venomous snake, and anyone who was targeted would definitely die a horrible death.
"Alright, then tell me." Si Muran didn't know what else she could do besides accept her fate.
The masked man gestured for his men to take out the items and spread out a few pieces of paper in front of Si Muran.
Si Muran took a look at the content on the paper. It was actually a plane geometry problem, which should be classified as civil engineering. She had read similar books when she was a librarian. What exactly was Jin Lin or these masked guys trying to do?
"Miss Si, I believe you can definitely solve the questions on it, right?”The masked man's tone was clearly threatening Si Muran.
However, Si Muran suddenly wanted to know what would happen to her, so she asked," What if I don't solve it?”
"Then we don't have to keep you. You're useless anyway.”In the eyes of men, Si Muran's ability was valuable, but her life was worthless. Si Muran must have fully understood this point.
Si Muran felt that she had no chance of winning in front of this man. She was just a weak little girl. She really had no way to survive against these fiendish boors.
With the help of the Encyclopedia in her mind, Si Muran was actually able to solve these plane geometry problems very quickly. However, she knew that once she solved the problems, even if she didn't die, she would still be sent back to the dungeon. Therefore, she tried her best to drag it out.
However, the masked man seemed to have seen through Si Muran's intentions. He sat opposite Si Muran and said with a smile," Miss Si, I seem to have forgotten to tell you just now. If you can't solve these questions within four hours, I'll send you to hell."”
Si Muran hated the feeling of being threatened. However, she had to lower her head when she was under the roof. Especially when this 'roof' seemed to have a bad temper. He kept threatening her and did not care about her life at all.
"Since you were able to find me, it proves that you knew what I did before. Perhaps Jinlin also told you some things. Then you should know that I might bring you unexpected surprises. If you kill me now, you won't get anything.”Si Muran mustered all her courage to bargain with the masked man. However, she wasn't sure if this would prolong her death sentence or send her to hell instantly.
The black-masked man stared straight at Si Muran, as if he wanted to see the information he wanted to know from her eyes.
Si Muran's heart raced under his gaze. Of course, it wasn't because she was throbbing. She felt like her heart was in her throat.
"Very good. I didn't expect Miss Si to be so courageous. It wasn't in vain that I specially came over.”
The oppressive feeling coming from the masked man disappeared without a trace. Si Muran heaved a huge sigh of relief. It seemed that she had made the right bet.
"If you can really be used by me, I won't do anything to you. But if you play any tricks, I'll make you wish you were dead.”The black-masked man probably felt that Si Muran would not be able to escape this place, so he decided to be a little lenient with her and only let his subordinates watch over her. As for the four hours that he had mentioned just now, he could even afford to waste two days.
Si Muran watched the masked man leave. Among all the masked men, he was the only one who made her instinctively feel threatened. She would not doubt his words at all because her woman's intuition told her that that man was capable of anything.
Si Muran was absent-mindedly solving the plane geometry problem, but she didn't expect that man to send her another difficult problem.
"Gunpowder?" Si Muran cried out in surprise. The raw materials on the paper were obviously used to make gunpowder. What was this man trying to do?
"Looks like you know what to do.”The masked man nodded in satisfaction. Si Muran was indeed a treasure, but the more useful she was, the more he wanted to destroy her.
How could she not know about gunpowder, one of the four famous inventions!
Gunpowder was said to have been invented by alchemists in ancient times. Those emperors who wanted to live forever would always raise some alchemists or Taoists, hoping to use them to refine pills that could make them immortal. Unfortunately, this wish was not realized, but the formula for gunpowder was gradually invented.
Si Muran remembered that she had made low-quality gunpowder on a whim when she was in school. Gunpowder was made from a mixture of potassium nitrates (also known as saltpeter), charcoal, and sulfur in a certain ratio. Under the effect of appropriate external energy, it could burn rapidly and regularly, and at the same time produce a large amount of high-temperature gas. The purer the gunpowder, the stronger the explosion. The human body could not resist the power of gunpowder at all.
The dynasty that she was in shouldn't have had gunpowder yet. In that case, where did the black-masked man get this formula?
Si Muran fell into deep thought. Gunpowder was extremely lethal and it was understandable to use it in war. However, if it was used by bad people, the people would suffer. It was not an exaggeration to say that blood would flow like a river.
Hence, Si Muran backed off. She didn't know if she should put more people in danger for the sake of her life.
"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" The man also passed the formula to Si Muran with the intention of giving it a try. It was said that the three ingredients were extremely powerful when mixed together, but no matter how they tried, there was no effect.
"I need to take a good look. Tell your people not to disturb me.”To be precise, she needed to think about it.
The man glanced at Si Muran." You'd better not play any tricks."”
"What tricks can I play? My entire body is in your hands. Isn't it easy for you to kill me?”
"At least you know what's good for you. My patience is limited. It's best not to make me wait too long.”The man left the room after he finished speaking, leaving Si Muran staring blankly at a few pieces of paper.
If she could turn back time, she would never have gotten into the carriage with Jinlin. Now, she could only pin all her hopes on Pei Chenshuo, hoping that he would find out about her disappearance as soon as possible. Otherwise, she would not let him off even if she turned into a ghost.
The next morning, Si Muran was dragged out of bed by the masked man.
Si Muran opened her sleepy eyes and slapped the mask of the black-masked man in a daze.
The hard touch made Si Muran's hand hurt, and the surrounding temperature seemed to have dropped. Could she have been left in the wilderness?
The masked man's temper was indeed not very good. He threw Si Muran on the ground after pulling her out. In an instant, she felt that her butt had been smashed into four pieces.
"What are you doing?" Si Muran rubbed her eyes and struggled to get up from the ground. In the end, she met the black-masked man's cold gaze and could not help but shudder. Did she say something wrong?
"Have you solved all your problems?”The masked man didn't expect to see Si Muran sleeping soundly. Did she forget her identity as a prisoner just because she relaxed a little?
It was only then that Si Muran remembered that she was the one who had been kidnapped. She had quickly solved those problems yesterday, but the matter of the gunpowder had made her hesitant to make a move. As a result, she had been thinking about it for the rest of the night. The boorish man who had been watching her all this time probably thought that she had fallen asleep early, so he had let down his guard.
Si Muran stared at the black-masked man. The anger in his eyes had disappeared and was replaced by a hint of playfulness.
"What if I say I don't fully understand? I don't know what Jinlin told you before, but I really don't know everything.”Si Muran knew that the man in front of her was no pushover, so she was betting on her own value.
"Oh? What part of it don't you understand?" The black-masked man was not annoyed. Instead, he sat on the chair and waited for Si Muran's explanation.
It was indeed a technical job to lie with one's eyes open. Si Muran did not have much confidence in her lies. If she was accidentally exposed by the masked man, she would not be in a good state.
Si Muran weighed her words. Before the masked man could get impatient, she finally opened her mouth." I've already solved those plane geometry problems.”
"Plane geometry?" Although the masked man might know what Si Muran was talking about, he had never heard of this term before.
"Yes, I've already settled those few blueprints. However, the problem of gunpowder was a little tricky.”Si Muran had been staring at the black-masked man. In fact, she could only judge his emotions from his eyes. He looked calm now.
"If you can't even do this, what's the point of me keeping you alive?”The man's expression changed very quickly, and he instantly had murderous intent towards Si Muran.
"How about this, you send someone to get a portion of the raw materials according to the ratio I determined, because only then can I confirm the final preparation. If I still don't succeed by then, it won't be too late to kill me.”Si Muran suggested carefully. He believed that with the black-masked man's intelligence, he would definitely be able to tell that she was stalling for time. However, before there was a solution, she was his only bargaining chip.# Daguan Review Passed: Daguan Time:111420184: 24PM #Cancel Review All: wdd201302 Time:111420185: 55PM #
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