Chapter 803 - 804: I Found It
"I found it, I found it!"
With fifteen seconds left on the countdown, Nianyang’s eyes, which had become sore from staring, suddenly sparkled with boundless brilliance.
Following her gaze, Li Tingyan saw that on a thumb-sized dial, in the lower right corner of nine black dark squares, five dark squares were marked with single-letter symbols in vertical arrangement, which added up to wynqs...
Nianyang had studied cryptography. This belonged to Hill cipher, a simple and widely known encryption method.
It’s a technique of substitution encryption, with each letter treated as a digit in base-26:
A=0, B=1, C=2...
In other words, converting the numerical order of letters gives the decryption answer.
With ten seconds left, Nianyang solved the password and quickly entered it during the last three seconds, her heart pounding as if it would leap out.
Honestly, she was purely gambling on the pattern of this password.
If she had guessed wrong, they would all be dead today.
Luckily, at the last second, silence enveloped the surroundings.
Nianyang exhaled, the corner of her lips curled, "Succeeded."
Shi Feng was still dumbfounded, struggling to process the fact they were saved, muttering, "I was saved..."
Nianyang glanced at Li Tingyan with a triumphant expression, "So, Tingyan, didn’t I say I had a way?"
Li Tingyan’s face showed obvious signs of relief, but the next second it froze again. Without a word, he snatched the poison gas bag from Nianyang’s hand.
At this time, his subordinates who remained nearby noticed that time was up but nothing happened, and they ran inside, rejoicing in the apparent safety.
"That’s amazing, it didn’t activate!"
"Saozi’s skills are incredible!"
"It’s amazing, how did Saozi figure it out?"
Everyone was excited, especially Xiao Yu, who was curious enough to approach Nianyang and ask for tips, and Nianyang enthusiastically explained cryptography in full detail.
Xiao Yu was so shocked that his jaw dropped!
Shi Feng stood up, looking at Nianyang with gratitude, his eyes filled with deeper affection, "Nianyang, thank you. You saved me; my life is yours. You are my savior."
Nianyang detected the unrest in the young man’s eyes and responded with a chilling frankness, "No need to thank me. In this kind of situation, I would save anyone. Besides, if you hadn’t rushed in, there would’ve been no issue. Please keep your distance from me in the future."
"..."
The light in Shi Feng’s eyes dimmed, and he pouted in grievance. Initially, he had decided not to come, but he felt uneasy and came along with the Gambling Stone Master, hoping to help Nianyang. But as it turned out, Nianyang didn’t need any help from him.
Moreover, they encountered traffic on the way here, meaning he was already late. Not only did he fail to assist Nianyang, but nearly endangered her.
"Nianyang, I..." Shi Feng felt guilty and tried to say something for redemption, but Li Tingyan pulled him away without a word.
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(All manuscripts are locked in the little black room, releasing 1 update first, tomorrow afternoon there will be 4 updates released in one go. Goodnight babies, a reminder that 4 days until the explosive update, getting more nervous - Zha Nan)
(All manuscripts are locked in the little black room, releasing 1 update first, tomorrow afternoon there will be 4 updates released in one go. Goodnight babies, a reminder that 4 days until the explosive update, getting more nervous - Zha Nan)