Get off work and become a magical girl

Chapter 332 Analysis
——"One thing we know so far is that different teams are assigned different positions when they enter this maze."

In another part of the maze, Xia Liang was squatting on the ground, using his magic to slowly outline the square outline of the maze on the ground, and then marked a star at a certain position:

"So, let's assume that the maze already has a fixed exit, and this exit is at the location of a star, what will happen?"

"What will happen?" Shandan squatted opposite Xia Liang, looking at the schematic diagram on the ground with a blank face.

“It’s going to be unfair.”

Juandan, who was leaning against Shandan, seemed to have figured something out: "If the positions of each team are different, and the exit already exists and is fixed, then some teams will definitely be closer to the clearance, while some teams will be farther away."

"Yes, that's what happened."

Xia Liang pointed to the stars on the diagram:

"If there are no restrictions, in the most exaggerated case, there is a possibility that the examinee will be teleported to the vicinity of the exit when entering the maze. The senior in my team once said that when solving a problem, we should try to look at the problem from the perspective of the questioner. If I were the examiner, I would definitely try my best to avoid this situation."

"Then, can't we teleport the examinee as far away from the exit as possible?"

Juandan frowned and asked back, "If this cube is the maze we are in, then if we divide this cube-shaped maze into two halves and don't put the candidates in the half closest to the exit when we first put them in, then we can..."

She got stuck halfway through her sentence.

"What can I do?"

Xia Liang suddenly laughed and continued her words: "It can make the assessment easier, right?"

"Yes... In that case, as long as someone among the candidates communicates with each other and confirms this method of distribution, they can directly ignore nearly half of the maze and only need to find the exit in the remaining half. And no matter how it is distributed, whether it is three-quarters or one-quarter, it will definitely lead to unfair positions, because there will always be a team that is closer to the exit when entering the maze."

Juan Dan hesitated and said, "According to what you said, think from the perspective of the test setter. If the examiners want to ensure the fairness of the test and not make it too easy, they should give the candidates hints at the beginning, so that we can explore the maze more..."

“The best approach is to not set up an exit at the beginning and then add an exit after the assessment has been going on for a while.”

Xia Liang controlled the star pattern in the stick drawing and made it move around in this crude diagram: "By doing this, we can even dynamically adjust the difficulty of the test. If the candidates' exploration progress is not good, the exit will be placed in a relatively obvious place. If the candidates' exploration is quite in-depth, the exit will be placed in a hidden location."

"If you explain it this way, it would indeed be very reasonable..."

Juandan nodded unconsciously: "But is it possible that we are overthinking it?"

"It never hurts to give it a little more thought."

Xia Liang supported himself on his knees and stood up from the ground, smoothing the hair that fell in front of his ears: "Anyway, let's make exploring the maze our top priority, and see if we can find the exit. What if we can find something?"

After some analysis, she had reached a consensus with Shandan. However, when both of them had already determined the action plan and were even ready to set off, Shandan was still squatting on the ground, staring blankly at the place where he had drawn the stick drawing before.

"Sister, it's time to leave."

Juandan gave a reminder.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" Xia Liang asked with extra concern.

"...I didn't understand." Shandan whispered.

"What?" Xia Liang tilted his head in confusion.

"I said I didn't understand yet! Don't just abandon me after you finish your analysis!"

Shandan patted the ground and raised her voice: "Hurry up, explain it to me again, I think I'm just a little bit away from figuring it out!" "Sister..." Juandan looked at her helplessly.

"I think this kind of thing only needs to be demonstrated and everyone knows the conclusion." Xia Liang obviously didn't want to continue wasting time there, so he tried to fool around with a laugh.

"Say it again!" Shandan still insisted.

"Um, Xiaojin..." Juandan looked at Xia Liang with some apology.

Ah, this guy is so nice Lin Xiaolu.

Xia Liang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

I don't know what's going on with the young senior and Xiaolu. The young senior should have no problem meeting any teammates, but if Xiaolu is also a troublemaker, then I don't know what will become of their team.

After all, could it be that I really am the one with the worst luck?

She thought so in her heart, but on the surface she still showed a well-behaved and friendly smile, and said to Shandan:
"I really can't help you, so I'll just say it again, okay?"

……

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"Go forward twenty meters, then turn left thirty meters, then go downstairs."

At the same time, Team 277 was advancing steadily under the command of Tu Dinggui.

Unlike most teams, Team 277 has Tu Dinggui as its obvious "big brother", so the other two have no intention of fighting for the right to speak.

Among them, Delphinium just wanted to hide her incompetence as much as possible, so she didn't say much from beginning to end. Setaria was simply introverted. Before, she could only speak freely when she was with "Gentian", whom she thought was a "like-minded person". But when a great god like Tudinggui joined the team, she became as withered as an eggplant hit by frost.

"It's true that I want to cling to someone powerful, but please don't give me a teammate who gives me such a strong sense of oppression..."

Faintly, Delphinium seemed to have heard what she was muttering.

In the entire team, Tu Dinggui was the only one making decisions, and she herself did not seem to think there was anything wrong with this, and very naturally became the de facto captain.

She was ranked fifth on the list of top talents, so she must be very capable. Under normal circumstances, even if her teammates were average or even weak magical girls, they should be able to pass the assessment easily with her leading the team. So, it seemed unnecessary for her to stand out, so she should just continue to pretend to be a quiet and ordinary magical girl.

That’s what Delphinium planned.

Or rather, that was what she had intended.

After the team walked along the maze for a distance, she finally couldn't bear it anymore, so she said, "Um... Senior Tu Dinggui."

She kept in mind her current identity. As a newcomer, it was in accordance with etiquette for "Longdan" to call the other party "senior".

"What's wrong?" Tu Dinggui lowered his eyebrows and looked at her.

"Although I appreciate you exploring the way, but please, could you please not stand behind me and rub my head all the time?"

Delphinium sighed: "It's really inconvenient to move like this."

(End of this chapter)