It was really strange that Harry had rarely felt happy in the dark because of Fleur.He ran wildly on the dark path, as if he had no end of energy in his body, and from time to time he used an orientation charm to determine whether the direction was correct.His desire to win the trophy was stronger than ever, but he found himself always at a dead end, a maze of astonishing size, and he didn't meet another player for a long time.He mentally counted the numbers, Fleur needed to rest and pause in place, and Krum was knocked unconscious and couldn't wake up for a few hours, and then he and Hermione were removed, and there were still six students from the outer school in the maze.Just be careful of the guy from Moon Mountain in Africa, the Animagus who knows how to wield firearms, this is definitely not an opponent to meet in a small space.Harry wouldn't attack anyone, but he was afraid that they would take him as prey.The feeling of being watched returned, but he looked up and looked around, but he didn't notice a lighted camera in the bushes.As the minutes ticked by, the sky grew darker and darker, and the dark clouds that looked like black cotton meant that it might rain soon, but Harry felt that he was lost, and the rain was probably drenched.Neither the Rain Spell nor the Food Spell were advanced, but he hadn't learned either, and all he had to do was stay in the house on rainy days, eat some candy, and play with Ron and the others in the fireplace.Now he regretted it a little, knowing that he should have spent more time learning the basics in the past than going to play wizarding chess or gossiping with Hagrid.Just then, he suddenly heard a movement, and as his gaze turned to a long, straight fork in the road, the light of his wand shone on an extremely strange monster that he had only seen in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.This is the Sphinx, a sphinx endemic to North Africa, with huge claws like lions, a long yellow tail, and a bush of fluffy hair on the tip of the tail, like a small duster.But she had a woman's head, which she must have followed the light, and her round eyes looked at Harry in the dark, and she purred as if she were laughing.Harry didn't know if he should do it first, because if it was the same as in the book, the Sphinx preferred riddles to cannibalism, and it was best to avoid wasting his energy in battle.The physical education professor talked about the necessity of rational distribution of physical strength in the course, not to fight any enemy encountered, sometimes it is a better choice to talk about conditions or reason.She really didn't have the feline inclination to bend down and pounce on her, just crouching down on the trail to get in Harry's way.Then she spoke, her voice low and hoarse, "You're about ten miles away from your target, and of course, the quickest way is to get past me." ”She flicked her tail and pointed behind her."
Borrowed it?"
Harry replied tentatively."
Nope."
She blocked the path between the hedgerows, and her big hairy tail flicked around: "Unless you can answer my riddle, I'll let you go if you guess, and I'll kill you if you don't!"
”Harry was a little nervous, the answer was Hermione's specialty, but it wasn't his.But a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, if the riddle was too difficult, he could not answer, as long as he didn't speak, it was neither right nor wrong, the Sphinx would not hurt him, he could retreat and find another way."
Okay."
He took a deep breath and patted his chest to cheer himself up: "Please ask the question!"
”The Sphinx sat down on his hind legs, tilted his head and began to ask: "There was a man who raised five big horse monkeys, and he bought them a bunch of peaches, but he couldn't divide them equally, so he drove the monkeys away and said that they would be divided the next day." ”"But in the middle of the night a monkey came to him and prayed, and he relented and gave the first monkey a peach, so that the rest of the peaches would be divided equally among the five monkeys tomorrow.""
The first monkey took his share early and went back to sleep.But it wasn't long before the second monkey came to the human and prayed. ”"It also ate a peach, and the rest of the peaches were still divided into fifths, so it took its share in advance.""
The third, fourth, and fifth monkeys all had the same situation, that is, when they ate one and took a fifth, the peach could be eaten by the next monkey and then divided into fifths again."
An indescribable smile appeared on the monster's face, as if it felt that it was funny that it couldn't be said, and waited for a long time before saying the question: "When will this black man named Nick Fury die?"
”"Can you say that slowly?"
Harry, who was calculating how many peaches there were, looked dazed, who was Nick Fury?
Did he offend the Sphinx?
The Sphinx patiently asked again, paws still tugging at her tail to play, and it wasn't her who was in a hurry anyway."
Why is there such a problem?
It's also weird. ”The black straight boy looked dead, he could answer this question, and he didn't have to run away.The Sphinx blew his sharp nails: "Now you have to ask the man who brought me here, he came to Egypt not long ago to find me, and negotiated a condition with me, if he can answer my question, but I can't answer him, then I have to come here to play riddles with you human cubs." ”"That's the question that stumped you at the time?"
Harry asked rhetorically, this familiar style must have been something that the PE teacher had done and didn't run.The Sphinx had an embarrassed look on her face, and she scratched her chin: "It's not that it's difficult, it's mainly that I answered before he asked the final question, I replied that it was '3121', I thought it was about the total number of peaches, and it turned out to be a joke that was not asked."
Alas, I have been in the Egyptian guessing world for thousands of years without losing a trace, and I actually fell into a psychological trap because of pride and arrogance, that man is really unguardable. ”Harry wiped the cold sweat that didn't fall from his head, fortunately he was not good at math and didn't count the number of peaches at all, and this was the first time he was happy that he was not a top student.If you were smart enough to answer, you probably have to run for your life by now, right?"
This guy named Nick Fury will die the next day, because he said to divide the peaches the next day, but he secretly divided the peaches the night before, didn't he?"
Harry calmed down and licked his lips to give the answer, thanks to the fact that the Ron family had been to Egypt when he was in the second grade, and after coming back, he showed off some knowledge to Harry, and he still remembers: "Professor Wilson said that 'people cannot stand without faith', this is his question for you, and he also specifically emphasized that Fury is a black man, that is to say, the next morning, because the person who has lost his trust in the monkeys will 'not stand', which literally means lying down, and in the Egyptian murals, the lying black human body represents the deceased." ”The Sphinx stepped out of the way, her big furry cat paws still clapping in front of her: "You are indeed very clever, the fifth layer means that you can see the second layer, which is already good for humans."
Anyway, if you pass the level, as long as you keep running on the road behind me, you can find the trophy. ”"Thank you."
Harry rubbed past the monster, the other party didn't mean to attack him at all, he was indeed very trustworthy, but he still had some things to care about: "You said that this riddle has five meanings, so what is the third layer?"
”The sphinx-faced monster glanced at him and then fell back on the road: "The man said, 'There are many times when humans are like the monkeys in this story, they only care if they get fewer peaches than other monkeys, but they forget who bought them peaches, so they will take revenge', isn't it?'
”Harry smiled awkwardly, he had really thought of the danger of going in the direction of 'the monkeys kill humans and their own people with vested interests after the uneven division of the peaches'.This is probably a trap specially prepared for smart people, if there are really people who think like this, they will definitely analyze the difference between the combat effectiveness of horse monkeys and humans, and try to calculate the death date of humans, right?
Wrong thinking will undoubtedly lead to wrong answersHarry said goodbye to the monster again, and he ran forward, determined that he would not be a monkey, not an ungrateful person.