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MidReal Story
The Mind Games
Scenario:100個大學生在腦力競技場上比拼腦力
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Evelyn Carter
intelligent, and competitive. She navigates the challenges of the tournament with her team, facing unexpected twists and rivalries. Her relationship with her team members is tense but supportive, particularly with her best friend, Sarah. Despite setbacks and personal struggles, she remains focused on winning the competition to secure a scholarship.
Jason Reed
confident, and strategic. Jason often clashes with Evelyn due to their competitive nature but remains committed to their shared goal of winning the competition. His leadership skills are evident as he coordinates their team's efforts.
Michael Chen
intelligent, and observant. Michael provides valuable insights during challenges due to his analytical mind. His quiet nature often goes unnoticed by his teammates until he reveals crucial information that aids their progress.
I sat at the table nervously fidgeting with my hands, and I could feel my heart pounding in my chest.
Today was the day that I had been preparing for over the last few weeks.
It was the day of the prestigious Mind Games held at our university, and it was a competition between the brightest minds in the university.
The participants were divided into ten teams, and each team had to work together to win challenges that would push their minds to the limit.
The winning team would receive scholarships and a hefty cash prize, and this was what I was determined to win.
I had assembled a team of the brightest students in the university, and I was confident that we would win the competition.
"Are you ready?" the presenter of the show asked us, and I nodded eagerly.
"Yes, we are ready," I replied confidently.
"Okay, so let's get started," he said with a smile as he walked away.
Suddenly, a loud buzzer sounded, and a screen descended from the ceiling.
The rules of the competition were displayed on the screen, and I quickly read through them with my team.
The first challenge was a simple one.
We had to find our way through a maze, but there were twists and turns that would make it difficult.
As soon as the maze was displayed on the screen, I began to study it carefully.
I looked at the entrance of the maze and saw that there were three paths that we could take.
"Which path should we take?" Sarah asked me, and I studied the entrance carefully.
"Let's check the tiles on the ground," I suggested.
"There might be a pattern in them that will lead us to the right path."
Michael nodded in agreement.
"That's a good idea," he said.
"But we need to hurry up. We don't have much time."
I looked up at him and saw that he was looking at the lighting fixtures above the maze.
"What are you looking at?"
I asked him, and he shrugged.
"Just checking if there is anything up here that might help us," he replied.
Jason tapped his foot impatiently.
"We need to move," he said.
"We don't have much time left."
The maze walls were two meters high, and they were made of semi-transparent plastic.
This made it difficult to see what was on the other side of the wall, but it didn't affect our visibility too much.
I looked around carefully, trying to find any clues that might help us.
As I looked around, I noticed something strange near the ground.
There were faint markings on the walls of the maze, but they were difficult to see because they blended in with the color of the walls. I pointed them out to my team, and we all studied them carefully.
They seemed to be some sort of code, but we couldn't figure out what they meant.
Suddenly, Michael spoke up.
"I think I know what this code means," he said confidently.
"It's a pattern that will help us find our way through the maze."
I looked at him skeptically, but then I remembered something that had happened earlier in my life.
When I had been in elementary school, my teacher had given me a puzzle to solve over a weekend for extra credit.
It was a picture of a tree with various objects scattered around it, and each object had an arrow pointing to where it belonged on the tree.
I had studied it for hours, trying to figure out how all of the objects fit together, and finally, after several attempts, I had solved it. But then something unexpected happened - when I looked at each branch of the tree separately, I noticed that they spelled out a message in Morse code: "Good job! Evelyn."
It was a fun surprise that made me feel proud of myself for figuring out the puzzle.
"Michael, do you think it's another Morse code?" I asked, my voice tinged with excitement.
"Exactly," he replied, his eyes gleaming with determination. "If we decode it quickly, we'll know which path to take."
Sarah leaned in closer, whispering urgently, "Then let's split up and start decoding; every second counts."
I nodded in agreement, and we quickly divided the markings among us.
As I began decoding my portion, I glanced up at the screen and saw that Team Beta was already at the same junction we were.
I felt a surge of frustration; how were they solving it so fast?
But then, I noticed something else.
They were still working on the first part of the code, and they hadn't reached the part that we had yet.
A mischievous idea popped into my head, and I leaned over to whisper to Sarah and Jason.
"Look, they haven't reached this part yet. We can easily swap two symbols on the wall they haven't reached. It would be so simple - just a scratch with this tool."
I pulled out the marking tool from my pocket and held it up, my heart pounding in my chest.
Sarah frowned, her eyes wide with concern.
"Evelyn, are you sure that's a good idea?" she whispered back. Jason looked at me intently, his eyes searching mine for reassurance.
But then, he gave me a subtle nod, his face set in determination.
Michael kept his eyes down, pretending not to hear us as he continued working on his part of the code.
I took a deep breath and stepped toward the wall, my hand clutching the marker tightly in my palm.
It felt cold against my skin as I raised it to make the mark.
"Wait," Sarah said suddenly, grabbing my arm.
"What if they have cameras watching us?"
Jason glanced around nervously, then whispered, "We can't risk it; let's just focus on solving it faster than them."
I felt a wave of relief wash over me, and I forced myself to take a deep breath.
He was right; we couldn't risk it.
I put the marker back in my pocket and refocused on the Morse code markings in front of me.
Sarah and I worked together on the first section, translating the dots and dashes into letters.
Michael methodically worked through his portion, his eyes fixed intently on the symbols.
Behind us, Jason paced back and forth, calling out whenever he spotted a pattern.
As we continued to work, the symbols began to form a coherent message - numbers indicating specific turns at each junction.
And then, as I looked at the sequence of numbers, something clicked into place.
It was the Fibonacci series - a sequence of numbers that had been used for centuries in mathematics and art. I quickly grabbed my notepad and began to map out the complete path using the Fibonacci sequence.
My hand trembled slightly as I drew the final turn, but when I looked up at the screen, I saw that it was correct.
We had solved it!
I glanced over at Team Beta and saw that they were still working on their part of the code.
They hadn't even noticed that we had solved it yet.
I smiled to myself, feeling proud of our accomplishment.
We had solved it faster than them, and now we just had to wait for them to catch up.
The presenter walked over to us with a smile on his face.
"Congratulations," he said as he shook our hands.
"You have completed the first challenge."
The real test was just beginning.