Gamers Are Fierce Chapter 98: My Love (3)
“Anyway, let’s look around.”
Li Ang glanced around the room. In addition to the lampshade, the ceiling also had the grid-like air outlet of the central air conditioner, the smoke alarm, and the sprinkler fire extinguishing device.
If smoke detectors sense heavy smoke, an alarm will sound and a lotus-shaped sprinkler will start spraying water or extinguishing agent.
“Sounding the alarm might scare the real killer, and getting the sprinklers to start doesn’t seem to help my situation – the handcuffs are so tight that even spraying water or extinguishing agent is unlikely to cause My wrists are lubricated and freed from the handcuffs.”
Li Ang’s eyes swept across the room, and finally his eyes stayed on the padlock.
In terms of shape, this padlock is the most common straight-opening padlock,
Silver-white lock beam, bronze body,
The whole is made of stainless steel,
The keyhole is a straight cylinder
It is no different from the usual locks used to lock bedside tables and wardrobes.
“On one side of the lock body, there are obvious scratches and polishing marks. In other words, the label has been deliberately polished off.”
Li Ang frowned slightly, using the light to observe the locks more carefully, and said silently, “You don’t want me to know the brand of the locks?
But does it make sense? Even in modern times, the use of such straight-open padlocks has been greatly reduced,
There are still many in supermarkets and shopping malls, easy to buy and many users.
It is difficult to measure the large and small lock brands, and it is impossible to judge the geographic location of the buyer by the brand.
What’s more, the lock cylinder technology used by each brand and each model is very different, and you don’t know how to open the lock and pick the lock just by seeing the brand…”
Li Ang shook his head and continued to observe.
Three metal rings with smaller diameters are set on the lock beam, and on each metal ring, there is a complete or incomplete key.
A key is in good condition,
The B key only has the upper half,
The C key has only the lower half, which is connected to the metal ring through a small hole.
Li Ang thought for a moment, slowly stood up against the wall, then let go of his hands and let the flashlight fall,
A bite of the mouth just happened to grab the flashlight.
He sat down against the wall, pointing up with the light of his flashlight,
The hands with slightly unbalanced blood supply took a lot of effort to remove the three keys together with the metal ring.
Li Ang is very confident in his lockpicking skills. Ordinary mechanical padlocks can be easily opened with small wires, small iron pieces, and iron hooks.
There are a variety of lock picking methods that can be used, even with slightly more difficult cylinders.
Screwdrivers, tin foil, chewing gum, mud, matches, pumps, limes… nothing to unlock.
The small book kiosk used by book lovers has been hung up, and now they are basically using mimireadingapp\.
But the problem is, it’s hard to cook without rice,
The closest thing you have to a lockpicking tool is a metal ring,
The three metal rings are small in diameter and strong in hardness. Li Ang’s hands, which are slightly unbalanced in blood supply, have no strength to straighten them.
Because of the position of the head, the teeth cannot cooperate with the hands to bite the metal ring apart.
“If you don’t give any tools, you can only unlock it normally.”
Li Ang squeezed the three keys between the thumb and index finger of his left hand, and observed carefully,
The three keys are made of imitation copper and have key teeth, which correspond to the marble structure in the padlock.
“Huh?”
Li Ang carefully compared the three keys under the light and found the problem.
B key and C key both have fractured cross-sections. From the cross-section shape, the two can match, and the tooth shape can also match.
It seems that the BC key should be able to form a key consistent with the number one.
However, the number of teeth of the A key is six,
While the BC keys form a rear tooth, there are only five,
And the lengths of the two are also somewhat different – the total length of A’s key is longer than that of B and C combined.
“BC is not the two parts of a complete key broken? Or are they not corresponding to this lock? Or is A the key to another lock?”
Li Ang hesitated for a moment,
In the absence of any auxiliary tools, rashly inserting the key into the lock cylinder may cause the key to be wrong,
Stuck, or even broken, beyond repair.
“Then try the B key first.”
Li Ang took a deep breath, inserted the B key with only the upper half into the lock cylinder, and tried to turn it.
The entrance of the lock cylinder is a little loose. The B key can be turned back and forth to open a distance of two or three millimeters, but it cannot be turned ninety degrees.
“I did hear the movement of marbles in the lock cylinder just now. Although the key failed to turn, and I don’t know how many marbles moved, the B key was not stuck inside.”
Next, is the A key.
Li Ang inserted the complete A key into the lock cylinder, but it still wouldn’t turn.
“Huh? What does that mean?”
The lock cylinder is the heart of the lock,
Generally speaking, mechanical locks can be divided into two types according to their structure: blades and pins. The former is better than the latter.
In the lock cylinder of a lock, the more marbles and blade structures are, the more complex it is, and the more difficult it is to pick the lock – this is because the marble blade structure in the lock cylinder is dog-tooth-shaped and incomplete. Arranged, you can move up and down.
Insert the key into the lock cylinder, the teeth of the key squeeze the blade of the lock cylinder, and it will lift up,
If it is the correct key, all the blades can be returned to the same position at the same time to complete the unlocking – that is, the so-called one key to open a lock.
The basic principle of picking locks is to use foreign objects such as iron wires, iron sheets, etc. to lift the marble blades in the lock cylinder to make them return to their positions, thereby completing the unlocking – the same is true for the master key.
“The A key doesn’t work, so I have to use the C key.”
Li Ang took a deep breath, pushed the C key into the lock cylinder little by little, listened carefully to the sound of marbles moving inside, and kept turning the C key to try to open the lock cylinder.
Unfortunately, the lock did not open until the C key almost completely entered the lock cylinder.
“If you push the C key in, you can’t get it out. I tried it just now, and the other two keys and the metal ring are not magnetic, so the broken C key can’t be sucked out…”
Li Ang hesitated for a moment, just as he was about to take out the C key, the shape of the A key flashed in his mind, “Wait, just now I remember that when the A key was inserted all the way, the key handle was partially exposed, and it didn’t fit completely.
The error length is exactly equal to the difference between the length of the A key and the sum of the BC keys.
That is, it is implied,
Indicates that the lock cylinder that cannot be completely matched by the A key can be added and matched by the BC key. “
Li Ang was refreshed and no longer hesitated to push the C key into it. At the same time, he also inserted the B key,
The key handle just fits the lock body exactly.
“Huh.”
Lee Ang grinned and turned the key handle of the B key.
Still still.
“Huh?”
Li Ang squinted his eyes and turned back and forth in the forward and reverse directions. After a lot of effort, he was unable to turn the key.
“What did I miss? I shouldn’t have, just now I clearly heard all the marbles bouncing upwards, whether it was the bottom half or the top half.
Wait, don’t tell me…”
Li Ang will only have the upper half of the B key, along the side of the lock body, press it back slightly,
Just a “click” sound,
As if a switch had been triggered, the B key could suddenly be turned.
“Sure enough…if the C key has fully entered the back half of the lock cylinder and all the marbles have been opened, then the problem lies with the B key.
The cylinder of this lock should be divided into two composite structures, one in front and one behind.
The front and rear structures can be opened by B and C, but at the same time, the front and rear composite structures interfere with each other,
The vertical marble in the structure opened by the B key will lock the rear structure that the C key is responsible for, like a door bolt.
The hidden bolt can only be opened by pressing the B key down,
That’s why the key entry in the lock body is a little loose – it’s an active switch. “
Li Ang bit the flashlight, took a deep breath, and turned the B key to the end,
With a “click” sound, the silver-white lock beam of the padlock bounces up.
The lock is open.
“Oh…”
Li Ang shook his head and slowly rotated the padlock so that the curved lock beam no longer tied the handcuff ring.
Break free!
Li Ang took off the padlock, stood up straight, shook his hands and wrists that were squeezed and hurt, and took down the flashlight in his mouth.
Although the cuffs have not been completely removed, and they are still a little twisted, at least he has regained the ability to move freely, and he does not have to worry about the imbalance of blood supply to his hands.
“Call.”
Li Ang took out the B key from the padlock,
Maybe because the lock cylinder is divided into two parts, the silver-white lock beam also fell out.
He put the AB key together with the padlock beam and lock body into his pocket,
The pockets of the high-end suits were empty, cleaner than Li Ang’s face, and could not give any information.
He took a flashlight to observe the house, tapped lightly on every floor, then every wall, tore off the wallpaper, but found no secret door,
The metal pipe that was attached to Li Ang just now was firmly fixed to the wall with iron nails.
“The next thing to search is… these chests in the corner.”
Li Ang took two steps, squatted down in front of the box, rummaged several times, and found four open cardboard boxes filled with records, vinyl records and CDs.
These songs can be found through album covers, mostly from real-world American stars of the late twentieth century.
Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Michael Jackson and more.
“The records are in excellent condition. The owner of this house is a music lover who just moved?”
There is no time limit for the mission objective of the first stage, and there may be other clues in the whole room,
Li Ang was not in a hurry to escape, he first looked through all the records, then took them out and put them on the ground, looking at the record packaging and cardboard boxes.
I searched inside and out, and even tore the carton into small pieces,
It was finally confirmed that this was an ordinary box containing records, and there were no key props such as passwords, keys, screwdrivers, etc. hidden.
“Okay, what about the other stuff?”
Li Ang stood up and looked at the metal pipe on the wall.
He stepped forward, supported the wall with his left hand, stepped on the metal pipe with his right foot, slowly pushed his left arm, and shifted his body weight to the right,
The whole person is against the wall, standing on the metal pipe, and touches the grid-shaped air outlet of the central air conditioner with both hands.
At this angle, he was just barely able to reach the air outlet, and put his fingers in about two or three centimeters.
Li Ang fumbled for two minutes, but found nothing but ashes.
There is nothing near the air outlet,
In addition, the grid-shaped air outlet is made of metal, and the nut inside needs a crank screwdriver to unscrew it, which Li Ang can’t do with his own hands.
No more clues could be found, and Li Ang didn’t lose much,
He brushes the dust off his hands and looks at the only door in the room.
“After all the searches, this is the only door left.”
Li Ang took out the heavy body of the padlock from his pocket with his left hand, used it as a weapon, and approached the door with extreme vigilance,
With the right hand, through the paper packaging of the vinyl record, I held the doorknob (to prevent a small probability event such as poisoning the doorknob, and by the way, it can prevent the palm from leaving fingerprints on the doorknob), and slowly pull down.
The door handle turns down, unexpectedly smooth,
Without any hindrance, the door opened.
“Huh?”
It’s a little strange and strange that it went so smoothly. Li Ang frowned slightly, slowly opened the wooden door to a gap, and looked outside.
Different from what he imagined, the scene outside the room was a very ordinary American-style residential corridor.
Ball bulbs hang from the ceiling,
The floor is carpeted,
Beige patterned wallpaper ~IndoMTL.com~ hangs a few landscape paintings on the walls—the frames aren’t fancy, and the paintings themselves are just mass-produced prints.
On the opposite side of Li Ang’s room is a wooden door of the same shape, which has not been opened.
On the left side of the corridor, there is an L-shaped corner, the lights at the corner are not on,
The half-height stool placed in the corner and the landscape plants placed on it can be vaguely seen.
On the right side of the hallway, the open kitchen leads to the house.
The light in the kitchen is not on,
Through the corridor lights, you can vaguely see the console in the middle of the open kitchen, as well as the dining table and chairs in the dining room behind the kitchen.
“Nordic style decoration, the economic conditions are not particularly good, but it can be seen that it is relatively warm and the family owner is quite diligent – there is no oil fume or unwashed tableware on the operating table, and the tables, chairs and stools are arranged in an orderly manner , the carpet in the hallway is also clean and tidy.
Living as a couple, possibly with children. “
Li Ang thought silently about what he saw, and suddenly,
There is a dim light on the left side of the dining room, and the silence of the house is broken by the voice of an adult male.
“…welcome back to Monterey Television…”
The voice was low and magnetic, coming from the left side of the restaurant and sounded like a male host on a TV station.
Anyone watching TV in the room?
Li Ang raised his eyebrows and pressed the flashlight button twice – this flashlight is always on when you press it, and when you press it a second time, it is in anti-riot mode, and it will continue to flash strong light, enough to blind people.
Press the third time to close.
He turned off the flashlight and crept out of the room quietly, blocking the door with the scraps of cardboard to prevent the door from closing completely,
Then did not walk to the left of the restaurant where the light source came from,
And walked to the door directly opposite.