As soon as Chen Mang finished speaking, Old Pig standing to the side lightly coughed with a fist to his mouth.
"Ahem, ahem, ahem, the hell are you coughing about!"
Chen Mang turned his head to Old Pig and scolded angrily, "I want real feedback, not some ass-kissing nonsense. Don’t hint at things when it’s not the time for hints."
"And even if you have to hint next time, can’t you use a less cliched method?"
"Do you think I’m deaf?"
Old Pig’s eyes shifted awkwardly, avoiding Master Mang’s gaze.
Chen Mang turned to the young man again, frowned and said, "Tell me how you did it. I clearly designed many complex intersections."
The young man took a deep breath and then gathered the courage to speak, "It’s a relatively simple maze topology structure. This kind of rectangular maze seems winding and complicated, but essentially, it’s just a straight line."
"The start and finish are just the two ends of this line."
"And those intersections are just branches on this straight line."
The young man took out a sharp stone from his pocket and carefully carved all the routes along the maze path, peeling the whole maze off the paper.
Then he gripped the peeled-off maze with both hands, holding both ends and gave it a slight pull.
The maze that seemed extremely complex just moments ago.
Instantly turned into a faint straight line, with the intersections he designed growing on the main trunk like branches.
"Just need to infinitely extend this maze, and you can quickly find the correct route."
"You didn’t do this just now."
"I have a strong spatial sense, so I quickly simulated it in my head. This demonstration is... intended to be more straightforward and easy to understand."
Chen Mang was expressionless for a long while before speaking, "As a slave, you carried such a sharp stone with you?"
The young man was slightly stunned, his face turning ashen as he realized he might have exposed something he shouldn’t have let slip due to being too engrossed, his voice trembling uncontrollably: "I... I don’t want to be robbed anymore."
"There’s a slave who steals 1 unit of iron ore from me every day and then turns it in himself during settlement; he’s a level 1 slave, and I don’t dare to voice a complaint."
"I... I don’t want to be robbed anymore. How much iron ore I dig daily determines how soon I can get promoted. I want to rise to level 2 slave as soon as possible."
"So I prepared this thing, planning to go all out next time he robs me."
Upon hearing this, Chen Mang frowned slightly and turned his head to Old Pig.
Old Pig standing to the side was internally cursing, thinking couldn’t you have just talked to him privately about such a trivial matter, what are you trying to do, file a report, damn it!
Did you accidentally pull it out or intentionally show it, damn it!?
Looks young, but still a cunning old fox!
Although cursing inwardly, Old Pig’s face showed anxiety and fear as he quickly bowed.
"Master Mang, this was oversight on my part, I’ll handle this matter first thing."
Chen Mang nodded casually and said, "Just a slap will do, don’t waste a slave. Oh, and there are train rules drafted by me in the drawer, take them and announce them before work tomorrow. Follow these rules for the workflow from now on."
After handling this small episode.
He closed his eyes again, leaned back in his chair, and attempted to infinitely stretch the maze in his mind. A minute later, he opened his eyes, pulled out a cigarette, and tossed it over: "I need to design a complex enough maze."
"A maze that can at least trap a robot."
"The robot possesses extraordinary intelligence and the strength of an adult male, if you were to design, what ideas would you have?"
"Static maze or dynamic maze?"
The young man hastily accepted the cigarette with respect, though he didn’t have a lighter to ignite it, just holding it in his hand, thought for a few seconds before speaking on the spot.
"Generally, setting a complex enough maze requires using some random algorithm software to generate irregular paths, but there are currently no conditions."
"But we can start from six steps."
"First step, divide the maze area into different regions, for example into ten sections, each being a separate maze, and a correct line passing through the maze in each area."
"Second step, each node needs at least 3 directions, let dead ends make up 60% to 70%, if possible, best to set 7 layers of path nesting."
"Third step, if it’s a 3D maze, need to set at least 3 layers of vertical connections."
"Fourth step, can use sound and light effects for visual deception, like mirrors, speakers, lights, and misleading guide lights, let the mirror area account for about 15%."
"Fifth step, let the maze repetition rate of these ten areas reach 40%; high repetition rates will confuse people’s memory during route testing, making them start doubting whether they have traveled this path, which is commonly called ’wall ghosting.’"
"Sixth step, create gradual scale path proportions to generate distance illusions."
"Going through , path retreat times can basically be ensured to be greater than 30% of total steps, and key nodes can account for..."
Chen Mang interrupted the young man’s description, got up from the chair, personally lit a cigarette for him, and patted his shoulder with a sigh: "You’re talented, quite professional."