“Was the path here?”
•No, that’s the place you passed earlier!
• What are you doing what are you doing what are you doing what are you doing.
• Crunch… snap… crunch… snap.
• Can I bill the Omnia Archive for my broken teeth?
• Hey, Starry Nunna! What are you doing!!! Aren’t you managing your followers? Please stop Jiah nunna already!
• I feel like I’m losing my mind I feel like I’m losing my mind I feel like I’m losing my mind.
“W-Was it the other way? Then I’ll go the opposite direction…”
• Nooo, you said you’d go the other way, so why are you going backward?!
• I’m about to curse.
¥ AAAAAAGGGHHHHHH.
[ㅇㅇ donated ₩1,000]
She’s doing it on purpose to get more donations she’s doing it on purpose to get more donations she’s doing it on purpose to get more donations she’s doing it on purpose to get more donations.
[Anonymous Donation donated ₩1,000]
Is sucking at the game part of the character too?
[Anonymous Donation donated ₩1,000]
This is RP.
[Anonymous Donation donated ₩1,000]
She has serious directional disorientation… this isn’t a brainpower issue, she’s just not human.
[Anonymous Donation donated ₩1,000]
Fact: she’s really not human.
The barrage of anonymous ₩1,000 punches was making my head spin.
Puzzle 25 in Professor Payton and the Strange Village.
That infamous 25th puzzle, notorious for its brutal difficulty to the point where it’s become a meme known as “That Puzzle.”
According to the viewers, even Ayase struggled on this one for 30 whole minutes.
And if someone like Ayase, who has above-average gaming skills, took that long—how would someone like me fare?
I hadn’t even made it halfway through yet.
Normally, in maze-type puzzles, you can’t really tell how far along you are.
But in Psyton’s maze, you could get a rough sense of your progress.
There were seven traps scattered throughout that would send the player all the way back to the starting point.
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, navy, purple.
The rainbow-colored traps appeared in that specific order.
So, if you hit the red trap, you were still in the early stages.
If you hit the purple trap, it meant you were close to the end.
The one small mercy was that after you encountered a trap once, a warning sign would appear at the previous fork in the road saying “there’s a trap ahead,”
meaning that as long as you kept pushing forward, you would inevitably clear the puzzle someday.
If there was a problem.
“…Where did I go earlier again?”
• RIGHT, YOU F***.
• Why are you swearing.
• He’s dropping hard curses, LOL.
• Why isn’t that guy banned, LOL.
• Even the mod is reportedly grinding their teeth in real time.
The issue was… I had a serious sense-of-direction problem.
Even back when I played that horror game, being scared wasn’t the problem—the playtime blew up exponentially just because I couldn’t find the way.
Ugh.
Even after spending a full hour, the furthest I got was hitting the yellow trap.
[“I’m donating out of frustration” donated ₩1,000]
Is this person a goldfish?
She went right a minute ago, so why is she going left now?
It’s a misunderstanding.
This isn’t about memory.
It’s just a total disaster caused by my horrendous sense of direction.
[“Shibure” donated ₩2,000]
THE GAME EVEN SHOWS SIGNS AND YOU STILL WENT LEFT AGAIN YOU CRAZY .
B**TCHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
“Ugh, I don’t know either! If you’re so frustrated, you play it! And I said no backseating! Mod, ban that dude too! He’s a heretic!”
• Why’s he a heretic LOL.
• She just calls anyone who disagrees a heretic now.
• Why would I do it?
• For real LOL why would I do it, the streamer should.
• I’VE PLAYED THIS GAME BEFORE!!!!!!
• Aaaarghhhhhhhhhh.
I was already confused to death, and now the donations were completely messing with my head.
I ended up back at the start.
At this rate, forget seeing the ending in six hours—I was starting to think I’d crash and burn right here.
So, I ended up resorting to the forbidden technique.
“…From now on, I’m allowing backseating.”
• FINALLY.
• FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY.
• What’s the point, though? She’s just gonna ignore it and do whatever she wants anyway.
• Why’s everyone in chat so angry? I just got here.
• Watch the stream for one hour and you’ll understand.
• Not human. Just a pure disaster.
• Pretty sure her head’s made of fat.
• Three heads? Nah. Three boobs? Yeah.
“Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up! I’m about to lose my mind, so just hurry up and tell me what to do already!”
…
…
…
The power of collective intelligence was incredible.
I pretended like I was about to go left again.
• Oh my GOD she just went this way a minute ago why’s she going left again is she doing this for donations on purpose on purpose on purpose.
• Breathe. Just BREATHE.
• Whew, just watching this makes me short of breath.
As expected, the donation messages and angry chat from the fuming viewers came flying in, and I turned right.
Thanks to the help of these thoroughly pissed-off viewers,I somehow managed to clear the maze puzzle in just two hours.
“H-How much time do I have left?”
• Exactly three hours left.
• Mission failed.
• The ‘clear-in-one-sitting’ challenge, failed miserably.
• Time to spin the roulette, right?
• Alright, LET’S GOOOOO ROULETTE STREAM!
“It’s not over yet!”
If I cleared half in three hours,theoretically, I should be able to clear the other half in three hours too.
Fortunately, from Puzzle 26 to Puzzle 33, I got through without much trouble.
All thanks to the Wiki ability.
• Damn!
• She solved that in 20 seconds?!
• That was so satisfying to watch!
• Why is her brain so smart, but she got lost in a maze like that earlier.
• She’s just really f***ing bad at games, that’s all.
Why does it feel like the further I go in Payton, the worse the chat messages get?
And what’s the mod even doing?
Why did they stop swinging the ban hammer?
From Puzzle 26 to Puzzle 33, it took exactly 20 minutes.
Alright.
At this pace, I’ll totally be able to clear the whole game within six hours.
Next up is Puzzle 34.
“Is this one also one of the Four Heavenly Kings?”
• Nah, Puzzle 34 is a total freeloader.
• Super easy.
• It’s a breather stage.
• Puzzle 34 is actually more about reflexes than brains, LOL. Should take like 10 minutes tops.
• Puzzle 35 is one of the Four Heavenly Kings.
• The big one is coming.
If this were before I started the game, I’d have scoffed at the term “Four Heavenly Kings puzzle,”but having just tasted the bitter agony of the maze—the weakest of the Four—I couldn’t just laugh it off.
Anyway.
Puzzle 34 began.
[Puzzle 34]
You are a traffic officer.
The red cars are traffic violators, and the blue cars are law-abiding.
Tap (click) the red cars to catch the traffic violators.
What the?
Puzzle 34 really is a bonus stage.
You don’t need a Wiki, or even a brain.
Well, it’s pretty common for puzzle games to throw in simple mini-games here and there to give your brain a break.
A cooldown like this is necessary, too.
I smirked and started solving Puzzle 34.
So, you just click the red cars when they appear on screen, right?
Click.
Click.
Click.
Huh.
I missed all five of them.
• What the heck, why are they so fast?
• Told you it was a reflex puzzle, LOL.
• Even Ayase took about 3 minutes to clear this one, haha.
• Not even a pro gamer could clear this in one try.
• Wait a second.
• Something’s… something’s off here.
• If you’re starting to feel uneasy as a follower, big mood.
• C’mon, she’ll beat it in like 10 minutes, right?
Seriously, those cars were way faster than I expected.
It’s fine, I can retry as many times as I want.
Retry.
Failed.
Missed all of them again.
Retry.
Failed.
Missed them all again.
• Hmm.
• She should’ve cleared it by now.
• Taking longer than expected.
• Uh-oh.
• Wait, I forgot—our dear cult leader has legendarily awful reflexes.
• It’s over.
• ULTRA DESPAAAAAIIIIIIR!
• Don’t lie to me don’t lie to me don’t lie to me don’t lie to me.
“Ugh! Stop being so dramatic! I’ll beat this in no time!”
Retry.
Failed.
Missed all of them.
Retry.
Failed.
And so—30 minutes passed.
Retry.
Failed.
Caught two cars.
“…”
• AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH.
• Please… just kill… me.
• I never imagined she’d be frying at this stage, which isn’t even one of the Four Heavenly Kings.
• Are those reflexes even real? LOL.
• Okay sure, the cars are ridiculously fast, but frying for 30 minutes is just absurd.
• You’re lying, right? You’re lying, right? You’re lying, right? You’re lying, right?
• She’s clearly dragging this out for the stream, 100%.
• God of Streaming! God of Streaming! God of Streaming!
• Screw the god of streaming, just please beat it already.
“Was it that obvious? Okay, from now on, I’m going full no-mic sweat mode.”
• You’ve been dead silent and laser-focused for a while now, what do you mean “starting now”?
“…”
This is bad.
This is a real emergency.
I had no idea Payton had a reflex-based puzzle like this.
…
…
…
One hour passed.
“I CLEARED IT, YOU SSSHHHIIIIIIIITTTTT!”
• Lee Jiah WINS!!!!
• Lee Jiah SMILES!!!!!!!!
• I’m gonna lose my mind I’m gonna lose my mind I’m gonna lose my mind I’m gonna lose my mind.
• [Fact] She took 300 one-thousand-won punches in an hour.
• That cash grab was juicy.
• She was totally stalling for donations, right? Please tell me that’s true.
• No.
• Was she?
Never in my wildest dreams did I think Puzzle 34 would take this long.
Time remaining: 1 hour 30 minutes.
To beat the game, I have to solve 15 more puzzles in that time.
There’s no more time to waste.
If I want to avoid the roulette penalty, I have to use the Wiki ability full throttle—even if it’s obvious.
Finally, Puzzle 35 began.
[Puzzle 35]
Remove the blocks obstructing the path and guide the large blue block to the exit.
Puzzle 35 was a classic block escape puzzle.
• It’s here.
• We’re doomed.
• Equal to or worse than the maze.
• [Info] Ayase cleared it in 1 hour.
No hesitating.
No second-guessing.
I immediately checked the Wiki.
[Payton-sensei and the Strange Village – Puzzle 35, Block Escape]
1. Overview
2. Details
3. Solution (How to solve)
1. Overview
The 35th puzzle in the game Payton-sensei and the Strange Village.
2. Details
Despite being a “kiddie game,” this block escape puzzle crushed the souls of many children due to its terrifying difficulty.
You’re supposed to guide a large 3×2 blue block to the far right exit—a simple goal—but the route is blocked by various smaller and larger blocks, making it brutally hard.
This is considered a mid-tier puzzle among Payton-sensei’s Four Heavenly Kings.
3. Explanation (Solution)
This article only records the shortest solution route to get the 3×2 blue block out.
1. Move the blue block in the top right down by one space.
2. Move the yellow block in the upper middle to the right by one space.
3. Move the green block in the upper left to the right by one space.
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4. The path is clear. Move the large blue block to the exit.
Clap!
I clapped and spoke up.
“Everyone, I have something to say.”
• ?
• What is it, all of a sudden?
Having carefully read the solution from the Wiki, I said,“Alright. Let’s leave.”
Without a moment’s hesitation, I spammed Alt + F4 and closed the game.
• LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.
• Let’s leaveeeeee.
• That was so damn funny omg.
• Felt the despair and instantly dipped.
• A glorious, dog-like defeat.
• ???: “In three hours, I’ll blah blah…” (see more).
• Take your punishment for disrespecting Payton-sensei.
• You think Payton’s a joke? You think Payton’s a joke?? YOU THINK PAYTON’S A JOKE???
• Lee Jiah, defeated by a “kiddie” game with her “kiddie” brain.
• Let’s gooo—Naked dogeza of defeat!
• Gotta spin the roulette now, right? Gotta spin it? Gotta spin it??
[User ㅇㅇ has donated 1,000 KRW.]
So it wasn’t three heads, it was three chests? (Genuinely confused).
Who the hell was that ?
Who’s the idiot who dared to call.
Payton a kiddie game?
It’s not a kiddie game.
It was hardcore as hell.