Were they heading straight for a stalemate? Steel Axe would never have guessed.
Taking eight points from their two houses, forcing Steel Axe’s four points into play, then a draw, and hitting the jackpot with twelve points in one go!
With one point equal to ten thousand redemption tickets, that makes 120,000!
With so many redemption tickets in the pool, wouldn’t the other players go crazy?
Originally, they weren’t eligible to bet in this round and could only watch the three players with four points each place their bets.
And now that the four-point players have all given in, won’t it be the turn of the two-point players to enjoy themselves?
In the second round, there could only be two possible outcos in the duel, so the two-point players might bet separately to ensure they could share the money, one point each side, thus even the one-point players could now get in on the action and claim so money.
At that point, who cares about alliances or not? With 120,000 at stake, everyone would want a share!
Lin An looked at Ling Sha, "Sis, you’ve really gone all out to break the superficial unity of the other side!"
Ling Sha looked around, as though she could already see the silent applause.
"Steel Axe may not yet have grasped the true essence of this ga, but there’s one thing he said that’s not wrong..."
"It doesn’t matter who starts with the points, it matters who can take them away in the end."
"And even if I end up leaving with zero points, so what?"
"Heh, redemption tickets are bullshit!"
Her eyes were wild, treating money as if it were dirt.
The courage to give away all the points she had gained in the first round was extraordinary.
It was as if she was determined to stir up trouble in this ga, even if it ant ending up with nothing.
Lin An swallowed hard, "Sister Ling Sha, you truly are a player of the cyan tier."
"This is about scattering everyone, driven mad by profit... In such a situation, our solid partnership like ours becos even more useful."
Ling Sha’s lips curved slightly, "This ga limits players from freely entering other rooms, aning they can’t form teams by force."
"After this battle, who knows how many small groups will erge."
"I’m really looking forward to their performance in order to share so money in the second duel."
...
In Room A, Steel Axe spoke so pretty words.
Counting on Ling Sha’s rampages, he rallied everyone to move forward together.
"Once the six of us form an alliance, we basically control the ga."
"If everyone is scattered across six rooms, it’s like showing six cards openly."
"We can then pair up for the maximum benefit, while Ling Sha and the others will struggle without the nurical information."
The others quickly agreed, promising to honestly disclose their own numbers.
It was an amicable scene.
Black Knight ominously said, "Six numbers, basically controlling the ga, let them also taste the flavor of negative points later on."
Yet, Steel Axe shook his head, "No, I still say, the essence of the ga lies in the halfti break."
"As for the pairing phase, everyone should still aim to create more overall points!"
"If I get number 10, I’ll only pair with a robot and won’t harm anyone."
His stance was very upright, Black Knight opened his mouth but said nothing.
The others also agreed, although a few looked sowhat uneasy.
Gao Xin narrowed his eyes, thinking that Steel Axe was indeed greedy.
Indeed, the more overall points there are, the more points the final victor can receive.
However, wasn’t Steel Axe a bit too naive?
How could the organizers possibly let players safely farm points during the pairing phase?
No matter how fiercely they killed, the winners in the end would simply... gain too much.
Pulled number 10 and then find a robot to pair with?
Did he really think the robot... wouldn’t refuse?
Thinking it over, Gao Xin decided to stay true to his straightforward personality and bluntly said, "Steel Axe brother, are you serious?"
"It’s an AI, not a re gaming companion."
"If number 10 can’t pair with a human, it goes to find a robot, then what’s the point of the rule ’if number 10 doesn’t pair, it’s considered as number 1’?"
"The organizers aren’t here to do charity, right?"
Steel Axe wasn’t surprised as he had considered this issue too, rely saying, "I know what you’re talking about, and that’s the logic."
"But such potential rules must be tested to be sure."
"So I’ve been emphasizing number 10 to go out and pair with a robot, just to see if the robot would refuse."
"You saw when Lin An went to pair with G, he wasn’t refused."
Gao Xin said, "Because Lin An was number 8, while Ling Sha is number 10."
Steel Axe imdiately said, "Who knew at that ti? Everyone thought Lin An was a 10 back then; he even admitted it himself."
"In that situation, from the AI’s perspective, he was number 10, and the pairing was accepted, unless..."
He suddenly paused.
The others were also shocked, looking at each other.
Heavenly Eye couldn’t help but say, "Unless the AI had activated Heavenly Eye!"
The mood beca tense; it wasn’t out of the realm of possibility.
The AI with Heavenly Eye, knowing others’ identities!
At the least, knowing who is number 10!
Thus, the AI could perfectly avoid number 10, ensuring that number 10 either has to fra another player or ends up without a partner, seen as number 1.
The organizers probably designed it this way, suiting their character perfectly.
It also perfectly explained the rule ’if number 10 doesn’t pair, it’s considered as number 1.’
This forces the number 10 player to stir up trouble, trying every ans to lie, deceive, and fra other players.
At the sa ti, it also ans that players would definitely lose points every round!
"Hiss... every round soone loses points, the best outco is also for number 10 to lose points?"
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