Qiu Yinong won two more poker chips.
At this mont.
The poker chips for both camps returned to the initial ten per person.
Blue Camp: Chen Ran, Geng Hao.
Red Camp: Lin Jiabao.
All five pairs of eyes were glued to the constantly spinning dice on the long table. They had a nagging feeling that sothing was wrong, but they could not quite put their finger on it.
Shortly after.
The dice ca to a halt. The number on top was...
A four!
The next mont, the color of the chest plates belonging to Chen Ran, Geng Hao, and Lin Jiabao began flickering incessantly between blue and red.
The difficulty of the Escape Room Ga flashed just as wildly. At the sa ti, the participant list rapidly shuffled between their three nas, but...
This ti the roll was a four, which ant there was a fourth elent descending into chaos.
The group hastily searched for the fourth shifting variable, eventually locking their eyes on...
The announcent board!
Previously, the second rule stated:
[Two: For each round of the ga, both camps must send one person to participate; the Successor may not bet more than 2 poker chips per round.]
Now, the number [2] in [not more than 2 poker chips] was continuously scrambling.
The range was fixed between the numbers one through ten.
Ten seconds later, the shifting colors on their chest plates gradually slowed to a stop.
Blue Camp: Geng Hao, Lin Jiabao.
Red Camp: Chen Ran.
Seeing this result, the Young Heiress Lin Jiabei excitedly licked her lips. "Hahaha, how interesting! Your teammate is now a mber of my camp. If the betting limit changes to a maximum of ten poker chips later, what kind of situation do you think will unfold?"
Those words were ant for Qiu Yinong to hear.
Qiu Yinong stared intently at the trio's chest plates.
'The Red Camp only consists of Chen Ran. That ans no matter how the participants are randomized next, Chen Ran will be forced to play.'
'If the betting limit becos a maximum of ten poker chips, and I were in her shoes...'
'I would bet eight poker chips!'
'That way, all the pressure falls on Chen Ran. If he loses, I am in grave danger; if he wins, it still creates a rather troubleso scenario.'
'Currently.'
'Among Chen Ran, Geng Hao, and Lin Jiabao, both Chen Ran and Lin Jiabao have two chest plates each, while Geng Hao only has one.'
'If Chen Ran and Lin Jiabao take the field this round and Chen Ran wins, he will end up with three chest plates. When the camps are randomized again in the next round...'
'There is a two-thirds chance that the Red Camp will randomly land on either Geng Hao or Lin Jiabao, who would each only have a single chest plate.'
'If she then bets a single poker chip, the mont Geng Hao or Lin Jiabao loses the ga, Lin Jiabei will not only lose her qualification to gamble, but she will also leave behind one chip for whoever takes a seat at the betting table.'
'Who would end up at the betting table?'
'In all likelihood, it would be Chen Ran, holding his three chest plates. When that happens, not only will both Chen Ran and I beco Successors, but I will have nineteen poker chips while he will only have one...'
'Furthermore, out of the three involved—Geng Hao, Lin Jiabao, and Lin Jiabei—all of them want to kill either or Chen Ran. Whoever is randomly assigned to the Red Camp will intentionally lose the Escape Room Ga. That would cause Chen Ran to lose his final poker chip and force to shoot him dead!'
'While this is just one possibility, the chances of it happening are incredibly high!'
Qiu Yinong cast a worried glance at Chen Ran, but he returned a reassuring look. What was more, within his eyes, she could even...
Detect a glimr of joy!
Qiu Yinong fell completely silent.
'We are in a desperate situation! How is Chen Ran not the least bit anxious?'
'Does he have a backup plan?'
Twenty seconds later, the difficulty level of the Escape Room Ga displayed on the main door also stopped changing.
It was still set to [Relatively Hard].
Thirty seconds later, the participant list finally settled.
[Participant: Chen Ran.]
[Participant: Geng Hao.]
Seeing this, both Chen Ran and Qiu Yinong breathed a long sigh of relief.
'Thank goodness it is not Lin Jiabao.'
Forty seconds later, the scrambling numbers on the rule board slowly ground to a halt.
[May not bet more than 8 poker chips!]
However, just when everyone thought Lin Jiabei was out of options, she tossed seven poker chips into the center of the long table without a mont of hesitation.
Lin Jiabei said softly, "I know you really want to kill Geng Hao. But if Geng Hao dies in this round of the Escape Room Ga, there is a very high chance that Chen Ran will win. Since Chen Ran belongs to the Red Camp, his victory ans my victory."
She left the implications hanging in the air.
No one present was an idiot. Lin Jiabei had bet seven poker chips.
If Chen Ran won this round, all the pressure would be shifted onto Qiu Yinong, who would be left with only three chips.
If Chen Ran lost this round, Lin Jiabei would be the one left with only three chips, which still gave her so room to maneuver.
'Lunatic!'
'Gambling addict!'
'Degenerate gambler!'
'Crazy woman!'
The four of them cursed her in their minds. To leave life and death entirely up to chance—only soone with severe brain damage could pull off such an insane stunt.
Left with no other choice, Qiu Yinong reluctantly tossed out seven poker chips to match.
Chen Ran, on the other hand, lit up a cigarette. He looked at Lin Jiabei and stated coldly, "I think you should consider yourself lucky that it did not randomly land on [not more than 10 poker chips]."
Indeed, if the limit had been ten chips, given that Chen Ran was guaranteed to enter the ga, Qiu Yinong could have chosen to go all-in.
"Oh, really?" Lin Jiabei suddenly flashed a confident smile. "Did you forget that I can retract my skill?"
She then turned her gaze to Qiu Yinong. "You are very cautious. You only ever place your bet after I have placed mine. Otherwise..."
Her implication was self-evident. If Qiu Yinong had bet first, the mont she wagered more than two poker chips, Lin Jiabei would imdiately retract her skill.
That would revert the rule back to [May not bet more than 2 poker chips]. By having already bet more than two chips, Qiu Yinong would inevitably trigger the deadly trap.
She would most likely be killed!
Qiu Yinong looked at Lin Jiabei as if she were looking at a fool. "Not only am I cautious, but even if I did bet three poker chips first, are you certain you can retract your skill faster than I can use mine?"
Lin Jiabei froze.
'I almost forgot! Qiu Yinong's Liar Hunter Skill is a supre ti-based ability!'
Lin Jiabei froze.
'I almost forgot! Qiu Yinong's Liar Hunter Skill is a supre ti-based ability!'
'Furthermore, it is the most terrifying type... Ti Reincarnation. What a vicious skill!'
Seeing them talk endlessly, Geng Hao's face turned as ugly as one could possibly imagine.
'Is no one going to speak up for ?'
'It seems their battle of wits never even took into consideration from the very beginning...'
He turned his head to look at Chen Ran, right as Chen Ran turned to look at him.
Their eyes t.
Expressionless, Chen Ran walked up to the Escape Room Ga door and stepped inside without a second thought.
Geng Hao followed suit.
Soon, peals of laughter drifted out from behind the door, growing louder and louder.
Inside the secret room.
Geng Hao stared in horror at Chen Ran, whose laughter was so spine-chilling it made his hair stand on end. Geng Hao unconsciously backed away a couple of steps.
"Hold on a second, let finish laughing before I consider sitting in the chair to start the Escape Room Ga." Chen Ran gripped the back of a chair, laughing so hard he could not stand straight.
Back in the Third Secret Room.
Lin Jiabao also lit a cigarette. Taking a deep drag, he asked out of the blue, "Do you think Chen Ran will sabotage or outright kill Geng Hao during this round of the Escape Room Ga?"
Without waiting for the two won to answer, he continued, "Chen Ran will definitely kill Geng Hao. Even if it puts Qiu Yinong at a disadvantage, he will still kill him."
Both Qiu Yinong and Lin Jiabei noticed his absolute phrasing of [definitely]. He had not used any ambiguous terms to avoid triggering a lie.
"Not just Chen Ran—if I were the one randomly selected to play the Escape Room Ga with Geng Hao, I would kill him too..."
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