I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 80, Section 1.6, Chapter 1: Drawing the Ghost Card

For some reason, Mu Yegui's first reaction upon seeing Shu Ming was a pang of guilt, like a child caught red-handed by an adult. In the past, she only felt this way in front of Nalan Xu…

She took a few steps back and ran to Ling Tong, tightly gripping his sleeve. She peeked out and secretly looked at Shu Ming. Her gaze slowly moved down and she saw the bloodstains on Shu Ming's shoulder.

There was a dart stuck there, and blood was seeping from the wound.

Ling Tong glanced at Shu Ming, who was squinting and smiling, through the mask. She was about to turn around and leave, but Mu Yegui grabbed her sleeve and forced her to stop.

"Can you let go of me? I should probably go too." His deep voice carried a hint of laziness and casualness, clearly expressing his unwillingness to get involved.

It was a bright and sunny morning, but the next second it suddenly turned into night, with thick fog all around, and you couldn't see anything beyond five meters.

Welcome to the special instance 'Draw the Joker'! I'm your good friend, Phyllis.

[Mission: Make Fisch draw the Joker.]

[Participants: Mu Yegui, Ling Tong, Shu Ming, Fei Xiu.]

[Soldier Rankings: Spade Soldier A, Heart Soldier B, Club Soldier C, Diamond Soldier C.]

[Restriction: The game cannot end until Fish draws the Joker.]

【The mission rules are now announced:】

[I. The cards are drawn in a clockwise direction, in the following order: Mu Yegui, Ling Tong, Shu Ming, Fei Xiu, and so on.]

II. The numbers on the cards represent the current number of soldiers.

[III. I draw a card, and the rest of the players are attacked by this card.]

[IV. All player cards are hidden; only the number of cards is visible.]

[5. Drawing the same card automatically triggers a story event. Defeating the remaining soldiers in the story event counts as playing a card.]

[6. Drawing the Joker card will trigger an attack by the Joker for 3 minutes.]

7. Players can cooperate with each other.

[8. When it is your turn, receiving any item from the target counts as drawing a card.]

[Nine, Searching for Fish's whereabouts.]

"We can't leave." Mu Yegui waved his hand in the air a few times, feeling a pressure that seemed to isolate them in a separate space.

Is this one of Fish's abilities?
Shu Ming pulled the dart from his shoulder, tossed it casually, and slowly walked towards the two of them, squinting and chuckling, "It seems we have no choice but to put aside our prejudices and cooperate this time."

Mu Yegui moved her little head, but one hand was still tightly gripping Ling Tong's sleeve.

"Can you let me go now?" Ling Tong frowned slightly behind the mask, but still asked patiently, "I can't leave in this situation either."

"Sir, what's your name?" Mu Yegui asked.

"Don't you already know?" Ling Tong asked, sitting down on a nearby bench after Mu Yegui released him. "Ah." Mu Yegui paused slightly, then said, "My name is Mu Yegui. Nice to meet you, Mr. Ling Tong."

Shu Ming squinted and chuckled, but it was clear he was in a bad mood. His gaze lingered on Ling Tong for a moment before he asked, "Who is Fei Xiu?"

“The clown.” Ling Tong and Mu Yegui said at the same time, then looked at each other and fell silent.

There are only two possibilities for someone to know Fish's identity: either they've met him, or they know something about him. Either he admits it himself, or he learns it from some source. Unfortunately, the information broker doesn't sell information about the original owner of the copy, so we can conclude that Ling Tong is the Crown Prince.

"I encountered Fisch in the beginner dungeon." Here, Mu Yegui omitted the fact that Fisch could impersonate a player.

For some reason, after Mu Yegui finished speaking, the two men looked at her with a hint of pity.

It's obvious that the clown is vivid and lifelike, because the first thing everyone sees when they come into this world is the clown from the Amazing Circus who leads them into the dungeon. So, if you mention the clown, someone will definitely think of him.

Mu Yegui didn't know if Ling Tong had seen Fei Xiufei in clown makeup, but she didn't really want to bring it up. As a player, her relationship with the NPCs was somewhat close, and anyone who saw it would become suspicious. It was better to avoid such unnecessary suspicion.

[The dealing is finished. Mu Yegui has 14 cards, Ling Tong has 13 cards, Shu Ming has 13 cards, and Fei Xiu has 13 cards. Mu Yegui, please draw a card from Ling Tong.] Fei Lu's voice slowly faded, and Mu Yegui turned his gaze to Shu Ming.

"Let's stop the small talk and move on to this instance." Shu Ming paused and then said, "I will draw the cards, and the others will be attacked by the cards. This instance is very dangerous."

Mu Yegui stretched out his hand towards Ling Tong, pretending to be fierce but actually keeping a blank expression, and said in a soft, childlike voice without any fluctuation, "Hand over your things."

Are you trying to act cute? The same question popped into both men's minds at the same time.

Ling Tong reached out and took off the brooch from her clothes, placing it in Mu Yegui's palm. At the same time, 24 Spade Soldiers appeared out of thin air around them, each taking half and wielding a long spear, and attacked Ling Tong and Shu Ming.

But in front of Mu Yegui were 22 hearts soldiers, 12 diamond soldiers, 15 clubs soldiers, and 35 spade soldiers.

Since the club and diamond soldiers are of the same level, they cancel each other out, leaving 3 club soldiers. The hearts and spades are one level apart. In the end, the hearts disappeared, and the spades soldiers were left with 25.

Mu Yegui took two steps back, decisively drew his short sword and killed them. After the soldiers were killed, they disappeared into thin air again.

"So this is what playing and drawing cards is like..." Shu Ming chuckled, his eyes narrowed, as the wound on his shoulder reopened due to the strenuous exercise.

“Based on the 12 spade soldiers that attacked, we can deduce that the card we just drew was the Queen of Spades.” Ling Tong straightened his clothes, which were not messy at all, and said slowly, “35 spade soldiers minus the corresponding 12 people leaves 23 people, and there must be at least two cards among them.”

"You mean since the cards are hidden, we should guess them? That's definitely better than not knowing anything." Shu Ming instantly understood Ling Tong's meaning.

“Apart from spades, the other three sides may have corresponding Q cards.” Mu Yegui looked at the number in her palm, which changed from 15 to 5. Originally, she had 14 cards, but Ling Tong drew one, so now she only had 5 cards left, which meant that she had just played 5 pairs, for a total of 10 cards.

"Before seeing evidence, all speculations are reasonable, even if they are all fabricated based on imagination." This was a sentence that Nalan Xu taught her, but in reality, they had many clues.

Shu Ming squinted and chuckled, “I tend to think the Q is among the other 12s and 15s, like the Q of diamonds. Then we’d have the 22 of hearts, the 15 of clubs, and the 23 of spades, which would make four pairs. That means there can be a maximum of three cards of each suit, three that are not repeated, and one of them in another suit. That’s how you make four pairs.”

“6、7、8、9是么？7和8、6和9都可以组成15。”凌潼透过面具望着穆叶归的手心的数字，缓缓说道，“如果6、9是梅花，那么肯定有种牌里没有6或者9的。6+7+8=21、7+8+9=24，所以6和9并不会是梅花，那么就只剩下7和8了。如果是梅花7和梅花8，这两者绝对不会在另外同种牌里。6+9+7=22，6+9+8=23。所以这一次出牌的牌面分别为梅花7、梅花8、红桃6、红桃9、红桃7、黑桃6、黑桃9、黑桃8、黑桃Q、方块Q，这十张牌。”

Guessing the cards is a real skill, a high-level player's ability.

This is a very short temporary copy, and the reason will be explained later.

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(End of this chapter)