Prison Island

Chapter 129 Negative Points
Gao Xin listened to the noise outside and glanced around the room.

The room was simply furnished and empty, with only a robot standing silently.

Soon there was no movement outside.

Raguel's voice sounded: "The first round of the tacit question and answer begins. The person who rings the bell first will be the questioner."

Gao Xin opened the door again, only to see other players also opened the door.

The three people in Room A are the swamp crocodile, a strong man from the Viking Gang, and an Asian man with both arms being cyber prosthetic limbs.

There is a person in Room B, wearing a mask and hood, hiding his true face, but he should be a white person.

The two people in Room C were where Rocket Head was. He failed to win over Zero, so he tried to win over another Asian man who had two swords on his back and wore a mask.

There is only one person in Room D, and it is zero kills.

The person in Room F was the only black person in the room. He looked out of place in his snow-white armor.

The person in Room G is Gao Xin.

There were nine people in total, but they only entered six rooms.

"call out!"

Gao Xin rushed towards the round table at high speed and slapped the bell with one palm.

"clang!"

He is the first round question setter!

All other players must return to the room within five seconds.

Of course, no one came out at all, and he was the only one fighting for the bell.

"Haha, what's so good about snatching a bell?" Rocket Head couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The Asian double swordsman next to him couldn't help laughing, and looked at Gao Xin as if he was a rookie.

After Gao Xin rang the bell, he hid under the table, as if he was afraid that Lingsha would attack him from a distance.

Then he shouted at the swamp crocodile: "Brother Morey, what question do you want to ask?"

After these words were spoken, the sturdy man from the Viking Gang glared at Gao Xin. So this guy was trying to flatter him?

The swamp crocodile chuckled and said, "Boy, you are very smart. You know that you have to be the one who asks questions to protect yourself."

The question setter is protecting himself?
Some people in the audience were stunned and immediately understood the meaning of Gao Xin's rush to be the person who sets the questions.

If you become a question setter, you will not have your own number and will not be able to participate in the subsequent rankings.

In other words, the person who sets the question will not get any points in this round.

That’s why Rocket Head said before, what’s there to grab?

But you won't get any points, nor will you lose any points.

For Gao Xin, who is seriously injured and needs time to recover from his injuries, becoming a question setter is the best choice.

Self-protection! No one would force him to reveal his numbers, because he didn’t have any!
At halftime, no one would challenge him to a duel because he had no points!
Gao Xin is a recognized soft persimmon in everyone's eyes, but he can be the person who sets the questions. That means, at least in this round, he becomes the safest person.

The swamp crocodile said, "What's your name, kid?"

Gao Xin said frankly: "Tai Sui!"

Swamp Crocodile thought about it and said calmly, "Okay, then you ask, 'What are the code names for this game?'"

Gao Xin raised his eyebrows: "No problem."

Everyone closed the doors, and Gao Xin operated the round table.

The first question is bound to fail.

You can ask anything, but try to ask questions that can provide more information.

After all, the rules say that the answer must be correct.

Gao Xin handed this power to the swamp crocodile, and the latter did not miss this opportunity and directly asked everyone for their code names.

Room A answered first, and the answer was soon announced: "Swamp Crocodile, Steel Axe, Iron Hand."

Is this just reporting the names of the three people in their room?

Steel Axe is supposed to be the Viking gang guy, and Iron Hands is the Asian guy with cyber arms.

Then it was the turn of the white masked man in Room B to answer: "Black Knight."

Gao Xin laughed. This guy is a bit sinister.

In his position, most people's names have already been made public.

Swamp Crocodile, Steel Axe, Iron Fist, Zero Kill, Rocket Head, and him, Tai Sui.

The only ones left were the armored black man, the Asian man with two swords, and this guy in a mask, codename unknown.

Even without mentioning his own, there were a full six code names he could use, but he said 'Black Knight'.

The name Black Knight seems to be more like that black man's.

So this guy knew the black man, had a grudge against him, and reported his code name.

It's Room C's turn.

Rocket Head and the others answered the question by saying only: "Rocket Head."

There are two people in this room. Apparently the other guy, who is carrying two swords, doesn't want to reveal his name.

It was the turn of Zero in Room D: "Swamp Crocodile, Steel Axe, Iron Hand, Zero, Tai Sui, Rocket Head, Black Knight... Viper!"

Gao Xin was shocked to hear this answer.

"Viper? Where is the viper? Vipers are here too?"

However, immediately afterwards, Laguier prompted: "The answer is wrong, please re-enter the answer."

Zero Kill laughed: "Swamp Crocodile, Steel Axe, Iron Hand, Zero Kill, Tai Sui, Rocket Head, Black Knight..."

"Viper!"

This time there was no prompting that she had answered incorrectly.

Gao Xin smiled and thought she had guessed it right.

As expected, the guy carrying two swords is Viper.

And this must be a cadre of the Yakuza, with the same nickname as the Vipers, Field Snakes and Water Snakes.

However, why did she have to tell all these code names first?

So that's how it is. This woman is also hinting that she is 8.

This is actually the correct way to play the game.

When you finally have to work together to pass the level, as long as the questions are not too tricky, the answers can be hinted at by this method.

But obviously, people won’t play like this in the first round.

Next, it was Room E's turn. There was no one in this room, and the questions were answered by an AI robot.

It said five codes, which is very subtle. The AI ​​is playing seriously. It is following the zero-kill format and also implies that it is 5.

But the players don’t want it to end.

There must be players who mixed up the numbers. After all, Gao Xin, the person who set the question, was seriously injured. What if he really tried his best to sort them?
If everyone clearly hints at their numbers, the fate will be in the hands of the person who sets the question, and Gao Xin can end the game directly.

It was Room F's turn. The Black Knight said, "Who are you? Why do you know me?"

He wanted to communicate with the masked man in Room B, but the other party didn't answer, so he could only shout.

But no one responded to his shouting, so the Black Knight had no choice but to submit his answer: "Swamp Alligator."

At this point, all players’ rooms have finished answering the questions, and the rest are AI.

They follow the format very carefully, suggesting their own numbers.

Taking turns to answer the questions in this way, G is 2, H is 3, I is 4, and J is 6.

Gao Xin pondered: "Assuming the robot is not lying, then ABCF, there are only four numbers left: 179 and 10."

"Is there a player who got the ridiculous number 10... Who could it be?"

Player No. 10 is the biggest pitfall in the subsequent matchmaking process.

No matter who you pair with, you will always be 10 and will definitely take first place, while the person paired with 10 will definitely fail and have 5 points deducted!
No one will pair with 10.

Once 10 cannot find a match, it will be regarded as 1 and will definitely become the last one.

"Hey, who among you is 10? Admit it yourself."

"My suggestion is don't mess around in the first round, just make the numbers public, pair up for win-win situations, and get some points first."

Swamp Crocodile and others came out and asked loudly.

Zero Kill sneered: "Why would 10 tell everyone that he is 10? If everyone knows that he is 10, no one will pair up with him."

But Swamp Crocodile said: "10 can be paired with the robot. If the robot explodes, what does it matter if he loses 5 points? He can get 4 points anyway."

Lingsha rolled his eyes and said, "Really? Then please raise your hand, player number 10."

Everyone looked at each other, but no one stepped forward to admit that they were number 10.

Rocket Head yelled, "I'm definitely not 10. There are two of us in Room C, and we share the same number."

"I can tell you straight away, the number for our room C is 9."

"If we are 10, it doesn't matter. We can just pair up and each of us will get 4 points."

Viper also chimed in, "Yes, we are number 9. Even if we don't match up, we will be the second tier and can get 2 points."

Lingsha said coldly: "You'd better pair up yourselves. I'm number 8. If any of you steal my number 2, don't blame me for being rude!"

Swamp Crocodile chuckled and said, "There are three of us in Room A. If there are 10..."

"Then we three can pair up with two people, and the other can just find a robot to pair up with. I proposed this plan, so how can I be 10?"

At this time, everyone's eyes were focused on the black knight and the masked man.

"Which one of you is 10?"

The two were stunned. They didn't say anything, and it became 10?

The Black Knight said hurriedly: "I am not, I am 1."

The masked man hummed in a low voice: "I am 7."

The swamp crocodile's eyes became sharp, and he stared at the masked man fiercely: "Say it again! You are 7, what am I?"

The Viking gang pointed their steel axe at him: "You lied to my face, didn't you? This guy is 10."

Tie Shou sneered: "In this game, as long as there are no idiots, 10 can't be hidden."

"Hey, masked man, just go and pair up with the robot. As long as you don't lose 3, the rest is up to you." Lingsha also said solemnly: "As long as you don't lose 2, the rest is up to you."

The masked man was silent for a while, then said, "Then I'll go with 4."

This was equivalent to admitting that he was 10, and everyone laughed. 10 couldn't be hidden at all.

沼泽鳄当即扫视众人道：“好了，那就很明朗了。我7-3配是第一梯队，他1-9配也是第一梯队，你2-8配也是第一梯队。”

"Add in the masked man and any 4 others, and we'll be in the first tier. We'll have five people who can tie for first place and get 4 points."

"There is one No. 9 and two No. 7 players left, who are in the second and third tiers, with 2 points and 1 point respectively."

"The last ones are all robots. So, everyone wins. Is that okay?"

Steel Axe shouted, "No problem. The only 3 will be left to the boss. I will be satisfied if I can get 1 point."

Tie Shou also said: "It doesn't matter, it's good enough not to lose points."

Gao Xin looked over and saw that the three of them were all in the same room, so they must have already discussed it.

At this point, everyone's eyes turned to Rocket Head and Viper.

They have two No. 9s, but only one No. 1 can match them, so they have to decide who will be in the first echelon and who will be in the second echelon.

At first glance they seem similar, but in fact one is 4 points and the other is 2 points.

These two are not even in an alliance, so they will probably fight over who's who.

Rocket Head yelled to the Black Knight, "Dude, pair up with me!"

After saying that, he suddenly attacked the viper next to him. The viper glared at him angrily: "Baka!"

The two men started fighting fiercely, neither of them letting the other get close to the round table.

Zero Kill sneered: "Viper is the black hand of the Yakuza, and Rocket Head is a vassal of my Tangren City."

"It depends on your position, Black Knight. Who do you want to be with?"

The Black Knight shrugged and said, "I am neutral. Anyone is fine. I will agree to whoever mates with me first."

Lingsha nodded: "Okay."

Swamp Crocodile looked at Gao Xin and said, "Then hurry up and sort them. We are waiting for the pairing."

Gao Xin smiled slightly. He operated on the round table and arranged the positions of several people. Only Ling Sha and the masked man were left.

Then he placed the avatar of Zero Kill at the number 10 position.

Lingsha raised his head and glanced at Gao Xin.

Gao Xin gave her a hidden smile, and then moved the zero kill to number 8.

Seeing this, the swamp crocodile shouted, "Hey! If you match one more, the game will be over!"

He rushed forward and knocked Gao Xin flying.

"Fuck, you really want to end the game, don't you?"

Gao Xin touched his broken arm and said, "How could this be..."

Steel Axe shouted hurriedly, "Don't let him line up. In the first round, everyone will play with their cards exposed. What if he gets the answer right?"

"This kid is a newcomer to the military struggle, and he's seriously injured. He's worried that he won't survive, and he looks like a coward. He's definitely going to end the game."

Gao Xin said coldly: "I'm a newcomer, I don't know anyone, and you guys come up here and form cliques."

"If I don't get the chance to be the one to ask the questions, how can I play?"

The swamp crocodile narrowed his eyes and said, "Tai Sui, do you want to live?"

Gao Xin said: "Of course I want to live!"

The swamp crocodile stared at him and said, "Don't just think about the end. Listen to me and I will bring you back to life."

Gao Xin frowned and said, "Really? Is it really okay for so many of you to gather together? After one round, two 9s and three 7s, it seems like a perfect result."

"But what about the reality? You're lucky this round, and all the robots have small numbers. But if all the robots have large numbers in the next round, and you keep getting three 3s and three 2s, how are you going to play? Who will lose points?"

Swamp Crocodile smiled faintly: "This time it's just a test. Anyway, I got 4 points this time, and it doesn't matter if I lose 1 point later."

Steel Axe and Iron Hands' expressions changed slightly.

"I don't have any points. Do you want me to lose points?" Gao Xin asked.

"..." Swamp Crocodile tilted his head, realizing that he had said the wrong thing, and immediately said with a smile: "Then let's divide the five of us into five rooms. As long as we are a five-person alliance, any pairing is fine."

In his eyes, Steel Axe, Tai Sui, Viper, and Iron Hand are all people who are inclined towards him.

He appeased Gao Xin in the hope of forming an alliance of five people.

"Okay, Big Brother Swamp Crocodile, I'll listen to you..." Gao Xin walked forward and, under the other party's supervision, he sorted them randomly.

Laguier reminded: "The order is wrong. The correct result will be announced in ten minutes."

Now it's time to pair up, no doubt.

The masked man stepped forward first and said, "I want to pair up with No. G."

The swamp crocodile also stepped forward and said, "I want to pair up with number H."

Both pairings were successful.

Swamp Crocodile was stunned for a moment, then looked at the masked man: "Are you a good match for G2?"

I immediately looked at Zero Kill again. G is 2. Doesn’t this steal Zero Kill’s full-value pairing?

Ling Sha also stared at the masked man with wide eyes: "Are you from Neptune Port too?"

The masked man said nothing and moved away.

Zero Kill did not pursue, but immediately launched: "I want to pair up with F!"

F is the Black Knight, who was stunned and looked at Rocket Head and the others.

But the Rockets didn't dare to say anything, he was naturally number 9, and even if he didn't deserve it, he still got 2 points.

But Viper was furious: "Zero Kill, you are sick! We will lose together!"

"You are 8, even if you don't deserve it, you still get 1 point, and even if you deserve it, you only get 2 points."

"If you give me the Black Knight, I can get 4 points! At most, I'll give you 1 point later!"

Lingsha said coldly: "You are dreaming. I am telling you this. In this game, it is either you or me."

Viper's face turned black, but he was not too anxious. He was a natural number 9 and even if he did nothing, he still got 2 points in this round.

Upon seeing this, the Black Knight immediately accepted the matchmaking with Zero Kill.

He is number 1, so the initiative is not in his hands. He must find a partner, preferably number 9, but number 8 is also fine.

Zero Kill and Rocket Head are of the same family. The latter didn't say anything, so the Black Knight could only accept it.

At this point, everyone is paired up.

"Ha ha……"

The swamp crocodile looked at the masked man and grinned: "You can get 456 points with any 4 you want, but you have to take her 2, hahaha."

"Hey, which gang are you from?"

The masked man remained silent.

Lingsha stroked his hair and said, "Tell him, Lao Lin."

The swamp crocodile's smile froze, and everyone was shocked, especially the Black Knight, who stared at the masked man with wide eyes.

The masked man's skin and muscles were changing, from a white man to a Han Chinese. He said calmly, "Lin family, hunter Lin An."

“Eh hey hey?” The Black Knight was stunned: “Lin…Lin family…”

Lin An looked at him coldly and said, "Nigger, I finally caught you."

"Those who harmed my Lin family, only blood can wash away this shame."

The Black Knight retreated again and again. He avoided the pursuit of the Lin Village, but still ranked in the game.

If there was only one, he wouldn't be afraid.

But Lingsha walked up to Lin An and said, "I'll help you... It's either him or me in this game."

Lin An bowed his head: "Thank you, Sister Lingsha."

"So... so you are number 10?" Swamp Crocodile stared at Lingsha with twitching mouth.

Lingsha curled his lips and said, "Bad luck, I drew a 10."

The Black Knight's eyes suddenly turned red with anger.

If the zero kill is 10, then he is finished... he exploded!
5 points were deducted, and the score became negative.

"Okay, okay... Is this how you play?"

"You, a Tangren City person, are not targeting Neptune Port, but me alone, right?"

The Black Knight became a little crazy. He said clearly that he was neutral this round, and he was number 1. A group of 8s and 9s surrounded him. He thought he would definitely get points in this round.

Unexpectedly, he was defeated. He started with a 5-point deficit and exploded.

There are five rounds of questions and answers in total, only four pairings, and four intermissions.

Now that one pairing has been used up, there are three left. It will be very difficult to make up for this 5-point disadvantage later.

"Okay, okay, I'll give you five points. Let's see who dares to kill me!"

"Fuck the negative score invincibility! Who of you dares to kill me? Zero kills! Lin An, don't even think about having an easy life from now on!"

The Black Knight's eyes were fierce, and there was no doubt that he and those two men were sworn enemies.

"The first madman with negative points has appeared." Gao Xin watched calmly.

In the first round, because everyone started with zero points, except for the very serious off-field grudges, everyone tended to win together and everyone got some points first.

So tell each other your cards and find pairs.

Even so, there was still a negative five points situation.

There is no doubt that this game will become more intense from the moment someone starts to have negative points.

Those with negative points will definitely try their best to catch up with the points, and will definitely find ways to cause trouble during the pairing process and become the troublemaker afterwards.

As for getting rid of him in the middle of the game? That's out of the question. Unless someone has a lot of duel points, who would dare to kill him? The later the game goes, the less likely you are to do so. If you kill him, you'll have to add to his negative points.

Therefore, even in a duel, I would only dare to tie with him, which means I am invincible in terms of negative points.

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ps: Sorry.

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