Prison Island

Chapter 144 The Fewer Players, the Harder the Game

Seeing that Gao Xin still didn't express his opinion, Ling Sha frowned slightly and said, "Tai Sui, you are just worried that I will kill someone with a borrowed knife and blow up your points."

"You underestimate me. If I really wanted to do this, I would just do it now and not waste my breath."

Gao Xin was noncommittal: "Really?"

Ling Sha's eyes became fierce: "Believe it or not, if you don't believe it, you can try to see if you can get rid of all of us."

Gao Xin shook his head and said, "This is only the second round. If anyone becomes a lone wolf, the following rounds will be very difficult to play."

"Because it is difficult for a single player to generate new points, and points may even be deducted."

"In fact, if it weren't for your previous behavior, I wouldn't even want to kill Viper and the others in this round."

Ling Sha rolled his eyes and said, "So I messed up your plan?"

"You are so greedy. You have already taken all the points in the first round. Do you still want to continue to score points?"

Gao Xin shrugged: "I'm short of money lately, so the more indulgences the better."

Lingsha snorted, "Stop talking nonsense and state your conditions. What do you want in exchange for joining us in killing robots?"

Gao Xin spread his hands and said, "It's very simple. I want all your next pairing points to be given to me."

"What!" Lingsha widened his eyes.

Iron Hand on the dome was also dumbfounded. This Tai Sui actually wanted points from all of them.

Gao Xin said calmly: "You just want the Easter eggs, right?"

"Are you sure you want to be so greedy? Do you think you can definitely beat me? Are you underestimating my strength?" Lingsha's smile faded and his eyes were filled with anger.

Gao Xin said seriously: "This is not a question of whether I can beat you, but a question of the worst consequences."

"I won't cooperate. At worst, I'll have to face the three of you."

"I'll cooperate, but at worst I'll have to face the three of you plus a robot of unknown strength."

“Why would I choose the latter if there is no higher benefit?”

Lingsha was stunned. It’s true.

If Gao Xin felt that he could not defeat the three of them in a head-on fight, he would not choose to cooperate to kill the robots, because that would probably result in an even more miserable death.

Ling Sha said darkly: "Are you too timid? Are you only considering the worst consequences?"

Gao Xin curled his lips and said, "Because someone will definitely stab me in the back, so I might as well get more points."

Ling Sha said with disgust: "Hey, your greed is disgusting. Even I can't help but want you to die in the hands of a robot."

"Why don't you give me some concessions? I can guarantee with my personal integrity that Lin An and I won't backstab you. If Tie Shou backstabs you, I will help you get rid of him."

Gao Xin rolled his eyes and suddenly realized that there was something terrifyingly naive about this woman.

It looked like the talks were going to fail, but then he suddenly had an idea.

At this time, Tie Shou shouted from the dome: "How could I stab you in the back! Tai Sui, stop it, I promise you."

"I'll give you all the points. There's an Easter egg anyway. If we all work together, we can get through this game safely!"

"Just trust me, Tai Sui."

Gao Xin chuckled: "Oh, believe it, believe it."

"As long as you hand over all the matching points, I will believe anything."

Ling Sha shouted coldly: "Shut up!"

"I can give up the points, but you want Lin An's too much."

Her fists were clenched so tightly that they made a buzzing sound, and an amazing fighting spirit burst out from her.

"I didn't want to force myself to break through in the game, haha... You said I underestimated you, but you also underestimated me."

"Tai Sui, your conditions are too much, I..."

She was just about to say "I refuse" like Gao Xin had done before and start doing it right away.

Unexpectedly, Gao Xin's next words surprised her: "If you think my greed is inappropriate, then why don't you try it and take all the points."

“Ah?” Lingsha was about to fight to the death, but his spell was interrupted and he stood there in a daze.

Gao Xin said seriously: "What I mean is that in the next round, all the points of everyone, including me, will be concentrated on you."

"You will keep all the points for me. This way, I won't have to worry about backstabbing since I'm a blank slate."

Everyone was in an uproar, even Lingsha couldn't help but look confused.

All the points that Tai Sui worked so hard to accumulate are given to her?

Lingsha looked strange: "You mean, you want to switch roles with me? Let me become the monopolist?"

Gao Xin raised his lips and said, "That's right. I also guarantee with my character that I will never backstab you. If someone backstabs you, I will help you get rid of him."

"So... do you believe it? Zero kills."

"..." Ling Sha stared at Gao Xin.

Gao Xin’s smile became more and more bright.

Lingsha knew that Tai Sui was an iron slave!

Give her all the points? I'll definitely take them back later.

Unless I return it to him on my own initiative, this guy will definitely stab me in the back at the critical moment!
However, Gao Xin used the same words to shut her up. If she didn't believe Gao Xin, wouldn't that prove that Gao Xin's idea was right?
"Okay, if you dare to give it to me, I dare to take it. Here, all the points." Lingsha folded his arms and looked disdainful.

Gao Xin smiled and said, "Next round, I will duel the robot. Everyone's points will be bet on a tie, including mine."

"Of course, you keep 1 point. This way, after I kill the robot, the points will flow directly into the next round."

"At this time, if you duel with the robot again and bet 1 point on yourself to win, as long as you kill the robot as well, you can take all the points."

"Of course, in the fourth round, you transfer the points back to me in the same way... otherwise we'll have done it."

Lingsha looked at Gao Xin deeply. This method showed great trust in her.

I really want to fight robots together.

Although at the end, if you want to get more points, you still have to do one game, but at least the time is after defeating the robot.

Gao Xin's goal is just to gather all the points, it doesn't really matter who gets the points.

Anyway, it's either everyone is happy or there is a final battle.

He gave the choice to Zero Kill. If Zero Kill was greedy for points, then they would have the final battle after defeating the robot. If he was not greedy for points and gave the points back, then everyone would cooperate happily.

During this process, Gao Xin will minimize the risk when fighting against robots.

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The duel time passed quickly, and Gao Xin and Tie Shou ended the duel peacefully.

The Black Knight didn't die either, his chest was blown up, but this kind of injury can last for a long time for a True Tiger-level vitality.

In fact, the Black Knight could have recovered long ago just by relying on the bees eating his flesh and nearby corpses.

It was Gao Xin who used the aura of inciting hormones to disrupt the bee colony and suppress him.

This guy can't die yet, but he doesn't need to recover either.

After Gao Xin and Tie Shou went upstairs, they saw Ling Sha had cut off all of the Black Knight's hands and feet. After a draw with him, he grabbed his hair and went upstairs.

At this point, everyone's duel is over.

"Let's all occupy the back five rooms and free up the front room," Gao Xin suggested.

Everyone agreed and went into their rooms.

F is Black Knight, G is Zero Kill, H is Gao Xin, I is Iron Hand, and J is Lin An.

Five people started the third round.

"clang!"

Gao Xin shot an arrow at the bell and was still the one who asked the question. This time he asked: "Who are the top ten strongest people in Yamaguchi Village at this moment?"

This question is quite simple.

But it was also full of deep meaning. Gao Xin was asking about the strong man in Yamaguchi Village at this moment.

The most important thing is that the first five answers were all given by AI.

Ling Sha's eyes moved: "Oh? You want to know the extent of the official monitoring of Sin Prison Island?"

Soon, robot A answered: "King Cobra·Suzuki Masamoto." The robot in room B answered: "Taowu·Luo Yi."

Hearing this, Ling Sha was shocked: "Huh? Brother Luo Yi is in Shankou Village?"

Since everyone is cooperating openly, it is natural to open the communication loudspeakers in each room.

Lin An said: "I also know about this. Luo Yi traveled in Yamato Territory. He first went to my Lin's Village and recently came to Shankou Village."

Gao Xin was startled, and then asked, "Ling Sha, don't you know about this?"

Ling Sha curled his lips and said, "There are so many powerful people in my Tangren City that I can't even count them all. How can I know where all of them are going?"

At this time, Tie Shou said, "But the authorities know about it. Is there a surveillance camera right above my head? Are the authorities watching my every move?"

Lingsha laughed: "To be honest, you don't deserve it. Only strong people at the level of dragon elephant can be positioned."

"As for the Tiger class, why are the authorities keeping an eye on you? The navy alone has 400,000 Tiger class."

"My brother Luo Yi is under surveillance because he is a quasi-elephant king who can dive deep into the sea and cross the Pacific Ocean."

Gao Xin thought so too. In the eyes of the authorities, characters at the tiger and wolf level were no different from ordinary people. They could all be eliminated by heavy firepower.

But with the existence of the dragon elephant, ordinary guns and even missiles are of little use.

Next, Robot C, Robot D, and Robot E gave their answers in turn.

They are all single names, and some of them are unknown.

Lin An exclaimed, "Why is the AI ​​giving confusing answers? It only gives one answer and doesn't state its own number?"

Gao Xin said: "As long as it is within the rules, the AI ​​can answer whatever it wants."

"In fact, they also indicate their own numbers. Since I asked about the 'top ten' strongmen, strongmen with different rankings may correspond to different numbers."

"For AIs that have a clear ranking, they can express a number just by saying a person's name."

"For example, Luo Yi is the second strongest person in Yamaguchi Village, so the number of Room B is 2."

Tie Shou said in a surprised tone: "But how do we know who are the top ten strongest people in Yamaguchi Village at this moment?"

"Even Luo Yi came up with an answer like this. He is from Tangren City... Did he go to Shankou Village for a trip? How would I know that..."

Lingsha shouted: "My brother Luo Yi must be ranked first. Is there anyone in Shankou Village who is stronger than my brother Luo Yi? So B is number 1."

Gao Xin said calmly: "No, I am number 1."

Ling Sha was stunned. How could there be someone in Yamaguchi Village who was more powerful than Luo Yi? Could it be that Fujiwara Chitaka was in Yamaguchi Village?

Lin An said: "It is still the simplest and most direct way to use a few answers to represent the numbers."

Gao Xin said solemnly: "The reason why the AI ​​answered the questions this way before was because we players took the lead and communicated the number through the number of answers, so the following AIs followed suit and played according to the format."

"But this time, I deliberately made the first five rooms full of AI, just to test what it would look like when the AI ​​was in charge of answering questions."

"It's looking bad right now. We can't even tell what AI is."

"The AI ​​has its own database gameplay. They will express numbers from 1 to 10 based on the size and strength of the answers, which players may not necessarily get."

"I even doubt that AI can express itself in an abstract way. Anyway, they all share the same database, so they can understand what the answer is."

Everyone suddenly became serious. Wow, the AI ​​started to understand. But the players could only count on their fingers.

Tie Shou said hurriedly: "Then don't let the AI ​​take the lead in answering questions. In the fourth round, we must occupy the first five rooms."

Gao Xin sneered and said, "I'm afraid the order of speeches is not the most important thing. The key point should be the number of people..."

"Number of people?" Tie Shou pondered.

Gao Xin said: "In the first round, it was Lingsha who took the lead in saying a lot of names to express that he was No. 8. After that, AI started to learn it."

"But in the second round, in order to hide the numbers, you all said only one name, and no one took the lead... until the last J, it said nine names in a row, and AI was the only one to express the number by number..."

“I think you will be impressed by this.”

Lingsha raised her eyebrows. Of course she was impressed, and perhaps the Black Knight was the most impressed. He was the guy who was tricked by J.

"The AI ​​has game memory. It knew how we played in the first round, so it played the same way in the second round even if no one took the lead."

Gao Xin nodded: "That's right, so it's not a question of who speaks first, but a question of who has more people!"

"When there are more than five players, the AI ​​will just follow the players' play styles."

"But if there are less than five players, then the AI ​​will dominate the way of answering questions, and the players will have to study the AI's thinking circuits in turn."

Tie Shou frowned and said, "There are exactly five players in our round."

Gao Xin then said, "That's right. In this round, there are exactly five players and five AIs answering questions. The number of both sides is equal, so I said to let the AI ​​answer the questions first. Sure enough, when the number of people is equal, whoever speaks first will take the lead."

"So if we still have five of us, we can make sure that we can end the game whenever we want."

"But what if someone dies in the next round? Or if the Black Knight is eliminated before the last round, then there will be four of us and six of the AI. Can this game really be over?"

"I fought all five rounds, fighting back and forth, thinking that we would be able to cooperate successfully in the end, answer the questions in unison, and leave hand in hand."

“Little did they know that in the final round, it was not the players who were in control, but the AI!”

“When there are too few humans, can the question setter guarantee to guess all the numbers abstractly expressed by AI?”

"Even if humans work together desperately, they will be defeated in the end. Cooperation cannot beat AI."

Everyone was shocked that Gao Xin could use just one question to test so many things and think so far ahead.

Everyone is thinking about how to get points in the next cooperation, how powerful the robots are, and whether there will be betrayal.

Gao Xin is already studying AI and considering whether he can eventually end the game.

Everyone thought that as long as the last remaining players cooperated sincerely with each other, the game could be easily completed.

In fact, this is not necessarily the case!

Their enemies are not just each other, the real hidden enemy is AI.

"Haha, so you can't kill me!"

The Black Knight had been silent until now, but now he finally spoke.

He was in his room, twisting and thrashing like a meatball, "Even if you kill me, you still can't complete the tacit quiz. In the last round, if you can't guess all the AI's numbers, you'll all be killed!"

"So you have to make up the points for me. The points are enough. Let Tai Sui make up for me!"

Gao Xin said calmly: "How to make up for it? Killing or gambling?"

"You have negative points, so you can't gamble. Even if I put all my points into the prize pool, you won't get any. You can only watch."

"As for killing someone, it can be made up, but what's the point? Isn't it still a person who died?"

"It's going to be one less player anyway, so why can't it be you?"

Lin An laughed: "Shut up, Black Knight, I will make you die slowly in despair!"

Lingsha also said: "I said, either I or you, or you or me."

"Fuck! I fuck your whole family!" The Black Knight was desperate, collapsed, and hysterical.

He was dead, everyone had decided that he was going to die.

After the fourth round of pairing, this group of people will definitely use the point-killing rule to kill him.

"Ahhh! When I die, you will all be buried with me!"

"You can't guess the AI's answer, you can't guess it!"

He roared, and what he said was exactly what everyone had been worried about.

Gao Xin tested that AI would change its answering style, and in the previous round, J lied about being number 10.

Therefore, in a quiz game, when the number of players is less than five, the difficulty will change.

Thinking of this, Lingsha even felt a little regretful. He forced Gao Xin to fight with Viper and the others, resulting in the loss of four people in one wave.

"No, how could it be possible that in the Redemption Game, a player cannot win after losing more than half of his money? There must be some way." Zero Kill Game has a lot of experience and concluded that this is impossible.

Gao Xin smiled slightly: "It is indeed impossible..."

"So at least until we come up with a solution... everyone please don't backstab each other."

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PS: Sorry. I'll update one chapter on the train. I should resume updating twice a week tomorrow.

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