Identity V, do you know what a double-bounce flywheel is?

The Gardener's shield has a 20-second cooldown, after which standing still for 2 seconds will refresh the shield for 5 seconds.

15 seconds have passed since the last shield.

The shortest plank at the very front is a fatal flaw; whether you build it in advance or at the back, the only outcome is getting hurt.

The shield's cooldown has not yet ended.

By the time the shield cooled down, Opera was already close in. Wang Zhiyu took a deep breath and used his positioning to block Opera on the other side of the short plank.

The shield cooldown had just ended, and he immediately stood still and began to regenerate the shield.

But the opera had already walked over from the side of the board, and seeing the gardener standing motionless, it did the same thing as before, without hesitation, and made a fatal cut.

This time, luck did not smile on Wang Zhiyu.

But it's not that luck wasn't on their side.

The shield cooldown ended too late. He had tried to renew the shield as soon as possible, but he still couldn't renew it.

At this point, the game had reached the one and a half minute mark. Apart from the first officer's machine, the other two machines on the field had been decoded.

The first mate's machine was a little slow in decoding because he went to turn off the station lights at the beginning of the game, and the progress is only 50% now.

Two and a half cipher machines in progress, plus a teleport.

This is different from the opponent's Gardener in the previous game, or rather, it's not that it's different, because Chen Ke didn't pick Gardener first in the previous game.

You have to pick the softest persimmon to squeeze; in the last game, the softest persimmon in the opponent's lineup was Prisoner.

In this round, the opponent's Opera can only target the Gardener.

There's no roller coaster at the final stop, so there's no way to stall for time by using a roller coaster. Anyone who chooses the final stop is definitely not an easy target.

Therefore, regulators cannot pursue those who choose to survive at the finish line.

However, the gardener still cannot go against the grain and choose the final destination, giving the starting point to the patient so that the other party can better control them.

Because there's absolutely no need to do that.

Giving the roller coaster to the patient wouldn't buy him more time, but giving it to the gardener would definitely maximize his benefits.

Another factor is that there are also some stubborn and confident hunters in the game who think that the survivors at the final stop will be easier to catch.

'Unfortunately, it's burned out.'

'Yes, and it even hit its head in the end; it was just really unlucky.'

'Just one more second would have been enough.'

Everyone wants to have just one more second—the regulators want that, and so do those who want to survive. There's no way around it; it all depends on the individual.

……

With two and a half cipher machines completed, the gardener collapsed.

The first mate abandoned the cipher machine he had half-deciphered and walked towards the chair.

Meanwhile, the other two machines have also begun to decipher the code.

The initial setup has already given us an advantage, with most of the cipher machines located on the other side of the river.

The opera singer watched the patient who was deciphering the cipher machine at the third station, and sped over to stab him.

Seeing the patients and gardeners alike cover up the problem, the opera had no choice but to revert to its previous course and take preventative measures.

He can no longer step on the board here.

With another step on the board, the first mate can remove the person from the chair without injury.

Looking back, we encountered the first mate coming towards us.

The first mate also immediately chose to use the lottery system.

The pocket watch swayed back and forth in his palm, and a blurry figure moved back and forth, probing the enemy's movements.

If the supervisor is in a hypnotic state, all they can do to hit the first mate is play against thin air.

The position of the first mate in the afterimage of the game.

In any game, predicting a player's next move is relatively easy, but if you hide a player's whereabouts a second ago and make others deduce and strategize based on that player's previous actions, it becomes very difficult.

One cut! Two cuts!

Three swords!

Four knives!

……

The opera's four sword strikes all missed, and the spectators had already sat up straight.

The opera couldn't see it, but they could. Every time the opera swung its sword, it just missed the first mate's body.

It's not that the opera didn't involve the first mate's positioning, but rather that the first mate made a small turn after each move.

With the fifth strike, the first mate was already close to the chair, while the four strikes missed, and the gardener's health bar was about to be full.

This time, everyone could see that the first mate deliberately made the final cut.

He wanted the regulators to take this drastic step before saving people.

'If this attack isn't hit, then the health bar will be full, which is a game of intimidation.'

"The Dragon Kingdom currently holds a significant advantage and certainly won't engage in any gambles or attempts to intimidate; if they were to be defeated, they would be squandering the hard-won advantage."

"Yeah, I just went for it myself with the last hit; taking the hit to save my teammate is the safest way to play."

'It can't be him again, can it? Steady Guy.'

……

The first mate saved the man from being stabbed, and the gardener ran towards the haunted house without looking back.

Watching his movements, everyone suddenly turned their attention to the aviator who was deciphering the code next to the haunted house.

The Aviator got his hands on a cipher machine right from the start, and he had already deciphered it long before the first patient finished.

The reason the gardener is now being stabbed, and who brought the person over during this life-or-death moment, is actually due to two reasons.

Firstly, this saves the time that aviators spend traversing the map.

Secondly, the cipher machines on the starting point have been mostly deciphered, and the remaining cipher machines of the Aviator are 70% complete. If he takes another desperate gamble, he will be able to start the machine no matter what.

Running over now won't interfere with the patient's decoding machine.

The first mate's electric motor was an heirloom.

Following the Gardener's running route during his desperate struggle, and based on the progress and distribution of the cipher machines on the field, the audience immediately guessed what the Dragon Kingdom members were thinking and doing.

'No wonder they teach forehand and backhand techniques. Even setting aside the execution, the thought process alone is something Singapore should learn.'

"Yeah, these aren't all teammates meeting for the first time in random matches. They've played hundreds, if not thousands, of games together in training and matchmaking. Teamwork is the one thing they have in abundance."

'The difference is truly evident. Although the Star Nation's gardeners also realized something was wrong with the cipher machine, amidst various calculations, they chose to risk their lives to repair it.'

'From the very beginning, the game felt off in the Dragon Kingdom survival scenario. The first mate sacrificed his own generator progress to turn off the gardener's platform lights—that's real strategic thinking!'

"We're doomed. There's still one last desperate measure; all five machines need to be turned on."

'The most incredible thing is that the gardener has a huge heart. If that heart were to activate the device, I think the regulators would take the elevator instead of the stairs today.'

……

Just as everyone expected, the gardener had just hung the person up when the aviator walked over from not far away.

At this point, the patient's cipher machine was 70% complete.

The cipher machine is really about to be activated!
The aviator drew ever closer, but made no move to rescue the people directly.

The motors on the field are still a bit short, and he wants to wait a little longer.

The opera singer grew increasingly anxious as he looked at the aviator before him.

Even if he came to intercept it in advance, it would be difficult for him to have a knife.

Four-player gate opening battle?

Watching this scene, the Xingguo Opera couldn't help but laugh out loud.

He wasn't laughing out of anger, nor was he breaking down; he was genuinely at his wit's end! (End of Chapter)