God's imitator

Chapter 217 The Wise Men

The owl paused slightly before continuing:
“Among you, there must have been someone who opened that wooden box in the first phase.”

"Or it might not be open."

"But in any case, your oxygen consumption is very low, which means that you did not do a lot of thinking in the first stage, but simply treated this game as a game of pure luck."

"This means that you lack both the motivation and the ability to deceive, so this is a true 'security statement'."

"I have carefully studied the specific oxygen consumption. If you empty your mind and stop thinking, it will take about an hour to consume one canister of oxygen."

"But if you keep thinking, pay close attention to the opponent's moves, and carefully consider your strategy, you will consume a can of oxygen in about 30 minutes or even less."

"This is different from the real situation, and it is obviously the work of a copycat who designed this game."

"This huge difference is enough to be clearly displayed on this screen."

"Of course, nothing is absolute, but the probability of an accident is very low under this mechanism, which is why I dare to provide you with insurance."

Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly realized what was going on.

"Ah? So that's it!"

He Xiaojun, nicknamed "Grey Wolf," finally understood: "So, the suggestion that the copycat left in that wooden box actually had two meanings?"
"The first meaning is to teach us to play cards randomly, eliminate psychological interference, and use this defensive strategy to reduce losses and get the expected positive returns as much as possible."

"The second meaning is that we should reduce our thinking and oxygen consumption, thereby establishing a kind of 'safety statement,' making it easier to find people with whom we can build mutual trust in the second phase of the game?"

"I even regretted breaking it before!"
"Now it seems that the Fool player should have smashed it immediately."

"The reason why this recommendation is said to be mainly effective in the first phase is because the low oxygen consumption in the first phase is what constitutes the 'safety statement'."

"If this strategy cannot establish a 'security statement' in the second phase, it won't be of much use."

The owl nodded: "That's right."

Clearly, this wooden box is a form of targeted screening.

Its reward mechanism is based on the player's total visa time.

The longer the total visa duration, the more chips you will receive when it automatically opens after 1 hour.

Therefore, the wealthier and smarter the player, the more they care about these chips, are not interested in the strategies in the box, and are more inclined to wait.

However, for players who don't have much time left on their visas, even if they wait for it to open automatically, they won't get many chips. It's better to open it immediately and see what the advice inside is.

He Xiaojun, known as "Grey Wolf," is a prime example.

If he hadn't smashed the wooden box and taken the advice, but instead chose to figure it out on his own, his oxygen consumption would have increased significantly, and the 'owl' wouldn't have recruited him into the group.

From the perspective of the copycat who designed this game, if a foolish player clearly can't think of a strategy, yet is greedy for a few chips, doesn't even have the courage to smash the wooden box in advance, and keeps thinking about it on their own... then they can't be called a "wise fool" and deserve to be filtered out by this game.

Once this was confirmed, the way everyone looked at each other suddenly became much warmer, and the low oxygen consumption data looked so pleasing to the eye.

"Great, shall we begin?"

They each headed to the "battle arena" to prepare for their one-on-one battles.

The owl cautioned, "Remember, only paper and scissors, not rock (the Fool's card). Anyone who doesn't play according to my instructions will be immediately kicked out of the group and will not be shared with any further strategies."

Although it was unclear why, everyone chose to comply.

Players take turns using scissors to beat their opponent's paper, and each player receives an extra 1000 chips as a net gain. Seeing that everyone has finished their turn, "Owl" continues, "For this round, guess the number: '65'."

He Xiaojun, nicknamed "Grey Wolf," paused for a moment, then said, "Huh, that high? Didn't the game rules say that player actions could lower the number? Most players, to be on the safe side, would probably guess around 50, right?"

The owl didn't answer, but tapped the display screen on its oxygen mask again.

The meaning is clear: you'd better give up thinking and stop wasting your time.

Grey Wolf immediately understood and nodded without asking any further questions.

They simply returned to their respective lounge entrances, entered numbers on their devices, and confirmed their identities.

……

Meanwhile, on the other side of the hall.

Han Mengying didn't spend too much time finding the other 6 "wise players".

There were only 10 wise players in total, which is a small number and should not be easy to find, but they were clearly very different from the ordinary "fools".

They neither rush to the battle stage to start the game, nor sit dejectedly on the edge of the table feeling sorry for themselves.

Most of them showed a relaxed and at ease attitude.

Moreover, Han Mengying has also figured out why so many players keep their distance from her.

Because of 'oxygen consumption'.

So far, she has taken two oxygen supplements, and the current oxygen tank is being rapidly depleted due to her continuous thinking.

Both the numbers and the remaining oxygen levels are quite striking.

Any player who is aware that "the more oxygen consumed, the more dangerous it is" will absolutely not choose to play cards with her, unless she offers an exceptionally outrageous odds.

After figuring this out, Han Mengying simply gave up playing cards, because it was no longer worthwhile to force herself to play with high odds.

The main objective of the game has changed.

She then tried to find players in the same community, form a team, and shift her focus to "guessing numbers".

After guessing the other party's identity as a "wise player" through various factors, Han Mengying only needed to step forward and make a simple test. Once they saw that each other had two "wise player cards," it would be enough to confirm their identities.

Han Mengying, nicknamed "Rabbit," glanced at the eight-person team she had assembled.

Including her, there are a total of 7 wise players and 1 fool player named "Turtle".

The reason for including this fool player "Turtle" is that Han Mengying confirmed that he is also a member of the 4th Community.

Besides Han Mengying and the foolish player, two of the other six wise players also came from the 4th community.

During the team formation process, Han Mengying only needed to exchange a code word known only to players in their community to confirm each other's identities.

This fourth community had a total of four players, just like the previous "Corporate Nation" setup, using a 3-to-1 method.

The three smartest players were "Rabbit" Han Mengying, "Hummingbird" and "Mole", all of whom successfully obtained the "Sage" identity.

Among them, "Hummingbird" is Luo Wei, who has only recently joined the 4th Community.

(End of this chapter)