God's imitator

Chapter 219 Sika Deer

Everyone rushed to their respective voting machines to check.

The machine has animal avatars of all 40 players, which were originally lit up. Now, five avatars have been stamped with "eliminated".

They are 'gorilla', 'crocodile', 'tiger', 'cheetah', and 'red-crowned crane'.

In addition, three players had "quit" stamps on their avatars, which means they were likely people who voluntarily handed over their chips to pay off their debts.

The hall erupted in commotion again, with many people turning their attention to the eliminated players.

Some players were frustrated, while others were more at ease.

According to the game rules, the "elimination of players" involves two rounds of screening: first, the 50% of players whose numbers deviate the most from the standard answer are selected, and then the five players with the fewest chips are eliminated from these players.

Therefore, those who are eliminated at this point are those with relatively few chips.

But some of them will still feel frustrated, because they still fantasize that they can keep guessing the numbers correctly to get to the final voting stage and get rid of all their debts.

Those players who are more accepting of the situation know very well that they can't possibly last until the end. If they are eliminated at this point, their debts won't increase, and they can consider it a clean break.

They can then continue playing at the battle arena or exchange their visa time for chips.

As long as the debt is paid off before the game ends, it's fine.

But those players who weren't eliminated weren't happy either, because most of them hadn't guessed the number correctly either, and were only kept out of elimination because they had a lot of chips.

If they continue to be eliminated at this rate, it will soon be their turn, and they will end up with even more debt.

The hall was filled with a sense of unease and obvious anxiety.

Everyone returned to their respective lounges.

According to the game rules, there will be no break time after the second phase of the game begins, but players will definitely have to return to the rest room once at the end of each round.

Because the decks in the game will refresh in the lounge, and you can only get the new decks for this round by returning to the lounge.

When returning to the lounge, you must destroy the remaining cards from the previous round at the machine at the entrance;
When leaving the lounge, you must also take the deck with you.

Otherwise, it will trigger a violation.

Soon, everyone returned from the lounge.

"Crash!"

Many more chips have been added to the cylindrical glass container in the center of the arena.

……

The players, including "Grey Wolf" He Xiaojun, quickly gathered together. Although they were all wearing masks, their excitement was palpable.

Because the result of the previous round of "guess the number" was very close to the standard answer.

This greatly increased their trust in the "owl".

According to the rules of the "guess the number" game, if they can guess the number every time, they can be eliminated later than those who have more chips.

"Brother 'Owl,' what's next?" asked He Xiaojun, 'Grey Wolf.'

Owl: "Just like last round, keep the Fool's Card and wait."

"Grey Wolf" asked, "Are you waiting for me to give you the numbers?"

The owl shook its head: "Wait for someone else to come and pay."

The gray wolf thought for a moment: "Should we use up the 'paper' and 'scissors' first?"

"Owl" glanced at another small group organized by "Sika Deer" and said to the others, "Don't waste this round."

"You all disperse, keep all your cards safe, do nothing, and wait for me to return. If any wise player tries to bribe you, let me know."

……

The owl came to the deer.

“I think I know who you are. You can pay me back the ‘ransom’ you owe me last time.”

The sika deer paused for a moment, then looked the deer up and down and said, "I didn't owe you any ransom last time."

The owl nodded: "Hmm, that's right. Did you get the 'Fool's Deck' or the 'Sage's Deck'?"

The sika deer thought for a moment and said, "Let's show it to each other together."

After saying that, the two took out their respective decks of cards and showed them to each other face up.

They are all "Fool's Hand" decks.

Both of them were stunned for a moment, clearly surprised by the result.

However, "Owl" said, "If it's all Fool's decks, it'll be easier to form a partnership. What's your ideal price for the final prize pool?"

"Sika Deer" pondered for a moment: "It's hard to say yet. I've noticed that the Wise Players have also formed a small group. It will take some time to roughly determine who the real core figure is."

"If there are two core players, you need at least 15 contract tickets for each of them, for a total of about 30 tickets."

"We'll decide whether to add more depending on the situation."

The owl nodded: "Hmm, I'm inclined to think it's either the rabbit or the sheep, but I can't be sure who it is yet."

“However, 15 coupons are too few. I think it could be 35 coupons for one person and 20 coupons for the other person.”

The sika deer paused for a moment: "So much? The other party may not be willing to give so much, and there is a risk that the negotiations will fall apart."

"It's possible if only a single player has 35 cards, but that would involve other risks."

The owl said, "Ask the sky, then bargain."

"The more we ask for, the greater the pressure we put on them, and the more certain their strategy becomes. On the contrary, if we ask for less, they have more room to maneuver, and uncertainty increases."

"Sika Deer" thought for a moment and said, "That makes sense. Let's each stick to our bottom line of 35 contract tickets and see how the other party tries to respond."

"But you also need to think carefully about how to make sure the other party won't change their mind, otherwise I might not be willing to cooperate with you to the end."

The owl chuckled dismissively: "You'd better not have such dangerous thoughts."

Just as he was about to leave, the 'sika deer' asked again, "By the way, how did you recognize me?"

"Owl" looked at her and said, "You're organizing small groups too fast, abnormally fast. And many players are gathering around you immediately."

"So I guess these are all players from the same community as you."

"In the community, you should have arranged 'special elements for mutual identification in anonymous games' in advance, and told other players in advance about your favorite colors, animals, clothing or other things that can identify your identity."

For example, 'deer' is a perfect match for your surname.

"As for the choice of formal wear, women's formal wear mainly consists of long skirts of various styles, but you deliberately wore trousers in a special color."

"If other players know you well enough, they can roughly guess your choice."

"With two or three factors combined, even without the code word, they can recognize you from the crowd immediately."

"Am I right?"

The sika deer paused for a moment: "People who are too clever will have no friends."

(End of this chapter)