God's imitator

Chapter 444 The Secret of Weight

"I see, I understand completely now!"
"The 'magician' is a fraud. He doesn't know anything about tarot cards or divination. He just judges things by weight!"

Looking back at the previous game, He Xiaojun suddenly understood.

Clearly, the "magician" didn't know the secret of the wooden box at first, and his words were just a test or a bluff.

He then said that he was establishing a spiritual intuition and was touching the wooden boxes in various ways, actually looking for any special mechanisms on them.

Clearly, the "magician" had a much better eye for observation than He Xiaojun. He realized in a very short time that there was a reason why the wooden box was made in such a unique shape, and found the correct way to lift the wooden box.

That is, hold the sides of the wooden box with both hands and lift it vertically upwards.

It's easy to fail if you try to lift it with one hand, because the wooden box fits snugly into the groove. If the force is uneven on both sides, it will get stuck in the groove and won't be able to be lifted smoothly.

But you can do it by using both hands together.

Once this is determined, the "magician" only needs to test the weight of all the wooden boxes in the same way to determine which one contains more wealth vouchers.

So he spent a lot of time at the beginning trying out each wooden box and finally picked out two wooden boxes that felt significantly different in weight.

As for the final exhaustion of spiritual intuition, it was all just an act.

The real reason was that the number of wealth vouchers in the remaining wooden boxes was about the same, and there was no noticeable difference in weight, so he chose to use the first strategy to finish.

Judging from his behavior, it really does fit the style of a 'magician':

The principles behind magic tricks are very simple, and once revealed, they can be quite surprising.

The key is how to perform and mislead, so that the other party doesn't expect it.

If the "magician," after discovering the secret of the wooden boxes, were to try all of them in the same manner, He Xiaojun, unless he were blind, would be able to realize the problem.

But the "magician" continued to use different gestures to confuse people, while also using different words and inducements to create a mysterious and metaphysical atmosphere.

That's why He Xiaojun was slow to realize the problem, and he didn't figure out what went wrong until the game was over.

Judging from the current situation, the "Emperor" has obviously realized this as well, which may be because he was a "spectator" in the previous game, or it may be a coincidence.

However, the fact that the "Emperor" specifically exchanged for two different denominations of wealth vouchers is enough to illustrate this point.

"But the question is, how can I leverage this to gain as much benefit as possible?"

"The other party has clearly realized this as well, which is why he specifically took two different denominations of wealth vouchers."

Clearly, once players become aware of the "weight" factor, they can take preventative measures.

You only need to take two different types of wealth coupons.

Take He Xiaojun's first attempt as an example. Due to the different face values, the wooden box of "The Fool" contained 17000 Wealth Coupons, with only 17 coupons, while the wooden box of "The World" contained 10900 Wealth Coupons, with 109 coupons because they were 100 coupons in face value.

The latter is significantly heavier than the former.

Even if He Xiaojun already knew the secret of the wooden box's weight, he would most likely still guess that the 'World's' wealth voucher was more valuable than the 'Fool's,' and he would still be wrong.

But does that mean the lighter wooden box is more valuable? That doesn't seem right either. If you end up with two wooden boxes of the same face value, the heavier box is more valuable.

As He Xiaojun struggled with his decision, time ticked by.

Just then, the "Emperor" spoke.

"Stop thinking about it, time is running out."

"Didn't you already realize that the boxes weighed differently? What are you still thinking about? Either you follow the second strategy, guess a few more boxes, and try to deduce the specific values ​​of the 'arithmetic sequence' I used to improve the accuracy of the second half; or you use the first strategy, just grab a few boxes and leave."

"Thinking about strategies also comes at a cost. Players like us who aren't very smart should avoid thinking about overly complicated strategies, as it will only increase the difficulty for ourselves and the returns will be worse than just choosing randomly."

These words came as a surprise, leaving He Xiaojun momentarily stunned.

He then felt a little ashamed.

Yes! What they said is absolutely true, no doubt about it.

He Xiaojun suddenly realized the secret of the "wooden box weight," a basic strategy in the game, but not necessarily a good thing for him.

Players like the "Magician" react very quickly, able to devise a strategy the moment they realize it, and execute it with superb acting skills.

However, for players like He Xiaojun, who are naturally slow to think and prone to forgetting things, strategizing in the game actually significantly reduces their playtime.

Shorter timeframes often mean reduced profits.

In other words, the final result might be worse than not wanting to do it at all.

The previous "April Fool's Game" was like this, and this game is the same.

It seems that the players on the other side, "↑Emperor" and "↑Magician", are two different types of players. When He Xiaojun entered the room, he felt that "↑Emperor" didn't have much acting skills and felt more approachable, like a player similar to himself who wasn't so cunning.

The fact that the Emperor is now offering this reminder shows a degree of goodwill.

Moreover, what he said was clearly the truth.

The Emperor's strategy was to place wealth vouchers in these wooden boxes in an arithmetic sequence. However, considering that the vouchers were all of the same value, the other party could simply guess the ones with the most value and take away a dozen or so boxes without thinking, just like the Magician, which would be a huge loss.

Therefore, the emperor took two different denominations of wealth certificates, and their weight was no longer directly linked to the wealth contained within.

In this way, by looking at the contents of several wooden boxes, and using the two factors of "number of wealth coupons" and "total value of wealth coupons," one can comprehensively determine what the arithmetic sequence is, and then guess the following numbers.

For players who can calculate quickly, the accuracy of their guesses should increase as the game progresses.

But He Xiaojun clearly didn't have that kind of brain. If he miscalculated, it could cause even greater losses, so it was better to just take it directly.

Time was running out, and He Xiaojun made up his mind: "For the next nine operations, I will choose the first strategy."

He began randomly selecting wooden boxes and taking out the wealth vouchers inside.

Because he was quite lucky, many of the wooden boxes he opened contained wealth vouchers worth 1000 each.

As for the exact amount, He Xiaojun couldn't calculate it, but it was definitely more than the wealth coupons that "The Magician" took from him last time, since the face value was also larger this time.

Soon, He Xiaojun opened nine wooden boxes, and the tenth operation came to an end.

In this game, the 'Thief' stole wealth from 9 wooden boxes, totaling 811700 Wealth Vouchers.

[The Sage has 1343700 Wealth Coupons remaining.]

[Please leave the game room and wait for the next round to begin.]

Upon seeing this result, He Xiaojun was stunned once again.

He saw the "Emperor" stand up from his seat, seemingly no longer as reserved as before, and turn to leave the game room.

(End of this chapter)