God's imitator

Chapter 446 New Rules

Thinking of this, He Xiaojun felt extremely frustrated.

At first, he thought that his opponent was about the same level as him, and that neither of them were very strong players. He thought that if they played normally, there wouldn't be a big gap between them.

But now it seems the other party was faking it.

It seems like I'm the only player this bad...

The two consecutive defeats were actually somewhat unfair. The secret behind them is not complicated. If they had realized something was wrong earlier and thought about it for a few more minutes, the outcome might have been different.

But that's precisely the cruelty of the rules of the arcade: a slight difference can make all the difference.

"calm!
"Calm down..."

"The most urgent task now is not to be affected by the previous defeats, but to seize the time to think about the next strategy."

"Think about the 'April Fool's Game,' think about a strategy that suits me better..."

"If I were the 'thief,' it might be the best approach for a newbie like me to simply close my eyes and randomly select 10 boxes."

"If it's the 'Sage's' side, it's a bit more complicated. They have to exchange for two different denominations of wealth vouchers to ensure that the weight of each box is not directly related to its value, so that the 'thief' can't guess the specific value through weight or patterns..."

The strategy of "hiding two large boxes" is only effective in the first one or two times. However, once the opponent knows about this strategy in advance, it may cause huge losses to the "wise" player.

"So, I definitely can't use this strategy anymore. After all, by the time I become a 'sage' again, most players will probably already know about this strategy, right?"
"However, by now, both sides' defensive strategies are very clear. So, can this game continue?"

"At that time, the 'Sage' side will focus on defense, while the 'Thief' side will randomly take ten boxes. The role of strategy will be weakened, and the factor of luck will be amplified, making it difficult for the two sides to widen the gap."

He Xiaojun thought to himself as he looked at the screens.

With so many games running simultaneously, he was overwhelmed and didn't know which one to watch.

Just then, a player dressed as the reversed "Hermit" outfit came to one of the screens and started a poll.

Other audience members raised their signs in agreement. He Xiaojun was taken aback; he wasn't quite used to this way of communicating by raising signs. By the time he raised his sign, the sound had already started playing automatically because more than half of the audience members had voted.

Everyone looked at the screen.

……

In the room, the reversed "Hanged Man" represents the "thief," while the upright "Wheel of Fortune" represents the "wise man."

The venue has now been set up, and the two sides are about to begin the game.

The reversed "Hermit" chose to listen to the sounds of this room because the unique rules of the "Sage" in the current room are displayed at the bottom of each screen.

This room was the first to have "special rules".

So far, most players who play the role of "Sage" have not been able to come up with their own unique rules.

After all, simply understanding the original rules and trying not to break them when adding wealth vouchers is already a huge challenge for many players, leaving them with no energy to consider the new rules.

However, it is clear that the overall skill level of the players in this game is relatively high.

Because there are many players who can freely participate in the game, and the strongest players from the four main communities should all be in the game, there will always be people who can understand and apply the rules as quickly as possible.

The Hanged Man is also carefully reading this new rule.

All the boxes were filled with wealth vouchers worth 1000 each, except for one box where one voucher had been replaced with a 100-dollar voucher. This box was designated as a "special number."

The thief can guess the box number at will, and the sage will explicitly tell them whether that number is greater than or less than a special number, until they guess correctly. If the thief guesses the special number correctly on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7th, or 8th try, they can steal all the wealth vouchers from the boxes; otherwise, the sage will retain all the wealth vouchers.

After reading this rule, He Xiaojun thought of a game he had played before.

"Isn't this a 'digital bomb'?"

The so-called "number bomb" game involves a group of people taking turns guessing a number, for example, the range is 1 to 100, and the "bomb number" is 67. The first person guesses 50 and fails, so the host narrows the range to "50 to 100" until someone unlucky enough to guess the number 67, at which point they will be punished, such as by drinking alcohol.

This game is very simple and doesn't involve much strategy; it's mostly about luck.

In this game room, the player named '↑Wheel of Fortune' transformed it into a single-player game.

The 'Thief' player keeps guessing until they guess correctly, but there is a requirement for the specific number of correct guesses.

如果在第1、2、3、7、8次猜中，视为成功；如果在4、5、6、9次或者更多次数猜中，则视为失败。

The winner takes everything, and the loser gets nothing.

Moreover, the rules clearly state that all the wooden boxes here are already filled with wealth vouchers worth 1000, with only one voucher worth 100.

This means that the total number of wealth vouchers has reached 1100 million.

He Xiaojun couldn't help but swallow hard: "Are these people really playing this high-stakes game...?"

"If we follow the first strategy, the 'thief' steals 10 and the 'sage' keeps 12, which is acceptable to both sides."

"But according to the rules of 'digital bomb,' one side takes everything while the other goes home empty-handed, which is too ruthless..."

"And what if they find a loophole in the rules?"
"I may have had my fun giving away the loot, but other players in the same community are going to suffer..."

"However, since this 'Wheel of Fortune' was able to come up with an original rule so early, it must be a very strong player, right? I'd like to see how 'The Hanged Man' plans to deal with it."

He Xiaojun stared intently at the screen.

……

The Hanged Man paused for a moment to think.

Once the "Sage" sets a special rule, this rule will replace the "Thief's" original second strategy option.

In other words, the "Hanged Man" can no longer win the maximum of 20 wealth vouchers in the wooden boxes by guessing whether they are big or small.

This makes sense, because after the "sage" devises his own strategy, he has already placed the wealth vouchers in the box, and this placement method may conflict with the original strategy.

For example, the current "Digital Bomb" gameplay requires placing the exact same wealth vouchers in all the boxes.

If the 'thief' can still use the original second strategy, then the game is unplayable.

Therefore, the 'Thief' now only has two choices: either use strategy 1 and randomly select 10 boxes, or play the game according to the special rules set by the 'Sage'.

If strategy 1 is used, his return is very certain, which is 500 million wealth vouchers.

The reward for the "Sage" is 600 million Wealth Vouchers.

Of course, since there is a 100-value wealth voucher, one of them will suffer a loss of 900, but this loss is negligible in the face of the total amount.

However, if you choose to play the game according to the 'Sage's' rules, you have a chance to win big and obtain the theoretical maximum amount you can get in a single game: 1100 million!
The key question is whether this approach is worthwhile for 'thieves'.

(End of this chapter)