God's imitator

Chapter 449 The Special Box

After a brief moment of thought, He Xiaojun came up with a new key point:

"By the way, there's one more difference compared to the original rules: the range of wealth coupon values ​​is easier to guess now."

"Because the original rules might be a strange sequence of numbers with a wide range of possible values, once you open one box, if you can't use weight to determine the value range of the other box, you have no way of knowing the possible value range of the other box."

"However, this set of rules locks all the values ​​to a few nodes related to 'ten times', so the approximate value in each box is easier to predict."

"For example, if each box is full, it contains 500 wealth coupons, which is a maximum of 50."

"If the other party is a strong player who dares to create their own rules, they will definitely bring more like '↑Wheel of Fortune', and the average number of wealth vouchers in each box will fluctuate between 10 and 30."

"It's impossible to increase it tenfold from this point, because the box won't be able to hold it anymore; it can only be reduced to one-tenth."

"In other words, as long as I open it and find that the value is like this, I can take it; if the value is lower than this, I can choose to replace it."

"It seems like we still have a chance of winning!"

He Xiaojun was initially reluctant to play under these new rules, thinking he could just grab 10 boxes and leave using the first strategy.

But after thinking about it carefully, I felt that the new rules seemed fairly fair. There shouldn't be any hidden traps. Even if you have bad luck, you can still get a guaranteed return if you play normally, so you won't end up with nothing.

Although there are still 10 boxes, more boxes are opened, which allows for some confirmation of the size of the two boxes and the removal of the larger one.

Moreover, the difference between the large box and the small box is 10 times, which is quite considerable.

Most importantly, if any problems are discovered along the way, you can choose not to make any further changes, which would result in the same outcome as the first strategy.

“I’ve decided to play by your rules.” He Xiaojun finally made up his mind.

The Queen nodded: "Then choose a box. Think it over carefully and choose the one you want most."

He Xiaojun was somewhat surprised, because he vaguely felt that the "Empress" seemed a little anxious and expectant, but he didn't know what she was expecting.

"I'll choose my own box to represent myself, number 11, 'Justice'."

The Queen seemed somewhat disappointed, but still nodded: "Its 'mother and daughter box' is number 20, 'Judgment'."

"You can now open Box 11 to check the Wealth Voucher and then decide whether you want to exchange it."

He Xiaojun opened box number 11, "Justice," which contained two bundles of wealth coupons worth 100 each, totaling 2.

Then, he looked at number 20, "Judgment," and reached out to feel its weight: it was lighter than number 11, "Justice."

"The question now is whether or not to replace it..."

"Weight cannot be the basis for decision-making, after all, some players will use 1000 face value to reduce weight to create a confusing effect."

"If the other party is truly a strong player, in order to bring as many wealth vouchers as possible, the values ​​in the wooden box should be relatively high overall. Compared to the maximum of 50 that can be brought, 2 is definitely not much."

"but……

"According to the rules, any box can find another box with a 'wealth voucher value' that is ten times or one-tenth of its own. In other words, it's possible to arrange it so that it always points to the 'one-tenth' box, right?"
“比如说，设置200、2000、2万、20万四种盒子，如果我选到了2000，他就指200；如果我选到了2万，他就指2000；如果我选到了20万，他就指2万……

"In that case, although it still complies with the rules, as long as I change it, it will definitely be moved to a smaller box. "This possibility exists, and it's quite high."

"But then again, if we set it up like that, the total number of wealth vouchers generated will be much less. Even if we win this match, our overall earnings will still decrease."

"Or is he just taking advantage of this psychology of mine, playing a trick on me? Deliberately pointing to the box with ten times the value, and if I don't choose it, I'll be playing right into his hands?"

He Xiaojun realized that he was like a nested doll, and if he thought like this, he would never be able to make the right judgment.

After considering it, he decided to make a change.

We should at least look at the overall values ​​of these boxes before making a judgment.

"I choose to change."

He Xiaojun opened the No. 20 "Judgment" and found 20 wealth coupons with a face value of 100, totaling 2000.

It is indeed lighter than the previous box, but it is still only one-tenth the weight of the previous box.

According to the rules, He Xiaojun also needs to pay an additional 200 wealth coupons as the price for replacing the box.

The Empress said nothing, simply waiting for He Xiaojun to continue.

He Xiaojun frowned. He chose box number 15, "Devil," and this time the related "mother and daughter box" was box number 19, "Sun."

They still chose to change it.

The former offers 2000 wealth vouchers, while the latter offers 2 wealth vouchers.

He Xiaojun was somewhat surprised: "Hmm? It seems I was overthinking it. It turns out that it really can happen that the value increases tenfold after the box is changed?"

"I understand. It seems that the scenario I was thinking of before is not valid and may create new problems. The current situation is more secure."

He Xiaojun had originally considered another possibility: the other party could set a series of numbers like 200, 2000, 20,000, 200,000, and 200,000, and as long as He Xiaojun selected any one of them, he would point to the smaller "mother and daughter box".

In this way, as long as He Xiaojun chooses to switch out of curiosity, he will definitely lose money.

But this is clearly problematic.

Because all 22 boxes must comply with this rule, and theoretically, a 'thief' can only view a maximum of 20 boxes.

The box chosen by the 'Thief' in the previous round is random and cannot be controlled by the 'Sage'. If the 'Sage' chooses one-tenth of the boxes each time they choose the next 'Mother and Daughter Box', it will cause the boxes with lower wealth value to be consumed faster, and the remaining boxes will all be larger.

Moreover, such a series of numbers may also result in a significant difference in weight. For example, no matter how the face value is changed, the weight difference between a box of 200 and a box of 20 will still be obvious.

Therefore, the "↑Empress" did not actually prepare such a complicated strategy.

He Xiaojun carried out four more operations in succession. The replaced boxes were sometimes ten times the value, sometimes one-tenth the value, but the boxes with values ​​of 2000 and 2 clearly accounted for the vast majority.

Are there really that many duplicate boxes?

"I understand, he must have hidden a box containing 20 yuan!"

(End of this chapter)