God's imitator

Chapter 460 The Players I Acquainted

In the audience room where He Xiaojun was, many audience members were also paying attention to the game being played.

Since neither '↑Demon' nor '↓Emperor' chose to mute the in-game audio, the audience could hear their words clearly.

Naturally, they were also well aware of '↑Demon's' choice.

He Xiaojun is also trying to figure out the strategy behind this, because other "sage" players may imitate it later.

“The ‘↑Demon’ chose boxes 14 and 16, but deliberately avoided box 15. Is there some special reason for this?”
"Shouldn't the specific box selection be completely random?"

"Statistically speaking, the success rate of the first operation should be 7/22, which is about one-third, and the probability of the second operation is 7/15..."

"No, no, no, I'd better not think about calculating expected returns. If I calculate it wrong, it will interfere with my strategy. I'd rather rely on my intuition."

"This strategy has an advantage over the 'number bomb' strategy in that even in the worst-case scenario of 'guessing wrong twice,' you can still guarantee a minimum of 5 wooden boxes."

"This guarantee is still very attractive to 'Thief' players."

"If we consider the expected returns, the guaranteed 5 boxes should significantly increase the expected returns."

"If you guess correctly only once, you can get 7 boxes, but that's still not as good as the 10 boxes from the first strategy."

"But since '↑Demon' decided to play, it means he thinks the probability of guessing the numbers correctly both times and getting all 22 boxes is not low."

"Was there any special consideration behind deliberately avoiding box number 15?"
"Is it because '↑Demon' chose the number 15 at the beginning?"
"But the box's serial number and the number of wealth vouchers inside the box have absolutely no relation, right?"

In this game, there are two sets of numbers, both ranging from '1' to '22'.

The first set of numbers is the box number, and the second set of numbers is the number of 100 wealth vouchers that the Emperor put into each box. The rules clearly state that there is no clear correlation between the two.

If that's the case, why did '↑Demon' deliberately avoid the box numbered 15 after setting the first number to 15?
He Xiaojun tried hard to think, but to no avail.

He couldn't figure out the perfect solution to the game, couldn't guess the intention behind the '↓ Emperor' designing these rules, and couldn't even guess why the '↑ Demon' would adopt the current strategy.

Somewhat helplessly, we had no choice but to give up and wait for the game's outcome before attempting to deduce anything.

……

Soon, the ↑demon opened seven of the wooden boxes, but there were no 15 wealth vouchers worth 100 each inside.

In other words, his first attempt failed.

The Emperor continued, "The second number is 2."

According to the game rules, the second number must be given by the 'Sage'. The '↑Demon' can still open the wooden box 7 times and find the box containing '2 Wealth Coupons with a face value of 100'.

The seven wooden boxes that were previously opened have all been closed again.

But for players like '↑Demon' with good memories, he still remembers exactly which boxes he opened and how many 100-value wealth vouchers were inside.

"As expected, the Emperor did not choose the wooden box he had opened before."

"Therefore, this wooden box should be among the remaining 15 unopened wooden boxes."

"Judging from the pattern of the wooden boxes from before..."

"I see, I understand now, it's the 'blind spot' strategy..."

Thinking of this, '↑Demon' suggested, "Let's mute the sounds in the room."

The Emperor nodded: "Alright."

……

The players in the audience room were somewhat exasperated. Clearly, '↑Demon' had come up with a strategy, but he didn't want to share it with the other viewers for free.

Afterwards, '↑Demon' may encounter other 'Sages' who copy this strategy, or he may become a 'Sage' himself and use this strategy, but both solutions will greatly enhance his own advantage.

Although viewers can see that the '↑demon' opened several specific wooden boxes, they cannot confirm how many wealth vouchers were inside; they can only know the final result.

In this game, the 'Thief' stole wealth from 7 wooden boxes, totaling 3459500 Wealth Vouchers.

[The Sage has 7312800 Wealth Coupons remaining.]

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

Judging from the results, '↑Demon' successfully found the corresponding number in his second attempt, so he took away the wealth vouchers from the seven wooden boxes.

Because each wooden box contains around 50 wealth vouchers, but the value may vary depending on the number of vouchers with a face value of 100.

But how exactly was it found?
Was it found by chance with a 7/15 probability? Or was some special strategy used to increase the probability of finding it?
It seems that "↑Devil" roughly figured out "↓Emperor's" strategy the second time. So, if we play again, can "↑Devil" find the number the first time and win all 22 wooden boxes?
It's not easy for other players to imitate this.

Because you need to know the strategy of the "↓ Emperor", the strategy of the "↑ Demon", and also whether the new "Sage" knows the strategy of the "↓ Emperor" when you encounter the "Sage".

When plagiarists apply these rules, different people may have different interpretations, which could lead to more complicated situations.

……

The next game has begun.

This time, He Xiaojun plays the role of a thief.

After the preparation time was over, He Xiaojun entered the game room and saw that the player who was playing the role of "Sage" this time was the upright "↑ Moon".

This was a player he had never encountered before, nor had he ever watched as a spectator on screen.

The other party did not adopt the latest rule "Digital Prisoner" given by "↓Emperor", but still used the previous "Digital Bomb" rule.

The other party still seemed somewhat stiff, but that doesn't necessarily mean they were weak; after all, there could be a case of deliberate pretense.

After considering it for a moment, He Xiaojun said, "I've decided to play by your rules."

The first number I want to guess is...

"14. Temperance."

The moon was clearly taken aback for a moment, and after a few seconds it said, "You... guessed right."

He Xiaojun suggested, "Let's mute the sound?"

↑Moon immediately agreed.

The audience can no longer hear any sounds from the room.

He Xiaojun asked, "How difficult did you find this game?"

The moon was clearly delighted and quickly replied, "It's very simple. No matter what the situation, I will always say it's very simple."

"You are……"

He Xiaojun pointed to wooden box number 5, while the other party pointed to wooden box number 7.

↑Moon finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank goodness, thank goodness, at least I ran into someone I know..."