God's imitator

Chapter 463 The choice of fate
These words left Shen Xing momentarily dazed, almost making him think that the player he was fighting against was '↑Wheel of Fortune,' the one who created the rules for the 'Number Bomb.'

But upon closer inspection, she realized that the other person's "Wheel of Fortune" was reversed, and was completely different from the upright version.

But the other party used the phrase "my rules".

"What are you talking about? Are you trying to fool me like a child?"

"You are clearly reversed, and you are a different player from the 'Wheel of Fortune'. Do you think I can't even tell that?"

Shen Xing was a little angry and subconsciously exposed the other party.

However, 'The Wheel of Fortune' simply chuckled softly: "But how can you be sure we're not the same person? In this game full of mysterious rules, anything is possible."

Shen Xing frowned, but fortunately, the makeup, dress, and mask concealed her expression, preventing it from revealing too much information.

But the words of "↓Wheel of Fortune" did indeed give her much to think about.

"What does this mean? Does the upright and reversed Wheel of Fortune refer to the same player?"

"How is that possible! No matter how much the game's rules hint at it, there have never been any supernatural rules in the arcade so far. 'Doppelgangers' are impossible..."

"However, there is another possibility: the upright and reversed Wheel of Fortune may know each other..."

"They might be players from the same community who had encountered each other before and discussed countermeasures, or perhaps the 'digital bomb' rule was a set of rules they had agreed upon within their community..."

"That's also possible."

"Calm down! My numbers are already set, and the corresponding wealth vouchers have been placed. It's impossible to change them now."

"If he was just being mysterious, he would have given himself away the first time he guessed the number..."

Thinking of this, Shen Xing said, "Alright, then start your divination. I'd like to see who is better at divination, you or '↑Magician'."

By now, even the most oblivious players have figured out the '↑Magician's' initial method, which is simply to determine the amount of wealth vouchers inside the wooden box by its weight.

No matter how ingenious a magic trick is, it becomes simple and laughable once it is exposed.

Therefore, Shen Xing's words were also implying to the other party that such mystification was meaningless, and that the "Magician" had already used this trick before and could no longer fool anyone.

↓The Wheel of Fortune scoffed at this: "How can you compare me to such clumsy tricks?"
"A magician's tricks are nothing more than a clever deception."

“The guidance of true destiny does not require complicated divination and calculation; it is like a blazing light that can be seen at a glance.”

'↓Wheel of Fortune' reached out his hand to the wooden box in front of him, but he did not touch it like '↑The Magician' did; he simply sensed it from a distance.

His hand hovered above the number 10 wooden box, the "Wheel of Fortune," and he said, "The Wheel of Fortune holds the fate of every person. When the wheel begins to spin, good fortune or misfortune will be unknown."

"Fate is unpredictable, but everyone must accept their own fate."

"↓Wheel of Fortune" he said, while uncontrollably moving his hand to the left.

"Driven by fate, I will find the number hidden deep within your heart."

"Is it number 6, 'The Lover,' or number 8, 'The Power'?"
"Well...neither. The real destiny lies between the two."

"It's number 7, 'The Chariot'."

The Wheel of Fortune opened wooden box number 7, and sure enough, there was a wealth voucher worth 100. Shen Xing was stunned, because the Wheel of Fortune had guessed the number she set on the very first try.

"This is impossible!"

Shen Xing frowned as she examined the wooden box. She suspected that, like the previous "↑ Magician," the "↓ Wheel of Fortune" had discovered some hidden property of the wooden box, which was why it was able to accurately locate the 100-yuan wealth voucher.

In any case, accurately guessing the number set by Shen Xing from the very beginning out of 22 numbers is clearly not just luck.

The problem is that the 'Magician's' use of weight to judge these wooden boxes is somewhat traceable.

However, the key to the "digital bomb" game is that each wooden box contains the same number of wealth vouchers, and there is no obvious difference in thickness or weight between the 100-voucher and 1000-voucher versions.

To accurately locate this 100-yuan wealth voucher, one would need to be able to see through things.

"Is it some kind of magic trick? There are some magic tricks that have a similar effect to clairvoyance."

"Perhaps the strategy of '↓ Wheel of Fortune' is essentially the same as that of '↑ Magician.' '↑ Magician' disguises magic tricks as divination, while '↓ Wheel of Fortune' disguises similar tricks as so-called fate..."

Shen Xing couldn't figure out the secret for a moment.

Since they guessed the number correctly right away, they still had plenty of time left in the game.

'Wheel of Fortune' crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair: 'Cooperate with me?'

"My ability is not limited to games like 'Number Bomb'; as long as the wealth vouchers in the wooden box are different, fate will guide me."

"Therefore, it doesn't matter how the 'sage' changes the rules."

"As long as the rules of the game remain 'find the different wealth vouchers in the wooden box,' I can keep winning."

Shen Xing was silent for a moment: "If that's the case, why do you still want to cooperate with me?"

"↓Wheel of Fortune" explained: "Because this method can only be used by me, and no one else can use it."

"Even if I can guarantee that I will win every time, it won't matter, because I will soon enter the free matchmaking stage. Other players will definitely refuse my game invitation, and the randomly matched players will likely adopt a defensive strategy to reduce my gains."

"No matter how many wins I make, it's still difficult to compete against the entire community of players."

"I can only be used as a trump card in special matches to have a decisive effect, but I still need other players to help me set the stage."

"For you, there's no loss in cooperating with the strong, is there?"

Shen Xing considered for a moment: "So, what exactly do you need me to do?"
"Let's make this clear first: as a peripheral community, we also face pressure regarding wealth vouchers, so we won't be transferring large amounts of wealth vouchers to you."

↓Wheel of Fate nodded: "Of course, if the strong need the weak to use wealth vouchers to survive, then what kind of strong are they?"
"I will not ask you for any wealth vouchers, nor will I ask you anything related to your community."

"If you don't have enough Wealth Vouchers by the end, and no player can leave through the exit area, I can consider giving you some Wealth Vouchers—provided that our community is safe and that the number of Wealth Vouchers I give you is not too many."

"My condition for cooperation is that we unconditionally share all information from other communities, no matter how small or big, any information is acceptable."

"As long as you can provide this type of information, I will send you some wealth vouchers as a reward, depending on the circumstances."

"So, is this condition reasonable?"

(End of this chapter)