Chapter 308 - 307: The Unwinnable Game
Looking into Ding Ning’s puzzled eyes, Flying Eagle paused.
The wind howled around them, kicking up the dust on the ground, making the atmosphere even more tense.
"How do you know we have ulterior motives for passing the levels?" Ding Ning stared at him intently, as if trying to see through Flying Eagle.
Flying Eagle was taken aback, "Isn’t it common knowledge that there are rewards after passing the levels?"
"Although I don’t know why you, who are such a high level, are still attempting these challenges, there must be higher-level rewards." Flying Eagle honestly shared his speculation.
His expression carried a hint of unease, unsure if his words would provoke their displeasure.
Upon hearing this, Ding Ning felt her mind suddenly clear.
A flash of realization passed through her eyes.
Jiang Che was also stunned, and he immediately realized that during their previous discussions with other lords about passing the levels, they had fallen into a major misunderstanding.
That was, they tried their best to make those lords believe them, to believe that they were just going for the experience, to see the world, to witness different scenery.
They gave many excuses, except they never mentioned the rewards.
Yes, the promotion rewards for high-level challenges were limited, but the rewards still existed.
He made so many excuses and deliberately concealed this fact, those lords must have guessed they had other motives.
Thinking of this, a cold sweat broke out on Jiang Che’s back.
"No matter what, from now on, strive with all your might. Once in their territory, trust no one." Ding Ning looked at Jiang Che.
Jiang Che nodded vigorously.
The people summoned by Flying Eagle quickly arrived at the scene. There were a hundred people here, all with seemingly similar auras, each with an eyeball floating in front of them, and corresponding surveillance footage could be found in the sky overhead.
"Any other requests?" he quickly asked.
A multiplayer game of Werewolf, it was his first attempt.
If they could discern the identity of two people in each round, the pace would indeed be much faster.
"In that dungeon over there, all participants will look exactly the same."
"Octopus Lord loves this feeling of the unknown yet being in control." Ding Ning quickly explained.
"But those evil spirits in their territory, despite everyone supposedly looking the same, in so many games, outsiders, especially humans, once entered, even if they tried to disguise themselves, would find it hard to act identically to them."
"They would soon give themselves away." Ding Ning waved her hand, and Jiang Che, along with the hundred people, were shrouded in mist.
Just by appearances, it was impossible to distinguish who was who.
With Flying Eagle’s thought, an eyeball also floated in front of Jiang Che, and like everyone else, Jiang Che’s actions and movements were exposed to surveillance.
He frowned, sensing the crimes in his mind.
The images of over a hundred people were in his mind.
"So, in his game, does a criminal commit bad deeds?"
"Isn’t everything exposed on screen?" Flying Eagle was shocked.
This was different from the Werewolf game they usually played.
In their usual games, at least the seer was in the dark.
But now, everything was in full view of the seer, rendering the ability to check identities twice each night meaningless.
Ding Ning sighed, "Thus, this game has a hidden rule."
"That’s on the werewolf side, if they don’t take action, one random werewolf will die each night."
This presents an almost certain defeat for the werewolves.
Flying Tiger furrowed his brow, this game was truly unsolvable.
"If I don’t personally do it, does it still count as me killing if I, as a werewolf, kill someone?" Jiang Che looked at Ding Ning.
Ding Ning nodded.
"This killing is not counted on an individual level."
"No matter who killed them, because the deaths are not attributed to individuals but to the werewolf group as a whole."
"From what I know, the werewolf group over there no longer acts."
"Because taking action would lead to being discovered."
"It’s better to lose one randomly."
"Moreover, the good people must find a werewolf every day, or else they’ll lose one each day too."
"In addition, there’s a daily vote for execution."
"Whichever side is wiped out first loses." Ding Ning quickly laid out the game’s rules.
"What about the seer?" Flying Tiger was puzzled, was this still Werewolf?
"He’s neutral. He’ll be happy as long as one side is wiped out over there." Ding Ning explained quickly.
To the Octopus Lord, it won’t concern itself with whether its subjects live or die over one game.
It’s just that the subjects regularly accompany him for one game.
"Moreover, going inside doesn’t necessarily mean becoming a werewolf."
"There’s a chance of being a good person who can’t act."
After Ding Ning finished speaking, everyone gasped.
Flying Eagle was momentarily at a loss on how to emulate this game.
Because it hardly seemed like a game at all, more like a group entertaining a seer without the usual tactics of Werewolf.
"I have a question." Jiang Che raised his head, looking at Ding Ning.
"Is his seer identity public?" As soon as Jiang Che finished, Flying Tiger instantly understood.
If the seer’s identity is not openly identified as the lord, then anyone can assume this role.
It’s just that those under his territory, those attempting, don’t dare to assume.
Everyone is hoping to survive on one side till the end.
Ding Ning also paused slightly.
"No, inside, he’s the same as everyone, his identity is not visible."
"But his power cannot be disguised because he truly can see what everyone is doing every moment."
"So no one has ever dared to challenge him." Ding Ning had not expected Jiang Che to think this way.
But it’s undeniable, it is a solution.
Instead of sitting and waiting for death, it would be better to challenge others, persuading them to vote out everyone from the other team.
Thinking about this, her eyes were a mix of surprise and joy.
Surprise because challenging exposes one’s identity, joy because this is truly the only solution.
"I have something to say." Flying Eagle raised his hand.
"This surveillance range is not almighty."
"I don’t know if they have similar eyeballs, but from my side, this monitoring only sees a partial view and sound. Actions like hiding hands in pockets or under tables are not visible." He described the situation in his territory.
People here have also thought about isolating from surveillance.
But no matter what they do, they can’t block the eyeball’s gaze.
Eventually, they realized that hiding minor actions was still possible.
Gradually later, they discovered that as long as they exposed their faces while their bodies were hidden, that thing couldn’t see what their bodies were doing.
"Over there..." Ding Ning was silent for a moment, she had only encountered that dungeon a few times, and since it was too dull, she did not participate further, "It should be similar."