Chapter 796: Three

Only a repeated win or draw in the third round will cause death!

For example, if in any previous round you used cloth to draw or win, then in the third round you absolutely cannot use cloth to win or draw!

The reason is simple.

Granny Ghost once said (beat me three times...) These three are not just the three victories we initially understood, but correspond to the three gestures, each of which must be won once!

So!

We can only do: cloth-scissors, stone-stone, cloth-cloth! In the third round, we must retain a non-repeating gesture!

But getting back to it, although the blond guy is pretty dumb, his theory might actually work; we indeed need to buy time... and we need a draw.

Without a draw, we cannot skip the repeated stage.

However, we must definitely avoid the trap I mentioned.

Everyone's expression turned grave, they thought rapidly.

Seeing everyone's reaction, the boy named Li Shouyi crossed his arms satisfiedly, the corners of his mouth turning up.

But seeing Lin An, who was out of place with the crowd, hiding in the corner with his eyes closed all the time, inevitably made him feel a bit displeased.

Playing dead? Pretending to be asleep?

Or perhaps he was actually listening in secret?

He let out a cold laugh.

In his judgment, Lin An should be waiting for the people ahead to find a solution.

Before getting the correct answer, to avoid being a guinea pig, he simply 'hid himself'.

When unsure of himself, this approach is quite correct.

After realizing this,

Fueled by the boy's competitive spirit, he couldn't help but whistle at Fiona.

"Hey, big-breasted girl."

"What's the point of guarding that corpse? Better follow me."

In his view, the best way to make a name and rise up is to step on Lin An.

There's no helping it—who made Lin An the most famous among those present?!

Fiona paused upon hearing that, then turned angrily to look at Li Shouyi.

And the awoken woman with an elder-sisterly demeanor beside the boy also glanced at him displeased, as if a bit jealous.

But, it's indeed quite big.

Beneath Fiona's pure and delicate features, her tightly wrapped curves truly attract attention.

On the other side.

Just as the words fell, all the survivors exchanged glances.

They didn't care what the boy wanted to do; they only cared whether they could earn points.

Seeing the boy focus his attention on Lin An, several people had shifting thoughts.

Although Li Shouyi spoke big, his proposed idea indeed startled them.

Pushed to the limit of their nerves, they realized Li Shouyi's logic, which also matched the death trap and the blond guy's theory.

This line of reasoning is very likely correct.

Then...

In a scramble, the baseball-cap guy's expression turned fierce as he rushed straight at Granny Ghost, trying to seize the first-place reward.

At the same time.

Ron, who had been silently standing at the storeroom door, also suddenly surged forward toward the storeroom.

He shouted at Granny Ghost, attempting to start the mission.

A bunch of idiots!

Charging straight into the storeroom is the quickest way to snag the mission!

"Granny Ghost, open...!!"

He spoke halfway.

But Ron suddenly swallowed the rest of his words, staring in shock at the figure in the corner.

The reason was simple.

All that could be seen was beneath the mask, Lin An slowly opened his eyes, his pupils devoid of any emotion:

"If I were you, I wouldn't believe his nonsense."

"According to his logic, if Granny Ghost throws the same gesture three times in a row, you will surely die."

His voice was soft, yet like a giant hammer it struck everyone awake.

Exactly.

Once Granny Ghost throws cloth three times in a row (rock, scissors), then in the third round there is no gesture left to play.

Cloth-cloth (scissors), cloth-scissors (cloth)-cloth...

Rock would inevitably lose, which means death.

The atmosphere grew tense; everyone suddenly snapped to, glaring hostilely at the trio.

Standing in the middle, Li Shouyi's face suddenly turned ugly.

He had been discovered.

Exactly, he deliberately misled everyone, making them not consider the possibility of three repeats.

In his words, he specifically pointed out that Granny Ghost had at most repeated twice.

He even pretended to focus solely on provoking Lin An, crafting an arrogant image to distract everyone from thinking, causing them to rush for first place instead.

He was very skilled at using inertia thinking to play small tricks.

In fact, if Lin An hadn't spoken up, he would have already succeeded.

At the moment when everyone's anxiety was near breaking point, few could stay calm and break through rigid thinking.

"I thought you were playing dead..."

Li Shouyi suppressed his inner irritation and coldly stared at Lin An:

"That's right."

"Theoretically speaking, the Ghost Granny indeed has the possibility of playing three identical moves in a row."

"But that's only in theory!"

He spoke rapidly, explaining himself.

Li Shouyi knew that if he couldn't convince the others, the rest might very well attack him in anger.

"Damn... bastard!"

"The system wouldn't give a dead-end mission! Believe you all also know this!"

"My reasoning is already the last possible line of thought based on the current clues."

"Click-clack"

He kept fiddling with the old pocket watch on his middle fingertip, continuing to speak as if it were a habit:

"I have solved a Supernatural Incident before."

"It occurred in the Bent Island War Zone, breaking out in Kaohsiung City as the Doorbell Ghost Eye."

"So I have rich mission-completion experience and have figured out the optimal solution under the system's rules!"

"Take this mission as an example: the system actually provided three lines of thought as clues."

"1. The Ghost Granny's dialogue, representing the meaning of the information."

"This point was cracked by the blond-haired guy."

"2. The game's own information elements: three gestures... three wins to victory!"

"This point is what I came up with!"

"3. System rule: no death in the first two rounds; danger only in the third round!"

"This is what everyone tested out at the beginning."

"These three points are not independent information; we need to synthesize them to find the true way out!"

During a brief pause, the curvaceous young woman beside Li Shouyi gazed at him with affection.

Her eyes were full of admiration.

Li Shouyi was a well-known Awakened One in their war zone.

Not only was his strength outstanding, but in the Apocalypse he had also completed many high-difficulty missions.

She and another middle-aged person were the youth's followers.

Watching the crowd silently ponder his analysis, the youth regained confidence and couldn't help but glance provocatively at Lin An:

"In summary, we can clearly draw a conclusion."

"The first victim only found the simplest No. 3 logic, lacking No. 1 and No. 2 logic."

"The blond-haired guy found the No. 1 and No. 3 logic, but lacked the No. 2 logic!"

"Their failure, both theirs and that of later victims, lay in not completing... that is, the No. 2 logic I spoke of!"

"The true way to complete it requires all three logics!"

"Pat-tat"

The pocket watch closed, and the reasoning ended here.