Chapter 800: Superposition State

)Of course, this is just Li Shouyi's illusion.

Actually, Lin An just felt the boy was a bit noisy.

He is of high quality, never insults people.

Too lazy to waste more words, Lin An turned his head and looked at everyone:

"The answer, indeed as I said in the first round."

"The only difference is that the Granny Ghost can actually 'observe' our thoughts."

"It's not a one-layer suspicion chain, nor a two-layer.."

"It's not you guess me guess you guess me... suspicion chains like that."

"But rather countless layers, until victory is ensured."

Everyone heard the sound and suddenly widened their eyes.

Just a moment ago, they still thought Li Shouyi's guess made sense.

But..

Granny Ghost can keep guessing infinitely!? Until victory!?

Then how did Lin An win?

Without beating around the bush, Lin An nodded slightly and continued:

"First, quickly recap the essence of the mission. Otherwise, you'll find it hard to understand what's going on."

"Actually, in the mission, what's most important isn't deducing lots of logic, but finding the sole correct clue."

"The system has too many traps; even if you get 99% of the reasoning right, a single mistake means death."

"So... we need 【Razor Theory 1】."

"Any foundational logic that isn't absolutely correct is not accepted."

"Like Li Shouyi, the blonde Awakened One, they all made a serious mistake: too much subjective speculation..."

"Put bluntly, it's just logic based entirely on imagination."

Hearing Lin An's evaluation, Li Shouyi couldn't help but clench his fists.

This guy, he's mocking me!

Too lazy to bother with the boy, Lin An continued without pause:

"First."

"Li Shouyi imagines that the number 3 is important, which is correct, but he additionally filled in 'repetitive logic'."

"And the blonde guy... is fantasizing that the Granny Ghost is hinting at him to role-play, which is completely wrong."

"The reason is simple."

"If pretending.. the grandson won't die, then where are the Granny Ghost's earlier grandson and granddaughter？"

"So, the blonde guy's theory should be reversed."

"That is: don't linger with the Granny Ghost, win three games quickly, don't consider a draw."

Everyone listening to Lin An unexpectedly start explaining the mission's train of thought couldn't help but feel a bit confused.

What does this have to do with the final answer...

Could it be that Lin An still wants to teach them?

They, not really understanding, only know that after Lin An said that, the earlier few people's train of thought was indeed quite skewed.

Among the crowd, a few Awakened Ones seemed to have thought of something, focusing their attention to listen.

"The key is coming."

After a brief pause, Lin An smiled:

"First, a limited-number suspicion chain is wrong because whether you guess 10 times or 100 times, essentially it's just '1' time."

"For the Granny Ghost to guarantee her own victory, she couldn't possibly play a guessing game with you."

"So she chose to cheat, directly reading our thoughts."

"And the way to break the situation is simple: we just need to add together the absolutely correct clues!"

The smile faded:

"First use 【Razor Theory】 to extract information."

"In the logic of the first deceased, the correct information is 【Granny Ghost followed rules in the first two rounds】."

"Li Shouyi: 【Third round must die】."

"Blonde male: 【cannot draw】."

"With the third round fixed lights off, we can deduce 【the unseen thing has been altered: cheating】."

"The Granny Ghost's mechanical movements, as well as the instant-kill method, allow us to conclude 【physically unable to counter】."

"Combined with the fact that upon entering the trial we clearly had spiritual power but couldn't use out-of-body projection."

"This point needs reverse inference; the forward conclusion is 【the system limits spiritual power's observation of monsters】; the reverse inference is 【we should apply spiritual power to ourselves】."

The reasoning is clear, but for many Awakened Ones it's like heavenly script.

Lin An didn't care about the somewhat confused crowd; he merely used this opportunity to teach Fiona a bit.

By the way, give a bit of help to others who are capable.

After all, he guessed that the subsequent trials might require teamwork.

Wanting to farm points, wanting to bring a bunch of 'idiots' through the trial, the difficulty is too great.

"In summary."

Lin An looked around, then in a deep voice gave the final conclusion:

"The mission thus becomes: no danger in the first two rounds, no draws, don't trust the Granny Ghost in the third round, don't even think about competing with the Granny Ghost in reaction speed at the physical level, the Granny Ghost cheats, we need to use spiritual power to lock down our thoughts."

"After simplification, we can conclude:"

"When facing the Ghost Granny, who can see our inner thoughts, the only way to break the situation is to think of nothing at all!"

"Before starting the mission, lock your thoughts with willpower! What we produce depends entirely on what the Ghost Granny produces!"

"In this way, the Ghost Granny cannot predict our actions."

"Because 【when she predicts us, she is actually predicting herself!】"

"Just like a person facing a mirror, we, without any thought, become a reflective mirror, and the Ghost Granny becomes the person in front of the mirror."

Gazing deep, Lin An's voice was cold and clear, concluding the final deduction:

"How could I possibly win against myself..."

I don't even know what I will produce, so even a stronger existence cannot predict!

Brutal force cracking, nothing more.

The whole place fell silent.

Ab... normal..

Everyone stared, mouths agape, never imagining the correct line of thought would be this.

Originally they thought Lin An's train of thought was simple, just a lucky guess.

But who would have thought that behind the seemingly simple task lay a near-unsolvable infinite chain of suspicion?

A chill ran down their spines.

Once they thought of Lin An's earlier train of thought but missed the infinite suspicion chain,

then... they were actually doomed, because the Ghost Granny could "see" what they were thinking.

And the final outcome became that, out of fear, they abandoned the entire correct line of thought.

Thus, everyone was stuck.

"But... but..."

Ajiaxi came back from his shock, stuttering as he asked his final question:

"But, Lord Lin An."

"According to what you say, wouldn't the third round become a draw with the Ghost Granny?"

"She produces what, we produce what..."

"Wouldn't that become an infinite loop? That is also completely unsolvable..."

Turning his head toward Ajiaxi, Lin An shook his head:

"Answer, haven't you already said it?"

"An infinite loop means unsolvable, but the system will not give an unsolvable mission."

"So naturally, once we use this method, the Ghost Granny will directly lose her guessing ability, break out of the suspicion chain, and retain only the most basic rule."

"This is the way out!"

"That is, what the Ghost Granny says in the third round, she actually does the opposite."

So, Lin An indeed concealed no information.

He paused.

"You can understand it as: the Ghost Granny is the observer, and we are the observed."

"When we have thoughts, the outcome is fixed."

"When we have no thoughts, it becomes self-observation."

"But her choice depends on us."

"Thus, the Ghost Granny will fall into a 【superposition state】, meaning she is simultaneously in the state of producing 'scissors' and also in the state of producing 'stone (paper)'."

"But 【superposition state】 cannot produce material interference with the outside world, i. e., she cannot act to kill."

"Therefore, the system must force her out of the 【superposition state】 to avoid system error."

"Then, a nearly unsolvable monster with predictive ability becomes a rigid robot."

"In short:"

"【The Ghost Granny can see our thoughts; her action actually comes after ours. If we do not act (have no thought), she also cannot act. This will directly trap the Ghost Granny, and to avoid deadlock, the system will cancel her cheating ability. Afterwards, the Ghost Granny becomes a 'robot' without ability, and at this point we can win simply by following the first-level suspicion chain.】"

No one spoke; they could not say anything.

Ajiaxi standing aside even felt he should kneel to listen.

Sighing, Lin An looked helplessly at the crowd.

The train of thought was actually not complicated, obviously..

Among the testers of the same batch as me, there is no wise person.

Actually there is a very obvious clue.

From the impossibility of a draw, and yet those who draw still die, we can infer.

The Ghost Granny does not win by guessing; she wins by "cheating"-like prediction.

Otherwise we cannot explain how she knows what the testers will produce... (the conditions for a draw and victory are different).

His arm was suddenly grabbed.

A fair little hand tightly gripped Lin An's arm.

That was Fiona, who had come to her senses.

After hearing the whole train of thought, everyone stood rooted like wooden chickens, unable to calm their inner shock for a long time.

A game of rock-paper-scissors... why has it become so abnormal!?

And Fiona looked at Lin An as if he were a monster.

She remembered Lin An's earlier words to her.

(Don't think too much...)

Unbelievable.

When Lin An said that, the mission had just begun...

At that time, had he found the answer...

"So..."

The voice trembled.

Fei'ouna's fingertips turned white, as if thinking of something, she tightly gripped Lin An's arm.

"What were you thinking afterward..."