Chapter 802: Guess

He should have... said an extra person character.. 」

Looking at the projection, the crowd began to make deep, heavy guesses.

What a cruel rule.

A Second Level peak, they died as soon as they said death.

The picture continued, now coming to No. 2's turn to guess, that is, the Awakened One behind the headless corpse.

This team chose to arrange in forward order.

No. 2 Awakened One is a red-haired woman, with crimson long hair draped over her shoulders, appearing to have a fire talent.

Her beautiful face twisted from fear.

She stared fixedly at the corpse before her, her brain racing.

An Awakened One wearing a human skull has already died... So according to probability.

Will the probability of my head being a Zombie skull increase?

After struggling a moment, she shouted without hesitation:

「Zombie! 」

「Ah... ah ah!!! 」

The corpse fell.

The 【Resentful Skull】 worn on her head rolled to the ground, a dark red Zombie skull.

「What's going on?! 」

'She answered correctly, and didn't say anything wrong!'

Outside the picture, the crowd exclaimed in astonishment.

This death method of having the brain eaten alive to nothing is truly somewhat cruel.

The one in front was clearly Mistaken, but where did No. 2 say something Mistaken?

In the panic.

Lin An's eyes moved slightly, he calmly replied:

「It should be that her voice was too loud. 」

「The system stipulated that no extra information may be revealed. 」

「She shouted her answer to the question, and it was counted as extra information. 」

「So, even guessing correctly would be judged as violating the rule. 」

Suddenly enlightened.

An Awakened One in white robes couldn't help but ask in a low voice:

「Doesn't that mean... later we must speak the answer with a fixed tone, and even the spacing between characters cannot have any error. 」

「With this tension, if something goes wrong... 」

「Damn it! 」

After a long silence, Li Shouyi, standing at the end of the team, suddenly cursed.

The pocket watch on his fingertip clicked shut.

After seeing this mission's rules, he quickly came up with a solution.

The idea is very simple, but he felt it would definitely work.

That is, when guessing the answer, report from back to front.

If the person ahead is wearing a skull, the first guesser raises their tone a bit; otherwise, they lower it.

Loud represents Zombie, soft represents human.

This way, except for the last person, who has a 50% chance of guessing wrong (since no one can tell him via tone volume what he's wearing).

Under the condition of not being allowed to turn back.

Reporting from front to back, the others will surely win!

But now it seems, this loophole has been completely blocked.

Listening to Lin An's explanation, Fiona also sighed.

She actually also thought of a method.

Like Li Shouyi's, but using the spacing between characters as a hint.

Elongating the tone, one long one short means Zombie, two short means human.

However..

Both approaches have been blocked; she really can't think of another approach in a short time.

Could it really come down to luck?

Standing at the front, Lin An glanced back at the girl and gave a slight nod.

He felt Fiona's mood was somewhat down.

「Don't worry about it.. 」

「Huh?! 」

Following not far behind Lin An, Ajiasi, who constantly stared at Lin An, had his eyes light up, his heart stirred.

「Don't worry about it? 」

「Holy shit! 」

「Just a few seconds? Having a thigh hug, that's awesome... 」

The picture in the projection continued to play.

In just 30 seconds, the squad numbered 6, all members died.

Headless corpses lay scattered on the ground, pieced together like strange centipedes.

The Awakened Ones off-screen all fell silent, feeling a fox's sorrow over a rabbit's death.

The entire team, not a single one survived..

It's laughable to say.

The reason Team 6 was wiped out wasn't violating the rules, nor being too stupid.

Quite the opposite, the Awakened Ones who later began guessing the answer all followed the rules, racking their brains.

The reason for the wipeout is simple.

In their team of fourteen total, only one person wore a Resentful Skull made of a human skull.

That is, the first deceased.

The rest all wore dark-red Zombie skulls.

It's like a joke.

Each later trial participant, upon seeing that those who died ahead were all wearing Zombie skulls, would think they should be wearing a human skull.

After all, whether by elimination or probability, it should have been so.

However, the system seemed to be toying with them.

Especially when Awakened One Number 14, horrified, looked at the corpses littering the ground wearing Zombie skulls, he dared not guess he was still a Zombie.

Thus, the entire group was wiped out.

"30-second countdown, after choosing the arrangement order and start order, the trial begins!"

As the system prompt sounded, everyone fell into anxiety.

The projected video not only failed to give them ideas, but instead made them feel immense pressure.

"I can't guess it! There's no way to figure it out!"

"We can't see what's on our own heads, and others can't tell us! Isn't this just gambling with our lives?!"

Like ants on a hot pan.

The first round gave ample thinking time, but this round is pitifully little.

Besides the two people beside Lin An, all other Awakened Ones imagined in their minds the scene of their brains being gnawed away.

There's no way to find a loophole, nor to have someone else tell the answer.

Moreover, the types of Resentful Skulls distributed by the system are completely random.

With nineteen participants, the system could produce eighteen Zombie skulls, or just one.

Completely random, with no pattern.

They couldn't even guess by elimination or probability.

Unconsciously, everyone turned their gazes toward Lin An in unison.

"Lord Lin An!"

"Do you have a solution?!"

The sole hope.

They couldn't think of any other way; obviously, at this point they could only rely on Lin An.

"If you want to farm points with us, then go complete the mission!"

Even Li Shouyi, at this moment, kept his mouth shut, not daring to say a word.

He too feared death.

If given enough time, he was confident he could figure it out.

But with only one minute of thinking time, he could only come up with that very point just mentioned.

His followers nearby also didn't care about his dignity, equally nervous as they watched Lin An.

10-second countdown.

Lin An pondered for a moment, then calmly nodded and began arranging:

"Later we'll guess in reverse order; I'll take the second-to-last position."

"Fiona, you'll be third from the end."

"Li Shouyi, you'll take the first-from-the-end position."

"Huh?"

Li Shouyi started, not expecting Lin An to call on him voluntarily.

"Guessing in reverse order? That's no problem; forward or reverse are the same."

"But to let me go first?"

As he pondered, Lin An spoke rapidly:

"Li Shouyi, look from behind forward, and you can see everyone's Resentful Skulls on their heads."

"If the number of human skulls among the Resentful Skulls is even (2/4/6/8/10), you call out 'Human'."

"If it's odd (1/3/5/7/9), you call out 'Zombie'."

Having said that, Lin An turned to the crowd, speaking word by word:

"And you, after hearing Li Shouyi announce whether the number of human skulls is even or odd, quickly count the number of human skulls on the heads of the trial participants ahead."

"Next, immediately guess following this line of thought!"

"For example: we have nineteen people, with two humans, located at positions 1 and 18!"

"Number 19 Li Shouyi, looking from behind forward, sees two humans and calls out 'Human' (even)."

"I am at position 18, seeing one human ahead (odd)."

"Then I can be absolutely certain that I must be the other remaining human!"

1+1=2 (even number)

You all use this line of thinking to state the type of 【Resentful Skull】 on your heads; this round can be considered easily passed.

Very simple.