Chapter 805: Fair Duel

Do you want to pry it open and take a look?

Her slender fingers pried open, and Fiona felt a dryness.

It was hard to get used to, and moreover, a bit strange.

Her cheeks flushed.

It's meaningless; there are too many places to check.

Sitting in the chair, Lin An shook his head and replied lightly, indicating that the girl didn't need to keep her eyes pried open.

No one knows where the mutants' special trait lies; if it's inside the body, it could even be in the brain.

Could he possibly be planning to lift the girl's skull and take a close look?

Then... alright...

Fiona lowered her head, feeling a bit dejected, and rubbed her sore eyes.

After the cold wind blew and with Lin An's explanation, she also roughly realized that her thoughts were still too simple.

Crouching beside Lin An's feet, the two fell into silence once again.

As if by some unspoken agreement, neither brought up the previous matter again.

The key to this mission isn't about identity.

After a while, Lin An was the first to break the silence.

First, checking everyone's identities—even if we could see them—would be pointless.

In the end, we still have to rely on voting; voting decides everything.

Lifting her head, Fiona pondered for a moment and replied uncertainly:

So, this mission should be about winning over others?

Testing unity?

After all, there is another team also participating in this mission.

That's right.

Lin An nodded, habitually reaching for a cigarette to light, but discovered that his space ring had also been sealed.

"We found the hidden mutant, but we can't cast out a vote, so it's useless."

"Our team has 19 people; assuming the other team has 29 (logically, in the first round trial, one must die to probe information)."

"With a total of 48 people, under 60% valid votes, to cast out one person requires 29 votes."

"Or put another way, for someone within a group to avoid being voted out, they need 19 votes."

As he spoke, a flicker of something unusual passed through Lin An's eyes.

The numbers are too coincidental.

Fiona heard this and froze; she also sensed a hint of something odd:

"So, you're worried that if any of our team members 'betray' us and just one joins the other side... we'd all die?"

As she spoke, she also felt the gravity of the problem.

She instinctively rejected it.

"It probably isn't that much of a coincidence, right?"

"You're so capable that we've managed to survive with 19 people and make it this far."

"Maybe the other team has only a few people left."

"Moreover, the trial participants in our team shouldn't betray you. After all, everyone still counts on you..."

"You've also saved them many times, after all..."

Fiona tried to think positively.

If what Lin An said is true, then even just imagining the worst case feels thorny.

She tapped her fingertips lightly.

Lin An's gaze turned icy:

"Not necessarily."

"Precisely because the trial we passed was too smooth, the people in our team have actually already accumulated enough points."

"They have ample reason to quit the trial, and might even bite back before leaving."

"My points... are too many."

The girl fell silent after hearing that, opened her mouth, but realized this situation was highly likely to happen.

No wonder Lin An pondered for so long this time.

When it comes to matters of human nature, everything becomes extraordinarily complex.

"It probably won't... the other team..."

Habituated to planning for the worst, Lin An directly cut off Fiona's words:

"Fiona, you didn't earlier ask me what I was thinking about and who I was looking for, did you?"

His gaze grew solemn.

"I can now tell you, I've always felt that the first round trial had a problem."

"Do you remember how many people were in the old house before we arrived?"

Fiona heard this and blinked; she of course remembered:

"27 people."

"After we came, it became 29, and only after Ron arrived did it reach 30."

Lin An nodded slightly, speaking word by word:

"The problem lies right here."

What Agassi said was very clear.

At the beginning of the first round, a madman killed another Awakened One.

They had no choice but to kill that madman.

I've been wondering what situation would cause a person, even knowing that killing would not start the mission, to still choose to kill.

Furthermore, did he even want to kill more?

Something abnormal must be a monster.

You mean...?

Fiona's face tightened as she vaguely realized what Lin An was actually worried about.

Impossible!? This also...

How could it be impossible?

After retorting, Lin An exhaled lightly, stood up, and looked out the window:

If all the clues point to one thing.

Even if it's even more impossible, it's still the truth.

Moreover.

30 minus the dead madman and the first victim.

Then the final number should be 28, not 27.

Agassi clearly said that only two people died when you were worried they would continue eating people.

(Don't worry, we won't eat anymore... otherwise, if we wait longer, we'll all die.)

So...

And where did the other person go?

His whole body shook.

Fiona's eyes widened suddenly.

Such an obvious loophole, they seemed to ignore it as usual, forgetting this point.

The chill was oppressive.

Round 7, the Blood Moon Curse begins.

The rules are as follows:

1. Voting begins every minute; the voted-out person instantly loses 50% of their points, which are stored in the system.

2. End condition 1: When only two people remain, if one of them is a mutant, the mutant wins and receives all stored points.

3. End condition 2: After all mutants are voted out, the remaining trial participants split the stored points equally.

4. After the trial ends, if either team has never voted out a mutant, all members die (including those eliminated).

Note: Each team has only one mutant; finding all mutants grants an extra 100 points, and each person voted out also gives an additional 5 points.

The rules are very simple.

The top priority is to find the opponent's mutant.

This way, we can avoid total annihilation; the worst outcome is merely losing 50% of points.

Furthermore, try to prevent the opponent from finding our mutant early to seize the initiative.

Interestingly, our mutant also shouldn't be found too late.

Otherwise, once numbers become too few, causing our mutant to gain an advantage, it could even join forces with the opponent to kill everyone.

Under these conditions, if one is a bit more ruthless.

The more trial participants voted out, the greater the reward.

Sitting before a huge round table similar to a meeting room, Lin An silently gazed at the opposing team.

The opposing team is numbered 1, and its leader is surprisingly an Awakened One wearing a white robe.

Hello.

Lin An...

Sitting opposite Lin An, Andre spoke softly, his eyes filled with a rich golden hue.

Beneath a silver crown, his gentle smile was like a blazing sun.

North American War Zone Leader, Spiritual Controller Andre.

Unlike Lin An's worst expectations, Andre's team also consisted of 19 trial participants.

19 versus 19, a fair showdown.