Chapter 1879

After returning to the camp, several people simply sorted out their luggage and found that this camp was like someone had lived here before. The daily necessities were very complete, and there were many clothes. Unfortunately, the sizes were not quite right, but they could be worn after some alterations.

Schiller checked the master bedroom and kitchen respectively, and said to everyone: "The couple who lived here before might have been forest rangers, about 30 to 40 years old. They had no children. The husband had been engaged in high-intensity physical labor for a long time and was more burly. The wife seemed to have a disability in her left foot, but she was good at sewing and also quite good at cooking."

"I guess this might be a building directly copied from Earth by the organizer. It seems that this was the home where the couple lived all year round, so it was well-managed and can be lived in after a little tidying up."

"Then let's follow the old rules: divide into two teams, one team tidies up the camp, and one team goes out to explore the surrounding environment, but don't drag it out for too long. We still have to strive for the first-mover advantage."

After the decision, they started to group. Finally, Steve, Natasha, and Ma Te, the three people with strong mobility and keen senses, went out to explore. Schiller, Peter, Stark, and Pikachu stayed in the base to sort out daily necessities.

After the exploration team led by Steve left, Schiller and Peter were responsible for tidying up the house where people lived, and Stark and Pikachu went to the warehouse and tool room together to see if they could find lathes or mechanical parts to make some gadgets.

Schiller first moved all the sheets, quilts, and clothes in the room to the sofa in the living room, then set up a few clotheslines on the edge of the logging site, and hung all the things up to dry.

Peter turned out all the clothes and sorted them according to size, finding that it was indeed as Schiller said. The couple might have moved here when they were very young.

Some of their old clothes were smaller in size and could be worn by Peter and Natasha, while the husband seemed to have become stronger later, and the sizes of the clothes also became larger, which were just right for Steve, Stark, and Schiller, who were taller.

Schiller finished drying the quilts and went to the kitchen to put the pots, bowls, basins, and ladles in order, while Peter adjusted the position of the sofa, moved the large sofa back a bit, moved the two small sofas in the bedroom upstairs, and brought over an armchair to facilitate everyone to sit around the fireplace for meetings.

In the shoe cabinet at the door, Schiller found two walkie-talkies, guessing that they might be used by the couple when they were active in the woods, and found several pairs of wading boots. The size of the men's wading shoes was okay, but Natasha definitely couldn't wear the women's pair.

After a while, Stark came back, pushing a flatbed cart with a lot of messy things on it, and it was full of dust.

"I found a broken small speedboat in the warehouse. I guess it was used for fishing on the lake. There are also some fishing gear, but I don't know the models of these things very well, so I brought them for you to see."

Schiller was not very proficient in fishing, at least his technique was average when fishing in the lake, but Peter ran over excitedly and said: "Harry likes fishing the most. I've been sea fishing with him a few times. Let me see."

He rushed over to look at the pile of fishing rods, toolboxes, and fishing nets, studied them for a while, and said: "The original owner of this place might be a lure fishing master. The tools are very professional, and the technique of making fishing bait is also quite exquisite."

Peter scratched his head and said: "This proves that the fish resources here should be relatively rich. At least the food problem is solved."

When the exploration team came back, Stark was repairing the old TV in the living room. After removing the outer cover, he determined that the TV wasn't actually broken, it was just too dusty and should be cleaned before being powered on.

Steve and Natasha walked in one after another, but Ma Te, who was following behind, was actually holding a fish that was not small.

"This guy is a fishing master." Steve pointed back and said: "He could actually catch fish with his fingers."

"Not a very clever technique." Ma Te said modestly: "Just using fingers to simulate bait, but I can indeed hear the sound of big fish swimming by. There are many fish nearby, enough for us to eat."

Stark in the living room stood up straight, patted the back of the TV, and said: "Not bad, it should be fine. Peter, connect the power."

After the power was connected, the screen successfully lit up, but there was no signal, so all channels were snow. But Pikachu had long ago turned out a pile of discs from the cabinet next to it, all of which were old movies from around the turn of the millennium.

Schiller took Ma Te's fish to the kitchen to process, Peter and Pikachu sorted the discs, Steve and Natasha cleaned the floating dust in the living room, and Ma Te fiddled with the fishing gear.

The whole house was very spacious. The original owner of the house added two more windows to the living room, making the whole living room abnormally bright in the morning light, and even the floating dust was clearly visible. The scenery outside the window was a colorful autumn, making people's mood also become cheerful.

"You're right, Dr. Schiller, our luck is indeed good. The environment here is very good, very conducive to quiet thinking." Ma Te fiddled with the fishing bait and said.

Schiller scraped the fish scales and was about to answer and chat, when everyone heard a prompt sound in their ears: "A nearby team has launched a game challenge, do you want to open spectator mode?"

Several people were stunned. Stark exclaimed first: "We can watch other teams play games?!"

"Open." Steve shouted loudly.

"Spectator mode is opening... Opening failed. Insufficient betting points, unable to open spectator mode. Please ensure that you have held the minimum betting funds of 1 point to open spectator mode."

Everyone exchanged glances and immediately realized something, so they all put down their work and sat on the sofa by the fireplace. Schiller said quickly: "First, he said a nearby team has launched a game challenge, which means if the team next door enters the game, we will get a prompt here, and if we enter the game, they will also have a prompt. We can understand the other party's movements at any time. I'm afraid this is one of the clues for us to guess the other party's points."

"Second, you can open spectator mode to watch others play games, but you must have a minimum betting fund of 1 point. You can bet, which means you can gamble. I guess it should be betting on the outcome of the game."

"But if we let us see the outcome of the nearby team's game, wouldn't we know how many points they have?" Peter asked immediately.

"If it were a game of all strangers, that would indeed be the case. But don't forget, you have many counterparts. Others will also assume there is more than one of themselves, so judging their points by the appearance of the game participants is unreliable."

"Wait, there is another possibility." Stark frowned and proposed: "Since there are many people who look the same, can we imitate them by watching others in spectator mode, so as to play others?"

The remaining people felt a chill in their hearts, and then they discovered that this spectator mode was the real killer move.

Don't forget, the multiverse has countless counterparts. Even if there are only 600 people, it is normal for two or three people to look exactly the same as yourself. So how to judge who this person seen in spectator mode really is?

If everyone looked completely different, you could remember the wins and losses of everyone through spectator mode, so that when you participate in the game yourself, you can judge whether to kill them or keep them through the points of everyone you remember.

But among superheroes with counterparts, this trick doesn't work. Spectator mode can only be seen with eyes, and the vast majority of counterparts not only look the same but also act in similar ways. Even if you know a certain Iron Man lost, how can you distinguish which Iron Man it is?

And there is also the possibility that Stark mentioned: I deliberately imitate you, making people watching think you lost the game, thereby misleading their wrong judgment of your points.

Natasha covered her forehead hard and said: "If this is the case, there will be endless games, because if you see a person in the game, you will also guess whether the one you just saw in spectator mode is him, or who is imitating him, or he simply pretends to be the person imitating him to confuse your vision. This is endless."

"But this confirms one of our guesses." Schiller opened his mouth again: "The first mover has an advantage. Completing a game first means having funds to participate in spectatorship, which is equivalent to getting two pieces of information in one game. We must hurry up."

Steve immediately made a final decision: "Then we will immediately send a representative to participate in the first round of the game. We won't struggle with the selection of the game anymore. Let's choose wisdom. Anyway, in the case of blind guessing, no one knows what the situation is..."

But just as he said this, he was interrupted by Stark. Stark said: "Now we cannot judge whether other surrounding teams have completed the game and obtained spectator funds."

"If they have earned 1 point and can open spectatorship, they might see us playing games, which might leak intelligence."

Several people realized another trap of this spectator rule—if you try your best to participate in the game, but happen to be watched by others, the other party might know your weaknesses through spectatorship. If you are matched with them next time, they can target this weakness to frame you.

But if you don't try your best to participate in the game, there is a possibility of failure. Hiding your clumsiness is very likely to hide yourself to death.

And Stark seemed to realize something, turned his head to look at Schiller, and said: "This is very unfavorable for people without counterparts, and at least Schiller is the only one in the Avengers without counterparts, so you must play less."

"We must also use fewer abilities that are different from others. As long as we mix in the ocean of typical counterparts, it will not be easy to be noticed."

Schiller shook his head and said: "No, this is exactly my advantage. Have you ever thought that everyone will soon realize that the appearance and behavioral guidelines of counterparts are similar, which means their weaknesses are similar."

"The more counterparts you have, the higher the probability of being watched, and the higher the appearance rate, the easier it is to see your weaknesses. On the contrary, there is no second existence like me, the probability of being watched is small, and the probability of being seen through weaknesses is also small."

Obviously, the brains of the others were a bit messy, but Schiller said very firmly: "Since we will know the situation of the surrounding teams, the later confrontation is inevitable. The spectator rule seems to be a clue to determine points, but it may also be our weapon."

Everyone cast their eyes on him. Schiller smiled and said: "People often say that seeing is believing, but this may not be true in such games. We can completely mislead those watching through our performance in the game, making them think we have weaknesses, but in reality, it is a trap set for them."