Chapter 359: The Contest Between Indecisiveness and Insane Total Strategy

Inside Room 1801.

There was no specific script, so the two of them acting out the plotline was just going through the motions.

Sitting on the sofa, both holding an empty wine bottle in their hands, they remained silent.

Li Jianguo lit a Cigarette and was about to hand one to the Short and Fat player. Seeing that he was blindfolded, he simply handed over the Cigarette he had just lit for himself.

"Thanks."

Li Jianguo smiled and lit another one for himself.

It was very strange. Regardless of whether they had memories or not, the Players of Hell mostly appeared very 【harmonious】 during Instances.

"Plan First, Fight Later, this is the style of the School of Military Strategems among the Four Schools of Military Strategists."

"That Beautiful Woman seems to act with vigor and resolve. She looks very much like the style of the School of Military Momentum among the Four Schools of Military Strategists."

Li Jianguo nodded.

"If this Plot Simulation continues to drag on like this, I feel that in the end, neither of us will be able to fulfill the clear conditions."

Indeed, in terms of IQ, everyone's IQ seemed to be about the same.

Whatever should be thought of, could be thought of.

In this kind of evenly matched game, it was very difficult to determine a winner. Furthermore, the Plot Simulation was filled with massive amounts of unknown information.

The majority of those who survived had cautious personalities. Even the Youth who wanted to gamble ultimately suppressed his gambler's desires.

It was imaginable that when the plotline was completely simulated, it would be very difficult for any more deaths to occur.

"What do you mean?"

"To be honest, I don't really believe you can achieve total strategems. I am almost certain that you made a huge blunder in certain details."

If the Short and Fat player could see, he would find that the current Li Jianguo seemed to possess a pair of eyes that could see through people's hearts.

"Actually, military momentum is very easy to achieve. As long as one is sufficiently erudite, they can basically deal with various sudden situations. The pinnacle of this school should be The All-Knowing; but the pinnacle of military strategems should be The Almighty." Speaking up to here, he looked the Short and Fat player up and down: "I don't see the attributes of The Almighty on you."

"Therefore, I have reason to suspect that there might be a problem with you striking first."

"Continue." The Short and Fat player's expression didn't change.

"Judging from the group chat, the message 1803 sent was: 1802 is sick."

"When 1803 was questioned, the message he sent contained the word 【Tenant】."

"Later he explained that it was an issue with nine-key typing. Presumably, with your IQ, you should have tested it, right."

"Resident and Tenant are different in pinyin. One is a retroflex sound, the other is a flat tongue sound. Moreover, using nine-key typing, 【Tenant】 is not listed first."

"Then, it's highly likely that the message 1803 sent actually meant 【Tenant】."

Even though everyone could be certain it was 【Tenant】, they still utilized Avoidance of Lying.

"Simply put, 1803 seemed to be deliberately revealing some information."

"For example, following the possible loopholes in his group chat, we can easily deduce that the role he is playing is likely Killer C in the plotline. Despite there being no substantive evidence, this suspicion has already been planted."

"His message mentioned that 1802 is sick, and 1802's message also mentioned throwing a drunken fit. Then, we can deduce that 1802 is highly likely playing the role of Killer A or Killer B in the plotline."

Speaking to here, Li Jianguo carefully observed the Short and Fat player's expression, attempting to discover something.

Seeing him have no reaction, Li Jianguo frowned, took a drag of his cigarette, and prepared to throw out his ultimate move.

"Can Room 1802 be pulled open?"

"If it can, it proves that the two of us can enter Room 1801, or we can enter Room 1802."

"Doesn't it mean that we can act out the plotline in Room 1801, or we can act out the plotline in Room 1802."

"Do you think that's reasonable?"

The next moment, Li Jianguo stared intently at the Short and Fat player, enunciating word by word: "Unless, the two rooms are exactly identical!"

"And you deduced that the two rooms might be identical, but couldn't be sure, therefore you pulled the so-called 【Striking First】."

Li Jianguo's words were just short of throwing the sentence 【You are playing the role of Killer B in the plotline】 right in the Short and Fat player's face.

"How are you certain that I might have deduced the two rooms are identical?" The Short and Fat player asked in return.

Li Jianguo said quietly: "The injuries on your body are real, right? What I mean is, you didn't cause the injuries on your body yourself, right?"

As soon as these words came out, the Short and Fat player's cheek twitched.

A word to the wise is enough.

Simply put.

If the injuries on the Short and Fat player's body weren't caused by himself, then the entire murder case could rule out methods like poisoning. A struggle must have definitely taken place between the killer and the killer (victim). Since it was a struggle...

Then, the two killers should have been in the same room at that time.

Judging from the respective messages sent in the group chat, only 【1801 went drinking】 and 【1802 threw a drunken fit】 could possibly appear in the same room.

As for the others, whether it was cursing, fighting, or pulling the power switch, it was all done in the corridor outside the rooms.

But previously, they appeared in nine rooms, with one person in each room.

Therefore, in the Short and Fat player's deduction.

There were two situations.

One: Room 1801 and Room 1802 are different, 1801 went to 1802 to drink.

Two: Room 1801 and Room 1802 are identical, 1801 going drinking is false information. Because 1801 knew Killer B was related to drinking, he deliberately sent 【went drinking】 in the group chat.

Based on these two deductions.

What the Short and Fat player needed to do was prevent 1801 from deducing these two possibilities.

Standing from 1801's perspective, once 1801 went to 1802 and confirmed the two rooms were identical.

He could immediately deduce that 1802 was playing the role of Killer B in the plotline.

Therefore, if the Short and Fat player didn't want to die, he would definitely stop 1801 from going to 1802.

To put it even more simply.

Regardless of which of the two possibilities the Short and Fat player deduced, or whether the two possibilities he himself deduced were correct, he would definitely stop 1801 from going to Room 1802.

Therefore, that led to him striking first.

"Evidence?" The Short and Fat player asked indifferently.

These two words poked Li Jianguo right in the sore spot. If he had evidence, there would be no need to spout nonsense here for half a day.

The reason was very simple. It was solely because the messages they sent in the group chat...

Weren't necessarily true!

And in the plotline, 1801 indeed had to go to the victim's room. So them being able to pull open Room 1801 might be influenced by 1801's script. Of course, it was also possible that the message 1802 sent in the group chat was true, and the deductions were all correct, so them being able to pull open Room 1801 was influenced by 1802's script.

Therefore, nobody could be certain which of the two was actually acting out the plotline, who was observing, or if both of them were acting out the plotline?

It was this uncertainty that caused them to not dare Confirm each other's identity, even though they felt their own deductions were flawless.

There was also the most crucial point.

If the message 1803 sent in the group chat was true, then the Elite Male might be Killer C. As long as two people entered Room 1801 and one person came out, then 1803 could instantly determine the identities of both people...

If one person comes out, they will definitely die!

The key to breaking the entire deadlock was actually to kill Killer C first!