Chapter 367: A Lunatic Dancing on the Tip of a Knife?

The Short and Fat player's death left the remaining two trembling with fear. They subconsciously wanted to Confirm the Youth's identity, but...

It was still that problem: the Short and Fat player was shot for telling a lie, so the Youth's identity could be Killer B or C, or he could also be a civilian. There was no way to prove he was exactly Killer A.

To bet, or not to bet?

But suddenly, they froze.

【Killer A: A heinous criminal who kills indiscriminately. When three or fewer people appear in front of him/her, these people all die. At the same time, when Killer A's identity is exposed and more than three people appear beside him/her, Killer A will definitely die. (The number of people does not include Killers B and C.)】

At this moment, there were only two people left in front of the Youth. Even if they Confirmed he was Killer A.

He wouldn't die!

The condition of 'more than three people' had to be met before he could be killed by the mechanism in the announcement.

Thinking of this.

She wanted to tell the people inside: The Youth is with a high probability exactly Killer A, come out quickly, let's join hands and Confirm him to death.

However, the door seemed to be locked from the inside. No matter how she pulled the door, she couldn't pull it open.

The Pan-faced Woman was in despair: "How could this be?"

"Can't figure it out?" The Youth raised his eyes and looked at her indifferently. "Judging from the targeted text messages left in some people's phones, they should target the people at a disadvantage in the announcement."

"But, have you ever thought about it? The text message is only a reminder. Whether they target anyone or not actually has no impact on them right now. Even if they don't target anyone, they won't accept punishment."

"Moreover, judging from the current information, they fundamentally cannot be certain who is playing the role of Killer A in the plotline."

"Do you think they would bet?"

For the four people inside, as long as they hid safely inside, they could clear the instance. Why take the risk to come out and bet on whether the Youth was Killer A?

The bad roots of human nature were fully displayed at this moment, namely...

If It's Not About Oneself, Hang It Up High.

"Of course, if one of you is playing Killer B, maybe..."

Hearing this, the two froze.

'The Youth is Killer A.'

'By now, he clearly could have utilized the mechanism to kill us.'

'But, he chose to induce lies.'

'Simply because he was afraid that after utilizing the mechanism to kill us, the people inside would immediately come out to examine the condition of our deaths, and would then be able to determine that he is exactly Killer A.'

'Therefore, if he wants to land safely, he has to shoot us.'

'If, at this time, there is Killer B among us...'

'He would be in a dilemma.'

'Killing via mechanism, he's afraid of being Confirmed.'

'Killing via lies, he's afraid of being Confirmed.'

'The former is because he is afraid of being Confirmed by the people inside the room; the latter is because he is afraid of being Confirmed by Killer B.'

'Caught in a dilemma, perhaps an unexpected balance could be reached.'

The Pan-faced Woman glanced at the corpse of 1806, secretly thinking that this person had previously told two lies. One got him shot, but the other didn't. The reason the other lie didn't get him shot was that he was the only one who knew it was a lie.

'Looking at it right now, nobody can be certain who is playing Killer B either.'

The Youth glanced at his Watch. "You have one minute."

His words came out of nowhere, but both understood his meaning:

【If neither of you admits who is playing Killer B within one minute, then I will utilize the mechanism to kill people.】

The Elite Male frowned.

'Why does he want Killer B to admit their identity?'

'So that's how it is!'

'In his judgment, the Short and Fat player wasn't Killer B. If there isn't Killer B among us either, then that means...'

'Killer B is inside Room 1803!'

'If Killer A is alive and wants to clear the instance, he must confirm the deaths of Killers B and C.'

'If Killer B is inside the room, he has no way to clear the instance, so this is a trap... he set for us.'

'If we say that we are playing Killer B in the plotline, he will immediately utilize the mechanism to kill the two of us.'

'But, as long as we say that we are not playing Killer B, then he will think Killer B is inside Room 1803, and won't dare to rashly kill us.'

The two exchanged a glance. Because the Elite Male had previously said he wasn't playing Killer C in the plotline.

Then, the Elite Male's identity was with a high probability a civilian.

Only the Pan-faced Woman's identity still couldn't be determined up until now.

Thus, the Pan-faced Woman organized her wording in her mind. "I am not the person playing Killer B in the plotline."

"Continue." The Youth urged.

"I am also not the person playing Killer C in the plotline." The Pan-faced Woman said.

Hearing this, the Youth smiled. His laughter grew increasingly arrogant, but suddenly paused.

Under the horrified gazes of the two.

"I am playing... Killer A in the plotline."

As the words fell, Killer A's killing mechanism triggered at this moment. The Pan-faced Woman and the Elite Male felt their bodies become as heavy as Mount Tai.

In an instant, they were crushed into...

【Human Pancakes】

Brains splattered in all directions, flesh and blood mutilated.

…

The laughter outside the room could be heard clearly by the four people inside the room. They knew clearly that the outside had with a high probability already executed the mechanism kill.

However, no one dared to go out.

Even though they had four people, and all four people were civilians, if they Confirmed Killer A...

Killer A would die.

But, no one went out. It was still that saying: since they could all clear the instance safely anyway, why do something superfluous and take the risk of going out to Confirm?

Why was going out taking a risk?

Simply because, if they deduced from their perspective, they would discover...

1806 was Killer C.

Simply because the Elite Male had said just now that he wasn't Killer C. Under those circumstances, he had no reason to lie.

The person most likely to be Killer C said he wasn't Killer C.

Judging from the announcement, as long as Killer C exposed his identity, it would be very hard for him to die even if he wanted to.

But from beginning to end, Killer C hadn't exposed his identity once.

Was there a possibility that Killer C was actually already long dead?

Precisely because of this, the Youth engineered it so the Pan-faced Woman would state her identity.

In the end, she wasn't Killer C either.

Was it possible she was lying?

No.

The reason was also very simple. If she was really Killer C, she should have immediately stated she was Killer C just now, which would have granted her immunity to the mechanism kill.

It might be helpful to properly sort it out.

The four people in 1803 were civilians.

The Short and Fat player was Killer B. The Youth could deduce this conclusion from the two Property Deeds and the plotline.

The Elite Male and the Pan-faced Woman weren't Killer C either.

The Youth was even less so.

Among the nine people, it could already be determined that eight were not Killer C. Then Killer C...

Could only be the first to die, 1806.

Since Killer C was already long dead, then Killer B would go berserk, possessing the same killing mechanism as Killer A.

Therefore, whether the Youth was Killer A or Killer B, only he himself knew.

The four people inside Room 1803 fundamentally weren't clear whether he was A or B. Going out to Confirm carried a 50% probability of Confirming incorrectly.

So, there was no need to take the risk.

Conclusion: From the above information, the Youth would determine that the four people in 1803 fundamentally couldn't judge whether the person surviving outside was exactly Killer A or Killer B.

Since they couldn't judge, then the Youth could indiscriminately kill using the mechanism.

Put simply, when the Youth said 【You have one minute】, no matter how the two answered, they would ultimately die.

Answering with false words meant lying.

Answering with true words meant being killed by the mechanism.

Therefore, only by not answering could the Pan-faced Woman and the Elite Male live.

However, they didn't think of this layer.

Simply because there were far too many information gaps existing inside. For example, when the Pan-faced Woman went to Room 1806, she didn't see the content on the phone before it was deleted by the Beautiful Woman.

Looking at the entire Secret Room overall, it was actually all about utilizing information gaps to play the game.

The Property Deed was an information gap.

The text message was also an information gap.

Each searching individually was still an information gap.

Different memories were also information gaps.

These information gaps caused their deductions to also turn out differently. In some situations, only people who knew the information could deduce it.

Of course, there was also the difference in standpoints, leading to deducing different results.

But these information gaps could actually be fought for. For example, by searching the secret rooms or through conversation, one could obtain a lot of information, thereby changing the ending.

This was a Three-Star Instance.

Instances below Three-Star would give players a brain-burning plotline, letting the players fight it out. Instances Three-Star or above would add various pieces of unknown information on top of this foundation.

Only this unknown information, unknown plotlines, and unknown secret rooms could deal with this group of Three, Four, and Five-Star players who had already cultivated their hearts.

In a Three-Star Instance...

Acting cowardly (苟) was a great taboo!

Acting cowardly would lead to Ignorance. One had to fight for it, fighting to obtain various kinds of information.

This story tells us: among a group of idiots, you can lay low; but among a group of smart people, the more you lay low, the less information you know. After all, everyone who could survive until now was at one time a...

King of Laying Low!

They all knew how to prevent coward players from snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. Even the Instance BOSS was once a King of Laying Low, knowing how to clean up this group of players who tried to lay low.

Therefore, in a Three-Star Instance, laying low was a great taboo. The more one laid low, the easier it was to die.

The Youth lit a cigarette, staring at the door of Room 1803. He very much wanted to know if there was any idiot who would push open the door to Confirm his identity.

Even though he was Killer A, and the others had also deduced that he was Killer A.

But, he just wanted to know.

Little did he know, this action completely exposed his Personal Common Sense.

Inside the room.

The Beautiful Woman frowned, looking at her Watch from time to time. She felt...

It should have already ended outside. By rights, Killer A would immediately state the clearance plan.

Letting everyone clear the instance.

However, so much time had passed, and Killer A outside still hadn't let everyone clear the instance.

'Is he sick?'

'It's just the final kick at the goal, yet he abruptly stopped. It doesn't make sense if he isn't sick.'

'Or is it that he's hiding on the side of the door? As long as one person dares to come out, he will suddenly close the door, preventing the others from coming out in a short time. He'll use the mechanism to kill the person who came out, and then come in and kill all of us.'

'Fuck me, what's the difference between this and dancing on the tip of a knife? He's a lunatic!'

'The lunatic is betting on whether among the four of us, there is an idiot who dares to go out?'