Chapter 402: Lin Xuan's Post-Match Analysis

My name is Lin Xuan.

There are two types of people in the world who are the most terrifying.

First are: People who will not lose.

The terror of this type of person lies in the fact that they have already cultivated a heart of certain victory. Between their gestures, there is a kind of extreme sense of oppression.

Confidence, conceit, arrogance—on them, these have become complimentary terms. They are their most powerful weapons. They firmly believe that nothing in this world can stump them.

Second are: People who have always lost.

The terrifying part about this type of person lies in the fact that they are not afraid of fighting, and they know how to clean up the mess after failing. I can lose ten times, a hundred times, and still stand tall, but if you lose to me even once, you're dead for sure.

Most of us fall between these two types of people, with victories and defeats, just like the decimals of π, with no pattern to speak of. Growth is a process we must experience.

Thus, phrases like "not arrogant in victory, not discouraged in defeat," "heaven has made my talent to be of use," "persevere unremittingly," "the more frustrated, the braver" were born. These words encourage our type of people to face growth.

But, this time I lost, and I conceded defeat very easily, simply because...

I realized I didn't lose to Shu Renjun; I lost to myself.

In this Instance.

I am an unqualified compulsive gambler. I left the table from the very beginning, or even...

I never even got to the table.

What influenced me?

I reviewed it and found that the only thing that truly influenced me was one point:

Shu Renjun's Heart Cultivation is stronger than mine.

This realization caused me to suffer a crushing defeat in the Instance he designed.

Gambling is my Personal Common Sense.

Thus, he designed two gambling matches for me in the classroom.

The first match: Do I dare gamble that I can solve the question the teacher poses?

The second match: Do I dare gamble on leaving the classroom midway?

I didn't dare gamble on the first match.

Simply because I saw the fate of the NPC Fang Han when he couldn't solve the question, and I saw the questions the teacher gave Chen Ran and Qiu Yinong.

I didn't dare gamble on how difficult the Math Teacher's question would be when it was my turn. After all, failing to answer and ending up like Fang Han was a cautionary tale.

Under the influence of the realization that Shu Renjun's Heart Cultivation was stronger than mine, I didn't dare gamble on the first match.

Thus, I chose the relatively safer second gambling match: leaving the classroom midway.

From this moment on, I lost.

【Rule Three: In class, when the player cannot solve the question posed by the teacher, please use a reasonable excuse to leave the classroom. If the player can solve it, immediately find the Homeroom Teacher or Grade Director after class to explain the situation.】

Previously, I was wondering why this rule used the word 【player】.

Only now did I realize that this rule was prepared specifically for players who dared to gamble on the first match.

He deliberately placed the rules outside the classroom.

Only players who dare to gamble on the first match are qualified to participate in this Instance.

Players who do not dare to gamble on the first match are not qualified to participate in this Instance from the very beginning.

I think, if I had gambled on the first match, when it was my turn, the question the Math Teacher posed would definitely have been very simple, so simple that even an elementary school student could answer it.

Unfortunately, I didn't get to the table...

Thinking about it now, the optimal solution was actually that when it was my turn to answer the question, if I couldn't solve it, I would choose to pretend to be sick. If I could solve it, I would finish the question and then choose to pretend to be sick.

But why didn't I dare to gamble back then?

Because the first three questions were very difficult.

This was an anti-rule order trap Shu Renjun designed for me after he cultivated the Unity of Man and Heaven Heart Cultivation, precisely striking...

My Personal Common Sense.

Only now did I understand that players of three stars or above must hide their Personal Common Sense and their Superego emotions, otherwise they will become the target of their opponents' strikes.

This time, I was very unfortunate.

I exposed my Personal Common Sense prematurely.

But I am also fortunate.

At least I haven't died yet.

Perhaps you can't have both the fish and the bear's paw.

He knows that as long as Chen Ran's Eternal Kingdom isn't present, I cannot be killed.

He also knows that if the five of us players participated in the same Instance together, with the IQ and spacetime skills of the five of us, clearing a Rule-based Weird Tale Instance would be a breeze.

Therefore, he chose to let the five of us enter the Instance independently. This way, I couldn't be killed by him.

Since he chose to let the five of us enter the Instance separately, it means I am just a supporting character. In this Instance, whether he kills me or not actually doesn't matter to him.

The one he truly wants to deal with is Chen Ran.

I, Lin Xuan...

Have actually been reduced to a supporting character!

Recalling when I first entered the Hell Dungeons, I was full of mettle. Facing a group of three-star, four-star, and one five-star player, I dared to continuously use my spatial skills to scheme against them.

At that time, I felt that a majority of those players would be tricked to death by me.

But, the result...

Only two Slaves died, and they only died because they were treated as abandoned pawns.

I wanted to show my face, but ended up showing my ass.

They let me know that there is always someone better out there.

As a result, from initially dreading my spatial skills, they changed to simply keeping an eye on my spatial skills to avoid being tricked into speaking a lie.

What a failure!

How did I manage to step precisely on landmines with every single step?

Powerful skills.

A deep background.

A compulsive gambler's personality.

It made me arrogant, producing Superego emotions, which subsequently affected me.

Although Heart Cultivation can allow a person to be in a state of absolute rationality, it is only absolute rationality in emotions. It's impossible to achieve absolute rationality in Common Sense and emotions.

It's time to rein in my personality.

Otherwise, in this Instance, if I cannot adjust my mindset properly, it might cause Chen Ran to make the judgment that tracking me is meaningless.

He tracks me because he needs to resolve the conflict with the First Floor Master.

But, if I perform very poorly and cannot gain the favor of the Ninth Floor Master in the future, then I will lose value in Chen Ran's eyes.

He might kill me here.

If he kills me...

Would it cause him to be hunted down by the Ninth Floor Master? I feel perhaps not. After all, a genius who hasn't grown up is trash.

Moreover, he can also choose to hunt down Du Hongnian, the Reserve Teammate of the Deceiver Alliance's Ninth Floor Master, to resolve the conflict between him and the Liar-Slayer Alliance's First and Ninth Floor Masters. Of course, this would still require him to engage in a game of wits.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, he can choose to kill me.

For Shu Renjun, the existence of the 21st person in the Instance might be to protect Chen Ran.

Then, he feels he shouldn't be able to kill Chen Ran, and can only manipulate him. Since he wants to manipulate Chen Ran, anyone in this Instance who knows Chen Ran's skills must die.

If I stand on Chen Ran's side, both time and space are on Chen Ran's side.

It would be very difficult for him to take down Chen Ran.

So, this Instance is actually his sowing discord strategy. First, he made me not dare to gamble, depriving me of the qualification to even participate in the Instance, making me look like a retard. If Chen Ran knows this, my value in his heart...

Will drop in a straight line!

Chen Ran might choose to kill me. After all, the things involved in this Instance...

Are a bit much!

Therefore, once I have no value, he might choose to kill me.

For me, I also clearly know that as long as I am proven to be a "retard," Chen Ran might kill me.

Even if we both know it's a sowing discord strategy.

However, once the seed of doubt is planted, it's very hard to root out.

F*ck! Truly sinister!

Are five-star players really all this strong?