Chapter 397 The Third Game
"They... killed my wife!" Sad words squeezed out of the man's throat.
Su Ming let go of his hand and turned to look at Zhou Xiaoxiao.
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Zhou Xiaoxiao understood immediately, stepped forward and stared at the man who was frightened to the point of incontinence, and asked, "Did you kill his wife?"
"No! No! I'm not! He's crazy! He's crazy!" The man jumped up as if he had hysterics, shouting in a shrill voice.
Zhou Xiaoxiao nodded to Su Ming. Su Ming glanced at the man, raised his leg and swept it across, kicking the man's neck with his ankle. After a vague crisp sound, the man fell directly to the ground and did not move.
Su Ming turned his head and looked at the crowd around him, and said with a serious expression: "Big families are not allowed to kill each other. If someone breaks the rules, I will kill him. This rule is still valid."
After saying that, Su Ming looked at the crying man. He stepped forward, walked in front of him, and put his hand on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry about your wife." Su Ming sighed, and then changed the subject, "But you... made the deal, right?"
The man stared at Su Ming with red eyes and said slowly: "Then are you going to kill me? I just want revenge. Apart from revenge, I don't want to hurt anyone."
"But you attacked me just now. If it was someone else standing in front of that man instead of me, I'm afraid that man would have died." Su Ming said.
The man was silent for a long time after hearing this, and finally said, "Kill me if you want."
After losing his family, his only belief was revenge. Now that his enemies are dead, there is no point in him living.
Su Ming glanced around and said to the man, "If possible, I don't want to do such a cruel thing to you, but I have to do it. Come with me."
Su Ming didn't want to kill the man here directly, because the man was currently behaving normally. Although his means of revenge against his enemies were too brutal, it was understandable, and he seemed to be mentally sober. If he was killed directly, it would easily arouse empathy from the onlookers.
Therefore, the execution was finally carried out in private, and Su Ming still had some questions to ask him.
In the files of the Investigation Bureau, all the information about the devil's land came from the survivors, while those who died in it had no chance to speak.
Su Ming believed that the mental distortion of a normal person was gradual, and it was not that one would become a madman directly after making a deal. For example, this person, after gaining power, showed no obvious abnormality except for a strong rage for revenge.
As a former A-level specialist, Su Ming knew the importance of knowing strange intelligence in advance. Countless difficult strange phenomena were overcome by relying on the intelligence accumulated by specialists who sacrificed their lives.
Although Su Ming is no longer a member of the Investigation Bureau, what he wants to do has not changed... He wants to save as many innocent people as possible.
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Real-life examples are always impressive and can profoundly change human behavior. But when theoretical examples are not performed in reality, no one will follow the theory no matter how reasonable and correct it is. An unknown writer once wrote this.
Su Ming didn't remember where he heard this sentence, but he suddenly remembered it and found that it was particularly suitable for the current situation.
He had disclosed in advance that trading and harming others would transfer these risks. Anyone with a little bit of common sense would not risk creating a powerful enemy to attack and harm others.
But until before, after those people took back the food, the looting and killing continued. Although no direct evidence was obtained, the data on missing persons can prove it all.
But when the Avengers showed up this time, the number of people, which had been decreasing, suddenly stopped decreasing, as if the bad guys had disappeared all of a sudden.
Perhaps, only when humans see the consequences of doing something with their own eyes, will they know whether they should do it or not.
In addition, many people sent the food to Su Ming again and asked Su Ming to keep it. After asking Su Ming to keep their food, they spread the word everywhere to make sure that others knew that they had no more food.
This is a wise choice, proving that no one is too stupid.
However, Su Ming knew that this situation would not last long. Based on the rules of the previous two games, Su Ming felt that the games in this space were very targeted and had a strong impact on human selfish desires.
I believe that after a few more games, everyone will begin to doubt each other and no longer trust others.
Judging from the remaining food, the next game should be soon.
When the next game starts, there will be a lot of food left because a lot of people have died, and the food they saved has become stored food.
After three peaceful days.
Finally, the new game begins.
This time, the alien creature that appeared was a little different from the previous two times.
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"The rules of the game are very simple! Next, everyone can silently recite a number between 0 and 1000 in their mind, and then add up the numbers recited by everyone and divide it by the total number of people participating in the game to get an average. The closer the number recited is to half of the average, the more food will be distributed.
The food distributed this time will not be delivered in physical form, but will be converted into nutrition and satiety. That is to say, if you win one day's worth of food, you will not be hungry or lack strength within a day; if you win one month's worth of food, you will not be hungry, thirsty, or lack strength for a month.
In addition, after the game is over, if one person kills another person, he or she will get the same amount of food as the dead person. Do you understand what I mean?"
As soon as the rules were announced, the people around were in an uproar and everyone was terrified.
The "person" who was speaking stood there dignifiedly with a gentle smile, as if he was the host of a high-end show. He was a man wearing a black suit, a bowler hat, and an exquisite silver mask on his face.
He looked completely different from the previous human-faced monster and eight-legged monster. He was dressed elegantly and appropriately. If he was not announcing the rules, ordinary people could easily regard him as a human being.
If you think about it carefully, it seems that the rules of the game are becoming more radical as each game progresses.
Su Ming noticed the differences in each game.
The first game was about self-abuse. The pressure of competition mainly came from oneself. This game was a bit like the law of the jungle in the primeval forest. It was relatively fair. The one who was tougher on himself was more likely to win. The standard of competition was the ability to endure pain.
The second game was cooperative hunting. From the beginning of this game, fairness was somewhat damaged. First of all, no one participating in the battle, regardless of their combat effectiveness, would suffer any casualties. Even if there were casualties, it would only be after all the non-combatants who suffered the damage had died.
In the second game, intrigue began. No one wanted to become a victim. If Su Ming had not forcibly stopped it that time, it is very likely that the big family would have broken up at that time.
Now, it's the third game.
This game restores fairness. Everyone guesses a number, and those who guess correctly can get rich food rewards.
However, this so-called fairness is only fairness during the game. The devil added a rule at the end that still applies after the game is over - killing and taking other people's food.
The reality of cannibalism is buried beneath the seemingly rational game.
For those strong ones, whether or not they participated in the game has become irrelevant, even if they did not win the game, killing people after the game is over is enough .
"So, if everyone is ready, why not join the game?" The man in the suit showed a ghostly smile, his eyes cast on Su Ming, as if he directly realized that Su Ming was the most unusual person of all.
Su Ming stared at the other party and said, "It seems that you can communicate. Can we ask questions?"
"Of course, being responsible for answering questions is also the rule of the game host!" The man in the suit opened his arms and behaved in a graceful manner.
The alien creatures that originally did not answer questions can now answer questions. As the game progresses, are the levels of the rule announcers that appear also increasing?
Moreover, this guy gave Su Ming a very strong impression. If Su Ming fought him one-on-one, he might not be sure to kill him without activating the annihilation mode.
Su Ming lowered his head, and the rules of the game flashed through his mind one by one. Soon he found a way to deal with this game.
Everyone around was looking at Su Ming with expectant eyes, except Bai Chifei and his people. Everyone was the same, even those who had taken food from Su Ming before.
At this moment, they seemed to have forgotten that they had previously suspected Su Ming was a murderer. They only remembered that the person who had made everyone live in harmony twice before was Su Ming!
"Mr. Xia! Think of a solution quickly!"
"Yeah! What kind of rule is this? We can't do this!"
"How can we guarantee our safety in this kind of game? Someone will definitely take action later."
Su Ming raised his head and sighed: "This time, I can't think of a solution. I hope everyone will choose the same number so that everyone can get the same amount of food."
"Mr. Xia, someone is bound to cheat!"
"Yeah, hey, let me ask you, will it be announced how much food each person won after the game is over?" someone in the crowd asked the man in a suit.
The man in the tuxedo shrugged. "Sorry, this will not be announced. It's completely confidential."
"That's it! Someone will definitely cheat! Mr. Xia, you need to think of a solution!"
Su Ming shook his head, indicating that he was helpless.
Although Su Ming now knew how to deal with this game, he did not intend to tell the real solution because it was meaningless.
The games are endless, each one more cruel than the last. The power of the rule announcers seems to increase steadily. It is futile to continue struggling to survive in this hellhole. Only by escaping from the devil's land can one be truly saved.
There was only one thing he could do, and that was to screen, carefully and meticulously.
This time is also a screening. It’s time to completely destroy the trust of this big family, Su Ming thought.
In the crowd, Zhou Xiaoxiao had been observing Su Ming's expression. He could see that Su Ming was not without a solution, but he had a solution but did not use it.
"Xia Ming! Come over here, let's talk." Zhou Xiaoxiao said.
Su Ming looked at Zhou Xiaoxiao and shook his head: "Let's talk about it later if there is anything important. The most urgent thing now is to get through the difficulties in front of us."
Zhou Xiaoxiao heard the subtext in this sentence. Su Ming knew that he knew he had a way, but he would not say it.
Damn it!
If there is a way, why not use it? Is it for screening?
Although she knew what Su Ming's purpose was and that this purpose was most likely correct, Zhou Xiaoxiao's subjective feelings still told her that this should not be the case. When there is a way to keep most people alive, she should try to keep everyone alive!
Since you don’t want to tell me, I’ll think about it myself. Since there is a way, I can definitely figure it out!
Zhou Xiaoxiao tried hard to calm her nervous mood and kept thinking about the rules that the man in the suit had just mentioned, trying to find loopholes in the rules and think of ways to save everyone.
The noisy conversations around him disturbed Zhou Xiaoxiao's thinking. To be honest, he had no idea at all. The consequences of this rule were obvious, but the way to break this rule was entangled with various factors, making it difficult for him to start.
This is not a math problem, it is more complicated than a math problem, and...it takes less time.
Zhou Xiaoxiao is well-known in her unit for her quick thinking and flexible mind, but now she is helpless when faced with this game.
Finally, Zhou Xiaoxiao despaired.
He couldn't come up with a solution on his own, his emotions interfered with his brain's ability to function, and he was no match for Su Ming.
"Xia Ming, is there really no way?" Zhou Xiaoxiao asked again, her eyes almost pleading.
Su Ming stared at him for a long time, and said very seriously: "Sorry, I can't help it."
Sorry, I have decided to do this! ——This is Su Ming’s answer.
Su Ming's answer shattered everyone's confidence. Everyone's mind went blank and their hearts sank to the bottom.
"Hey, is there really nothing you can do? Think about it seriously!" Cao Fengling crossed her arms, frowned, and stared at Su Ming questioningly.
Su Ming glanced at her and smiled .
Although this strong woman's words are annoying, she is a good person. As a superpower with powers, she is seriously thinking about how to consider ordinary people under the rules of the game that are absolutely favorable to superpowers. Perhaps she also has the qualification to survive.
"Hey! I'd like to ask if I can not participate in this game!" A slightly childish voice came from the crowd, and everyone's eyes looked to the back of the crowd.
"Move aside, I have a question."
The boy repeated it again, and the crowd immediately made way for a path. Fan Qi, with an impatient look on his face, pushed through the crowd and came to the front.
He stared at the man in the suit and spoke clearly: "Can you not participate in this game?"
"Of course! But you won't have anything to eat then~" the man in the suit answered jokingly.
