Chapter 398 Gambler's Feast
"I see," Fan Qi nodded silently, then turned to look at Su Ming, "Mr. Xia, how much edible food is left now?"
Before Su Ming could answer, Fan Qi made his own guess: "Based on the food that everyone shared before, if everyone had consumed enough food every day to maintain their activity, it should have been eaten up by now. However, a lot of things happened these days, and many people died, so those people should have had extra food.
There are only about 600 people present today. Assuming that all those who disappeared are dead, otherwise they should have returned to the manor by now after eating all the food. If they didn't come back, it only means that they are dead.
The number of people started decreasing ten days ago. Ideally, if we collect all the unclaimed food scattered in other places, it should be enough for 400 people to survive for another seven or eight days. If we are conservative, it may be four or five days. "
After calculating the data, Fan Qi turned his head and looked at the man in the suit again: "In the previous two games, the total amount of food was displayed at the beginning of the game, and the time was about 20 days. Am I right to understand that the total amount of food is public information? How much is the total amount of food distributed this time? How many days can 600 people eat?"
The expression of the man in the suit became a little complicated. The eyes behind the mask were quite playful, and the corners of his mouth twitched, as if he was trying to hold back a laugh.
"About ten days, if you eat sparingly." The man in the suit answered Fan Qi's question obediently.
"What are the specific rules for distribution? Is it based on ranking?"
"In terms of ranking, the first tenth of the population will be the first batch, and so on and so forth. The first batch will have twice as much food as the second batch."
This is the first time that the game announcer has publicly disclosed the specific distribution method. This extreme multiple distribution method is quite devilish. If the number of people is divided into ten batches, then the people in the first batch will get 512 times the amount of the last batch. The people in the last batch will get nothing to eat.
Su Ming guessed that Fan Qi was going to start from the mathematical rules and find a way to crack the rules of the game. Su Ming's intuition told him that Fan Qi had the confidence to do so and he felt that he could find a way!
If Fan Qi really found that method, Su Ming wouldn't mind following his method. This would help Fan Qi gain the support of the people, and maybe he would show extraordinary leadership.
"What if the results are the same? Suppose there are ten people, three of them are the most accurate, and the other seven are relatively accurate, but their numbers are the same, how do we divide them?"
"Divide into two groups, three people in the first group, and seven people in the second group."
"That is to say, people with the same numbers can be counted as one person, right? There is one person who is the most accurate, another person who is relatively accurate, and the other 500 people are 19 who are not accurate. They are divided into three groups, right?"
"That's absolutely right! We will never assign people with different choices to the same interval. We are fair!"
"Okay, I understand. This means that the amount of food can be precisely controlled by ranking." Fan Qi nodded.
He turned to look at Su Ming and continued, "Even if the extra food we have now can feed about 400 people for five days, and 200 people can feed for ten days, but the exact amount of food is only known by Mr. Xia, so I will set this amount of food as X here.
The rule is to divide people into ten batches. If they are divided into ten portions according to the rule, it can be concluded that the first batch of people can get about half of the total food. If the number of people in each batch is the same, then the first batch can last for fifty days.
But we can make adjustments and artificially reduce the batch size, dividing the food that was originally to be divided into ten batches into a few small portions.
My plan is to divide it into four parts, that is, the last batch can only get one-fifteenth, and the first batch can get eight-fifteenths, and then reduce the number of people in the first batch, for example, reduce the number of people in the first batch to one person, and one person can last fifty days. Although more food is distributed, it does not affect the distribution of the total amount.
We can use the surplus food we have now to compensate those who have less to share.
For example..."
"Okay, it's almost time, let's start." The man in suit suddenly interrupted.
Fan Qi's face suddenly changed, and he shouted, "Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Give me another fifteen minutes!"
"Let's begin~~" The man in the suit ignored Fan Qi at all, and then a countdown sounded in everyone's mind.
The countdown time is 120 seconds, which is two minutes!
At this moment, Su Ming was sure that Fan Qi had come up with a reasonable solution, and he roughly knew how Fan Qi was going to arrange it.
It can be said that the method Fan Qi thought of was very similar to what Su Ming thought of.
Unfortunately, there was not enough time. The child explained too slowly and there were too many steps. Even if he was given another fifteen minutes, it might still be difficult to arrange it.
Perhaps his mental arithmetic ability is indeed very strong and he can get the correct distribution plan within a few minutes , but it takes more time to allocate the numbers to each person and divide everyone into batches.
This young man is very good. Not only is he very smart, but he also sees through the details of how to use [Xia Xiaoyu Exclusive]. Unfortunately, the solution is not direct enough.
The countdown was still counting down. Fan Qi opened his mouth and muttered a few complicated numbers quickly. He was still calculating.
But after a few seconds, he gave up, seemingly in despair.
Fan Qi clenched his fists, walked back to the crowd, returned to Lin Anyu, whispered a few words in Lin Anyu's ear, and then fell silent.
Fan Qi's silence was particularly eye-catching in the crowd. When others were asking each other questions like "What did you fill in? Five hundred?", only Fan Qi stood quietly there with his head down, as if he was thinking about some serious problem.
Su Ming was going to recite a random number silently. He stared at the countdown, which was ticking away second by second.
Su Ming did not rush to decide on a number. He observed the other people around him and their expressions.
Those panicked faces were reflected in Su Ming's pupils, causing Su Ming to have a lot of thoughts.
Everyone is struggling to survive...It is people like this that he wants to abandon.
The countdown was about to end, with only five seconds left. Suddenly, a number popped up in Su Ming's mind, and he chose that number without hesitation.
Then--
"Alright! The game is over, and everyone has received their fair share of food. I wish you all a happy life!"
The man in the tuxedo readily announced the end of the game, and various voices broke out among the people present.
"Ahaha! I won!! I won! Hahahahahaha!"
“Fuck! Fuck fuck! Aaaaaaah——!!!”
"Why? Why?! Do you know the optimal solution? Why don't you fill in 0!"
"Mom, mom! I got so much!"
"Shhhhh! Stop making noise!"
In the huge garden, some people cheered and some cursed.
Some people began to cry after a brief silence, while others laughed uncontrollably after being stunned until they cried.
Some people were completely stunned and collapsed on the ground.
From Su Ming's observation, there were only a few people who had calm expressions, neither sad nor happy.
