Chapter 598: Chapter 597: Total Chaos
Li Hui glared fiercely at Lu Bingjun, then his gaze locked onto Xu Guangxin.
But what surprised everyone was that he didn’t choose to launch a tirade against these two, instead, he looked at Wei Hongbing.
"Think carefully, what is this game really trying to make us do!
"This is a Judgment Game; the important thing is the case!
"A ’Sudden Death Ticket’ has just two situations, right? One is to find ’the most serious sinner,’ and the other is to find ’the one with the highest sudden death risk.’ Why is everyone only looking for the second one?
"Isn’t this essentially players slaughtering each other, letting the real sinners roam free?
"I’m just someone with irregular habits, staying up late and sleeping in, who am I bothering? Should I be condemned to death for that?
"That landlady aunt is clearly suspicious; during two rounds of the game, she didn’t dare reveal information related to her health, and she even preferred to expose her occupation and frequent arguments with tenants.
"So, I guess the deceased is very likely a tenant of this aunt; who knows what tricks she’s playing? It’s certain that they’ve had heated disputes!
"This quite possibly is the direct cause of the death!
Xu Guangxin spoke last.
[I often change houses or travel long distances due to work relocations. (Black)]
He thought for a moment and then said, "In the factors affecting sudden death, arguments don’t even make the top ten.
"This kind of statement is more like seeking to overblame someone for no reason, lacking persuasive power.
"Even though I do indeed dislike landlords, the conflicts between landlords and tenants aren’t even in the top three for a working person like me.
"Boss, immediate supervisor, colleagues, and clients, any of them can hurt me far more than a bad landlord.
"Ideally, we should prioritize voting for the player with the gravest crime, and finding the ’Disguiser’ would be best.
"But without concrete evidence, voting haphazardly is merely being used as a pawn by others.
"Disrupted routines could cause excessive body excitement, rising blood pressure, heightened heart rate, possibly leading to cytokine storms and metabolic collapse; if there is a hidden illness in the body, the risk of sudden death could multiply.
"These have medical data backing them up."
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Li Hui didn’t choose to attack Xu Guangxin, but instead followed Lu Bingjun’s lead to deliver the final blow to Wei Hongbing, which could be seen as releasing goodwill towards Xu Guangxin to some extent.
But Xu Guangxin clearly did not intend to accept this goodwill and continued to press hard against Li Hui.
Both Wei Hongbing and Li Hui had expressions filled with fury, but there was nothing they could do.
Quickly, all Inner Court Players completed the second round of voting.
Unlike the previous round, two swords swiftly fell on the central round table, piercing into the sectors corresponding to Wei Hongbing and Li Hui.
Their faces changed drastically; they tightly pressed the position of their hearts, curling their bodies to the maximum extent under the restraints to endure this acute pain.
Wei Hongbing stared at Li Hui, gnashing her teeth, wanting nothing more than to tear him to pieces.
Li Hui’s expression was even more outraged; regardless of why he gave up attacking Xu Guangxin, he must have had his own considerations, but clearly, his plan failed and brought him terrible consequences.
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In the audience room, seeing the sword fall in front of Wei Hongbing and the sufferance of her heart’s agony, Bai Zilan couldn’t help but slightly frown.
However, she didn’t exhibit any radical reaction; such a result was still within the acceptable range.
Tang Qing again shook his head in disappointment: "That fool Li Hui.
"Always concocting these seemingly clever ideas in inexplicable places.
"If his mind doesn’t clear, he might be the first to die."
Judging from the game’s outcome, with two swords falling simultaneously, the only explanation is that Wei Hongbing and Huang Mao Li Hui ended up with an equal number of votes, hence both suffered the punishment.
According to the rules, voting the ’Sudden Death Ticket’ has two scenarios: the first is thinking the other party’s crime is the worst, and the second is thinking the other party has the highest sudden death risk.
Originally, in the first round of the game, the vast majority of players were voting based on the second rule.
But in the second round, Lu Bingjun successfully changed the subject, constructing the imaginative scene of ’the deceased was Wei Hongbing’s tenant who died of sudden death after arguing.’
This indeed affected some players’ voting.
This isn’t necessarily the truth, but as long as some players sincerely believe it, they can pass the lie detector test and vote.
Bai Zilan took a sip of tea, calming herself down.
"You can tell that this Li Hui from your Community has some ideas, but not much.
"Being calculated and outsmarted by Lu Bingjun and Xu Guangxin.
"From Community 2, Lu Bingjun spoke first; although he teamed up with Xu Guangxin to stab Li Hui in the first round, because Xu Guangxin acted first, he only counts as the second hatred.
"If in the second round of the game, Lu Bingjun continued to pursue Li Hui hard, he may instead be undermined by Xu Guangxin, turning himself into the first hatred.
"So continuing to attack Li Hui wasn’t wise.
"Therefore, he attacked our Community’s Sister Wei, which seemed like making enemies everywhere, but actually reduced his hatred in Li Hui’s eyes.
"And this maneuver might even earn him the host role for the next round’s game."
Tang Qing nodded, somewhat helplessly said:
"Li Hui, the fool, spoke before Xu Guangxin, which should have provided him greater strategic freedom.
"He had two choices:
"The first is to hold a grudge and fight against Xu Guangxin.
"But he surely considered that Xu Guangxin displayed no apparent flaws, so impulsively counterattacking might waste his speaking opportunity.
"Instead, following Lu Bingjun to attack Wei Hongbing had a higher probability of success.
"Thus, Li Hui chose to attack Wei Hongbing to divide the votes for himself.
"Simultaneously, he hoped Xu Guangxin would spare him as Lu Bingjun did and shift focus. Because attacking continuously for two rounds equals a ’do or die’ situation.
"Unexpectedly, Xu Guangxin ignored his truce attempt, opting to go all out against him.
"Because this game is actually conducted on a ’Community’ basis.
"Xu Guangxin and Wei Hongbing are allies."
At this moment, Lin Sizhi, who had remained silent, added:
"Perhaps Li Hui considered this.
"Both Wei Hongbing and Xu Guangxin are from Community 11, and the times to seek help from the Audience are counted by community.
"Each community has only one chance.
"Therefore, attacking Wei Hongbing and consuming the assistance opportunity also equates to wasting Xu Guangxin’s assistance chance.
"Even though they are players from the same community, Xu Guangxin might not necessarily help Wei Hongbing, he could fully choose to stand by.
"If that were the case, Li Hui would have succeeded."
Bai Zilan shook her head: "That’s why I said he has some ideas, but not much.
"Does he think he’s blowing fish out of the water? Our community’s players aren’t fools."
Tang Qing spread his hands, powerless in this regard.
He can only speak on behalf of the Inner Court Players when they seek help.
