: Fairness in an Unfair Game

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No one expected Lin Zhiying to suddenly attack and injure someone.

Combined with the sudden darkness caused by the chandelier going out, it instantly ignited the most primal fears in people's hearts.

In an instant, the room was filled with the sounds of frantic footsteps and screams.

After subduing Zhao Menghua, Lin Zhiying stood still, staring at Ye Sheng across the table in the darkness.

"call."

Ye Sheng gently blew out the silver-plated lighter in his hand.

A gentle light shone from the round table, casting its rays around it.

A tall European-style candle was lit on the table, half white and half yellow. As the candle burned, a strange fragrance filled the room.

Ye Sheng seemed to have anticipated that the chandelier would go out, and had even prepared candles in advance.

Upon smelling the fragrance, Lin Zhiying felt his spirits gently soothed, and a sense of peace settled over him.

"Is that really the case?" Lin Zhiying shook her head, trying to stay awake.

Another guess in his mind was confirmed once again.

As the fragrance spread, the noisy sounds in the room gradually disappeared, and things slowly calmed down.

Even Zhao Menghua, whose joints had been dislocated and who lay on the ground like a dead fish, had a smile on his face, which shows how powerful the candle was.

However, even so, there were still discordant sounds in the room.

"Ouch, it hurts, it hurts..."

Lin Zhiying looked in the direction of the sound and found that "One Slash Cuts Water" was riding on an NPC.

"One cut through water" was forcefully prying his arm open.

However, because he was not familiar with the location of the joints, he did not remove them, and instead, he broke the NPC, who screamed in pain.

"Five-Second Hand Speed" and "Blue Dream Sky" reacted immediately and each subdued an NPC.

The game proposed by Ye Sheng was unfair to both players and NPCs from the very beginning.

If the game proceeds normally according to the rules, as mentioned before, the NPCs have a numerical advantage that overwhelms the players.

Conversely, if the rules are broken, then the player will have the advantage.

Because they possess combat power that ordinary NPCs do not have!

However, normally, players participating in the game are unlikely to realize this at the beginning.

The proper way to pass the level is to try to prove your innocence and get more NPCs to give up.

After all, these NPCs are all innocent high school students, even easier to fool than college students.

Just like Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang.

This is why the rules of the game can be contradictory.

On the one hand, people need to be eliminated, and on the other hand, a lot of trouble needs to be done to give someone another chance to speak when they are eliminated, and everyone needs to vote again.

"Lan Mengtian" roughly guessed what the conditions for a perfect clear were.

That is, to win the game without eliminating anyone.

Because the game does not require anyone to be thrown out, there are only three rounds in total.

In theory, there are only three rounds of voting. If everyone abstains, the game will end automatically, and everyone can leave smoothly.

"I have always respected women."

Lin Zhiying smiled as she looked at Su Xiaoqiang, Chen Wenwen, and Liu Miaomiao, the three beauties of Shilan Middle School.

He said that to subdue all NPCs, he had to subdue all NPCs, including women.

They'd better resist, so I can take the opportunity to grope them a few times.

What he didn't expect was that Su Xiaoqiang whispered something in Chen Wenwen and Liu Miaomiao's ears.

The two of them then raised their hands to indicate their surrender.

"How about we make a deal?"

Su Xiaoqiang walked up to Lin Zhiying with a smile and placed three silver cards in his hand.

It was the credit card belonging to her, Chen Wenwen, and the other two.

Lin Zhiying took the card and gestured for her to continue.

Upon seeing this, Su Xiaoqiang slowly loosened the fingers that were gripping her skirt behind her back.

"I'll hand you their cards, and you let me stay, okay?"

For some reason, Su Xiaoqiang seemed to have an inexplicable obsession with joining Kassel College.

"Take my advice: there's no good outcome for an ordinary person like you going anywhere."

Lin Zhiying turned and left as she spoke.

However, with a slight twitch of his fingertips, a silver-white card flew out and landed steadily in Su Xiaoqiang's hand.

"Keep it for yourself, but whether you can get into the school is not up to me."

Lin Zhiying spoke without turning his head.

He slowly walked to the circle, pulled out a chair, and sat down again:

"How much time is left?"

Ye Sheng didn't look at his watch and blurted it out.

"One minute left."

"Have you thought about how to deal with this? Otherwise, you'll be eliminated."

Yes, the game hasn't stopped; it's still going on.

"Five-Second Hand Speed" suddenly realized this and immediately shouted, "Quick, come back quickly and vote again!"

"It's not necessary. This game is actually irrelevant."

Lin Zhiying spoke up, stopping the "five-second hand speed" in time.

"So you've already come to your answer?"

Ye Sheng did not deny this.

"certainly."

Lin Zhiying slowly walked to his seat; all he needed now was a chance to verify his suspicions.

He brandished the dagger in his hand. The dagger, which had been nailed to the floor, had somehow been retrieved by him.

When Zhao Menghua, Chen Wenwen, and other NPCs from Shilan Middle School saw this scene, they all shrank back in fear.

He was afraid that Lin Zhiying might dislike him and stab him in the back.

Lin Zhiying toyed with the dagger in her hand, twirling it in her palm.

The next moment, the dagger reflected the candlelight, a flash of light appeared, and Lin Zhiying swung the dagger.

Zhao Menghua nervously closed his eyes, believing that the knife was most likely aimed at him.

Wait, why doesn't it hurt?

A moment later, Zhao Menghua slowly opened his eyes, somewhat surprised.

The dagger, still swung, pierced into flesh.

The dagger was firmly embedded in Lin Zhiying's own body, and bloody red liquid flowed down his chest.

What is he doing?

Is this guy crazy?

Zhao Menghua stared at this scene in disbelief.

Amidst the excruciating pain, Lin Zhiying felt everything before her eyes slowly blurring. The round table seemed to stretch out like an Indian roti, and the room's decorations slowly crumbled.

Lin Zhiying opened her eyes again.

He was still in the meeting room, but he was sitting on the sofa where he had started.

Opposite him, a chubby middle-aged man was sipping wine and looked surprised when he saw him wake up.

He was none other than Professor Guderian, who should have been dead.

Sitting next to Professor Guderian was Ye Sheng, and a girl with an oval face, wearing a kimono, was lying next to Ye Sheng.

It was Ye Sheng's partner—Shu Deyaji.

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(Making suspenseful things, and making them logically consistent, takes a lot of brainpower.)

Regarding what I said before about invalidating it, I feel that Su Xiaoqiang also has some merits.

When designing this interview scene, I needed an NPC to contradict Zhao Menghua.

Lu Mingfei isn't the flamboyant type, so thinking about it that way, Su Xiaoqiang is the only suitable candidate from the original novel.

But whether she's the female lead or not remains to be seen.

As for the female lead, I currently have three candidates in mind, and I've developed some romantic storylines for each of them.

I won't reveal who it is specifically, but you could all sense it as I wrote it.

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