Chapter 37: Analyzing Game Rules

  "Article 3: The higher the game difficulty, the higher the score. Each game's difficulty is random. Ghosts in the game can be killed, but ghosts in high-difficulty games cannot be killed.

  Article 4: When survival points reach 100%, you can choose one of the following options:

  1. Leave the game alone and never come back.

  2. Choose four players to leave together, including dead players. The five players will continue to the next round.

  3. Resurrect a player to continue to the next round. If two players' total survival points reach 100 in the next round, they can leave the game forever.

  4. Keep the score and continue to the next round."

  "That is to say, accumulating 100 survival points can leave here forever, or choose four players to leave together, or choose a dead player but the five people must continue the next round of the game. Compared to the third option, it seems to be at a loss, only one player can revive and still have to continue the next round of the game. However, if the total survival points of two players exceed 100, they can leave forever. According to the literal meaning, it is easy to understand. The last option is to keep the score and continue the next round of the game, I think probably no one will be so stupid to choose this..."

  "Lan Yu, have you forgotten? Among the many coffins, there is one belonging to a person named Leng. At the time of his death, he had 257 survival points!"

  "This is probably set up to match the next one. If you choose to keep your score and continue to the next round, when the total survival points reach 300, you can choose any player to leave the game together, forever! Zhou Lan Yu nodded silently, looking at Qiao Jia, Qiao Jia was the person he cherished the most, if Qiao Jia unfortunately... He also didn't want Qiao Jia to be hurt again, so he would also choose someone to work hard, accumulate 300 survival points, and take Qiao Jia out of that purgatory! Maybe Leng is also for the same reason... Lan Yu couldn't help but feel a little respect for this man named Leng."

  It's not like what Lan Yu thought... Leng is indeed the fool in Lan Yu's mouth... Maybe Leng is a madman. Because he voluntarily stayed in the game, he didn't want to leave for someone important, but to seek some kind of stimulation...

  "The game will prepare a resting place for all deceased players and indicate their overall strength, making it convenient for players to choose who to revive. The highest rating is 5! I find this rule a bit strange, as when it comes to reviving, everyone would want to revive the person they think is indispensable... Who would go revive a stranger?"

  "I remember that thing called Cold's comprehensive strength or something, all those items exceeded 5... right?" Qiao Jia looked at Lian Xi with doubt.

  "It seems that's the case, I shouldn't be mistaken... It looks like Leng is really amazing, judging from his high score of 257 survival points, he's not an ordinary person..." Lian Xi thought to herself, desperately searching for some clues in her memory.

  "Could it be...?" Lian Xi stared at Qiao Jia with wide eyes. "Could it be related to that person?"

  "Come on, say it clearly, what's all this 'this' and 'that'?"

  "People who die will be erased from the real world, we remember Xiaomu because she died when we were still in the game. It's possible that someone important to us has died in the game and all our memories of them have disappeared... Isn't there a rule in the game that says you can exchange 10 survival points for all the information about any deceased player? ...That's probably what it means..."

  "I think it's highly likely!" Zhou Lan Yu suddenly stood up. "I walked around that coffin and saw several names that seemed familiar, maybe they were really old friends..."

  "Even so, I still advise you not to waste 10 survival points to exchange for someone's information, trying to recall your memories of him. After all, that person has disappeared and if we can't remember now, then let's just forget...". Liang Xi's voice became very soft, "In our real lives, we are still living well..."

  Ling Yu said that indeed makes a lot of sense. After all, even if it was someone who used to be very important, they have now mysteriously disappeared, and all memories related to this person have also been taken away. So there's no need to recall these things, lest they stir up old feelings and cause sadness...

  "The game randomly selects players and in reality, it's a nightmare to talk about. Those who listen will also be pulled into the game! So... I'm sorry, Qiao Jia and Xiao Mu, if I didn't tell you guys this, you would still be living carefree lives..." Lian Xi choked back tears.

  "Lan Yu, I shouldn't have told you..." Qiao Jia rushed into Lan Yu's arms and burst into tears.

  "Don't be sad anymore, it's already like this, regret is useless... Besides, ignorance is bliss. Since it's already like this, we have no choice now, nobody has a time machine, nobody can go back to the past to change all this. Cheer up!"

  Unconsciously, it was already dusk outside. Qiao Jia and Lian Xi had been calm for a long time. "Sorry, I'm really confused now, let's stop here today. I'm so tired... Let's meet again tomorrow at the same time and place." Lian Xi got up dazedly and walked out of the door in a daze.

  "Qiao Jia, I'll send you home too." But Qiao Jia still tightly hugged Lan Yu, "Silly girl, I'm here!" Lan Yu gently stroked Qiao Jia's long hair, quietly looking at his little princess with a disheveled face, and his heart ached.

  Qiao Jia used to be so lively and never stingy with her smile. Every time they met, she was always happy and carefree, without a single worry. But over the past month, Lan Yu had hardly seen Qiao Jia's smiling face, only tears lingering in the corners of her eyes. Nowadays, Qiao Jia was left with only a worried and panicked expression. Lan Yu's heart was struggling, why did this kind girl have to go through such things!

  "What I was most worried about has happened... the game rules actually mentioned special tasks...... What to do. The three of them will naturally suspect me......" Ying sat up, frowning. "Lian Xi must have guessed it...... It seems that next time's game needs to be more careful......" After this game ended, not only did Lian Xi and others have many doubts, but even Ying was also very puzzled. The lost arm actually grew back......

  Actually, Shadow doesn't care about the game rules. Even if other players knew his special mission, it wouldn't matter, since no one could do anything to him anyway. It's just that name, so familiar and cold. Why did seeing that guy's coffin suddenly make him feel so sad? Clearly, he didn't know him, nor had he ever seen him before, yet why did he have such a feeling? Who was he exactly? After thinking for a long time, Shadow finally decided to use 10 survival points in the next game to exchange for all the information about this person called Cold...