The coin flipped in mid-air. Wu Hui and Orb Spider stood on the dividing line between black and white, looking at each other.
The rule of this game is to chase and intercept your opponent on a map that looks like a spider web. Every three rounds, the coin is flipped and the identities of the two players are swapped.
For example, it was originally Wu Hui chasing the orb spider. If the coin is flipped and the orb spider faces up, then it will now be the orb spider chasing Wu Hui.
The pursuer can destroy one thread in the spider web each round to limit the opponent.
But in a situation where offense and defense may change at any time, it may soon become self-destructive. So you have to act more carefully.
You can also try to take a risk by bringing yourself closer to your opponent, and then bet that when the coin flips, you will face up.
At the beginning, everyone's bet was ten. After each flip of the coin, it turned over. In other words, after four flips, it reached eighty bets, and after five flips, it reached one hundred and sixty bets. The risk for the loser will increase infinitely, to the point where both parties must win to avoid becoming crazy.
Wu Hui knocked on his mask: "Let's make a rule. After the fifth flip, if the winner cannot be determined within three steps, then don't continue. Whoever is caught should take the initiative to overtake the opponent and get closer. Don't hide. .We can’t bear it if it continues.”
The Orb Spider nodded after thinking: "You are right."
Very good, but I don’t know if Orb Spider will still abide by this agreement. After losing more than a hundred bets of sanity at once, even if both of them now have dozens of extra sanity bets, they still have to seek treatment from mental players after they go out.
If he was unlucky and doubled again, that would be three hundred and twenty bets of sanity. Wu Hui had already estimated that the distance between himself and losing his mind would be a little less than one hundred bets. It's scary.
After losing my mind, can I still follow my current plan?
Orb Spider is also thinking about this problem.
So in addition to calculation and luck, this game also tests another factor, and that is courage.
Can you think calmly under increasing pressure? Can you make the right choice even when your sanity is gradually disappearing?
In the face of increasingly heavy risks, those who choose to compromise are the rational ones, while those who choose not to compromise are the winners.
This is similar to the chicken's game. If neither party gives up, it may be a lose-lose situation. But if one party gives up, it is a unilateral failure.
But it's a little different, because in the end what is increased is only the risk rather than the direct loss. After all, there will be a winner in this game in the end.
Standing on the game map that looked like a spider web, the Orb Spider took a deep breath.
The map seems to be specially designed for him, after all, he is a spider. However, it seems that Wu Hui is also a spider, although he has not used the code name of spider for a long time.
The two spiders moved on the web, and the threads were breaking.
A special situation may occur in this game, that is, the spider web splits into two pieces, dividing them into different areas, and no one can touch each other. But in that case it will be declared a draw, the scene resets but the bets continue.
So they won't do that kind of thing. Even if they want to cut the spider web, they have to separate two people into one area.
Orb Spider and Wu Hui start the game. They are far away from each other, but if they approach each other together, they will be there within a few rounds. The two of them had a tacit understanding and started cutting the spider web together, intending to carve out a smaller map.
It will be faster to decide the winner on such a map.
At least for now, neither party is thinking about grabbing chips, and both prioritize how to ensure that their losses are not unacceptable.
Wu Hui and Orb Spider, they are calm and standard spider members. I'm not a gambler, I won't get into trouble.
So this game, which is reversed from time to time, is a game to them. It is a mathematical problem related to probability.
But it was different on Du Ziming's side.
These three people are the eight-eyed spider who has lost his mind, the deputy who is busy upgrading with the fate of the whole world on his shoulders, and Du Ziming who likes to mess around. Their way of playing is how gamblers play.
"That's nonsense." Under Du Ziming's fire, the deputy quickly played his cards.
There is such a common scam in mahjong. Three people who know each other cooperate with each other and play tricks on each other. They will soon be able to cheat, and finally everyone will make money from the fourth person.
As for how to know the cards that your partner wants and then fire them, all you have to do is give a secret signal. The essence of what Du Ziming and his deputy were doing was this, but the method was more subtle and less likely to be discovered by the eight-eyed spider.
Multiple sets of passwords were sent in combination and followed alternately. Within a few rounds, the Eight-Eyed Spider could not find any flaws.
His breathing became heavier, and he could feel the trembling of the Eight-Eyed Spider through the mask. He was afraid, but unwillingness occupied his heart.
That's what gamblers are like. Those who win want to continue winning, and those who lose want to get their money back.
It is not accurate to say that this is human nature, but it should be said that this is a common feature shared by many humans and animals. Losing and gaining two points should be slow, but in casinos, stock futures and other financial businesses, it becomes extremely fast.
The originally slowly released hormones surged in a short period of time, severely affecting the thinking of carbon-based organisms and making them unable to make correct choices.
Smart people will choose to avoid traps, but those like eight-eyed spiders that have fallen into the trap will basically be unable to climb out.
You are indeed entering the darkness step by step.
There are still two rounds left in this mahjong game. The remaining rationality in the eight-eyed spider's brain was running rapidly, trying to find a way for itself.
Du Ziming observed him with a smile. He liked to watch the process of a person's collapse. Now the Eight-Eyed Spider is on the verge of collapse.
The collapse of an intelligent person like this is like a brilliant evolution. The original wisdom, planning, and determination all exploded in the end, becoming a scenery that Du Zi could savor carefully.
He did not take the initiative to do what he wanted this time, but according to the rules of this game, the eight-eyed spider that did not escape in time became such a classic scene.
What fun.
It's a pity that I am not a demon, so I don't have the opportunity to play with so many smart people, and I have to be played by the demon.
Thinking of this, Du Ziming suddenly felt a little bored again. He started chatting nonsense with his deputy: "The demon you hate most must be the Black Death, so who is the demon you hate the most?"
"...Master," the deputy replied.
"There's really no suspense." Du Ziming sighed: "I asked Wu Hui the same answer. But to be honest, there is no essential difference between these demon gods."
Indeed, they are all used as toys, but the degree of care for the toys is different. The deputy didn't say much. He still focused on the deck of cards in front of him instead of Du Ziming's aimless chat.
"Well, how should I put it? Your overall view is indeed a bit poor. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that you live in a chaotic environment." Du Ziming commented nonchalantly while thinking about game strategies.
