The black-haired man scrutinized Bai Lixin across from him, then turned to glance at Little Overlord.
Should he throw rock or scissors?
If he threw rock, did that mean Bai Lixin would throw something that could beat rock? What would it be? Paper!
So, that’s why Little Overlord told him to throw scissors?
The Little Overlord said he had seen through Bai Lixin, was he referring to this?
But what if the other party was deliberately guiding them?
Intentionally saying they would throw rock, making them naturally analyze that the he would throw paper, leading them to throw scissors, and then he throws rock instead?
Wouldn’t that mean the opponent wins?
The person counting down had reached “2.”
Damn it, what should he throw?
The black-haired man’s mind was in chaos, with no coherent thoughts.
Should he throw scissors? Or Rock?
Damn it! Why should he listen to them?
He wouldn’t throw any of them. He would throw paper!
He was the vice president of the Shentian Guild, what were they? Why should he take orders from anyone?
Yes, throw paper.
Bai Lixin wasn’t stupid; he must have calculated that they would throw scissors, so he would throw paper.
Even if the opponent didn’t calculate this, and induced him to throw stone, there was still a 50% chance he would throw paper despite the deception.
If he threw paper, even if he didn’t win, it wouldn‘t be considered a loss and he could continue to the next round.
In any case, no matter how he calculated it, the opponent would absolutely not throw scissors.
“1!” As the final number fell, both sides simultaneously extended their hands.
The black-haired man displayed his five fingers, but when he saw what the opponent threw, not just him, everyone was dumbfounded.
The scissors that the black-haired man thought the other party would never use appeared before him.
Two slender fingers reached out, triumphing over his five fingers.
There was an uproar all around.
“Holy shit, what happened?”
“If the opponent listened to God Xin and threw rock, wouldn’t they have won?”
“But how did he know the opponent would throw paper? So amazing!”
“Is this the charm of rhetoric?”
“Shocking!”
“Damn, this isn’t luck; it’s psychological tactics!”
“I figured it out, brothers! God Xin has been playing psychological warfare from start to finish. He deliberately dragged the match to the last moment, deliberately provoked the Little Overlord, created emotional fluctuations in the opponent and confused the audience. God Xin’s every move is calculated.”
Little Overlord pointed at the black-haired man angrily. “I told you to throw scissors. Even if you didn’t win, we wouldn’t lose!”
The black-haired man pursed his lips, his gloomy gaze fixed on Bai Lixin. Suddenly, he withdrew his hand, a strange smile on his face. He threw all the tokens and promised props from his backpack to the other side. “I concede. It’s yours.”
“You’re Bai Lixin, right? I’ll remember you.”
With these words, the man didn’t linger, ignoring the fuming Little Overlord. After saying, “Let’s go” to others, he left.
The other Shentian Guild players glanced at each other and turned to leave.
They came and went in a hurry, like a gust of wind.
Bai Lixin picked up everything on the ground, and in the next moment, the event countdown ended.
[Ding! The Nationwide Battle event has come to a successful end. Thank you all for your enthusiastic participation!]
[Now, let’s tally the acquisition of event tokens.]
[Token scanning completed. Congratulations to player Bai Lixin for acquiring 36 tokens, becoming the sole owner of this event’s prize pool!]
“Wow!”
“Amazing!”
“Turning the tide, damn!”
“Cheers!”
Loud cheers suddenly erupted from the surroundings.
This 60-day event concluded without suspense, and Bai Lixin became the sole victor, defeating the Shentian Guild.
Absolutely satisfying!
[Now, let’s reclaim the tokens and distribute rewards. Rewards will be sent via mail within thirty minutes. Please check promptly.]
[Friendly reminder: The email is saved for 30 days. If the email is not collected within 30 days, it will be automatically destroyed. The player is requested to collect it as soon as possible. ]
Amidst the cheers, Bai Lixin quietly approached the elevator, entering with Zhou Guang and others who had been standing in the corner and returning to the Core Fire Guild.
Upon entering the guild conference room, Xia Chi almost knelt down before Bai Lixin.
With tears in his eyes, Xia Chi looked at Bai Lixin. “Brother, tell me, how did you do it? You’re amazing. How did you guess they would throw paper? Couldn’t they just listen to you and throw rock?”
“Why should they listen to me?” Bai Lixin looked at Xia Chi and instinctively took two steps back. “Let me give you an analogy. Would an emperor listen to a commoner’s command?”
Xia Chi: “No, he would just kill the commoner.”
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘There’s no need to kill the commoner, right? !
Can’t you tell that the “commoner” in this metaphor is me?’
“Ahem, “ Bai Lixin let out a deep breath, and slowly sat down. “Similarly, the vice president of the Shentian Guild wouldn’t listen to me. If I made him choose rock, and he loses, it would be a humiliation for him. He may have analyzed all possible outcomes in his mind, but in the final moments, with the looming deadline, the intense countdown, and the emotional buildup I created, he couldn’t think rationally. It became more of an instinctive reaction under high pressure.”
“He refused to follow my arrangement, so the only things he might choose to play were scissors or paper.”
“In a scissors-paper scenario, if I played scissors, I wouldn’t lose, it’s either a draw or a win.”
“Thanks to Little Overlord.”
“Hahaha,” Xia Chi burst into laughter, and not only him, but Zhou Guang and the others followed suit. “Little Overlord is really something. Brother, no matter what trap you set for him, he obediently falls into it.”
“He’s young and arrogant, and hasn’t faced much setbacks yet,” Zhou Guang analyzed, “so when you saw him come down, you intentionally provoked him? How did you accurately predict he wouldn’t make a move?”
“I initially provoked Little Overlord to observe the reactions of all the members of their guild. The continuous provocation was also for this consideration. What I did at that time was actually collecting data, in that whoever made a move, I could tailor my response accordingly.”
Xia Chi: “Damn, impressive. So, Rock, Paper, Scissors isn’t just about luck? But I always win.”
Zhou Guang: “…”
Bai Lixin: “…”
‘Why do I feel a bit suffocated?
Xia Chi, with one sentence, you made me suddenly feel like all my schemes and tricks are unnecessary.’
A system prompt suddenly rang out. Bai Lixin clicked on it, and found that the rewards had arrived.
He took out the mail, and in the next moment, the conference room was flooded with cards.
The others stared wide-eyed and Xia Chi exclaimed, “Fuck, I’ve never seen so many cards in my life. Did you just empty the game lobby? Where did you get so many cards?”
“Hehe,” Bai Lixin laughed, saying nothing.
‘Where else could it be? It’s a gift from my old gong!
Jealous~?’
Bai Lixin took out all the performance point card, then began to look through the rest casually. Suddenly, he saw a certain card and was stunned. He reached out to pick it up.
The silver card was only A-rank, but the text inside deeply attracted Bai Lixin.
[Reversal Card]
[Usable Times: 1 time (Consumable card, not reusable)]
[Effect: After use, the player can experience a brief reversal of luck (Luck is divided into seven levels from S, A, B, C, D, E, to F. If the player is at the F level, after a reversal, they will become an S-level luck. Conversely, when the player is at the S level of luck, using this card will reduce them to F-level luck).]
[Duration after use: 30 minutes]
Damn.
Bai Lixin’s eyes instantly lit up.
Isn’t this tailor-made for him?
Is he finally getting a chance to experience ‘lying down and winning’?!
He put the card into his backpack, and once again, he searched through the prop cards with enthusiasm.
However, after searching through the sea of cards for a long time, there was only that one card.
H practically had no use for these prop cards, so he randomly picked a few from them, leaving the rest to the guild for Zhou Guang and others to handle later.
The Core Fire Guild hadn’t accumulated many prop cards. They worked hard, but the obtained prop cards were either distributed to members or given to the new players in the first-floor lobby.
The Core Fire Guild has always been managed by Zhou Guang and the others. Although he is the president, he has never exerted any strength.
Today, the mascot finally contributed his strength.
They’ve known each other for several years, and Zhou Guang knows Bai Lixin’s temper well. He did not refuse anything, and directly stuffed all the prop cards into the guild warehouse. When they have time, they will properly sort out these prop cards and see who needs what.
With so many prop cards, they can distribute them to new players for a long time.
Seeing Bai Lixin about to leave, Xia Chi blinked at Zhou Guang and quickly followed behind Bai Lixin like a small tail.
“Brother,” Xia Chi looked at Bai Lixin with stars in his eyes, “are you going to enter a copy?”
Bai Lixin glanced at the boy in front of him, “You want to come with me?”
Xia Chi immediately nodded heavily, “Yes! Take me with you. Oh, it’s been so long since you took me along. Last time you went alone, and the time before that was with Li Cancan and Sun Ning. Do you think I’m not good enough? Wuuu, have you been avoiding me?”
Bai Lixin was speechless, “Didn’t I call you to find tokens before? What floor are you on now?”
Xia Chi patted his chest, “Although I haven’t entered a copy with you, I’ve completed three copies in between. I’m already on the 640th floor now.”
‘Quick, praise me, praise me!’
“Um,” Bai Lixin was forced to comply, “you’re amazing.”
Xia Chi: “Right? I’m so good. Bring me along, you won’t lose out~! Please, brother.”
“Okay, okay,” Bai Lixin nodded, “do you still have a team-up card?”
Xia Chi directly pulled out a stack from his backpack, “I have enough, I kept them all and haven’t used a single one.”
Bai Lixin looked at the thick stack of cards: “…”
‘Tell me the truth, do you want to hang on me like a sloth?’
Bai Lixin: “I’ll enter a copy in about two days. I’ll send you a messenger then.”
The invisible tail behind Xia Chi wagged frantically, “Okay, brother, you must find me. I’ll be waiting for you, like the Amah Rock, waiting for you forever.”
*The Amah Rock/Wangfu/Husband- Watching-Rock is a rock shaped much like a woman carrying a baby on her back, located on a hilltop in southwest Sha Tin District, Hong Kong. According to a legend, the faithful wife of a fisherman climbed the hills every day, carrying her son, to watch for the return of her husband, not knowing he had been drowned at sea. In reward for her faithfulness she was turned into a rock by the Goddess of the Sea so that her spirit could unite with that of her husband.
Bai Lixin shuddered and quickly pressed the elevator button, “See you later!”
‘Don’t, it’s better not wait for me. I’m a bit scared.’
The elevator quickly arrived at the floor where Bai Lixin’s dorm was located. He pushed the door open and went in, then took out all the performance point cards.
A bright light appeared, and his body flickered continuously with a flame-like white light.
The system’s prompts kept ringing: [Congratulations, player, you have received 10,000 performance points, successfully upgraded to the 571st floor.]
[Congratulations, player, you have received 5,000 performance points.]
[Congratulations, player, you have received 10,000 performance points, successfully upgraded to the 572nd floor.]
[Congratulations, player…]
The system prompts continued non-stop for a full five minutes before finally stopping.
[Congratulations, player, you have received 20,000 performance points, successfully upgraded to the 670th floor!]
Escape system: “…”
‘I’m exhausted! I never thought there’d be a day when I counted performance points until I got tired!]
Although Bai Lixin wasn’t entirely satisfied with this final floor, it was still pretty good.
Perhaps Dijia didn’t want him to level up too quickly.
From the 570th floor to the 670th floor, a full upgrade of 100 floors.
In the next copy, he should be able to reach the 700th floor.
If he reached the 700th floor, would the 900th floor be far away?
When he reaches the 900th floor, the 999th floor would not be far away.
Above the 600th floor, leveling up becomes more difficult.
Each floor required 20,000 performance points, double the previous requirement of 10,000 points.
Even though the performance points requirement had increased, the rewards from copies should also increase accordingly, so the overall leveling speed shouldn’t slow down.
The escape system rested for a moment before finally regaining its strength. It spoke excitedly, “Master Bai Lixin, congratulations on reaching above the 600th floor! As I mentioned before, after reaching the 600th floor, your house will undergo a qualitative leap!”
[Are you ready for your new home?!]
As the escape system’s voice fell, the buildings around Bai Lixin instantly expanded and changed like Lego toys.
The two-story small villa turned into a luxurious two-story mansion. There was a sound of rushing water, and through the French windows, Bai Lixin saw that an extra yard had appeared outside, complete with a pavilion, a lush green lawn, and even a swimming pool.
Not only that, there was something outside the yard… the moon?
Escape System: [This entire space is still inside your dormitory. The moon is simulated. Although it’s not real, you’ll see when you go outside that it looks exactly like the real moon. Not only the moon, but during the day, there’ll also be the sun. After reaching the 600th floor, you’ll have more freedom. Opening the window won’t only show an unchanging high tower. Are you happy?”
Bai Lixin stood in front of the French window for a while, then turned to another window.
Opening it, he saw the previous unchanging high tower and foggy clouds outside.
Silently closing the window, Bai Lixin asked in his mind, [Where do I go out at?]
Escape System: [You can go out from the front door~ The yard connects to your back door. The yard may seem open to you, but it’s actually fully enclosed. But for the convenience of players on high floors, various climates are simulated in the yard. Of course, you can control them with a button on the wall—breeze, falling leaves, cicadas, snowy scenes—whatever you like, all with a single press.]
[As for hygiene, you don’t need to worry. Just like before, the system cleans for you every day. If you don’t like the system cleaning, you can turn off this function. Some players prefer to do housework to relieve stress. Of course, you can also buy a robot vacuum cleaner.]
Bai Lixin didn’t show any particular expression toward the outside yard. In his eyes, all of this was the system’s attempt to mentally manipulate players.
Players on lower floors had limited resources. Even living in such an environment, they still couldn’t sleep soundly, worrying about the 50 points deducted daily.
But as players reached higher floors, their points in the mall became abundant.
Suddenly there is such a comfortable environment. This easily makes players reduce their sense of oppression. Their desire to leave diminished, and their subjective initiative decreased. Players gradually enter a state of slacking off.
Then, players could redeem pets, AI robots, and other items from the mall.
From making big efforts, they gradually decline till they become weak.
It’s unknown how many players fail when clearing copies due to slacking off.
Bai Lixin frowned and closed the curtains without looking at the courtyard any further.
Escape system: [Huh, God Xin, don’t you like this yard? It’s a privilege for players above the 600th floor.]
Bai Lixin: [If this privilege and special treatment come at the cost of death, then I’d rather not.]
After familiarizing himself with the layout of the new house, Bai Lixin went to bed soon after.
Two days later, he sent a message to Xia Chi, [Are you ready? I’m setting off.]
Xia Chi replied almost instantly, [I’ve been ready for a long time, just waiting for you, Brother!]
