"Absolutely impossible!"
Lu Ce''s slightly dark voice echoed in the space. As soon as he finished speaking, Number Two immediately burst into a tirade, anxiously trying to persuade everyone.
"Don''t listen to his nonsense. We can definitely come up with a fair distribution method."
"I''ll handle the distribution. There''s no way anyone will end up with zero points."
"Trust me, I swear on my honor that no one will be left out."
"We''ve all been through this hellish game together, sharing life and death..."
Number Two was almost frantic, speaking nonstop as if trying to cover something up, trying to suppress her guilty conscience.
Lu Ce''s simple words had already filled her with dread. Instinctively, she wanted to vote him out!
Get this mentally unstable devil out, and her chance would come!
Lu Ce noticed her mental state and interrupted with a smile:
"Oaths are never trustworthy. Compared to promises, choices based on human nature are more reliable."
"In those videos that stirred your deepest desires, what did you see?"
"What are you afraid of?"
"Even if my policy passes and you gain nothing, you won''t die, yet you''re so eager."
"That deep-seated desire, the ultimate benefit, is something you can''t let go of, right?"
Number Two''s forehead was starting to sweat. She wanted to say something to turn the tide, to get Number Three and Number Five to vote quickly!
Just one vote short!
At this moment, someone else finally spoke up.
It was Number Five, who, without the threat of death, seemed relatively relaxed.
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"I''d like to ask, Number One."
"Why do you say that if Number Four distributes, Number Three and I will end up with zero?"
Lu Ce turned slightly in his direction, his blue mask forming a puzzled expression ┌(′_ゝ`)┐.
"Do you not think at all?"
Then he turned to look at Number Two, smiling faintly:
"Proving you''re not as smart as Miss Number Two here. If I''m not mistaken, you already understand the key to this game after what I said, right?"
Number Two trembled slightly, as if her secret had been exposed, but she dared not admit it. Lu Ce didn''t give her a chance, leaning back in his chair, he continued:
"Suppose there''s only one person in this game."
"Then, without a doubt, they would take all of the 100% share and go home happily."
"And if there are only two people, what would the distribution be? Fifty-fifty? Or what?"
"Of course not! It would be 100 and 0! Because as long as half agree, it passes. The one with the power to distribute doesn''t need to care about the other''s opinion!"
Lu Ce''s words guided everyone''s thoughts. Except for Number Two, who looked increasingly grim, everyone else listened intently.
Lu Ce continued:
"So, what happens when there are three people in this game?"
The question was calm, but those watching the live broadcast, like Blank, who had been pondering, instantly realized the game''s sinister nature!
Inside and outside the game, they almost spoke in unison with Lu Ce:
"The distributor only needs to give a little benefit to the third person and completely disregard the second person, and the plan will pass!"
"The distribution will be 99, 0, 1!"
"Because if the third person disagrees, when the distribution fails and only two are left, the last person gets nothing."
"So, as the number of people increases, what happens next? I don''t need to explain further, do I?"
For a moment, everyone was silent.
No one was foolish. Previously, under external pressure, their thoughts were muddled, and no one had figured out the key.
Now, with Lu Ce explaining everything so clearly, they could deduce the possible outcomes themselves.
If there are four people, the first person''s distribution only needs to consider the second-to-last person''s interests.
Because if the first person dies, it becomes the three-person distribution situation, which was already explained clearly, and the second-to-last person would get nothing.
So the distribution would be... 99-0-1-0!
And continuing this logic, now it''s the five-person distribution...
Though hard to accept and intuitively difficult to grasp, looking at it this way, Lu Ce''s distribution method couldn''t be broken!
He was actually right!
But how dare he? How dare he?! Knowing that any mistake could cost him his life!
Yet he still decided this way, as if the life-and-death crisis didn''t pressure him at all, not even affecting his mental state!
"So, I''m the luckiest one among you."
"So, you really do love me!"
Lu Ce said this to the air, addressing the organizers who had arranged him as the first person.
[...]
"Not responding means you agree?"
[Five minutes are up!]
Click.
The small door in front of Lu Ce opened and closed, dropping a few seemingly "friendly" little animals, squeaking aimlessly as they wandered around the space.
"You even found me some little companions, it seems you really do love me."
Lu Ce continued his banter, even starting to lure the bugs towards himself.
He wasn''t in a hurry to urge the other players, letting them slowly digest the situation while he thought about other ways to exploit the system.
While he was leisurely, the other players were unwilling to accept reality, casting suspicious glances at each other, thinking of ways to break the deadlock.
Especially Number Two, who was the most unwilling! She was still thinking about how to turn the tables.
"Everyone, this is just the worst-case scenario, a conspiracy of this game."
"As long as we unite..."
But halfway through her speech, she found it hard to convince even herself. Why would others believe her?
Right!
"Number Three, Number Five, I can privately offer you..."
Just as she was about to use her points to win over Number Three and Number Five, to gain their trust.
But before she could finish, she remembered that in the previous round, Lu Ce had already extorted all the points from the four players!
Despair filled Number Two''s eyes as she looked at Number One, full of shock, as if gazing up at a towering mountain.
Could it be that he had foreseen even this situation earlier?