Techniques and Dao

Chapter 160 Cruel Choice
Hana's hands were bound behind her back to the chair with a magic rope, and a rope with a spell was also around her neck.

The two nooses binding him, Mieying, and Jane were connected together. If any one of them struggled, they would all be strangled until they died.

Hua Sheng now has to give a name, because the man in white robes said that he had already given names to Mie Ying and Jian.

He pondered the current situation, hoping that all three of them could survive.

Mieying has sacrificed so much for me, even turning against Lü Dongbin. Therefore, Hua Sheng would rather die himself than let anything happen to Mieying.

But what choices did Mieying and Jian make outside the room? Judging from what the white-robed man said, Mieying and Jian must be separated in two places, and the white-robed man would never give them a chance to contact each other.

Therefore, they can only guess, or rather, it's a psychological game.

None of these three people would want to see someone else die, but sacrificing a stranger to protect themselves and those they care about is probably understandable.

Suppose there are two choices.

Firstly, there is a 70% probability that everyone can survive.

Secondly, sacrificing a comrade increases the probability of saving both oneself and one's comrade's lives by more than 90%.

What choice would each person make?

Hua Sheng tried to guess Mie Ying's thoughts. Mie Ying was a kind girl. Of the eight sisters she had met, only Xiao Liu, who could control light, possessed a slightly sinister aura. But even so, if Xiao Liu had to choose, she would probably still hope that everyone lived.

Hua Sheng was certain that these sisters were all kind-hearted. His only worry was whether Xiao Wu, who had weaker magical powers, would choose to protect herself out of fear. This would affect her final choice.

When she encountered Lei Zhenzi in the Chi Biao Nuzhou rainforest south of Shengpingning, she had saved Xiao Wu. Therefore, Xiao Wu would not choose Hua Sheng. Of course, to save her own life, she would not choose herself either.

After all, there are only two possibilities for her to choose herself: either she dies alone, or all three of them die.

Therefore, if an answer had to be given, the gentle Xiao Wu would definitely choose the unfamiliar Jane! She and Jane are always separated by the other sisters, and have never met face-to-face. Therefore, the gentle Xiao Wu would sacrifice Jane to protect herself and Hua Sheng.

Hua Sheng has now deduced the choice of Mie Ying Xiao Wu, so the next step is to guess how Jian will choose.

"Delaying is useless!"

The man in the white robe had clearly lost patience.

Hua Sheng wanted to buy herself more time, but as soon as the other person finished speaking, the noose around her neck tightened rapidly.

The man spat out two words through gritted teeth:
"Who should we choose?!"

Hua Sheng stared intently at the iron hoop chain floating in mid-air. Just now, when the man approached him, the hoop chain moved slightly to the side.

If one has the ability to break free, even for just a moment, one can summon the Ruyi Jingu Bang (the magic staff).

He suddenly silently chanted a spell: "Hurry, hurry, as the law commands!"

Flames immediately erupted around his neck as he tried to burn through the ropes!

At the same time, Jane and Mieying's screams came from next door!
"By burning this rope, you're burning both of them!" the white-robed man said viciously.

Hua Sheng had no choice but to extinguish the flames immediately, and could only use his neck to brace against the tightening noose. However, the noose was connected to the necks of Mie Ying and the others, and all three of them were now tightly strangled.

Even if Hua Sheng could temporarily slow down the tightening of the noose around their necks, he couldn't help Mie Ying and the others escape.

The man yelled, "Who do you choose!"

Faced with this problem and the rapidly tightening noose, the names of Jian and Mieying flashed through Hua Sheng's mind like an electric current.

If Xiao Wu will definitely choose Jian, then who will Jian choose?

I don't know Jane well, but she's a French girl. In this situation, would a French girl sacrifice the man or the woman?
No, this has no necessary connection with whether someone is from the East or the West; everyone is different!

But there was no time! He had to give them a name before they were strangled.

Oh no! The rope is too tight. If we try to save three people at the same time, everyone has to choose! Jane will absolutely not choose herself; no one is willing to sacrifice themselves in this situation.

If she were Jane, what would she think? As someone who had been kidnapped by strangers, she would definitely try to transfer the risk away from herself!
Choosing herself is too risky. Whether all three choose her, or even if only one of the two chooses her, she's doomed. Therefore, Jane is most likely to choose Hanamori!

Oh no, the rope is too tight! Hanamori's consciousness began to blur, less and less blood flowed to her brain, and the light in front of her began to dim.

“Mom…” he blurted out in a daze.

"You still have the energy to swear at a time like this?" The white-robed man's voice seemed to come from a great distance.

The rope loosened slightly, but Hana still couldn't catch her breath.

"A name. A name!"

Hua Sheng realized that if he and Jian each had one vote, and he chose to eliminate Ying, then it would be a situation where all three of them would choose each other, and all of them would survive!

He couldn't believe the man in front of him, but this was the only way to reduce the reason why a man in white robes would kill everyone.

Hua Sheng must buy time to escape this predicament, even if it's just a little delay!
If the golden cudgel is back in my hands, I might be able to turn the tide.

He said, "One vote for Jane, one vote for me. So the person I choose is..."

The man in white robes said, "So you want to choose the remaining girl!"

Hua Sheng gritted his teeth: "Now we each have a vote, and everyone has chosen different people. Release Jian and Mieying now!"

The man in the white robe remained silent.

The noose around Hanamori's neck dangled down to his chest, giving him a brief respite. He was drenched in sweat and panting heavily.

"I've had enough of this game! Let us go now!"

"So this girl's name is Mieying. It's a good name," the white-robed man said slowly in a hoarse voice.

"Without further ado!"

The man in white robes didn't intend to let go of Hua Sheng, but instead said, "She sacrificed so much for you. Why do you still have the heart to choose her?"

Hua Sheng stared at the man before him. He couldn't understand what the other man meant for a moment. Mie Ying had indeed sacrificed a lot for him, but that was before he came to Shengping Ning.

How would this man know? No, the sacrifice he was referring to wasn't about Mieying and Huasheng coming to France, but rather what was happening now?

How did Mie Ying sacrifice himself?

"Congratulations on surviving..." the white-robed man said. "Two of you!"

Hanamori gasped. How could there be two people? Who was the sacrifice chosen by a vote of three people?
At this moment, cracks began to appear in the wooden walls of the room that blocked the view. The wooden walls crumbled into pieces, falling like scraps of paper.

The room became more spacious, with candles placed everywhere, their light flickering and changing.

Although it wasn't exactly bright, Hua Sheng still managed to spot two other people bound hand and foot like himself. Each of them had a white-robed man standing before them, just like himself.

The partition wall shattered, and the three men in white robes walked into each other's arms, eventually merging into one.

Hua Sheng immediately recognized Jian and Mieying as the ones tied to the chairs. Upon seeing Mieying, Hua Sheng felt as if he were immersed in ice water.

Xiao Wu is missing. The pink-haired Xiao Wu didn't faint just now. But why is Xiao Qi with golden-brown hair standing in front of us now!

Hua Sheng thought to himself, "Oh no!"

Because he immediately realized the choice between Xiao Qi and Xiao Wu.

It will be different!
(End of this chapter)