Death Game: Starting as a fraudster, pretending to be a god.

Chapter 55: Casting stones to ask for directions

Following the fourth suspension bridge from the left, the five people safely reached the other side.

And this time, the brightness was different again.

This time, the candlestick for lighting took the form of a huge "stone altar".

There were circles of candles placed on the stone altar - and on both sides of the altar, there were only two suspension bridges.

In the darkness, the voice of the Crow Man sounded again.

"Haha, congratulations, you've passed the 'Reward and Punishment Question' with full participation... Therefore, when the next decision-making question begins, there will be a 'hint' present."

"Haha, welcome to the 'Decision Problem' in this room."

As soon as he finished speaking, a crow flapped its wings and landed on the stone altar from the darkness.

Then, the crow's body expanded rapidly and turned into the appearance of a "crow man".

Lin Yu put his hands in his pockets and took a step forward.

"Wow, is this the cue for 'arrival'?"

"Gah-"

The crow man in the stone altar cried out, then sat among the candles on the stone altar and spoke in a low voice.

"Both bridges this time lead to the next room..."

"Di-"

"...except that one can carry three people and one can carry two people—everyone must step onto both bridges at the same time, or both will collapse."

"You only have one chance to ask me a question—I won't answer questions that reveal how many people each bridge can carry."

The Crow Man said as the five of them looked at each other.

Number Eight spoke first, "This Crow Man said it won't answer questions about how many people each bridge can carry, so can we think of an indirect way to ask?"

"For example, if the three of us take the bridge on the left, can we clear the level?"

Before the others could react.

The Crow Man interrupted him upon hearing this.

"Haha, I won't answer this kind of question!"

As it spoke, Lin Yu spoke again.

"I've thought of a solution to this game. I'm going to ask, 'If there are two people on each suspension bridge, and the remaining person is dead, will the suspension bridge still collapse?'"

As he spoke, Lin Yu took out a pistol.

"If the answer is yes, I'll randomly destroy one so that all four can survive."

After Lin Yu finished speaking about his proposal, he immediately screamed.

"I don't believe you can be random, you are definitely going to destroy me!"

Buwang looked at Lin Yu in horror and said.

Lin Yu looked at Bu Wang: "Oh, you saw through me... How about I die first and then ask."

"Honestly, I think if we have two of them on each side...it definitely won't collapse."

As Lin Yu spoke, he stretched out his left hand from his trouser pocket and took out a revolver.

"Don't pull out your gun all the time. What if something happens? Don't gamble on this possibility," Buwang said with sweat dripping down his forehead. "And... and this 'decision problem' might have a trap."

As he spoke, Lin Yu laughed.

"Really? Where's the trap?"

After being pointed at with a gun, Buwang's speech speed obviously became much faster.

"Well, look, didn't the Crow Man say at the beginning that in this room, asking it questions will be replaced by asking questions to a specific creature!"

"So the Crow man sitting there is most likely not the Crow man serving as the 'Examination Officer', right?"

As he spoke, Lin Yu nodded.

"That makes sense, but so what?"

He still didn't put down the gun.

"Just now, it flew over here in the form of a 'crow'... Does this mean that it is actually an 'incarnation'?"

"Among the three known incarnations, except for the one representing 'truth', the other two crows can lie!"

"If this creature is one of 'Change' or 'Illusion', then you probably don't have to believe anything it says about the two bridges!"

Buwang spoke quickly, and the other three players were also thoughtful after hearing Buwang's rapid words.

"It does seem to make sense..."

Uncle Tie murmured.

Lin Yu nodded.

"It makes sense, because what you say is right."

Lin Yu took his right hand out of his trouser pocket - in his hand was a lie detector that was flashing red light.

He pressed the button just as the Crow Man said his first words.

"This is the lie detector I got in the first dungeon. The beeping sound just now was made by it... This means that the first sentence the Crow Man said was a lie."

"Its first sentence, 'Both bridges lead to the next room,' is the premise of the entire paragraph...which means everything that follows is wrong."

"So, we don't need to care about what this crow man says. It's purely trying to mislead us."

Lin Yu spoke calmly, but was stunned for a moment, and then spoke with a tearful voice.

"Why didn't you take out this good stuff earlier... And you know it's lying. Wasn't it just trying to scare me?"

"I just wanted to test how smart you are," Lin Yu said with a smile, putting away his gun. "Why, you can tease me, but I can't tease you?"

Uncle Tie coughed and spoke.

"Okay, so since its words are misleading... does that mean only one of the two bridges leads to the next room?"

Number Eight's eyes lit up.

"In that case, wouldn't it be perfect to just ask it? We don't need to ask which bridge can carry how many people, we can just ask which bridge leads to the next room!"

Lin Yu shook his head.

"If there were only two incarnations, 'Real' and 'Illusion', it wouldn't matter if they were all lies... then all we would have to do is listen to them in reverse."

"But there's an incarnation of 'Change' in front of it, which means that it might be the incarnation of 'Change'. So asking him any questions is meaningless."

Lin Yu explained, and Number 8 was stunned.

"Ah, it can be like this... What should we do then?! Is it another one of two choices?"

After saying that, Number Eight also looked at Buwang.

Not forgetting to notice Number Eight's gaze, he angrily pulled out a utility knife.

"What do you mean? What do you mean? You don't have a gun, but you still want me to take the lead, right? Believe it or not, I will stab you to death with one knife! Student! If I can't beat Jiu Shui, I can't beat you, right?"

He was so angry that he screamed.

Number Eight quickly spoke up: "I absolutely don't mean that. I will follow Brother Jiushui's arrangements."

As he spoke, he looked at Lin Yu with a flattering smile on his face.

Lin Yu walked up to Buwang without saying a word, gently reached out and grabbed her utility knife, pulling it out of Buwang's hand.

He did not forget to look at Lin Yu's actions, feeling somewhat puzzled and angry.

"What do you mean? Are you afraid that I'll actually stab it with a knife? You're not really going to let me pick one at random, are you?"

Lin Yu shook his head.

"No, because if 'both paths lead to the next room' is a lie, then the truth could be 'only one path leads to the next room', or it could be 'neither path leads to the next room'."

"Combined with the voice of the examiner, the Crow Man, in the darkness at the beginning... this 'Crow Man' before us, whose every word is unbelievable, must indeed be some kind of 'hint'."

"So, what is it telling us?"

"Considering the answer to the 'Decision Problem' in the previous room, I'm guessing..."

As Lin Yu spoke, he threw a utility knife behind the Crow Man.

"Hey—my knife!"

Don't forget to scream.

But before she finished her words, a crisp sound was heard in the darkness.

"Clap."

Lin Yu laughed.

"The candles are arranged very realistically, but from our angle we can't see any path behind..."

"But it's a pity that you can hear it just by dropping something."

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