"Plum Blossom J is big."
"I'm sorry, you guessed wrong again." The faceless man's tone seemed somewhat regretful. "You've used up your three chances, but it seems you're not very lucky; you guessed wrong all of them."
Whether the guess is right or wrong doesn't matter, it's just an experiment anyway, but this round it turned out to be the two of spades, which proves that Jiang Ran's prediction might have been slightly wrong.
Based on the known information, the cards in the previous round were the 10 of diamonds and the 2 of hearts, and the cards in this round are the 2 of spades and the Jack of clubs.
If the Jack represents 11 points, there's a full 9-point difference between it and the Jack! That's even bigger than the difference in the previous round. Yet, the 2 of Spades can overtake the Jack of Clubs. Could it be that the letters don't represent points in the same order? Or can the suit or round number change the value of the points?
Jiang Ran shook his head. Three chances to test were far too few. There were countless possibilities that could be deduced. Perhaps he was being too stubborn?
Because there are countless possible conditions, the suit can even affect addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. In fact, the real rule may be an extremely complex equation. Only after substituting various conditions and performing complex calculations can the final number be obtained.
But what's the point of such an assessment? With such complex rules, even if you were given 30 chances, you might not be able to guess the answer, let alone three. In the end, the game would just degenerate into a simple, pseudo-50% chance game of luck.
Either the left side is bigger, or the right side is bigger, or there's a very small chance that both sides are the same size. Three trials are meaningless since you can't figure it out anyway, so you might as well just start guessing.
Therefore, since this is an assessment, the actual calculation rules should not be too difficult.
The cards in the previous round were the 10 of diamonds and the 2 of hearts; the cards in this round are the 2 of spades and the Jack of clubs.
The cards from the previous round do have a certain impact on this round. The difference between 10 and 2 is 8, and the difference between 11 and 2 is 9. The results are reversed. Does this mean that the cards from the previous round have a larger share in the point calculation?
Add the first two cards.
9, 6;
4, 5/Large on the left;
10, 2/Large on the left;
2, 11/Large on the left;
I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but the results of all three trials showed that the left side was larger. In the first trial, the difference between 4 and 5 was too small, so even if the proportion was slightly larger in this round, it would not affect the comparison of the points between 10 and 2.
Because the difference between 10 and 2 is too large, if its proportion is too heavy, it can easily reverse the size of 2 and 11!
"The comparison of points should still be based on the sum of the points in this round and the points in the previous round, but the previous round has a greater weight."
The Faceless Man stopped pretending and threw away his two previous cards, leaving only the 2 of Spades and the Jack of Clubs on the table.
"Let's begin the formal experiment!"
"Although success or failure hinges on this, don't be nervous." The Faceless Man drew two cards. "Anyway, you have about a 50% chance of success if you just guess randomly. If all else fails, just pray that luck is on your side."
King of Diamonds!
Your Majesty?
What is the value of the Ace? Does it have any other meaning? At this moment, Jiang Ran began to doubt whether the Faceless Man really drew cards randomly.
He's a bizarre creature of unknown level; it shouldn't be too difficult for him to draw the card he wants from a deck of cards.
"So please guess which side is bigger? You have 9 minutes and 50 seconds to think."
"Actually, I didn't need to take it so seriously."
Jiang Ran's death return guarantees that he still has four unused chances. Even if he guesses wrong this time, he can commit suicide immediately, then turn back time and start over.
So there's no need for him to be so nervous. Since it's a test he has to pass, he should just trust his own predictions!
K represents 13. Let's assume that the Ace represents 14 points. It's also possible that the Little Ace represents 14 and the Big Ace represents 15. So the points actually don't differ too much.
The difference in the previous round was a full 9 points! In addition, the ace itself represents a higher number of points than the king. No matter how you look at it, according to this calculation method, the ace on the right should be higher!
However, we cannot rule out other possibilities, such as the left side always being larger regardless of the total number, or an ace representing 0 points. But this brings us back to the previous dead end. Continuing to think this way, the possibilities are countless, and much of the known information may be misleading.
Jiang Ran could only choose the more probable possibility first. If he was wrong, he could use the death return method to overturn the conclusion again!
"The king is even greater."
The faceless man did not answer immediately, but clapped his hands after a moment: "Sigh, although I don't really want to say it, you did guess right."
"So what exactly are the rules of operation?"
"It's very simple. Add the points from the previous round to the points from this round on one side, and then subtract the points from the previous round on the other side." The faceless man shrugged. "It's not easy to guess the calculation formula accurately, but fortunately, this is just a true/false question, not a fill-in-the-blank question, right?"
"Perhaps changing the rules would make this question very interesting."
"This kind of question cannot be completely considered a brain teaser."
“I never said this was a brain teaser.” The faceless man pointed at Jiang Ran. “Fate is on your side, and you will win.”
"Fate...is on my side?" Jiang Ran asked, his voice low. "Who is the god who created you?"
"Given the opportunity, you will meet eventually."
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