This old man's test can't even be called difficult; it's as difficult as climbing to the heavens!
A deck of cards has only one joker, and the old man can hide some information about the cards, which is already difficult enough. But the joker changes every round!
It's safe to say that this kind of test was never intended to allow the challenger to pass!
"Five rounds, even if the Jade Emperor himself came, he wouldn't be able to see the pattern!" Lin Zhi slammed his hand on the table. "What are you trying to do with such a difficult problem?"
Jiang Ran was embarrassed. "Big sister, this seems to be your own dream. First, there was Alansta dreaming of an SSSS-level ghost story world, and then there was Lin Zhi dreaming of finding the Joker. Do ghost story masters like to increase their strength in their dreams?"
He thought about it and realized that if he were to take the field, relying solely on reasoning without any other abilities, it would be quite normal for him to fail to find the real joker within five rounds if he wasn't lucky enough.
Because you not only have to find out which card is the joker, but you also have to find out the pattern of how the joker changes!
In the third round, the Joker's suit was determined to be Clubs, but in the fifth round it changed to Diamonds. The suit would change in some way, and the conditions for triggering the change and the order of the change would need to be found within five rounds.
Besides the color, the number of points may also change, but it won't be as obvious.
“She has already failed, and everyone only has one chance to challenge.” The old man looked at Jiang Ran. “So, do you want to take the challenge?”
Everyone only has one chance; if you fail, you have no more.
Each person only gets five rounds.
If Jiang Ran goes up, then the Joker card will definitely be reset.
"Since you're going to cheat, then I'll just have to play along."
Jiang Ran smiled slightly.
He was not going to waste the opportunity or the time.
"I'll go, let's begin."
The old man organized the deck of cards and then shuffled them.
In the first round, he only revealed three cards, indicating that in this round, there were cards that overlapped in suit and rank with the Joker, and of course, the possibility that the Joker was among them could not be ruled out.
Regardless of how this round goes, the suit and rank of the Joker may change again in the second round, making it impossible to connect the two hands and causing confusion in the guessing.
"Alright, alright, stop dawdling and keep going."
The old man saw Jiang Ran quickly wave his hand, seemingly only glancing at the three cards on the table before telling him to start the next round without much thought.
Indeed, it's hard to tell much from the first round.
So the old man began the second round of drawing cards.
This time, he also only showed three.
Lin Zhi frowned. Rounds like this were completely meaningless! Two important cards were covered up, and with so many suits and ranks, it was impossible to deduce which card overlapped with the Joker!
Not to mention, the joker card keeps changing!
"Brother Jiang Ran... he's in danger!"
"Keep going, keep going." Jiang Ran waved his hand dismissively. "Just deal all the cards for the remaining three rounds. Dealing them one round at a time is too tedious!"
The old man was taken aback. He wanted to give the young man time to think, but the young man was unhappy about it? Fine, fine, then don't blame him!
He drew 15 cards at once! After looking at the cards, a smile appeared on his face.
In the third round, four cards were displayed.
In the fourth round, three cards were revealed.
In the fifth round, four cards were revealed.
There wasn't a single round where five cards appeared without any overlap! This is equivalent to losing a huge amount of intelligence!
Even if the Joker card hasn't changed, it will still be quite difficult to deduce the specific Joker card based on the known information!
"The five rounds are over." The old man smiled and tapped the table with his finger. "You can give your answer now."
"If you answer incorrectly, you can take your flock and get out of here."
Lin Zhi looked at Jiang Ran, she really didn't know what method Jiang Ran could use to get the answer!
Jiang Ran is indeed very capable, she admits that, but even the most amazing person can't discern the correct answer from completely incomplete information! He's not a prophet!
"It's Plum Blossom Seven."
"ah?"
"Didn't you hear me? I'll say it again, it's the Seven of Plum Blossoms."
Jiang Ran calmly gave her answer.
Lin Zhi was completely dumbfounded.
Why is it the Seven of Clubs? Please, she can't even see the answer! Why? Why?!
Is his Jiang Ran really a prophet? Or is this answer just something he made up on the spot?
Not to mention Lin Zhi, even the old man stood there stunned for a long time, not saying a word, with several big question marks appearing above his head.
"How...how did you guess that?"
How could he not be confused, since Jiang Ran had given the correct answer!
Was it a fluke? Impossible! How lucky would it take to guess the correct suit and rank of the joker from dozens of cards?
Upon hearing the old man's words, Lin Zhi naturally knew that Jiang Ran's answer was correct, but how did he guess it? Could he really be a prophet?
Lin Zhi tugged at Jiang Ran: "Brother Jiang Ran, be careful of wolves coming to kill you tonight!"
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Jiang Ran tapped the table lightly with his index finger: "The difficulty design of your game is indeed quite high. I actually guessed the rules of the Joker transformation at the beginning, but there are too many answers to be found, and I can't really determine one of them."
"After an odd-numbered round, the current Joker gains points equal to the number of cards deducted in the current round. After an even-numbered round, the Joker is moved to the next position in the order of Spades, Hearts, Clubs, and Diamonds, equal to the number of cards deducted in the current round."
Jiang Ran actually explained the rules of how the Joker card works! That proves he wasn't just guessing!
"In the game Lin Zhi played, the starting joker was the 2 of spades, right?"
Lin Zhi recalled the previous game. If the joker in the first round was the 2 of spades, and one card was discarded in the first round, then the joker in the second round would become the 3 of spades.
In the second round, two cards are placed face down, so the Joker's suit changes from spades to clubs, becoming the 3 of clubs.
In the third round, zero cards were discarded, and nothing changed; the Joker was still the 3 of Clubs.
In the fourth round, one card is placed face down, so the suit order is shifted one place to the right. The Joker in the fifth round, which is the final Joker, becomes the 3 of Diamonds.
The difficulty of this game lies in finding the pattern. First, you need to determine the order in which the four suits of spades, hearts, clubs, and diamonds change. If the order is calculated incorrectly, even a small change may affect the correctness of the final answer.
Such a puzzle isn't particularly overpowered in a team dungeon. It's clearly designed to make everyone work together in a series of challenges to solve the puzzle, since as long as one person clears it, everyone can enter the city!
If you can't see the pattern after five rounds, what about ten rounds, or fifty rounds? Surely you'll find a pattern eventually.
The tragedy lies in the fact that there are only two of them, so Jiang Ran has no choice but to find another way...
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