The candlelight engulfed the octopus head, and Jiang Ran gained an additional buff: either a special item or two extra candlelights.
There are probably no other new people in this building right now.
So everyone is well aware of the rules, and it won't be easy to attract people back here.
After a few seconds of thought, Jiang Ran decided to directly obtain two extra candles. He transformed the candles at positions 20 and 21 into bright red candles, which were the last two candles in the sequence.
Because the identity cards are transformed in sequence, and you will gain the corresponding candlelight as long as you survive a round with this identity, anyone whose identity corresponds to [Judgment] or [World] is already incredibly close to victory!
It's hard to say whether there are people like that in the building right now!
Therefore, if you want to collect candles by eliminating others, the later your identity, the harder it will be to collect them. So Jiang Ran transformed the two candles in advance.
As for special items? Jiang Ran felt that he already had enough methods, and the point of using special items was to collect candlelight, so he might as well skip the process and just take the result.
His current progress is 3/22. Judging from this data, winning is still a long way off.
"Let's switch identity tags."
Jiang Ran's first transformed candlelight corresponds to the [Prisoner] category, which is the [Loser] category. Therefore, at the end of the round, he must ensure that his identity is also the [Loser] category in order to obtain the corresponding candlelight.
The two exchanged identity tokens, and Lin Zhi's clothes returned to normal. She quickly returned her coat to Jiang Ran, who didn't care about her ripped trendy clothes and just suppressed her negative and timid emotions.
Soon, the crying stopped, and laughter once again filled the building.
"One round lasts about five minutes."
"The identity card only changes during the round corresponding to the identity, which means it changes every ten minutes. Something's not right, this is taking too long!"
Each identity change takes a full ten minutes! The octopus head has been here for his 14th identity, which is a full 28 rounds! 140 minutes, more than two hours!
Jiang Ran didn't have time to waste a few hours here! After obtaining the important items here, he still needed to explore Paradise City further, and then he had to herd his sheep back!
"There must be other ways to quickly collect candlelight. The world of ghost stories doesn't present unsolvable puzzles. If this game requires several hours to complete, it doesn't make logical sense!"
Both of them looked at their new identity cards at the same time.
The [Beggar] in Jiang Ran's hand remained unchanged.
The "successful person" in Lin Zhi's hands has become the "entrepreneur".
The term "entrepreneur" is the counterpart to "fool," and compared to "beggar," this identity is clearly much more respectable. However, it still doesn't escape the initial meaning, representing someone standing at the starting point of the road to success, with the future still unknown.
"Lin Zhi, do you feel anything unusual about yourself?"
"I feel... a bit lost, and I don't know what to do."
The building has 18 floors. The other players should be gathered on the upper floors. In any case, Jiang Ran didn't see anyone other than the octopus head on the second floor.
This guy probably knew in advance that he was going to be turned into a "drunkard," so he went to the second floor, where there were the fewest people, to avoid being assassinated during the process.
"Let's go to the third floor first!"
There must be a reason why there are so few people on the second level; perhaps we can find other clues on the higher levels.
The two arrived on the third floor. As soon as they stepped into the corridor, they saw two or three people gathered around the door of a room ahead. They were staring at the words on the doorplate and thinking about something.
As Jiang Ran approached, he also saw those words.
Those who uphold justice are welcome to enter.
[Those who help the vulnerable may enter]
Those who punish evil and uphold justice may enter.
These three sentences certainly don't refer to themselves, but rather to their identities. But what can they do after entering? Obtain candlelight?
Those who uphold justice help the weak and punish the wicked...
I don't think they have anything to do with either "beggar" or "entrepreneur".
The three people at the door glanced at the two more people who had arrived, then cautiously took a half-step back and went back to reading the three sentences on the door.
"It seems to fit my identity somewhat... Should I go in and give it a try?"
One of them muttered something, as if he had made up his mind, and then pushed open the door.
The moment he opened the door, the first line of text on the door, "Those who are righteous may enter," emitted light.
After he entered the room, the door closed again.
In other words, he met the first condition?
Those who are righteous... The eleventh position of the Tarot card is "Justice," and the person who just entered the card most likely corresponds to the identity of "Justice"!
The pursuit of justice comes at a price.
He didn't look disheveled at all, so he was most likely from the successful group. Jiang Ran then began to sized up the other two.
One of them was trembling slightly, and his skin was somewhat pale.
The other person was dressed in a classic gentleman's suit and looked extremely respectable.
While it's impossible to pinpoint their exact identities, it's relatively easy to determine whether they are "successful" or "failures."
If the first sentence corresponds to "justice," then what do the following two sentences correspond to? Helping the weak and punishing the wicked...
"I feel like I'm somewhat qualified, let's go in and give it a try!"
The trembling man pushed open the door, but was immediately sent flying and crashed into the corridor in a disheveled state!
His identity card, which he had been carrying in his pocket, was knocked out by the violent movement. Although the guy immediately kicked the identity card back, Jiang Ran still saw the three words written on it.
Drug addict
As expected, it's the identity of a loser! Let Jiang Ran think, what ordinal number does "drug addict" correspond to? This identity represents someone who couldn't resist temptation and was dragged into the abyss by desire.
Therefore, the corresponding position should be number fifteen – [Demon]!
He claims to have a sense of justice, help the weak, and punish the wicked. What exactly does this guy think he's on the list to dare open the door? He barely even remotely fits the bill. How did he even dare?
Jiang Ran didn't think this "drug addict" was really that stupid. The fact that he dared to try it even after obtaining such an identity token meant that he believed he was actually somewhat involved!
The three sentences on the door also contain other meanings!
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