Chapter 185: Dividing Interests Again
Looking at the five identical empty magazines displayed by Lu Jiamu, the survivors in the venue looked at each other again.
Five magazines mean that the number of complete guns that can be assembled should be greater than or equal to five.
It is also possible that these five magazines are the total number of magazines he will show in the entire game. If this is the case, it means that if any group fails to successfully obtain the magazines in this round, they will not be able to assemble a complete gun.
While Lu Jiamu was still there, someone quickly seized the opportunity and asked, “If you still have some questions about the rules, can I confirm it with you again?”
Lu Jiamu made a "please" gesture, indicating that he could speak.
"You said the total number of guns is confidential, and we're pretty sure of that," the man asked, "but is there a situation where there are extra accessories?"
Lu Jiamu thought about it and smiled: "It's hard to say."
No one was overly bothered about this question, and someone asked: "Can we exchange or give each other the cards in our hands? Do we have to go to you to place a bet together?"
"Of course you can exchange with each other. As I said before, this game doesn't have so many restrictions on details. I only look at the results. The act of betting can be done by anyone in the team at any time, as long as you agree in advance."
"Can the equipment we obtained be exchanged?"
"In order to enhance the fairness of the game, we will slightly restrict this point." Lu Jiamu introduced, "I will remember who has the sold items, and whoever buys them will be the owner. Each owner can choose an item to borrow or exchange once per round, but they cannot rob others. So when the item changes hands, you need to explain it to me, so that I can make sure that every action you take is not a violent robbery of others' things."
With these additional instructions, the survivors said they had learned enough about the game, and their attention gradually shifted to their teammates, and they began to communicate in groups of three or five.
"If you have any questions, you can call me again."
After saying this, Lu Jiamu left the dilapidated building and found a car with a better view and got in.
The domineering performance and confrontation just now made him a little tired, and his body might be a little malnourished.
Yu Leng and Diary were trying their best to ignore each other, but when they saw him come out, they followed him.
Diary wrapped in a blanket sat on the left side of Lu Jiamu. When the soldiers in the car saw it coming, they immediately moved away with great tact.
It turned its head to take a look at the survivors' communication activities in the building, and praised in a very mean tone: "Great, we have fooled them."
Although Yu Leng knew that Diary was no longer able to hurt him and was no longer so afraid, he still had some reservations and sat to the right of Lu Jiamu.
Lu Jiamu was also paying attention to the actions of the survivors.
He had just mixed three decks of playing cards together. Those cards were looted from three teams of soldiers, and they were in varying degrees of newness and oldness. Some of the cards even had marks secretly made by someone, so even if the cards were the same, there would look a little different between each one.
The cards were dealt by Lu Jiamu himself. He avoided some cards that looked too similar, so now he has clearly remembered which card each person got.
As long as they came to him to trade, even if there was only one person, he could tell the survivors' intention to team up and judge the game status through the cards.
Although no one knew what the survivors in the building were talking about specifically, there was a clear tendency for them to stick together. Different groups were clearly separated, and it seemed that they didn't have much to say to each other.
Then a team of eight people left the building first and came to find Lu Jiamu.
They were probably acting together because they were afraid that there would be a traitor in the team if they were not paying attention.
When the other team saw this, they also wanted to follow, but Lu Jiamu waved his hand to refuse them, indicating that they should wait until the exchange was over before coming over.
Lu Jiamu unfolded the cards with numbers 1-5, indicating that they represented the numbers of the five items, and asked them to choose one from them.
These people dared to come first because they were fortunate enough to get big cards, which gave them good luck and gave them some confidence.
On the one hand, they wanted to avoid the eyes and ears of others, and on the other hand, they wanted to gain some favor in front of Lu Jiamu. After they came over, they discussed strategies from various directions.
Although it now seems to be a competition of kills and luck in drawing cards, it is still mainly a strategy game.
The first is the betting amount.
There were eight of them in total, so they were not at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. Moreover, the cards were not divided into very small numbers, so it was obvious that they had the advantage in this round.
All the items that appear in this round are the same. When the total number of equipment is unknown, whoever can get more of the items will be in a monopoly state. Conversely, whoever does not get them will be at a disadvantage from the beginning.
There are five items in total, but their current original team is only four teams. It is possible that some items will be bet on repeatedly, while some items will be left unclaimed.
Now, if all eight of them bet on one item, they will definitely get that item. But if they just do this in an advantageous situation, it will obviously be a loss.
They can also estimate the total amount of cards the other team might hold, and then place two bets, one steady trade and one gamble.
Or you can calculate the maximum sum of the other team's cards, add a little to a certain item, and then hide the rest of the cards to retain the advantage and catch others off guard in the next round.
Or you can choose the most extreme route and divide the cards equally among five items, and gamble purely on luck, betting on others to repeat the bet. In this way, the best chance of getting three or four magazines is, and the worst chance is that all the cards in this round will be invalidated and you will get nothing. It is extremely risky.
Lu Jiamu half bent down and listened to their conversation patiently.
The eight people discussed for a while, but still couldn't come up with a plan. At the same time, they were all worried that after the first transaction, there would be a traitor in the team, or that there would be changes in other teams. Once others joined forces to gain an advantage in numbers, the risks would increase.
There were too many variables, so the eight people thought about it and finally decided to make a fake deal this time, go back and get information from others, and then come back. So they asked Lu Jiamu if he could keep their cards for them first.
Lu Jiamu readily agreed, took their cards, and promised not to tell anyone else. If no one in the next team asked or took the initiative to develop this rule, he would not mention it.
The team left with peace of mind. In the eyes of the people watching closely from behind, they just returned after completing the transaction and using up all the cards.
When the second team saw the first team coming back, they stopped socializing with others and immediately followed suit, coming to find Lu Jiamu. They also came together like the first team.
This is a nine-man team with an advantage in numbers and no cards with particularly low numbers.
Their idea was similar to that of the first team. They discussed for a while in front of Lu Jiamu, trying to secretly spy on some information about the first team by observing Lu Jiamu's reaction. However, Lu Jiamu's face remained unchanged, and he knew nothing about the three things they asked. When they asked about the foul warning again, they did not get what they wanted.
But the second team had some confidence in their number, and they did not act hesitantly like the first team. Instead, after discussing for a while, they tried to make a choice from a psychological perspective.
The leader of the second team believed that when a group of numbers appeared, the numbers at the two ends would often make people feel uneasy, while the numbers towards the center would make people like them more. What they are playing now is essentially a game of choosing numbers that others would not choose.
He thought other teams would think the same, so he wanted to go against the grain and choose the middle, ultimately choosing numbers 3 and 4.
He bet three small numbers on the number 3 and six large numbers on the number 4, just to be safe.
After they went back, the bald man came with his six younger brothers shortly afterwards.
While still at a distance, the bald man began to flatter Lu Jiamu in a pretentious manner, and then started to ask tentative questions, as if he wanted to win favor by his flattering behavior and tilt the scales of fairness in his favor.
After trying without success, he started shaking the pieces of paper in the sky. It was obvious that he didn't want to think too much in this round and left everything to fate.
He shook out the number 3, picked up the paper and began to secretly observe Lu Jiamu's expression, trying to find some clues.
But Lu Jiamu just looked at him with a slightly peaceful smile from beginning to end, as if it would be the same no matter what he chose.
Although he didn't see anything, the bald man paid special attention to the selection in this round. He thought that this time it might be all the magazines.
If he missed it, he would be controlled by others and unable to complete the game, so he attached great importance to it and put all the seven people's cards on number 3 without hesitation, striving to get a magazine in this round.
After the bald man left, the last group of people came over.
This team has the smallest number of people, only six. The captain believes that there are five exactly the same magazines at the same time, and he is not sure what choices others will make.
But his side was outnumbered, and a rash choice might lead to disastrous defeat. It would be better to accumulate and wait and see, gaining the upper hand in the next round. So he chose to forfeit directly, and also asked Lu Jiamu to keep their cards for him and keep it secret from others.
In this way, Lu Jiamu has already understood the initial group situation of these thirty people.
The survivors in the building over there saw that the four teams had communicated with Lu Jiamu separately, but Lu Jiamu did not come back to announce the results of this round. They quickly realized that someone must have not completed the transaction but pretended to use up all his cards.
There may even be more than one team.
They realized that hiding cards was also a viable method, and began to worry that their team might be the only one that did not notice this rule and foolishly used up all the cards, resulting in a loss in the next round.
But they all pretended that they had no worries, were full of confidence, and began to actively communicate with people from other teams.
The four teams that were originally operating independently gradually blurred the boundaries between each other and began to socialize.
The captain of the first team somehow got some information and soon found Lu Jiamu again, asking him to divide the cards in his custody into four parts as evenly as possible, except for his own card, and bet on the numbers 1245 respectively, while his own card would be kept until the next round.
It seemed that because the other teams had already completed the transaction, he no longer worried about a traitor in the team revealing his choice to others. In addition, he also received a private message from Mi Yiyi Card, so he came alone this time.
But Lu Jiamu knew that they were now a united team and it was far from the right time to attack from behind, so he just recorded his choice and let him go.
In this round, since there were no obvious conflicts between the four teams, there was not much calculation between them. They all just did their own thing very simply.
Seeing that the four teams had made their choices, Lu Jiamu immediately returned to them and announced the results.
The first team got three magazines of No. 125, the second team got magazine No. 4, the third team got magazine No. 3, and the fourth team got nothing.
Lu Jiamu only announced the results but not the process, so the specific situation depends on everyone's own speculation.
But no matter what, everyone can vaguely guess that the first team monopolized most of the magazines by picking up leaks. As for why the fourth team got nothing, it is unknown whether it was because the card chose the flat strategy but failed to beat anyone, resulting in all the magazines being invalidated, or there are other reasons.
At the same time, Lu Jiamu took out five items for the second round, including two bullets and three gun bodies, labeled them separately, and after showing them, he gave them the second round of cards.
After receiving the cards, the survivors looked at them one by one.
"There is another point in the rules that seems unclear. I would like to ask you a question." The bald man suddenly stood up and asked a question, "You said before that whoever obtains the item through the transaction is the owner of the item. Then if the owner dies, how will these items be handled? Are there any regulations?"
He asked this question because, on the one hand, he was extremely envious of the captain of the first team who had three items at once, and he was so eager to kill him that he wanted to clarify the answer to this question.
On the one hand, it may be because they realized that as the rounds and items traded increased, someone among them would soon be able to assemble a gun. Having a gun not only cannot guarantee that their opponents will not attack them, but also cannot guarantee that their teammates will not sneak attack them.
To avoid being ambushed, it seems that the best way is to hold all the items in your own hands, but holding all the items also means that you will become the primary target of attack by other teams.
In order to prevent them from competing with each other for items, Lu Jiamu added the restriction that "each owner can only lend or exchange items once per round", which became a restriction.
Hoarding items alone will result in teammates being unable to fight back after you are attacked. And a gun is counted as three parts. If you successfully assemble a gun but are killed, does the gun count as one item that can be given to others, or can only one-third be given away?
"Then they are all invalidated." Lu Jiamu replied, "The items of the dead people will be cleared, and you can enter the next round and continue to trade items using the cards I issued."
A sinister look flashed across the bald man's eyes, and he nodded to show that he understood.
In the second round of the game, with the increase in the variety of items and a deeper understanding of the rules, the survivors have become more cautious. Their minds are no longer as pure as in the first round, and they have begun to become a little petty.
The fact that losing life means losing equipment makes the rule that survivors with a pass have one right of pardon, adding a buff that prevents them from losing equipment.
Different from the default rule in the first round that "the team leader takes the equipment, and see who can collect all the equipment first and kill all the other team members", there is now a division of levels within the team, and the interests are once again divided by the newly understood rules.
It seems that those who have a pass are given priority to own equipment by default.
But if all the equipment is held by people with passes, there are originally fifteen passes, and the leader wants to take fifteen people away, so what is the point of this game?
Those with two lives are hard to kill and easy to be retaliated against, so if they connect with each other and kill all the cannon fodder without passes in each other's team, wouldn't that speed through the game?
As long as one cannon fodder is killed, they will soon realize this, or they have already thought of it now, but no one has said it.
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