Zhou Lin

"Hey...isn't this statement too vague?"

"Yes, what exactly does 'various wishes' refer to? Could it be that she is the genie in the magic lamp, and any wish she makes can come true?"

"Also, does 'proper use' count as a prerequisite? What if it is 'improper use'? Are there any side effects?"

Soon, the guests’ questions and discussions began one after another.

To this, the host's reaction was... looking down at the prompt card; it seemed that the host didn't know much more than the guests.

A few seconds later, when the subtitles on the cue card were refreshed, the host continued: "Dear guests, I hope you can think clearly - this prize will ultimately be taken away by the 'winner', that is to say, she will Becomes the property of 'a certain person'; if I explain the principles of her abilities clearly here, aren't you afraid that someone will take advantage of her after leaving this ship?"

As soon as this sentence came out, the guests immediately fell silent.

Because they all thought...if they win, then it will be very detrimental to them if the information about the prize is made public.

People are like this. They are always willing to pry, speculate, expose or even fabricate things that have nothing to do with them. But when it comes to themselves and things that are closely related to themselves, people's attitude is exactly the opposite.

At this point, everyone is the same; watching other people's privacy being trampled on and one's own privacy being trampled are completely different things. Even people who highly value and respect other people's privacy cannot possibly treat others and the other party on this issue. My attitude is as level as a bowl of water.

This is the nature of highly intelligent social animals, and there are only two types of people in this world who dare to deny this nature - saints and hypocrites.

"It seems that everyone understands." After a moment, the host looked at the cue card again and said, "So, I'm sorry, I can only reveal this information about the prizes at this stage; when the game is over, the winner will naturally Get all the information about the prize alone." He paused, "Next, I will read out the rules of the game."

At this point, even the talkative guests shut their mouths and focused their attention.

"The maximum game time starts from now and ends at sunrise." The host read in a relaxed manner as the subtitles on the prompt card scrolled. "During the game, players and their partners can press their own They are willing to enter the various 'game cabins' distributed on the cruise ship and play a variety of gambling games; the difficulty and content of these games vary, and of course the rewards are also linked to the difficulty."

Having said this, the host was suddenly stunned for a moment. He didn't know what he saw on the prompt card. In short, after a brief hesitation, he reached into his coat pocket, fumbled for a few seconds, and took out a something.

"This... is the object that represents 'score' in this game." He held up a round plastic chip with the letter "S" printed on it and displayed it in front of everyone. "In addition to violent robbery, no matter what Means', the player with the most points before the time expires is the winner."

When he said "no matter what means he uses", the reaction of the guests was not big, but the expressions of the gamblers at the scene changed.

To these people, the feeling of hearing this sentence is almost like a football player being told that he can use the ball in his hand during the game...

If "robbery" doesn't work, then stealing, cheating, threats, inducements... and "stealing without being discovered" all work, right?

Under this kind of rules, there are really too many hands and feet that can be used; if you want to win, the player's capital and strength, the wisdom, force, gambling skills, dirty tricks of partners and bodyguards...all will be used.

Let’s not talk about those guys who don’t even have bodyguards. Even if they successfully win some points, they will end up being blocked in a blind spot under surveillance every minute. It’s better to stop playing and go back to the room to play with the men you brought/ Girl companion, go.

Even those players who have the ability to win and are very strong cannot feel completely at ease until the last moment under these rules.

"So, without further ado, I hope you all can enjoy tonight's game." After waiting for a while, it seemed that he had confirmed that the words on the cue card had stopped, and then the host showed a look of relief; he finished reading this After finishing the sentence, he bowed slightly to the surroundings four times and left the stage.

…………

Night, 8:15, on the side of the Clover.

"HO~ This game is really interesting." Ryunosuke held an I-PEN that the organizer gave him when he boarded the ship, looked at the three-dimensional map on the screen and said, "Throw the dice, a hundred Knorr, roulette, pachinko...basically all the items found in casinos are available here, and...there are also some weird things."

The map in his hand can check the distribution of all "game cabins" on the cruise ship, and the name of each project and the proportion of reward points are also marked.

"As expected... let's go play mahjong." Ryunosuke looked at it for a while, then turned to Sakaki and said, "With your skills, Sakaki-kun, you will definitely kill everyone."

"No, it's not cost-effective to play mahjong now." Sakaki shook his head.

"Oh? Why?" Ryuzhijie asked suspiciously.

"First of all, the income is too little." Sakaki has undoubtedly calculated the accounts clearly, so he immediately replied, "The mahjong here requires players and partners to play together, that is, a two-on-two victory or defeat. This is This means that we can only win points from one player at a time; and currently, all players only have three original point cards distributed by the organizer. Even if we quickly win all the points of an opponent, the total It’s only three points.”

He paused for two seconds and then said: "Secondly, it is very disadvantageous to expose your strength too early in this kind of confrontation... According to ordinary people's thinking, it is best to find someone weaker than yourself as an opponent in gambling. If you can avoid a duel with a strong person, you should try your best to avoid it, otherwise you may be the one who gets eaten... Therefore, once we win consecutively, other people will definitely be afraid of us, and then they will refuse to compete with us in a mahjong duel; in this way, Come on...except for the initial three and six points, we can no longer get points from the Mahjong event."

"Then..." Ryunosuke thought for a while, "Should we deliberately win more thrilling games, or occasionally lose a few small games to hide our strength?"

"You can, you can." Sakaki continued, "But there are so many 'experts' here, and you may not be able to fool them all with this method; besides... this is a waste of time, isn't it? Spend the same time and go directly Wouldn’t it be more efficient to earn points on other projects?”

"Hmm... That makes sense." Ryunosuke was convinced, "Then for this mahjong... we will wait until the later stages of the game when the players have more points before playing, so that we can kill those who have a lot of points in one go. Points guy."

"Mr. Arai is wise." Sakaki continued with a perfunctory smile.

"Hey~ It's easy to say." As the saying goes, even though Ryunosuke knew it was flattery, he was still happy in his heart. "So, Sakaki-kun, what do you want to play?"

"Let's start with those projects that compete with the banker, such as... the one closest to us." When Sakaki replied, he raised his eyes and gestured ahead.

A dozen meters away, in the direction he pointed, there was a game cabin; the doors of these cabins all had a very conspicuous letter "S" printed on them, and there was a man in a black suit standing guard next to the door.

"This is..." Ryunosuke followed Sakaki's gaze and then looked down at the map, "...'virtual horse racing'?"

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Two minutes later, Ryunosuke and his party entered the "Virtual Horse Racing" game cabin.

The space inside is larger than expected, and each seat is made like a small booth in a restaurant. Each booth is equipped with a curved sofa and a touch screen. When Ryunosuke and the others came in, several seats were already occupied.

"Do you want to participate in this game?" The staff here are all men in black suits and sunglasses. When they see someone coming in, they will come up and ask.

"Yes." As a player, Ryunosuke is naturally responsible for speaking.

"According to the regulations, I need to confirm again..." the black suit said again, "Have you read and understood the rules listed on the display next to the cabin door?"

"Yes, yes, please lead us in quickly." Ryuzosuke doesn't like to be stopped at the door and asked more than two questions. This is a habit - if a person goes anywhere on weekdays, he is surrounded by several people. Being surrounded by people and being "invited" all the way in, he must have a very poor tolerance for being "stopped and asked".

If you were ordinary people at the bottom, you wouldn't have this problem. We are used to being looked at with impolite looks on various occasions, and we are used to dealing with cumbersome procedures at various windows; if one day someone basically doesn't ask you anything I will let you go, but you will feel a little guilty - is there a scam ahead? Is this a black shop? Did I buy the wrong ticket? Brother, you'd better bring over the alcohol tester. I suspect I'm drunk.

"Okay, please go this way." After receiving a positive reply, the black suit skillfully led Ryunosuke and the others to a booth to sit down.

After Ryunosuke sat down, the black suit said: "Please do not change seats without authorization. If there is any problem, you can press the call button and let the staff handle it; finally... I wish you a good time."

After saying these words, he went back to the door; the first game Ryunosuke and the others participated in - "Virtual Horse Racing", began.

The rules of this project are not complicated and are roughly as follows:

1. Virtual horse racing will randomly reproduce a set of actual Jockey Club events that took place from the 1980s to the 1990s.

Second, players can use points to exchange for funds in virtual horse racing. Each point card can be exchanged for two million (all events in the game, regardless of the year, place, occasion, and regardless of the currency and inflation rate at the time, will be virtual currency that is converted into the same standard of value).

Third, before the start of each horse racing round, players can first check the basic information of the horses and riders, past results, odds and other information as a basis for placing bets.

4. At the end of each round, if the player makes a profit in that round, the next match will jump to another event at another time point; if the player does not make a profit in that round, the next game will jump to another event at the current time point. The competition will continue.

5. When the player runs out of funds and gives up/cannot use points to exchange for virtual coins, the game ends.

6. If the player earns more than 18 million virtual coins in the game (excluding principal), the game will end.

7. Players who have been declared "game over" cannot participate in the virtual horse racing project again.

Generally speaking, this is "betting on horses", but punters don't need to spend a lot of time waiting for the start, end, and intermission of each event like betting on horses in a real horse club. .

In virtual horse racing, if players want to, they can fast forward or even skip the game to see the results, and then immediately place bets on the next game, and then check the results after placing the bets; this is equivalent to the more boring "horse betting". The time project turned into a quick game similar to roulette.

But as a game of betting against the banker, its difficulty is also obvious...it is difficult to cheat.

Every player and entourage has been scanned by precision instruments when they board the ship. All electronic equipment they brought, as well as gadgets that may be used to make money, are all taken away by the organizer—— "Temporarily kept for safekeeping"; and the I-PEN issued to them by the organizer obviously does not have the function of connecting to the external network, so... If you want to use the "Internet search" method to check the Jockey Club information, it must be No chance.

In the same way, it is also impossible to use communication equipment to contact friends outside and ask friends to help you search for answers.

So, the remaining strategy methods...note that this time it is a "strategy method", not a "cheating method"...basically "relying on memory".

But this is still unlikely.

The events intercepted by virtual horse betting took place from the 1980s to the 1990s, and it is now 2218. Even if you happen to randomly come across a race in 2199, it was nearly twenty years ago. thing.

The results of horse racing are like the winning numbers of the lottery. Forget about the year, no one will remember the numbers even if they were drawn a month, week, or even a few days ago; except the winner himself, no one will remember it. What was the number that was called at some point many years ago? Even the winner himself will forget about it if the prize is small or if time passes.

There are so many horse racing clubs around the world, and competitions are held almost every day; there are so many events over more than two centuries, and a random time point is taken from them to start broadcasting. How can anyone remember the results of every game in a certain period of time?

Therefore, after reading the rules just now, Ryunosuke felt a little discouraged; he felt that this was a project that mostly relied on luck, and the probability of losing was obviously higher.

But Sakaki said that the game is quite simple and is simply a matter of giving away points.

In the end, after careful consideration, Ryunosuke chose to trust Sakaki, Axiu's vision for selecting people, and...trust his own intuition.

"Um...Sakaki-kun." According to what Sakaki said, Ryunosuke changed all three point cards into virtual coins and asked, "Now you can always tell me the 'sure-win method' you mentioned. What is it?"

"Heh..." Sakaki smiled, "Okay."