sjar Chapter 455 The real owner appears
Chapter 455 The real owner appears
As Fern said, if we only consider the "survival rate", in the absence of obvious "force" elements, the optimal solution to this game is actually "dragging".
Winning only shortens the time, but losing could mean death – although having the mine blown up doesn’t necessarily mean death, it sounds like a difficult punishment to deal with.
However, for the two of them, the current situation really cannot be delayed.
Not only is Moss now in an unknown situation that makes the two extremely uneasy... Even if they ignore the emergency caused by the operation of the grass, they don't have twelve hours to waste!
In reality, his body was still "losing blood" - perhaps this was why the grass would take the risk directly with the moss.
"Come on, Skeleton."
The second game begins.
The eight bowls started spinning again and soon stopped.
This time, Fern asked immediately.
"Which is more, five or six or three or four?"
The skeleton raised his head and was silent for a moment before speaking, "There are more mine rats in the group of bowls three and four."
"Okay, so what's the sum of five and six?"
"The difference in the number of mine rats in these two bowls is... zero."
The skeleton's tone fluctuated slightly.
"Ha, you see, I'm luckier this time. I've already secured victory with just two questions."
Fern said to Algae with a smile, then looked at the skeleton.
"Do I have to ask the last question? Can I just choose now?"
The skeleton said with difficulty: "Of course."
After he finished speaking, Fern smiled and spoke.
"Then I choose bowl number five."
The skeleton opened bowl number five and found it was empty.
Fern laughed cheerfully, "Now I believe you. You really didn't cheat... You're truly honest."
After Fern finished speaking, the skeleton waved his hand silently, and the hand shaking the lever sped up again, and the mine cart also accelerated again.
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Ten minutes later, the mine cart, which had accelerated to almost lightning speed, slammed into the wall with a bang and stopped directly at the bottom of the spiraling and descending mine tunnel.
During the final descent, the skeletons had already stopped and left, so in the end only ferns and algae arrived here.
However, the two of them were almost vomited in the end, and were now lying on the edge of the mine cart gasping for breath.
After Zao recovered first, he jumped out of the mine cart and dragged out Fern, who was almost knocked unconscious. He found that the two of them had come to a place like a "lounge".
On a low table was a xenon lamp that was much brighter than the previous hanging lamp, and around the low table were several wooden barrels that served as benches.
At the same time, there was a deck of scattered playing cards on the table.
Lin Yu and Tai were sitting at the table. Seeing the two people coming, Lin Yu smiled and greeted Fen and Zao.
"Yo... you came quickly."
"Sure enough, I was right. If there were a 'cheat', he would be able to see through the 'traps' in this game and find the quickest way to break them."
Fern was stunned: "What trap?"
Lin Yu was also puzzled. "Of course it's the 'any bowl' it always mentions... It's a very simple word game. Although the biggest problem with it at first glance is that you can't lock down the specific value of a bowl with a single question, the 'any' here doesn't specify any value within the current game, nor does it necessarily refer to a number. So, if you ask questions like whether the number of bowls number eight is equal to the number of bowls containing a mining rat, then you can ask questions like, 'How many bowls are there in the same bowl?'"
"This turns the problem into a ternary logic problem. Each time, you choose two bowls and ask the difference between them. The answer can be 0, 1, or 2. The answer is 2. The second question directly asks whether one of them is 0. This guarantees victory."
"The answer is 1. The second question asks whether one of them is 1. The one that is not 1 must be a win or a draw."
"If the answer is 0, ask the sum of the two. If it's 0 or 4, choose either one. If it's 2, ask if any of the two bowls is equal to any other bowl. If they're not equal, choose directly. If they are equal, choose directly from the remaining options. This is the least ideal situation, but it still eliminates three incorrect options, leaving only a one-fifth chance of answering incorrectly. Even if you answer incorrectly, it's not a big deal, because if the minecart was moving fast enough before the track was blown up, it won't be fatal."
"I tied six times, won five times, and lost once."
Fern was silent: "I didn't think of that..."
"Then how did you get here? It can't be luck, right?"
Lin Yu asked in disbelief.
Zao sat down opposite Lin Yu and said, "Crap, you also said that guy is a liar, so she naturally relies on deception instead of solving puzzles."
"Although the skull shakes very quickly, the sounds of two empty bowls, one empty bowl, and no empty bowl are of course different. I can't tell the difference, but I can," Fern said, pursing her lips. "And because they're lined up in a row, I can at least confirm whether the two empty bowls are in the middle, on the left, or on the right... with an accuracy of two bowls."
"Knowing that one of the two must be empty, I can ask questions with answers."
"We just need to put on a little show. As long as we don't let that skeleton find out I'm relying on algae's hearing to cheat, we can keep using this trick."
After listening to this, Lin Yu was silent for a moment and then gave a thumbs up.
"sharp."
He then realized that, as a "fraudster", he was sometimes not as good as a real "swindler".
When the Skeleton was honest and did not cheat, Lin Yu forgot about actively defrauding and cheating, and instead focused on finding the optimal solution to the game.
If cheating is used, the worst-case one-fifth probability of failure can be avoided - after all, Lin Yu's plan still has flaws.
If you lose once at the beginning and don’t win a few times in a row quickly to speed up, it is still very dangerous.
"Sure enough, my thinking is sometimes too fixed... Unless the situation is extremely urgent, I generally won't choose to break the rules."
"But as a 'grass' character, you really shouldn't resort to unconventional methods so frequently."
Lin Yu reflected and analyzed secretly.
Essentially, it was because Lin Yu understood that he would not die in this dream - unlike Algae, Fern and Moss, Lin Yu had the means to escape from the dream at any time.
The first time I entered the dream was because I was caught off guard.
But this time Lin Yu took the initiative to enter the dream, and Lao Zheng and Hannah were watching over him.
While Lin Yu was thinking...
Another minecart came clanging along.
"squeak--"
With the sound of sudden brakes, a vehicle that looked more like a luxurious train than a mine cart stopped.
The bright red painted carriage door opened, and a cloaked figure walked out.
Lin Yu recognized the other person at a glance.
"Wow... the real boss finally showed up."