Death Game: Starting as a fraudster, pretending to be a god.

Chapter 368 Card Rules and Sets

Inside the cabin, the wooden door creaked shut, blocking out the cold wind outside. The fire in the fireplace lit up, making the room brighter and dispelling some of the chill.

Lin Yu pulled out a chair and sat down, looking at the other person.

The ghost-faced man shuffled his cards leisurely and asked, "What's your name?"

Lin Yu raised his eyebrows: "You pulled me into the dream, but you don't know who I am?"

"I know your code name, but I'd like to know... what you want me to call you."

The ghost-faced man said calmly.

Lin Yu crossed his hands and placed them on the table: "Then just use the code name...what about you?"

The ghost-faced man smiled and said, "Just call me 'consultant', Mr. May."

As he spoke, he turned over the golden cards one by one and spread them on the table.

There are no points on the cards, instead there are patterns of rock, scissors, and paper.

"A card game of rock-paper-scissors..."

Lin Yu narrowed his eyes.

but……

Because the total number of cards is ten, the number of rocks, scissors, and papers is not balanced.

There are four rocks, four scissors, and two papers on the field.

Just based on this quantitative difference, Lin Yu has already come up with countless possibilities for the game.

"If the cards are dealt evenly, this means each of us will have two rocks, two scissors, and one paper."

"In that situation... the timing of playing Paper becomes crucial—so according to the optimal solution for both parties, only the first card, Scissors, is a guaranteed high-yield strategy. The rest depends on luck."

"But that's based on the rule of equal distribution. This shouldn't be just a game of luck... there should be other rules."

Sure enough, the ghost-faced man spread out the cards on the table and spoke.

"As you can see, this is a deck of 'rock-paper-scissors cards'..."

"Although I believe you are familiar with the rules of rock-paper-scissors, I will still explain them."

"Of these three cards, rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, and paper beats rock."

"At the beginning, we will draw three cards from each of these ten cards, and then compete against each other. After the three cards are played, the person with the most wins will win the game."

"If there is a tie after three cards are dealt, the deck will be reshuffled and two cards will be drawn. If there is another tie, the deck will be shuffled again and two cards will be drawn - until someone wins first."

"And after each round, we will reshuffle the cards and draw three new cards."

"After each small game victory... the winner can ask the loser a question. The loser can choose not to answer, but the answer must be truthful."

"The first person to win three rounds wins the final victory. The final winner can ask the losing team two additional questions... These two questions, plus the bonus question for winning the last round, total three. You cannot refuse to answer them."

"How about it? It's very simple, right?"

After the ghost-faced man finished speaking, he put away the golden cards and began to shuffle them.

Lin Yu understood.

"Draw three?... That seems to make it more random."

So, Lin Yu asked subconsciously.

"Isn't this all the rules?"

"Of course."

The ghost-faced man smiled and handed the golden card to Lin Yu.

"I'm done washing...you come and wash."

"Just in case you don't trust me, and it also gives me some time to fill in the remaining rules."

Because there are only ten cards in the deck, the thickness is there, so Lin Yu can't use any fancy shuffling techniques, and can only cut the cards back and forth honestly.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll cheat?"

The ghost-faced man laughed. "Cheating in front of me...even a magician wouldn't be able to do that."

Lin Yu heard the other party mention "magician" and continued to shuffle the cards calmly, saying, "You are quite confident... Anyway, let's quickly introduce the rules."

But Lin Yu knew very well in his heart that the "magician" the other party was referring to was probably Qian Huan from the "Free Alliance".

The other party knows Qian Huan and may have had dealings with him before.

Is this a test for myself?

Lin Yu thought quickly.

The ghost-faced man who claimed to be a consultant took out ten silver cards from his cloak.

"Okay, friends—these are the 'support cards'."

As he spoke, the ghost-faced man turned over the "auxiliary cards" one by one and spread them on the table.

Silver cards are divided into five types.

Two pictures showed a pair of open eyes.

"The effect of this 'Eye' is to check two of the 'Scissors, Rock-Paper-Scissors Cards' that were not drawn in this round."

Two showed a left hand.

"The effect of this 'Left Hand' is to choose to draw another rock-paper-scissors card, then discard a rock-paper-scissors card in your hand and show it to your opponent."

Two depict a right hand.

"The effect of this 'Right Hand' is to choose one rock-paper-scissors card each for you and your opponent to draw and discard. The card your opponent discards must be revealed to you, but the card you discarded does not need to be revealed."

Two pictures with a mouth.

"The effect of this 'mouth' is to make the opponent report the rock-paper-scissors card with the smallest number in his hand."

Two of them have an ear drawn on them.

"The effect of this 'ear' is to let your opponent tell you which card he will play next in rock-paper-scissors."

After the ghost-faced consultant finished speaking, he also started to shuffle the silver cards.

"Everyone will initially receive three 'Assist Cards', but... after each round, if someone wins, and the other party refuses to answer a question raised by the winner, the winner can take one 'Assist Card'."

"But conversely, if the other party chooses to answer truthfully, the loser can take away a 'support card'."

After the ghost-faced man introduced the rules, he looked at Lin Yu.

"Any questions, guest?"

"Have."

Lin Yu said immediately.

The ghost-faced consultant's reaction was obviously hesitant, obviously he didn't expect that there was anything wrong with Lin Yuzhen.

In his opinion, his rules were flawless and his explanations were clear and organized, and the player on the opposite side also had a smart brain, so there shouldn't be any questions, right?

But the ghost-faced man still spoke seriously.

"Um, what questions do you have?"

"During the question-and-answer session for each round, can the winner ask a question that the other player absolutely cannot answer?"

“For example, questions like ‘Please prove the Riemann hypothesis.’”

The ghost-faced consultant was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke: "You are the first person to think of this and ask it..."

"Don't you want to ask about my identity or something? Besides, I've already told you that I have the 'clue' to the case you want to know!"

Lin Yu smiled embarrassedly: "I can investigate the case myself, and so can your identity."

The consultant looked Lin Yu up and down: "You really are... I've never seen you before."

"Thanks for the compliment, so may I ask?"

"Of course not," the consultant sighed. "Questions that the other party has absolutely no clue about are meaningless. We need to ask them again."

Lin Yu nodded: "Then how do you judge whether the other party has a clue? Are you the one who judges?"

"No, it's the dream itself that determines it."

The ghost-faced consultant said this subconsciously, then held the table with both hands.

"Wait a minute...are you trying to trick me?"

Lin Yu admitted it directly.

"Yes, at least now I know. Although you created this dream, you are not its manipulator..."

He said calmly, knocking on the table.

"Okay, let's start the game."