Chapter 265 Box Guessing Game

Chapter 265 Box Guessing Game

Chapter 265 Box Guessing Game

"We're here!" Ke Lan pointed to an intersection ahead and said, "Turn left there, and then stop in front."

Wu Rui, who was driving, immediately turned and parked in a roadside parking space.

Several people got off the bus and entered a subway entrance passage. There were some small shops underground, including convenience stores, and shops selling drinks and mobile phone cards. In a more remote location inside, there was a store called "Blind Box Shop."

Ke Lan took the lead and walked in.

This shop doesn't look big from the outside, but the area inside is quite large. The whole shop is divided into two areas, front and back. The front is an ordinary open display cabinet, which is filled with various blind boxes of different sizes and prices.

Walking further in, there was an entrance and Ke Lan walked straight over there. The clerk at the counter just raised his eyelids, glanced at her and ignored her.

He did not stop them and let them go in.

Obviously, the outside is a reception area for people with amnesia, and the inside is a level scene for people who have regained their memories.

Compared to the exterior decoration, the interior is more simple.

There were no fancy stickers and decorations. There was a long counter over there, which was more than ten meters long and separated by partitions. A middle-aged man stood behind the counter with an expressionless face.

Should be the administrator of this level scene.

At this moment, several people were playing the box guessing game in the partition over there, and shouting and cursing could be heard from time to time.

At this moment, a scream suddenly came from a partition.

The next moment, it seemed as if some mechanism was triggered inside. With a few puffs, a cloud of blood mist came out, followed by the sound of someone falling to the ground.

"Someone picked the 'Death' box. What a poor bastard!"

Someone nearby sneered.

The middle-aged man behind the counter rolled up his sleeves and went over to clean. Because the deceased memory collectors all had card rings, the bodies would disappear quickly, leaving only some blood. Relatively speaking, this was easier to clean. You only needed to wipe off the blood with a mop, spray some detergent, and continue wiping, and it would be very clean.

"Welcome, guess the box, you can choose a partition and enter, put the cards into the machine inside and you can start." The middle-aged man said while wiping the blood, "The rules are written on the wall of the partition."

Obviously, the administrator of this level scene is a thoughtful person. He has optimized the efficiency of the game and the scene. As long as you analyze it carefully, you will know that although this scene looks ordinary, the "benefits" are actually considerable.

The other party's performance in the 'company' must be among the best.

Luo Xi and the others found the rules, and the content was the same as what Ke Lan said.

Each game player needs to operate in a separate partition with a machine inside. They must stand in the corresponding position before the game. After inserting the cards to officially start the game, the Memory Collector player will be fixed by the machine.

There is a buckle-like device at the bottom and middle to fix the player's legs and waist, presumably to prevent the player from escaping midway, or deliberately running away to avoid punishment when drawing a 'trap box'.

I have to say, this game is very thoughtful.

There is an operating table in the partition, with robotic arms on the left and right, which are used to push out boxes or replace them with new ones. In short, the entire operation process is transparent and very "humanized".

"There is a door curtain on the partition. After entering, people outside cannot see the operations inside, so I can't demonstrate to you. However, the gameplay of the whole game is actually very simple. If you have any questions, you can ask me now, or we can go ask the administrator together." Ke Lan said.

"I see. It's about finding the only 'big prize box' from the nine boxes. I can try it. It shouldn't be a problem." Brother Mao is the kind of person who is very serious about everything he does.

Moreover, Brother Mao is not stupid. After knowing how to play the game, he already knows what to do and at least he will not make low-level mistakes.

Wu Rui was even more eager to try.

"In short, our goal is to complete this game in the shortest possible time, because our goal is [Undead], and we don't care about expenditures and profits. Even if we lose money, we must ensure that we can complete it safely. I will provide all the cards used in the game, so you can rest assured. Just try your best to win the game."

Luo Xi actually has quite a lot of cards in his hand.

In addition to the cards he originally obtained from various levels, he took even more from other memory collectors. Especially in the last round, he basically stripped all the cards from those people from the Eternal Society.

Each of these Eternal Society members has a large number of cards, and the total number of [Memory] cards alone exceeds ninety.

Luo Xi took out all of these and distributed them to Brother Mao and the others.

"Remember, don't worry about the expenditure and income, buy 'hints' as much as possible to narrow down the range of choices. In addition, don't use cards to eliminate 'empty boxes' from the beginning. Eliminating empty boxes is a trap in the early stage of the game. Eliminating empty boxes too early will lead to the possibility of accidentally triggering 'trap boxes'. The gameplay of this game requires choosing tactics according to the actual situation. In short, without considering the cost, the probability of clearing the level is very high."

Luo Xi gave some special instructions.

Several people, including Ke Lan, nodded.

"Let's start." Luo Xi walked into a partition.

Ke Lan and Wu Rui chose the partition next to them, while Brother Mao chose the partition on the other side and walked in.

"Don't mention it, I'm quite nervous."

Liu Mao walked into the partition. There was a small platform in front of him with a 'footprint' icon on it, indicating that he needed to stand on it.

He walked up and just stood up when he heard a click.

The feet and waist were immediately fixed by the buckles extending from the machine.

This way, there's no way to leave.

After putting in a [Memory] to start the game, two mechanical arms quickly took out nine boxes from the table in front of you and arranged them in front of you in the order of 4, 3, and 2.

There are two buttons in front of my hand, clearly labeled 'Purchase Tips' and 'Exclude Empty Boxes'.

Next to the corresponding buttons are two card throwing devices.

"Games start!"

A sweet female voice came to my ears.

Liu Mao took a deep breath. He didn’t know what the other people next door had chosen. To be honest, if he played this game according to his own ideas, he would definitely consider the investment and benefits.

In other words, if you spend too much [memory] to win this game, it is obviously not cost-effective.

This is equivalent to buying a product with money far exceeding its actual price.

Chunchun is the one who got taken advantage of.

But it's different now, they have a goal and don't care about the investment, which means they are destined to be the "sucker".

"Then follow Luo Xi's advice. Don't exclude the empty boxes right away. The first thing to do is to buy 'hints' to obtain important information." Thinking of this, Brother Mao immediately pressed the 'Buy Hints' button.

Then a sweet female voice prompted: "Please put in a [Memory] to get a hint."

Liu Mao did as he was told.

The next moment, a sweet female voice gave a reminder: "Please listen carefully, there is no 'big prize box' in the last row."

"That's it?" Liu Mao was stunned after hearing this.

He looked at the three identical boxes placed on the table, and followed the "hint" he bought: there was no grand prize in the last row. And in the last row, there were only two boxes.

“In other words, buying a hint only excludes two boxes, which means that the probability of winning the grand prize is increased from one in nine to one in seven?” Liu Mao felt that he was at a loss.

But in fact, when Luo Xi received the same tip, his reaction was: great value.

Purchasing a hint increases the probability by more than 20%. What else could you be dissatisfied about?
"But what should I do next? If it were me, I would still be clueless, because I still don't know which of the remaining seven boxes is the 'grand prize'. Wait a minute." Liu Mao suddenly thought of something and rubbed his face like Luo Xi did in the past.

"Huh, rubbing my face makes me feel much more awake. I need to rub it more in the future!" Liu Mao said to himself. He began to imitate Luo Xi's way of thinking, although he himself was not quite sure how to measure "Luo Xi's way of thinking".

The person who proposed this was Fatty Qian, who was considered the initiator. Liu Mao himself, including Wu Rui and Guo Zening, were all responders.

Simply put, it means not panicking when encountering problems, forcibly withdrawing from the original perspective of thinking about the problem, and thinking about the same problem from another perspective. The simplest method is to "change the thinking target". Corresponding to the current situation, according to Liu Mao's way of thinking, after he eliminated the last two boxes in the row by purchasing the first clue, he would definitely focus on the remaining seven boxes.

But now, he applied the 'Luo Xi Thinking Formula' created by Fatty Qian and changed his thinking target, which was to shift his attention from the remaining seven boxes to the two boxes that had been eliminated.

"Since it is a box that has been ruled out, then it is certain that the 'grand prize' is not in it, so the two boxes can only be the 'empty box' and the 'trap box'. This, isn't obvious? Is there any point in considering this? I am indeed just an ordinary person and cannot have the thinking ability of Luo Xi." Liu Mao felt a little frustrated when he realized that the result he had obtained after analyzing for a long time was an inevitable conclusion.

"Wait a minute, that's not right. It's actually useful because among the nine boxes, apart from the 'jackpot box', the remaining eight boxes are either 'empty boxes' or 'trap boxes'. Opening an empty box will not incur any penalties or negative effects, so it is safe. Among the nine boxes, there must be a certain ratio of 'empty boxes' to 'trap boxes', with at least one of each. The most ideal situation is that among the eight boxes, seven are 'empty boxes' and only one is a 'trap box', but this possibility is relatively small. So if we assume the worst case scenario, that is, only one is an 'empty box' and the remaining seven are 'trap boxes', if there is no empty box among the excluded boxes, it is equivalent to eliminating two 'trap boxes' at once, which is also a major benefit."

Liu Mao analyzed the situation as calmly as possible.

He found that he had miscalculated one thing.

"I should have brought a piece of paper and a pen, otherwise my thoughts would be confused."

Liu Mao couldn't help scratching his head when he thought of this.

(End of this chapter)