Chapter 553: The Prisoner's Dilemma

Previous Chapter

Lin Lei was in front and Qiao Yan was behind, and after the two walked through a passage that was not too long, but rather dim, the light in front gradually improved, and then became stronger.

After turning another corner, a door appeared in front of Lin Lei's eyes.

The door was not solid, and it was only hidden, and the light did not come through the crack in the door, and it was obvious that behind the door there should be a brightly lit room.

Lin Lei paused for a few seconds in front of the hidden door, and then pushed the door open—

After a squeak, Lin Lei saw two people:

Commander Cullen and Mr. Kim.

One of the two was on Lin Lei's left-hand side, and the other was on Lin Lei's right-hand side, and it seemed that they had just entered the room—yes, behind them, there was also a door in each room.

"Huh-" Qiao Yan behind Lin Lei snorted, seemingly a little surprised.

It was only a few seconds later that Qiao Yan figured out the trick!

It appears that the two men had arrived from a different passageway, and that they had entered the room almost on their front and back feet.

In other words, although Commander Cullen and Mr. Jin talked to Mr. Gao De before Lin Lei, they should have taken other channels.

Master Cullen was the first to talk, so the passage he took was definitely the farthest, followed by Mr. Jin, and Lin Lei and Qiao Yan themselves walked the shortest passage.

Mr. Gauder's purpose in doing this is also obvious - although everyone entered the room to talk to Mr. Gauder before entering, but in the end everyone entered the room almost at the same time, and then things became interesting......

No matter who it is, they can't communicate with someone in advance, what consensus is reached, and so on!

To put it simply, Commander Karen of Mr. Gao De met with Lin Lei first, and he couldn't reach a consensus to kill Lin Lei by conspiring with Mr. Jin in advance.

Similarly, Lin Lei would not have had the opportunity to talk to Master Cullen or Mr. Jin alone.

According to Mr. Gauder, one of the four must die!

So- who is the unlucky guy who will die?!

Even, who saw Mr. Gao De first, that is not certain.

After Master Cullen and Mr. Jin entered the bookcase door, no one knew what was going on inside.

After Lin Lei entered there, it was directly a room.

However, who can guarantee that Commander Cullen did not meet a passage?

Maybe the last person to see Mr. Gao De is Master Cullen! After all, the buildings here are heavily repaired, and there are secret doors everywhere, which is completely like a huge labyrinth!

……

The four people in the room were not stupid, they each pondered for a moment, and seemed to understand all this.

Division Commander Cullen looked at Lin Lei, glanced at Mr. Jin again, coughed dryly, and said a little cryptically: "Ahem-I seem to smell a trace of ominous smell, the smell of death." ”

Mr. Jin's eyes were sharp, and he quickly answered: "This taste is not strong, it shouldn't kill many people......"

Lin Lei smiled slightly, knowing that the two were testing each other, so he said lightly: "Okay, it seems that the conditions for everyone to escape are the same - before tomorrow morning, there must be a corpse among the four of us." ”

As soon as these words landed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, Mr. Gaude should have said the same thing to everyone.

In terms of probability, everyone has a 75% chance of survival, although the probability is not too large, but it is obviously not small.

The question of everything is back to square one, who will die?

However, the atmosphere at the scene soon became dull again, and no one spoke.

What to say at this moment?

Everyone has their own ideas, and it is not the work of wise men to expose their ideas to others too early.

What we are facing is a standard so-called "prisoner's dilemma".

The "prisoner's dilemma" exists widely in real life and falls under the category of standard game theory.

It was to the effect that two persons who had conspired to commit a crime were imprisoned and could not communicate with each other about the situation. If neither person denounces the other, each will be imprisoned for one year because the evidence is uncertain, if one denounces and the other is silent, the whistleblower will be released immediately for meritorious service, the silent person will be imprisoned for 10 years for non-cooperation, and if they denounce each other, they will be sentenced to eight years' imprisonment because the evidence is conclusive. Since the prisoners are unable to trust each other, they tend to expose each other rather than remain silent.

To put it bluntly, that is, in the case of insufficient communication, no one can trust anyone.

At all, everyone does not want the best outcome, but directly prefers to choose the worse outcome, and avoid the worst outcome—the worst result is naturally that they trust the other party and are betrayed by the other party......

In this situation, with whom to cooperate?

Surely no one can believe it!

You can only rely on yourself.

……

The atmosphere remained tense and dreary.

After a long time, Lin Lei took out a piece of chewing gum from his pocket and chewed it slowly.

Lin Lei's action made everyone's tense nerves relax slightly, and after a while, Master Cullen frowned and said, "Mr. Lin, there is still a long time until tomorrow morning, is it possible for us to escape from here?"

Mr. Jin, who was standing in the distance, also set his eyes on Lin Lei, but there was no expression on his face.

Lin Lei was silent for a while, and slowly shook his head: "At least for now, there is no possibility. ”

As Lin Lei said, if everyone is familiar with the architecture here, or can get architectural drawings and the like, it is possible to escape.

However, now everyone's eyes are black, and no one even knows what the situation is next door to this house, and how to escape from the so-called escape?

"Master Karen, you seem to be thinking too much......" Mr. Jin, who had not spoken, said coldly.

Master Cullen also smiled, not at all impressed: "I just said it casually, everyone can't be so stiff all the time-"

In the case that Mr. Gao De deliberately made such a scene, it would be an insult to his intelligence to try to escape.

Whether it's Lin Lei, Master Karen, or Mr. Jin, no one can invite anyone who wants to......

"Actually, the problem is very simple and straightforward, as long as one person dies, everyone else can live, the key is who will be this unlucky bastard?

Master Cullen continued to laugh as he said casually, as if none of this had anything to do with him, and the one who died would certainly not be him.

Lin Lei glanced at Mr. Jin, who had been with a cold face, then looked at Master Karen, and finally withdrew his gaze.

Lin Lei's eyes narrowed slightly, and he pointed at one of them with a smile, and said, "If I'm not mistaken, the thing that Mr. Gao De wants should be on you!"