No way! That's impossible! Lin Ao watched the chip return to Gambo's hand, and his heart was almost broken. The game of Pen, Fun, and Pavilion www.biquge.info was completely controlled by Gambo, who seemed to know exactly what he was holding and what he was thinking. Lin Ao hadn't even fought back, he had already been defeated, and Lin Ao hadn't figured out what kind of means Ganbo had used so far.

THIS IS A SITUATION THAT LIN AO HAS NOT TRIED IN THE TWO YEARS SINCE HE BECAME QUEEN OF GAMECENTER. EVEN IF HE IS OCCASIONALLY DEFEATED IN THE GAMECENTER, IT IS ONLY THE OPPONENT'S GOOD STRENGTH AND OCCASIONAL OUTBURSTS OF LUCK THAT CAN WIN A SINGLE CENT FROM HIM. The strategy game of being completely controlled by the other party, Lin Ao has almost long forgotten.

"What's wrong? Annoyed, huh? But don't worry, you might be able to find the secret to defeating me in the next dueling game. Gambo smiled, still smiling so confidently and contemptuously. To tell you the truth, you are really a rare opponent, and since I returned to my original world, I have rarely found a young man as full of wisdom as you. So, this duel, I decided to bet on one chip. ”

Gampo held up a finger to represent a chip: "Why don't we play a little easier this time?" The game of poker is too brain-consuming, and there are a lot of small actions, and that kind of insidious method is not what I want to recommend. So, I chose this game ......"

"ICECORN (Frozen Coins)"

Rule 1: Place a full glass of water in the center of the table, and the water will slowly freeze with the magic. Participants can put coins into it.

Rule 2: Participants take turns throwing in coins, with thirty seconds for each round. You can drop eight coins or less per dip, but you can only have one chance to flip a coin.

Rule 3: The first to drop the coin on the water, but not to produce any sinking, wins.

Rule 4: Do not move the cup, touch the liquid inside, and do not use any magic.

It doesn't seem like a complicated game. Lin Ao nodded in agreement: "As long as you can't use magic in the game, I can accompany you to the end." ”

"Young man, you really have fighting spirit, I hope you can find a way to win against me this time." Old man Gambo waved his hand, and there was immediately an extra glass of water on the table between them.

A fist-sized, fully transparent water glass that almost overflows. Less than thirty centimeters above the cup, a mechanical sphere began to appear. The sphere is blue-white in color, and on one side there is a small rectangular screen with the pixel eyes of a cyborg projected on it.

The sphere was slowly spinning, and the pixel eyes were also looking at Lin Ao and Gan Bo curiously, which was more or less a bit of an intelligent robot. The sphere didn't end its work like this, it started to spew out one cold air after another from a small nozzle deep at the bottom, making Lin Ao's body that was not completely dry feel a chill in an instant.

Freeze, which also means that the game has officially begun, and the pair of pixel eyes of the intelligent robot have become a countdown tool. Thirty seconds, twenty-nine, twenty-eight......

"Now as you can see, the game we're playing is very simple." Ganbo Laoyu was not nervous at all, and began to explain to Lin Ao. "Whoever puts the coin on it and does not sink on the frozen ice, then that person wins. The simple thing is how to play, in fact, if you want to win, there are many aspects to pay attention to, luck, technology, and psychological quality. Of course, the most important thing is observation. ”

Gambo pointed to his eyes: "The surface of the water will freeze slowly, and eventually form a layer of ice large enough to hold a coin. Whoever can catch the tipping point and keep the coin on the water is the winner. Until then, everything is laid out easily. ”

With that, Gambo took one of the coins from the pile of coins materialized by magic on the table, and threw it directly into the water glass. Thump! The coin didn't struggle much and kept sinking to the bottom.

It was simple, but in addition to what Gan Bo said, Lin Ao instantly understood that there were many skills in this game. For example, the freezing of this glass of water is due to the spherical intelligent robot emitting a cold breath from above. Then the cold side of this glass of water is mainly on the top water layer and the surface around the glass. In other words, the water freezes from the outside in.

This may seem obvious, but with the 30 seconds time limit per person, it becomes complicated. Since the ice begins to condense from the top of the glass, each time a coin is inserted, it destroys the "ice" that is about to condense at the top layer, pushing back the time for freezing.

Then, there is a time limit to guess when a thick layer of ice will form on the surface of the water - "thirty seconds". Within 30 seconds of the opponent's failed coin drop, the surface of the water can form a layer of ice, which is an extremely demanding game.

Plus......

It's not just about observation......

Lin Ao picked up a coin, the thumb-sized coin was very heavy, not like the material of ordinary human coins. He reached for the cup, and the chill from the intelligent robot instantly enveloped his entire arm. Without touching the water cup, Lin Ao's hand was between the intelligent robot and the water cup, holding the coin tightly with two fingers.

Five centimeters...... Four centimeters......

Lin Ao's hand fell little by little, but the cold wind invaded his muscles, and he couldn't help but tremble. Instinct prompted him to retract his hand immediately. In his heart, he also wanted to throw coins into it casually like the old fish of Gambo. But he couldn't, he had an experiment that he had to do -- "pressure" and surface tension."

"Pressure" is the weight of the entire coin divided by the area, which is the pressure created when the coin comes into contact with the surface of the water. How to hold up the coin with the thinnest ice, the answer is naturally flat, absolutely horizontally, and all the weight of the coin is evenly distributed at each point, then it is possible to achieve victory faster than the old man Gamble on the opposite side. The "surface tension of the water surface", that is, a special tensile force formed by the surface of the liquid, which is different from buoyancy and can hold up unexpected weight without destroying the water surface.

What Lin Ao hopes for is the lowest "pressure" plus "surface tension". Such a combination may be able to place a coin on the surface of the water when it is not frozen.

But......

Shiver......

The trembling of his hands made it impossible for Lin Ao to maintain the absolute balance of the coin at all times, he needed a high degree of mental concentration, and under the incomparable concentration, he almost forgot the existence of the countdown.

Ten...... Nine...... Eight...... Seven......

Thump...... Lin Ao finally found the best time and position, and let go of his fingers. But the coin did not stay on the surface of the water, but sank to the very bottom of the cup.

"Hahaha, water tension." Old man Ganbo watched, and the gills continued to agitate, casting a praising glance at Lin Ao. "Young man, you do have a good mind, and I have naturally thought about such things as water tension. So the weight of the coins on our table is designed, no matter how you put them, the tension of the water surface cannot hold them up, and we can only put the coins down at the moment when the water surface freezes. ”

As he spoke, Gampo picked up another coin: "Didn't I say it, until then, everything is foreplay, that is, a moment for us to relax." ”

Thump! Another coin was casually tossed into the glass, flipped and sank to the bottom of the glass. A little bit of water spilled out of the rim and flowed along the surface of the cup onto the table.

"Good, it doesn't sound like there are any tricks, shortcuts, or pitfalls." Lin Ao also picked up one from the pile of coins in front of him, but he was not as casual as Gambo, and continued to "put" the coin on the surface with the most focused gestures. "Either way, it will take the most perfect 'skill' to get the coin on the ice. This is a necessary condition, otherwise after failure, the other party can only reap the benefits of the fisherman. ”

Thump...... The coin is still sinking into the water, but the moment it touches the water, it is completely level. The old fish looked at it and did not answer, but still threw the coin into the water at will.

One side is casual, while the other is already focused. After a few rounds, a mist formed lightly on the surface of the cup - it was an ice flower. The extremely cold breath condensed the water on the surface of the cup, and even the moisture in the air.

Almost...... There is also an extremely shallow layer of ice on the water, and the curtain of the decisive battle is officially opened at this moment.

Lin Ao concentrated, staring at the water surface in the cup, the change of water was extremely subtle, but every second was different from the previous second, Lin Ao picked up a coin and put it down in the most horizontal way. The hair-thin ice on the surface of the water was immediately broken, and the coin fell limply to the bottom of the glass.

It's not time yet...... But Lin Ao did it on purpose. The glass was the size of a fist, and the ice was no bigger than a thumb coin. The gap between the unbroken ice will continue to thicken, and the broken ice will re-solidify into ice, creating a "contrast" between the two.

The speed at which the hole re-condenses into ice is the same rate at which the intact ice thickens. Lin Ao could also estimate the timing of the coin on the ice.

On the other hand, Lin Ao also saw that Ganbo Laoyu was starting to get serious, he didn't throw the coin casually anymore, he also picked up one in his hand, calculated the last few seconds of the thirty-second countdown, and put the coin in a horizontal way to a corner of the water.

Thump! The coin fell into the water, but the ice had a hole in the thickening ice. One was caused by Lin Ao thirty seconds ago, the other was caused by Old Man Gambo now, and the ice that had been intact all along. The threefold comparison, Lin Ao can see the changes with the naked eye.

The speed of condensation is getting faster and faster!

Of course. A glass of water that is originally at room temperature, that is, the glass of water and the cup form a whole. This whole was originally in the twenties and nearly thirty degrees. When the temperature of the cup and the water inside drops little by little until ice appears, it means that the whole thing has dropped to "zero degrees".

On top of that, the "cold breath" continues to draw heat out of the cup little by little. Because it has already reached "zero degrees", the "water" in the cup can only quickly condense into ice. And that's only going to get faster.

But the "decisive moment" is not in the next 30 seconds...... Forty seconds, nay, maybe fifty seconds, and the ice would be enough to carry the weight of a coin.

Lin Ao quickly threw a coin into the hole in the ice that had been broken. This time, he was not casual, but hoped that the decisive moment would bypass the old fish and fall back on him. The countdown belonging to Ganbo Old Fish has begun, and similarly, Lin Ao is also counting down for that decisive moment in his heart.

Thirty-nine, thirty-eight, thirty-seven...... Lin Ao saw that Ganbo Lao Yu had not thrown the coin for a long time, and the ecstasy in his heart naturally grew.

Was it a miscalculation? Or did he simply not know that the decisive moment was approaching? Thirty...... Twenty-nine...... Twenty-eight...... This is the time it takes for the ice to condense and thicken! Now, no matter what else Gampo has planned, he only has fifteen seconds left, and my turn is thirty seconds! No matter how you calculate it, the victory is mine!

Lin Ao clenched his fists, he was already sure that he could win this round. But...... After sitting for twenty seconds, the old fish finally picked up the coin. This time, he didn't pick up one...... It's eight!

"What?"

"I didn't expect it, young man. Did you almost forget? Rule 2: Participants take turns throwing in coins, with thirty seconds for each round. You can drop eight coins or less per dip, but you can only have one chance to flip a coin. This time, I'm going to put exactly eight pieces. ”

The old man put the coins in his hand into the water glass one after another. Thump! Thump! With this crisp sound, this water cup also appeared in an unexpected situation for Lin Ao.

Water! The water cup is constantly overflowing! It flowed out along the mouth of the cup like a lack of embankment, and just now the old man Gambo only put a coin, which has been numbing Lin Ao, and even made Lin Ao ignore this phenomenon. Originally, it was a water cup filled with water, and if you put a coin down, how could the water not overflow! What's more, it disturbs the condensation of the uppermost ice!

When the old man Ganbo put all the coins into the water cup, although the layer of ice was still in the center of the water cup and did not slide down to the table with the water, Lin Ao obviously felt that the condensation speed had slowed down. He was no longer able to accurately predict changes in the ice surface.

Damn it! Will I be able to condense this round?! Am I going to wait until the last second, or do I let Gampo try for a round first?! Which one exactly?!

Lin Ao's heart was very chaotic, and it was difficult for him to decide the best choice at this moment. He clutched a coin, his hands shaking. Put? Or don't let go? The ghost sent the god, and his hand was already involuntarily handed to the top of the water glass. Thump! Lin Ao didn't know why he let go of his fingers, and when he pressed it, the coin left his hand and went straight to the bottom of the water glass.

Finished......

Even if the game is not over yet, Lin Ao already has such a hunch. This set is over, and he has already lost. The moment he let go of his fingers, he regretted it in his mind. Why didn't he throw a few more coins like the old fish of Gamble? Why was he in such a hurry to drop the coin? If you want to cast, why not put it down sooner rather than later, or at the last second?

But everything is regretted.

The gills on the face of the old fish sitting opposite suddenly stopped bulging. He sat quietly, concentrating on the thin layer of ice on the surface of the water, and as the seconds passed, the old fish held a coin and his hand became closer and closer to the surface of the glass.

In the final moments of the thirty-second countdown, he placed the coin on the ice. It didn't break, and it didn't sink below the surface. Lin Ao lost another game......

But at the end of the game, he saw the secret of the old fish of Gambo.