Rules of the game

Real name and real surname.

The four words that appeared on the screen at this time were undoubtedly the theme of this game, but based on this alone, it was difficult for Xiang Nanxing to imagine the specific content of the game. Intuitively, he judged that the rules of the game must have something to do with the fact that everyone was wearing hoods at the moment, but the reasoning ended there, and he still couldn't figure out what the ultimate goal of the game would be and what form it would take to play out.

The four words were displayed on the screen for a full twenty seconds, and then the whole picture faded. Just as they began to wonder if the display was over, they heard a soft "pop", as if a light was illuminating the room from above, and the center of the picture lit up again, and a man wearing a boar mask and a black suit appeared there.

Black suit!

Xiang Nanxing's eyes narrowed, and his spirit also focused. There is no doubt that the host of the game is the one who appears on the screen at this time, and the next thing he has to do is read out the rules.

"Welcome to the 'Real Name' game. First of all, I want to ask, are you still satisfied with your respective identities? I'm also a local, and I've shown off like you. ”

The first sentence he spoke, his voice was full of banter. Xiang Nanxing heard the "bear" next to him and immediately "tsk", and his dissatisfaction was all in it. However, the other party is just talking on the screen, and even if they protest, it will only be self-deprecating. So he still held back and listened patiently to the other party's next words.

"You've all come here with your own wishes. Some of you need a huge sum of money to fill the gap of embezzlement, some of you need to buy murder to kill people who know their secrets, and some of you need a sum of money to accomplish some just cause. Although the goals are different, it is clear that you all have the determination to risk your lives for this. Hey. ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but laugh twice as if he saw someone writhing uneasily below.

"In that case, I won't waste any time and get straight to the point."

He raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and a few lines of words immediately appeared on the left side of the screen, like scrolling subtitles. And he began to read it aloud.

"First, the name of the game: real name and real surname."

"Second, the preparation stage: players must wear their respective headgear to start the game, and pre-identify themselves."

When he said this, Xiang Nanxing couldn't help frowning, and finally restrained the unconscious action of raising his hand to touch the back of his head. The "identity mark" mentioned here is probably the mark on the back of his neck that the staff on the helicopter imprinted, and he remembers that the other party immediately covered it with a layer of fake skin, and there was an elephant head covering it, and it stands to reason that neither of these two layers should be designed to be transparent, and others should not be able to see the pattern inside.

However, this is just conjecture, because he can't see this part of himself, so naturally he can't confirm it.

It's just interesting that while he couldn't help but not raise his hand, several people nearby had already subconsciously reacted. They reached for the back of their heads, at the back of their necks. In this way, the part where everyone is identified should be the same.

In other words, most people haven't seen what their identity looks like. Xiang Nanxing thought.

While he was thinking, the "wild boar" host on the screen continued to read out the rules.

"The second point is supplemented by the explanation about the identity: the player has two identities, one is a 'commoner' and the other is set as a 'mole', the former is a sun pattern, and the latter is a crescent moon, and the two identities can be directly distinguished by the logo. Note that the issue of identity will directly determine your winning or losing conditions in this game, and that's what I'm going to talk about next. ”

Including Xiang Nanxing, the people in the audience were in high spirits at the same time.

"Thirdly, the conditions for winning or losing: First, within two hours of the official start of the game, you must reach the 'escape hut' on the roof of the opposite building, and you must be the first three to arrive in order to have a chance to win. I'm going to explain this first. ”

He snapped his fingers, and his image was temporarily cut out and replaced with a dynamic schematic. There are two tall buildings drawn side by side, and the one on the left has a red arrow on it that reads "You are here". On the top of the building on the right is a small tin house-shaped pattern, and there is also a white arrow on it, which says "End".

"As you can see, the end is very close from here, about two hundred meters or so. But this is in a straight line. ”

The host's voice came out as a narrator: "The venue for this game is these two twin high-rise buildings that have just been completed, but have not yet been put into use. This side is the beginning, and the other side is the end. We've made sure that no one will disturb the inside of the two buildings, including the area between them, so that everyone can play with confidence. ”

As he spoke, the picture quietly changed, first a thick black line stretched out from the starting point, stretched all the way through, and finally landed on the roof of the building at the end. A few alert players turned their heads to look in the direction of the rooftop when they saw the line. Although they couldn't see it clearly from a distance, they could faintly see what appeared to be a narrow glass walkway, piercing horizontally into the royal blue sky, stretching towards the vague tall building beyond.

"The line you see is the quickest way to get from here to the end, and I call it the 'Road of the Brave.'" The host said, "This is not something drawn on a formal design drawing, but a temporary walkway that we have built for this game, and it will naturally be dismantled as soon as the game is over." This 'road of the brave' is one meter wide, the length is the same as the distance between the buildings, about two hundred meters, there are no handrails on both sides of the walkway, and it is ......"

He added heavily: "Once you embark on the 'path of the brave', you are not allowed to turn back, nor are you allowed to crawl or crawl forward, you can only walk facing forward." Violators will be directly punished. ”

"I see." Xiang Nanxing nodded silently. The setting of such a shortcut is indeed very much in the style of the host. A meter wide is definitely enough for walking, and compared to the acrobats who walk on a tightrope at a high altitude, this road can be regarded as a "smooth road". However, standing here are ordinary people who have not been trained to do so, and if you want to walk in the air, no matter how wide the road is, the mere fact that there are no handrails is enough to make people collapse. What's more, this walkway is still made of glass, and when people walk on it, they can see the thrilling height under their feet as soon as they look down, and they really can't walk down without a little psychological quality.

In this way, it is not too much to call it the "road of the brave". Although the timing is very important in the game because of the premise that the top three have a chance to win, in order to save time and risk such a life, everyone has to weigh it carefully.

And the two points of "can't turn back" and "can only walk" completely show the host's bad taste. For such walkways, some people can take the first step with courage. However, the distance of 200 meters will take a minute or two to walk down at a normal pace, and the more cautious steps in the high-altitude walk, this time will only be longer. In these few minutes, these people who go up on impulse may regret it at any time - in fact, most people start to regret it when they walk a few meters, if they are allowed to retreat, or if their feet are so weak that they lie on the aisle and move forward little by little, the image is not too ugly, and the so-called "brave" of the aisle will become a joke.

Of course, just like those games in the past, there is a loophole in the host's words. After embarking on the "Path of the Brave", the player can only "walk facing forward" and cannot "walk back", in other words, the backward action of "facing forward but walking backwards", the rules are allowed. As long as you take two steps, look back and confirm, and then continue to walk two steps, and so on, you may be able to move back to the starting point. It's just that this practice is not small, and no one will take the risk if it is absolutely necessary.

In this way, if you want to choose this path, you have to be very confident in yourself. After feeling the feeling of the high-altitude jump before, at least Xiang Nanxing felt that he should not be able to walk.

"Of course, the 'Brave Path' is not the only one, at least we have another path to the end." "It's very simple, just like we usually do – first, go down from this side of the building to the ground floor, then cross the street, enter another building two hundred meters away, and finally go up to the top roof." ”

He snapped his fingers, and the screen switched again, revealing his boar-hooded head in the center of the screen again. He seemed to shake his head a little proudly, as if he could see the hesitation of everyone below through the screen.

"I know you're thinking about what path to take, and some of you are thinking further ahead, and you're already thinking about walking with others on the regular route. That's a good question, and it's very important. He laughed, "Remember the issue of 'identity'?" This is an equally important part of the winning conditions. ”

"Condition 2: After arriving at the 'Escape Hut', the winner will be determined according to the identity of the players in the house. There are several situations to be discussed. ”

He held up a finger: "First of all, in the first case, if the first three players to arrive are all 'civilians', the end result is that these three players win and the rest lose. ”

"In the second case, if there is a 'mole' among the first three people to arrive, this 'mole' wins, the other two civilians lose, and all the other players who fail to enter the house in time also lose."

"But there is one last case, and that is that at the end of the two-hour game time, if the number of people who arrive at the 'escape hut' is less than three, then regardless of whether there are 'moles' in the house, all the players in the house will win, and those who fail to arrive will of course still lose."

That's all the explanations for winning and losing. Depending on the situation, up to three players can win, but in the worst-case scenario, only one person can reach the 'escape hut'......" He paused suddenly, eerily, and then changed sharply, "Finally, the question of the winning reward that everyone is most concerned about. You've all confirmed the content from the staff, and now I'll do it again as the host: whoever wins this game will be invited to Princess Jiang Le's dinner at midnight tonight, and any difficulties you have submitted will be resolved at the dinner. But those who are defeated will not have such a chance, and the difficulties you encounter will have to be solved by yourself...... Okay, that's all for the introduction, it's 2:20 a.m., just right. Then the deadline for the game to end at the latest is set at 4:20. ”

He raised his right hand and swung it down!

"The 'Real Name' game is now officially underway!"

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