Psychological struggle
The way to decide the first move in a duel is always to toss a coin, which is usually done by the referee in those sports, but this time it was not the case. Shen Lingshuang, who served as the host, would obviously favor Xiang Nanxing's side, even if Nangong Qian didn't say it just now, they actually knew each other.
So in the end, they still decided the winner by the number of dice.
As if to avoid suspicion, this time Xu Wen's dice left his hand half a second earlier than Xiang Nanxing, but the time spent rolling in the dice cup was longer. Eventually, the two dice stopped almost at the same time. Xiang Nanxing's stopped at "7", which is a good number, but Xu Wen's is even better, the largest number in the ten-sided dice, "9".
"It's up to you to do it first." Xiang Nanxing said, his face was a little unsightly.
The game is very fair in the way it decides the outcome and the bets are very fair, but there is one thing that is not completely fair to both players, and that is the question of priority. Xiang Nanxing had calculated just now, according to the rules they had agreed upon, the round that was most likely to determine the winner should be the fifteenth round of gambling more than 16,000 chips at a time. Although the fourteenth round before this was close to the goal of betting more than 8,000 chips at a time, in order to win, you must also make sure to win the 2,000 in the thirteenth round, which means that you must win two consecutive games to win.
But the fifteenth round has the power to reverse the desperate situation and kill with one blow. Because as long as the number of chips that were behind before did not exceed 6,000, winning this round can turn defeat into victory.
However, at this time, Xu Wen obtained the first game qualification, which means that in the crucial fifteenth game, he will also be the first to toss the coin, and Xiang Nanxing will guess whether he is telling the truth. This may be more pressure on the pretender's side, but Xiang Nanxing has always lacked confidence in seeing through others, and he would rather be the one responsible for lying.
After all, when he experienced the first adversity game in his life, "Three Consecutive Wins", he was put on a position by Luo Baichuan, and this shadow is still there.
At that time, he studied all kinds of books to observe micro-movements for several days, did all his homework, and planned to judge the other party's thoughts according to Luo Baichuan's actions and demeanor when he played the cards, but it turned out that everything was fake, it turned out that the other party had other plans early in the morning, and the game just deliberately put on some specific small actions to play him around.
"It's up to you to start." He took a deep breath and repeated it, tossing these unpleasant memories out of his mind.
"You look nervous." Xu Wen smiled and took the coin from Shen Lingshuang's hand. Xiang Nanxing didn't reply, just watched him toss the coin high, let it spin up and down, and finally fell close to the height of his chest, and caught it with the back of his right hand, while his left hand snapped on it and blocked it. Although this set of actions is not perfect, it is also very well done, and there is no room for observation for Xiang Nanxing.
He took a quick look, then covered the coin with his hand. "Text." He said, looking at Xiang Nanxing at the same time, his eyes seemed to be pure without a trace of impurities. From looking at the coin to saying it, it takes less than a second in between, which is a common sense that doesn't allow much time to think, and if you have the intention to cheat, there should be at least a slight pause, not to mention that at the beginning of this kind of game, most people will be slow to think because of nervousness.
Say whatever you see...... Is it?
is completely different from Xu Wen, who gave the answer in one second, but Xiang Nanxing hesitated for a long time in the face of this seemingly simple question. Normally speaking, it should obviously be the right words, but Xu Wen is not only out of prison, but also has more than 10,000 chips in his hand, even if he behaves ordinary, he can't be the kind of ordinary person who can be speculated according to common sense.
But is it to be assumed that he is lying? Maybe the other party is taking advantage of his own mentality, thinking backwards, and setting a good trick for himself.
Realizing that once he continued to think like this, it would be endless, Xiang Nanxing simply changed his mind and recalled the scene just now. Although this silver coin has text and a human head on both sides, it is deliberately not deep and not dyed, presumably to prevent people with good eyes from seeing the pattern during the flipping of the coin. However, this may not be easy for players holding coins to see at a glance. So just now Xu Wen only glanced at that and gave the answer, and it was quite suspicious to think about it.
Maybe he didn't think about it at all, he just thought of a word in advance, and then made up his mind to say it directly no matter what he saw. In this way, it is difficult for Xiang Nanxing to judge whether he is lying from his performance, because he can't see it clearly.
But it's also impossible. Xiang Nanxing thought.
Because there is also a rule that if the player who tosses a coin makes a mistake when announcing the result, he will be directly judged to lose. This is precisely to deal with the player's behavior of saying a random word without looking at the result, and the game is always limited to two people observing each other to judge the truth or falsehood of the words. In this way, Xu Wen should still see it clearly.
And what about his performance? Did he show any particular reaction when he found out that it was words? The observation of micro-movements was once an area of confidence for him, but when he thought of it now, it seemed that nightmarish voice sounded in his ears.
"A hairless kid hurriedly tutored a few books, and he was so naΓ―ve that he thought he could suppress the old Jianghu with his IQ?"
Luo Baichuan's voice sounded from the void like a ghost, and Xiao Leping's cold eyes appeared along with the sound, as if they were in front of him again. Xiang Nanxing unconsciously felt that his back was soaked with sweat, and he wanted to speak several times, but he stopped suddenly, his lips moved, but he didn't make a sound in the end.
"Xiang Nanxing."
Even Shen Lingshuang on the side couldn't stand it: "You can't delay it for too long, it's time for you to say the answer, if even the first game has to be delayed for so long, even if the betting method is changed, the time of the day is still not enough." β
She had something to say, and specially accentuated the words "first game". At first glance, it looks like the host urging the players to procrastinate, but in fact, it is mixed with some help.
Xiang Nanxing's chaotic brain gradually regained its composure because of these words. That's right, it's only the first game now, and the stakes are just an insignificant chip, even if you have to observe and think, it's only after a few rounds and after accumulating some information.
"I see." He nodded slightly, no longer hesitating.
"The opposing player just said that he threw the coin 'text' side up, what about your reply? Do you believe or doubt? β
"I don't believe it."
"Okay." Shen Lingshuang nodded, turned to Xu Wen and asked, "Now please announce the result verbally." Is it correct that he questioned your explanation of the upward movement of the 'text'? β
Xu Wen shook his head: "He was wrong." β
As he spoke, he stretched out his folded hands. Shen Lingshuang gently opened his left hand, and then showed the coin on the back of his right hand to Xiang Nanxing. Xiang Nanxing also noticed that although the texture is not clear and not stained, the design of the coin actually adds a bit of three-dimensional painting, as long as it is fixed, it is not difficult to see clearly.
He saw that the side facing up was indeed "words."
"It's easy." Xu Wen smiled and tossed the coin to him, and there seemed to be a little smug in his words, "I don't even have to think about it, just say what I see, and then I win a game." β
"But it's just a bargaining chip." Xiang Nanxing raised his hand to catch the coin.
He tossed the coin high, and then when it began to fall, his hands met it early, but he didn't grab it, just blocked in front to prevent Xu Wen from seeing the trajectory of the coin. Shen Lingshuang looked at it and secretly screamed in her heart.
It seems that although Xiang Nanxing disagreed with Nangong Qian on the issue of whether to fight or not, he did not completely ignore what the other party said. To put it bluntly, he is guarding against those guys with particularly good dynamic vision from capturing the flipping frequency of the coin, so as to deduce the situation when he starts it, and this is exactly the same reason as Nangong Qian said about throwing dice.
With a soft "snap", Xiang Nanxing grabbed it with his right hand and held the coin that was still spinning in the palm of his palm. He pressed his palm to the back of his left hand, and then slowly opened his right hand and observed the coin pattern underneath.
He looked at it for a long time, and after closing his palm, he looked up at the sky and thought for a while, and then slowly said two words: "Human head." β
One is extremely fast, the other is extremely slow, Xiang Nanxing seems to be deliberately singing against Xu Wen. However, the fast one may be to see what to say, to tell the truth. The one that is extremely slow, but it doesn't necessarily mean that he is lying.
This is a question that Xiang Nanxing asked for the other party-for-tat. As he wished, Xu Wen on the other side also involuntarily showed a distressed look at this time.
"I choose...... Trust. After more than ten seconds, Xu Wen said slowly.
"You're wrong." Xiang Nanxing replied.
He followed the example of Xu Wen in the previous round and stretched out his overlapping hands, and Ren Shen Lingshuang opened his right hand to show the coin to the other party. "Text" up, Xiang Nanxing adopted a strategy of "deception" in this game, and as a result, he also successfully deceived Xu Wen.
The latter may have turned around multiple thoughts in the past ten seconds, just like he had just done, and finally made a wrong judgment. Probably because the victory was too relieved, Xiang Nanxing couldn't help but have a bit of triumphant taste in his voice.
"It's easy."
He said what Xu Wen had just said, and tossed the coin back, his face could not hide his complacency.
One win and one loss, each side takes one game.
Now, the third round is about to begin.
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