In the face of the host's straightforward provocation, Xiang Nanxing had a gloomy face, but he did not open his mouth to refute. He doesn't need to deliberately control his emotions, because the gradually clear rules of the game are more worthy of his thinking than the bad attitude of denouncing the other party, which obviously disregards fairness.

Hearing all the way to the present, in addition to the most critical rules for determining the outcome of the hand, the general appearance of the game is finally displayed in front of his eyes, and some of his previous questions have been answered.

For example, why is the game not based on the number of cumulative wins, but the winner of the matchup? Because until then, no matter who wins or loses, it is actually a survival game that tests luck, and only when both players don't give up and are lucky enough to survive to the last round can it be called a head-to-head matchup.

Moreover, Danqing's previous quote of Huang Lao's words was also confirmed at this time. At the time, he said that the most important thing to win the game is to know the rules as early as possible, but even if you know the rules before your opponent, you don't necessarily win. This may sound contradictory at the time, but now that I think about it, it makes sense.

This is because there are strong and weak cards in the hand, and even if they can find the pattern earlier than their opponents, they will still be faced with a dilemma. He can choose to save his strong hand for the final decision, so he will inevitably lose a few hands before then, in which case he may die due to the "Blood Trial"; However, if you use a strong hand up front to secure a victory, and hope that your opponent dies due to bad luck, the victory is obviously not secure enough.

But in any case, knowing this, there is a way to think of a strategy, which is better than the previous state of almost confusion. Xiang Nanxing thought about it, and a strange question suddenly rushed into his mind for no reason, and he blurted out almost reflexively: "So, what if there is a draw?" ”

"Good question!" Hisayama Takuma gave a rare look of surprise, as if he was surprised that he would be able to bring up such a thing, "The rules specifically state this situation. In the event of a draw, both sides will need to undergo the 'Blood Trial'. Only if the final eighth inning ends in a draw, the player's side will be awarded as a special benefit. ”

Before he finished speaking, Xiang Nanxing noticed that the young man opposite had frowned slightly, and he didn't need to look at it, he also knew that he had a similar expression at this time. The pattern and serial number of each wooden sign have completely different meanings, and there is not even a similar situation in any of them, such a duel can obviously distinguish the winner and loser, and the draw or something should be known as a stupid question as soon as you ask the exit.

However, it is such a stupid question that should not happen, but the rules still need to be specifically explained?

It's weird to think about it!

But just like those previous contradictions, Xiang Nanxing knew that this seemingly redundant explanation was probably one of the clues that guided players to find out the truth of the duel rules. The rules are specifically stated, meaning that such a situation is absolutely possible.

But what kind of game can make two completely different cards tie? Xiang Nanxing couldn't think of it even after racking his brains. But he knows there's no need to be anxious, because the answer to this question may emerge on its own during the game.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When I opened my eyes again, there was only a blazing fighting spirit in my eyes.

"Let's get started." Xiang Nanxing clenched the cards in his hand and observed the young man opposite. Up to now, this opponent who seems to be a weak scholar has not reported his name, let alone said his ranking and title like other hosts, so Xiang Nanxing can only call him "young man".

This young man's temperament is indeed a little different from other hosts that Xiang Nanxing has seen, if he has to say it, it is a unique demeanor of a person in a high position, as if he is carrying greater responsibilities than others, but because of this, he has greater confidence, which makes him feel more stable and calm.

At this time, the young man was frowning slightly and looking at the wooden cards in his hand in turn, most of them picking the cards to be played in the first round. This was originally an easy thing to entangle, but there was no hesitation or anxiety in his demeanor, only a sense of calmness. If the scrappy Xiang Nanxing is a raging fire, then this young man is like calm water, and the states of the two are as diametrically opposite as their blood types.

And the first round of the showdown kicked off in such a stalemate.

"Now, please put the cards you want to play in these two designated positions." Takuma Higayama announces the start of the cards, making a gesture indicating where to place the wooden cards.

The young man, who had just looked hesitant, made a decision very easily at this time. He cautiously took the wooden sign in his hand into his arms, blocked the view of the people around him with his body, and then slowly pulled out a piece and bent down to put it on the table. After putting down the sign, his hand did not take it away for a while, but opened the back of the wooden sign, as if guarding Xiang Nanxing to see the card from the lines on the back.

"That's cautious enough, but does it make sense?" Xiang Nanxing said with a wry smile, "Even if I see your hexagram, I don't know if it's big or small." ”

"It makes sense, so it shouldn't matter if you open it."

The young man smiled, and actually turned over the cards that had been covered. Xiang Nanxing saw that the card at the bottom was the thirty-fourth hexagram, the "Da Zhuang" hexagram, which was a combination of upper shock and lower dryness, representing thunder and heaven respectively. This is one of his two opposite pairs.

This means that the opponent starts experimenting from the first round to see if the combination of hexagrams is related to victory or defeat.

"No, it's not all." Xiang Nanxing held his chin and thought, "The serial number of this hexagram itself is thirty-four, which is a number close to the middle, if it does not mean much under the rules of comparing sizes, if the final result of the trial is to use the serial number to decide the winner, there is no loss in using this card in the first round." It's just ......"

He looked at the eight wooden signs in his hand, and his eyes finally fell on one of them. In terms of the degree of meaninglessness under the rule of size, this is not comparable to the other party's cards, and it just so happens that the hexagram on this wooden sign also contains the "shock" hexagram, which can just compare the value of the other half more intuitively.

"Then I'll get out of here."

As he spoke, he slammed the chosen wooden sign upwards and upwards. This is the "constant" hexagram, the combination of thunder and wind, and its order in the sixty-four hexagrams is closer to the middle number than the opponent's cards, which is the thirty-second hexagram.

"Tsk, that's an interesting choice."

Standing in the middle, Long Shan pondered and sneered after seeing Xiang Nanxing's card, obviously seeing the thoughts he had turned at this time. In his opinion, Xiang Nanxing's thinking process of playing this card was obviously induced by the other party.

The reason why this colleague of his first covered the wooden sign and then opened it was not the result of his own naïve thinking or being moved by Xiang Nanxing's words. On the contrary, as Xiang Nanxing said, no one knows which cards are more advantageous in the first round, in fact, it is completely okay to open cards. But he first deliberately covered, pretending to be mysterious, and then opened, which made Xiang Nanxing more impressed by the information on the card, even if he had already considered the cards to be played in the first round, at this time, he would definitely not be able to guess the opponent's intention to play this from the wooden card that was turned over.

Then, he will definitely notice the problem of the serial number, so that if the ratio is larger, the middle number suffers the most. It just so happens that he has a card in his hand that is closest to the middle number, and if nothing happens, he will definitely play that one.

"However, even if you are induced to play the cards that the other party expects, it doesn't mean that the outcome has been decided." "After all, it's only the first round, and even the smartest person can't deduce the rules of victory and defeat without a sample, after all, it's ......."

He sneered, and the desire to pour out brought by the other personality finally couldn't hold back, and he said what he was thinking about: "After all, the rules of victory and defeat are highly confidential that even I, the host, don't know." ”

"What did you say?" Xiang Nanxing looked at him strangely, but saw that the host was turning sideways, so that the autonomous camera moving next to him could take a clear picture of the patterns on the two wooden signs on the table.

Xiang Nanxing exclaimed: "You said you don't know how to decide the winner?" That ......"

"Don't make any noise, I'm just about to hear the results." Hisayama Takuma raised his hand to stop his words. Xiang Nanxing noticed that his other hand was raised, and his index finger was placed on his right ear to shield him from the outside world. It turned out that he still had a small wireless headset stuffed in his ear, as if he had specially put it on to receive information from afar.

After four or five seconds, the message from the other side finally arrived. So he stood up straight and announced: "In the first game, the winner is the thirty-fourth hexagram, the 'Da Zhuang' hexagram. In other words, it's this side that wins! ”

He pointed to the young man's side. At the same time, Xiang Nanxing was frowning and staring at the two wooden signs on the table. His extraordinary concentration dominates his thinking at the beginning of the game, allowing him to focus all his attention on extracting the information from the results of this round, without even thinking about the "Blood Trial" that will follow.

It wasn't until a few seconds later that he suddenly realized something and raised his head and glanced at the young man across from him with some surprise.

"Bet on it. I guess he must have been thinking in his head at this point, 'Has this person seen through the rules?' ’”

"Don't laugh. I don't bet on this kind of thing at a glance. ”

On the other side, in the player's lounge, two people were sitting in chairs and chatting and laughing. They spoke in a brisk tone, like acquaintances, but the people next to them couldn't relax at all. Liang Jingmo still had the strength to be distracted from time to time to confirm the battle situation in the picture, and Chris simply couldn't take his eyes off the two people.

As a person who has been messing around in the pile of strong people since he was a child, Chris only feels that the two people sitting in front of him are simply not people, but two fierce beasts waiting to devour people, knowing that they are aimed at each other, but he still has a strong illusion, as if he is distracted, he will be swallowed.

One of them is naturally the strongest masked man on the player's side, and sitting next to him is an old man who was not in this room. The old man was wearing a slim-cut black suit, although he looked thinner because of this, but because his waist was straight and his clothes were propped up, the whole person looked more energetic.

"You see, the game over there has already been a round, and it's about to be a blood transfusion." The old man smiled and said, "Let me ask you again: can we start the game on our side too?" ”

He said this in a calm tone, but the killing intent in it made the two young men shiver in unison.

A few minutes ago, it was he who pushed the door in, sat down in the midst of everyone's astonishment, and asked the same question as he did now.

"That's the real him." Liang Jingmo couldn't help but think. Although he had met the old man in the game, it was the first time he had really seen the old man get serious.

For the first time, I saw the sixth host, Huang Lao, go all out.

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