Survivorship Bias

    Time flies.

    The purple team's score is getting higher and higher, and the rate of increase is amazing, almost several times that of the first four hours. An Wu Jiu was enduring the severe pain, sitting on the cold floor in the hall, with his eyes open, he stared hard at the screen in front of him.

    "It's impossible!"

    Tengtang Sakura was by his side, she looked unbelievable, "How could their total chips rise so fast!"

    "How many times do you think he will use such a useful method?"

    Hearing An Wujiu's weak voice, Toudou Sakura suddenly understood something.

    "You mean...they turned against not only our group, but all of them? Is that right?"

    An Wujiu's face was pale, he just hummed softly and said no more.

    Just looking at Zhou Yijue alone, you can see that he lost so many chip values ​​in the "protect the emperor" game, there should not be many chips left.

    But his increase was amazing, and the chip value has reached 7000, which is close to the current An Wugui, and is currently the second individual.

    Not only him, but even his team members are increasing their points together, and the whole group is getting more and more points. The red team led by Jiu scored nearly 3,000 points.

    Zhou Yijue is much smarter than Maguire.

    In order to win, Maguire adopted a centralized method, treating the whole group as his own chips, and only he participated in the gambling. In this way, no one can hurt him, even if the yellow team can't become the final winning group, he will not die as the first person in points.

    But Zhou Yijue used another method, not starting from himself, but disintegrating external enemies.

    He instigated the other team members one by one, cooperating inside and out, and generously gave each team member a chance to gamble so that they too could win.

    That's why the purple team's team score rose so fast.

    This move not only hoards chips for one's own team, but also consolidates the morale of the army and disperses the enemy. It is indeed a very lethal move.

    But there are two doubts in An Wujiu's heart.

    First, what conditions did they agree to Zhou Yijue's request.

    An Wujiu thought, in this place, everyone uses their own life as a bargaining chip. If they want to survive, they must become the number one person in the team.

    The promise made by Zhou Yijue is nothing more than giving them corresponding chips as compensation after cooperating with losing cards, so that the betrayers can logically become the last in the team winner.

    An Wujiu looked up, as expected, Zhou Yijue's team had scored nearly 3,000 more points, at this moment, the purple team ranked first only More than a thousand chips worth more than them.

    Such a block is reduced by half, which is not normal.

    Unless they took out the half, converted it into points, and handed it over to the traitors as a reward.

    I really reluctant to let my child fall for the wolf.

    Zhou Yijue understands people's hearts deeply, and knows these things that take advantage of human nature at your fingertips.

    But there is still a problem, or in other words, this method of instigation also has a drawback.

    Wu Youzhe, who was arranged by An Wujiu, came back. Looking at his expression, An Wujiu guessed that the result was not good.

    "No Blame."

    After Wu You came back, she squatted in front of An Wujiu, "I found the captain of the Orange team and told him that there might be traitors in the team. but he heard it as if he hadn't."

    An Wujiu actually guessed it.

    And he thought, the rest of the people should get the same result.

    As expected, Zhong Yirou and Nan Shan also came back, and the feedback was almost the same as Wu You's.

    This proves An Wujiu's thoughts, Zhou Yijue had already thought of the drawbacks that An Wujiu had in mind when he set up the game - the captain's arrangement of chips Has veto authority.

    Once An Wujiu is betrayed by someone in the group, he only needs to turn off his chip authority to minimize his damage.

    If each group is like this, he can only get the chips of the first round of betting at most, because as long as he continues, the captain will definitely close the authority.

    Unless, that traitor is the captain himself.

    These captains also knew very well that even if they tried their best, in the end only the first team of the six teams could survive.

    Instead of spending half your life fighting for the unattainable number one, it is better to keep the number one position in your team.

    Survival is more important than anything else.

    After An Wugui told them his thoughts and judgments, the rest of the red team also understood.

    "So it is." Zhong Yirou sneered, "To lose the lives of others in the team to other teams in exchange for a reward, this kind of detrimental thing of course will Someone is willing to do it."

    Nan Shan nodded, "It seems that Zhou Yijue has already bought all the captains except our team, including Maguire."

    Yes.

    An Wujiu looked in the direction of Team Huang.

    This is the reason why Maguire has not come out at this moment.

    But only temporarily.

    With Maguire's temperament, seeing Zhou Yijue so rampant, it will always be unbalanced.

    "No Blame."

    Hearing Wu You calling him, An Wu Jiu returned to his senses, looked at him, "What's wrong?"

    Wu You pursed her lips, "Shen Ti is gone."

    An Wu Jiu's pale face showed a smile, "I know."

    Wu You's eyes widened, "When did you know?"

    "He even told me before he left, of course I know."

    "Then..." Wu You asked again, "Aren't you worried about him?"

    Of course.

    But he knew Shen Ti's ability better than anyone else.

    An Wujiu didn't want to say it at first, but maybe it was because of the side effects caused by excessive blood loss, he had a headache, and suddenly said, "I'm worried. , but I know he's strong and I don't need to worry about him."

    "It's just...I'm glad."

    Hearing these two words, Wu You was very puzzled and frowned, "Why? You are so badly injured."

    An Wu Jiu's pale and beautiful face is in the light, like a statue of white jade soaked in golden sunlight, the shoulders without arms are bandaged, only a blur , blood-soaked red.

    A lot of times, An Wujiao has a divinity that is beyond ordinary human beings, a quality that people are willing to trust and follow.

    He was not as calm as ordinary people, nor was he as good as ordinary people, but at this moment, An Wujiu's face unexpectedly showed a kind of ordinary human talent. Some expressions, like a false alarm, and like a life after a catastrophe.

    "Before I left here to go to the first floor, I even joked about letting Noah use Shen Ti as a bargaining chip." He lowered his eyes, his eyelashes trembled slightly, like two clumps Butterfly about to fly away.

    "Fortunately no..."

    fortunately not him.

    An Wujiu just imagined that scene, and felt heartache and unacceptable, as if Shen Ti's life was really tied to his own heart , I can't tell who owes whom.

    Wu You was silent.

    An Wujiu in his eyes is like a pool of still water, only when the state changes, this pool of water will set off huge waves.

    But it turns out that still water runs deep, in the deepest part of An Wu Jiu's heart, there is already a person.

    However... He always felt that An Wu Jiu couldn't distinguish his emotions, as if there was some obstacle, obviously and Shen Ti were already so close .

    "Hey, someone like him has a very big life, so he won't get hurt casually." Wu You said this deliberately, wanting to comfort him.

    Seeing that his condition was slightly better than before, Nan Shan asked, "What shall we do now?"

    Seeing Zhou Yijue taking the lead, now that it has surpassed An Wujiu's personal chip value, Tengtang Ying was also a little anxious, "Yes, Zhou Yijue is already number one."

    However, An Wugui still looks calm, and the serious injury makes him more fragile and paranoid. He looked around, as if looking for someone.

    "I know."

    An Wujiu withdrew his gaze.

    He made sure that Zhou Yijue was not in the hall at this time.

    “Don’t worry, just wait.” An Wujiu said softly.

    He looked up and looked at the countdown, one hour and forty minutes left.

    Tengtang Ying was puzzled. What they were facing was almost a dead end. not on.

    "How long will it take? Time is running out. If this goes on, the gap between us and them will only get bigger and bigger."

    An Wujiu nodded lightly, "You are right."

    "But there are other ways to play this game."

    Chen Yu limped around a long corridor and walked towards the exchange area.

    He felt uneasy and regretted what he had done countless times, but now it was too late to regret it, Shen Ti was holding a gun and pointing at himself 's back.

    In front of the gate of the exchange area, just standing still, the gate in front of Chen Yu slowly opened. There was that yellow hair, as if waiting for him.

    "Are you here?" Huang Mao gave him a kind-hearted smile, "I'm still waiting for you, see for yourself, we all The points coins have been redeemed."

    He patted his pocket, and there was indeed the sound of gold coins colliding.

    But at this moment, the voice could no longer make Chen Yu's heart move.

    "What's the matter?" Seeing that he didn't come in, Huang Mao was a little strange, "Don't worry, you go out and ask, whoever cooperated with us didn't get it Points? Everyone has them, don’t worry.”

    Behind him stood a tall man with clear eyebrows, staring at Chen Yu all the time, seeing cold sweat dripping from his back.

    Chen Yu suddenly remembered that this person was the captain of the purple team, Zhou Yijue.

    "You do it, I have to go out and participate in the gambling." Zhou Yijue suddenly stopped looking at him, lowered his head and touched Huang Mao's hand, and pressed the exchange button ,"give it to you."

    "Leader, go!" Huang Mao put the gold coins in his pocket into the exchange machine with a look of admiration, and then watched Zhou Yijue left.

    Zhou Yijue brushed past Chen Yu, Chen Yu's heart was like a drum, and he was so nervous that he almost vomited.

    Did he notice something and leave?

    must be…

    Will Shen Ti kill him?

    But he listened to the footsteps of Zhou Yijue leaving, and there was no other sound outside.

    Just when Chen Yu was puzzled, Huang Mao had already exchanged the gold coins for his chips, and with a ding, Chen Yu looked up and saw the original 900 actually turned into 1900 at this moment.

    "I didn't lie to you, we are very honest." Huang Mao laughed philistinely, and while talking eloquently, he walked towards him and stretched out his hands , "One has two, don't worry, just go back and continue to help us..."

    Before Huang Mao's words were finished, a gust of wind passed by Chen Yu's ear with a loud bang, and blood splashed directly onto Chen Yu's face.

    Yellow Hair was shot in the middle of the chest.

    There is only one person left in the purple team. Seeing this scene, the whole person panicked and cried out for help, but soon, this person was like a yellow hair, and was shot The bullet took the breath away.

    The two fell in front of them together, Chen Yu's body was shaking like a sieve, and even his lips were trembling, "You...you …”

    He never thought that Shen Ti, who was playing and playing in a team, would have such a decisive side.

    Shen Ti passed behind him, stepped forward, kicked the yellow-haired "corpse", turned his head, and looked at Chen Yu.

    He was playing with the dangerous gun in his hand, and the corner of his mouth was smiling.

    "You killed them..."

    Hearing Chen Yu's words, Shen Ti shook his head, "How can this be counted as killing?"

    He smiled and pointed the gun to the top of Huangmao's head, "See? His chip value is still there."

    "The rules of the game have said that as long as you become the first team, even the team members who have died before can still be resurrected at the end." Shen Ti Squatting down and groping in Huang Mao's pocket, "So... now they can't be counted as dead, but both dead and alive."

    Scoured some gold coins from the hands of the two purple team guys, Shen Ti was very satisfied, "It's really good, and there are unexpected rewards."

    Chen Yu looked at him and laughed, listened to him, only felt horrified, because he didn't feel any fear or guilt when he killed a man, as if he was just trampled to death Ant.

    "Why, why do you ask me to come to them for this thousand..."

    Shen Ti got up and looked at him, "Because this is an innocent bargaining chip, even half of it belongs to the red team."

    He gave Chen Yu an order with a cold face, "Come with me and deal with these two people."

    "Processing..."

    Chen Yu was afraid that he would suddenly take a shot at himself, no matter how confused he had to do. Shen Ti said it was similar to burying a corpse, and asked him to drag the "corpses" of the two to another room on the first floor.

    Chen Yu dragged his injured leg and limped one of them to the corner of the wall. The man's wide eyes made Chen Yu's heart tremble.

    He had an extremely strong premonition that Shen Ti's killing intent had enveloped him all.

    This place is so quiet, you can almost hear your own heartbeat, and there is no one around.

    No one will find them.

    Thinking, Chen Yu knelt down with a plop and wanted to beg Shen Ti for mercy, he had already thought about it, he still had a sick little daughter to save, Can't just die here.

    But before he could actually speak, just as he knelt down, Shen Ti raised his gun and shot Chen Yu's forehead.

    Blood splattered on Shen Ti's cheek.

    "Shut up."

    Chen Yu, who failed to beg for mercy in time, just fell straight on top of the other two.

    Shen Ti looked down at his "dead state", raised his hand to wipe off the blood that was splattered, and there was no pity on his face, but rather regret.

    "You shouldn't 'die' so happily."

    If it wasn't for the loss of chips, the team's total score would have dropped. Shen Ti really wanted to take this traitor as a chip and disassemble his body bit by bit , lose cleanly.

    He knew that he was not a normal person at this moment.

    So killing Chen Yu temporarily, also has Shen Ti's own selfishness.

    He didn't want Chen Yu to speak out, and let the kindest and most selfless An Wujiu know that he was such a lunatic who ignored human life.

    Wait in peace and watch time pass little by little.

    If his interpretation of the rules of the game is not biased, the victory of this fate gamble dinner does not depend on luck, nor on whether the gambling skills are superb.

    

    Suddenly, An Wujiu, who was thinking, sensed something, and when he turned around, he actually saw Shen Ti walking towards him.

    Shen Ti gave him a smile the moment he looked at him.

    But An Wujiu immediately saw the red marks on his face that had not been wiped off, and the blood droplets on his chest.

    “What’s the matter with you?” An Wujiu walked towards him until the two faced each other, he stretched out his only hand to touch the blood on his chest, “It happened What's the matter? You're not hurt are you?

    He had only one arm left, and his whole person was as pale as a piece of paper, but he just asked him what was wrong, was he okay.

    An Wu Jiu's calm face rarely showed a trace of panic, as if he had changed and became very vulnerable.

    "Why don't you speak? You don't speak anywhere." It was like a complaint, although it was so slight that it was difficult to detect.

    Shen Ti finally couldn't help it, stretched out his arm, and gave him a very light and careful hug.

    Like a bubble that could disappear at any time.

    "I'm fine."

    He leaned on An Wujiao's other shoulder, his voice was gentle, and he spoke nonsense in a hoarse voice.

    "I just saw you from a distance."

    "Your right shoulder is so beautiful, like a very red and beautiful rose."