Chapter 68: I Lied to You? I Didn’t!

The first stage of this Thriller Adventure was never a true game of hide-and-seek.

It played on human nature!

To win, one had to be the ghost!

After the psychological groundwork laid by the previous players, everyone would naturally assume that Si Yan was definitely the ghost.

Since the real ghost had become the ghost, there was no point in continuing to play.

But, if one truly became the ghost, could one not win?

This reverse thinking was Si Yan’s entry point.

Therefore, when all the other players skipped, only Si Yan was left as a player.

Naturally, Si Yan won!

“What the f*ck?!”

At this moment, the other eight players were completely bewildered!

“What happened?”

“Didn’t all of us give up? Who won in the end?”

“Yeah! I don’t get it!”

The eight players who skipped had no idea what was going on after hearing the prompt from the Horror Space.

They believed that once the real ghost became the ghost, they absolutely could not win.

So, they might as well just skip the game and start the second round of Thriller Adventure.

However, the prompt they received was: someone actually won the first round of the adventure!

Even though they were all veteran players, they couldn’t figure it out at first!

“Why are there only eight people?”

The middle-aged man from earlier finally noticed the key detail.

Excluding the ghost, there should have been nine people!

“I get it! He’s not the ghost!”

The player who had previously complained about others not sacrificing themselves suddenly looked up at Si Yan!

“Damn it! If he’s not the ghost, why did he act like one?”

“It seems you tricked all of us!”

“Damn it! You can do that? I wish I hadn’t skipped!”

All eight players had expressions as if they had eaten sh*t.

They never expected that they weren’t tricked by the ghost, but instead by another player!

Si Yan’s method, of course, could only be used once.

After all, once this game ended, his method would spread on the forums.

Of course, this method also carried a certain risk.

Human nature is the hardest thing to control.

If these players hadn’t skipped, then it would have been a different story.

“I can’t believe we were played by this kid!”

“Not really, if it weren’t for him, who would have known there was such a way to play?”

“Yeah, I didn’t expect that victory could be determined this way. Although there’s an element of gambling, being able to think of this point shows he’s truly not simple.”

“Heh heh, this method will probably be known throughout the entire forum now!”

The eight players discussed animatedly.

They were all impressed by Si Yan’s move.

After understanding the logic, although they were unconvinced in their hearts, they had to admit that Si Yan was very clever.

Si Yan calmly walked over to the group.

One player pointed at Si Yan and said, “You tricked us.”

Si Yan smiled: “Tricked? How did I trick you?”

That player was speechless upon hearing this.

“Not bad, not bad. If I’m not mistaken, you are the Kindergarten Food Snatching King, Si Yan, who has achieved SSS-rank scores in the last three Horror Space instances, right?”

The middle-aged man from the beginning clapped his hands as he walked over to Si Yan.

Kindergarten Food Snatching King?

Si Yan?

Upon hearing this, the other players immediately started discussing!

These players were all veterans, so they naturally knew the latest news on the Horror Player Communication Forum.

Everyone looked towards Si Yan.

No one had asked before, as they had entered a hide-and-seek venue right away.

Moreover, if someone had proactively asked, it would have made them seem ignorant.

They were all veteran players, after all, and very concerned about their image.

Before Si Yan could answer the middle-aged man’s question, the second round of Thriller Adventure began.

“Ding-dong! Thriller Adventure Round Two: Ghost Rubik’s Cube begins!”

“Adventure description: There are a total of nine Ghost Rubik’s Cubes on the football field. Each Ghost Rubik’s Cube consists of nine ghosts, and each ghost only remembers one number. After the game begins, they will state their numbers within three minutes.”

“Afterward, they will scramble themselves. You can only move them by stating the numbers they mentioned.”

“The final goal is to restore the scrambled number ghosts. If the restoration degree exceeds 50%, you win the game.”

The rules for the second round of Thriller Adventure were still relatively simple.

“Ghost Rubik’s Cube? This is so difficult this time!”

“What do you expect? Anyway, you can’t lose your life, so it doesn’t matter.”

“Damn it! My head hurts! I’m terrible at math!”

As soon as the game rules were announced, the players began another heated discussion.

Subsequently, the scene around the players began to constantly change, and a large football field gradually appeared before their eyes.

And on the football field, there were indeed nine Ghost Rubik’s Cubes!

These Ghost Rubik’s Cubes looked like enlarged versions of regular Rubik’s Cubes.

Si Yan didn’t argue with the others and walked towards the furthest cube.

Soon, the other players also chose their own Ghost Rubik’s Cubes.

Immediately after, the Ghost Rubik’s Cube in front of Si Yan began to show ghost faces, which reported a number to Si Yan: 36.

Following that, the ghost face in Si Yan’s upper left corner also reported a number: 75.

These ghosts were not in order; they were completely scrambled.

Si Yan also didn’t expect the numbers they said to be so large.

He thought they would be under 10!

After one face finished reporting its numbers, another face would start reporting.

Compared to a regular Rubik’s Cube, the difficulty of this Ghost Rubik’s Cube lay in having to remember the numbers of all the ghost faces!

The original intention of a Rubik’s Cube is still to allow you to form a single color.

However, if you want to move to the desired color, you need to report the nine numbers of the corresponding colored face.

Luckily, it’s only about completing one face.

If you wanted to complete all of them, not a single one could be wrong.

Six faces, nine per face, so that’s a total of 54!

Most people, I believe, wouldn’t be able to remember them all.

Compared to the previous round of hide-and-seek, the difficulty of the second round increased several times!

Actually, thinking simply, this is a game that tests memory and intelligence.

In less than three minutes, the 54 ghost faces in front of Si Yan had finished reporting their corresponding numbers.

Immediately after, the cube began to rotate rapidly, completely scrambling itself.

Si Yan’s fingers quickly tapped several cube squares.

“36 / 75 / 47 / 58 / 26”

Si Yan quickly reported those numbers.

Then, Si Yan rotated the corresponding squares in front of him.

“12 / 58 / 36 / 85 / 41”

Another row began to rotate.

Si Yan continued this process, and the Ghost Rubik’s Cube kept changing.

Meanwhile, the new players nearby were completely stunned!

Because Si Yan’s speed was simply too fast!

“His strength is indeed impressive!”

“That’s Si Yan, no wonder he got SSS-rank scores in all three games!”

One player couldn’t help but exclaim.

Si Yan continued to call out numbers, moving very quickly.

Five minutes later, the Ghost Rubik’s Cube in front of Si Yan made a “click” sound, and then the entire Ghost Rubik’s Cube was completely restored!

The nearby players were stunned when they saw it!

This was completely different from solving a regular Rubik’s Cube!

This required simultaneously remembering 54 different numbers!

“Holy sh*t! What kind of intelligence is that?!”

The player next to him was completely astonished!