Crime Prison Island
Chapter 111 - 41 Cowardice in Battle

Chapter 111: Chapter 41 Cowardice in Battle

Meimei’s ideas were too idealized.

There was no use in even discussing it with the Viking Gang; everyone immediately rejected the idea. They could never sacrifice Gao Xin.

Moreover, it was possible that the Viking Gang intended to eradicate all of them.

However, the servant team’s Glassman fell into contemplation.

Gao Xin looked at him, "What are you thinking?"

A curly-haired youth shook his head, "Nothing much... I was wondering, do you guys have any thoughts about the invitation voting?"

"We must vote unanimously, or we’ll have to duel the other side. And the defense can only send Glassman, which means certain defeat."

"It can be said that the invitation voting is the only ’shield’ for each camp."

"The Black team attacks first, so the invite will surely arrive soon. What do you think it will be like?"

Dongfang Yi laughed, "Who cares what it’s like, the important thing in the invitation vote is that everyone picks the same thing."

"But with individual voting and no communication, we can only agree on an abstract strategy in advance."

"Hmm... let’s just agree to vote for the largest option... three short, one long, pick the longest one."

Everyone was embarrassed; this seemed too casual.

Yet Gao Xin laughed, "Good idea, let’s do that."

The curly-haired youth was confused, "Wait, what do you mean by three short, one long, pick the longest? What if the options are the same length?"

Dongfang Yi gave him a look, "If the number of words is the same, then look at the number of strokes, and choose the one with the most strokes."

"Ah? With only ten seconds to choose, what if I can’t count them all?" the curly-haired youth said anxiously.

Gao Xin laughed, "If even the number of strokes can’t differentiate them, then you think about their content, feel which option ’seems bigger’, and choose that one."

"What Dongfang Yi is talking about is an abstract concept, understand? In any case, just choose the longer, the more, the higher, the bigger, the stronger..."

Everyone nodded, understanding the concept, but they still felt it was prone to errors.

They wanted to discuss further, but suddenly, a ding-dong sound rang out.

The round table projection indicated that the first round of the duel invitation from the Black side had been sent, and all members of the white base had to enter the voting room within a minute.

The countdown had already begun.

Boy, they had no time to discuss anymore.

Gao Xin said, "Hurry up to the second floor to vote... Listen, after voting, initiate the defection, and first convert the hammer guy."

"Moreover, if the vote fails, don’t choose a Gladiator, just come out directly."

The curly-haired youth shouted, "There are only two options in the first round, why make it so complicated? Why don’t we just pick the first one? Whatever the option is, just pick the first one."

Gao Xin and the others all laughed, Dongfang Yi was just about to explain...

Xing Shiping had already turned his head and said to his companion, "Bro, it’s impossible. As long as the organizer isn’t stupid, the order of options in the invites they send us will definitely be different."

"Otherwise, if everyone chooses the first one, it will always be unanimous, won’t it? Wouldn’t that be an absolute defense?"

The curly-haired youth suddenly got it, but by then, the countdown had already reached its final moment.

"Hurry up and vote!" Gao Xin’s squad acted decisively and had already rushed to the second floor.

The others immediately followed; with twenty-five rooms and only ten people, they could just choose any room at random to enter.

Soon everyone had entered the voting rooms, and the doors locked automatically.

Gao Xin checked the door and found it was impossible to open; it seemed they had to finish voting on the invitations first.

Then, a projection appeared in the room, starting to play the content of the invitation.

"Join the Black team, and we will allow five of you to live until the end."

The playback was brief because the content of the invitation was too short, just one sentence, still sowing discord.

And immediately below, the options were presented, two projected images.

One was a square, the other a circle.

They seemed to be the same size.

No text, no explanation, just these two shapes.

After listing the options, the countdown immediately started, only ten seconds to choose.

Gao Xin raised an eyebrow, "Impressive, looks like we’re going to fail the first round."

They had all gambled on the question, but none succeeded.

Gao Xin thought for a moment and chose the square.

Soon, the result came out.

"Votes are inconsistent, select a Gladiator within three minutes, who can only be a Glassman."

The projection immediately displayed the headshots of everyone from the white base; just clicking on one counted as voting.

They were all Glassmen on the white team, so everyone was on the list.

Gao Xin pursed his lips, as expected, someone had chosen incorrectly.

He smirked slightly and said directly, "Initiate the defection."

After a while,

the Gladiator selection screen was suddenly minimized and pushed back, replaced by the headshots and names of the nineteen Black team members.

Only then did Gao Xin learn that the big-hammer man was named Louis, and the twin-tailed girl was called Sofia.

Without thinking, they had all agreed, and directly chose Louis.

After a while longer, the defection was shown successful, and only then did Gao Xin open the door and go out.

He saw Dongfang Yi and Qiao Long had also managed to handle it, and after a short while, the others came out one after another.

As soon as Su Lei came out, he exclaimed, "Damn, there were no words!"

Meimei asked him, "What did you choose?"

"A square, there were no words, just images. But I reckoned ’square’ has three characters, so I chose the one with the most words," Su Lei explained.

Meimei nodded, "I also chose a square."

If Su Lei was fine, then it wasn’t necessary to check with the others; she looked straight at the servant team’s Xing Shiping.

Seeing Xing Shiping also look over, he frowned sullenly, "What did you guys choose?"

Meimei grinned, "Square, the five of us definitely didn’t have a problem. Whichever of you chose the circle, step forward."

Xing Shiping looked despondent and turned to talk to his teammates.

Each of the four shook their heads, saying they had also chosen the square.

"Nonsense!"

Dongfang Yi couldn’t help saying, "Could it be that you think I made the wrong choice?"

Xing Shiping said solemnly, "Who knows? There is no standard answer. Maybe it was your people who chose wrong. Anyway, I chose the square."

Meimei said angrily, "How could that be possible?"

Then she stared at the curly-haired youth, "Hey, could it be that you’re the one who chose wrong? The first one was a circle, did you foolishly choose the first one?"

The curly-haired youth had a confused look on his face, "Huh? I indeed chose the first one, but the first one was a square."

Meimei was taken aback, so the order really was mixed up.

"It was this person who chose wrong," Gao Xin walked over, fixing his gaze on a muscular man behind him who had a square face and an air of integrity.

But Gao Xin had realized at first glance that he had lied.

Seeing Gao Xin staring at him, the square-faced man was startled, "What?"

Gao Xin said with a burning gaze, "If you had just admitted your mistake, it wouldn’t be a big deal, since the other side is good at playing games. The first question was this difficult; it’s forgivable to make a mistake."

"But you clearly chose wrong and won’t admit it. Are you trying to help the other side play?"

"There’s still time to admit it now!"

The square-faced man was taken aback.

Qiao Long patted his shoulder, "If you’ve made a mistake, it’s okay. We won’t blame you. Everyone must be honest."

"They deliberately mentioned ’throwing in with the black team’ in the invitation to shake our resolve."

"But think about it, if even we, the ten glass people, can’t unite, do you really think you can cooperate with the Radiations on the other side?"

With this speech, the square-faced man seemed to come to his senses, "I..."

Xing Shiping also saw that he lied and approached him, putting an arm around him, "Brother, don’t be confused. If you chose the circle, then you chose the circle. I actually chose the circle too!"

Hearing him say this, the square-faced man finally admitted, "I... I did choose the circle, but it wasn’t on purpose."

Meimei asked, "Sigh, how could you choose a circle?"

The square-faced man felt wronged, "You guys were talking about what’s longer, more, bigger, higher, stronger..."

"When I saw that circle, I thought of Earth. I thought about how big Earth is, so I chose it."

The group was left speechless; that was too abstract.

Su Lei couldn’t help but criticize, "Oh my, why didn’t you think it looked like a ping pong ball then?"

The square-faced man defended himself, looking dejected, "No, there were only two shapes, and in such a short time, how could I determine which one was bigger?"

Su Lei then asked Xing Shiping, "And Xing Shiping... why did you choose the circle?"

Xing Shiping said gloomily, "I didn’t choose the circle... wasn’t it said initially to choose the longest one?"

"Between a square and a circle, with equal areas, the perimeter of the square is longer."

"I said I chose the circle earlier on purpose, to make my brother relax a bit and not to lie."

The square-faced man looked at Xing Shiping pitifully, tears streaming down his face, "Brother Xing, I’m sorry. What do we do now? We have to choose a Gladiator to die."

For a moment, many of the servant glass people became panicked.

The invitation vote in the first round was not unanimous, and as the challenged party, they had to send out one glass person.

Dongfang Yi rolled his eyes and said, "Choose what? Just admit defeat."

The curly-haired youth said, "Would surrendering work? Doesn’t the rule state that we must fight to the death?"

Gao Xin said with a mix of laughter and tears, "You can choose not to fight. It is the Gladiator who must fight to the end. If we don’t pick a Gladiator, wouldn’t that solve it?"

"Huh?" the curly-haired youth exclaimed, "But the rule says we must send out a Gladiator within three minutes, it’s mandatory!"

Gao Xin smiled and said, "It is mandatory, yes. So what’s the consequence?"

The curly-haired youth was startled and hurriedly looked at Xing Shiping’s notebook, reviewing the rules.

Indeed, the consequence was not a direct kill.

Once the invitation vote is inconsistent, it is considered accepting a duel, and the base must send out a glass person as a Gladiator to fight within three minutes, otherwise they automatically count as having lost that duel.

It was ’automatically count as having lost that duel,’ and ’the defeated camp loses 1 point of life.’

Gao Xin said, "You can switch teams in this game, and it was mentioned from the beginning to be a ’preliminary allocation’ with at least five glass people."

"In other words, the game could get to a point where there are no glass people left to send out. What happens then? You just lose a life point."

"The rules clearly mention direct kills in the context: the Gladiator is determined by a vote from everyone, the one with the most votes must step into the Duel Arena within a minute, or be killed on the spot."

"So, I’m asking you, if the vote fails, do not choose a Gladiator. Just come out after finishing the persuasion and it will be done..."

"And haven’t we said before? It’s possible to keep all glass people alive. If a glass person has to die, then what was all the talk about?"

The curly-haired youth finally understood; it was possible to be like the cowardly lizard!

Only the Gladiator would have no way out and must enter the fray and fight to the death.

However, Xing Shiping’s gaze sharpened, "Really? Do you truly want the glass people on the other side to survive too?"

Gao Xin nodded, "In theory, it’s possible. Although difficult, we should prioritize working towards that. As long as everyone cooperates, we can achieve it."

Xing Shiping fell silent.

"Eh..." Meimei started to ask him something, opening her mouth.

But Gao Xin stopped Meimei, then smiled and said, "Enough talk, we lost the first round. We’ll make a comeback in the second round."

"After the Gladiator fight is over, it’s our turn to send out invitations. Now, we should be thinking about the content. "

"Xing Shiping, what kind of options do you think would be good?"

Xing Shiping lifted his head, "The first option they gave was very abstract. One square, one circle, it’s tough to choose."

"We could take it up a level based on what they did."

"For instance, project three equilateral triangles, one upright, one inverted, and another tilted. They would all be identical, just angled differently."

Gao Xin expressed admiration, "Wow, that’s a great idea!"

Dongfang Yi and Qiao Long were also surprised; that indeed was brilliant.

Throwing another wrench into the sequence for the other side, how would they choose then? Unless they gambled on such a question ahead of time. Otherwise, whether they had planned to choose based on size, strength, or even dryness or wetness, it would be impossible to differentiate.

"That’s impressive; I hadn’t thought of that," Dongfang Yi agreed.

Qiao Long nodded, and the others had no objections.

Xing Shiping said indifferently, "I like mathematics. If we talk about abstraction, the first thing that comes to mind is geometric shapes."

Gao Xin smiled and patted Xing Shiping’s shoulder, "Okay, we’ll set it to that."

"When it’s time to send the invitation, you’ll be in charge of editing it."

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