Crime Prison Island
Chapter 315 - 143: Trapping the Black Knight Again

Chapter 315: Chapter 143: Trapping the Black Knight Again

All the robots had finished reporting their answers, whose numbers remained unclear.

Next was the Black Knight, who cursed vehemently, didn’t respond at all, and kept receiving error messages, meaning the Q&A had failed from his turn.

The group walked out of the room, not surprised by this outcome.

Keeping the Black Knight was intended to use him for negative points.

It was expected he wouldn’t answer the questions, and even if he did, Ling Sha wouldn’t have responded properly either.

So, everyone implicitly skipped this round; still, Gao Xin managed to use this opportunity to test for vulnerabilities in the AI’s responses.

This game wasn’t just about the competition between humans, but the human-AI conflict was also notable.

"Forget it, let’s dismantle two robots first!"

"Hurry up and pair, I’m number 3, others report your numbers."

Ling Sha was eager to challenge the robots and was the first to report his number.

Lin An then said, "I’m number 9, Tai Sui, are you really number 1?"

Gao Xin calmly said, "Yes, I’m number 1."

Lin An smiled, "Then we can pair up."

Everyone looked at Iron Hand, who spoke softly, "Damn, I... I’m number 8..."

Iron Hand frowned, looking towards Room F.

Everyone narrowed their eyes. The Black Knight hadn’t revealed his number, so why was Iron Hand, who was number 8, looking at the Black Knight’s room?

Iron Hand first tried to find an AI, and directly picked Room B to start pairing, because Room B had responded to Luo Yi, and with Luo Yi’s capabilities, he would be either the first or second, and since Gao Xin was number 1, Luo Yi’s answer should indicate number 2.

However...

"A refuses to pair."

"Damn!" Iron Hand’s face fell, the robots could indeed refuse.

Now, everyone understood that Iron Hand was actually number 10.

Iron Hand only claimed he was number 8, but was refused pairing by the AI. Did the AI know he was actually number 10?

"Heh, does the AI actually have Heavenly Eye?" Lin An clicked his tongue.

Ling Sha wasn’t surprised, "As expected, number 10 can only pair with a player."

Saying this, he gestured towards the Black Knight’s room, "You can only look for him."

Iron Hand frowned and whispered, "But what number could the Black Knight be? He hasn’t revealed his number at all."

Everyone pondered over the known numbers now.

Gao Xin was number 1, Ling Sha was number 3, Lin An was number 9, and Iron Hand was number 10.

Ling Sha said, "There’s a high chance that B is number 2, and A is probably number 4..."

"A’s answer was Suzuki Shougen, a guy who’s the leader of the Black Hand Group at the Yakuza headquarters, an Elephant Level presence. In the Yakuza, his strength is surpassed only by Yunzhong Tianyi, so he now is either 3 or 4."

"I’m 3, so the answer Suzuki Shougen must be 4."

With that, Ling Sha laughed, "Heh, Yunzhong Tianyi only ranked third? What’s happening in Yamaguchi Village? How come there are so many powerful figures?"

Gao Xin calmly said, "Oiran parading through the streets..."

Ling Sha realized, "Oh right, I forgot today was that day. No wonder Luo Yi isn’t ranked first... If things go as expected, there will be even more strong ones in a few days."

Gao Xin frowned deeply.

Iron Hand pondered, "So now 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 are clear, the Black Knight must be one of 5, 6, 7, 8."

Lin An thought for a moment and said, "The Black Knight can’t be 5; Room E is because that ’Iron Tower Lan Feng’ mentioned by Room E is a strong figure from our Lin’s Village, also an Elephant Level, and his strength is comparable to Suzuki Shougen’s, so he should be ranked fifth."

Ling Sha tilted his head, "Iron Tower Lan Feng? Do you have such a person in your village?"

Lin An explained, "That’s Crazy Lan, Iron Tower is his code name in the game."

Ling Sha suddenly understood, "Oh, it’s him. Hmm, deciding whether Crazy Lan or Suzuki Shougen is 4 or 5 isn’t easy."

Iron Hand waved his hand, "Regardless of which of them is 4 or 5, anyway now 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 are here, the Black Knight can only be one of 6, 7, 8."

"In that case, pretending to be 2 is the best strategy."

Everyone nodded. If he pretended to be 3 and the Black Knight turned out to be 8, they wouldn’t match.

If he impersonated number 1 and the Black Knight was number 6, they still wouldn’t match.

Only by pretending to be 2, regardless of which number the Black Knight was, there would be a benefit to pairing up.

Gao Xin said, "I suspect that no matter what number you are, he won’t pair with you. Let me pretend to be 10 and talk to him first."

"If he refuses, I’ll pretend to kill him, and you come out to stop me, then secretly tell him you’re number 2; whether he falls for it will depend on your acting skills."

Hearing this, everyone silently thought how cunning he was.

Indeed, the Black Knight had been tricked twice already. Seeking to pair with him out of the blue, he surely wouldn’t trust them.

So Gao Xin suggested, he would first act as a buffer and then let Iron Hand take advantage of the situation.

Iron Hand nodded, indicating he understood.

"Eh? The door is locked..." Iron Hand glanced at the door and found it was tightly closed.

Ling Sha said, "It seems his injuries have gotten a bit better, he must have closed the door while moving."

"No matter." Gao Xin stepped forward, "I have the Demon Blade."

As Gao Xin held the Demon Blade, grabbed the door handle, and pushed, he managed to open Door F.

But he groaned as the Demon Blade flew out of his hand, his palm split open, his arm seared with charred lightning scars, and he staggered back several steps, stiffly falling to the ground.

"Huh? The Demon Blade couldn’t stop the electric shock?" Iron Hand exclaimed in surprise.

Gao Xin paused for a moment, and seeing that no one was attacking him, he slowly got up, rubbed the acupressure points on his arm, and said, "There’s something, the Demon Blade only resolved part of it, I still got zapped out of nowhere."

Ling Sha pondered and said, "This isn’t just conductivity, it’s an application of the electromagnetic force field. No matter what you use for insulation, as long as you enter the field, the AI can still control the electric shocks to hit you."

"Indeed, otherwise just an electric shock, I could block it with an insulator, then this design would be meaningless."

Everyone nodded, looking at Gao Xin.

Nobody took the opportunity to attack; after all, everyone agreed to cooperate in dealing with the robots.

Ling Sha didn’t move, and neither did Lin An. As for Iron Hand... Gao Xin had gone in to be his cushion, so he naturally wouldn’t be confused.

Gao Xin then displayed the effects of a Grade B healing agent, injuries visibly disappearing before their eyes.

This electric shock’s main impact was to cause rigidity. Even for someone with Gao Xin’s strength, it took a moment to recover. Under such circumstances, if someone attacked, they might not kill him, but they would cause severe injury.

Thinking this, some began to ponder.

However, Gao Xin walked directly into Room F, standing in front of the bloody Black Knight, "Come on, let’s pair up."

"I’m number 1, I can’t find number 8 and number 9, what number are you?"

As he spoke, he helped the Black Knight to rise.

Yet, the Black Knight suddenly trembled and slammed his head forcefully against Gao Xin’s chest.

Gao Xin grunted softly, staggering backward.

The Black Knight said grimly, "Get lost ... I won’t pair with anyone."

Gao Xin frowned, "Don’t you want to score points? If you’re number 9, you could gain four points at once."

The Black Knight spat out a mouthful of bloody foam, "What’s the use! I’m down ten points, and there are only two pairing rounds left. Even if I gained four points each time, it wouldn’t make up for it."

"Hehehe ... you’re not number 1, are you? ... You kept me here just to make me take the negative points."

"Hee hee ha ha ha ... I guess you’re number 10, huh? Ha ha ha... I don’t care what number you are, I refuse! I will always refuse!"

Everyone was shocked, the Black Knight had indeed just given up on scoring points.

If they were ditched in two rounds themselves, they surely wouldn’t trust anything either.

Gao Xin said coldly, "Keeping you here isn’t necessarily to take on negative points, it’s also for an extra chance to score production points."

"This round number 10 is still in the AI, I’m number 1, you know what number you are, unless you are number 10, pairing with me at least won’t cause an explosion, this is your only choice."

"Getting any points is better than none, there’s hope as long as you’re alive, if you don’t cooperate, I’ll duel you in a moment and let you be point-killed."

In this game, those destined for a duel must enter the arena within three minutes, otherwise their points are killed off, and as long as they ensured the Black Knight didn’t enter, he would die by the system’s hand.

Nobody would then need to bear his negative ten points, effectively eliminating him.

Listening to this threat, the Black Knight laughed loudly, "Fine! Duel me, if you dare then duel me!"

Gao Xin, furious, smashed down a fierce punch, "You want to die, do you! I’ll make you wish you were dead!"

"Haha!" the Black Knight took a punch, spewing blood yet said, "You’re panicking! You’re panicking! You’re number 10, haha cough cough cough ha ha! You are number 10!"

In his eyes, if Gao Xin were truly number 1, there was no need to panic, just avoiding pairing with number 10 wouldn’t cause an explosion.

So he just had to find someone above number 5 to pair with. With so many AIs around, could he really not find a higher number?

Yet Gao Xin did panic, clearly indicating he must be number 10.

"You’re number 10, haha, go away, I will not pair with you, not even if I die!" the Black Knight stubbornly resisted to the end, already indifferent to life and death.

Gao Xin roared, "Shut up! Even if I don’t pair, losing 1 point doesn’t matter, I have plenty of points!"

"You know how many points you owe, don’t you? Go look at your points in the room, you damned owe 10 points, and you still won’t pair? Don’t you want to live?"

He continuously punched and kicked, leaving the Black Knight barely hanging on to life.

"Cooperate, and you might live for two more rounds, there could still be a turn of events."

"If you don’t cooperate, I will throw you into the Duel Arena right now, when you’re dead, everything’s gone."

As Gao Xin spoke, the Black Knight remained silent.

The Black Knight stared blankly at the room’s ceiling, his eyes blank, as if he had gone mad.

Then Gao Xin dragged him outside, "Fine, fine, then go die."

The Black Knight let himself be dragged, but after leaving the room, he suddenly struggled, "Wait ... don’t kill me! Hold off on killing me!"

Seeing that Gao Xin was really about to point-kill him, he suddenly feared death again.

Iron Hand smirked upon seeing this: Thought he was tough, turns out he’s scared to die. It’d be troublesome if he really proved tenacious. After all this, still fearful of death.

Thinking this, he stepped forward and grabbed Gao Xin, "Tai Sui, let it go, let him live another round, you’ve got plenty of points, losing 1 point doesn’t matter."

"If he dies, there will only be four of us left, the next round will be completely dominated by AI answering, we still haven’t figured out how to handle the AI’s abstract answers, let’s spare him for one more round!"

"As long as we are still five people when answering first next round, we can still figure out what number the AI is."

The others also persuaded, and upon hearing this, Gao Xin dropped the Black Knight.

Iron Hand immediately stepped forward, grabbed the Black Knight, and dragged him back into the room.

Leaving the others in the lobby, Gao Xin said, "That’s all I can do, whether or not he pairs up, it’s up to him now."

Ling Sha nodded, "You’ve done well, I see that the Black Knight’s desire to live is strong, now that he’s sure you’re number 10, he will definitely pair with Iron Hand."

Gao Xin’s lips curled, "Who doesn’t have the will to live? As long as there’s hope, everyone wants to survive."

Saying this, he turned to Lin An, "Come on, you’re number 9, I’m number 1, let’s pair up."

He initiated the pairing, and Lin An nodded in acceptance.

With that, only Ling Sha was left without a pairing partner.

She frowned, "You’ve all paired up, who do I pair with?"

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