Crime Prison Island
Chapter 318 - 146: The Real Easter Egg

Chapter 318: Chapter 146: The Real Easter Egg

Ironhand’s behavior did indeed smack of kill-stealing.

He had set up the turret long ago, but he didn’t offer any support. At the end, when victory was assured, he exploited his high burst capability to steal the kill.

This annoyed Ling Sha. In her view, the first robot should have either been taken down by her or Gao Xin, definitely not by Ironhand.

However, Gao Xin showed no reaction and even voluntarily stepped back, so Ling Sha did not pursue the matter further.

"Alright, call your AI manager and open the barrage to see." Ling Sha said coldly.

Ironhand grunted and immediately called out.

However, there was complete silence in the Duel Arena, with no barrage appearing.

"What? I didn’t trigger an Easter egg?" Ironhand was shocked.

Ling Sha was also stunned. Killing robots wasn’t an Easter egg?

Lin An exclaimed in surprise, "How come? Sister Sha’s analysis was flawless. Winning a duel against a robot should indeed trigger an Easter egg."

"Otherwise, what’s the benefit of killing robots? There are no points to earn, and they are so difficult to defeat. Apart from reducing the upper limit of surviving players, it has no meaning..."

Gao Xin said indifferently, "How can there be no meaning? You can open the board and transfer points."

"Robots are designed this strong to kill players in one-on-one combat."

"The rules state ’killing a player earns all their points,’ with no restrictions on the target."

"This is the basis for others in the duel to steal kills. Since players can steal kills, so can robots."

"As long as a robot inherits a player’s points, it becomes a point bag that can be challenged at any time. Isn’t this the same as with players? How can there be no benefits?"

Everyone pondered; players aren’t inherently born with points. If there are no points, then there is no benefit to a kill.

So in this regard, robots are the same as players.

Gao Xin continued, "Ling Sha, you said earlier that when the game moves into the phase of cooperating to kill robots, it signifies the end... this is incorrect."

"Do you think we can really end it easily now?"

"Regardless of how many people cooperate, the team could still collapse, but the first player to kill a robot could trigger an Easter egg. Do you think that’s reasonable?"

Ling Sha furrowed her brow. Her previous analysis had seemed logical, feeling that killing robots was indeed equivalent to an Easter egg, a perfect match.

But now, if Ironhand had already gotten the Easter egg, he could completely avoid exerting any effort.

Then, if a second person got the Easter egg, they could slack off, forcing those who haven’t received one to fight desperately.

This would make it increasingly difficult for players challenging later on, with everyone frantically trying to be the first to make the kill.

Soon, the team would collapse.

They would then enter a phase of deceit and betrayal, almost inevitably using powerful robots to scheme against and kill teammates.

This is what is referred to as desperate cooperation.

And it doesn’t conform to the unspoken rule that Easter eggs are usually triggered at the final stages of the game, signaling it’s about to end...

"You had already realized this wasn’t an Easter egg, which is why you asked to take everyone’s matched points, and even just now you let the kill go to Ironhand!" Ling Sha glared at Gao Xin.

Gao Xin shrugged. "How would I know without trying? It was just a guess."

"An Easter egg triggered by killing a robot is too simple."

"Theoretically, someone could kill a robot right at the start. Are we supposed to start the barrage right away?"

Ling Sha said gravely, "Then what could the Easter egg be?"

Gao Xin spread his hands, "I don’t know. If I had to guess, Easter eggs often involve a kind of achievement collection."

With that, Gao Xin approached the robot’s corpse.

The liquid metal steamed, intermingled with other materials, all decomposing in the high temperature.

He picked up a bit and tasted it, letting his internal digestive bacteria decompose it directly.

Sure enough, the robot wasn’t made entirely of B+ grade metal; would that not have turned it into a metal lump?

Inside it, part of the substance was other nano-materials, diverse and rich in components.

These were all digestible. Gao Xin, with Elephant Level digestive capability, could consume it directly.

"Pfft!"

He even sprayed out some stomach acid, allowing the digestive bacteria to develop and decompose directly on the robot’s corpse.

He estimated that he could decompose twenty to thirty kilograms of nano-materials from it.

Though not as readily absorbable as med-mud, combined with the effects of a B-class repair agent, it could also help Gao Xin recover lost biomatter.

Ling Sha walked over: "Are you saying there are things inside the robot for us to collect? But there’s nothing there, just some nano-materials."

"Are you suggesting we have to kill all the robots? Whoever can collect materials from ten robot bodies can trigger the Easter egg?"

"How is that possible? If all the robots are gone, we can’t complete the set of ten, couldn’t answer the questions, and would die."

Gao Xin narrowed his eyes: "It’s not necessary to kill robots to get it. Duels can result in a draw."

"Think about it, do we really need ’duels’ to simply kill robots? Couldn’t players just start fighting them directly in the room? There’s no time limit."

"Yet, the challenge rules use the term ’any participant,’ telling us we can duel robots, isn’t that superfluous?"

"’Duels’ might be a step to activate achievements, perhaps dueling different robots themselves is what we need to collect."

"Duels can result in draws, so this tells us dueling robots and ending in a tie is enough, without the need to kill them."

"And the point is, we must duel with ten robots, all of them..."

Everyone was shocked. To duel with all the robots?

And to tie in the duels, not to kill?

Would the robots cease fighting after a tie? Perhaps not.

Ling Sha spoke solemnly, "After evening the score, the robots would still fight us to the death because they don’t have the rule of ’do not kill without permission’."

"That means, no matter which one we attack first, we essentially have to fight all the robots simultaneously."

Gao Xin nodded, "Of course, we don’t necessarily have to fight ten; it depends on how many players are left."

"If there are five of us left, it means we can kill a maximum of five. If there are five robots left, all need to be activated simultaneously, yet none can be killed..."

"Whether gathering materials from their bodies or just attracting their hatred, the duel activates all the robots to chase after us."

"In any case, all the robots must be fought."

The group looked solemn, the difficulty had suddenly increased.

Although the robots were powerful, it was quite simple for them to fight fewer with more and break them down one by one.

But now, since killing one won’t unlock any easter egg, it’s likely that all ten need to be fought!

’The achievement of battling all robots’ seemed to fit the game’s easter egg nature.

But it’s more than just defeating robots, the difficulty lies in... not being able to kill them all!

However, while players can’t kill the robots, the robots aim to kill the players, and with the robots’ unlimited endurance and repair, this truly pushes people to the limit.

The quota for killing robots is determined by the number of remaining players.

If there are ten players battling ten robots, they can kill all of them, because just ten people are enough for a tacit quiz.

If there are five players battling ten robots, then at most five can be killed; the rest need to be dragged on. If one extra dies, it’s the end for everyone.

Dragging it out is very challenging; once robots are activated, they relentlessly pursue the players until the death.

The fewer the people, the harder it gets. If only one person remains, that person must face nine alone.

"Isn’t that wrong? If the robots keep pursuing us, will they still be able to answer questions?"

"Players are both competing and forced to cooperate, playing the game while fending off a horde of robots?"

"Is this really the way to get the easter egg? It’s too difficult."

The crowd responded in surprise, talking all at once.

Gao Xin said, "They won’t continue to pursue us during the quiz; otherwise, it would just be constant fighting, and other game designs would be overshadowed."

"So the full description of the easter egg should be... Activate all robots to fight, kill robots, or draw."

"After that, if it’s still halftime, then it would naturally be a fight to the death with no time limit."

"However, if players start the tacit quiz, the surviving robots should then enter quiz mode, turn off the hate lock, and go back to their rooms to draw numbers..."

"And the condition to start the tacit quiz is for all players to enter the room, so the initiative to shut off the hate is still in the players’ hands."

Ling Sha nodded, "Right, this way it won’t interfere with the game and still creates a desperate situation."

"The crucial point is, once this easter egg is obtained, the game is definitely going to end."

"Because to turn off the endless deathmatch, ’all players must enter the room,’ and just the achiever entering the room isn’t enough."

"Unless, only they remain, or the other players agree to let them survive and enter the room together to end the game..."

"Otherwise, as long as one person doesn’t enter the room, the achiever would keep being attacked by robots."

"Of course, the achiever can take down the one who doesn’t enter the room... or persuade them; in any case, they need to meet the ’all members enter the room’ condition."

"Whatever the case is, it means that if this easter egg can be obtained, the game is bound to head towards its end."

The crowd looked at each other, realizing just how difficult this achievement was to obtain.

Tie Shou frowned slightly; he was starting to not want this easter egg anymore.

The easter egg isn’t a must-have; on the contrary, a lack of desire strengthens resolve.

If one doesn’t want this easter egg, that person can be very relaxed; while others are challenging, he can just opt out of dueling and watch a group of robots attack the challengers, or even interfere.

Players who don’t want the easter egg have a great degree of control over the fate of the achievers!

Ling Sha suddenly shouted, "No more discussion needed, difficult or not, we must get the easter egg; I never give up on any easter egg!"

"Who among you wants to give up?"

Tie Shou remained silent, looking towards Lin An.

Lin An then said, "Sister Ling Sha, if you want to get it, then let’s get it; I’ll follow your lead."

Tie Shou frowned; Ling Sha was determined to get the easter egg, and Lin An was just a follower. He had no choice but to look back at Gao Xin.

Seeing Gao Xin calmly say, "If I can’t get the easter egg, I’d rather die."

"..." Tie Shou twitched his lips, thinking that this person was even more resolute.

Ling Sha always pursued an easter egg in every game and never gave up, but not giving up did not mean that she could always get one.

But Gao Xin’s attitude was that if he couldn’t get it, he would die.

Tie Shou, seeing everyone so set on the easter egg, finally said, "We definitely have to obtain the easter egg together; the game clearly requires cooperation, no one can challenge all the robots alone."

"We have five people left, and the Black Knight must be taken out next round, so we can at most kill four robots."

"My suggestion is, in this round, to cooperate as before, break down four robots individually, then regroup and move into the fourth round."

"The fourth round is actually the last halftime; then, together, we can fight the remaining six robots, endure for thirty minutes, then all enter the room together, obtain the easter egg, and ideally end the game in the fifth round."

Seeing his logical and well-arranged plan.

Ling Sha nodded, "Alright, then let’s four of us stick together until the end."

Tie Shou’s plan was very reasonable; if they took down four robots, then no one in the next round could possibly betray, as there wouldn’t be enough for the quiz then.

But... could they really take down four robots and secure the survival quota?

Gao Xin’s eyes narrowed slightly, wondering what if the betrayal started this round?

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