Deceitful Game

Chapter 248 [The Wolf and Sheep Game]

"Of course... you can leave the game at any time and never come back. But if you want to join the game again, you'll need Time Chips as your ticket!"

The host, "Mo," dutifully introduced, "Everyone, put your hands in your pockets!"

"Your various 'possibilities' for the future will be condensed and refined into chips of time... If you leave here alive, the chips in your pockets will be your initial capital."

"Whether it's buying treasures, acquiring intelligence, hiring helpers... or simply entering the game, all of these require spending Time Chips. Spend wisely, they're your lifeblood!"

Upon hearing this, Mingpo reached into her pocket.

But he paused for a moment, then looked up at the others.

Is this it?

A young girl took a handful of bright red chips out of her pocket.

"That's right!"

Mo readily replied, "This is called Time Copper. You can use these chips to travel to the near future; each Time Copper allows you to stay in the future for one hour!"

"You can also use it to fast-forward your own time, skipping an hour of your own time, and quickly reach distant places as if teleporting. Combined with portable medical devices, it can also quickly heal your injuries."

"You can also directly obtain 'one hour of physical training' or 'one hour of knowledge learning,' skipping unnecessary processes and getting the results directly!"

"Or it could be used to pause time for mortals—but remember, this is ineffective against you, the higher-level deceivers!"

Mo paused for a moment at this point.

The mouth hanging around the black cat's neck revealed a meaningful smile, and the single eye floating in the air narrowed slightly: "Besides this, there are many, many more chips... too many great features to list here!"

For example, changing the past.

But obviously... the host, who was under the company's surveillance, couldn't just tell these potential con artists about this so bluntly.

While everyone else was focused on Mo, Mingpo subtly and slowly withdrew her hand.

...What happened?

If the weight of time is the crystallization of "possibilities"...

Why doesn't Mingpo have a single chip?

Is there no possibility left for his future?

"Any further questions?"

Mo asked eagerly, "The game is about to start, if not..."

"I would like to ask a question."

Suddenly, the bespectacled man who had been staring at Mingpo interrupted, "Are you... really our host?" As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the carriage became heavy.

The black cat lay down lazily, curling up into a ball. The glasses hanging around its neck stared intently at the bespectacled man, its tone turning displeased: "What do you mean by that, newbie?"

"As far as I know, the titles held by the hosts are unique."

The bespectacled man calmly said, "The characteristic of a unique title is that the source of the concept is relatively singular."

"But the term 'Mo Yiyi' only has one character, and its possibilities are too numerous. It doesn't seem like a title a host should have, so I don't think you're telling the truth. Or at least, you're not telling the whole truth."

"...Hmph, newbie. You've got a bit of cleverness, but don't get too cocky."

Mo Youyou said softly, "Considering this is your preliminary round... to prevent you from overthinking, I'll mercifully tell you. My title is certainly not just the word 'Mo.' But my existence is incomplete because of something that caused me to lose a large part of myself. Consequently, my power and 'name' have also become incomplete, which is why I can only exist by attaching myself to animals."

"My full title is [Ink Sorrow and Silk Dye], from the Realm of Balance. Any other questions?"

"No, thank you."

The man nodded slightly and said politely.

"Chen Bingwen...right?"

"Mo" spoke slowly, deliberately revealing the person's real name as punishment, while warning, "Don't think you're invincible here. For the sake of fairness in the game, I'll tell you a piece of common sense."

"The game of deception is fair. Therefore, in this game, the one who wakes up later is the stronger."

"I think everyone else has no questions now, right?!"

Hearing that Mo's tone was not pleasant, the others did not ask any further questions.

Clearly, Mo was quite pleased with the quiet atmosphere.

Then, Mo's voice gradually became excited and cheerful again.

"In that case, I hereby declare... the selection competition officially begins!"

"This game is the easiest [Time] level game, with a minimum completion reward of [One Hour] and a maximum of [One Day]. Players will also gain [Time's Bronze] level Deceiver privileges, allowing them to use Time Chips to travel to the future!"

"Well then, welcome to..."

"Escape from the sheepfold!!"

The next moment, a screen of light appeared in front of everyone.

The game's introduction and rules are clearly written above.

Escape from the Sheepfold

[Multiplayer game, no faction restrictions, no random players]

[Difficulty: 12 hour]

[Maximum number of people who can complete the level: 11]

This game does not have any additional rules, hidden quests, or a special world setting.

All players are randomly assigned the roles of "Wolf" or "Sheep".

There are two wolves in this round of the game, and the rest of the players are sheep.

During the game, players are not allowed to reveal, imply, or prove their identity in any way.

All players need to work together to collect resources, intelligence, items, and weapons scattered throughout the train. Players can communicate remotely using communicators.

There are hidden resource points that only wolves can see and open.

There are mini-games on the train; you can use "Time Chips" as tickets, and winning them will reward you with treasures.

[If the wolf completes the mini-game, you can choose to destroy specific car doors, lights, or communicators.]

In this game, "Champions of Time" can be traded, transferred, assigned, and stolen.

The specific victory conditions are as follows:

The GPS navigator needs repair within 30 minutes.

If the "Navigator" is not repaired in time, half of the players will die randomly.

[After the navigation system is repaired, the "food cart" needs to be repaired within one hour.]

[If the "food truck" is not repaired in time, players who have not killed anyone will die within each hour after the repair node.]

[After the food truck repair point is completed, three "heating devices" need to be repaired every thirty minutes.]

If the heating system is not repaired in time, each unrepaired heating system will result in the death of one random sheep.

After repairing three "heating devices", the "paradox engine" needs to be repaired within one hour.

If the "paradox engine" is not fixed in time, everyone will die.

If the "paradox engine" is successfully repaired, the train will reach its destination.

The wolf, who had never killed a sheep, died when the train reached its destination.

For each wolf that survives, the total chips earned by all sheep upon completion of the level are reduced by half.