ocean-life Chapter 242: 234: "Map Name": Prisoner's Dilemma.
Chapter 242: 234: "Map Name": Prisoner's Dilemma.
Chapter 242: Chapter 234: “Map Name”: Prisoner’s Dilemma.
Time always flies swiftly, unnoticed.
It was August 4th.
The afternoon sun was just right.
The global event of “Thrilling World” had long ended, but its impact remained significant, leaving many players still catching their breath.
Chen Yi was lying in a rooftop rocking chair, wearing sunglasses, enjoying the sunbath with Tuberculosis Rabbit and others, about to enter the next map, which was a bit strange with a fixed opening time.
It was only open from two in the afternoon until three.
There were still about ten minutes left until two o’clock.
“Yi.”
Next to Chen Yi, Jiaye knelt with a grievance in her voice, “Is playing one hundred and eight Jiayes fun?”
“It’s fun.”
Chen Yi nodded seriously, picked up a chilled coconut water, and spoke with a hint of emotion, “I also didn’t expect them to keep popping up; it’s quite strange and a new experience in life.”
Perhaps seeing her lack of reaction,
The game decided to increase the difficulty for him, so during those three days, almost every moment a new Jiaye would pop out from various hidden spots to startle him. He didn’t refuse any, placing them all on the rooftop as if they were figures.
Quite interesting.
The sight of one hundred and eight Jiayes arranged on the rooftop was truly magical, but unfortunately, after the Thrilling World event ended, these female ghosts dissipated. Otherwise, it would have been fun to collect them and place them inside the house as figures and mess with enemies’ vision.
“What a pity.”
...
Tuberculosis Rabbit and Sword Without End were both leaning on the rooftop railing, gazing distantly with a lost expression.
“I kind of miss it.”
“I know, right.”
“I seem to remember the Russian Roulette game being quite popular recently.”
“Now that you mention it, it does ring a bell.”
After saying that, Tuberculosis Rabbit shook his head, clearing his vision, “A man who can’t control his lower half is doomed to accomplish nothing. Let’s not think about this anymore and talk about something serious.”
“I did control it.”
“You? If you had control, would you still go?”
“I went there precisely because I controlled my lower half. Do you think it can go there on its own?”
“...”
“Let me sort this out.”
After a moment of silence, Tuberculosis Rabbit, not knowing how to refute Sword Without End’s logic, forcibly changed the subject, “The map we are about to enter is new, from a Map Access Pass that appeared in the store.”
“It must be for the August rule, ‘Unable to Lie,’ specially designed for this map.”
“Today is the first time it’s being opened.”
“At that time, there will probably be a lot of players entering this map.”
“You be prepared. I...”
The voice abruptly stopped.
Tuberculosis Rabbit, impatient, pushed Sword Without End aside and stood up to leave, “Forget it, I can’t continue this with you. Now when I see your face, I can’t have a normal conversation.”
“Get lost!”
...
The time of several minutes quickly passed.
Then the Map Access Passes in the backpacks of Chen Yi and his group turned into a white light and disappeared at almost the same time, followed by a notification sound in their ears.
‘Ding, you have entered the map – ‘Prisoner’s Dilemma”
‘Map Name’: Prisoner’s Dilemma.
Nice.
This might well be his first failed map.
How could this possibly be whitewashed?
There’s no way to whitewash it.
Not at all.
If this identity he was playing had even a bit of intelligence, he would have split some of the inheritance in the will to make it less obvious, leaving everything to himself seemed to truly take others for fools.
The will was quickly modified.
Chen Yi silently watched from the first-person perspective as the identity he was playing carefully and meticulously put everything on the desk back in its place. Then he bent over again to take a closer look at the elderly man’s corpse lying in the pool of blood.
After pausing for about three seconds,
he then focused his gaze on the candlestick.
“Not too dumb.”
Chen Yi silently nodded to himself; at least he knew to take away the murder weapon.
Although things seemed dire from the start, as long as he wasn’t discovered on the spot, and if he cleaned up any unmistakable clues like fingerprints that he couldn’t talk his way out of, there was still room for maneuver.
If it weren’t for the August rule, the inability to lie, he would have even more leeway.
Of course... in some cases, having this rule actually expands the operational space. After all, it means that everything someone says carries a high level of credibility, and credibility... can deceive people.
Just as his viewpoint was about to bend down, there was suddenly a knock on the study door from outside.
“Father, are you alright? I’m coming in.”
As that voice fell, the identity he was playing had no time to tidy up the scene and quickly hid behind the curtain, holding his breath and daring not to make a sound.
Soon—
the door lock was turned.
From Chen Yi’s first-person viewpoint, he couldn’t see who was entering, only knowing it was a woman. He could only see the thick curtains in front of him.
“...”
At that moment, his mind was filled with one word.
Silent.
Just caught red-handed, wasn’t there supposed to be a storyline? The current plotline is practically forcing him to confess.
Isn’t this a bit too targeted at him?
Perhaps feeling a bit nervous, the identity he was playing stared intently at the curtain in front of him, not even glancing at the floor. He actually wanted to know if the curtain could cover his feet or if the shoes were sticking out.
But the viewpoint simply would not move downward, just staring straight ahead.
Just as Chen Yi was internally sighing in resignation, preparing to face his first map defeat, he suddenly furrowed his brows, squinted, and listened intently.
It was very quiet.
No screams.
Logically, a normal person opening the door to discover a crime scene would scream, right?
Even if it were a mute, there should still be some sounds of panic, or some noise from trying to flee in a hurry, right?
But at this moment, the study was extremely quiet.
Something was off.
And soon, he heard the study door being slowly closed through the curtain; the woman who knocked earlier seemed to have walked into the room and then a rustling sound followed.
After listening for a moment,
Chen Yi was certain of one thing: that damn woman was also here to modify the will.
About five minutes passed.
Only then did the woman in the study leave and close the door behind her.
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