Survivorship Bias

    After the rules were announced, the countdown had begun, and the door that closed the altar was also opened to them.

    The people in the room began to chat and discuss the rules of the game. An Wu Jiu stood there quietly, without saying a word.

    He can feel that after the experience of matching the wrong player just now, except for his familiar companions, the people around him consciously avoid him.

    For a moment, An Wujiu understood the meaning of that advice, if he is still alone at this moment, so conceited that he doesn't need any companions, he will definitely become the target of public criticism.

    In silence, Shen Ti was already walking towards him. He doesn't care about the rules, and he doesn't take these games seriously, he only cares about peace and blame.

    "I thought they couldn't match." Shen Ti's hand was naturally placed on An Wujiao's waist.

    An Wujiu didn't care either, just replied in a low voice, "Me too."

    He was very puzzled about the errors in the altar, although it was just a system written by a large group of humans, and errors were inevitable, but he did not understand that since people have been matched, Why change it?

    And in exchange for it is Shen Ti.

    Wu You also came over, pulled Shen Ti's hand away, and stood between the two.

    "Did that person meet you before?" He asked An Wujiu.

    An Wujiu shook his head, "I don't remember."

    It looks like they have met, but it is very strange, Yang Ming was also matched with himself at the beginning, and he was not kicked out from the altar.

    And…

    At that time, Yang Ming didn't seem to be afraid of himself to this extent, he even thought about revenge, and wanted to take revenge.

    But when that person faced him just now, he had completely lost his will.

    Associating the number marks on his body, An Wujiu always felt that this person was unusual.

    Are they all modified products in a laboratory? Or, they were all put in for testing.

    An Wugui is not clear.

    "What do you mean?" A person's voice was loud, which caught An Wujiao's attention.

    It was the blue-haired girl who spoke, An Wujiu looked at her badge—Meghan No. 5.

    "What do you mean, even if we exceed his sacrifice quota, we won't get the money back?"

    She was also faced with an unfamiliar face, a tall western man with a badge marked [Andrew No. 10].

    Andrew nodded slightly, looking at a polite and sincere man, "I think so. If the money from these sacrifices will be returned to us, the Holy Voice will definitely explain, and he has said However, the condition for judging the winner is the remaining money, and what is given out cannot be recovered.”

    "This is too dark."

    "In other words, no matter whether the total amount is reached or not, the money given will not be returned to us. It's just a distinction between rewards and no rewards?" Lao Yu asked.

    Andrew said: "I think so."

    This idea immediately changed the situation on the field again.

    This round has come, An Wujiu has more insight into human nature than before, there should be few people in this room who are the type of self-serving.

    This game originally had a surefire way to win, and it was extremely simple.

     But it's not necessarily a real implementation.

    "Since it's anonymous, someone must give very little." Megan put her arms around her chest, "Maybe she won't give a penny."

    Tengtang Sakura leaned against the wall, "Yes, there is definitely no way to guarantee the final amount."

    "It's not going to be a fateful game of luck," said Lao Yu.

    Shen Ti is keen to stir up the muddy waters of the whole field, "Just cast as much as you want."

    Nan Shan is still smiling, "Actually, it's right, it's a warm-up game anyway, it's not life-threatening, so don't worry too much."

    "You said it easily." Meghan snorted, "This is different from the previous warm-up games. If you lose before, you will lose, and if you win, you will have an extra advantage, but this round is not the same. If you win or lose, you may lose a lot of money accidentally. These points are all we have worked hard to exchange for our lives.”

    Shen Ti shrugged, "It's normal to seek wealth and wealth at risk."

    Noah, who was ignored by everyone, observed around the room, then came to the place where everyone gathered, and said softly: "Brothers and sisters, don't you think it's a bit weird here? "

    As soon as the voice fell, the kerosene lamps hanging on the four walls of the room shook at the same time, but did not go out.

    An Wujiu glanced at the ceiling, the blue fire of the altar reflected, like a ghost fire, illuminating the middle, it was like a rare and bright blue gem mine , everyone came in because of their interests and was buried here.

      .

    These shadows are moving, like living things.

    But when he really looked up at this ceiling, the shadow turned back to a shadow.

    As if all he saw was an illusion.

    It seems that Noah has found something wrong here.

    The warm-up game is usually the preamble of the official game, a precursor. I am afraid that this official game is also in this weird and weird atmosphere, and it also tests people's hearts.

    "What's so weird?" Lao Yu said to Noah, "Don't scare yourself."

    They ignored the child's words and continued to discuss the matter of sacrifice .

    The argument went on and on.

    "I'm a little sleepy."

    An Wujiu heard Shen Ti's voice, which was very low, he turned his face and looked up at him, seeing his sleepy expression, he looked a little out of spirit. So An Wu Jiu patted his shoulder, "You are next to me, lean on me?"

    In an instant, he forgot his original intention to keep a distance, not to report to the group and to be unobtrusive, simply because he was already the person with the greatest threat and the lowest credit in the audience, so he might as well do whatever he wanted.

    Shen Ti listened to what he said, and was stunned for a second, then smiled and rubbed the top of his hair.

    He could see that facing these life and death trials, An Wu Jiao was not as tight as before.

    "Forget it." He said with a smile, "I hope there will be a bed in the game later, so I can hold you to sleep."

    An Wujiu thought of the first copy he encountered.

    The corners of her mouth raised slightly involuntarily.

    He deliberately teased Shen Ti: "Then you will sacrifice more for a while, and let God bless you."

    Wu You was a little worried, it seemed that An Wujiu didn't mean to participate in the game well, she turned her head again, the tricky Zhou Yijue she met in the last game was actually at this moment. Not a word.

    Want to ask An Wujiu what she was thinking, suddenly, Wu You heard a voice.

    "I have a way."

    It's the same Andrew from before. He was surrounded by people, "This method will definitely make each of us a winner."

    "Really?" Meghan raised her eyebrows, "What can I do?"

    "It's actually very simple," Andrew's eyes seemed to be shining with justice, "Each of us sacrificed 4,000, and the total amount was just 48,000, and everyone We can get a reward of 5,000, so that each of us can get the remaining 1,000, and at the same time become the winner of the warm-up match, and everyone will share the victory advantage.”

    After he finished speaking, the reaction of several others was as expected, and they did not buy it.

    "I thought it was a good idea."

    "Isn't that the average score?"

    Zhou Yijue, who had not spoken for a long time, walked over with a smile instead, "I think this method is good. There is an old saying in the Chinese people. Opinion."

    Wu You snorted coldly, lowered her voice and whispered: "How can you be so kind."

    Nan Shan smiled and winked at him.

    Wu You did not continue to complain.

    For no reason, An Wujiu felt that he was being watched, so he looked at the other end of his line of sight, meeting someone's eyes.

    It's the middle-aged oriental man with his message on the badge - No. 11, Yang Ce.

    Seeing him turn his face, Yang Ce looked away calmly.

    "This method is not bad," Lao Yu said to Andrew, "Of course the average score is the most correct and reasonable, but only one person can enter at a time, and each of us can't see the other How many people have sacrificed specifically, how can we guarantee that everyone can be four thousand?"

    Tengtang Sakura nodded in agreement, "Yes, does it depend on everyone's integrity and determination?"

    "I think everyone wants to win together, and should not do things that hurt others and themselves at such a time."

    Andrew has an air of justice all over his body, which is quite contrary to these people in this place, "If we must prevent this from happening, I think...otherwise, even if you go in, it is Vote anonymously, but wouldn't it be the same if we did the work outside and only the last person went in and put in all the sacrifices to be done?"

    Yang Ce, who had been staring at An Wujiu just now, spoke at this time, his voice was very low, it was easily reminiscent of a cello.

    "This approach is too risky." Yang Ce said, "Everyone can transfer money to a fixed person under each other's supervision, but that person must enter behind this door. , what he will do, how much he will sacrifice, none of us know, what if he is blinded by greed for a while? In case he forgets his mission and betrays everyone behind that door behavior, then everyone loses four thousand points."

    "Yeah." Megan was the first to stand on Yang Ce's side. "Everyone is not familiar with it, so how to choose this person is difficult."

    "Everyone, sorry to bother you, I'm afraid there is one more problem."

    An Wujiu followed his reputation, it was the NPC who helped them last time, and his number and name were written on his badge—No.

    "The rules of the game seem to say that everyone must enter the altar to make sacrifices. If we transfer the points to others outside and let others help us enter it and pay for it, I don't know what the final payment will be. Whether the points are counted in the hands of the original holder or the payer.”

    Tengtang Sakura suddenly said, "Yes, this is a big problem, it is reasonable to say that the points are transferred to others, and if you pay so much, it will not be included in our expenses in the end, then we will pay zero. , the remainder of the payer will be negative, which is unfair to the payer.”

    The person who pays all the sacrifices will become the last one, but if the person who pays it secretly does not pay it, everyone will be in trouble.

    "Why don't you give it to yourself?" Wu You said, "It's a big deal, let's sign an agreement, how about it?"

    Andrew took a deep breath, "Everyone, I believe that you all want to achieve the most balanced results, if we all win, the following competition system or advantage, everyone can win together , isn't that good?"

    An Wujiu looked at him through a few people, feeling like he saw the extreme kindness in the earliest days.

    It's just the person in front of him who is more willing to radiate light and heat than him.

    "I know that you have distrust of each other now, as long as we pass this level, you can sign the agreement if you want. Each of us sacrificed 4,000, so this is the best plan for now."

    There is not much time, everyone looked at each other, no one answered for a while.

    Zhou Yijue was the first to say with a smile, "Andrew's words are indeed very reasonable and from the bottom of his heart, of course I agree."

    "I can too, only four thousand." Wu You said.

    Matsuura Mori also stepped forward, "I agree too."

    Gradually, those who opposed the equal-sharing plan at first loosened up.

    An Wujiu stared at Zhou Yijue, seeing him in a group of people like a duck in water, disguised as a perfect and pure good person.

    This game is not really a game at all, and you don’t need to use too much brains, it’s just a foreshadowing.

    Among the sacrificers, the more bright and righteous they are, the more likely they are to gain the support of the rest, and vice versa.

    If the episode with the wrong match did not occur, An Wu Jiu would have been willing to stand up for his companions and make suggestions for everyone, but now there is no need for that.

    Everyone agreed one by one and stepped forward. It was too late to draw up an agreement, and everything had to be discussed again, so everyone could only agree orally.

    Zhou Yijue turned her head and stared at An Wujiu with long, narrow eyes, "What about you? Mr. An, a reasonable person like you will definitely agree to our plan."

    An Wujiu smiled back at him, "Of course."

    Time was running out, Andrew once again emphasized the importance of unity among everyone, and then came to An Wujiao's side, "You are the number one, you have to be the first to enter."

    He didn't put the defensiveness on his face like the others, but was very enthusiastic.

    "Please."

    An Wujiu nodded.

    One minute left.

    After he left, An Wujiu and Shen Ti looked at each other, although they didn't speak, they were both convinced that the other understood what they meant.

    "Let Wu You help convey it, including that person."

    Not far away, Zhou Yijue watched what An Wujiu said to Shen Ti, then walked towards the door in front of the altar, his face was the same as before, without much expression, natural The face a gambler should have.

    As he stood in front of the altar, the door slammed shut.

    Wu You kept staring at the door until Shen Ti tapped his shoulder and motioned him to come over.

    Shen Ti lowered his head and whispered to Wu You.

    "Go and tell you brother Nanshan."

    Wu You glared at him, and doubted what he had just told herself, "Really do this?"

    Shen Ti just shrugged.

    Wu You struggled several times, but still told Nanshan and Noah.

    He wanted to even say it to Tengtang Ying, but she was always on Zhou Yijue's side, and there was no time.

    An Wujiu came out soon, people outside saw him and it was hard to ask around, but An Wujiu said first: "After entering, there will be a projection option. , fill in the number of sacrifices to be sacrificed, and that’s it.”

    So the others also entered one by one in order, the second one was Lao Yu, the third one was Tengtangying, the fourth one was Zhou Yijue…

    The sacrifice game was officially over until Matsuura Mori numbered 12 came out of the sacrifice room.

    "It's... that simple?" Megan always felt strange, feeling that this warm-up match was too simple.

    "The results should be announced." Lao Yu looked at the ceiling.

    In a short while, the holy sound came as expected.

    "The sacrifice is over, and the results will be announced soon."

    An Wu Jiu's face was expressionless, even Wu You, who was nervous at the beginning, is not nervous anymore.

    "The sacrifice failed."

    The results announced by the Holy Voice caused an uproar in the audience.

    "Who didn't give enough?" Lao Yu looked in the direction of An Wujiu, "It's you, right!"

    An Wu Jiu's indifferent and indifferent face was gradually stained with a smile, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, with a friendly and kind look.

    "How come?" His tone was light, in contrast to the old and firm accusation.

    "We agreed to donate 4,000. Of course, I did as agreed."

    Old Yu has experienced the copy of red and black, and naturally he does not believe in peace and blame.

    But he has no proof.

    "Holy Voice! Announce the number of sacrifices per person!"

    His request was answered by Andrew, "Yes, we ask for disclosure."

    But the Voice refused.

    "The rules are clear, this is an anonymous sacrifice. I can only disclose the total for you."

    After speaking, a number appeared above the altar.

    There are only twenty thousand.

    "Twenty thousand?"

    Andrew frowned, his eyes full of surprise, "Why..."

    "Someone must have betrayed us!" Meghan wondered, "Why doesn't the altar tell us the number of each, it's unreasonable."

    "Maybe..." Zhou Yijue said softly, "This is a lesson for us, let's not trust others." He sighed, "It doesn't matter, it's just a loss of points, after all It's not life-threatening."

    "Points?" Lao Yu was furious, turned around, took two steps forward and grabbed An Wu Jiu's collar, "You did it, I know."

    An Wujiu is not annoyed, "It's over."

    "You!"

    "Even if I really didn't give it, just think about it." An Wujiu said calmly, "20,000, according to the agreement, at most five people chose to sacrifice, and the remaining seven people It's all zero."

    "Lao Yu, I'm afraid I'm not the only one you're looking for."

    Shen Ti grabbed Lao Yu's wrist and squeezed it hard, still smiling, "Calm down, old man."

    Old Yu had to let go.

    Once bitten by a snake, I was afraid of the rope for ten years.

    Apart from An Wujiu, he has no other suspects in his mind.

    An Wujiu straightened his collar, raised his drooping eyes to face Andrew.

    These have long been expected.

    It is indeed like Zhou Yijue said "not suffering from widowhood but suffering from unevenness", but in this case, what everyone wants is not 4000, but 0.

    Everyone pays the equivalent of 4,000 points, which is actually an extreme case.

    No one can guarantee that there will be no traitor among them. As long as this traitor appeared, even if he only sacrificed 3999, the game would still be a failure.

      balance.

    The more selfish you are, the more likely you are to win.

    If I give 4000, what about the others? In case one doesn't keep the promise.

    Isn’t this 4000 worthless?

    With this kind of thinking, the game is doomed to failure.

    Even if there are multiple devotees among the crowd, willing to pay several times more points than others to make sacrifices, but this is not the first round of the game. Overcome the losses of others and step on the stumbling blocks made by others.

    Honestly keep the promise in the team, waiting for a slim victory in extreme cases, maybe 4000 points will be lost because of the betrayer.

    If you take the initiative to betray others and choose zero sacrifice, you will not lose a penny at all.

    I can't win, and neither can anyone else.

    The biggest balance win is no win.

    An Wujiu knew the rules from the time the altar announced the rules. He didn't say a word, just wanted to observe the logic of other people's behavior on the field.

    He is also very clear that in this game, if he keeps his promise and pays 4,000 or more, Zhou Yijue will definitely make zero sacrifices.

    And, he will definitely count this betrayal on his own head.

    It is better to give up the sacrifice, at least not to lose points, and to make the accusation of betrayal.

    Not only him, but also others to choose zero sacrifices to reduce losses.

    Now that there are 20,000 sacrifices, An Wu Jiu thinks, Andrew himself should have given a lot more, otherwise it won't reach 20,000 at all.

    Facing his losses, An Wu Jiu felt unhappy in his heart, maybe because he was very similar to himself at the beginning, or maybe he couldn't bear to see a sincere idealist gradually burn away the fire in his heart.

    “Did you tell him?” An Wujiu asked Wu You.

    "Said." Wu You looked at Andrew, "He doesn't agree."

    He only asked Wu You to tell Andrew one sentence, all zero sacrifices are the real solution to this game.

    But he doesn't seem to accept it, he believes in the good and trustworthy side of human nature.

    An Wujiu had to let go, he saw disappointment, struggle, injustice and unacceptable in Andrew's face, but the reality is this, he has shown a way for Andrew, even though it is muddy.

    "The warm-up game is over." The Holy Voice announced the end of the game, "There is no winner in this round of warm-up games, which means that no player has been rewarded."

    "Therefore, the system will choose the format for you in this round of the official game."

    After speaking, the flame on the altar suddenly became high, almost burning to the ceiling, the silver-blue color of the flame core was extremely beautiful, and the tongue of flame was like the dancing blue dress of a gypsy girl, spinning , flying.

    Two lines of blood appear above the flame.

    [Team format, dark team

    Official Game: Rite of the Blood Moon]

    An Wujiu turned around intuitively, a window suddenly appeared on the originally closed wall, the frozen glass revealed the night sky stained by wind and snow, and a round of windows hung high outside the window lattice Blood red full moon.

    "The pilgrimage journey begins again, I wish you a pleasant journey."

    Volume IX Rite of the Blood Moon