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In an instant, remember this: the North Moon Group successfully located their mission target and obtained the Three-Star Lover Card. The next challenge was to find a way out of the mountain. Cui Ming scolded the destroyer, Li Qing, without reservation: "Brother, you blockhead! Right now, Stonehenge is clear of fog, but the mist has spread all over the mountain!"
Li Qing's voice crackled through the intercom: "What? I can't hear you! I'm down here with Mi Xiaonan eating barbecue. There's staff handing out beef, so hurry up and come down!"
Ding Ze took action, climbing a tree and teleporting to the highest point to determine the direction. Then he walked... walked for several hundred meters, climbed another tree, teleported to the top again, and continued walking...
Using this method, he kept a close watch on the south side and finally made his way out of Labyrinth Mountain. After descending along the mountain's edge for a while, he spotted Li Qing and Mi Xiaonan—indeed, they were barbecuing. Nearby, Eva was eating a boxed meal...
Cui Ming approached and saw that Eva was eating plain white rice with no soy sauce at all. Eva shot him a resentful glance and continued eating...
When the staff saw that Cui Ming and his group were heading for the beef, they immediately intervened: "Food distribution is based on a lottery; sharing is not allowed."
Cui Ming asked, "What if we do?"
The staff replied, "Then all food will disappear." Once would be excusable; at most, they could say you exploited a bug. But doing it twice would be your fault. The staff pointed to one hundred envelopes divided into five piles in front of them: "Please choose any envelope. After selecting an envelope, you must eat your food on-site; takeout is not permitted, and you cannot request food from staff again for eight hours."
Beiyue stepped forward silently and drew an envelope, revealing: "Baked Lobster." Immediately, a table and chairs appeared nearby along with a fragrant lobster dish. These were real items that had been teleported in.
"Wow."
"I want to eat!" Ding Ze rubbed his hands together and stepped forward. After a moment of prayer, he drew an envelope: "Pork Rib Rice—this is decent."
"I have an ominous feeling about this."
Li Qing sighed, "Junior brother, if you don't pay attention, you'll never surpass me."
"Aren't you grilling meat?"
Mi Xiaonan chuckled, "Grilling meat is mine; Li Qing, food is just vitamin pills." Since they were in a magic circle, Li Qing couldn't see the words inside the envelope. It was his territory, and he was in charge.
"Damn, is there really such a shameless food as vitamin pills?" As soon as Cui Ming finished speaking, Beiyue shot him a glare. Beiyue had once prepared a meal, which consisted of Seaweed Soup, rice, and vitamin pills. Cui Ming immediately turned away and slowly pulled out the envelope card. He paused for a moment, pulled everything out, and turned it around. He laughed heartily, "Snake Meat Hot Pot."
"..." Mi Xiaonan, who was grilling meat, swallowed hard. Cui Ming's dish was undoubtedly the most delicious. As for the lobster, it tasted decent; the reason it was considered tasty was due to all the hype surrounding it.
Li Qing, feeling sulky, tossed aside the grilling tongs and squatted down a little distance away, turning his back to everyone as he quietly watched the stream flow...
At that moment, Cui Ming said to the staff member, "How about we discuss this? I'll void my Snake Meat Hot Pot, and my senior brother and I can each draw again."
The staff member thought for a moment and replied, "Sure." He also wanted to eat Snake Meat Hot Pot; after lunch was served here, he could go back and enjoy whatever they hadn't ordered.
Upon hearing that it was possible, Li Qing leaped over excitedly. "Good junior brother! I didn't spoil you for nothing."
"Not that one." Cui Ming hurriedly stopped Li Qing as he reached for it.
"Huh?" The staff member looked at Cui Ming along with Li Qing.
"These envelopes are clearly arranged by someone. The five stacks of envelopes form five circles; among them, the second and third stacks have fewer envelopes than the others. This is a psychological hint. Beiyue mindlessly picked one from the second stack; if I'm not mistaken, Mi Xiaonan also took one from there. And a certain unnamed woman who eats plain rice must have taken one from the third stack." Cui Ming continued explaining: "The five stacks are arranged as more, medium, less, more, more. In this arrangement situation, the probability of selecting from those is the lowest. Choosing from the less stack is being overly clever; choosing from the more stack indicates a conservative mindset. Ding Ze took from the more stack. So it's just ordinary covered rice."
Cui Ming added: "The Assessment Committee shouldn't be this boring. If I'm guessing correctly, this should be a prank show created by two foolish hosts to entertain viewers at our expense. By the way, senior brother, you have quite a variety show spirit and can throw tantrums too. Have you considered entering the entertainment industry? You'd definitely outshine all the stars in the Eastern Continent."
Li Qing knew Cui Ming was smart but was half-convinced by his deductions. "Is it really true?"
Cui Ming extended his left hand and caught a falling leaf, saying, "A leaf knows autumn."
"Trust me, junior brother, you'll gain immortality." Li Qing picked up the second stack of envelopes and clapped his hands. "Haha, spicy hot pot."
Cui Ming was about to draw when a staff member immediately said, "Wait." They came over and blocked the envelopes with their body, mixing them all together.
At that moment, a sexy beauty appeared. She wore glasses, had her black hair down, and was dressed in a suit with a short skirt and black stockings. Her white shirt had two buttons undone, revealing a generous cleavage. She was Liu Na, one of the two major hosts.
Liu Na stood in front of the table and said, "Mr. Cui Ming, there are currently eighty-two envelopes..."
Ding Ze interrupted while eating, "One hundred thirteen."
"..." Liu Na shot Ding Ze a glare. "You're so clever and talkative." She continued, "Mr. Cui Ming, would you like to play a game? If you draw something delicious, then during the next competition, you can request any food at any time for eight hours without needing to find a staff member. If you draw something ordinary, like rice with toppings, then you'll proceed with your tasks as usual. If you draw something unappetizing, you'll only receive plain rice during the next tasks."
Cui Ming asked, "What’s the standard for delicious or not?"
"That's not necessary; everyone has their own criteria in mind," Liu Na replied.
"Alright, I agree."
"Please turn around; I need to rearrange things." As Cui Ming turned away, Liu Na also turned to face the table. Then she mischievously smiled and pulled her suit jacket to reveal a pile of envelopes hidden inside. With her right hand, she pulled again and took out another stack of envelopes to mix with the original ones.
When Cui Ming turned back around and saw the three thick stacks of envelopes, he sighed. "Is this really fair?" Although he wasn't as meticulous as Ding Ze, he estimated that there were at least twice as many envelopes now.
"I just thought the difficulty of the game was a bit low," Liu Na said. "Mr. Cui Ming, are you interested in a challenge?"
"Sure, challenge accepted." Cui Ming walked over while Liu Na stepped aside. He looked at the envelopes and sighed again. "But you can't just hide all the good food."
Liu Na replied, "I haven't."
"Alright, I just drew the Snake Meat Hot Pot. Now I will open all the envelopes. If there is a Snake Meat Hot Pot, then I lose. If not, then I win. As a host, I must have my principles."
"Haha, look over there, there's a woman bathing." Liu Na pointed, tugging at her suit with her left hand as she searched for a moment before pulling out an envelope and placing it among the others in front of everyone. "Please turn around."
Cui Ming turned around impatiently. "Hurry up, I'm hungry."
"Done." Liu Na finished with the envelopes and saw Cui Ming had turned away. She asked, "You were just bluffing me, right? You aren't actually sure if I hid an envelope."
"I couldn't care less about bluffing you." Cui Ming reached for an envelope. "Because I didn't see a Snake Meat Hot Pot." He opened the envelope and revealed the Snake Meat Hot Pot. "Little girl, you're still too young. This is the most basic cheating method. When I returned the Snake Meat Hot Pot, I had already marked it."
In regular card games, many wonder why some people have such good luck, winning eight times and losing only twice, and maintaining that streak. This doesn't align with probability; it could be due to bad luck on your part or good luck on theirs. However, in many cases, it's because the opponent is cheating. Take Flower Cards for example; knowing which card your opponent has greatly increases your chances of winning. The simplest cheating method is marking cards. In reputable casinos during high-stakes games, a deck of cards is used only once. This rule exists because marked cards are hard to use as direct evidence and are not easily detected.
Nail marks, corner drawings, frayed edges, and bumps are all forms of markings. Those unaware might think such cards are normal; those who know can immediately tell what cards their opponent holds. Among these methods, nail marks and bumps are the most common because they are the hardest to detect. Cui Ming used the bump method; among a neatly arranged stack of envelopes, a bumped envelope would inevitably create a slight gap. This gap would be minimal and almost negligible if the weight of the envelopes above was sufficient. An ordinary person like Cui Ming wouldn't notice it, but a cultivator like him would find it easy to spot.
At the podium, Bald Wanderer remarked, "This guy gets more interesting the more I look at him; I wonder about his character."
The President nodded. "A rare cunning individual among cultivators." Generally speaking, family cultivators—about 10% to 50% of members—receive various cultural educations from birth because once they begin cultivating Force, they have little time for basic education. In this case, childhood education tends to be strict since current study habits reflect future cultivation habits with Force. Those who are one in five hundred thousand when discovered are usually not very old; once identified, they immediately enter an intense learning phase. Once they transition from potential cultivators to actual cultivators, their social circles become limited, leading to noticeable feelings of loneliness. Thus, most cultivators aren't foolish; some even have high academic backgrounds but lack cunning individuals like Cui Ming.
Wandering Path said, "I like his confidence." He exuded a sense of control over everything—from tricking Dina to surrounding Wei Wei and even during food selection. Especially in Labyrinth Mountain when he got separated from everyone and suddenly faced an attack; he quickly and accurately set up Breadcrumbs with sharp insight. However, such confident individuals are hard to teach and difficult to change; their confidence stems from life experiences and personal considerations when facing situations. Additionally, since Cui Ming specializes in Strategy and Wandering Path isn't familiar with Strategy either, Wandering Path shook his head: "Not suitable for me." (To be continued.)
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