Xu Xi: Another Day Observing Human Diversity
Thread: [Discussion] Unbelievable that the curse of Shining Players could actually be broken one day!! (Popular)
1L (LZ): As a native of J Province, I can say that I deeply despise this stupid Production Team that has fooled countless players in J Province. Every day I hope that everyone, including those who support the Production Team to continue, will be selected into the God Hunt. I never expected that in my lifetime I would finally see this stupid Production Team, who can kill anyone they target, suffer a setback!
2L: We're both from J Province, who understands? I finally found some players I liked, only to have them all Shining Players and killed by those idiots.
3L: You guys don't really believe it's just a simple matter of superstition, do you? There must be something going on behind Shining Players, maybe they're even colluding with God Hunt!
4L: Wasn't it because Shining Players has strong backing?
5L: Can a tough stance outmaneuver an entire nation?
6L: Regardless of whether the Shining Players was intentional or supernatural, at least someone has finally broken its 100-kill streak. I knew someone who could speedrun a solo Dungeon wouldn't be simple.
4L: To be honest, this Dungeon seems both difficult and easy. As long as players avoid the Mountain God Temple, the Mountain God's bewitching can be avoided, the Curly-Haired Woman won't die, and the Man in a Suit and the Young Man in a Duckbill Cap won't fail in their scheme and be killed by the other. The difficulty lies in determining whether the food is poisoned; one wrong move could easily lead to total annihilation.
5L: Upstairs, do you think players enjoy going to the Mountain God Temple? They go there to collect clues. Even if there's nothing Mountain God Temple, they still have to go and check it out, otherwise they'll miss crucial clues and they'll be furious.
6L: The fact that the food was poisoned is really too underhanded. The problem is that the original food was fine, but then the village chief's well broke, forcing his wife to change the water source for cooking. It's hard to say that this wasn't intentional on the Dungeon.
7L: When Xu Xi said the food was poisoned, it's no exaggeration to say that a chill ran up my spine. The players all talked to the village chief who was inspecting the well, but he was the only one who keenly suspected that the food might be poisonous.
8L: Wait? That guy in the baseball cap died too?
9L: He died. He died after the village chief led people to smash the Mountain God Temple.
10L: As expected, I made a wish to the Mountain God.
11L: You guys should think carefully about who suggested smashing the Mountain God Temple.
12L:... wk
13L: I knew it! In the previous hotel Dungeon, everyone who offended Xu Xi was subtly tricked and sent back. In this Dungeon, how could Xu Xi possibly let him off so easily, given the blatant backstabbing in the baseball cap? It turns out the time just hadn't come yet.
14L: I have an analysis on this matter, I wonder if you all would like to hear it.
15L: Oh, Master, you've arrived! Master, please sit down. Master, please tell me what color underwear I should wear today to bring me good fortune!
16L: Master, please speak, we are all ears.
17L: Cough, red, okay, back to the main topic, is it possible that the baseball cap and the others' schemes were actually within Xu Xi's expectations?
18L: Master, did you just come here to spout some nonsense?
19L: Young man, don't be hasty. Let me explain in detail. Everyone knows Xu Xi understands psychology. After the players came out of the Mountain God Temple, Xu Xi not know which players had been bewitched by the Mountain God? From those three NPCs who made wishes, we can see that making wishes has a price. But later, did any of the players who made wishes actively step forward or openly try to find a way to resolve this price?
20L: Holy crap, master, you're not just a half-baked expert!
21L: Of course not! Keep going. Is it that the players who made the wish don't care about the so-called cost or don't believe there will be a cost? How could that be? Players who have survived several Dungeons aren't that careless. It can only mean that they actually know how to eliminate the cost. From the audience's perspective, we can tell that the reason they are keeping quiet is probably related to players who haven't made a wish. Most likely, they'll kill a player who hasn't made a wish to take their place. Although Xu Xi doesn't have a god's-eye view, he must have guessed it too.
22L: Moreover, there's a time limit after making a wish. Once the time is up, the Mountain God will collect the price. The Old Man Who Knocks on Doors man who knocked on the door died the day after his wish was fulfilled. The couple was probably envious of the Old Man Who Knocks on Doors found gold, so they also made a wish. The village chief's timeline is rather vague, but I've reconstructed the sequence: The Old Man Who Knocks on Doors made a wish on a certain day and found gold in the field that same day. So, the couple made a wish after the old man found gold, and thus also died the next day. That's why the village chief said they were discovered after the Old Man Who Knocks on Doors.
23L: The Curly-Haired Woman also died the next morning. I bet you're wondering why the Man in a Suit and the man in the baseball cap were alright. The players made their wishes at the same time, so there must have been some kind of order. The Curly-Haired Woman was unlucky; she was the first one to die. Her death bought the other two time, but it also made them anxious, since one of them would be next.
24L: The Man in a Suit in the baseball cap was the first to get restless, so after the Curly-Haired Woman died, he was the first to speak up and test the waters. This test led him to an ally: the man in the suit who had also fulfilled his wish. The two successfully connected. Did anyone notice that while they were waiting for the village chief to find someone to bury the Curly-Haired Woman, the Man in a Suit said, "Time is running out"? He was actually reminding the man in the baseball cap.
25L: That afternoon, the Man in a Suit suggested splitting into two groups. The purpose was obvious: to separate the remaining three players. The man in the baseball cap, naturally understanding the situation, chose the Man in a Suit in the Young Woman in a Long Dress, who appeared the most vulnerable. However, there was only one Young Woman in a Long Dress, forcing the man in the baseball cap to switch targets midway. Who would have thought that the seemingly most vulnerable Young Woman in a Long Dress was the most ruthless, turning the tables and killing the Man in a Suit? Xu Xi, needless to say, had already seen through everything from the clinic scene, simply observing coldly until the very end when he effortlessly used Village Chief Zhu to kill the man in the baseball cap.
26L:... wow, I've met a true master!
27L: I was wondering how the man in the suit and the man in the baseball cap managed to team up, but it turns out they had secretly exchanged signals when the curly-haired woman died. I really didn't notice at all.
28L: ber, are you guys even human? Even a honeycomb briquette isn't as cunning as you!
29L: Why did human evolution forget me?! Why?!
30L: Xu Xi seems to be just watching for fun, since he didn't remind the other two players who didn't make a wish.
31L: You're only just realizing this now? Hasn't Xu Xi always had this mentality? When has he ever changed? I think a lot of the time he deliberately stays silent just to see what tricks his teammates will pull.
32L: Xu Xi: Another day of observing human diversity
33L: Master, could you analyze again how Xu Xi knew that the Barefoot Doctor would commit arson? Judging from the contents of the newspaper at the end, I estimate that if the players hadn't discovered this that night, the game would have been over.
34L: Let's put this question and that birthday Dungeon together in the world's unsolved mysteries. Master, I don't know either.
35L: He can even ignore the debuff from Shining Players... That's incredibly impressive. This person is truly on a different level from the rest of the players.
36L: Only four Dungeons? Don't jump to conclusions. There's still a lot of uncertainty about the future.