Reason May Not Be Worth Expecting, but Greed and Human Nature Are Eternal!

Two thought of this, and her eyes instantly went a little blank.

"As long as... as long as every one of us trusts each other, there won't be a situation where he alone takes the biggest share..."

She was still racking her brains, muttering meaninglessly to herself. This was actually very simple.

As long as everyone trusted one another, as long as everyone could trust her, how could the four of them possibly get so little benefit?

But it was precisely this bit of suspicion that had trapped everyone here.

"Stop thinking about it, Two."

At that moment, Lu Ce spoke again, interrupting her train of thought.

"Can you really face your own heart? Would you trust yourself not to want the most if I died?"

"And if you really found some way to make everyone trust you, throw me out, and put yourself in the most favorable position..."

"Don't you think Three would use the exact same method to throw you out too?"

The light in Two's eyes gradually faded. After hearing those words, she finally realized that there was no solution.

Originally, she had thought that she could turn things around with her own "intelligence and wisdom."

If...

Unfortunately, there were no ifs.

Lu Ce had already begun teasing the little bugs that crawled inside. One of them resembled a scorpion, with an enormous tail, and at his beckoning, it had crawled onto his body.

He reached out and pinched it, applying a little force. The seemingly exceptionally sturdy giant bug was immediately unable to resist at all.

After thinking briefly, Lu Ce held the bug and slowly moved it toward the wound where his leg had been severed.

The next moment, the scorpion's tail shook violently, and something no one had expected happened—it breathed fire!

Chosen of Suffering! Pain +6!

"Whoa! What the fuck kind of alien creature is this?!"

Lu Ce was stunned as he looked at the stump of his severed leg, roasted black on the outside and raw within. He truly had not expected the bug to be this powerful.

"It breathes fire too? Though, this thing's pretty good at stopping bleeding."

Stopping bleeding? You called charring a severed limb stump stopping bleeding?!

The other players watched him casually play around and experience the bug's power. Their already overwhelming pressure was now joined by another massive stone weighing on their hearts.

"Can I take this thing with me? Can you give it to me? Where are the organizers? Why aren't you saying anything?"

No one answered Lu Ce anymore.

Whether it was the earlier escape game or the current game of dividing the spoils, neither was inherently that difficult.

It was just that... severed legs, lava, rusty saws.

Swarms of bugs, death, and doors full of venomous insects that could open at any moment.

All of it constantly piled pressure onto people's hearts, crushing every psychological defense until they broke down, made the wrong choices, or even chose to give up on life.

It was simply that none of this worked on Lu Ce.

"One, I have a question for you."

In the silence, Player Three, who had not spoken until now, opened his mouth. It was like one final struggle.

"Your analysis is very good, but this distribution method depends on every type of person remaining rational and clear-headed."

"What if one of us simply doesn't care about benefits at all, doesn't care about anything, and just wants to vote you out and make you die?"

As soon as the words fell, a loud bang rang out. Number Five seemed to have gone mad, violently kicking at the chair beneath him.

"I don't care! I don't care! Why is it that my leg was broken too, I suffered so much torture, and now I'm in the safest position, yet I still get no benefit at all?!"

"I want at least ten points! It doesn't matter who distributes them! If I don't get them, I won't agree! At worst, we all die! I'm the last one anyway—I can't die!"

Number Five screamed madly, like someone who had already been driven insane.

It was just unclear whether he was pretending or whether he had truly gone mad.

In this kind of game of strategy, people like this were actually the most troublesome to deal with.

The eyes that had dimmed in Two's face instantly lit up again. She stared fixedly at Number Five. As long as Number Five went mad, as long as he was an idiot! No matter the reason, as long as he objected!

At that moment, Number Four, who had previously been assigned zero points, suddenly spoke.

"One! Give me five points! You don't need to care what Number Five thinks. I can agree!"

Silence.

Stillness.

In the entire empty room, it seemed as though even the sound of breathing had vanished. Even the insects' shrill cries were gradually ignored.

Number Five's eyes widened round. The madness on his face had completely vanished as he stared at Number Four in disbelief!

His act of playing crazy had failed even to put pressure on Lu Ce, and it had been effortlessly dismantled.

"Hahahaha."

"HAHAHAHAHA!"

In Room One, Lu Ce laughed loudly. The expression on his entire mask was one of uncontrollable delight.

He had done nothing at all, merely watched a good show—a fragile alliance collapsing without even being attacked.

He turned toward Three and gave his answer.

"Reason may not be worth expecting, but greed and human nature are eternal."

"Deep down, you will believe that no matter who does the distributing, as long as they obtain that power, they will definitely make the choice I described before."

"You want to maximize your own benefit, but you also don't want anyone else to have the chance to maximize theirs."

"Greed and suspicion are eternal."

"Whether I die or not is unimportant. When it comes to your own interests, the only choices you actually have are life and death, zero or one."

"This is a Hell difficulty game. The difference between rewards of zero and one may ultimately become enormous."

"What I showed you earlier—the things that stirred up the desires buried deep in your hearts—won't let you give up the difference between zero and one."

"Moreover, after going through this once, you may never dare set foot in this game again."

"In other words, this may be your last chance to gain benefits and change your reality..."

In the end, Lu Ce's voice was the only one continuously echoing through the room.

It sounded as though he were speaking to others, but also like he was reviewing the situation for himself.

No one responded. The organizers did not say anything either. In the stifling atmosphere, every player waited for some possible accident to occur.

But it did not.

When the second five minutes arrived, a massive spider entered Room Three.

Very quickly, Three and Five silently changed their votes to agree. There was no approval, nor any other resistance, as though they were fulfilling a silent pact.

Game Over!

Hell difficulty instance, Lava Demon Cave: five players cleared it! One player achieved a perfect clear!

Game reward proportions will be distributed according to the results of the bonus game!

Chosen Paradise welcomes your arrival!