All Things Divide Yin and Yang

Xing Shiping said with emotion, finally understanding Gaoxin.

Before, he was blinded by one leaf, only thinking about his own people surviving, and couldn't grasp the meaning of saving the people on the opposite side at all.

But in fact, saving others is saving yourself.

His perspective was too narrow, while Gaoxin had chosen a playstyle that maximized benefits for everyone.

Of course, this excluded the Radiators who wanted to instantly kill everyone.

"The key to dealing with the Radiators is to make the other side believe they've already won, while simultaneously provoking infighting among the Radiators."

At this moment, Xing Shiping understood: "You didn't expose me before because you wanted the other side to think we weren't united, to make me defect to them, to lull them into a false sense of security, and gain Sophia's trust, right?"

Gaoxin asked, "What did you talk about?"

Xing Shiping said awkwardly, "For the sake of myself and my companions, we defected to live for the Black Faction..."

"I told her Luis successfully defected, and in this round, I'll set the question, with the options being a regular triangle and an inverted triangle..."

"She asked me to continuously leak the questions to her, ensuring the Black Faction always stays at full health! She also asked me to find opportunities to disrupt your voting."

"I agreed to everything, and now it seems they completely believe me."

Everyone was speechless, but how could they not believe it?

Because Xing Shiping had genuinely intended to defect to the Black Faction before, his conversation must have been very sincere.

Furthermore, directly leaking questions was completely fulfilling the duties of a spy. It was hard for them to imagine Xing Shiping abandoning the almost guaranteed win of the Black Faction to help the White Faction play.

Now that Sophia was directly dealing with the Viking Gang, it showed she completely believed the situation on the White Faction's side was under her control.

Gaoxin looked at the ongoing fierce battle in the opposing base, which was like a chaotic brawl.

He immediately pointed at the round table and said, "You've had a good talk. Now it's our turn to attack. Send the invitation immediately!"

Xing Shiping nodded and said solemnly, "Don't worry, I was confused for a moment, but now I understand your intentions. I will absolutely not help her win!"

"How could these Radiators understand our interdependence as slaves?"

"You're right, if we want to survive, we have to fight for it ourselves!"

"The more she thinks she's won, the more it's our time to counterattack."

"I've already leaked fake questions to her. As long as we suddenly change the question, they definitely won't be able to vote unanimously... This time, we have to make them lose at least one drop of blood!"

Gaoxin looked at him, "Who said it was a fake question?"

"Huh?" Xing Shiping was stunned.

Gaoxin directly set up the Duel Invitation as he had said before, with the options being three triangles pointing in different directions.

"You're really asking this question?" Xing Shiping's eyes widened. "Isn't this just giving up a round for nothing?"

Gaoxin said, "Why not give it up? Our attack being blocked won't cause us to lose health."

"You've finally gained the opponent's trust, how can you be exposed so quickly?"

"She wants the Black Faction to always be at full health, so that's good, I want that too!"

As he spoke, Gaoxin moved aside, "Take a look and see if there are any other issues. Fill in the content and send it out as you told her."

Xing Shiping checked it, casually filled in a string of ellipses in the content, and sent it.

Everyone immediately crowded by the window to observe the other side.

Although they couldn't see clearly, they could tell that the fighting on the other side had stopped.

Once a Duel Invitation was sent, everyone had to enter the voting room within one minute.

After all, if the votes were inconsistent, or if the collective vote failed to be completed, it would be considered an acceptance of the duel.

Although they could provide firearms and such to the defending Glass Persons, the muscular man's earlier statement was just talk. The Black Faction couldn't completely rely on NPCs to win.

Especially since they also knew that Gaoxin on the White Faction's side was a powerful Glass Person.

Therefore, completing the invitation vote as much as possible was the most stable way to preserve their health.

Xing Shiping said, "It seems they've stopped fighting... I didn't expect the Viking Gang to hold on for so long against five opponents."

"By sending the invitation now, it seems we've indirectly saved the Viking Gang's lives."

For a moment, everyone was annoyed. Sophia's group wasn't performing well enough.

Five against three, and they couldn't even finish them off?

Qiao Long said seriously, "Most Radiators are very tenacious. Don't expect a life-or-death outcome in a short period."

"So far, the two Radiators who have died were instant-killed."

"Don't just look at the Viking Gang's three against five; they're a violent gang! How can someone who focuses on playing games violently not have some skills?"

"If Gaoxin hadn't tricked and killed one of them at the start, their combat power would probably have been higher than Sophia's group."

Sule and Meimei exchanged glances, recalling the arrogant and terrifying Silver Hand, who could defeat three opponents alone. Therefore, the Viking Gang might not be unable to win three against five.

Everyone continued to gaze, and it seemed the other side quickly reached an agreement.

People gradually disappeared from the hall, likely heading upstairs in batches to the voting room.

This is fine for now. The Radiators have temporarily ceased hostilities, but the enmity has already been forged.

The Viking Gang lost one of their own. Although he was voted to death by them, they will first pin this debt on Sophia!

Gaoxin spread his hands and said, "Sophia's goal is simple. She's in control now and needs to protect the Black Faction's HP. Even one drop less means everyone earns a thousand less."

"And Luis's demands will be much lower. Radiators are very resilient. What the Viking Gang needs now is rest, and... to no longer be chosen as gladiators!"

The others' eyes lit up. That's right, the Viking Gang absolutely wouldn't dare to be gladiators from now on.

The last person to be a gladiator had already turned to dust...

There are too many instant kill rules targeting gladiators; it's a high-risk profession!

However, the gladiator vote goes to the highest bidder! Even if it's just one vote, as long as everyone else has zero, they will be chosen as a gladiator and must fight.

The Viking Gang only has three people left. How can they contend with Sophia's full five-person team in the vote?

Unless he protects the Glass People and rallies their votes.

"If Luis doesn't want to be a gladiator, he has to protect the Glass People. Those NPCs are his shield right now."

"But Sophia can't just do nothing and let Luis control all the Glass People."

"So, for now, a situation will form where both sides want to control more Glass People, indirectly protecting them."

Everyone nodded.

But the other side still needs to send out Radiators to attack their HP. And when it comes to being a gladiator, Sophia's side can compromise.

It doesn't matter. They are a five-person team. If they send one out, the remaining four will fight three. Can't they still prevent the door from opening?

In comparison, Luis needs to control at least nine votes.

After all, that's his bottom line. Otherwise, if he's chosen as a gladiator, he's finished!

If Sophia doesn't agree to him controlling more Glass People, Luis will inevitably decide that no one gets to play and kill all the Glass People directly.

If he insists on doing so, Sophia probably won't be able to stop him.

And as long as the Viking Gang members can survive, no matter how long it drags on, every round of invitation votes they go through will be disrupted by him. If he simply doesn't vote, it will automatically fail. And if no Glass People go out to fight, HP will be deducted automatically.

These are all unacceptable to Sophia.

"Second round, Black Base refuses the duel," a prompt suddenly sounded.

This meant the attack failed. No one was surprised; it was a round they had given away for free.

If the other side still couldn't answer correctly after being given hints, someone must be causing trouble.

Just then, the curly-haired youth suddenly froze, "Uh... that, Luis is trying to connect with me."

No one was surprised. Luis had a mortal feud with Sophia, and coupled with the stalemate on the other side, they naturally needed to cooperate with White to break the deadlock.

It's just that he probably didn't want to communicate with Gaoxin's people, so he randomly connected with a curly-haired guy.

"You take it. Just chat normally. You don't need to relay it to us," Gaoxin said.

He didn't intend to guide the conversation, lest this be a trick by Luis, trying to show Sophia that White Base was incredibly united.

Of course, it was most likely a genuine offer of cooperation, but since he didn't approach Gaoxin, Gaoxin couldn't be bothered to talk to him...

Because he was fully aware of the other party's intentions.

"Mhm... okay." The curly-haired youth listened for a while and replied with a soft "okay."

Then he hung up.

Xing Shiping hurriedly asked, "What did he say?"

The curly-haired youth said, "He currently controls six Glass People, while Sophia only has four. Combined with their respective teammates, it's a tie."

"He wants us to defect two of the Glass People Sophia controls this round and the third round, and connect with these two people to cooperate with him in eliminating Sophia during the subsequent traitor vote."

"And he will deliberately let the Black Faction lose when we attack in the fourth round, giving us a chance to eliminate a traitor."

"Then he will give us a Glass Person to kill, and he can eliminate Sophia."

Dongfang Yi sneered, "He really thinks highly of himself."

Xing Shiping frowned, "Hmph, he doesn't know that we were already planning to let all the opposing Glass People survive."

"If we also start killing NPCs, it will be very difficult to gain the trust of other NPCs later."

Gaoxin licked his lips, "Doesn't he just want to reduce one Radiator? That way, after he uses the gladiator to force someone else out, he can have a three-on-three in the base."

"It doesn't matter. I'll directly help him get rid of one!"

"As for defecting Glass People, that's good. I want to do that too."

Luis is White. Without his vote, they can't continue defecting.

They can cooperate on defecting the opposing Glass People.

Dongfang Yi asked, "Who should we defect?"

The curly-haired youth immediately relayed the names of the four Glass People Sophia controlled, as told by Luis.

Gaoxin had noted down everyone on the opposing side earlier. He recalled for a moment and said, "Let's choose Han Qing. When he was choosing his faction, he said he absolutely couldn't die or something. I see his will to survive is the strongest."

"Xing Shiping, tell Sophia everything Luis said."

"If he asks you to vote for defection, just listen to him."

Xing Shiping nodded. He was the one with the Black identity, meant to vote for the opposing side.

Gaoxin clapped his hands. "That's settled then. We'll vote for our own."

Once everyone had decided on their targets, they immediately went to vote.

Soon, the system displayed that the defection was successful.

Gaoxin waited silently, but he didn't receive a private message from Han Qing.

When he went out to ask, no one else had received one either. Han Qing hadn't used this opportunity to secretly contact them at all.

"I thought he would have an extremely strong will to survive... Is he unable to?" Gaoxin frowned.

"But it's fine. Xing Shiping, you're also a defector. You try contacting Han Qing yourself."

Xing Shiping did as he was told and quickly connected. There was silence on the other end.

"Brother Han Qing, I'm contacting you from the White Base. Are you free to talk right now?"

A pained coughing sound came from the other side.

Xing Shiping relayed the message. From the sound of it, he wasn't able to talk.

Everyone silently assumed it was because the defection happened a bit too late, and the other party was no longer in the voting room, making it inconvenient.

Gaoxin said, "It's fine. Just tell him the method for ending the game without either the Black or White team losing a Glass Person."

"We want to achieve this, so if he wants to live, he has to listen to us. He should understand that the people in the other base will eventually try to kill all the Glass People for the extra rewards."

Xing Shiping immediately began to explain. Without a doubt, if the other party wasn't an idiot, they would know their own end.

And now, the people on their White side planned to let the NPCs from the opposing side live as well. This was an absolute lifeline, and the other party would definitely obey them.

However, after he finished speaking, Han Qing let out a pained whimper.

It sounded very wrong. Xing Shiping thought for a moment, his expression changing. "Was your tongue cut out?"

At these words, everyone was stunned.

Even Gaoxin was taken aback.

Dongfang Yi narrowed his eyes. "Holy crap... were all the Glass People's tongues cut out? They can't speak anymore?"

Gaoxin's face darkened. "Heh, how ruthless. The other side is playing so dirty..."

None of them had expected this move.

With this, the Glass People would be unable to communicate with each other, making it difficult for them to unite and do anything. They could only listen obediently and carry out orders.

Even if they defected, they couldn't convey any detailed information to their side.

Not to mention anything else, just the inability to leak information was very useful!

"Damn it, a bunch of animals," Sule said furiously.

Gaoxin, however, calmed down. "They were going to kill all the NPCs sooner or later anyway. What's the big deal about cutting out their tongues first?"

"But this way, uniting with the other side will be a bit troublesome... We can't operate slowly anymore."

"It seems... we'll have to gamble our lives again."

He actually smiled when he mentioned gambling his life.

Perhaps tomorrow and the unexpected, he didn't know which would arrive first. Since arriving on this island, he had gambled his life several times in a row.

Unknowingly, he had actually grown somewhat accustomed to it.

Perhaps on Sin Prison Island, one had to be prepared to gamble their life at all times to survive better.

As they were talking, the notification sound rang out again.

It was the opposing side's turn to attack. The third round of duel invitations had been sent.

Dongfang Yi shouted, "Everyone, enough said. The big ones choose the big ones, the strong ones choose the strong ones, and those with a direction choose the ones with a direction!"

Xing Shiping added, "If you encounter geometric shapes, count the vertices. If the vertices are the same, choose the one with the upward-facing angle."

Sule scratched his head. "What if there are no upward-facing angles?"

Everyone fell silent for a moment.

Gaoxin broke the silence. "All things have yin and yang. Choose the most yang!"

"Yin and yang?" Everyone was speechless.

Dongfang Yi's eyes, however, lit up. "Yes, yes, good idea. Let's choose the yang direction."

He studied Traditional Chinese Medicine, so he naturally understood yin and yang. It was even his specialty.

But Sule scratched his head in confusion. "What if we can't tell the difference?"

Time was running out. Gaoxin simply said, "It is said... yang is bright, warm, upward, active, excited, strong, extroverted, formless, excessive... Am I right, Dongfang Yi?"

Dongfang Yi nodded. "Yes, we're all Han Chinese. We should all be able to distinguish this, right?"

Everyone hesitated and nodded.

Gaoxin said faintly, "I should be clear."

"Don't be nervous, everyone. It's okay if you get it wrong this time. Just treat it as practice."

P.S.: Sorry.