The Nonexistent

After a brief pause, the boy continued speaking at lightning speed:

"First, let's clarify the two key points of this mission."

"The key to farming points lies in the Mutant and the number of people voted out."

"The Mutant is worth 100 points, and each person is worth 5 points."

"5×18×2 = 180 points! The seemingly least rewarding option of voting out the others is actually the greatest reward in this mission."

"This means that if both sides focus on killing the other side first, they won't be able to farm points."

"The reason is simple."

"If the Mutant is found ahead of time and the vote quickly ends in a tie, it will be impossible to maximize the points gained from farming."

His eyes flickered.

"Furthermore, let's assume Andrew finds the Mutant first."

"All he can actually do is let the System kill Lin An, without receiving any points."

"Because the moment he tries to vote for Lin An, Lin An will inevitably vote for Andrew in return, resulting in a tie, and Lin An will die to the System."

"Of course, Andrew anticipated that Lin An would think of this too, so he let Lin An vote first to gain the advantage. The implication was that he was once again assuring Lin An that he had no intention of killing him."

"And as for Lin An, everyone knows that he has an enormous need for points, even though we don't know the specific reason."

"So naturally, Lin An would also hope to farm as many points as possible."

"Even if he found the Mutant on Andrew's side first, he would tacitly continue farming points instead of killing Andrew."

"Killing the other side offers no benefit apart from reducing the points they can farm."

"With 360 points gained and