The sky over Poplar Blossom Town was as dark as the inside of a tomb chamber, and the outlines of the residences were invisible in every direction.
Fortunately, most of the town's main roads ran east to west. As long as they kept walking west, they would not lose their way.
Qi Si let Tang Yu walk ahead of him, carrying the lantern himself as he followed behind.
The three Players used the lantern's light to see the road, keeping their heads down as they proceeded in their chosen direction.
Amid the silence, Tang Yu suddenly asked, "Do you think we'll run into Qiu Xin when we get back?"
Though he often clashed with Qiu Xin verbally, and knew full well that the girl was a tiger ghost, he still could not ignore a companion's safety in a team Instance.
Qi Si's earlier conclusion had implied that the old man transformed from the scholar would die at the hands of a tiger ghost—and that tiger ghost was Qiu Xin.
Faced with such an obviously strange situation, Qiu Xin had no choice but to kill an NPC under the coercion of The Rules. Could that really be all right?
"No." Qi Si shook his head. "Ever since she climbed out through the window last night, she knew that her identity as a 'tiger ghost' would be exposed before us, and she had prepared herself to become our enemy.
"Even in a team Instance, as individuals who do not trust each other, she would never dare gamble her life on our kindness."
Ever since becoming guild leader, Lin Chen had deliberately studied game theory, so he could easily understand Qi Si's logic now.
In the prisoner's dilemma, cooperation clearly yielded the greatest benefit, yet mutual distrust between individuals led to both sides