Chapter 74 - 74: 74 The Essence of Games

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“The only variable in this game is the weather.”

Tu Dan said seriously:n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“We must pay attention to the weather. Depending upon it, mushrooms appear at different times. And players always need to pre-select a time slot for going out. For example, if the daylight lasts for a total of 30 minutes, the player’s harvesting time is 10 minutes. So one must choose, whether to go in the first 10 minutes, the middle 10 minutes, or the last 10 minutes–

If one chooses the wrong time slot, either the mushrooms won’t have grown yet or they will have already withered. If one doesn’t pick any mushrooms, that round will be counted as a failed harvest.

She explained as thoroughly as possible, saying to Shen MO and the others, “If the harvest fails, as a penalty, your body will sink a few inches into the ground. You can only fail up to three times. If you fail a fourth time… your body will be stuck in the ground and cannot be pulled out, and then… you become a mushroom.”

What she said at first was ordinary, but the last sentence was bone-chilling.

Tan Xiao had goosebumps all over, he rubbed forcefully and couldn’t believe,

“Become, become a mushroom? A human head mushroom?”

Tu Dan’s expression was somewhat lost, as if remembering that scene, “…will shrink… like being absorbed of water by the ground, humans shrink smaller and smaller, growing mycelium…”

“How did you eventually pass the game?” Shen MO interrupted her memories.

Tu Dan came back to herself, “…It was still the weather. Allocate time properly. The 10 minutes for going out cannot be all used for finding mushrooms. One must reserve time for predicting the weather for the next round! The sky color, clouds, temperature, and even the ants on the ground, every detail could be a clue for weather changes!”

Shen MO nodded, “Understood.”

With this, if they encounter a game with this theme, they will have an idea of what to do.

“What about you?” Tu Dan naturally asked, “Your game items are very practical.

The danger level of your game must be very high, right?”

“Of course, it was high!!!” Once Tan Xiao heard this question, he couldn’t help but rave, “We encountered a freaking giant frog! As tall as a five or six-story building, can you believe it?! It treated us like bugs and ate us. Its tongue, swish, swish, swish…”

Tan Xiao, without thinking, spilled everything about the game!

The teacher felt it might not be appropriate, but remembering that Tu Dan had many students with her, if they also encountered “The Golden Sphere of the Frog”, by knowing more clues, they would have more chances of survival.

Moreover…

The teacher cautiously glanced at Shen MO and Bai Youwei.

These two, none of them spoke to stop it.

Tu Dan listened very carefully.

After learning that Shen Mo’s team passed the game through calculation of crucial points, she couldn’t help but look somewhat regretful on her face. Even though they know the method, the calculation… she and her students, probably no one can do it.

Tu Dan made a grim effort to cheer up and said with a smile, “Knowing these makes me feel much better. But still, I hope we won’t run into any games in the future.’

She was being sincere.

The teacher sighed, “It’s a pity that we don’t have access to the internet now. If everyone could share their experiences with the games, the survival rate of humanity would certainly increase significantly.”

“That’s impossible–” Bai Youwei, who had been silent, chimed in lightly.

Everyone looked at her.

Tu Dan was also studying her with a curious look.

The teacher asked in confusion, “Isn’t sharing information and helping each other a good thing?”

Bai Youwei, resting her chin on her hand, her arm resting on the bedside table, drawled, “It sounds good, Teacher, but you’ve forgotten a crucial point.. What’s the fundamental purpose of the existence of these games?”