It was a troublesome rule that forbade physical attacks in a greenhouse.
"I'm sorry. I was just worried that you might struggle," Lin Sanjiu said as she tied the [Female Slave Bondage Rope] around Baldhead's left wrist. As expected of the Garden of Eden's advanced technology, as soon as the two ends of the rope touched each other, it would naturally form a tight knot. "… If I use force, I'm afraid it'll be considered a physical attack. If I don't use force, you'll definitely slip away."
Baldhead looked down at the rope and tried to pull it back. When he realized that the rope was digging deeper into his skin, he immediately raised his head and said, "How can I do that? Tell me what you want to know. I'll tell you everything. "
Even though he said that in a straightforward manner, his right side of his body was tilted backward as if he was trying to widen the distance between his right hand and Lin Sanjiu's. Even though he had his right hand in his pocket, it was just a psychological comfort. According to Harry's rules, even if he was wearing a glove, he would still die if he touched his right hand, let alone a thin layer of trousers.
Lin Sanjiu pretended that she didn't see his little trick.
"Of course, we can't talk here," Lin Sanjiu smiled at Baldhead. She picked up Fatty's right hand and turned it into a card, "Your team members must know that you have set a trap here. If they come over, I'll be in trouble. Come with me. I know a good place to talk. "
Lin Sanjiu had walked for a few hours before she came here, but she didn't see anyone. It was a good place to interrogate Baldhead.
When Baldhead heard that they were going to a different place, he looked very reluctant. However, when Lin Sanjiu nonchalantly dragged him a few steps forward, he grumbled under his breath and followed Lin Sanjiu into the dense foliage.
After walking for a short while, Lin Sanjiu chose a hanging vine. Since it was suspended in the air, it could not only block the view from the outside but also allow her to detect any approaching people. After she climbed onto a young leaf behind the vine, she patted the leaf beneath her.
"Come, sit down and talk. You can put your right hand under your body. That way, you will feel more at ease. Am I right? "
"That's right, that's right." The bald man thought what she said made sense, and immediately sat on his right hand. Indeed, as soon as he did, he was relieved. "Sister, what do you want to ask?"
"You know it too. I'm in the last group, "Lin Sanjiu narrowed her eyes and smiled at him," So, I need to know a lot of things. Hmm, why don't we start from which group are you from? "
"I'm in Group Two," said the bald man, blinking. "… Because our group arrived early, we probably don't know much about the other groups. I know a little. "
The second group?
Lin Sanjiu frowned.
The earlier the group arrived, the more time they had to search for the indigo flower.
"Go on. Start from the beginning. Tell me as much as you know. Don't make a single word jump out of your mouth."
"It's like this. Our group has always been very united. When we reached the puberty stage, all eight of us stayed here, and no one died." At this point, Baldy's expression darkened. "... At least none of us died when we first arrived at the greenhouse."
"Oh?"
"After Harry told us the rules, we thought about it. Even if we don't take the initiative to attack others, what if they come after us? " Baldy sighed. "So, we searched for the indigo flower so that we can protect ourselves."
"Before they could find the flowers, the third group arrived, so Harry told them all over again. Don't you think he's tired of telling them over and over again? At that time, we didn't think too much about it. However, we didn't expect that after five minutes, someone would die. Every time someone died, Harry would announce it. That was the first time. Damn, I was stunned. "
"The person who died was Group Three?" Lin Sanjiu asked softly.
"Yes. There weren't many people in Group Three. There were only five of them, "Baldy cleared his throat and continued," At that time, we didn't have the flower yet. So, it must be Group One that killed them. "
Lin Sanjiu looked at him and couldn't help feeling a chill in her heart.
Baldy talked for a long time, but he only talked about the information that he didn't think was important. However, he didn't know about it. This was the information that Lin Sanjiu really wanted to know.
"So, which group attacked us?"
"Ah, I think it was Group Four? Cough. Ever since Group Three lost a member, we were in a mess, "Baldy slapped his thigh," Everyone was looking for the flower. Later on, our group lost one, and when the fourth group came, another one died with a kacha. I reckon that in order to regain some ground, they hurriedly attacked you when you guys didn't know the rules. "
"So, only Group One has not lost anyone?" Lin Sanjiu asked, "Have you seen the people from Group One?"
"No," Baldy shook his head, "They were the first to arrive. They had the right time and place, my dear. Who knows where they are hiding? "
Lin Sanjiu nodded. She wasn't worried that Baldy would lie to her. After all, Harry would inform them every time someone died. In this case, she only needed to verify it with Harry.
"According to the rules of the Puberty Stage," Lin Sanjiu said slowly as she organized her thoughts, "If you want to leave Harry's Farm after the Puberty Stage, you have to fulfill two conditions. First, you have to avoid the deaths of your own group members. Second, you have to increase the number of deaths of other groups. "
"So, the current situation is that no one from Group One died, and the other groups each lost one member. They are in first place, and we are tied for second place?" Lin Sanjiu frowned when she said this. "If that's the case …"
"No, that's not right, my dear."
Unexpectedly, Baldy suddenly raised his head and interrupted her with a look of surprise. "Haven't you figured it out yet?"
Lin Sanjiu was stunned, "Figure out what?"
"The starting point," Baldy smacked his lips. There was a hint of sympathy and wariness on his round face, "The groups that arrive later are at a greater disadvantage. Right now, you guys are in last place."
"Huh?" Lin Sanjiu immediately straightened her back, "Why is that?"
"Sigh, how should I tell you this? It's so awkward," Baldy scratched his forehead and said with a troubled expression, "Come, let me settle the score with you."
"For example, when we came to the greenhouse, the amount of nutrients we absorbed was 1. Am I right? " He bent down and scratched the surface of the leaf with his left hand. His right hand was still tightly tucked under his body. "The first group is here, absorbing one. Follow us. They followed us and also absorbed 1. "
"Then, the third group came. At first, they also absorbed 1, but one of them died. Think about it, at this time, the third group absorbed 1.5. On the other hand, the first group and our group absorbed 2. "
When Lin Sanjiu heard this, she immediately understood what he meant.
"Then, the fourth group came. Since they weren't around when the last person died, they still absorbed 1. Then, one from our group died, one from the fourth group died, and one from the fifth group died. In other words, up until now, everyone's absorption rate is ranked like this — "
"The first group absorbed 5, our group and the third group absorbed 4.5, the fourth group absorbed 3.5, and the fifth group only absorbed 1.5," Baldy said.
Lin Sanjiu's face darkened. Her brows were tightly knitted together.
"You guys are the latest to arrive, so you didn't realize this. Actually, the other groups have already realized this," Baldy looked at her. His expression became more alert as he moved away from her, "Sis, don't be rash."
Lin Sanjiu glanced at him. She suddenly felt grateful for the rule that forbade the use of force in the greenhouse. If it wasn't for that rule, Baldy wouldn't have told her so much. He had to be confident in his chances of survival before he told her everything.
However, in Baldy's mind, it was obvious that the fifth group's defeat was already an established fact.
"Isn't it a little strange?"
"Even though it's a little difficult, it's not a foregone conclusion." Lin Sanjiu felt that Baldy didn't finish his sentence. Intentionally playing dumb, he asked, "If our group eliminates five people from the fourth group in one go, they will become the last group …"
"There are only five people in the fourth group." Baldhead interrupted her. He looked at Lin Sanjiu as if she was a terminally ill patient, "Even if you kill all the people in the fourth cluster, the absorption rate will increase. You're still last. "
After Lin Sanjiu calculated in her mind for a while, beads of sweat started to form on her forehead.
Since the fifth group had fallen far behind the other groups, they could not disperse and eliminate the members of the other groups. They had to focus on the group that had absorbed the closest amount of energy and take them down to the last place in order to ensure the survival of their group. However, based on the number of people in each group, the current situation was: even if she was willing to kill so many people in one go, she would not be able to survive. The other teams didn't have enough people to push them to the second last place.
Otherwise, they would be at the bottom. Otherwise, some group would be pulled down and tied with them for the last place.
"Sis, you should understand now," Baldhead sighed regretfully. Baldy sighed regretfully. "… The trap I set up was just to ensure that our ranking wouldn't drop. It doesn't mean that the situation will change if one more or one less person dies. Even though I don't understand why Harry would do this, since you guys are the last to arrive here, your fate has already been decided. "
Lin Sanjiu turned a deaf ear to what he said. Her mind was still trying to figure out a way to get through the maturation period. However, no matter how hard she tried, she found that her group's absorption rate could never reach the second last place.
Even though she knew what Harry's answer would be, she still raised her head and asked with a trembling voice, "Harry, if both groups are tied for the last place …"
"Then, both groups will stay," Harry answered briskly. "It's the same for the third and fourth groups."
"Is the current situation really like what Baldhead said?" Lin Sanjiu did not give up. She asked for confirmation, "Is our fifth group the last place?"
"Yes. Right now, your absorption rate is the lowest. Each of you only absorbs 150 micrograms. "
"If that's the case, doesn't it mean that our cluster has no chance at all? That we will be forced to stay no matter what?" Just when he thought she was going to do something to him, Lin Sanjiu took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. However, her face had turned very pale by now. "What?" Baldhead yelled at Lin Sanjiu, startling Lin Sanjiu.
"That's not the case. If one group eliminates all the other groups, the group that wins can leave," Harry replied leisurely. Harry replied leisurely, "... Or if every group absorbs the same amount of energy, then we can leave together. I'm still very kind."
Each of these two scenarios was more impossible than the other.
For a moment, Lin Sanjiu was so angry that she was speechless. She sat there in a daze for a while until Harry's voice disappeared and Baldhead opened his mouth cautiously. Then, she snapped out of her daze.
"Um, sis," Baldhead looked very embarrassed, "Look, I've told you a lot of bad news today. I think this last one won't make much of a difference."
Lin Sanjiu looked at him blankly. For a moment, there was only one thought in her mind, "Isn't my situation bad enough?"
After she calmed herself down, she said with a slightly uneven breath, "Tell me."
"Don't we have a lot of people? That's why when we were searching for the indigo flowers, we went to the largest area … Then, we discovered something … Of course, this is just our speculation. " Baldhead lowered his eyelids and said softly, "The indigo flowers only have four spawning points. Every time we pluck a flower, it will grow back after some time. So, so … "
Lin Sanjiu turned her head slowly. She could no longer tell what was in her amber eyes.
"Our four groups … each group has one spawning point. There are no more indigo flowers outside."
After Baldhead finished speaking, he looked at her worriedly. His eyelids fluttered a few times.
"Sis? What's wrong? Um, I've told you everything I know. Can I go now? "
Lin Sanjiu closed her eyes and let out a long breath. With a wave of her hand, the [Female Slave Bondage Rope] disappeared from Baldhead's wrist.
"You can go," Lin Sanjiu waved her hand tiredly without looking at him.
Lin Sanjiu felt the leaf beneath her tremble a few times. When Baldhead's presence finally disappeared, she opened her eyes.
She had never thought of following him to find the spawning point of the indigo flowers. Firstly, Baldhead was not that stupid. Secondly, she couldn't attack him with force. Even if she found him, she wouldn't be able to snatch the flowers away. Taking a step back, even if she had a thousand indigo flowers, it wouldn't be of any help to her group. After all, even if she had the flowers, the other four groups wouldn't just let her kill them.
Not to mention the dozens of lives they had.
She couldn't see any way out of this predicament.
"There are still ten days left."
Lin Sanjiu raised her head and stared at the lush greenery above her head as she mumbled.
From the moment the high temperature arrived, she knew that every extra day she lived was worth it. However, could she live for another ten days? (To be continued.)
PS:
Just like that, I went around in circles and forced 39 into a dead end. Everyone, please don't stand on ceremony. This is what I should do.
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