Survivorship Bias

"Initialization completed, variables created successfully, number before running: 8."

This statement made An Wu Jiao uncomfortable.

They are obviously real people, but they are described by cold words like program variables.

The number of survivors is not necessarily 8 after the game starts.

Shengyin continued: "8 variables are assigned 8 identities, there are capitalists who hold huge wealth, and there are wanderers who have nothing. Also different. For example, the capitalist survives with the highest convertible value but the lowest power value.”

"In addition to this, each of you will receive completely different abilities that may play an unexpected role in this battle for survival."

"Also taking the capitalist as an example, this role will have the ability to occupy half of the resources of the entire safe bunker."

Hearing this sentence, An Wujiu immediately realized something.

Yang Ming grinned proudly beside him, "Can I use the reward for the announced warm-up match now?"

There is no turbulence in the holy voice, but every word of the announcement dominates the fate of these people.

"Of course. The warm-up match winner Yang Ming should watch each character panel first and choose the character and game format he wants. Everyone other than him will be randomly assigned by the system."

"This! This..." Liu Chengwei shouted with dissatisfaction, but he probably reacted to the fact that no matter how he protested, Yang Ming's great advantage was already a done deal, and offending him instead It was not good for me, so I swallowed the rest of the swear words back into my stomach, and my face was very ugly.

The expressions of the rest of the people were not much better, but there was nothing they could do.

Yang Ming squeezed from the edge of several people to the middle, adjusted his tie, and told the system that he was ready.

"Okay, showing you the character panel."

Yang Ming stood upright, the gift box appeared again, opened in front of him, he stretched out a forefinger and slid in the void, these character panels were invisible to others, so he looked like this It looks so funny.

Soon, Yang Ming made a decision and chose the role of a capitalist. No one was surprised when the system announced.

When he turned around, An Wu Jiu saw a trace of disdain for himself on his face.

"How about Brother Yang, isn't he very good?" Even Liu Chengwei, who thought he was strong at first, now faces Yang Ming with a diligent smile, and the flesh on his face is crowded into a ball. Can also inject some pleasant light into the blind and shrinking eyeball, "What are the other characters?"

Yang Ming snapped his thin fingers like Liu Chengwei did before, with the smile of a successful person on his face, "You can see it when the system randomly assigns it."

Zhong Yirou approached Yang Ming with a smile, raised her hand and gently touched Yang Ming's shoulder, "Oh, Brother Yang, I've been keeping secrets for so long."

Not only these two people, An Wujiu could feel that almost everyone in this narrow space was staring at Yang Ming, like a light-seeking insect, even the timid Ueno was much closer to Yang Ming , even if you can't get in.

His eyes fell on the guy named Shen Ti inadvertently.

What a freak.

"Then..." Lao Yu hesitated for a long time and couldn't help but said, "Yang Ming, the next competition system..."

In the small space, Yang Ming was surrounded by everyone. The brief silence was like a dull knife, slowly cutting a nerve.

An Wujiu knew that as long as Yang Ming said a word, no matter what role these people held, they would go forward for him and stand unswervingly in his team.

Yang Ming smiled, the radiance in the cloudy eyes made them look like a pair of expensive prosthetic eyes.

"I choose individual battles."

, the group is undoubtedly doing charity.

The choice of personal battle swept many people's enthusiasm, which can be seen from the expression.

But for An Wujiu, this result is not necessarily a bad thing.

"Role assignment and information loading for you now."

In an instant, several blue lasers appeared in the air, and in the dark green fluorescent fonts that were suspended and rolled continuously appeared, which were codes.

"Publish all variable assignment results:

Yang Ming - Capitalist

Wu You—employee

An Wujiu - Intern of the Cyber ​​Security Department

Zhong Yirou - Chairman's Daughter

Ueno - Researcher

Older than—homeless

Liu Chengwei - Robber

Shen Ti - security robot. "

Immediately afterwards, a virtual character panel appeared in front of each of them, An Wu Jiu stared at the line of information printed out by the blue laser in front of him.

[Role: Intern in Cyber ​​Security Department

Life Value: 4

Number of health bars: 3

Ability: Select a player to invade its panel, and swap its red and black lines with the opponent's red and black lines, this skill only has one chance]

"Everyone has obtained their character information, and then the real rules of the game."

After finishing speaking, the thick and sturdy steel door in front of them slowly moved away from left to right, revealing a dark corridor with no light, like a bottomless well, inside which was Drained desire.

"The bunker survival battle consists of five days and four nights. During the day, each player distributes the survival materials by themselves. If there is a disagreement during the distribution process, the players can duel ①, and cannot refuse anyone's duel . The initiator can verbally initiate or enter the duel threshold and press the initiation button."

"Remember, the number of duels in every 24 hours is fixed, and the duel threshold will enter a dormant period after the number of duels is exceeded.

The duel is not one-on-one, other players can choose to join the faction or sit on the sidelines. "

"The health bar of all players in the camp will be superimposed on the player who originally initiated or accepted the duel. Two players will duel, and the one with the higher blood bar wins and gets the supplies, while the other team will receive supplies every time. People lose a blood bar."

"After eleven o'clock in the evening, all players will be forced to return to their exclusive rooms to rest. Your rooms will be sorted from 1 to 8, from twelve o'clock in the evening to six in the morning. The hypnotic gas is released, and you will be forced to fall asleep.

Players with depleted health bars will die, as in previous games, when you die in the altar, you will also be brain dead in reality. After 9 o'clock on the fifth day, the final survival value will be carried out for everyone..."

Speaking of this, Wu You, who has been very silent, said with a little doubt: "Settlement?"

An Wujiu also finds it strange, the survival value in each character panel is a fixed constant, and the duel during the game will not lose the survival value, so why settle when it ends.

"That's right. Here we will announce the hidden parameters on the character panel: black line and red line ② (authorized to adapt from the board game Survival), the black line is connected to the person you curse , the red line connects the person you have a crush on. This parameter is randomly assigned by the system, there will be no situation where you curse yourself or have a crush on yourself, and each person may be connected by other people’s red or black lines.”

"No one except yourself can see your red and black lines unless you actively disclose it.

survival value. "

This is what red and black mean.

"Finally, the top four players in cumulative survival value will advance to the next round."

The dark passage suddenly lights up, and the road ahead is illuminated.

"The pilgrimage journey begins again, I wish you a pleasant journey."

thing.

When walking down the aisle, An Wujiu paid attention to the wall. The center of the fresco on the right is Jesus, the **** that humans believed in in the early years, but now Christianity has become a minority religion. Sitting on either side of **** were the other twelve disciples, with different expressions.

"The Last Supper."

Zhong Yirou on the side opened her mouth and said what An Wujiu thought, then she smiled again, "I have a fake, it took a minute to 3D print it, it is very noble and elegant."

An Wujiu nodded. He glanced a little and saw that the guy in the mask was bending over, holding a magnifying glass that he got from nowhere, and looking at the mural in front of his face, it looked a bit funny.

Zhong Yirou put her hands on her hips and turned to look at the mural on the left. At the center of the picture is the Virgin Mary holding the Holy Child, surrounded by pilgrims. She is not very familiar with it, this is beyond her knowledge of classical oil painting, but An Wu Jiao, who has always been silent, said his name first.

"This is the "Pilgrimage of the Three Magi," also by Leonardo da Vinci."

Shen Ti also turned his head and held the magnifying glass in his hand, the mechanical Guanyin on his face had a subtle feeling with this dull movement, but An Wujiu couldn't describe it.

"How do you know?" Zhong Yirou folded her arms and raised her eyebrows, "Don't you mean amnesia?"

"My memory...is missing a part of my memory, but it seems...not to affect my cognition." The words are a bit long, An Wujiu can only speak slowly, a little laborious, and seems more sincere.

"You mean you just forgot the memory of yourself coming to the altar?"

An Wujiu was not sure, shook his head and wanted to continue, but heard Liu Chengwei who was walking in front with Yang Ming and the others roar, "What are you doing sneaking in the back? Still not coming?!"

Under such game rules, they had to temporarily obey Yang Ming.

The group walked through the long passage, and the darkness was unfamiliar. The world they live in is full of light, the neon that never goes out all night, the spotlights that linger in the streets like ghosts, and the most damp and dirty corners are piled up with light pollution.

Humans are naturally afraid of unfamiliar things.

Everyone groping to the end of the passage in abnormal silence. There is only one smooth black door, under the light of the wall chandelier, like a mirror, a sea of ​​floating oil.

"How do you open this?" Liu Chengwei coaxed from behind.

Wu You held the Rubik's Cube in his hand and muttered in a low voice: "Just open your mouth and ask..."

Liu Chengwei, who came up with energy, stretched out his hand and pushed Wu You's shoulder hard from behind, "Do you want to **** die?!"

Being pushed by him like this, the Rubik's Cube in Wu You's hand fell to the ground, rolled for half a week, and rolled into the black door. From the corners to the complete cube, it was completely engulfed, and the place where it touched Blue fluorescent data lines appeared, spread from the broken wall and gradually disappeared.

"Let's go, why are you standing still." Zhong Yirou stepped on her high heels and walked in towards the black door, the others followed, An Wujiu walked at the end,

The scene inside the door is completely different from the deep corridor outside the door. The entire front hall is wide and bright, with a delicate vault on the head, and the edges are carved with various angels and saints that symbolize theocratic power. Sleeping in light and shadow, the dome in the middle is a whole ornate fresco, imprinting the brilliance of religion on the top of the head. Granite columns and gilt, arc-shaped structure, confession room-like room. Everything here is less like a so-called miniature nuclear bunker, more like a baroque underground church.

Every inch of the floor was covered with a dark red long-haired carpet, and even the sofas were placed in rows, like rows of chairs for worship.

The strong sense of religion makes An Wujiao feel uncomfortable for no reason.

"Everyone." Yang Ming's voice broke the silence of the bunker, "Let's get to know each other's character panel first, how about it?"

What he said seemed to be negotiating, but there was no such meaning in his tone. Now that he has the most advantageous role, he has naturally become the dominant player in the game, and no one else dares to oppose him.

The character panel was called and displayed at the same time, and everyone's eyes were on other people's panels, especially the ability column. An Wu Jiu was no exception, he recorded other people's information with the fastest speed.

In addition to the ability to control half of the survival resources, Yang Ming who got [capitalist] also has a very exaggerated special function for the red and black lines - you can learn about [company employees] (Wu yo) red and black lines.

"The role of the capitalist is exactly the same as in reality. To work for him is to sell his personal dignity."

Zhong Yirou joked that she got the [rich family daughter] ID card, but the chairman's daughter studied medicine, so her ability is to restore the blood of others or herself, but There are only two chances, one health bar each time. If the two chances are all used on oneself, 10,000 points will be reduced at the time of settlement.

She turned her head and saw that Ueno got the role of a [scientific researcher] in the company, with a rather envious expression: "I like people who engage in scientific research the most."

Ueno was stunned for a moment, his cheeks flushed, and he quickly lowered his head. The abilities he acquired also correspond to the characters—after three days of research and development side quests, he can double his survival resources.

These skills are very important in this survival game, either related to resources or health bars. In contrast, the [employee] card Wu You got It seems very weak, his ability is only an opportunity to stay up every other night.

An Wujiu looked at Liu Chengwei on the other side, he was poking at the holographic panel projected in front of him.

No resistance, but only in person.

And what Lao Yu got is the [Wanderer]. The ability matches the name, and can move freely to other people's rooms during the night time from 7:00 pm to 5:00 am.

The last thing An Wujiu noticed was Shen Ti sitting cross-legged on the carpet, the other party stared at the character panel, the mechanical mask made it impossible to see his expression.

His role is not very good, it is the [artificial intelligence] in the company building, and to put it bluntly, it is a security robot. The survival value is the lowest of all, only 1 point.

This setting completely highlights the arrogance of human beings as creators.

Shen Ti suddenly raised his arms and stretched his waist greatly.

His skills are also somewhat passive - when others attack him, he can copy the opponent's skills, but there is only one precious opportunity.

"Why!"

Liu Chengwei violently broke the silence, "Why is my survival value only 2 points?"

"Because your character is a robber." Zhong Yirou smiled, "But this is also fair, you look at the parameters of these characters, the rules are very obvious."

Wu You lowered his head to play the Rubik's Cube, and whispered, "The higher the survival score, the lower the blood bar, and the lower the force value."

"Yes, it's actually balanced." Lao Yu nodded, "My survival value is only 3, but I have 6 health bars."

Zhong Yirou nodded and reported to her family, "My role is a rich lady, and in reverse with you, my survival value is 7 points, but my health bar is only 1. Fortunately, I can breastfeed myself. , otherwise it would be too crispy. Yang Ming is stronger than me, his survival value is higher than me, he has 8 points, and the health bar still has 2 points." After she finished speaking, her arm rested on Wu You, who was playing the Rubik's cube with her head down. On his shoulders, "Children have become social animals before they reach adulthood, with 4 blood bars and 5 survival value, not bad."

Wu You's hand playing the Rubik's cube paused for a second, and then continued to turn without expression.

Zhong Yirou's beautiful eyes swept over, staring at Ueno, who had never dared to speak, she jumped in front of him, tilted her head, "Your parameters look so beautiful. "

"The survival value is 6, and the health bar also has five. It's really unbalanced." She smiled, "You can also copy resources."

Ueno stuttered and explained: "But if the side quest fails...the skill will also fail..."

Zhong Yirou shrugged, "It shouldn't fail like this, don't be nervous. Your overall strength is so strong, maybe it will depend on you."

Hearing these words, Yang Ming, who was beside him, couldn't sit still, his eyes flicked on Ueno's face a few times, and finally fell on An Wujiu.

An Wujiu became accustomed to this man's mocking and slightly frightened eyes, but he didn't understand where the point of his fear was.

He can't possibly have the upper hand, there's really nothing to be afraid of.

But even if he wins the warm-up game and picks the best character, he will definitely be dueled to death at the beginning of the game. No one will choose his side.

"In terms of force value, I am the highest." After listening for a round, Liu Chengwei began to accept the fact that his survival value was low, but his high force value also made him proud. He rolled up his sleeves to reveal his strong arms, "I have 7 health bars."

"No." Zhong Yirou sat on the sofa with a playful tone, pointing her index finger to the mechanical Guanyin who was sitting cross-legged on the carpet with her back to the crowd. He tilted his head as if meditating.

"Shen Ti is not a human, he is full of blood, there are 8 in total."

An Wujiu looked in his direction.

The guy turned his back to everyone and stretched out his right hand, comparing a pair of scissors.

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The author has something to say:

①②This game is a change and expansion of a board game - Survival (similar to Werewolf), mainly for survival duels and the setting of love cards and dislike cards. The werewolf killing game appeared in the novel There are a lot of them, so they can be written by default, but Survival is relatively niche, so I specifically found the producer ([email protected] Zhiyanjia) has asked for the authorization of the adaptation and expansion, and the Weibo has the Aite producer and the authorization record. If you are interested, you can play it, but most of the text is different from the game. Because it is in line with the style of this article, the background of the story has been greatly changed, and the characters and corresponding abilities that are more in line with the world view have been recreated. In particular, because of the previous trademark squatting problem, the Chinese trademark of Survival was pirated and registered (that is, Survival of Fury). In fact, Survival of Survival is the genuine product.

Where does it come from, but there will still be people who will buckle their hats. In fact, there are really many works that apply the beauty pageant game, whether it is film and television or comic animation, as well as others such as the musketeer game, the smart pig game and the prisoner's dilemma, the application is really Very much. I never said that this is a knowledge point that I invented and created. I definitely don't deserve it. I just hope that everyone can read the label a little to avoid misunderstanding.

Happy Qixi Festival, more and more, I hope everyone is happy.

For everyone's convenience, I list the characters:

1The capitalist of the monopoly enterprise: Yang Ming (survival value: 8, force value: 2, ability: 1/2 resources, knowing employees (Wu You) red and black lines)

2 Rich family daughter: Zhong Yirou (survival value 7, force value 1, ability: there are two opportunities to increase the blood of others or yourself, each time one point, two times on yourself will deduct one halloween coins)

3Researcher: Dacheng Ueno (survival value 6, force value 5, ability: after completing your own branch line, you can double your own survival resources)

4Company employee: Wu You (survival value 5: force value 4, ability: you can stay up every other night)

6 Security AI: Shen Ti (survival value 1, force value 8, ability: when others take the initiative to attack, you can copy the other party's skills, only one chance)

7 Homeless: Old Yu (survival value 3, force value 6, ability: free to move to other people's rooms at night from 7:00 pm to 5:00 am the next day)

8Terrorist robbers taking advantage of the chaos: Liu Chengwei (survival value 2, force value 7, ability: there are two opportunities to plunder other people's food in person and not be resisted)

The rules look complicated. In fact, as you can see later, they are not that complicated, but need to be introduced more.