Infinite spooky game

In the dark space, Qis overturned the chessboard after losing another game.

Qi waved his hand, and the black and white chessboard and chess pieces turned into pieces and dispersed into a gray mist.

He smiled and commented: "Your chess character is really bad."

"I never spend energy on a game I don't like," said Zis.

He paused, as if thinking of something, and asked, "Do you still remember the question you asked me after the Double Happiness Town instance was over?"

Qi snapped his fingers, and silver-white words appeared in the void.

"Suppose there is a madman who wants to compete with you in killing people. Whoever kills more people within a limited time will win.

"If you win, nothing will happen. If you lose, he will destroy the world. What will you choose?"

This question may seem absurd, but it actually runs through the entire weird game.

Thousands of strange copies, four million people involved in the past thirty-six years, all behavioral choices cannot avoid one question:
Can the majority be saved by sacrificing the minority?
Killing millions of people to save the world, is this person a savior or a sinner?
"I remember you have told me your choice." Qi stretched out his index finger and picked up a spot of light, and the old scene bloomed before his eyes.

In the dim temple, strange golden dots of light swayed and floated. In the bizarre scene of the sun rising and the moon setting, and the ebb and flow of the tide, the past Qis laughed wantonly: "Remember to tell me before you destroy the world. I'll find a place with a good view and watch it while eating popcorn."

Qi Si now grinned, revealing a brilliant smile: "For me at that time, even if I had to sacrifice everyone in exchange for my slightest benefit, I would not hesitate; vice versa, even if I only had to sacrifice my slightest benefit to make everyone better off, I would never be happy about it."

"So what about now?" Qi asked knowingly, "Have you changed your mind?"

"No." Qi Si smiled and shook his head, "I'm just thinking about the origin of this problem and the corresponding relationship between the various factors involved.

"There is no standard answer to this kind of question. It depends on individual choice. Different criteria will lead to different optimal solutions.

"If I were an extreme environmentalist, I might think it would be nice to do nothing and just clear out all the human race; if I were a utilitarian, I would not hesitate to choose to participate in the killing competition and save the world by sacrificing a few people.

“In that case, what is the significance of such a question? If it is not a fictitious hypothesis or model, but a real disaster happening in the world, how many people can truly practice their lofty declarations?
"Besides, I suddenly felt that it seemed a bit stupid to follow the rules of that madman and play games with him."

Qi raised his eyebrows: "Oh? It seems that you are going to tell me an interesting answer."

"It's really interesting." Chase looked up at Qi's eyes and asked word by word, "What do you think - if I kill that lunatic, will this question still apply?"

Qi smiled: "You actually want to save the world? This is a bit beyond my expectation."

"No." Qi Si shook his head again, "I just feel uncomfortable that the button to destroy the world is in the hands of that madman. Rather than leaving my fate to others, I prefer to grab the button and press it myself."

"Interesting answer." Qi smiled even more happily, "Once there was a person who chose this path, but unfortunately he did not succeed and lost miserably.

"He lost everything, including his name, identity, body and experience, and became a wandering ghost in the world."

"So?" Qi Si narrowed his eyes. "Is this a threat? Do you want me to back down?"

"On the contrary." Qi smiled and sighed, "I am very curious about your ending. After all, tragedy is often more touching."

Qi Si tilted his head and smiled: "I will win. Because I don't seem to have anything valuable to lose."

……

Before the lion face of the Sphinx, the body below Fan Zhanwei's neck had turned into stone. The jagged stones at his joints showed ferocious edges and corners, and the cracks all over made him look like an ancient stone mountain.

The grayish-white marble color spread to his chin, and the speed of diffusion slowed down, but it was still climbing upwards.

He seemed unaware of anything and just stared at the Sphinx intently, waiting for its answer.

There is no standard answer to the trolley problem, and it is even more difficult to find a solution that satisfies both parties.

As a thought experiment in the field of ethics, its core is nothing more than forcing people to make choices in extreme situations, thereby leading to a series of debates on morality and ideas.

As a human being with moral judgment standards, Fan Zhanwei can give a less than perfect answer to this kind of question. In other words, this question is strictly valid.

Since the Sphinx does not have human ethics and morals, what standard will it use to give the answer?
What's more, Fan Zhanwei added the harsh condition of "everyone survives" to the problem.

As long as the Sphinx cannot give an answer, Fan Zhanwei can bypass it and ask questions to the god, thus completing the main quest of [audience with the god].

At that time, he will be able to ask the gods to meet other players, or let him briefly possess some of the characteristics of the gods and then go to meet other people.

In this way, the rest of the people will also complete the main quest and leave the dungeon.

This is Fan Zhanwei's plan, which conforms to the utilitarian principle of sacrificing one to save the majority.

Lin Ye was the victim he had chosen from the beginning.

It doesn't have to be Lin Ye, anyone, as long as they are in the same team with him, he will kill that person to gain points.

It is perfectly reasonable for a few people to be sacrificed, just like in the building collapse accident ten years ago, his parents were trapped in an area with fewer people, so they were the last to be rescued by the search and rescue team, and were finally carried out among other bodies.

At that time, he had little knowledge and limited understanding, and was unable to understand the rationale behind it. When he was stopped outside the cordon, he could only grab every passing rescuer and beg them to save his parents.

But now he is no longer like this. After a lot of study and reading, he has a better understanding of human society, and therefore knows what kind of choices will be more beneficial to the development of civilization.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the petrification progress reached the top, but Fan Zhanwei still looked at the Sphinx calmly.

The Sphinx suddenly laughed.

"The answer to this question is very simple." The half-human, half-beast monster looked at Fan Zhanwei, who was almost unrecognizable, and said in a compassionate tone, "We just need to stop that madman from killing people and destroy all his plans at all costs. The game will be a draw, and no one will have to die."

Fan Zhanwei's pupils shrank slightly, and he wanted to retort that it was impossible.

Moreover, a draw does not belong to any of the situations in the question. The Sphinx's answer does not meet the requirements and is taking advantage of a loophole... However, his face was completely covered with lime and was as hard as stone. He could not even move his lips, let alone speak a complete sentence.

He suddenly realized that the Sphinx had cheated. The rule maker had the privilege to interpret the rules, but he actually thought that all games would be conducted according to the rules.

After realizing this, he immediately came up with a new set of feasible plans, just like a good student who was reminded that he had missed a condition just after leaving the examination room.

He was sure that the plan would work, and he was sure that if he did it again, the result would be different.

Unfortunately it was too late.

……

In the game forum, ever since Lin Chen took advantage of the live broadcast of Jiuzhou members to criticize the actions of Jiuzhou Guild, related discussions have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, almost occupying the entire page.

Several related posts were on the hot list. As soon as the old ones were blocked by the administrators, new ones popped up. The fire soon spread to the forum itself. The blocked people opened small accounts and returned. The words were full of sarcasm. The forum was the mouthpiece of Jiuzhou Guild.

The first few bans aroused the players' rebellious psychology. Even those who had originally been watching from the sidelines and had no intention of taking action were aroused and began to speak out. They also posted their violation records everywhere as if they were medals of honor.

[Haha, this isn't the first time Jiuzhou has done this. Every time a new guild emerges, people from Jiuzhou will invite important members of the guild to attend the Hongmen Banquet. If you survive, you survive. If you don't, you're done.]

[I was wondering why there haven't been any new guilds in all these years. It turns out that Kyushu is suppressing them. They keep talking about the fate of mankind and unity and cooperation. It sounds fake. I've long disliked them. They talk so nicely, but in the end, they are just ganging up on the dissidents.]

[That Lin Wuya is really tough. He directly opened fire on Jiuzhou. What a man! Well done to the Unnamed Guild! I have a feeling that if the Unnamed Guild can survive this disaster, its future will be limitless! ]

[Jiuzhou always bullies the weak and exploits newcomers. This time, they probably want to control the new guild as they did in the past, but they didn't expect to hit a wall...]

One post by Lou Zhui wrote angrily: "Jiuzhou has changed. It is just a big-tailed wolf in a glamorous coat! When Fang Zhou was still around 22 years ago, how could it be acting as a moral policeman like it is now?"

[Although Lin Jue has established a persona of an idealist, advocating "unity of all mankind" all day long, he has never killed all those who oppose him. It's not like now, requiring everyone to agree with that slogan, and those who disagree will be labeled as "massacre players".

[During the Ark period, when something went wrong, they would take the lead first; Jiuzhou is different, when something went wrong, they would first pick out a massacre player and kill him as a sacrifice. And they still have the nerve to say that they have inherited the legacy of the Ark? ]

These words were echoed by all parties. They all missed the legendary Ark Guild and President Lin Jue, and criticized the current Jiuzhou.

Some even said: [Jiuzhou will not be good anymore, the only decent person Fu Jue has been driven away.]

They completely forgot that Fu Jue was forced to resign from the association not long ago due to similar excuses.

Of course, some more rational players have raised doubts:
[Why are you so sure that Jiuzhou is persecuting people? Is there a possibility that Qisi is really a massacrer? ]

[Think about it, Jiuzhou has built up a good reputation for so long, there is no need to risk ruining its reputation to deal with a new guild. Could it be that someone traveled back from the future and told them that the Unnamed Guild is the final winner? ]

[By the way, could it be that hunting down Qi Si was Chang Xu's personal behavior? I often watch Chang Xu's live broadcasts, and I know that this guy is a bit impulsive...]

After all, rational people are only a minority in the group. These players were soon attacked by other players and were labeled as "rationalists", "whitewashers" and "Jiuzhou members' aliases".

The public opinion in the forum was no longer acceptable, and the witch-hunting carnival had already gotten out of control in the later stages. Most accounts that could be related to the Jiuzhou Guild could only remain silent to avoid being burned after their background was investigated.

The few who were so angry that they couldn't speak out were collectively besieged by other players as soon as they showed their heads, and all kinds of insults were thrown at them.

——Humans never care about the truth.

……

In the Ruins of Sunset, a large screen was hanging high above the square, broadcasting the live broadcast of the "Colosseum" copy where Lin Chen was.

If there are knowledgeable players, they should be able to recognize that this is a service called "Private Session" in the weird game store.

Any player can spend 500,000 points to designate a live broadcast room for public screening on the big screen of Sunset Ruins, and all players who enter Sunset Ruins during a certain time period can see it.

This service is mostly used to create publicity for certain specific people. In the past, celebrities such as Fu Jue, Meng Wenfei, Lin Jue, and Xiao Fengchao have all appeared on the big screen, either with funding from the guild or with their own money.

However, with the stabilization of the power structure in the game and the development of game forums as a larger propaganda outlet, the big screen has not been turned on for a long time.

Players were talking about the long-lost "private room" when they saw it:

"The Unnamed Guild is very wealthy and powerful. They are determined to ruin the reputation of the Jiuzhou Guild."

"That Lin Wuya is such a ruthless person. He does things without leaving any room for malice and is very decisive. If he were in ancient times, he would definitely be a tyrant."

"That's not right. Didn't Lin Wuya enter the dungeon? How come he reserved the whole place? Could it be that he had anticipated that he would run into people from Jiuzhou?"

The players made random guesses and gradually reached a consensus:
First, although the Unnamed Guild is a newly established guild, it has a strong foundation and its strength should not be underestimated. It can easily come up with 500,000 points.

Second, Lin Wuya, the president of the Unnamed Guild, is a man of great courage and strategy. He is able to plan everything out without omission, and even when he is in the dungeon, he can turn the outside world upside down through his layout.

Third, the Unnamed Guild was extremely protective of its members. It was not clear whether it was just taking advantage of the situation, but it was true that the guild leader personally risked his life to rescue members. Now they were going to fight to the death with the Jiuzhou Guild.

In an era of great strife, various contradictions have surfaced one after another. Although Jiuzhou's support rate is still leading, its prestige has long been shaken in repeated public opinion wars.

A small amount of money will bring gratitude, a big amount of money will bring resentment. A guild that has always played the role of the head of the family will attract a crazy backlash if it fails to meet the expectations of most people one day.

Many players would be happy for a new guild to emerge and cause some trouble for Jiuzhou so that they can take advantage of the situation.

On the big screen, Lin Chen entered the dungeon at the beginning of the beast fighting game, used his own blood to lift the curse of the rat people, and successfully gained their support.

The three members of the Kyushu Guild were swarmed by the rat people, pinned to the ground and restrained.

The live broadcast was conducted from the first-person perspective of a female player from the Jiuzhou Guild, so all the players watching the live broadcast saw that Lin Chen was looking down at them as if he was looking at a group of pigs and dogs waiting to be slaughtered.

The young man sneered with a cold smile on his lips, and said in a grim tone: "Qisi still has a chance to be resurrected, so I won't kill you for the time being. You'd better pray that he can really come back to life." (End of this chapter)