Honkai Impact 3rd, but I have too many mods.

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But... if you don't follow Liu Bai's choice, then the other side is bound to lose.

Gambling is harmful – Ruan Mei finally experienced this firsthand.

However... there is a way to break this deadlock.

In fact, if it's just the situation described above, then whether Liu Bai is 1 or 0.5 doesn't really matter—after all, there's no chance of a tie among five people.

Ruan Mei set Liu Bai as a special weight for one reason only—Liu Bai's special weight will become 0 before he leaves the game as the game progresses.

And the moment when it becomes 0 is... when Liu Bai loses all his clothes.

Liu Bai's physical abilities are only average. Once he's out of clothes, there's no need to target him—the conflicts between the other people will escalate at this point.

(...Is this the only way?)

"I'll select the menu," Ruan Mei said after much deliberation.

Feed the tiger with your body.

In the first half of the race, I had almost no chance of winning. If I didn't sacrifice myself, I would only sink deeper and deeper into this quagmire.

"Alright~ Place your order now!"

Ye Lan called out and lifted the lid.

"1, 4, single, General, hurry up and take your clothes off~"

"...?"

Eh?

Ruan Mei was stunned by the result.

Not yourself?

Wasn't it said that Yelan would cheat?

"What bad luck." Zhen sighed and took off her headdress with Ying.

The two sisters were dressed similarly, except that the real kimono had a few more layers than the shadow dress.

Ruan Mei herself is still reeling from the result.

Although she was "safe and sound" this time, the result...

"Don't overthink it." Bai seemed to have figured out what Ruan Mei was thinking.

Liu Bai doesn't need to sort out relationships like Ruan Mei, nor does she use her brain in this kind of place like Ruan Mei did for the first time.

Therefore, Liu Bai reacted even faster than Ruan Mei.

There is no such thing as absolute rationality in either 'gambling' or 'games'; leave it to luck.

Liu Bai's thinking was quite simplistic. Since the game had already started, he couldn't stop it... well, there was no way to stop these people from cheating except by stopping time.

Then let's just leave it to luck.

However, precisely because Liu Bai understood this, his thinking differed from Ruan Mei's.

As long as you can survive the first half of the game by luck, you will have a chance to make your own moves in the second half—Liu Bai has the most unreasonable cheating method in his hands.

The fewer people there are, the better they can perform.

We don't use it now just out of caution—time-stopping actually makes quite a commotion.

Liu Bai had realized before on Mount Taixu that his time-stopping reset would cause problems. When he dressed Ye Lan and reset her, Ye Lan noticed something was wrong because the reset wasn't perfect.

Of course, this is not a drawback; the main difference is the way Liu Bai is used.

For example, in the time-stop story, there was no instance where the female lead was specially groomed before the story ended.

"Leave it to luck?" Ruan Mei pursed her lips.

For scientists like her, it's about doing everything possible before accepting fate. This situation of completely leaving everything to fate... she was really unhappy about.

She chose this path to take control of her own destiny, and now…

Gambling is definitely not a good thing.

But what's done is done, there's nothing that can be done.

Kaffa's Word of Power still binds her... It seems that lowering Kaffa's guard and then escaping is also a solution.

—Ruan Mei observed the room; the toilet was inside, so there was no possibility of her sneaking away to urinate.

And other escape methods... are all impossible.

The advantage of using the excuse of needing to urinate is that everyone knows that when people really need to go, it's a real emergency, and no one can easily accuse you of faking it.

People won't hesitate to argue with you if you use other excuses.

Ruan Mei is not the kind of researcher with zero social skills, so she understands these intricacies very well.

So the problem now is how to lower Kafka's guard as a "Star Core Hunter"—to be honest, Ruan Mei doesn't know much about Star Core Hunters either, after all, she is a hermit who studies life and star gods, and has little opportunity to deal with this group of bandits who revolve around star cores.

Ruan Mei couldn't even be bothered to study a mutation like Kafka's...

“Come on, everyone can guess.” Kafka’s alluring gaze, which sent chills down one’s spine, swept over Ruan Mei. She simply shook the dice cup and then slammed it onto the table, a stark contrast to Ye Lan’s elegant manner.

However, the sense of oppression was stronger than that of Yelan.

"one."

Liu Bai continued to select items with his eyes closed.

"and."

"and."

"and."

Ruan Mei: “…”

Ruan Mei looked at the three people who were following with their eyes closed, and her lips twitched.

To reiterate, if you're making a rational choice, selecting both options is the most likely way to win.

On an emotional level...

"……pair."

Emotionally, she no longer believed in this superstition!

"Single." Kafka slowly lifted the lid, looking at the numbers inside. "6, 3. Take it off, Doctor. Do you need my help?"

"……unnecessary."

After Ruan Mei answered, she briefly regained control of her arm.

—Although she really had no choice in this matter.

In fact, if Ruan Mei were willing to pull, she could pluck three flowers and two leaves from just her clothes, not to mention many other small ornaments.

If Kafka were here, she'd probably strip completely off at once.

After a moment's thought, Ruan Mei took off the pearl necklace around her neck.

Ruan Mei didn't ask Kafka if she was being targeted. Things had come to this point, so even if she couldn't afford to play the game, she had to be prepared to play it.

Ruan Mei's earnestness suddenly warmed up the atmosphere a little.

"..." Bai looked at Ruan Mei, not knowing what to say.

The most rational, calmest, and even the least willing to play was the first to show signs of getting carried away.

Of course, Liu Bai knew very well that this was not Ruan Mei's problem, but Kafka's problem.

In Kafka's words, the most common form of Word of Power is the one that directly and forcibly controls the other person's body.

The most skilled hunter is one who never lets his prey realize that he has become prey.

Given Ruan Mei's current situation, Liu Bai strongly suspects that Kafka's words are also imbued with a hidden power, constantly stimulating Ruan Mei's mind—especially since she is being forcibly bound and forced to participate in this improper game, Ruan Mei's mind is certainly not at peace.

In this situation, Kafka had the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

I reckon after another two or three rounds, Ruan Mei will really get hooked...

Chapter 249 Ningguang is still on her way on horseback... Is she really in time?

"Didn't they answer?"

Ke Qing looked at Ning Guang, who couldn't get through to Ye Lan's phone no matter what she did, and showed an expression that said, "I knew it."

You just beat someone up, and now you're going after them again.

Although Keqing felt she would answer Ningguang's call if she were in Ningguang's shoes, Yelan had a reasonable reason for not answering.

At least they asked if it was an emergency...

"Didn't answer." Ningguang sighed, shaking her head helplessly as she looked at Ye Lan's house. "Where do you think Ye Lan could be right now?"

"Her? How would I know..." Ke Qing also expressed her helplessness.

If you were a normal person, you would be getting your medication from the pharmacy and then going home to rest.

The problem is that this person is Ye Lan, and she might go off to do extreme sports after applying the medicine—or even go out to play without applying the medicine at all.

After all, a swollen face doesn't affect mobility...

"Perhaps it's at the Rock Tea House?"

Ke Qing guessed.

"The worst place to go when your face is swollen is the Iwakami Tea House," Ningguang shook her head.

Ye Lan still has a sense of shame, and this person basically doesn't change his appearance when he's at the Yanshang Tea House.

"Then what should we do? Just let it go?" Actually, Keqing wasn't very enthusiastic about this matter—although she was indeed somewhat concerned about Ningguang's actions.

She couldn't possibly let Ningguang just give herself away like that.

She wouldn't dare say how close she and Ningguang were, but in this regard... whether as acquaintances or colleagues, it was something she had to do.

Of course, if it's normal, there's no need for any checks; political marriages don't need any checks at all.

But now... well, Liu Bai is clearly not acting normally; there are a lot of women around him.

Although she realized the problem, Ningguang's insistence on moving forward was still a bit...

"Let's go to the pharmacy and take a look." Ningguang was clearly not going to give up so easily.

If you don't find out today, you won't have the time in a couple of days.

In two more days, when things are over, Liu Bai might be able to go home.

"Not Bu Lu... That makes sense. Maybe Doctor Bai knows where Ye Lan ran off to—if Ye Lan didn't disguise herself."

"Changing your appearance won't help; everyone will know who has the swollen face once they ask."

Ningguang didn't take it seriously.

Ke Qing remained silent.

Why did Ningguang seem a little unashamed about slapping Yelan's face until it was swollen?

"...Okay, let's go ask first."

Keqing's objection wasn't very strong—she wasn't actually very good at objecting to this kind of thing.

Moreover, she felt that Ningguang should have a clearer understanding of things than she did.

I'll offer a token word of advice, and then just follow Ningguang around and make sure nothing happens to her.

Ningguang and Keqing ran towards Bubulu again.

Upon arriving at Bubulu, the two happened to see Beidou coming over to apply medicine.

"Hey, how's your deal going?"

Beidou waved his bandaged hand at the crowd.

Beidou's injury was to her hand, a flesh wound, but it was much more serious than Yelan's.

"Everything went smoothly, and you only came to bandage me now?"

“Ah, after all, I need to personally oversee everything, big and small, on the ship to feel at ease.” Beidou nodded.