Chapter 142 134. The Trial from Hades (Part 2)
The cameras in each room are faithfully recording everything.
The fluorescent light shone on Hades' helmet, and the smooth and hard helmet reflected a shallow layer of white light.
He stared silently at the giant screen in front of him. The screen was cut into countless small pieces, where humanity and animality were fighting.
Fighting had already begun in some rooms, and Hades sighed silently, silently labeling these rooms as "tentatively unapprovable."
He did not inform these people how long the second round of screening would last.
Moreover, the room that is completely isolated from the outside world does not have any facilities that can be used to keep time.
In addition, the food in each room has been accurately calculated to enable everyone to survive this screening with the lowest standards.
In the face of death that is slowly but surely approaching, is there anyone who can persevere?
Hades watched all this.
An Tai stood behind Io, holding several knives in his hands.
Blood seeped from his arm, but it was clear that he had won.
He and Io each held knives, and Ante even held a lot of food.
Opposite the two, the remaining children huddled in different corners holding more or less food.
"Everyone, I have an idea."
Io said, and Antaeus noticed that his voice was trembling.
"I may have guessed the purpose of this screening."
The crowd on the opposite side made some small commotion, looking at them with distrust and doubt.
Io breathed out,
"I don't think they will set up two screenings to screen for the same qualities."
"If they are screening people with toughness and good physique, then the first trial has already achieved this. "
So, this trial is not used to screen toughness and physical fitness."
Io paused, then continued,
"The difference between this trial and the previous one is that we were specially divided into groups and locked up." We're in a closed area."
"So I first wondered if this would require us to fight each other to find a winner." "
Moreover,"
Io raised the knife in his hand,
"these knives further confirmed my suspicion. ."
"But -"
Io let go, and the knife fell to the ground with a clang,
"I don't think that's the case."
"The knife is just a cover-up, this is a misleading."
An Tai blinked obscurely. Blinking his eyes, he seemed to realize what Io was going to say next,
"According to the person in charge's prompt, he did not mention any words related to fighting or competition." "
On the contrary, his first prompt We are human beings."
"And in the second sentence, there are words about fighting together." "
Yes, if we will become comrades in the future, then they will not let us fight each other now." "
So I guess, this level The purpose is to screen out subjects who can spontaneously choose to cooperate and unite in difficult situations."
Opposite them, the crowd began to talk, and some people obviously started to think.
"Then you are still grabbing knives?"
A child's sharp voice came. An Tai realized that the person who had just grabbed the knife with him
could not compete with An Tai. The child gave up decisively and began to fight for food.
Io was thinking He wanted to retort, but Antai held his shoulders from behind. Antai took a step forward. He knew what he should say,
"I can return the knife to you." "
Or we can put the knife in a common area. ."
"But I think what Io said is right." "
If he wants us to fight, the person in charge doesn't need to give any hint at all."
Antai paused for a moment, but he quickly squatted down and moved himself The knives in his hand were placed on the ground one by one.
He also placed the dry food in his hand on the ground.
An Tai knew that his mind was not very bright, but he felt that what Io said was right.
The words of the person in charge were a clue to them.
But if this were not the case, but if they were really allowed to fight each other, but if the dry food was only enough for a few people, what would he do?
But Antai decided to trust his own judgment.
"We should redistribute the food."
He said,
"Everyone, please put the food back. I'll go first."
But after An Tai, no one came forward.
"That man is still holding a knife. Do you want to eat it all?" Food?"
Io was stunned for a moment. He didn't originally want to let An Tai do this, but he gritted his teeth and put the other knives he had on the ground.
An Tai blinked. He tried to make himself steady and reliable,
"Everyone, put the food back."
"I am the one who climbed to the top of the mountain. I hope everyone believes in me once."
Before saying that sentence At this time, An Tai's face was burning. He was not used to telling his own things in front of everyone. This felt like a kind of showing off, which he always felt was weird.
No one moved at first, but after a while, a man came out, put the food back, and then turned around and left.
So some people started to move.
But there are still some who are holding on to their food and refusing to give in.
"Hey, friends!"
"Are you thirsty?"
Lena's careless words came from the corner.
At this time, the children who had been paying attention to the pile of food in the center of the room realized something was wrong.
The water source they had ignored before had long been occupied by others!
"Hurry up and put the food away."
Lena pointed to the pile of food in front of Io and An Tai.
"Otherwise, no one will be able to drink water."
Lena smiled and stared directly at those who were still holding food.
But some people did not choose to put food. They stepped forward, seeming to compete for the positions of Lena and Pasteur.
"Don't come over."
Pasteur stood up. He lowered his head in a wrestling posture, but stared at the boy who came forward with his peripheral vision.
"Me too. I've reached the top of the mountain too."
Fortunately, most people are still afraid of people like "summit climbers" who can survive in the strong poisonous gas and reach the top. They may not be opponents of such people.
So even though the remaining people were unwilling to do so, they all put the food back.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Io and Antaeus redistributed the food evenly.
"Thank you everyone for believing in us."
An Tai said,
"I am willing to make sacrifices first and be the last to drink water. The water can be given to the important people first."
Whispers spread, but this time, the tense atmosphere seemed to have eased slightly.
While everyone was discussing, Io placed the knife next to the door.
Holding the same amount of food, these children began to communicate and discuss with each other, but the most discussed topic was how to pass this level.
"This group is good."
Mortarion's voice came from behind, and the two of them were watching these children together.
"Indeed."
To Hades's surprise, although many rooms immediately started fighting, some of them grabbed the food and dispersed.
But a significant proportion of children chose to be reassigned.
Someone occupied a water source that was ignored by most people in advance, and then used the water source to force everyone to redistribute food.
Someone grabbed the knives in advance and then used the threat of force to force people to redistribute them.
Of course, more people use water sources and knives to coerce others to hand over food to them.
Only those who perhaps understood Hades's prompts would choose to redistribute resources.
The settings of water sources and knives are essentially set up so that a few can seize the right to speak.
First of all, those children must be smart enough to understand Hades's prompts, and then they must be strong enough to grab at least one resource that is beneficial to them.
In contrast, although it is also crucial, the importance of food is completely inferior to water and knives.
But there are some exceptions. In one room, a child knocked everyone unconscious and then gave them equal amounts of food again.
In another room, a child took nothing. He gave a speech and then let everyone start redistributing spontaneously.
In short, any method can be used, but many candidates did stand up and call on people not to compete.
As for the group that Mortarion just mentioned,
Hades took one look at it, formed a team in advance at the beginning, and then split up to occupy two key resources, and then used his own identity to complete the management.
Very good, really good, it can be regarded as the optimal solution.
Hades mentally noted the names and information of the four children.
"But, the key is still behind."
Hades said.
The early performance was good because the resources were still abundant and the desire to survive had not yet been stimulated.
But if Hades enters the later stage and stares at the rooms that have been reassigned,
can you still hold on to yourself?
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