My Level Zero System-Chapter 318: The Fools

"As I said, if he truly didn't dare to take the bidding risk, he would be more inclined to guard against those who had the same amount of gold coins as him, rather than you, who only had 17 gold coins at the time."

"Of course, you may not believe it, and not be convinced. After all, the act of mind-reading in this game inherently carries internal contradictions that can be infinitely reversed. You guess the upper layer, I guess you guess the upper layer so I place the lower layer... that way, the logical circle can never be closed; it can only either approach the truth or move further away from the truth."

"In short, you still have no proof, do you?"

The third challenge appeared, only making Faith smile faintly.

"Next, let's talk about the Zento guy's action."

"He attacked the Flamed Family representative; why did he do that?"

Faith's question made the three players contemplate.

Without waiting for them to answer, Faith spoke up immediately.

"Don't try to justify that he did it because he was sure he would be targeted since his treasury had money. If he were truly afraid of that, he wouldn't have tried so hard to calculate to win the bid with 18 gold coins."

"This is the second internal contradiction."

"And the third internal contradiction also starts here."

"Didn't you notice? The reason why we know the Zento guy attacked the Flamed Family representative."

"That's right, it's because the Flamed Family guy loudly complained."

No further explanation from Faith was needed; they already understood the issue.

The action of the winning bidder is kept secret, meaning that if the Zento Family representative chose to attack a player, only the winning bidder and the attacked player would know about it.

And this is a very disadvantageous thing, because with the players' gold coin amounts being implicitly public, announcing a drop in incoming gold coins is no different from telling the other opponents that one is weakening and unable to compete.

And in this game, even the "most novice" Cyrus knows what to do in such an obvious situation. So, was the Flamed Family representative truly foolish enough to expose his weakness in front of others, just to fall into a situation that he surely knew would yield nothing?

Faith didn't think so. No one here thought so.

And that is the third internal contradiction.

In fact, this is not truly difficult for the players to discover; after all, all it takes is a single prompt from Faith for them to realize it immediately.

It's just that their minds were caught up in the game's progression, causing them to process the acquired information passively, superficially, and without the self-questioning needed—a cognitive decline where, when faced with too many possible sources of information, people often tend to treat it as an objective source without paying attention to the supporting logic for the presence of information that has been manipulated.

Like the Flamed Family representative provoking the Zento Family representative after being attacked. This action on the surface is the presence of information: that the Flamed faction was attacked and the Zento faction did not put money into the treasury. But once examining the deeper layer and the overall picture, the original logic supporting the existence of this behavior is incorrect. Therefore, the original logic must be something else.

But most players did not pay attention to this issue; instead, they absorbed the superficial part of the information as an objective item listed, completely unaware that they had fallen into the trap of the manipulator.

This is very dangerous.

And what's more dangerous is that this game is riddled with such traps.

"So, that four-person alliance used this method to deceive us, quietly putting money into their treasuries?"

Hearing this, all three players—the Acer Family representative, the Madea Family representative, and the Nostag Family representative—showed different expressions. But without exception, their faces all looked quite grim.

Clearly, the feeling of being led by the nose was not pleasant for them at all, especially since all three are future heirs to their family's power.

Faith maintained a polite smiling attitude on the outside, but internally, he was quietly despising these people. They might have some brains, but their thinking was stiff like rusty nails.

That is also the reason they often hire representatives from outside. Part of it is to bear the responsibility, and part of it is because these people, deep down, are not skilled or confident enough to play a game without a support chair behind them.

At least, one needs to be like that heir of the Zento Family to be worth mentioning a little. He has courage, decisiveness, and strategy.

"That's not the full extent of his purpose."

Faith wagged his finger.

"Didn't you notice?"

"In bidding turn 3, you must have thought that because no one had too much money in their treasury, the game was still in the initial stage, so you wanted to spend a relatively small amount of gold coins to win, but you didn't anticipate that Flamed guy 'spending all his money' in his pocket to win, right?"

The Madea Family representative and the Nostag Family representative fell silent.

They certainly thought so.

Initially, when looking at the results, they thought that the Flamed Family guy was too impulsive, and they reassured themselves that even though they suffered a slight loss, this was just the beginning, the game was still long, while the winning bidder had just thrown all 18 gold coins out the window.

But, given the premise that all four factions—Zento, Flamed, Raymon, Don—had joined hands to manipulate the market, they were the foolish ones here, tricked into believing that the Flamed Family representative used those gold coins to retaliate against the Zento Family representative, when he had actually successfully and secretly put money into the treasury without anyone knowing.

"So you really didn't notice."

Faith sighed, feigning regret, then continued.

"The money successfully put into the treasury is not the key point, nor is the deception the key point. The key point is... the ghost money that has been accumulated."

Faith emphasized the words.

"Didn't you realize? This game... does not publicize the players' gold coin amounts."

Faith's statement caused the three other players to be surprised; their reactions clearly showed skepticism toward Faith's assertion.