In this round, both he and the God's tabletop each have three cards representing: Attack, Defense, Invalid.

But this time the effects of the cards are different.

Invalid counters Defense, Defense counters Attack, Attack counters Invalid.

You can understand this as a rock-paper-scissors game, with 1 Life Value deducted for a loss and a retry for a draw.

Both sides have 50 Life Value points.

After playing only 12 rounds, Song Hao proposed to cheat, then looked arrogantly at the Youlu Council member and said:

"I guess that your hidden rule in this round of the game is that you must win once every three rounds."

This answer clearly stunned the Youlu Council member, and the blurry figure dissipated, directly ruling Song Hao the winner.

The fourth round of the game started immediately after this.

A different member of the Shadow Council appeared opposite him.

This time, the gaming table turned into a 5x5 grid resource board.

Both sides have three skills each, which are Occupy Node, Destroy Node, and Strengthen Node.

In the initial state, all nodes on the board are blank nodes, with each side holding 10 points of energy.

Using "Occupy Node" consumes 1 energy.

Using "Destroy Node" consumes 2 energy.

Using "Strengthen Node" consumes 1 energy.

Upon occupying a node, it can generate 1 energy in the next round.

Destroying a node can turn the opponent's node into your own.

Strengthen Node can only be used on already occupied nodes, making the opponent's destroy skill invalid.

There are three victory conditions for the player:

1. Immediately winning upon controlling more than 50% of the nodes.

2. After 50 rounds without a winner, victory is determined by the number of controlled nodes.

3. Discovering the opponent's hidden way of cheating.

The core of the game lies in the collision between Destroy Node and Strengthen Node, which mostly involves luck.

Using Destroy Node, after success, you can gain 1 energy next round, essentially spending 1 energy to occupy one of the opponent's nodes.

If using Strengthen Node successfully resists an opponent's destroy skill, you earn 2 energy.

This is a resource-control type strategy game.

After a simple trial play, Song Hao arrogantly slapped the table again:

"Your energy is off, I suspect your cheating method is generating an additional 1 point of energy each round. Aside from resource control output, by round 20, your energy is actually 20 points more than mine."

The bluish figure didn't respond, but directly vanished into thin air, declaring Song Hao the winner.

With four consecutive wins, Song Hao amassed a gain of 3600 sacrificial power, feeling proud inside.

Meanwhile, his livestream was filled with curses.

"Shame on you, as a player you actually cheat to play the game, I'm going to report you!"

"How can such an inferior player be qualified for Monster World, I feel he should be replaced with me, I want to play too!"

"You're amazing, playing strategy games with Guidance, and the most impressive part is that the Moon Eclipse Clan officially allows using Guidance in dungeon scenarios, why not just directly give sacrificial powers, I'm really envious, quickly share an entrance."

"The game is actually quite fun, if it were me participating, I would definitely analyze carefully, not cheat with Guidance, victory through wisdom brings a full sense of achievement, maybe even hidden rewards."

...

Facing the scorn of the players in the livestream, Song Hao laughed even happier.

If it's an official mod, how can it be called cheating?

It's never been closed, how could it be considered opened?

In the midst of the players' angry curses, the fifth round of the game began.

This round started with more complex settings.

At the beginning, each person drew eight race cards, with different effects for different cards, some of which countered each other.

After playing only 7 rounds, Song Hao became overwhelmed.

So he decisively summoned "Brother Guide" to assist in the scene.

After revealing the cheating principle, the blurry figure of the Youlu Council member fluctuated violently, yet still said nothing and vanished.

Sixth round, seventh round...

After the eighth round of the game ended, the Youlu Council member didn't leave this time, but revealed its true form.

What appeared in Song Hao's eyes was an elemental life form in humanoid shape.

Its body was condensed from pure blue elements, its surface showing a flowing state, under the blue "skin", the flow of energy veins could faintly be seen within. The head contour was similar to humans, the eyes like two brilliant blue sapphires, without a nose or mouth, substituted by a slight rise and fall of blue airflow at the center of the face, rhythmically surging like breathing.

It looked up at Song Hao:

"If I can understand that you had a strong judgment ability in the previous games, why did you reveal the hidden rule's secret after only 3 rounds in the last game, even before I demonstrated the hidden rule?"

Facing the question, Song Hao's expression was awkward.

The settings from the last round seemed too complex, he was too lazy for a detailed experience so he had Guidance reveal the truth.

The result was that the opponent grew suspicious.

"I suspect you possess some form of cheating mechanism."

Facing the doubt, Song Hao thought briefly before speaking:

"Tell me the principle of cheating."

Youlu Council member: ...

At this moment, the players in the livestream burst into laughter.

On someone else's turf, saying their lines, that's totally unethical behavior.

But the problem is, as long as the opponent can't uncover the cheating methods, the game's regulations make it so even they can't make a move against Song Hao.

Guidance said that once the game begins, one of the three core logic rules of the Game Space is that the Rule Controller cannot directly kill the participants.

So after a brief embarrassment, Song Hao began to act fearlessly.

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