Death Game: Starting as a fraudster, pretending to be a god.

Chapter 458: Means of conveying information, genius conception

The fifth card was dealt in front of Zao, and Lin Yu saw clearly what the card was.

It was a "4 of Clubs".

"There's no straight flush this time, but it seems like there might be a straight."

Fern laughed teasingly.

"We're not playing Texas Hold'em."

Zao said helplessly.

Because he has already taken all five cards, although the open cards have not been exposed, Zao still cannot take any more cards.

Lin Yu has also completely confirmed one thing, that algae and ferns must be cheating.

After all, Zao's card-taking strategy is really weird—the weirdness here doesn't refer to his behavior of taking a full five cards.

Judging from the outcome, if Zao's hole cards were A, 2, or 3, it would be completely explainable.

But just as Lin Yu had doubts before...

If that was the case, why did he hesitate when he took the card the second time?

This is not reasonable.

But if we make such an assumption: based on the existence of the hole card exchange link, then suppose that Zao's hesitation at that time was thinking and struggling about whether to exchange the hole cards?

What if he knew the cards in the hands of others, or was communicating with them at the time?

So Zao's dilemma at that time was not calculating the benefits of continuing to play cards with his current hand, but deciding whether to exchange the hole cards.

"So, they have a way of exchanging cards. Fern and Algae... no, even Fern, Algae, and Moss, they might all have their cards exchanged."

"They have some kind of code they use to communicate... well, there's a 'liar' among the three of them, after all."

Lin Yu's mind was thinking quickly.

The three of them were cheating, which was both a good thing and a bad thing for him.

On the bright side, as long as he can also integrate into the cheating of the three people and crack their cheating methods to achieve a four-person cheating, with Twenty's observation skills as a "detective", he should soon realize that they are cheating.

When Ershi discovers that he and the other three are cheating at the same frequency, it will naturally further confirm the fact that he and they are the same kind.

But on the negative side, achieving this goal is not easy.

Lin Yu must see through the cheating method before the 20th, and it would be best if he could know the secret of their mutual card communication before the end of this round - and he must achieve this without making any noise.

He cannot ask or test the waters, but must act as if he already knows the method.

"First of all, this is definitely not their usual method. After all, they are all different personalities of the same person. This is probably the first time they have been separated in a dream and needed to communicate in code."

"So, this is probably the method used by the 'con', Fern, and his accomplices or temporary accomplices, when setting up the scam. It's just that the other two personalities also know this method, so they can use it directly now."

"To qualify as such, the method must be widespread, covert, and regular."

Lin Yu thought quickly.

Twenty over there had finished Zao's card-taking session and looked at Tai.

"Do you want to take a card?"

In front of him is a K and a T card which counts as 10 points.

Moss didn't answer.

But in Lin Yu's opinion, there is a high probability that the other party will not take it.

If Tai doesn't take it, his time will be very tight - now he has to figure out their secret before the end of this round, and there is only time left for Twenty to take the card.

What's more, by then, we should vote to exchange our cards.

“It’s best to join before the vote.”

Lin Yu thought slowly, recalling everyone's actions from the moment he got the bottom card in the game until now.

Is it the action of rubbing the cards? Zao has been rubbing the card in his hand since just now.

No, if that were the case, the ferns and mosses should have also made some small moves.

But apparently they didn't - Tai barely moved at all the time.

And if you make any small movements with your hands, it would be too obvious.

You'll definitely find out they're cheating in an instant.

But if it wasn't a movement made by the hands, then what was it?

Is this what the ferns and algae are talking about?

After the first deal of cards, Zao said, "It's really small."

Lin Yu was very sure that Zao's words must be accurate to the specific point, and it was definitely not implying whether his trump card was big or small.

Later, Fern said that it would be great if Algae's cards were Golden Flowers, so he could try to get a straight flush.

This sentence can be understood as a kind of affirmation, meaning to let Zao continue to draw cards.

But Lin Yu didn't think that this sentence conveyed the points - because it was said by Fern before Zao took the card for the third time.

If cheating is established, then Zao must have known the other people's cards before taking the second card.

What happened before that?

Apart from the meaningless words said by Zao, there seemed to be nothing else.

and……

Zao must be the "receiver" of the information, and what he said could not allow him to know the cards of the other two.

But Lin Yu remembers it very clearly...

At that time, Fern and Moss did nothing, and even their hands stopped making any small movements.

It couldn't be some kind of soul connection, could it? If it was something like that, how could he possibly gain the trust of Fern and Algae?

If it's not an action, could it be a sound?

This was even more wrong. Lin Yu clearly remembered that Fern had at least spoken a few words just now, while Tai had remained silent from beginning to end.

What's more, what Fern said was said after Algae had already realized it.

Thinking of this, Lin Yu was suddenly stunned.

Wait a moment……

He felt as if he had found something "abnormal".

With that broken mouth of Fern, she could talk to herself for a long time just by digging the soil. The game didn't stop her from talking, so why did she remain silent just now?

It would be normal for her to say something, but not saying anything would make her seem more like... avoiding suspicion.

Especially the two times he spoke later, it seemed like he had completed this round of "cheating" communication and felt relieved so he could start talking again.

"So, their method of cheating is indeed sound, and it's a subtle sound that's easy to miss."

Lin Yu silently began to recall all the sounds he had just heard.

"At the same time, it is a sound that has certain patterns and can be encoded and simply transmit information."

He remembered that when Zao was silent and conflicted, the place was very quiet, so quiet that only the breathing of the people present could be heard.

but……

The problem is those breathing sounds.

Those breathing sounds...are the means by which algae, ferns, and mosses cheat and transmit information.

"As expected of a professional 'liar', this idea... is truly a genius one."