Chapter 30: The Ultimate Escape Plan

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chapter 30: the ultimate escape plan a contest of rolls, simply put, is when both parties roll the dice simultaneously. if both succeed or fail, the one with the higher attribute or skill value triumphs; if the one with the higher value rolls a failure while the one with the lower value rolls a success, then the underdog prevails. thus, the hierarchy of victory in these contests is as follows: a critical success beats a success, a success beats a failure, and a failure beats a critical failure. therefore, liu xing felt quite confident about his psychology skill of seventy points, but a question arose—what could gary's psychology skill possibly be? "so, the psychology contest begins now," kp004 declared with fervent excitement. liu xing, 5/70, a critical success (certainly not rigged, as our group friends can attest). gary, ??/??, a success. ... liu xing hadn't expected to roll another critical success. no matter what gary's psychology skill score was, liu xing had already won this psychological contest against him. "you're quite lucky there. not only have you succeeded in besting gary in psychology, but because gary's skill value is higher than yours, your psychology skill has grown. now, please roll a 1d5," kp004 conceded defeat and had nothing to say against liu xing's luck. hearing this, liu xing's eyebrows raised in surprise, thinking to himself how fortunate he was. gary's psychology skill was even higher than his own; if not for the critical success he'd rolled, he would have been the one to fail this challenge. more importantly, liu xing's psychology skill could now grow further. he happily decided to roll the dice. liu xing, 1... indeed, the law of conservation of luck seemed to apply—as he had just rolled a critical success, now he could only manage the lowest possible value. liu xing was at a loss for words. "alright, this should be the last scene. after we each have our chat with gary, we can prepare to leave the castle. let's make the final task assignments now," liu xing said, not wasting the precious private room time, getting straight to the point. wang siyi nodded, taking the lead, "i think we should have someone prepare to open the castle's grand door when gary invites the last person to the study room. we all have our mobile phones, right? let's exchange numbers and keep in touch via text." everyone nodded and took out their phones. bai hecheng, however, touched his head awkwardly and pulled out a pager... yes, a very old-fashioned pager! there was a silent moment as everyone looked at bai hecheng. however, wang qi straightforwardly remarked, "it's not a big deal. after all, we can't let bai hecheng go open the door by himself, can we?" wang qi's comment hit the nail on the head, and liu xing and the others agreed. if bai hecheng went alone to open the door, who knows what accidents might occur. thus, after a brief discussion, they decided that wang qi would go to the castle's main gate. upon receiving a text from liu xing and the others, he would start the electronic door-opening device. then, liu xing remembered something else, "if i'm not mistaken, there's a garage next to the main building with at least two vintage cars. shouldn't we try to drive one out? after all, our main mission is to leave the town of eins, and it's much more convenient to have a car. plus, if we open the gate and walk away, the boss, unless he has teleportation spells or the like, will surely choose to chase us by car, and then it will be hard for us to escape." chen ling nodded, raising her hand, "then i'll take responsibility for driving. i have the driving skills, and even if there are no keys, i can start the car." "right, we can also sabotage the tires of the other vehicles, so the boss won't have any cars to use," wang qi added as a supplementary suggestion. finally, before the private room time ended, liu xing and the others devised their escape plan. once the last person was invited to the study room, wang qi (with liu xing as the second option) would find a way to leave the main building and wait by the electronic door opener for a signal. meanwhile, chen ling (with wang siyi as the second option) would also go to the garage to pick out a suitable car. when the last person returned to the room, they would send a text to wang qi, who would then activate the electronic door opener. everyone in the room would head to the garage, drive to the castle's gate to pick up wang qi, and prepare to leave einscastle!

Chapter 30: The Ultimate Escape Plan

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