"Very real life."
Jenkins commented on the elves.
"In addition to the event cards that appear every quarter, every time the three of the two sides play cards, it is possible to trigger accidental cards."
A deck of cards also appeared to the right of the living statue, this time in red, as many as black.
“[Events] that appear regularly every quarter must be bad things, but [accidents] may be good or bad things. But whether it is a good thing or a bad thing, the effect of [accidents] will last for a whole quarter, and cannot be affected by the cards of both parties , it can only be affected when the cards are played in the next round."
Jenkins raised his eyebrows:
"What if the accident is the arrival of a disaster beast? If it can't be affected for a whole season, I'm afraid the kingdom will be completely destroyed."
"So, the game also depends on luck."
The living statue said slowly, and then pointed to the surrounding wax figures:
"If you can't find a suitable card to play at the moment of your playing, then you can choose to give up playing the card and choose a wax figure instead. These wax figures are all human elites from the past era, and everyone is like the two of you Also, come with a deck of cards. Choose them, and they'll help you till the end of a year."
"Is there such a good thing?"
"But every time you choose a wax figure, the probability of encountering accidents and disasters will increase before the end of the game. In this regard, the game is very fair."
The judgment of winning or losing the "kingdom card" is very simple. If the kingdom still exists after 40 rounds of cards, that is, ten years after the game, then Jenkins and Miss Syluff win. On the contrary, if the kingdom is destroyed within 40 rounds, the judgment of the destruction includes but is not limited to the disappearance of the regime, the disappearance of the country, and the disappearance of the population. If this is the case, it is a failure of two people.
After the cards are played every quarter, what the kingdom experiences will be described by the dictation of the living statue. Bad direction.
Neither Jenkins nor Miss Elf can change this point, and they can only look for variables in the game. And before the start of the game, Jenkins actually knew what the trap of this strange situation was.
Having gone through the first four treacherous realms, he has roughly figured out how the difference engine operates. The nine-story pagoda has reached the fifth floor, and it can be regarded as halfway through the adventurous journey, and it is not far from the end.
"In the first year of the unknown era, civilization emerged from past disasters and continued to move forward. As the kings of the Middle Kingdom of Humanity, you officially took over the scepter and crown from the previous generation. Countless challenges await you and opportunities."
The living statue started with these words, and then lifted the top card of the black pile of cards. Both Jenkins and Miss Syluff stared at the other stack of red cards, but fortunately their luck was not so bad. Encountered [accident] once.
"Unknown era, the first year, the first season, the event [palace coup]. The royal family with malicious intentions launched a palace coup, trying to assassinate you and seize the throne."
Although there are still a lot of clutter around the table, the center of the table is clean. The living statue threw the card to the center of the table, and both Jenkins and the elf could see the text description and accompanying picture, which was a classic oil painting of a palace coup.
"I come."
Jenkins said to Miss Syluff, and then selected a card from his pile:
"[Lobbying and influence], I have the ability to make people who oppose me support me."
He slammed onto the table a card he had formed from his many public speaking sessions over the course of a year.
"No, the power of the leaflet is not enough. You failed to convince the opponents of the palace coup."
Jenkins then played another [Personal Force].
"Then conquer them first, and then influence them."
he said, and at the same moment as his second card was played, the top card of the red deck slipped to the living statue's hand. The latter picked it up, glanced at it, and threw out the [Steam Breakthrough] card:
"Under force and your influence, the palace coup was resolved relatively peacefully. In the next two years, the probability of the [Palace Coup] card appearing was minimized. At the same time, in the peaceful unknown era, the first season , the Royal Academy of Sciences has made a major breakthrough in the development of the steam engine. Before the end of the game, there will be related cards related to [Steam]. At the same time, the probability of negative cards such as [Insufficient Labor] will decrease. [Invention] and other supplementary cards have an increased probability of appearing. [Steam] has become one of the influences of the kingdom."
As soon as the voice fell, the red and black decks belonging to the living statue, and the white decks of Jenkins and Miss Elf became thicker. Among them, the number of cards in the elf's hand increased the least, after all, she knew nothing about steam technology. At the same time, the [Steam Breakthrough] card floated on the table, emitting its own red light.
"What is [Kingdom Influence]?"
"It can have a chain reaction with other cards. Unless it is destroyed by other cards, the effect of this card will last until the end of the game."
"trap."
Jenkins commented:
"How could it be such a coincidence that the qi point of [Steam] technology appeared in the first round of forty rounds?"
Especially when [Steam] appeared in the accident deck, the two of Jenkins couldn't even play cards to block this seemingly good accident.
The living statue still ignored Jenkins, but drew the second black card again to continue the game:
"Unknown era, the first year, the second season, the event [border turmoil]. A small-scale military conflict occurred on the northern border with the North Kingdom, and the North Kingdom may be planning a conspiracy."
You don't need to think about it, if you don't handle this matter successfully, it will definitely have an impact on the next 38 rounds, and maybe there will be influences such as [state of instability] instability or even [state of war].
"So… "
Jenkins frowned, he didn't have any cards related to dispatching troops. Then he looked at Miss Syluff again. Unfortunately, she was just an ordinary elf ranger, not a big figure like a ranger leader.
At this moment, using [Personal Force] again may be able to solve it, but Jenkins only has more than ten cards in his hand, and Syluff only has 7 cards in his hand. They can't waste too much of this almost omnipotent card.
"This is a bit wrong. Since we are the king, of course we must have a card group that can command the army. Did you not give us the basic card group?"
He immediately questioned the living statue, and this time the other party responded:
"Basic card group? No, there is no such thing, I am just playing cards with you. If you can't find a way, you can ask the wax figure for help."