In the real world, there was a game called “Who Is the Spy,” similar to the friend game—also identifying differences through word descriptions.

The slight difference was that in “Who Is the Spy,” usually seven or eight players hid one spy, whereas the friend game divided players into two balanced teams, making information easier to confuse and difficulty greater.

No matter how the rules changed, one point must be remembered: concealment trumped exposure.

Describing your own word appropriately was secondary. Most important was quickly guessing the word the other side held, so you could adjust your description according to the situation in time.

The Supervisor: “Number 4, please describe your word.”

Shen Mo glanced at Bai Youwei and said calmly, “Can’t eat it, has elasticity.”

—Ding!

Two lines of text floated above Shen Mo’s head.

Bai Youwei: “…”

By putting “can’t eat it” first, was he trying to hint that his word differed from Number 1’s?

Then, when voting later, should she work with him to take out Number 1?

Bai Youwei secretly gritted her teeth.

No good…

Her order was number 3. If Number 2 was already eliminated and Number 1 was eliminated too, the first to speak next round would be her. That would be very disadvantageous.

At least in this round’s voting, Number 1 had to be kept.

The Supervisor: “Number 5, please describe your word.”

Number 5: “Uh… sold at supermarkets, the price… isn’t too expensive.”

Next—

Number 6: “We occasionally go to the supermarket to buy it.”

Number 7: “…A bit sticky.”

Number 8: “It’s white… oh no, there are other colors too.”

Number 9: “This thing… can change shape.”

Finally, Number 10, Zhang Qi. His eyes looked darkly at Number 5: “My word is different from Number 5’s. This thing has many types—some cheap, some very expensive.”

Bai Youwei: “…”

She felt somewhat vexed.

The Supervisor: “The first round of descriptions is complete. Please designate the target you wish to vote for.”

Several arms shot up with whooshing sounds.

The scene of mutual accusations was truly spectacular.

Numbers 1 and 5 voted for Number 10, Zhang Qi.

Numbers 6, 7, as well as Shen Mo and Bai Youwei, all voted for Number 5.

Number 8 voted for Shen Mo.

Number 9 abstained, not voting.

Each round eliminated two people, so there was no need to concentrate all votes on one person!… However, doing this also made it easy to be voted out next round by Number 1’s teammates.

Now five people remained on the field. Aside from her and Shen Mo, there were Numbers 7, 8, and 9.

Numbers 8 and 9 should be one team. Number 7 might be on Shen Mo’s side. Now she needed to find a way to gain Number 7’s trust and form an alliance. That way, 3v2 would guarantee victory.

However…

She really didn’t like Number 7.

“Number 3, please describe your word,” the Supervisor reminded.

Bai Youwei frowned.

This round was crucial.

Just now Numbers 8 and 9 had already teamed up. If she couldn’t pull Number 7’s vote in this round’s speech, she might very well be publicly voted out.

She thought for a moment and said, “I already know who my friend is.”