Gao Xin nodded. Ling Sha indeed understood the gameplay from the very beginning.
While everyone was advocating for collective scoring in the first round, she refused, insisting on setting a trap for the Black Knight.
It was ostensibly because she wanted him dead, which on the surface seemed like a grudge, but in reality, if it was just about killing him, why didn't she finish him off in a later duel?
What Ling Sha was really doing was capitalizing on waste, making the Black Knight accrue all the negative points until the night before the last round, where she'd then eliminate him.
Actually, this game did allow for a scenario where everyone survives.
Because the consumption value was not only negative five points, there was also a result that deducted only one point.
If the No. 10 player did not pair up each round, and all others paired perfectly, then only No. 10 would lose one point each round.
This one point could easily be regained in subsequent rounds.