Huang Shengjie noticed that after obtaining the identity of the Anti-Smuggling Team, the players’ appearance showed a distinct difference from that of regular Gold Diggers.
Firstly, the name tag on the chest turned red, making it very conspicuous from afar; secondly, there was an equally conspicuous red armband on the left arm with the words "Anti-Smuggling Team" written on it.
In addition, they all held a special operational device in their hands.
Due to the distance, Huang Shengjie couldn’t see the specific details of the device in Li Haoqiang’s hands.
However, in the rest area, there were scattered "Anti-Smuggling Team Equipment Stations," where players could abandon the Gold Digger identity and become part of the Anti-Smuggling Team, and they could see the details of this device on the equipment station.
Huang Shengjie didn’t intend to become part of the Anti-Smuggling Team, but at least he could roughly understand the specific method of "inspection" through observation.
The dedicated equipment of the Anti-Smuggling Team looked like a palm-sized calculator, with numeric keys and symbols for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division as the main body. At the top, there was a small display screen to show calculation results.
However, unlike ordinary calculators, there were additional functional keys above the screen, used to initiate inspections and other specific operations.
Evidently, because the Anti-Smuggling Team must guess the specific amount players gain during inspection and ensure the guessed number falls within a 20% range above or below the real amount, some calculations were unavoidable.
This machine should be automatically claimed once someone becomes part of the Anti-Smuggling Team.
Beside the equipment station, there were also instructions for using this device.
[When within 5 meters of a "Gold Digger," press the "Inspection" button to initiate an inspection.]
[If no other Anti-Smuggling Team player initiates an inspection within 10 seconds, the inspection will begin.]
[If another Anti-Smuggling Team player initiates an inspection within the 10 seconds of the first player, priority will be determined by rules, and the player with higher priority will succeed in initiating the inspection.]
[Priority: Players with fewer inspections on the Gold Digger are prioritized, and under this basis, players who first initiate the inspection are prioritized.]
For ordinary Gold Digger players, even if they don’t understand these details, it’s not a big problem, as the main rules were already introduced on the large screen initially.
All Gold Diggers know to avoid the Anti-Smuggling Team, keeping as far away as possible.
Players who become part of the Anti-Smuggling Team are naturally aware of this as well; they use various odds and ends and covers in the rest area for concealment, jumping out unexpectedly from the blind spots in their field of vision. Once an "inspection" is successfully launched, the Gold Digger is caught.
Cheng Yu’s face instantly turned pale, and she somewhat helplessly shielded the small golden suitcase behind her.
Meanwhile, Huang Shengjie saw a Gold Digger who had just left Zone A suddenly start sprinting, seizing the opportunity to rush towards the trading area.
A player from the Anti-Smuggling Team who was ambushing in the shadows tried to intercept, frantically pressing the device in hand, but evidently didn’t get within effective range, having no choice but to watch the other party pass through the turnstile of the trading area, regretting it immensely.
The trading area’s turnstiles and those of the Gold Panning Area were distinctly different: there were more of them, and they covered a wider range, preventing the possibility of a small number of Anti-Smuggling Team players completely blocking the turnstiles.
The Anti-Smuggling Team would need a lot of manpower to completely block all the turnstile entrances of the trading area, and evidently, not enough people had joined the Anti-Smuggling Team yet.
Huang Shengjie didn’t act rashly, cautiously observing the surroundings.
The distance from here to the trading area was moderate, with many blind spots in between, making it impossible to determine where the Anti-Smuggling Team might be hiding.
Therefore, Huang Shengjie decided to move slowly towards the trading area while observing Cheng Yu’s specific situation to act accordingly.
Cheng Yu was gradually regaining her composure, lowering her head as much as possible to prevent Li Haoqiang from observing the details of her expression, and whispered, "...Get on with it."
Even though being caught by the Anti-Smuggling Team didn’t necessarily mean a loss of income, it depended on whether the Anti-Smuggling Team could successfully guess the number. After considering a 20% fluctuation, it had to cover the actual amount of gold sand in the suitcase.
And once they guessed wrong, the Anti-Smuggling Team would have to compensate with visa time instead.
Cheng Yu clearly didn’t believe that the other party could guess so accurately.
However, when Li Haoqiang opened his mouth, it made Cheng Yu instinctively lift her head, her eyes widening.
"I guess the amount of gold sand in your suitcase is 26,650."
"This number may not be accurate, but it is definitely within the successful range for inspection."
Cheng Yu’s eyes widened, her face filled with disbelief.
"You... were you observing me in the Gold Panning Area the whole time?"
Li Haoqiang’s guess was further confirmed, and he confidently said, "You played two games in total, observing only four plots in both games.
"However, in the first game, the gap between the rise and fall of the partition was very short, and you seemed quite annoyed; in the second game, after the partition rose, you stayed inside for a long time, even letting out an involuntary exclamation."
"I understand, considering it’s such a large amount of visa time, it’s hard not to be surprised, right?
"In the second game, you must have drawn the highest 20,000 gold sand, observing 4 times, using the remaining funds for refining, so your profit for the second game was 26,000 gold sand.
"Perhaps you think it’s unlikely for someone to guess both games’ profits?
"I indeed can’t guess your profit in the first game, but unfortunately, the value differences in gold sand among the games’ plots is so large that the number I guess only needs to be within a 20% range above or below the actual number.
"1,000 is already the fifth largest number, so I guess the median of your first profit should be around 500, plus 30% refining profit, which is 650.
"So, I guessed your total profit was 26,650.
"A fluctuation of 20% means a range from 21,320 to 31,980, which is quite a large range.
While speaking, Li Haoqiang was calculating on the machine in his hand, enough to produce very accurate numbers.
Finally, he entered the number 26,650 into the machine and pressed the "Confirm Inspection" button.
However, the next second, the small display screen on the machine showed an "ERROR" prompt, and a voice message sounded.
[Guess wrong, inspection failed.]
[Automatically compensated the other party 7,995 minutes of visa time.]
Li Haoqiang was stunned, unable to believe he had guessed wrong.
Not only did they fail to confiscate the illegal gold sand the other party carried, but they even compensated nearly 8,000 minutes of visa time.
If a guess was wrong, they had to compensate 30% of the suspected amount; this proportion may not seem large at first glance, but when the suspected amount of sand is large enough, it can become an unacceptable loss for the Anti-Smuggling Team player.
"How could this be... did I guess too much? But, a 20% fluctuation, no matter how, should still..."
Li Haoqiang still felt disbelief, even suspecting a malfunction in the machine.
Another Anti-Smuggling Team player hurriedly stepped forward to press the "Inspection" button as well, but it didn’t take effect, merely triggering a prompt.
[This Gold Digger is under ’Exemption from Inspection’ status.]