Yun Yao was slightly stunned, then smiled bitterly and said, “What you just said sounds a bit like something Qi Xia would say, but when you think about it carefully, it’s not quite the same…”

“Anyway, I don’t think you’re going to die.” Chen Junnan laughed. “Don’t worry, big star, I haven’t been to see your concert yet.”

“I can only… hope your words come true…”

Yun Yao was about to hang up the phone when Chen Junnan stopped her.

“Wait.”

“Hmm?”

“Big star, who’s on your right?” Chen Junnan asked.

“On my right?” Yun Yao paused, then said, “It’s a girl with an impatient personality.”

“A girl with an impatient personality?” Chen Junnan thought for a moment, then said, “Next time when you answer the phone, ask her who’s on her right.”

Yun Yao was silent for a few seconds, then asked, “You think she’s problematic?”

“I feel there must be someone with ill intentions ahead of you, but I don’t know exactly who.” Chen Junnan pondered. “If we get the chance, let’s figure out the arrangement of all the participants. That way we might be able to guess who the problem is.”

Yun Yao nodded. “Okay… if I can survive, I’ll definitely find out the identities of the people ahead of me as soon as possible.”

“Good, leave the rest to me then.” Chen Junnan stretched, then hung up the phone. “This bastard’s game is quite dangerous—looks like I need to take it seriously.”

After pressing the dial button, he waited a long time again before connecting to the next room.

“Hello?” The girl said.

Chen Junnan was just about to speak when he suddenly remembered something. “Miss, when someone died… what question did you receive?”

“Huh?” The girl was startled.

“You were the second person to receive the question that time, right… the corpse between us was the ‘first person’—what question did he tell you?”

The girl on the other end of the phone sounded very cautious. “What are you trying to do?”

“I want to survive.” Chen Junnan said. “Right now we’re very close to each other and can look out for each other to some extent, so do you want to cooperate or not?”

“This…” The girl thought for a long while, then said, “But I feel that as my ‘upstream,’ you’re the person most likely to get me killed in the entire venue. After all, in most cases, my questions come from you.”

“Ah…” Chen Junnan shook his head. “Fine, fine, fine, let me put it another way—if you don’t cooperate with this young master, damn it, I’ll just hang up after every phone call from now on. You can guess the fucking questions yourself.”

“You…!” The girl angrily cursed, but thinking it over carefully, this statement really had her cornered.

After a long silence, the girl said, “Fine… the question I heard at the time was ‘Should it fall here?'”

“Huh…?” Chen Junnan didn’t expect this question to be so clear.

Should it fall here?

This sentence, passed among more than ten people, gradually became “Should it fall?” and “Should we sit down?”

At this moment, a thought suddenly flashed through Chen Junnan’s mind.

Could it be that the first person to receive the question bears the potentially falling giant ball?

In other words, the “yes” and “no” chosen by the remaining participants were completely judging the life of the first person.

Chen Junnan felt this idea was fairly reasonable. If “Should it fall now?” appeared every other question, then in a game of forty-eight questions, the iron ball would fall a total of sixteen times.

But there were only twelve people on site, which meant everyone had a chance to get up close and personal with the iron ball. At the same time, life and death were not in one’s own hands, but in the hands of others.

“But it still doesn’t seem quite right…” Chen Junnan felt he had discovered some flaw. “If everyone might be crushed to death, and twelve people have to be crushed sixteen times total, will there be anyone left alive?”

Was this game a bit too difficult?

He turned his head again to look at the wall on his right. If the first person questioned had the possibility of death, why would Yun Yao be nervous?

It clearly wasn’t her turn now, so why would she feel the threat of death?

After thinking for a moment, he asked the person on the other end of the phone, “Miss, who’s behind you?”

“Behind me…?” The girl said. “I don’t know that person, I only know it’s a man who sounds a bit nervous.”

“Then I understand…”

“What about this ‘question’?” The girl asked again.

“It’s ‘Do you want to die?'”

“Huh?”

“That’s it, hanging up.”

After Chen Junnan hung up the phone, while there was still some time, he extended an index finger to file his nail, then carved out the current situation on the wall.

He first wrote the character “Yun,” then carved “Jun” on the left of “Yun,” and “Impatient Girl” on the right.

Three identities confirmed.

He blew the powder from his nails, then carved a “Death” on the left of “Jun,” with “Cautious Girl” on the left of “Death,” and “Nervous Uncle” further left.

Six identities confirmed.

He then carved the four characters “White-Clothed Girl” directly opposite “Jun.”

Of the twelve people in the venue, seven identities were now confirmed. Among the remaining five people were the “dangerous man” Zhong Zhen that Yun Yao mentioned, plus three men and one woman.

“Damn it… what the hell is the way to break through this?” Chen Junnan rubbed his temples with a completely puzzled expression. “This young master has clearly started using his brain, but still hasn’t figured it out.”

At this moment, the screen began to flicker—it seemed this question had an answer.

“The final answer to this question is—’No.'”

Chen Junnan saw this and chuckled lightly. “I don’t know if that whatever-bullshit effect worked or not, but this young master’s effect worked.”

The sound of chains overhead rang out again. If he wasn’t mistaken, the giant iron ball above was switching positions at this moment.

Where was it now?

After thinking for a few seconds, Chen Junnan slumped in his chair and actually slowly yawned.

How ridiculous.

Although this game hadn’t been going on for long, he was gradually losing his sense of tension.

That feeling of not caring whether he lived or died began to creep in, actually making him a bit drowsy. He had died countless times in games because of this feeling.

“I’m really not suited for Old Qi’s way.” He slowly stood up and stretched. “Old Qiao’s way can’t be used here either, so I guess I can only use my own way.”

Chen Junnan didn’t know who received the question this time. His own screen was also pitch black, but at this moment he directly reached out and picked up the phone, decisively dialing the next person.

The other party clearly hadn’t expected a call at this time and only picked up after it rang nearly twenty times.

“You…”

“That’s right, it’s this young master.”

“What’s wrong with you?” The woman directly said. “What if calling now breaks the rules? What if we can’t call later?”

“What’s there to be afraid of?” Chen Junnan laughed. “This young master is too bored—if I don’t find someone to chat with, I’ll probably fall asleep.”

“Then call someone else! Why are you calling me?!”

“Well… could it be because this young master’s phone can only call you?”