In the first round of summer, they had found a pirate ship model laden with silver and gold treasures, and had treated it as the treasure itself — feeding it into the anglerfish’s stomach —

Now, lacking nails, where were they supposed to find them?

Were they truly going to be trapped here forever, until they all died?!

So this was the true difficulty of the doll house — not that the clues were vague, not that the objects were hard to find, but that it made you, without realizing it, use up the answer to the next season in advance!

Everyone’s faces turned ashen; no one spoke, and no one knew what to say.

They had driven themselves into a dead end with their own hands!

Bai Youwei bit her lip, grabbed Shen Mo’s hand: “Carry me.”

Shen Mo looked at her.

She closed her eyes, as though making a tremendous decision, and said with great reluctance:

“Take apart my wheelchair.”

Everyone: “…”

The ball: “…”

Holy —!

The ball couldn’t contain itself and went airborne!

“You actually brought a wheelchair into the game! This is unfair! This is unfair!!!”

Li Li practically exploded with joy: “Hahaha! A wheelchair! How did we all forget about the wheelchair! Hahahaha!!!”

Yan Qingwen was more of a gentleman about it. Understanding how important the wheelchair was to Bai Youwei, he said: “Once we get out of the game, when we go searching for supplies, we’ll help you look for a similar wheelchair.”

Bai Youwei pursed the corner of her mouth, said nothing, and simply tugged at Shen Mo silently.

Shen Mo picked her up, gently patting her back, as though soothing a small child.

She pressed her face against his shoulder and muttered: “My wheelchair is a German import. Very expensive.”

Shen Mo patted her gently: “Mm.”

She added: “This model was discontinued long ago. Even if you look for one, you won’t find it.”

Shen Mo kept patting: “Mm.”

Still unhappy, she said: “I’ve been using it for years. Aside from sleeping I’ve never been without it…”

Shen Mo responded with a soft “Mm” and said: “Sooner or later you’ll have to leave it.”

Bai Youwei froze and looked up at him.

Shen Mo’s lips curved in a faint smile.

Bai Youwei blinked. She suddenly realized — that little trip she had given Xiaoxin just now, just maybe… probably… perhaps… well… Shen Mo might have seen it.

“Can you stand up now?” Shen Mo asked, smiling as he looked at her.

Bai Youwei was silent for two seconds, then curled into his arms and put on a face of utter frailty: “Ahhh, I don’t feel well…”

Shen Mo laughed softly and kept holding her.

While the two spoke quietly, Yan Qingwen and Li Li efficiently dismantled the wheelchair, counting the nails as they went.

One, two…

Four, five…

Ten…

Sixteen…

…

Together with the twelve nails removed from the music box, they ultimately obtained a total of 38 nails.

38.

That was precisely the number of missing nails they had estimated earlier when Su Man was placing nails — the number was 38!

The crystal ball fell silent on the floor, not saying a word. Only inside its sphere did the snowflakes swirl wildly — as though a blizzard were raging in there!

Yan Qingwen counted the total one final time, confirmed 38 with certainty, and let out a breath of relief, looking at everyone:

“This time, there should be no problem.”

With enough nails assembled, everyone felt a wave of relief.

Li Li said: “Su Man’s hand is injured. Let me take over this time.”

“I’ll do it,” Bai Youwei suddenly sat upright in Shen Mo’s arms and declared with a somewhat childish insistence: “My wheelchair!”

Everyone: “…”

Each person understood clearly in their hearts — the reason Bai Youwei was suddenly this eager to volunteer was that the choice of who invited the guest inside would very likely affect the final reward distribution.

Still… the nails had come from her wheelchair. It was perfectly reasonable for her to be the one placing them.

And she had her puzzle pieces, giving her more confidence than any of them.

Yan Qingwen nodded. “In that case, everyone else find cover and prepare to receive the guest.”