The instant the golden ball crashed down, Shen Mo picked up Bai Youwei and retreated to the side of the snail, coldly watching the cavern once again become splattered with mud.

Their verbal war temporarily ceased.

After more than ten bounces, the golden ball fell into the shell opening with incredibly precise angle!

The snail sank under the force, continuing to sink! It barely stopped when it sank to the edge of the shell opening—the ball stopped, and all sounds also stopped. Only the golden sphere glowed faintly at the shell opening.

Everyone’s eyes focused on the golden ball, even their breathing unconsciously slowing.

It felt incredible.

After struggling for so long, suffering for so long, from the first round to the ninth round—what they thought was an unsolvable death trap had been broken so simply at this moment?

Very unreal.

Tan Xiao vigorously rubbed his eyes, staring at the golden ball stuck in the shell. “…I’m not seeing things, right?”

Teacher Cheng’s eyes were moist, saying emotionally: “This is the necessary point, the necessary point… A ball continuously rebounding seventy times, eighty times, even a hundred times in a cave without falling into the mud, each rebound precisely hitting a snail—from a probability perspective, this is almost impossible! For the golden ball to create continuous rebounds, its movement trajectory must be precisely calculated! As long as we can calculate one point, we can find the golden ball!”

Bai Youwei curved up the corner of her lips, taking these words as praise for herself.

She lightly hummed in acknowledgment and said: “The game rules say the supervisor serves from any position, any angle, any force. This statement is actually misleading us, making us think the ball’s landing point is random. It really went to great lengths—releasing smokescreens, shortening time, creating monsters to pressure the players. But actually, when it comes down to it… the game itself is too simple, so it needs some tricks to make the game confusing enough.”

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“You say my game is simple?!” The golden ball stuck in the shell let out a shrill cry. “My game is simple?! You played until the ninth round before clearing it, yet you say my game is simple! You’re the most shameless players I’ve ever seen!!!”

Bai Youwei sneered coldly: “Why so worked up? You clearly know very well that whether a game is difficult has nothing to do with the game format. Rather, you need to constantly watch what these people will do.”

The golden ball fell silent.

After a while, it slowly said in a falsely innocent tone: “I’ve been watching you all along… but I didn’t see it. Hey, how did you figure it out? Was it really by calculating the necessary point? That calculation is also quite large…”

Bai Youwei fell silent.

After a few seconds, she looked at Tan Xiao: “It’s stalling for time. The tadpoles are about to come out.”

Golden ball: “…”

Tan Xiao: “!!!”

Suddenly recalling the scene of tadpoles appearing in swarms, Tan Xiao’s whole body broke out in goosebumps! He immediately reached out both hands without hesitation, pressing them firmly against the golden ball!—

Leaving two muddy palm prints.

Golden ball: “…”

A faint sigh echoed through the cavern.

“Congratulations to everyone on clearing this game.”

The golden ball’s voice was listless.

“Having obtained the frog’s golden ball, you should receive a reward. This game has a total of five clearing players. You may choose…”

The voice paused, then continued: “…Oh, the settlement rules have been changed. Players cannot self-select rewards. The supervisor will distribute rewards. The five players will receive five pieces of frog mud. The one who found the golden ball will additionally receive a ‘Princess’s Friend’ friendship badge.”

It sighed again, slowly floating into the air: “Game reward settlement complete. You all must treasure the rewards I’ve given…”

Familiar white light appeared before their eyes. Bai Youwei blinked and found herself back in the car.

In her hand was a lump of mud.