“Teamwork?!” Qi Xia was stunned. “You mean… the four of us will form a group and work together to play the game?”

“That’s right.”

Qi Xia took a deep breath, feeling that “teamwork” was much more reliable than “intelligence quiz.”

This meant he could use his own strength to protect Qiao Jiajin and Tiantian as much as possible.

“What are the specific rules?” Qi Xia asked again.

“Enter the room, learn the rules.”

Qi Xia looked at the room behind Man-Dragon. It was a very small space that didn’t even look as large as a public restroom.

This being the case, the game to be played in this room would definitely not be too complex. Even considering the worst-case scenario, it would at most be some kind of team escape game.

“Does your game have… ‘traitors’?” Qi Xia asked.

“Of course not.” Man-Dragon shook his head. “As long as the four of you remain united and work together, you will definitely win the game.”

“Is it possible for the four of us to turn on each other?” Qi Xia asked again.

“I promise you, absolutely not.” Man-Dragon shook his head.

Hearing this, Qi Xia knew it was worth the gamble.

“In that case, let’s go together.”

Man-Dragon slowly revealed a smile.

“Good, very good.” He nodded and stepped aside from the door behind him. He didn’t enter himself, merely clearing a path for Qi Xia and the others.

Qi Xia and Yun Yao exchanged glances and slowly walked forward.

Qiao Jiajin and Tiantian followed closely behind as all four entered the room.

Only then did they discover the room was at most three or four square meters, with metal material on all four sides, and the floor beneath their feet was made of wire mesh.

In the corner of the room was an old, low wooden stool with a long, polished blade placed on top of it.

On the wall to their left hung a countdown digital clock, stopped at ten minutes.

In this “small toilet” that could be seen at a glance, what kind of game would they play?

Clack.

A crisp sound—the door behind the four of them predictably closed.

Qi Xia turned around to find that behind them had become an iron wall.

“Damn it…” Qiao Jiajin cursed under his breath. “That sausage hasn’t told us the rules yet. Did he forget?”

“He won’t have. Wait patiently and see.”

As soon as the words left his mouth, all four simultaneously noticed a bizarre phenomenon.

The wire mesh was beneath their feet, but the ground below the mesh actually began to rapidly descend. The four of them stood on the wire mesh floor as if suspended in mid-air.

Yun Yao nervously held onto the metal wall, carefully sensing for a moment before discovering something odd: “Our room seems to be rising… like an elevator.”

Yes, compared to a “toilet,” this place was indeed more like an “elevator.”

After all, all four sides were metal walls, but why was the floor made of wire mesh?

The four felt the room moving rapidly, but they couldn’t see what was outside at all. They could only see pitch darkness through the wire mesh beneath their feet.

Fortunately, the wire mesh was quite sturdy, so they didn’t need to worry about falling to their deaths.

“Be careful.” Qiao Jiajin walked to the low stool and picked up the blade with his hand, protecting it. “With all this shaking, be careful not to step on the knife.”

After an unknown amount of time, everyone felt the room shake, seemingly coming to a stop, but the situation remained dire.

They felt the room was like being tied to an elastic rope, constantly bouncing up and down, very unstable.

Looking down again, about ten meters below their feet, firelight appeared. The flames burned fiercely directly beneath the four of them, and wisps of smoke were now drifting up into the “elevator.”

“What’s this for?” Qiao Jiajin crouched on the ground, looking down through the wire mesh. “Making char siu? But the fire is way too far away.”

Qi Xia knew Man-Dragon wouldn’t do anything meaningless, but what did the “fire” represent?

“Everyone, welcome to my game venue.” Man-Dragon’s voice suddenly rang out from all directions, very eerie.

“Hey! Where are you, you sausage?”

Qiao Jiajin stepped forward, but this movement made the entire room shake even more violently, scaring him into quickly grabbing the wall beside him.

“Don’t move!” Qi Xia felt something was wrong. “We seem to be tied to something not very sturdy!”

Everyone carefully sensed it and felt that Qi Xia’s words made perfect sense.

Man-Dragon’s laughter came from all directions, then he said loudly:

“This game is called ‘Seesaw.’ As long as you are not eliminated, each person will receive ten ‘Dao.’ The game officially begins now.”

As soon as his words fell, the ten-minute “countdown” began moving.

“What?!” Yun Yao was stunned. “It’s starting already? What about the rules?!”

“No…” Qi Xia said with slight panic, “I’m afraid the three words ‘Seesaw’ are the rules…”

He slowly moved a few steps, then felt around the surrounding walls, and sure enough found a hidden window. The window was only five or six centimeters in diameter, about the size of a tennis ball.

He gently pushed outward, and a small window was opened.

Qi Xia swallowed hard and looked out through this small window. In an instant, every hair on his body stood on end.

A Dragon was still a Dragon after all.

Could such a structure really exist?

Qi Xia’s eyes constantly flickered as he slowly retreated a few steps.

Seeing Qi Xia’s expression, the others also looked toward that small window one after another.

But with just one glance, everyone’s hearts turned half-cold.

Outside the small window, what met their eyes was a huge metal pillar extending outward, dozens of meters long.

One end of this massive metal pillar connected to Qi Xia and the others’ “elevator,” while the other end connected to another “elevator.”

People in that “elevator” had also discovered the hidden window and were now looking in this direction.

It was just that the window was too small and the distance too far—neither side could clearly see the other’s faces.

This massive metal pillar was like a seesaw, fixed in the center with two rooms hanging from either end, currently swaying slightly.

“Damn it… seesaw…” Qi Xia cursed under his breath. “Is this what you wanted?”

“Liar… what the hell is this…” Qiao Jiajin kept blinking his eyes. He looked at the flames in the distance below and couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat.

A seesaw was a very difficult physical structure to stabilize. Before long, one side would definitely descend to the bottom due to the subtle weight difference between the two sides.

But beneath their feet were flames.

If they sank down, the people in the room would fall directly into the flames and be burned alive.

“We need to get lighter…” Qi Xia muttered to himself. “Our room can only survive if it gets lighter…”

Before Qi Xia could finish speaking, they felt their room slowly descending.

They were heavier than the other side.

“Oh no…”

The three people besides Tiantian turned pale with shock and immediately moved toward the side closer to the metal pillar.

“Tiantian, you come too!” Qiao Jiajin said.

Tiantian nodded after hearing this and quickly stood beside the three.

According to the principle of leverage, they couldn’t stand at the outermost side of the room, or it would cause their room’s force to be greater than the other side’s.

It seemed the other side had discovered this early on, indicating they weren’t easy to deal with either.

…

Chu Tianqiu finished humming a section of music and slowly revealed a smile.

“Let me guess.” He opened his eyes and said, “You want to use your own strength to protect your teammates, so you’ll agree to participate in ‘Man-Dragon’s’ game, right?”

Chu Tianqiu straightened his body and looked at the chessboard.

On the right were four “pawns,” while on the left were the “king,” “queen,” “knight,” and “bishop.”

These eight chess pieces were currently attacking from left and right, encircling and suppressing a monster.

“Sometimes, being too clever by half is also a terminal illness.”

Chu Tianqiu pondered for a moment, then reached out and slowly removed the monster from the center of the pieces.

The formation at this moment was somewhat strange.

The eight chess pieces were divided into left and right sides, facing each other with drawn swords, but they didn’t seem to be encircling and suppressing a monster.

Instead, they looked like they were fighting among themselves.