The room’s ascent speed increased once more.

Qi Xia leaned against the hidden window and looked out. The opposing room at this moment was like an elevator that had lost its cables, continuously sinking toward the flames.

His heart felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Was the opposite room also a team?

Also four people?

They might be about to die just like this, without understanding why.

Just as the other side was about to plunge into the flames, the descent suddenly slowed down.

Qi Xia’s brow furrowed. He knew the other side had also thrown out all their low stools.

It seemed the other side also had a strong, robust person.

Now the weight difference between both sides wasn’t much. They might even return to the initial state again.

Qi Xia thought briefly, then immediately took off his shirt, rolled it into a towel shape, and threw it out through the hidden window.

He had just turned around to say something when he discovered Qiao Jiajin had also taken off his shirt.

“Take mine and throw it too!” After saying this, he began taking off his pants.

“Ah, you…” Yun Yao awkwardly covered her eyes. “How are you suddenly just…”

“Don’t worry! I’m not taking everything off!”

“Then… then what about us?” Tiantian asked somewhat awkwardly.

“You two can skip it.” Qi Xia shook his head. “Your clothes don’t weigh much. Taking them off won’t help.”

Qi Xia took Qiao Jiajin’s shirt and jeans and without a word stuffed them out.

Then he took off both his and Qiao Jiajin’s shoes and threw them out.

Yun Yao and Tiantian now also learned from them, took off their shoes, cut them into pieces with the knife, and threw them out.

The two men stripped down to just their underwear, then came to the wall and nervously looked outside.

Sure enough, the balance was broken once again.

The opposing room had just shown an upward trend, then immediately sank down again.

There was indeed a clever person on the opposite side, but his strategy was always one step behind Qi Xia’s.

In this life-or-death game, let alone being a step behind—even being a moment behind would send you plunging into hell.

This time, the other side could only fall into the sea of flames.

Seeing the rapidly descending room in the distance, Qi Xia’s brow suddenly furrowed tightly.

He suddenly thought of something.

“No!” He quickly turned around and shouted to the three people, “Grab onto the wire mesh on the floor!!”

“Huh?”

The three were stunned, then immediately copied Qi Xia and crouched down, tightly gripping the wire mesh floor.

They discovered that through the wire mesh beneath their feet, they could see the situation in the distance below.

The distant room crashed into the flames with tremendous force. Countless sparks scattered in all directions, instantly illuminating the surrounding area.

The next second, the room bounced up from the fire due to the recoil from the impact, just like a real seesaw.

The metal pillar connecting the two rooms also erupted with a tremendous sound.

Qi Xia’s group’s room synchronized with the other side, suddenly rising then abruptly falling. If the group hadn’t grabbed onto the wire mesh in advance, they would all have been injured by now.

Waves of very faint screams came from the distant room, completely unclear.

But everyone knew that the other side had either been burned or injured from the impact. Their losses at this moment should be extremely severe.

Although they had only dropped into the fire for an instant, the sudden high temperature was enough to burn their clothes and hair.

“Damn it…” Qi Xia gritted his teeth and fiercely pounded the floor. “Why is this happening…?”

He closed his eyes, unable to bear watching or listening anymore.

But the expected screams didn’t come again.

“Hey… liar… something doesn’t seem right…” Qiao Jiajin shook Qi Xia. “Look quickly!”

When Qi Xia opened his eyes, he discovered their room was slowly descending, while the opposing room was like a rising sun, steadily ascending with flames attached.

“What’s going on?”

The recoil from hitting the ground would make them rise briefly, but it absolutely couldn’t cause continuous ascent…

Did they have another plan?

Could there still be something to throw that he himself hadn’t thought of?

“What is it?”

Qi Xia kept looking around. They no longer had any extra items on their bodies.

But why was the other side still rising?

At this moment, Tiantian slowly extended her hand and raised it in front of Qiao Jiajin.

“What are you doing?” Qiao Jiajin asked with wide eyes.

“My hands are very thin and small. They should be able to fit through.” Tiantian said with a trembling voice.

“I said no!” Qiao Jiajin kept shaking his head. “There must be another way! Let’s think of something else!”

“There’s no time to think of something else!!” Tiantian shouted. “In less than a minute we’ll drop into the fire! I’d rather die from pain than be burned to death!”

“No, no, no…” Qiao Jiajin continued shaking his head. “We still have the liar here. He’ll have a solution!”

“If you won’t cut it, then I’ll do it myself!” Tiantian said. “Give me the knife!”

“I said no!”

The two people’s noisy voices caused Qi Xia’s head to throb with pain.

He definitely couldn’t let Tiantian cut off her own hand, but…

Besides doing this, was there any other way?

Maybe if he cut off one or two of Tiantian’s hands…

Or perhaps…

Qi Xia’s brow suddenly furrowed tightly as he fiercely slapped himself.

“Qi Xia, what the hell are you thinking?” he muttered to himself. “You can’t do this to her. Calm down… calm down… think carefully about what knowledge to use!”

Yun Yao turned to look at Qi Xia. He looked extremely pained. The despair in his eyes was stronger than usual.

“Lansdown’s principle…? No, no, no… disaster bias…? No… this isn’t…” Qi Xia grabbed his hair, continuously muttering to himself.

The room slowly descended. The terrifying heat had already permeated the entire room.

The four began sweating profusely. At this moment, every second of time felt as long as a year.

Qiao Jiajin looked at Qi Xia with some reluctance, then took the knife and walked to the corner of the room. Without a word, he swung fiercely down at the wire mesh floor.

“What are you doing?” Yun Yao wiped her sweat and asked.

“I want to help the liar.” Qiao Jiajin said indifferently. “But I’m stupid. The only method I can think of is to cut off part of the wire mesh.”

“Cut off… the wire mesh?” Yun Yao and Qi Xia both paused simultaneously.

“That’s right. This is the only method I can think of.”

“Yes!” Qi Xia frantically stood up. His expression was abnormally twisted. “Great idea!”

He stumbled over to Qiao Jiajin’s side and stared as he cut the wire mesh.

But the wire mesh was extraordinarily hard. Qiao Jiajin used great strength and struck many consecutive blows before cutting through just one wire.

At this rate, everyone would definitely fall into the sea of flames.

Yun Yao also crouched down, regretfully covering her forehead. Everything was over.

But Qiao Jiajin and Qi Xia still hadn’t given up. They placed the knife aside, reached out to grab the gap in the wire mesh, then pulled with force.

A tremendous sound rang out. The wire mesh was pulled up by them but didn’t break at all.

Their weight remained unchanged.

“Qiao Jiajin, cut here again!” Qi Xia pointed at the connection point of the wire mesh.

“Okay!”

He turned to grab the knife but discovered it was gone.