The nine people were now like chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, swaying back and forth on their ropes.

Lin Qin looked down and her heart went cold.

Below was a void about ten meters deep.

If they hadn’t grabbed the ropes, they would certainly have fallen to their deaths by now.

“Hey, Writer, hold on tight!” Qiao Jiajin discovered at this moment that Han Yimo was continuously sliding downward and immediately became anxious. “Why are you so weak at the critical moment?”

“I…” Han Yimo’s face was full of strain, but his left hand kept loosening.

Qiao Jiajin was very close to Han Yimo. He immediately released one hand, grabbed his rope, and wrapped it around his waist once. But with only one hand, he couldn’t tie it tightly no matter what.

Seeing this, Officer Li also reached out to help. The two men, each with one hand, tied the end of Han Yimo’s rope around his waist.

Just as everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief, they heard another muffled groan.

Turning their heads, Tiantian couldn’t help but cry out. Only then did everyone remember that her hand had also been injured.

But this girl seemed very tolerant—only when her blood had completely covered the rope did she finally groan.

She released her right hand and gripped the rope with only her left hand. But girls had little strength to begin with, and trying to support her entire body weight with one hand was even more difficult, so she suddenly slid downward.

Qi Xia’s expression changed. He immediately reached out and grabbed her injured wrist.

In that brief contact, he discovered that Tiantian’s slender body had been trembling slightly all along, and her wrist was extremely cold.

“Yo, Liar, you’re not such a bad guy after all.” Qiao Jiajin said.

Qi Xia sighed helplessly and said, “I just don’t want to see any more corpses. Don’t read too much into it.”

Time passed second by second, and everyone’s arms began to ache.

Hanging for an extended period was no easy task for anyone. Even Officer Li’s forehead began to sweat.

“How long do we have to hang here?” Lin Qin asked Qi Xia beside her.

“Don’t know.” Qi Xia replied in a low voice.

He knew there were currently no more hints about the “next game,” yet everyone still couldn’t see any hope.

If the organizers were a bit more ruthless and just left everyone hanging like this, their deaths would only be a matter of time.

But…

Were there really no more hints about the next game?

Qi Xia felt somewhat uncertain.

Could there be some unknown hint hidden in an unseen place?

He looked down at the ground below. If there was any hint, it would definitely be somewhere below.

“Hm?”

He looked around and saw that due to the floor’s collapse, new walls had appeared at the bottom. On the wall in the farthest corner below, there seemed to be a door.

But that door was simply out of reach for everyone.

They were still about ten meters from the floor below. Jumping down from this height, they couldn’t possibly remain unharmed.

Lin Qin followed Qi Xia’s gaze for a while and also discovered the problem.

“A door?”

After hearing this, everyone looked down and indeed discovered the shabby wooden door at the bottom.

Just as everyone was gaping in despair, that door slowly opened.

A black figure walked in from the darkness. Qi Xia looked over—this person was also wearing a black suit, but his mask was completely different from the goat-headed person’s.

He was actually wearing a huge dark green snake head.

“It’s been a while, everyone. I am ‘Man-Snake.'” He slowly spoke.

“Your mother!” Qiao Jiajin shouted loudly. “After Sheep and Dog comes Snake? Do you believe I’ll slaughter you right now?”

“Please don’t get agitated.” Man-Snake’s voice was very calm. He looked up at everyone, then said, “You are undergoing the final test. I have a lever at my hand. As long as I pull it, you can slowly descend without anyone getting hurt.”

Everyone looked in the direction of his voice. Next to the wooden door, there was indeed an inconspicuous lever that no one had noticed earlier due to the dim lighting.

“Then… can you pull it down now?” Xiao Ran asked timidly.

“I…” Man-Snake smiled imperceptibly and said, “I’ll play a game with you. Whether you can survive depends on your own performance.”

“Another game…” Doctor Zhao’s hair was somewhat disheveled. He gritted his teeth hard, as if he wanted to eat someone.

“Listen well, everyone. This game is called ‘Yes and No.'” Man-Snake walked forward slightly and spoke to the crowd swaying above. “Next, all of you can ask me a total of three questions, and my answers will only be ‘Yes’ and ‘No.’ Note that I will not lie. After the three questions are asked, if I agree to save you, I will pull down the lever. If I don’t agree, I will lock this door and leave you to your own devices.”

Qi Xia furrowed his brow.

Three questions?

Can only answer “Yes” and “No”?

This game was a bit too tricky.

No matter what, everyone’s goal was to get this snake-headed person to let them down, so they could only ask questions around this topic. But would he agree?

Preschool teacher Xiao Ran, while everyone was thinking, decisively spoke up: “Hey, can you let us down?!”

“Don’t!” Qi Xia was startled and quickly reached out to cover Xiao Ran’s mouth, but this girl spoke quickly—the question had already reached Man-Snake’s ears clearly.

Man-Snake gave a cold laugh and said, “No.”

“Hey! Pretty lady?!” Qiao Jiajin shouted. “There are only three questions total. Don’t mess around!”

“I…”

Xiao Ran lowered her head in difficulty, her expression very distressed.

“Two questions remain.” Man-Snake stepped back without any change in expression, getting himself closer to the wooden door.

It seemed he had already given up on everyone.

Xiao Ran’s inadvertent question had turned this game into hell difficulty.

Of course Man-Snake wouldn’t let them down so easily.

If he intended to save people, why would he set up this game?

But then again, if he didn’t want to save people, how could they make him agree to pull down the lever?

Even if the question was changed to “Won’t you let us down?”, his answer would only become “Yes.”

“Liar, do you have a way?” Qiao Jiajin turned back to look at Qi Xia.

Qi Xia closed his eyes slightly, his thoughts in disarray.

A way, a way.

As a person, where would he have so many ways?

From the moment they entered this room, every single step required Qi Xia’s solutions. Why should he be able to bear the lives of so many people?

But immediately after, he felt somewhat desperate.

If he gave up, would everyone still have a way to survive?

“I cannot die here…” Qi Xia’s eyes lit up again with a faint gleam. “She’s still waiting for me…”

A gentle female voice rang out in Qi Xia’s mind: “Xia, do you know? There are many roads in this world, and everyone has their own path.”

He opened his eyes slightly, and the train of thought in his mind instantly became much clearer.

That’s right—his mistake was in completely following the other party’s path.

“Snake-head person.” Qi Xia called out in a low voice.

Officer Li was startled and turned back to ask, “Hey, what are you going to ask? Let’s communicate in advance to avoid creating the same situation as before.”

“It’s fine, I’ve already thought of a way to survive.” Qi Xia confidently lowered his head, looking down at Man-Snake. “Don’t speak. This will all be over soon.”

“Do you really have a way?” Zhang Chenze asked.

“Should do.” Qi Xia took a deep breath and carefully considered the next two questions he would ask.

No, to be precise, one question.

Only one question was needed, and this game would be over.

From the very beginning, this game couldn’t be about pondering how to make the other party pull down the lever—one only needed to consider the logic of “Yes” and “No.”

Man-Snake seemed very interested in Qi Xia. Those eyes were peering out from the holes in the snake-skin mask.

Qi Xia paused, then asked, “Man-Snake, if my next question is ‘Will you pull down the lever,’ would your answer be the same as to this question?”