Yun Yao patiently explained the entire principle to Chen Junnan once through, finally making him roughly understand.

“So you’re using numbers to represent each person?” Chen Junnan nodded and looked at the wall full of text he had carved. “That is indeed a bit more convenient than my method…”

“You’ve been a huge help, Chen Junnan.” Yun Yao closed her eyes and quickly recalled the previous few questions. Thinking carefully, it really had nothing to do with “right or wrong”—only “left or right.” The final answer each round determines the direction the iron ball moves.

As long as they understood this point, combined with modifying questions at any time, there was a very high probability they could control the timing of killing.

Chen Junnan’s unconventional thinking had indeed been a huge help. The two of them were likely the first to find the real “answer.”

After all, the person who modified the questions both times had changed them to “Should we sit down?” This indicated that although they had modified the questions, their methods were somewhat ordinary and easily aroused suspicion.

Chen Junnan chuckled, then said, “This young master knows he’s quite handsome—don’t fall in love with me.”

“Don’t worry, I don’t like men.” Yun Yao said without thinking.

“Huh?”

This answer was clearly beyond Chen Junnan’s expectations.

Yun Yao thought for a moment and asked, “So you want to keep choosing ‘no’ to move ‘death’ as far to our right as possible, right?”

“That’s right, that’s what I’m thinking.” Chen Junnan nodded in agreement. “Try to have the giant ball land over there first, and we’ll look for any other rules.”

After hearing this, Yun Yao slowly nodded. “It seems coming to participate in this game with you was really a good choice. As long as I don’t die or obtain an ‘Echo,’ I can fully obtain this ‘Earth-level’ strategy guide.”

After hearing this, Chen Junnan suddenly became interested.

“Big star, why does your organization collect strategy guides?”

“Because we want to gamble all the ‘Zodiacs’ to death.” Yun Yao answered firmly.

“Oh?” Chen Junnan didn’t expect to get this answer. “Why are you playing so big?”

“This is our motivation to move forward.” Yun Yao let out a long breath. “If we survive here long-term without a goal… I’ll go insane.”

“But does gambling the ‘Zodiacs’ to death have any meaning…?” Chen Junnan asked in confusion.

“Don’t say anymore.” Yun Yao seemed to already know something and quickly interrupted Chen Junnan. “No matter what the meaning is, this is my direction forward.”

“Alright…” Chen Junnan nodded. “Then I understand.”

The two hung up, and Chen Junnan dialed the next room.

After eleven dial tones rang, the other party picked up the phone.

“Sister Qian, long time no see. How’ve you been lately?”

“Speak properly.”

“Right away.” Chen Junnan gave a dry laugh. “This time the question is ‘A year has five seasons, correct?'”

“What idiotic question…” Xu Qian sighed. “I know, hanging up.”

“Wait.” Chen Junnan stopped her again.

“What?”

“Sister Qian, three rounds.” Chen Junnan smiled. “Within three rounds, I’ll make one of the participants die miserably, but I’ll keep you alive.”

This single sentence made Xu Qian’s back turn cold.

“Why… why are you telling me this?”

“I want to prove that I’ve completely seen through the rules and can control the timing of killing at will.” Chen Junnan grinned wickedly. “Sister Qian, I’m threatening you—hurry up and get nervous!”

“What… what is this…” Xu Qian was indeed a bit nervous now. “You’re saying you’ve already figured out this game?”

“That’s right.” Chen Junnan nodded. “If within three rounds it’s really as I said… I want you to call Earth-Snake over. Otherwise, this young master will kill you immediately.”

“You…” Xu Qian thought for a moment, but still said somewhat stubbornly, “Then let’s talk after three rounds.”

The two parted on bad terms and hung up.

Chen Junnan didn’t care at all and leaned back in his chair, waiting patiently.

The giant ball’s position should now be above the girl on Yun Yao’s right. If this round’s answer was “yes,” then the giant ball would return to above Yun Yao’s head. If it was “no”…

He reached out and tapped the position map he had drawn on the wall.

“‘Muffled-Voice Man’… it’s your turn.”

Text gradually lit up on the screen.

“The final answer to this question is—’No.'”

As expected.

This was already the seventh question.

As the “first person” to receive the question got farther and farther from him, the impact of Chen Junnan changing the question would grow larger and larger.

After all, everyone behind him would be affected by his question, thereby changing their own answers.

Next, he had a very high probability of killing the participant on “Muffled-Voice Man’s” right—it was just a question of “wanting” or “not wanting” to.

As the sound of chains overhead rang out, the iron ball should already be suspended above that “Muffled-Voice Man’s” head.

However, there was still one more question before it would “fall,” so he wouldn’t be the one to die this time.

A few minutes later, Yun Yao called again. This time’s question was still absurd.

“Does a year have twelve months?”

Chen Junnan smiled and called Xu Qian.

But he slightly modified the question.

“Does a year have thirteen months?”

The eighth round ended. This time’s answer was still “no.”

Although he couldn’t see the giant ball, based on inference, it had now moved away from Yun Yao, at least two rooms distant.

To Yun Yao’s right were “Impatient Girl” and “Muffled-Voice Man” respectively. At this moment, the giant ball had swept past above both of them and arrived above the head of a stranger.

And now the first person to receive the question, if calculated correctly, should be roughly opposite him.

If it wasn’t that woman in the white dress, then it was the person on her left.

Chen Junnan roughly constructed a map in his mind.

According to Yun Yao, her coordinate was “0”—after all, she was the beginning of everything.

The first question appeared on her screen, and the first giant ball should also have been suspended above her head.

The ninth question was coming up now, so the next person to be questioned had coordinates of “-8″—that is, the eighth person counting from Yun Yao’s left. And the giant ball was suspended above “3’s” head—that is, the third person counting from Yun Yao’s right.

“Huh…?”

Chen Junnan felt something was odd.

Since everyone was in a circular venue with a total of twelve rooms, the coordinates of these two rooms weren’t as simple as just “-8” and “3.”

Because “-8” was already very close to “3.” After all, “-8” in this circular venue could also be written as “4,” and “3” could also be written as “-9.”

“They’re neighbors…?”

Now the question had become somewhat direct. Had the “questioner” figured out the rules?

Would they pass the question “Should it fall?” unchanged to their neighbor?