“Ah…?” Chen Junnan thought for a moment and suddenly understood.

When the iron ball was about to drop, if the answer wasn’t “Yes” but “No,” then the iron ball would shift one space to the right.

The death target would also switch between “even numbers” and “odd numbers.”

“Big Star… I never knew you were this good at studying before?”

Yun Yao sighed. “I just didn’t expect you’d be this bad at it.”

Chen Junnan felt fortunate that Yun Yao was here. Their minds almost perfectly complemented each other—he was responsible for providing ideas, while Yun Yao was responsible for perfecting the details. Under their combined efforts, the full picture of this game had surfaced.

Until the next “No” appeared for a “drop question,” all the “odd numbers” had an inescapable threat of death, while all the even numbers would be absolutely safe.

“So that’s how it is… excellent.” Chen Junnan said.

“Good…?” Yun Yao was stunned. “Chen Junnan, didn’t I explain it clearly? You’re currently an ‘odd number.’ You’re going to die.”

“I’m going to die?” Chen Junnan pretended to be surprised, yet said indifferently, “Oh… thanks for the reminder.”

“You…?”

“Big Star, I’m afraid of many things, but death isn’t one of them,” Chen Junnan said. “In this ‘End Land,’ I can go die at any time.”

“But you’re ‘wagering your life’!” Yun Yao said. “If we die, we just die, but if you die, you’ll disappear.”

“It’s fine.” Chen Junnan yawned and said, “It’s all the same. Losing a life-and-death wager with an ‘Earth Level’ just means existing in a different form. I’ll still be a part of the ‘End Land.'”

“You even know about this?” Yun Yao asked doubtfully.

“There are many things this young master knows,” Chen Junnan laughed. “Let’s not get off topic. What’s the question this time?”

“Just like you said, this time it’s still random text without any meaning,” Yun Yao said helplessly.

“Good, I understand,” Chen Junnan said. “Leave the rest to me.”

“Do you want to choose ‘Yes’ or ‘No’?” Yun Yao asked.

“You… what would you like me to choose?” Chen Junnan countered.

“I don’t know,” Yun Yao answered. “Considering my own safety, I’d prefer the answer this time to be ‘Yes.’ That way the girl to my right will die, but I’ll be safe for the next several rounds.”

“Yes, that’s the right choice.”

“I won’t interfere with your thinking either,” Yun Yao said. “After all, you’re the ‘life-and-death wager initiator’ this time. Having the iron ball constantly suspended over the ‘odd numbers’ heads will make you extremely dangerous. If you want to change the answer to ‘No’ and switch between odd and even numbers, I think that’s perfectly reasonable too.”

“Is that so…?” The corner of Chen Junnan’s mouth lifted. “Then I understand.”

“Mm…” Yun Yao should have hung up the phone, but she kept holding the receiver, unwilling to put it down.

“What’s wrong, Big Star?”

“Chen, Chen Junnan…” Yun Yao said in a low voice. “That girl beside me and I aren’t close. I don’t really care whether she lives or dies, but I have a premonition that next time, the one who dies is very likely to be you…”

“Stop, stop, stop…” Chen Junnan quickly shook his head. “Sister, are you just bored and inviting disaster here? Can you say something nice?”

“But… but I just have this feeling.”

“No, no, no.” Chen Junnan shook his head like a rattle-drum. “How can your thirty-six-degree mouth say such ice-cold words? Would I not change the answer just to save you? You’re too naive. You’d better hang up early.”

Chen Junnan hung up the phone, then turned back and chose “No,” then picked up the phone again to call Xu Qian, the entire sequence of actions flowing smoothly.

Yes, this time he couldn’t choose “Yes.” Even if choosing “Yes” would make Yun Yao safe, he absolutely couldn’t choose “Yes.”

The phone was answered.

“Sister Qian.”

“Here, go ahead.”

“Someone’s about to go on a killing spree. If we choose ‘Yes’ this time, we won’t be able to stop people from dying,” Chen Junnan said, then fell silent for a few seconds before continuing, “You come up with the question this time. The goal is to make the people after you choose ‘No.'”

“Unstoppably start killing people…?”

“Yes.” Chen Junnan nodded. “I won’t say anything more. Remember, choose ‘No.'”

“I… understand.” Xu Qian hung up the phone with a hesitant voice.

Although Chen Junnan had already done his utmost to make the answer lean toward “No,” he knew the hope wasn’t great.

A few minutes later, the screen lit up as usual.

“The final answer to this question is—’Yes.'”

BOOM—!!

The sound was very close, as if right before his eyes.

“1” had died—that girl with the impatient personality.

This was the twelfth question, but it seemed everyone already knew the rules. Although this was only the second day, there were particularly many smart people in this game. Before the game was even half over, three people had already been killed.

Now “odd numbers” and “even numbers” had split into two camps. As long as the “even numbers” could work together in the coming rounds, it would be enough to kill all the “odd numbers.”

“What comes next is really…”

Before Chen Junnan could finish speaking, he seemed to feel a flash of inspiration pass through his mind.

At this moment, he finally understood where Qi Xia’s brilliant ideas came from. It seemed that ever since he chose to “wager his life,” his intelligence had clearly improved compared to before.

“Old Qi… it’s because you don’t have an ‘Echo,’ so every death is like a real ‘death,’ which is why you’ve always been walking on thin ice…”

Chen Junnan broke into a smile. He already knew Earth-Sheep’s true position.

The answer was simple… why was the “even numbers” faction so strong now?

Every answer was as they wished, which meant there were more “even numbers” than “odd numbers.”

The previous two games had resulted in the deaths of “-2” and “3” respectively. Logically, both “even numbers” and “odd numbers” had each lost one person, so the numbers in both camps shouldn’t have changed.

But ever since Earth-Sheep joined the game, the numbers on both sides had changed.

The “even numbers” had grown stronger.

This way, Earth-Sheep’s position was completely confirmed.

Chen Junnan stood up, faced the wall to his left, and revealed a sinister smile.

“You… were this close to me all along?” He slowly placed his hand on the wall, his eyes gradually growing excited. “Tell me… which one of us will stay here forever?”

And on the other side of the wall, Earth-Sheep also turned to face his right side. Although he hadn’t answered any phone calls since entering the room and hadn’t exposed his position, he still felt a wave of ice-cold killing intent coming from the wall to his right.

He also placed his palm on the wall. The two men faced each other across the wall.

“Boy…” Earth-Sheep said through gritted teeth. “You’re far too dangerous. You absolutely cannot be allowed to remain.”