After the answering time ended, Chen Junnan’s screen lit up.

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

As expected, the opponent’s thinking aligned with his own. Now the iron ball was suspended above Chen Junnan’s head.

The next seventeen rounds were also without suspense. Everyone worked together and chose “Yes,” while the Earth-Snake didn’t answer the phone. There was no longer any need for him to answer.

His strength alone was too limited. The best method was still to hide his position. By now, Xu Qian had most likely already received his call and very possibly informed those behind her.

Unfortunately, those behind her wouldn’t necessarily trust Xu Qian one hundred percent.

The eighteenth question—the answer predictably leaned toward “Yes.”

The sound of iron chains rang out as the massive iron ball fell to “-2.”

But what left Chen Junnan somewhat puzzled was that the sound this time was different from before.

After all, the iron ball had fallen on “-2” once before, but this time when it fell, the sound produced was far less than before. He only felt a slight tremor in the ground, and almost no other abnormal sounds.

Was this reasonable…?

Chen Junnan lowered his head and thought for a moment. Since Earth-Snake’s body had been enhanced, he indeed had a high probability of catching the iron ball, preventing it from touching the ground, thereby greatly reducing the sound.

But something still seemed to be missing…

Where were the previous rumbling sounds and the sounds of debris…?

He instantly realized something, then raised his head to look at the ceiling.

Yes… the problem lay with the ceiling made of pure wood.

When the iron ball first fell on “-2,” it had smashed through the ceiling, but this time it hadn’t. The tremendous sound each time the iron ball fell before was because it shattered the ceiling. This was the first time the iron ball had fallen on a repeated position, so the sound was relatively much smaller.

“The iron ball is clearly next to me, yet the sound isn’t that loud…” Chen Junnan stroked his chin in thought. “Then for people in the distance, wouldn’t they basically not hear it at all…?”

A few seconds later, Chen Junnan showed an excited expression on his face.

“Ha! This is hilarious!” He clapped his hands and shouted, “I’m a fucking genius! I actually thought of a brilliant move!”

Although he gambled with his life first and thought of the plan later, at least he thought of it!

Sure enough, the life motto “The car will find its way around the mountain” was right!

“If you old bastard can catch that iron ball, then I can only use this move.”

The nineteenth round began. Chen Junnan symbolically answered Yun Yao’s call, then dialed to his left.

He had thought that old bastard Earth-Snake, with half a foot already in hell’s door, would answer the phone, and then he could exchange polite pleasantries. But unexpectedly, the person who answered the phone had changed to Xu Qian.

“It’s you…?” Xu Qian was stunned for a moment.

“It’s me. What, not welcome?”

“Sigh… Did you hear just now?”

“You mean ‘Beheading the Snake Uprising’?” Chen Junnan nodded. “I guess I heard it.”

“Is he… dead?”

“Good question.” Chen Junnan smiled. “Wait till I have time later and I’ll go out and check for you. Don’t be anxious.”

Hearing Chen Junnan say this, Xu Qian could only sigh. “He called me in the last round. I’ve already told those behind me his position, but I don’t know if those behind me believe me… Now that we’ve finally hit Earth-Snake, I don’t know if he’s dead or not. This feeling is really annoying!”

“What’s the rush?” Chen Junnan smiled. “If that old thief Earth-Snake isn’t dead, he’ll call you in two rounds to report he’s safe.”

Xu Qian pondered for a moment. “You’re right.”

“Sister Qian, next let’s follow the rhythm of ‘Yes,’ ‘No,’ ‘Smash’ and crush Earth-Snake into a snake pancake.”

The two hung up and waited quietly for a while. The answer to the nineteenth question emerged.

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

The twentieth question—Earth-Snake still didn’t answer the phone. Chen Junnan symbolically exchanged a few words with Xu Qian, then continued to wait.

But when the answer appeared, he had miscalculated again.

This time’s answer was also “Yes.”

The barrel’s direction had turned, and the wind on the field had also turned.

The iron ball didn’t continue to return to Earth-Snake’s head but instead moved away.

Chen Junnan looked at the layout diagram he had drawn. If “Yes” was chosen this round, then the iron ball would be suspended above the “Nervous Man’s” head.

What did he do to deserve this?

Moreover, in the question just now, he, Yun Yao, and Xu Qian had all already chosen “No.” Why would the final answer be “Yes”?

The sound of massive chains rang out as the iron ball moved away from Earth-Snake without suspense.

What caused this change?

Was there anything different about this round compared to previous rounds?

If he had to say… it was that Xu Qian had told those behind her Earth-Snake’s position.

“Oh no…” Chen Junnan stood up, seemingly understanding.

That so-called “smart person” apparently didn’t believe Earth-Snake’s true position… Did they want the iron ball to smash all the way back from “-2” to “3”?

This way, they could kill participants while severely injuring Earth-Snake.

As he expected, with a tremendous sound, that nervous man was voted out by everyone.

The entire process took no more than three minutes—clean and efficient, without any hesitation.

Things seemed a bit strange again. No matter what Chen Junnan’s choice was, he seemingly couldn’t control the iron ball’s direction.

In the following twenty-second and twenty-third questions, the answers were still “Yes.” Things were advancing in a strange direction.

Chen Junnan hurriedly re-examined the layout diagram on the wall, simulating the dynamics of the next few rounds in his mind.

“You deceived others… You want to go on a killing spree…?”

He used his hand to carve a “Dead” at the “Nervous Man’s” position, then skipped the man who wouldn’t cooperate with him and also carved a “Dead” at the third man’s position. If he wasn’t mistaken, the twenty-fourth round would see this man’s death.

Then he skipped the “White-Clothed Girl” and carved a “Dead” at the position of the man behind her.

Following this rhythm of skipping one and killing one…

“Wait a minute…”

Chen Junnan’s brows furrowed. One of the two people on either side of the “White-Clothed Girl” was Zhong Zhen, and next they would both die…?

He had thought that one of these two men was the person controlling the overall situation, but now it seemed they had already been controlled by the overall situation and couldn’t escape at all.

They had been deceived.

“I should have thought of this earlier…” Chen Junnan smiled bitterly. “Originally I thought there was a smart person among the ‘Even Numbers’ who was leading all the ‘Even Numbers’ in slaughtering the ‘Odd Numbers,’ but clearly all the questions the ‘Even Numbers’ received came from the ‘Odd Numbers’…”

He extended one finger and used his nail to circle the four characters “White-Clothed Girl” fiercely.

“So you’re this terrifying…?” Chen Junnan’s lips curved up. “Now I want to introduce you to Old Qi even more. If you two got together, it would probably be very interesting, right?”