“What exactly is it?” Yun Yao asked. “What’s so strange about that iron ball?”

“Big Star, this dead snake has exploited virtually every weakness humans have when trying to survive,” Chen Junnan said. “When you know there’s an iron ball about to drop from above, where would you want to hide?”

Yun Yao thought about it. Her first choice would naturally be a corner, but if the corner couldn’t provide shelter, the only option would be to get as close to the wall as possible.

But according to Chen Junnan’s explanation… why would the display screen be fine?

“I really can’t guess,” Yun Yao shook her head.

“Then let me tell you…” Chen Junnan said with a mischievous grin. “Among everyone present, I’m probably the only one who knows that the thing up there sounds like a ball, but is actually a ‘wowotou’ covered in spikes.”

“Huh?” Yun Yao froze. “Wo… wowotou?”

Though this answer was beyond Yun Yao’s expectations, it instantly gave her a mental image.

“That’s right,” Chen Junnan confirmed. “The thing that falls from above has a small portion of the bottom hollowed out, just enough to accommodate the position of the display screen.”

“That’s too absurd…” Even as she said this, Yun Yao felt that this matter also seemed to make sense.

Earth-level games usually took place multiple times a day. If they had to repair equipment every single time, that would naturally be troublesome. The best method would be to kill people without damaging the equipment inside the room.

“Big Star, no matter how much someone wants to avoid the iron ball, it’s hard to imagine having to dismantle the room’s display screen and then squat in the center of the room.”

Chen Junnan’s words made quite a bit of sense. When you clearly know an iron ball is about to drop from above, how many people would choose to squat in the center of the room?

This also explained why the Earth-Snake used the ceiling to block the iron ball—this way it could prevent everyone from seeing its true appearance clearly.

“So you dismantled the display screen?”

“Yeah, that display screen was supported by an iron pole on the ground. I could break it with a chair, but problems came one after another. If I couldn’t vote, I would inevitably violate the rules.”

“You—wait a moment,” Yun Yao interrupted Chen Junnan. “Even if the bottom of that iron ball is like a wowotou, it must have some margin of error when falling, right? A tiny display screen might escape serious damage, but a human body is much larger than that display screen. How would you…”

“So I took a little injury…” Chen Junnan said, unable to suppress his pride. “That’s not important! Fortunately, I’m a fucking genius! I thought of a way to switch rooms… cough cough…”

Before he could finish speaking, Chen Junnan suddenly started coughing violently. This didn’t seem like an ordinary cough, but rather one accompanied by heart-wrenching pain.

“A little injury? You—stop talking for now…” Yun Yao sighed. “Chen Junnan, wait a bit longer. The game will end in just a few more questions.”

“No…” Chen Junnan steadied his breathing and said to Yun Yao. “The game can’t end. Unless either that old lecher or I die here, even if you all can finish, I can’t finish.”

After hearing this, Yun Yao fell silent for a while, not knowing how to persuade him. Chen Junnan sounded like he had suffered quite a serious injury, but compared to his wounds, he seemed more eager to boast about his great achievements.

“Alright then…” Yun Yao ultimately compromised. “Then… hurry up and tell me how exactly you managed to run into another room…”

“Hey!” Chen Junnan sounded extremely pleased. “You should have asked this from the start! Come, come, let me tell you all about it.”

Yun Yao could never have imagined that although Chen Junnan was injured when the iron ball fell, when the iron ball rose back up, he actually grabbed onto the spikes and rose together with the iron ball to the ceiling.

According to him, for such a large iron ball to move along chains on the ceiling, the space above the ceiling must be very large, enough for a person to walk through.

“What comes next is my performance moment…” Chen Junnan laughed. “At first, I tried jumping randomly into a room without a ceiling, then activated ‘Scapegoat’ again. Just as I expected, the iron ball still followed me.”

“This is what you meant by… being able to ignore all rules and control where the iron ball falls…” Yun Yao felt this was somewhat incredible. “You’re not controlling where the iron ball falls at all—you’re making the iron ball constantly chase and smash you…”

“Just tell me whether I controlled it or not!”

“This…” Yun Yao knew that if their positions were reversed, she absolutely couldn’t have used such a desperate tactic.

Each time the iron ball fell, there was a margin of error. Who knew when it might shatter Chen Junnan’s head, yet he repeatedly summoned the iron ball above his own head.

“Later, I became even bolder,” Chen Junnan coughed a few more times. “Since I’m standing in a room… and the iron ball can fall, then if I stand on the ceiling, can I kill someone beneath the ceiling?”

“You really are too crazy…” Yun Yao finally couldn’t help but comment. “When you participate in games, do you always use this kind of tactic?”

“That’s right,” Chen Junnan nodded. “Using a brain a hundred times more brilliant than Old Qiao’s, and skills ten thousand times more nimble than Old Qi’s, plus my life motto of ‘there’s always a way out when you reach the mountain,’ what game in this world can’t I win…?”

“Too—too far-fetched!” Yun Yao exclaimed. “You’re purely gambling with your life!”

“Isn’t it exactly gambling with my life?” Chen Junnan chuckled. “Big Star, now you know everything about the situation. I need you to help me with something.”

“What is it…?”

Chen Junnan thought for a moment, then answered: “There are only forty-eight questions total, but we’re already at question thirty. That means the iron ball will fall at most six more times.”

“That’s right.”

“I want you to help me—in these six times… smash that old bastard ten thousand times,” Chen Junnan said.

“What do you think I am?” Yun Yao felt that after spending too much time in contact with Chen Junnan, she was becoming a bit crazy herself. “My ‘Echo’ is ‘Strong Luck,’ not ‘Woodpecker.’ How could I possibly smash him ten thousand times?”

“But my brain has reached its limit…” Chen Junnan said. “My tactic is stuck. That old bastard doesn’t have a ceiling above his head, so he’ll definitely discover me. Once he discovers me, he’ll figure out my tactic.”

“I see…” Yun Yao nodded. “To save his life, he has many choices. He could either use both hands to hold up the iron ball, or like you, dismantle the display screen and hide in the center of the field.”

“Right. So what do you say we should do next?” Chen Junnan asked.

After hearing this, Yun Yao slowly closed her eyes. Yes, now wasn’t the time to praise Chen Junnan. After all, the most important step hadn’t been taken yet.

The Earth-Snake was still alive.

There weren’t many questions left now. How could they use these six opportunities to smash the Earth-Snake to death as much as possible…?