“The second person’s ‘wish’ has ended. Please have the third person ‘draw lots.'” Earth-Dog said over the broadcast.

Lin Qin supported herself on the table in the room, stood up gritting her teeth, then trembling all over, felt for the “lot” for this round from the table.

She felt as if she had been knocked stupid from the falls, because this “lot” was different from all the “lots” she had obtained before. It wasn’t a “Neutral Lot,” but instead had five characters written on it.

“Spring Warmth and Flowers Blooming Day.”

She shook her head, trying hard to make her dizziness dissipate somewhat, then carefully understood the content on the “lot.”

Could it be that what the several of them had drawn before weren’t “Neutral Lots,” but instead all had this kind of text?

In that case, did the rightward arrow below this “lot” mean it would take effect in the room on her right?

“My luck is really too bad…”

Lin Qin smiled bitterly, then carefully placed this “lot” in front of her, and instead took out a “Neutral Lot” and tossed it into the hole.

“It’s just unfortunate I didn’t get hit in the head. I can still think carefully now.” Lin Qin smiled, then moved her leg that had no sensation, feeling that she probably had a fracture.

For her, the current priority wasn’t to treat her leg, but to consume all the “Neutral Lots” in her hand, then accumulate “wish lots” as much as possible. This way, whether it was “giving gifts” or “making wishes,” at least they could respond to “calamities.”

Su Shan saw Lin Qin recover her spirits and nodded with slight relief. She knew that in this game, no one could die.

Once one person died, it would inevitably lead to complete defeat.

After all, as the “Four Seasons,” the several people formed a “ring.” They were connected end to end, supporting each other.

If this “ring” had a gap, it would cause the rooms on the left and right sides of the gap to fall into danger. After all, a dead person couldn’t rescue the “calamities” on their left and right.

Not only that, even “giving gifts” would be affected. For example, “summer” couldn’t skip “autumn” and directly “give gifts” to “winter.”

Qin Dingdong looked at Lin Qin with slight tension. After discovering she was fine, her anxious heart relaxed somewhat, and she began to come to her senses and wait for her next “lot.”

But the next “lot” didn’t surface even after several seconds.

“You resolved it quite well. Indeed, aside from veterans there are masters.” Earth-Dog said in a deep voice. “But you’ve already fallen into my rhythm.”

“What?”

“You used an entire year’s time to break through the wounds left by last year’s ‘calamity.’ This idea is certainly good. But what will you do about this year’s ‘calamity’?”

After hearing this sentence, the several people finally came to their senses. Yes, the “calamities” wouldn’t stop.

As long as the “Nian Beast” played by Earth-Dog still existed, they would continue to linger in the “Year of Calamity.”

Earth-Dog nodded seriously, took out a “lot” from in front of him, and said with a serious expression: “After being a working person for so many years, the only life philosophy I’ve comprehended is—for ordinary people, our lives are forever ‘blessings never come in pairs, misfortunes never come alone.'”

He inserted the “lot” into the hole on his right side, directly facing Zhang Chenze: “Everyone get ready. This round’s ‘calamity’ is called ‘Locust Plague.'”

Seeing Earth-Dog’s action, Zhang Chenze was clearly panicked.

“Locust plague…? Wait… wait a moment…”

Her expression became extremely frightened. Although she had long known she would suffer a “calamity,” she hadn’t expected it would be precisely the thing she least wanted to face.

Before she could say a word, a huge buzzing suddenly erupted above Zhang Chenze’s head. A large number of things were gathering overhead.

“Don’t… ‘locust plague’ really won’t work…” Zhang Chenze was so anxious her eyes turned red, her voice carrying a sobbing tone as she said, “Don’t touch me with this kind of thing…”

As the ceiling grid moved slightly, countless locusts flew out from above with a huge insect buzz, instantly darkening Zhang Chenze’s room like ink descending.

This scene made several girls at the scene retreat half a step. They all came from cities—who among them had witnessed a locust plague at such close distance?

Zhang Chenze continuously waved her hands and feet in the room, but the more she wanted to drive away these insects, the more she would touch them.

One locust jumped and landed on Zhang Chenze’s straight nose, coincidentally meeting her eyes.

Its entire body was gray-green, with strong and developed hind legs.

On its incomparably hard and expressionless face, two huge eyes stared straight at Zhang Chenze.

Zhang Chenze finally couldn’t endure this terror so close at hand and screamed loudly in the cramped room. But just as she cried out, a pile of locusts crawled into her mouth.

She had never eaten insects and had never imagined that living locusts felt so ice-cold. They crawled in her mouth, their hard hind legs pricking every inch of skin in her oral cavity.

She felt she fundamentally couldn’t breathe. Her stomach was churning and she wanted to vomit everything out.

“I’m going to die. I’m going to die in the ugliest and most painful way in this world…”

Zhang Chenze’s mind was full of despairing thoughts, but she had already lost her direction among the sky-blocking and sun-obscuring locusts. She didn’t know which direction she was currently facing, nor did she know in which direction her teammates were.

“Zhang Chenze!!” Su Shan forcefully slapped the glass in front of her several times and shouted loudly, “Calm down a bit! The ‘locusts’ in a ‘locust plague’ won’t eat people!!”

Unfortunately, Zhang Chenze completely couldn’t hear Su Shan’s shouts.

“Please have the fourth person ‘draw lots.'” Earth-Dog said coldly, as if he hadn’t seen anything.

At this moment, the corners of Qin Dingdong’s mouth slightly turned up. She didn’t immediately draw lots, but instead looked with a profound expression at Lawyer Zhang directly across from her.

She remembered that when she stayed at her grandmother’s house as a child, one night the room was crawling with insects she couldn’t name. Her grandmother told her that in this kind of cramped space, the best method to deal with these insects was “smoke fumigation.” So that night, her grandmother lit some unknown dry grass, making the entire room permeate with a strange smell.

Yes, “smoke fumigation” was the correct answer. It would eliminate the “insects” in this game.

If she connected “calamity” and “insects,” the only thing Qin Dingdong could think of was “locust plague.”

So that “Thick Smoke Scatters Across Eight Directions” card had already been actively consumed by her. Earth-Dog also, as she predicted, used this unsolvable “locust plague.”

“Only this way can you ‘reverberate’…” Qin Dingdong smiled. “Don’t blame me. After all, locusts don’t have much danger.”

She thought slightly, looked at the new “lot” she had drawn—it was still a “Neutral Lot.”

She didn’t know whether their luck was good or bad. Important “lots” had already been obtained seventy to eighty percent in the first few rounds. What followed might be a long “neutral lot period.”

“Su Shan… it’s in your hands…” Qin Dingdong inserted a “Neutral Lot,” then looked at Su Shan. “Fall into despair as soon as possible.”