Four rounds left to extinguish the last light atop the Earth-Dog’s head.

Qin Dingdong knew she didn’t have much time. From a realistic perspective, “Poisonous Miasma” might be even more dangerous than “Cold Current.”

Many poisonous gases could potentially cause enormous damage to the human body—death upon contact.

“I originally wanted to participate in this game as an ordinary person. Now it seems like that won’t work.” Qin Dingdong covered her mouth and nose while looking at the Earth-Dog. “Dog classmate, if you deal with me like this, don’t say I’m bullying you…”

Su Shan felt the light at Qin Dingdong’s room was somewhat unusual and quickly turned her head to look.

She saw the two light clusters gathered beside Qin Dingdong slowly begin to move. They arranged themselves together very orderly, then collided toward each other with precise accuracy.

Two Chinese characters instantly appeared out of thin air, incomparably clear.

“Counterfeit.”

“Big sister here… is a famous swindler, you know.”

Qin Dingdong slowly closed her eyes, picked up her “Autumn Wind Sweeps Fallen Leaves” and caressed it for a moment. Before long, she gently placed it back down. She hadn’t expected that the technique she used in the Earth-Sheep’s “Four Emotions Fan” would have to be used again.

“What a pity… this ‘lot’ is fake…” she murmured to herself. “So where is the real ‘Autumn Wind Sweeps Fallen Leaves’?”

After saying this, Qin Dingdong made no further movements, just quietly standing in place. She slowed her breathing as much as possible, covering her mouth and nose in the poisonous miasma.

She knew she might die, but she might also be saved.

Su Shan saw those two light clusters quickly retreat after colliding, suspending in their original positions as if nothing had happened.

Although Su Shan was somewhat puzzled, time was pressing at this moment. She could only lower her head to look at the “lot” she had just drawn—still “Four Seas Have No Idle Fields.”

But according to the current situation, playing “Four Seas Have No Idle Fields” was not a wise move, because everyone was in danger. Whether it was “Cold Current” or “Poisonous Miasma,” both could cause death with extremely high probability. So even if they could play “Four Seas Have No Idle Fields” this round and defeat the Earth-Dog, they would still have to face an even more realistic problem—

Would the Earth-Dog open the room doors after the game ended?

Before the game started, the Earth-Dog had said that everyone had eight rounds to defeat the “Year Beast,” but now they were about to extinguish the “Year Beast’s” light in the fifth round. In all the rules, nothing was mentioned about “opening doors.” The only clear rule was “calamities will not stop until they are resolved.”

Carefully deducing the Earth-Dog’s motives, one could tell that he was now fully engaged in his work, so his purpose was not to end this game as quickly as possible, but to kill people.

Deducing from this, if the game ended without “calamities” being resolved, teammates would one hundred percent die in this game.

Now they needed to gamble. If luck was good enough this round, and everyone happened to be able to dispel others’ “calamities,” then all four people could survive together.

“Need to slow down the pace…” Su Shan took a deep breath and said. “‘Winning’ is already destined… what’s more important now is staying alive…”

The best plan now was to stop the game in the eighth round. After all, the Earth-Dog had said before the game started that “no matter what happens in the eighth round, the game will end.”

“Worthy of being a referee… to actually conceal such important information.” Su Shan nodded. “This is a false ‘Siege with an Opening.’ It looks like you left us a ‘way to live,’ but if we charged in without looking back, you would completely exterminate us. Although extinguishing your three lights can ‘win,’ who said ‘winning’ means you won’t die?”

Su Shan looked at the “lots” in her hand—now “Average Fortune,” “Average Fortune,” “Four Seas Have No Idle Fields.”

Just as she had expected, from now on she would only draw “Average Fortune” and “Firecrackers.”

But were there really still “Firecrackers”?

The game so far had already consumed two “Firecrackers Bid Farewell to the Old Year.” Would they prepare three?

“No… that’s impossible.” Su Shan shook her head. “If this game had three ‘Firecrackers Bid Farewell to the Old Year,’ then ‘cooperation’ wouldn’t exist at all. Everyone would only need to quietly wait for ‘Firecrackers’ to arrive, and all the difficult problems in this game could be easily solved. To embody the characteristic of cooperation, everyone must at least completely go through one ‘Four Seas Have No Idle Fields,’ so ‘Firecrackers Bid Farewell to the Old Year’ is at most two.”

Now she had wasted one “Firecracker,” so from now on everyone could only draw “Average Fortune.”

Her deduction had taken a big step forward toward the truth. To win now, they only needed to wish for a complete set of “Four Seas Have No Idle Fields,” but before that, they absolutely had to save their teammates.

She confirmed her tactics and inserted an “Average Fortune.”

“Fifth round, the first person’s ‘wish’ has ended. Next, the second person will ‘draw lots.'”

And in Zhang Chenze’s room at this moment, an “Average Fortune” also appeared.

Since “Spring” had made no moves, “Summer” could only pass through fruitlessly.

Zhang Chenze at this moment had already killed a large number of locusts in her room. Her face was covered with yellowish-brown liquid, looking very dire.

The locusts clinging to the glass had now significantly decreased, allowing Zhang Chenze to see the nearby situation clearly.

Whether she had already gotten used to these insects, or was influenced by “Echo,” although she felt somewhat apologetic about the mountain of locust corpses piled up under her feet, she comforted herself that this was all unavoidable.

Zhang Chenze stood up, using her hand to push away the insects on the glass wall, then looked at the situation in Lin Qin’s room.

Her glass wall was already full of frost flowers, appearing to be extremely cold. The “Cold Current” that the Earth-Dog had just mentioned should now be applied to Lin Qin’s room.

“This is bad…”

Zhang Chenze’s face revealed a trace of panic as she remembered that “escaped” “lot.”

“Blazing Sun Caresses the Earth.”

It looked like only this “lot” could save Lin Qin, but it had already burrowed headfirst into the pile of corpses on the ground and, with its flat body, continued to move, impossible to find any trace of.

Holding “Heavy Rain Pours Down” in her hand, she began to bend down and turn over the pile of locust corpses on the ground.

It must be said that “insects” were truly terrifying creatures. Even if their abdomens were crushed flat and their heads were smashed, their remaining limbs still moved on their own. There were even some locusts with crushed abdomens that were now lying on the ground, eating in big gulps the internal organs squeezed out from other locusts’ abdomens.

If the “Land of the End” was humanity’s hell, then this glass room in the “Land of the End” was the locusts’ hell, making one feel chilled throughout their body from just one glance.

Zhang Chenze tried hard not to let these insects distract her attention. With her head lowered, she was searching for that “Blazing Sun Caresses the Earth.”

But after only a few seconds, the “Heavy Rain Pours Down” in her hand moved and also escaped through her fingers.