As soon as Qi Xia finished speaking, Earth-Horse slowly frowned.

Today really was a strange day. Everyone she encountered felt somewhat familiar.

This man before her… even looked more familiar than that Flower-Arm Man who used Muay Thai.

“How strange…”

Earth-Horse always felt these people should have long become natives, but why had they started moving again?

“Wen Qiaoyun… you won’t give up…” Earth-Horse’s eyes gradually turned cold. “How many times have we all lost… and you still won’t give up?”

At this moment, Bai Jiu, who was pushing the cart on the track, turned to look at Qi Xia, feeling somewhat uncertain in her heart.

This man just said there was no need to hit the balls anymore?

But he hadn’t even heard the rules yet. How could he have a solution?

“You… you said there’s no need to hit the balls. What does that mean?”

“Can these balls actually hit you?” Qi Xia looked around expressionlessly. “Or are you asking to be hit?”

“What…” Everyone in the field was stunned after hearing this and asked with displeasure, “What do you mean we’re asking to be hit? Aren’t the iron balls the ones looking for us?”

Qi Xia looked at the handcart in the distance and pointed at the spherical object at the bottom. “Did anyone consider at the beginning why the bottom of this thing is a ball?”

After hearing this, Bai Jiu thought for a moment. “Using wooden balls to replace wooden wheels is naturally to make it more difficult for us to push forward on the ice surface… This cart can slip.”

“Is that so?” Qi Xia shook his head slightly. “But this handcart looks exceptionally stable. Its construction should be more sophisticated than you imagine, so even after suffering such a severe attack, you probably haven’t overturned it, right?”

Even though this cart kept slipping, there were never any signs of it tipping over.

“If Earth-Horse’s purpose was to ‘reduce stability,’ why would she give you such a stable handcart?”

Qi Xia’s few brief sentences made everyone frown.

Bai Jiu paused and asked, “Then, then what do you say… what’s the purpose of the ball at the bottom?”

Qi Xia stroked his chin and slowly said, “Could it be to ‘hide’ something?”

With one sentence, not only the participants of this game, but even Earth-Horse changed her expression.

“So it is you…” Earth-Horse muttered to herself. “This is really troublesome…”

After hearing this, everyone quickly looked at the handcart in their hands. Thinking carefully, there were indeed some very strange places.

This handcart called “Wooden Ox and Gliding Horse” was very heavy. If it were a handcart made purely of wood, would it really be this heavy?

It almost couldn’t leave the ground at all. Probably only Earth-Horse could lift it.

Moreover… when everyone had just pushed this cart onto the track, for an instant the cart seemed to lose all its weight… as if it were…

Connecting to some kind of track?

“Everyone, now stand together behind the cart and follow my commands.” Qi Xia said.

After hearing this, everyone slowly came to stand behind the cart. Qiao Jiajin originally wanted to catch balls in the distance, but under Qi Xia’s persuasion, he also gave up defending and came to the back of the cart. Then everyone looked in Qi Xia’s direction together, not knowing what idea he had.

“Have you seen ‘curling’?” Qi Xia said.

As expected, since everyone came from different eras, several people silently shook their heads.

“Simply put, I need you to suddenly push the cart out from here and let it slide to the finish line by itself.”

“This…?” Bai Jiu lowered her head to look at the handcart and suddenly understood what Qi Xia meant. “You’re saying… the ‘ball’ at the bottom of this cart is actually constantly triggering the mechanisms?”

“Yes.” Qi Xia nodded. “You should have felt it yourselves. All the mechanisms on site trigger based on ‘distance,’ not ‘time.’ When the cart passes through a certain specific distance, the mechanism activates, so the iron balls most likely contain ‘magnets.'”

After hearing this, everyone finally completely understood all the hidden information in this game.

Yes, such a stable cart, yet everyone was constantly timid and hesitant because they feared those flying balls.

Why not just push it out directly?

Why keep slowly waiting for these “balls” to be launched?

“But if we do this… won’t the person sitting on the cart be isolated?” Bai Jiu turned her head to ask. “Won’t he be more dangerous?”

“The person sitting on the cart doesn’t need to dodge.” Qi Xia said. “As long as the speed is fast enough, he will definitely reach the finish line before all the balls attack. Then you can repeat the same trick at the finish line and push the cart back to the starting point in one go. It should take about thirty seconds to complete a round trip, and under the condition that everyone is safe.”

“Everyone is safe…?” Everyone felt something wasn’t right. “But Earth-Horse will throw balls in the last round…”

“The last round?” Qi Xia turned to look at Earth-Horse and found she was also looking at him with a strange expression. “Hey, which round is the ‘last round’?”

Hearing Qi Xia’s question, Earth-Horse knew her game had really been solved.

“The last round… is the ‘seventh round’…”

Qi Xia nodded and turned to ask Bai Jiu, “Which round is it now?”

“It should be the fifth round.” Bai Jiu said.

“Then isn’t that perfect?” The corner of Qi Xia’s mouth rose. “Just as I said, no one will have any problems. Push the cart with peace of mind.”

After hearing this, everyone once again felt their thoughts were blocked.

This situation was really puzzling. The question setter clearly gave everyone the same question, yet only a few people could see through layers of fog and give accurate answers.

Everyone stood behind the cart and felt this cart slightly. They discovered that even if they loosened their hands slightly, this cart remained stable.

The “path to survival” in this game had been exceptionally obvious from the start, but everyone had overlooked this problem.

Their attention had always been on the “balls” and never on the “cart.”

But thinking carefully, what was this game called?

It had nothing to do with “balls” or the “Big Dipper.” It was called “Wooden Ox and Gliding Horse.”

It would cross countless obstacles and safely and quickly deliver what was on the cart to the finish line.

This was the “Wooden Ox and Gliding Horse.”

“So that’s how it is…” Qiao Jiajin also considered this problem and turned back to nod at everyone. “If that’s the case… everyone follow my rhythm. I’ll count one, two, three, and everyone let go at the same time. Try to keep the cart moving forward smoothly without turning.”

At this moment, Qi Xia shook his head helplessly. “Fist, since when have you become so cautious?”

“Ah?” Qiao Jiajin didn’t quite understand. “What’s the matter, liar boy? Did I say something wrong?”

“There is indeed a bit of a problem. The bottom of the cart is a ‘ball,’ and there’s dense glass on both sides of the track.” Qi Xia pointed at the ground and said, “Have you considered that even if the cart spins forward all the way, it absolutely won’t rush off the track?”