After Tiantian received her safety helmet, she brought it close to her eyes and examined it carefully.

This light was indeed specially made, only as big as a grain of rice. Before it lit up, its color was completely invisible.

Everyone’s expressions at this moment were very ugly. They were all looking at each other, wanting to communicate, but unable to speak due to the rules.

“Everyone, listen carefully.” The Man-Monkey let out an evil laugh. “Next, I’ll announce the final rule, which may possibly allow all of you to keep your ‘tickets.'”

After hearing this sentence, the somewhat panicked crowd in the room looked toward the Man-Monkey, not knowing what else he would say.

The Man-Monkey pulled out a stopwatch from his chest, then shone his flashlight on it.

“When I shout the word ‘begin,’ you will have twenty seconds to communicate strategies.” Although the Man-Monkey was wearing a mask, everyone could see from his eyes that he was clearly smiling. “This will be your last chance to communicate before the game starts.”

Everyone’s expressions gradually became uneasy—twenty seconds?

How many words could be said in twenty seconds?

There wasn’t even enough time for all eleven people present to each say one sentence.

“Get ready…” The Man-Monkey smiled. “Begin.”

The moment the word “begin” landed, it was like a thunderclap exploding on the scene. More than ten people opened their mouths simultaneously to make sounds, and the scene became chaotic.

But none of these people who spoke had any real strategies. They merely wasted precious time expressing their confusion and bewilderment. Some were even shouting loudly at the Man-Monkey. This small building at this moment was like the liveliest vegetable market at dawn—it looked bustling with voices, yet not a single sentence could be heard clearly.

“I have a way!!” Zheng Yingxiong called out. “Everyone listen to me!!”

But the voices were really too noisy, and no one heard his words clearly.

He knew that Zheng Yingxiong had preserved memories for a very long time and might have even participated in similar games before. Perhaps he really had a way to crack this.

“What method could a little kid have?!” An old man closest to Xiao Cheng heard his words and immediately retorted. “If you ask me, everyone should quickly decide on a secret signal and find a way to notify each other!”

“Ah, right!” The old man’s words instantly gained a lot of agreement. Everyone nodded and said, “Stomp feet! After seeing the other person’s light, stomp feet! Blue once, red twice!”

Xiao Cheng cried out in alarm in his heart. These people were indeed people who came to participate in “Monkey-type” games for cheap deals. They hadn’t even understood the rules clearly before they started discussing strategies. Could this really work?

According to the rules, not only could they not see the lights on each other’s heads, they also had no way to transmit secret signals. Yet they were formulating ridiculous tactics in this direction.

But now time had already been wasted by more than half. If only a few seconds remained, how exactly could they discuss a good strategy?

Countless thoughts flashed through Xiao Cheng’s mind. This game was really quite unfair for everyone. No wonder the Man-Monkey said “the more people the better.” Naturally, it was for these twenty seconds of discussion time. If there were only two or three people present, they might very well work out a strategy, but now there were eleven emotionally panicked people in this room.

The more people there were, the greater the Man-Monkey’s chances of winning this game. Looking at it this way, how could they possibly win?

Since he had no idea at all that the Man-Monkey would let everyone discuss strategies in advance, Xiao Cheng at this moment only felt his brain was completely chaotic. It wasn’t that he wasn’t smart enough, but rather that the Man-Monkey had fully utilized psychological tactics. The so-called “one person breaks the rules, everyone is eliminated” was the Man-Monkey’s standard psychological warfare.

At this moment, in such a noisy environment and under such tremendous psychological pressure, it was simply impossible for anyone to calm down, quickly think of a strategy, and then convince the other ten people.

Xiao Cheng secretly calculated in his heart. Time was probably running out—at most three to five seconds remained. What exactly should be done at this point?!

“We need to cut in line!!!” Zheng Yingxiong, standing behind everyone, shouted at the top of his lungs. “If you want to win, you must cut in line!!!”

As soon as the words fell, the Man-Monkey pressed down on the stopwatch in his hand and said with a cold laugh, “Time’s up, discussion over.”

The noisy interior instantly became extremely quiet. Everyone’s words came to an abrupt halt, leaving only the sound of heavy breathing.

Because the surroundings were exceptionally quiet, the last sentence Zheng Yingxiong had said kept lingering in everyone’s ears.

Cut in line?

In this game called “No Cutting in Line,” they should cut in line?

Since no one now had any way to communicate with the people around them, everyone naturally began to recall the meaning of this sentence.

“Next, the game officially begins.” The Man-Monkey said. “I will now step forward to touch everyone’s shoulder in turn. The ‘Participant’ whose shoulder I touch, please walk up the stairs and stand in the rectangular area on the second floor.”

At this moment, Xiao Cheng keenly felt that the Man-Monkey’s voice had changed somewhat.

He seemed to be less confident than at the beginning.

What was this about…?

Could it be because of what Zheng Yingxiong said?

As the Man-Monkey spoke, he walked to the side and touched the shoulder of a middle-aged woman. Under the flashlight’s illumination, the woman’s expression clearly showed relief.

After nodding, she hurriedly ran up to the second floor.

For everyone, the first person was undoubtedly the most relaxed. No matter where she stood, she wouldn’t cause this game to be lost, since the remaining people would choose their positions based on her color.

Everyone raised their heads to watch her walk up to the second floor. The instant she reached the second floor, a red light lit up at the back of her head.

This scene was fully witnessed by everyone on the first floor, but what could this represent?

Everyone could only see the color of the lights on top of other people’s heads, but to win this game, the greatest difficulty lay in how to choose for oneself.

At this moment, the Man-Monkey stepped forward again and touched Tiantian’s shoulder.

Tiantian’s whole body stiffened, then she nodded, raised her head to look at Xiao Cheng somewhat nervously, and then walked up to the second floor.

Xiao Cheng also stared intently at the safety helmet on top of her head and discovered that when she reached the second floor, a blue light lit up at the back of her head.

He knew Tiantian’s situation was also relatively relaxed. She could choose to stand on the left side or right side of the first woman. No matter what, the two of them had different colors.

Next was the time for everyone else to make their choices.

They had to guess the color of the light on top of their own head, then choose to stand on Tiantian’s side or the middle-aged woman’s side.

Starting from the third person, their choice would possibly lead to everyone’s game failure.

As long as a standing arrangement of red-blue-red or blue-red-blue appeared, all the remaining people wouldn’t need to continue the game anymore. The ending would inevitably be a loss.

Not knowing whether the Man-Monkey did it deliberately or chose by chance, the third person he selected was Xiao Cheng.

Xiao Cheng slowly frowned, immediately feeling tremendous pressure.