“Earth-Dog, what about the rest of the rules?” Qi Xia asked. “What exactly is this game about?”

“Please follow me, everyone. I’ll explain as we walk.”

As Earth-Dog spoke, he led everyone into one of the hotel’s corridors and said, “This hotel has two parallel corridors. Both corridors are arranged identically. Each team will occupy one corridor to begin the game. Whoever completes the mission first can declare victory.”

After saying this, he pushed open the first door in the corridor. The door was labeled “Sender.”

“This is the Sender’s room.” Earth-Dog said. “Once the game begins, both ‘Senders’ can only stay in their respective rooms and cannot go outside. Your task is to deliver a letter containing a password.”

This empty room had only a table, and the items on the table were clear at a glance.

A letter, an iron box, a gold key, and a gold lock.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Qin asked, “Since we can’t leave this room, how are we supposed to send out the ‘letter’?”

“Very simple—give the letter to the ‘Spy.'” Earth-Dog said. “Please follow me, everyone.”

He led everyone out of the room and into the corridor.

“The corridor is the activity area for all ‘Spies.’ You will shuttle through your respective corridors, responsible for delivering letters.”

“Have the ‘Spy’ help deliver letters?!” Everyone was stunned after hearing this.

“Have any of you watched spy dramas?” Earth-Dog said with a smile. “Sometimes, even knowing the messenger is a spy, there are situations where the letter must be sent out anyway.”

After hearing this, no one knew what to say. Most present were young people—how many of them had studied spy dramas?

“What’s this?” Lin Qin saw a small machine in the corridor.

The machine looked like an electric heater, with a palm-sized opening on top.

“This is a shredder.” Earth-Dog said. “The ‘Spies’ can throw anything they like into the shredder—including letters, keys, and locks. But it’s worth mentioning that due to size limitations, the ‘iron box’ cannot be thrown in.”

“So we can have the ‘Spy’ deliver anything?!” Lin Qin asked. “They can deliver just a key by itself?”

“That’s right. As long as you’re willing, you can have the spy make multiple trips back and forth in the corridor.”

Everyone had a vague feeling this game was far from simple, and what was about to happen was completely unpredictable.

“That concludes the first part of the rules.” Earth-Dog said with a smile. “Please have the ‘Senders’ return to their rooms. You don’t need to participate in the remaining rules.”

Lin Qin glanced at Qi Xia, then slowly walked toward the room.

Blond Hair from the opposing team also went to the other corridor and entered the room.

Qi Xia looked at the shredder in the corridor and suddenly felt some regret.

It seemed the “Spy” was the role with the greatest variables in this game.

“Both ‘Spies,’ no matter what you receive, you must deliver it within three minutes, unless you’ve already destroyed that item.” Earth-Dog pointed to the electronic display on the corridor wall, which showed a three-minute timer. “If the time reaches zero and the goods still haven’t been processed, you will be sanctioned.”

Old Lu and the girl were startled after hearing this. “Didn’t you say our identity was the safest?”

“Of course, as long as you deliver or destroy the item, you’ll be safe.” Earth-Dog said with a smile. “This rule was established to prevent anyone from stalling for time.”

Seeing that no one spoke further, Earth-Dog said again, “Please have the ‘Spies’ stay behind. The rest of you, follow me.”

Old Lu and the girl remained.

Earth-Dog led the remaining people forward.

Currently, both sides only had their “Recipient” and “Hostage” left.

At the end of the corridor was another room with “Recipient” written on the door.

Earth-Dog pushed open the door. Inside was still a table with only a silver key and a silver lock on it.

In the corner of the room was a large device that looked like a refrigerator.

“This is the ‘Recipient’s’ activity space.” Earth-Dog said. “Aside from the ‘Spy,’ you cannot contact anyone else.”

After saying this, he walked to the large device and said, “This cabinet is where the ‘Hostage’ needs to stay. Once the game begins, you will be trapped inside the cabinet.”

Qi Xia was the first to go up and examine the cabinet. The cabinet door had an electronic display that currently showed “Unlocked.”

The interior structure of the cabinet was also quite strange. The cabinet walls were made of metal with many holes—it looked just like…

“This is a large custom-made microwave oven I commissioned.” Earth-Dog said. “After half an hour, if no one opens the cabinet door, the person inside will be turned into meat.”

The bald man beside them gasped upon hearing this—he was the “Hostage” from the opposing team.

“Microwave oven?! What the hell?!” He shouted and backed away. “I’m not going in there!”

“Hey!” Blond Hair grabbed him. “Stop making a scene. If you back out now, A’Mu will kill you when he gets out.”

At these words, Baldy was clearly frightened.

“But, but I can’t climb into a microwave oven…”

“Relax, how could these people possibly be a match for A’Mu?” Blond Hair gripped Baldy’s shoulder. “Trust his methods.”

Baldy thought for a long while, then nodded with slight hesitation.

“As for the ‘Recipients,’ your rules are no different from the ‘Senders.'” Earth-Dog continued. “The only thing to note is that if you successfully receive the letter, immediately open the envelope and crack the door-opening password inside to rescue your teammate. The team that rescues their teammate first is considered victorious.”

Seeing that Zhang Chenze beside him had been silent the whole time, Qi Xia asked indifferently, “Do you trust me?”

Zhang Chenze pondered for a moment and said, “Qi Xia, I trust you, but there are too many variables in this game. In this room, you cannot communicate with others, much less discuss tactics. Even if I trust you, that doesn’t mean you can definitely rescue me.”

“This…” Qi Xia was momentarily at a loss for words.

Seeing the two conversing, Earth-Dog very inappropriately approached them and said with a smile, “Even now, if you want to exchange identities, I won’t object.”

After hearing this, Qi Xia was startled and took out his “Recipient” card to look at it.

Zhang Chenze had just experienced escaping from a fish tank and was now about to enter a microwave oven—wasn’t this too cruel to her?

“Lawyer Zhang, logically speaking, I really should exchange with you…” Qi Xia said with some difficulty. “Making you become a hostage twice in a row is too…”

“It’s fine.” Zhang Chenze said. “Qi Xia, from the perspective of maximizing benefits, you should hold this ‘Recipient’ card. Standing in the middle ground of the entire game, you’ll find it easier to control the overall situation. Compared to others, I’m also more at ease having you open the door lock.”

“Don’t you think it’s cruel to you?” Qi Xia asked.

“Cruel?” Zhang Chenze forced a slight smile. “As long as something is the right thing to do, it should be executed unconditionally. My clothes are still wet anyway—I’ll just treat it as going in to dry them.”