“Fuck off!” Brother Wang roared, “I thought you had some good idea, but we came in with six people total—you’re planning to have four of us die?”

Seeing the several people not far away, Qi Xia found it quite interesting. He walked to the side, found a discarded wooden crate, sat down, and quietly stared at everyone.

Since Earth-Ox kept her back to him, she hadn’t realized he had entered her venue. The several men in the distance also just regarded Qi Xia as an ordinary “Participant” watching from the sidelines, and no one took it seriously.

“Brother Wang, think carefully!” The fat man with glasses explained, “Each of our strength is limited. We’ve already exhausted most of it now. If we kill one person and try each time, our strength will be used up before we can win against this ox!”

“You…” Brother Wang was clearly hesitating after hearing this.

“Rather than us trying many times in succession only to find it doesn’t work, why don’t we make her not use all four limbs at once? Wouldn’t that be a guaranteed win?” The fat man continued, “Do you want to gamble on a slim chance of victory, or do you want a one hundred percent win?!”

At this moment, apart from the fat man with glasses, the other five people present all showed troubled expressions.

Out of six people, four had to die. This seemingly simple tug-of-war game had become a deadly game with a mortality rate as high as 66.6%.

“What are you still hesitating about?!” The fat man said again, “If we win this game, each person gets ten ‘Dao.’ Do you know what the concept of ten ‘Dao’ doubling four times is?! Multiply ten by two, four times—that’s one hundred sixty ‘Dao’ per person!!”

“Huh?” Brother Wang was stunned. “Is that how you calculate it? I thought each person only got forty…”

After hearing this, everyone looked toward Earth-Ox, who smiled and nodded at this moment, saying, “You calculated correctly. One hundred sixty ‘Dao’ per person. How will you decide?”

“But there’s still a problem… This number sounds like a lot of profit, but the people who die… won’t they have no ‘Dao’?” Brother Wang asked.

“Originally, that would be the case.” Earth-Ox nodded. “But I’ve just opened for business, so I can give you a ‘grand opening special.’ Everyone who participates in this game can obtain ‘Dao’ whether they live or die. The ‘Dao’ obtained by the dead will be given to those who survive. As for how to distribute it, that’s up to you.”

“Damn…” The man called Brother Wang frowned and gritted his teeth, saying in a low voice, “Six people, one hundred sixty ‘Dao’ each—that’s a fucking total of nine hundred sixty. Playing this big?”

“I think it’s reliable.” The fat man said, “This woman doesn’t look like those ‘Zodiacs.’ She even told us the solution to the ‘Heavenly-Snake Moment’ just now, which shows she’s not a bad person, right?”

Earth-Ox helping them break through the “Heavenly-Snake Moment” was naturally also for “performance.” She wouldn’t allow “Participants” who had finally delivered themselves to her door to ultimately become prey for “Heavenly-Snake.”

After all, “Heavenly-Snake” didn’t need these six heads, but Earth-Ox did.

“Tug-of-war…” Qi Xia pondered slightly.

If he were to participate in this physical-strength type game, what would be a good countermeasure?

Just three seconds later, he made his judgment. If he had to choose the best countermeasure, he would choose not to participate in physical-strength type games.

After all, Sun Tzu said: The skillful warrior first makes himself invincible.

As long as he didn’t participate in physical-strength type games, the opponent could never win.

Brother Wang gathered several people together and whispered in discussion for quite a while before turning back to ask, “Hey! Earth-Ox!”

“Mm?”

“If you don’t use your four limbs, how will you tug-of-war with us?”

Earth-Ox thought for a moment and said, “I can tie the rope around my waist, then curl up and lie on the ground. I won’t move my hands or feet—as long as you can drag me away, you win.”

“Brother Wang! Did you hear that?!” The fat man tugged at his clothes and said, “She won’t even use her hands or feet! She can’t exert force!”

“This fucking…” Brother Wang kept scratching his head, feeling the temptation before him was truly too great.

Even though they knew there might be a trap, no one could figure out which part would be the problem.

A person curled up, unable to move their hands and feet—pulling the rope around her waist, couldn’t they drag her away?

Moreover, the Earth-Ox before them was clearly a woman. She had a thin build and a soft voice. No matter how they thought about it, her body couldn’t possibly weigh a thousand pounds.

Then again, they still had two strong and sturdy men here. As long as they exerted their full strength, not to mention an ordinary-sized woman, even a small car could be pulled.

The most critical point was… Earth-Ox simply couldn’t win!

Her hands and feet couldn’t move, which meant at most she could only try not to be dragged away. If she wanted to win the “tug-of-war,” it would be nothing short of a fantasy.

“How about we… we draw lots.” Brother Wang said, “Choose the fairest method, and no one should think of running away. Anyway, two people will survive. When the time comes, the two people will supervise each other and hide the ‘Dao.’ Next time we come back, we’ll take them together. Anyway, we know each other from both rooms, and no one can deceive anyone. How about it?”

Seeing the decision of the several people, Qi Xia ultimately curved his lips. Yes, none of them could escape.

Even if they didn’t die in the game, the hidden “Dao” would be found by the “Ants” that came out to “forage” late at night. When that time came, the survivors wouldn’t be able to clear their suspicion even if they jumped into the Yellow River.

A rift would be created between the two rooms, and ultimately no one would trust each other anymore. Teammates who had depended on each other for life and death would henceforth become enemies who deceived each other.

This was the terrifying aspect of this land.

The several people pooled together six “Dao” from their pockets and used small stones to mark two of them. They looked around, and their gazes stopped on Qi Xia.

Earth-Ox also noticed their gazes and slowly turned her head back, only then discovering that Qi Xia had somehow sat behind her.

She looked at Qi Xia silently, her face expressionless throughout.

Brother Wang walked over with the six “Dao” and said to Qi Xia, “Hey! Buddy! Help us out!”

“Go ahead.” Qi Xia said.

“Help us keep these six ‘Dao.’ We’ll come up and draw in turns.” Brother Wang thought for a moment and said, “Each time you pick out two pieces, hold one in your left hand and one in your right hand, then just let us choose left or right.”

“I’m just a stranger.” Qi Xia sighed and looked at the bead above his head, saying, “Your life and death are about to be decided by a stranger.”

“Precisely because you’re a stranger, this decision won’t give anyone grounds to complain.”

After Brother Wang finished speaking, he handed the six “Dao” to Qi Xia. Qi Xia accordingly placed these “Dao” behind himself, then felt out two pieces and held them in his hands.