The rules sounded very simple.

First round: quick-answer. Second round: required-answer.

Bai Youwei estimated the first round of quick-answers was for rapidly accumulating points to maintain an advantage in the second round. Otherwise, during required-answers, if you happened not to know the very first question, it would instead eliminate players who were relatively more capable.

So although this game was called Lucky Quiz, while emphasizing “luck,” it was also trying hard to ensure balance.

After the gray-robed elder finished explaining the rules, it inquired: “Everyone, are there any parts of the rules you don’t understand?”

All 36 people—not one spoke up.

It wasn’t that they had no questions. Quite the opposite—they had too many questions! They wanted to know how to leave the game! Wanted to know what exactly the Doll Game was, wanted to know how they could survive!

However, none of these questions had anything to do with the rules!

What was there to ask about the rules anyway?

They were just tools and excuses for killing people!

They looked at the monitor in the center, their gazes both fearful and hateful, gritting their teeth while trembling with fear.

The gray-robed elder maintained its seated posture throughout, hunched over, like a strange old hermit meditating on Five Elders Peak.

It spoke: “Since everyone has no questions…”

“I have a question,” a man said.

Bai Youwei looked over curiously and found the speaker was Yan Qingwen.

The gray-robed elder raised its head slightly. From under the wide hood of its cloak, half of a white mask was exposed—a mask without features, only the slightly undulating contours of a face, extremely eerie.

Yan Qingwen asked: “What’s the question format? Multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank? Are there standard answers? If the answer is ‘red date,’ and I answer ‘jujube,’ will the system judge me wrong because the first character is different? During quick-answers, if multiple players respond simultaneously, whose answer counts as valid? If you answer correctly you gain points—is there a penalty for wrong answers?”

A series of questions revealed the questioner’s rigorous thinking.

The gray-robed elder laughed lowly twice, its voice extremely hoarse, like a broken wooden door creaking in the wind.

It methodically replied: “The quick-answer round consists of short-answer questions; the required-answer round consists of multiple-choice questions.

Every question has a standard answer. The system will make intelligent judgments. For example, if the answer is ‘date,’ whether you answer ‘jujube,’ ‘small date,’ ‘red date,’ ‘green date,’ or ‘date fruit’… all will be judged as correct.

During quick-answers, there won’t be simultaneous responses from players, because time will be measured precisely to 0.00001 seconds—unless your quick-answer speed exceeds the speed of light.

Lastly, wrong answers during quick-answer rounds will not incur any penalty.”

Yan Qingwen nodded with understanding and looked around. “I have no more questions. Do others have questions?”

Bai Youwei and Shen Mo caught his gaze and vaguely understood his meaning.

Using questions to further understand the game was secondary. The main purpose was to delay the questioning process, giving everyone present time for psychological adjustment.

Yan Qingwen probably didn’t care about the others, but he wanted to buy time for Lu Ang, Li Li, Zhu Shu, and a few others.

“Do you have questions to ask?” Shen Mo asked Bai Youwei.

“Mm… let me think.” Bai Youwei considered carefully.

The monitor inquired again: “Are there any other parts of the rules you don’t understand?”

“Excuse me~” Bai Youwei raised her hand. “The game is executed by the system and presided over by monitors. So if during the game a monitor acts negligently, is there a complaint channel?”

Yan Qingwen: “…”

Everyone except Shen Mo: “…”

The gray-robed elder was silent for several seconds before hoarsely answering: “Monitors will strictly preside over games according to requirements, absolutely will not engage in favoritism or fraud, and will not exhibit any negligent behavior.”

“Really?” Bai Youwei looked completely innocent. “But I’ve encountered a monitor that explained half the game rules while hiding the other half. I don’t know if you deliberately caused trouble, or if you’re just defective products? Prone to malfunctions?”