Chapter 1045: Heart Piercer

Four people were trapped in the same room, facing an impossible dilemma.

Zhao Yisheng knew that the situation was completely out of control, no matter what.

The room held four people, one of whom was Chen Junnan.

In other words, Chen Junnan alone had the upper hand over the other three.

The team originally had seven members; subtracting Chu Tianqiu left six, and among those six, three were now controlled in the room, leaving only Yan Zhichun, Wen Qiaoyun, and Zhang Shan.

Yan Zhichun and Wen Qiaoyun had naturally gone to the opposite side to "invade," so in the entire home area with ten rooms, only Zhang Shan was left to guard it.

In other words, at that moment, their base was wide open; if they didn't quickly resolve this puzzle of the true and false Chen Junnan, they might as well concede defeat.

"Jin Yuanxun!" Chen Junnan A turned to Jin Yuanxun. "Do you remember, three years ago, the game we both participated in, where I turned into a fat old man!"

"Uh…" Jin Yuanxun listened and glanced at Zhao Yisheng, but unfortunately, his memory didn't go back that far—only the person saying it would know if it was true or false.

Chen Junnan B, not to be outdone, replied, "He doesn't even know you've lost your memory, so how can you believe him? Jin Yuanxun, I've found a way to do 'Hui Xiang.' Try to get him out of here, and I'll teach you 'Hui Xiang.' Then you can see if I'm the real one!"

Zhao Yisheng thought carefully about the situation for a moment and quickly figured it out. He said, "Xu Liunian, weren't you just rushing to the 'front line' with them? Why did you suddenly turn back?"

"Because the 'zi' is lost!" The two Chen Junnans said simultaneously, then glanced at each other with expressions of disgust.

"The 'zi' is lost…?"

"So hurry up and let me go back!" Chen Junnan A said. "If I don't get back to the 'Bei Zhan Qu' now, I'll be done for when the Di Long comes down!"

"I told you that ages ago!" Chen Junnan B said.

"This makes it easy…" Zhao Yisheng said. "Xu Liunian doesn't have the 'zi,' but Chen Junnan does. Do you two mind if we search you?"

"Not at all." The two Chen Junnans said at the same time, then looked at each other with disgust again.

Zhao Yisheng heard their confident responses and felt half defeated already, but for safety's sake, he and Jin Yuanxun stepped forward to search Chen Junnan A and Chen Junnan B.

As expected, neither of them had the 'zi' on them.

Chen Junnan had dared to stroll in boldly, pretending to be Xu Liunian, so of course he wasn't afraid of a search. But he must have the 'zi' somewhere, or it would be against the rules—they just didn't know where it was.

In this game, it was hard to fake having the 'zi,' but faking not having it was simple. If Chen Junnan was ruthless enough, he could even swallow the 'zi.'

As the group hesitated, the Di Long slowly rose in the air and leaped down toward the room below. Everyone active in the area saw it happen.

The Di Long's pale figure landed in the room with the two Chen Junnans. She barely bent her knees upon landing, making almost no sound.

The four people in the room looked uneasy at the Di Long's arrival.

"It's been over two minutes." The Di Long said expressionlessly. "If the person who lost their 'zi' doesn't make it back to the 'Bei Zhan Qu' within three minutes, I'll have no choice but to eliminate them."

The two Chen Junnans panicked upon hearing this, both seeming genuinely afraid.

"This is the first time we've had a 'no-zi retention' situation." The Di Long said. "Please pass the message to the survivors: Next time, the time limit will be thirty seconds."

Zhao Yisheng swallowed hard, thinking the Di Long's arrival was perfectly timed.

"Great…" Zhao Yisheng said. "Since the Di Long is here, she must know who to eliminate… The one she goes after is the real Xu Liunian!"

The two Chen Junnans both looked at him speechlessly.

Yes, if someone died, they'd know who was real, but then what?

Jin Yuanxun turned to the Di Long: "Sis… Which one are you going to eliminate?"

"How interesting…" The Di Long covered her mouth and laughed. "Although I can see everything clearly from up there, it wouldn't be fun to say it. My job is just to eliminate rule-breakers; I'm not here to help you figure out who's real. You have forty seconds left."

"Hey?!" The two Chen Junnans panicked together. "That won't work!"

With the situation now in a countdown, Zhao Yisheng quickly scrutinized the two Chen Junnans. After all, the real Xu Liunian would be more panicked, facing actual elimination, while the fake one had no such worry—his goal from the start was just to stall and eliminate the real one.

So, the real Chen Junnan should be relieved, not panicked.

But Zhao Yisheng watched them for a few seconds and realized both seemed genuinely panicked—it didn't look like an act.

He had dealt with many critically ill patients and was all too familiar with the expressions people wore when facing death.

It was a incredibly complex look, with every cell in the body fighting against fate.

Most people couldn't fake that, not even professional actors.

Wait…

Suddenly, Zhao Yisheng thought of something. Did Chen Junnan really have the 'zi'?

Was it possible he truly believed he was about to die?

But entering the enemy zone without the 'zi'…

"Twenty seconds left." The Di Long had rolled up her sleeves, as if preparing not to get them dirty. "Are you ready?"

"Got it!" Chen Junnan A suddenly had an idea. "Zhao Yisheng! You and I go to the next room! Jin Yuanxun, you stay here!"

"What?" Zhao Yisheng was stunned.

"We'll split into two groups and enter different rooms." Chen Junnan A said. "That way, the real Chen Junnan will trigger the game. Then, out of the four of us, three will know who's genuine."

"Will… will that work?" Zhao Yisheng asked.

The Di Long: "Ten seconds."

"Don't hesitate! I'm about to die!"

"Fine, fine!" Zhao Yisheng didn't have time to think, so he grabbed Chen Junnan A and hurried out of the room to the other side of the game area.

That left Jin Yuanxun and Chen Junnan B staring at each other across an open "door." In just a few seconds, the "door" slammed shut and locked.

It seemed Zhao Yisheng and Jin Yuanxun—or one of them—had triggered the game, but who…?

Chen Junnan A grabbed Zhao Yisheng tightly, tense as he said, "Hurry, take me to see Tianqiu! I'm the real one!"

Zhao Yisheng hesitated for a moment, then saw Chen Junnan A lead him out through another door, straight to the "Bei Zhan Qu."

The room hadn't locked, which meant the Chen Junnan in front of him was the "fake," and Xu Liunian was the "real" one.

"Jin Yuanxun is in danger…" Zhao Yisheng said.