Chapter 370: Continuous Accidents

In four rounds, they needed to extinguish the last lamp on Di Gou's head. Qin Dingdong knew her time was running out, and from the current situation, the Du Zhao seemed even more dangerous than the Han Liu.

Many toxic gases could cause massive damage to the human body, potentially fatal upon contact.

"I originally wanted to join this game as an ordinary person, but now it looks like that's not possible." Qin Dingdong covered her mouth and nose as she glanced at Di Gou. "Dog classmate, if you come at me like this, don't say I bullied you..."

Su Shan noticed an unusual glow coming from Qin Dingdong's room and quickly turned to look.

She saw the two light orbs gathered around Qin Dingdong slowly moving into position. They arranged themselves in perfect order and collided with precise accuracy.

Two characters suddenly appeared out of nowhere, clear as day.

Zhan Pin.

"Sister, I'm... quite the famous fraud, you know."

Qin Dingdong slowly closed her eyes, picked up her Qiu Feng Sao Luo Ye, and stroked it for a moment before gently putting it back. She hadn't expected to use the same tactic she had with the Si Qing Shan again.

"It's a pity... this Qian is fake..." she murmured to herself. "So where is the real Qiu Feng Sao Luo Ye?"

After saying that, Qin Dingdong didn't move at all. She just stood still, trying to slow her breathing as much as possible while covering her mouth and nose in the Du Zhao.

She knew there was a chance she might die, but also a chance she could be saved.

Su Shan watched as the two light orbs quickly separated after colliding, returning to their original spots as if nothing had happened.

Though Su Shan was a bit confused, time was pressing, so she glanced at the Qian she had just drawn—it was still Si Hai Wu Xian Tian.

But given the circumstances, playing Si Hai Wu Xian Tian wasn't wise, as everyone was in dire straits. Whether it was the Han Liu or the Du Zhao, both could easily lead to death. Even if they played Si Hai Wu Xian Tian this round and defeated Di Gou, they'd face a more pressing issue—

Would Di Gou open the room doors after the game ended?

At the start, Di Gou had said they had eight rounds to defeat the Nian Shou, but now, in the fifth round, they were trying to extinguish the Nian Shou's lamps. Nowhere in the rules was there any mention of opening the doors. The only clear rule was that the Zai E wouldn't stop until it was resolved.

Thinking more carefully about Di Gou's motives, it was clear he was fully committed to his work, and his goal wasn't to end the game quickly but to kill.

From that, it could be inferred that if the Zai E wasn't resolved before the game ended, the team would definitely die.

Now, they had to take a gamble. If they were lucky this round and everyone managed to resolve each other's Zai E, the four of them could all survive.

"We need to slow down the pace..." Su Shan took a deep breath and said, "Winning is already set in stone... The real priority is staying alive..."

The best plan now was to drag the game out until the eighth round, since Di Gou had said at the beginning that "no matter what happens in the eighth round, the game will end."

"Not bad for a referee... hiding something so important." Su Shan nodded. "This is a false Wei Cheng Bi Que. It looks like you've left us a way out, but if we charge in recklessly, you'll wipe us out completely. Sure, extinguishing your three lamps means 'winning,' but who says winning means we won't die?"

Su Shan looked at the Qian in her hand—it was now Ping Qian, Ping Qian, and Si Hai Wu Xian Tian.

Just as she expected, from now on, they'd only draw Ping Qian and Bian Pao.

But was there really still Bian Pao?

They had already used two Bian Pao Ci Jiu Sui in the game so far—was there a third?

"No... that's impossible." Su Shan shook her head. "If this game had three Bian Pao Ci Jiu Sui, there'd be no need for 'cooperation' at all. Everyone could just wait for the Bian Pao to arrive and solve everything. To emphasize cooperation, we at least need to go through a full Si Hai Wu Xian Tian, so there can only be two Bian Pao Ci Jiu Sui at most."

Since she had wasted one Bian Pao, from now on, they'd only draw Ping Qian.

Her deduction had brought her closer to the truth. To win now, they just needed to wish for a complete set of Si Hai Wu Xian Tian, but before that, they had to save their teammates.

She confirmed her strategy and played a Ping Qian.

"Fifth round, first player's 'wish' is complete. Now, the second player will 'draw.'"

At that moment, a Ping Qian also appeared in Zhang Chenze's room.

Since Chun Ji hadn't made any move, Xia Ji passed without action.

By now, Zhang Chenze had killed a massive number of locusts in her room. Her face was covered in yellowish-brown fluid, looking quite dreadful.

The locusts clinging to the glass had decreased significantly, allowing Zhang Chenze to see her surroundings more clearly.

Whether she had grown accustomed to these insects or was influenced by the Hui Xiang, she felt a slight remorse for the mountain of locust corpses at her feet, but she comforted herself that it was necessary.

Zhang Chenze stood up, used her hand to brush away the insects on the glass wall, and then looked toward Lin Qing's room.

Her glass wall was completely frosted over, indicating extremely low temperatures. The Han Liu that Di Gou had mentioned was clearly affecting Lin Qing's room.

"Oh no..."

A look of panic crossed Zhang Chenze's face as she remembered the Tao Pao she had drawn.

Yan Yang Fu Da Di.

That seemed to be the only Qian that could save Lin Qing, but it had burrowed into the pile of corpses on the ground and was slithering away with its flat body, nowhere to be seen.

Holding her Bao Yu Gun Piao Po, Zhang Chenze bent down and started rummaging through the heap of locust bodies.

Insects were truly terrifying creatures. Even when their abdomens were crushed or their heads smashed, their remaining limbs would still twitch on their own. Some locusts with flattened abdomens were lying on the ground, greedily devouring the innards spilling from others.

If the Zhong Yan Zhi Di was hell for humans, then this glass house in the Zhong Yan Zhi Di was hell for locusts, sending chills down anyone's spine just by looking at it.

Zhang Chenze tried hard not to let these insects distract her, keeping her head down as she searched for the Yan Yang Fu Da Di.

But after just a few seconds, the Bao Yu Gun Piao Po in her hand stirred and slipped away through her fingers.