Chapter 310: Triangle
Chen Junnan knew that regardless of anything, his coordinate was "-1", and he was not far from the person asking the question this time.
Only four people stood between them.
In other words, more than half of the remaining people would be affected by his problem.
Wasn't that a good thing?
As long as he could join forces with the questioner this time to kill that "3", then Xu Qian would fall for the trap and call the Earth Snake, and his plan would move to the next step.
"Finally, things are getting interesting..."
Before long, Yun Yao called, but her tone was off.
"Chen Junnan..." she said. "Something seems wrong..."
"What is it?"
"Th-this question is very strange..."
"What's strange about it?"
Yun Yao hesitated for a moment before saying, "This question is, 'Are there six days in a week?'"
"What?"
Chen Junnan finally understood why Yun Yao felt so uneasy.
According to their earlier deduction, the question this time should have been, "Will it fall?"
But why had it changed to this?
"Tell me—do you think we guessed wrong, or did someone change the question?"
Chen Junnan lowered his head and thought carefully about the situation. He was a bit confused.
The third and sixth questions had both been "Will it fall?" but the ninth had changed.
Was the pattern not like that?
"Wait a minute..." Chen Junnan suddenly thought of something. "Speaking of the sixth question—since everyone chose 'No,' we still don't know whether the iron ball really fell or not."
"This..." Yun Yao recalled that experience as well. "So you mean... someone misled us back then?"
Chen Junnan didn't dare to jump to conclusions, since everything was based on speculation.
"Big star... I still trust my gut." Chen Junnan decisively stopped overthinking—sometimes, the more you thought, the messier things got. "I think the question is still 'Will it fall?' but the person about to be crushed to death didn't want to die, so they changed it."
Yun Yao nodded after hearing that. "That makes sense. 'Are there six days in a week?' clearly wants us to choose 'No,' so he can survive."
"Exactly." Chen Junnan nodded in agreement. "I've said it before—none of these tricks work on me. I've already used that same 'change the question' strategy several times."
"Change... change the question?" Yun Yao was startled. "Chen Junnan... did you change the question just now?"
"Cough, cough, cough..." Chen Junnan coughed awkwardly. "How could that be, big star? I just polished the wording a little."
Yun Yao sighed helplessly. "Fine... Are you really going to kill someone this time?"
"That's right." Chen Junnan smiled. "Anyone who comes to the 'Land of the End' can die at any moment. Even if I don't kill them, they'll die here anyway. So I've long since lost any sense of guilt."
"I... I see..." Yun Yao hesitated before hanging up.
Chen Junnan turned back and chose 'Yes,' then sat down on his chair and lowered his head.
He was thinking about how to make all the remaining people choose 'Yes.'
What method could unite the rest of them in solidarity?
A moment later, a sly grin spread across his face as he pressed the dial button.
After a dozen rings, Xu Qian answered.
"Go ahead."
"Qian Jie... this question is interesting."
"Interesting?"
"Yeah." Chen Junnan laughed. "Our moment of unity is coming."
"What... is the question?"
"The person in front of me said... 'Should the final chips be doubled?'"
"Huh...?"
Xu Qian was clearly startled by the question, but before she could even ask anything, Chen Junnan spoke first.
"Qian Jie, you don't think this is a scam, do you?" he asked.
"This..." Xu Qian on the other end paused for a moment, then asked, "What did you choose?"
"Of course I chose 'Yes.'"
"You don't even know if anyone changed the question, and you still chose 'Yes'?"
"That's right. Even though I don't know if anyone changed it, choosing 'Yes' won't cost me anything." Chen Junnan sighed. "We're all here to earn some 'Dao.' Don't you want to give it a try?"
Xu Qian thought for a moment and felt that Chen Junnan made a good point.
"You have a point... Even if it's a trick, choosing 'Yes' won't hurt."
The corners of Chen Junnan's mouth slowly lifted. Fortunately, the iron ball hadn't fallen the sixth time. Most people were still uncertain about the rules. They only knew that someone had died from "sitting down" in the third question, and it was hard to find a pattern now.
"Exactly, Qian Jie." Chen Junnan said. "Anyway, I've told you. We're all risking our lives to play this game. It'd be best if we could earn a little more."
"Alright, I understand..." Xu Qian thought for a moment, then hung up.
Chen Junnan sat back down in his seat. The long wait began again.
In his free time, he made another bold assumption.
This time, only four people stood between him and the questioner.
One of them had changed the question.
It probably wasn't Yun Yao—she had no reason to do so. That meant the "question changer" was among the remaining three people.
They were, in order: the "Anxious Girl" to Yun Yao's right, the "Quiet Man," and the person to the Quiet Man's right.
Chen Junnan looked back at the diagram he had drawn. For convenience, he had marked the person to the Quiet Man's right with a square. Above that square's head hung the iron ball—he was the lucky one this time.
"One of these three is lying...?"
But a few seconds later, he realized the problem—no, there was one more person.
He drew a triangle to the right of the square, then circled it.
"'Triangle'... you're the 'first person' this time. You might have changed the question the moment you got it... right?"
Just then, the screen lit up.
Chen Junnan stared intently at the words.
"The final answer for this question is—'Yes.'"
**Boom—!!**
Before he could even finish reading the line, a deafening sound exploded.
Not far to Chen Junnan's right, a person whose face he didn't even know had died.
This murder had no known target, no motive, no prejudice.
Just kill, and it was done.
Chen Junnan slowly revealed a smile.
He had thought that one wrong step would lead to more wrong steps.
But this step had turned out right.
It turned out that in life, you couldn't be too cautious. Sometimes, you had to trust yourself.
"'Square,' get home safe. See you next time."
Chen Junnan stood up and walked slowly toward the phone.