The nine people were now like chandeliers on the ceiling, swinging back and forth while holding the handles.
Lin Qin looked down, and his heart sank halfway.
Below was a void about ten meters deep.
If they hadn't grabbed the handles, they would have certainly fallen to their deaths by now.
"Hey, writer, hold on tight!" Qiao Jia Jing also noticed that Han Yimo was starting to loosen his grip and felt anxious, "How can you be powerless at this crucial moment?"
"I..."
Han Yimo's facial muscles were straining, but his body was still sliding down bit by bit.
Qiao Jia Jing was very close to Han Yimo, immediately releasing one hand, he grabbed the waistband of Han Yimo's pants and lifted it up. Qiao Jia Jing was very strong, and Han Yimo felt as if he was being lifted up. He quickly reached out and grabbed the handle firmly. Officer Li, seeing this, also reached out to help. The two of them, one with each hand, supported Han Yimo who was about to fall.
The crowd was about to breathe a sigh of relief when they heard a muffled hum.
Turning their heads, they saw Tian Tian unable to help but cry out. At this moment, a few people remembered that her hand was also injured.
But this girl seemed to be very enduring, and only made a muffled sound when her blood covered the handle.
She released her right hand and grabbed the handle with just her left hand. However, a girl's strength was naturally small, and it was even more difficult to support her entire body's weight with just one hand.
So she suddenly slid down.
Qi Xia's expression changed, and he immediately reached out to grab her injured wrist.
In just a brief touch, he found that Tian Tian's thin body was constantly trembling slightly, and her wrist was also very cold.
"Hey, swindler, you're not bad," Qiao Jia Jing said.
Qi Xia sighed helplessly and said, "I just don't want to see any more corpses. Don't think too much."
Time passed second by second, and everyone's arms began to ache.
Long-term hanging was not an easy task for anyone, even Officer Li's forehead began to sweat.
"When do we have to hang here?" Lin Qin asked Qi Xia beside him.
"I don't know," Qi Xia replied in a deep voice.
He knew that there was no hint of the 'next game' currently, but the crowd still couldn't see any hope.
If the organizer was more ruthless and just left them hanging, their death would only be a matter of time.
But...
Is there really no hint of the next game?
Qi Xia was a bit uneasy in his heart.
Could there be some unknown hint hidden in an invisible place?
He looked down at the ground, if there was any hint, it must be somewhere below.
"Hmm?"
He looked around, and due to the collapse of the ground, new walls appeared at the bottom, and there seemed to be a door on the wall in the farthest corner.
But that door was simply out of reach for everyone.
They were still about ten meters away from the bottom floor, and it was impossible to jump from this height without getting hurt.
Lin Qin followed Qi Xia's gaze for a long time and also noticed the problem.
"Is it a door?"
The crowd looked down one after another and indeed found the old wooden door at the bottom.
Just as everyone was in a state of stunned despair, the door slowly opened.
A black figure walked in from the dark, and Qi Xia saw that this person was also wearing a black suit, but his mask was completely different from the sheep-headed person. He was actually wearing a dark green, huge snake head.
"Long time no see, everyone, I am the 'Snake Man,'" he said slowly.
"Snake your mother!" Qiao Jia Jing shouted, "After the sheep and the dog, comes the snake? Do you believe that I will kill you now?"
"Please don't be excited," the voice of the Snake Man was steady. He looked up at the crowd and said, "You are in the last round of the game. I have a lever in my hand, and as long as I pull it, your ceiling can slowly descend, and no one will be hurt."
The crowd followed the sound and saw that there was indeed an unremarkable lever next to the wooden door, which no one had noticed due to the dim lighting.
"Then... can you pull it down now?" Xiao Ran asked timidly.
"I..." The Snake Man gave an imperceptible smile and said, "Let's play a game with you. Whether you can survive or not depends on your performance."
"Another game..." Dr. Zhao's hair was a bit messy, and he bit his teeth fiercely, as if he wanted to eat someone.
"Listen up, everyone, this game is called 'Yes or No.'" The Snake Man walked forward slightly and said to the crowd hanging and swaying in the sky, "Next, all of you can ask me a total of three questions, and my answers will only be 'Yes' and 'No.' Be careful, I will not lie. After the three questions, if I agree to save you, then I will pull the lever. If I do not agree, I will lock this door and leave you to fend for yourselves."
Qi Xia frowned.
Three questions?
Only answers of 'Yes' or 'No'?
This game is a bit too tricky.
No matter what, the crowd's goal was to get the snake man to let them down, so they could only ask questions around this topic. But would he agree?
Teacher Xiao Ran, while everyone was thinking, made a decisive remark: "Hey, can you let us down?!"
"Don't!" Qi Xia was startled and hurriedly reached out to cover Xiao Ran's mouth, but the girl was quick and articulate, and the question had already been clearly conveyed to the Snake Man.
The Snake Man sneered and said, "No."
"Hey! Beautiful girl?!" Qiao Jia Jing shouted, "There are only three questions in total. Don't mess it up!"
"I..."
Xiao Ran bowed her head in embarrassment, looking very sad.
"There are two questions left," the Snake Man calmly took a step back, making himself closer to the wooden door.
It seems he has given up on everyone.
Xiao Ran's casual question turned the game into a hellish difficulty.
(The snake, of course, would not let them down so easily.
If he intended to save people, why would he set up this game?
But on the other hand, if he did not want to save people, how could he be persuaded to pull the lever?
Even if the question was changed to 'Won't you let us down?', his answer would only become 'Yes'.
"Swindler, do you have a way?" Qiao Jia Jing looked back at Qi Xia.
Qi Xia slightly closed his eyes, his thoughts were chaotic.
A way, a way.
As a person, where can there be so many ways?
Every step from the moment he entered this room required Qi Xia's solution. Why should he bear the lives of so many people?
But then he felt a bit desperate.
If he gave up, would there be a way for the crowd to survive?
"I can't die here..." Qi Xia's eyes lit up with a faint light again, "She is still waiting for me..."
A gentle female voice sounded in Qi Xia's mind: "Xia, do you know? There are many paths in this world, and each person has their own."
He slightly opened his eyes, and the thoughts in his mind instantly became much clearer.
Yes, he was wrong to follow the other party's path completely.
"Snake man," Qi Xia said in a low voice.
Officer Li was stunned and turned his head to ask, "Hey, what are you going to ask? Let's communicate in advance to avoid the situation that just happened."
"It's okay, I've already thought of a way to survive," Qi Xia said confidently, looking down at the Snake Man, "Don't speak, all of this will be over soon."
"Do you really have a way?" Zhang Chenze asked.
"Probably," Qi Xia took a deep breath and carefully thought about the next two questions he was going to ask.
No, to be precise, it's one question.
Just one question, and this game would be over.
This game should not have been about how to persuade the other party to pull the lever from the beginning, it's just about the logic of 'Yes' and 'No'.
The Snake Man seemed very interested in Qi Xia, and his eyes were looking out from the hollows of the snake-skin mask.
Qi Xia paused and asked, "Snake Man, if my next question is 'Will you pull the lever?', would your answer be the same as to this question?"