The young Alpha who had drawn the challenge card felt his heart sink when he saw this idiotic question.

Even an idiot wouldn’t choose the wrong answer, would they?

Chi Yao hadn’t even given his answer yet, and he was already trembling.

On the other side, Chi Yao was facing everyone’s gaze and looking at the question with a serious expression.

He had never liked an Omega before, and he didn’t know what a “partner” should be like. Since he was surrounded by a bunch of abnormal people, it was really difficult to choose a common answer.

After much thought, he could only put Jing Xi, whose appearance was somewhat pleasing to the eye, into the “partner” role.

Passion fruit was so sour, he definitely wouldn’t eat it. So, conversely, if he didn’t want to eat it and Jing Xi insisted, then… they’d just have to fight.

With this in mind, B, C, and D all seemed right.

“Is this a multiple-choice question?” Chi Yao asked seriously.

After he asked, the scene fell silent.

Metal ball: […]

Players: “…”

Jing Xi: “…”

How did you manage to reveal so much in one sentence?

The young Alpha being challenged: “…”

For some reason, he suddenly felt relieved.

“Is no one going to say anything?” Chi Yao said slowly. “Since no one is saying anything, I’ll choose B, C, and D.”

Lu Meng, who was trying to signal to his boss: “…”

Jing Xi, who only knew it couldn’t be multiple-choice: “…”

Li Yuan, who was confused but impressed: “?”

Why was the atmosphere so strange? It was so obviously the right answer.

Metal ball: [Please confirm your answer again.]

Seeing Chi Yao nod, the young Alpha being challenged felt a wave of relief, but also a little guilty.

But in this situation, he could only think of himself first.

Jing Xi’s eyes changed. He glanced at the cartoon sculptures on the edge of the field, and his hands tightened at his sides.

“But—”

Chi Yao said slowly, “It’s not my style to simply choose the correct answer. So I choose A.”

Metal ball: […]

Jing Xi, who was ready to fight: “…………”

Others: “…………”

Can’t you just finish your sentence in one go?!

The young Alpha let out a sigh of relief, but it was too much. He slid to his knees.

Do all masters play this way? Wuwuwu—

Chi Yao had been paying attention to the muzzle hidden in the cartoon sculpture. He saw a certain muzzle move slightly, and he spoke again. “However—”

Someone in the crowd couldn’t take it anymore.

“What are you going to choose? Hurry up! The people waiting behind you are about to pee their pants!”

Chi Yao smiled. “In such a serious situation, I’ll still choose the correct answer.”

Metal ball: [So your answer is?]

Chi Yao: “B, C, and D.”

Seeing how confident he was, Jing Xi frowned slightly and looked up at the virtual screen.

A small red window appeared on it, indicating the answer was incorrect.

Metal ball: [Defense failed. Please go to the designated location to choose a golden egg.]

Chi Yao raised his eyebrows, brushed the stray hair from his face, and walked out slowly.

“Boss—Master!” Lu Meng called out urgently. He looked at the metal ball and said in a deep voice, “I’ll take the punishment for him!”

Metal ball: [You are not allowed to take someone else’s punishment.]

Lu Meng: “But—!”

“No need.” Chi Yao interrupted. “I’m protected by my magic, and my luck is off the charts. No need to worry.”

Lu Meng: “…”

Boss, you’re sicker than usual this time, wuwuwu—

Chi Yao’s steps were unhurried. He casually picked a golden egg.

The golden egg cracked open, and two words appeared on the virtual screen—Eliminated.

Everyone: “…”

Your luck is probably all used up.

At the same time as he saw these two words, Lu Meng made a move to rush out.

Jing Xi raised his hand to stop him. He took off the ring on his middle finger with one hand and flicked it out with force.

Clank!

Everyone present felt a chill down their spine.

To make the death scene more bloody and exciting, and to satisfy the VIPs’ perverted tastes to the maximum extent, the punishment used a traditional bullet instead of a laser weapon.

“No, no, he’s not dead?!”

Someone in the crowd yelled, and everyone looked closely.

The gray-haired charlatan was standing there perfectly fine, not a scratch on him.

“What’s going on?!”

“Why isn’t he dead?!”

Chi Yao raised his hand to catch something. A metal ring just happened to fall into his palm.

He gently pinched it, and the metal ring in his hand was thrown out.

The metal ring quickly deformed in the air, finally turning into a sharp circle. It flew over everyone’s heads and towards the cartoon white mouse in the front left, slicing off its head completely.

The mouse’s head fell to the ground, revealing the gun controller inside.

It had now been completely severed and was no longer usable.

The ring flew around in a large circle and returned.

When it turned back into a metal ring, it was already back on Chi Yao’s middle finger.

Chi Yao played with the ring, his gaze intentionally or unintentionally sweeping over Jing Xi. He smiled. “This kind of old antique should indeed be eliminated. Nothing wrong with that.”

Jing Xi retracted his hand and turned his head expressionlessly. “…”

Show-off.

Li Yuan looked at the hairy-faced charlatan and then glanced at his own boss’s bare middle finger, deep in thought.

Everyone: “!”

He can do that?!

The person to be eliminated was you, not the gun!

Metal ball: [Command executed. Player’s vital signs are still present. Can advance to the next round.]

Everyone: “!!!”

So as long as you dodge a bullet, you don’t have to die?!

The VIPs in the cabin were shocked by Chi Yao’s display.

“Beautiful! That charlatan is definitely a dark horse!”

“I’ve watched this game more than ten times. This is the first time I’ve seen this.”

The remaining fifty-plus players waiting to pick a golden egg started to get ideas.

Chi Yao stroked his messy beard and walked back slowly.

“Th-thank you!”

As he passed the young Alpha, he suddenly heard him thank him.

Chi Yao glanced at him casually. He didn’t say anything or stop. He returned to the Sudoku grid.

Seeing Chi Yao return, Jing Xi reached out, his movements subtle.

Chi Yao cooperated and reached out, touching his hand.

Their fingertips lightly brushed against each other. It was a tingling sensation, like a current was running through them.

So this is what it feels like to touch my own hand?

Chi Yao unconsciously pinched his fingers. It felt good.

Jing Xi was stunned. When he clenched his hand, he found that there was nothing in his palm.

He looked over, his eyes signaling to the other party.

[Give the ring back to me.]

Chi Yao raised his eyebrows slightly and played with the ring. He just wouldn’t give it back.

[This is mine.]

Jing Xi pointed at his terminal.

[Then give me the black, white, and red back.]

Chi Yao put his hands behind his back.

[This is also mine.]

Jing Xi: “…”

The punishment segment continued.

After knowing that the guns were hidden in the sculptures, half of the people escaped the fate of being shot in the head.

Another number 9 drew a challenge and chose Chi Yao again.

“I want to challenge him! Gender and Sexuality!” The tall, curly-haired Alpha pointed at Chi Yao and smiled triumphantly.

He had just escaped death, but now he was faced with another idiot.

Lu Meng, taking advantage of the fact that no one recognized him in women’s clothing, started to let loose.

“If you have the guts, choose History! Or Geography! I’m—I’m so sick of the Gender and Sexuality topic!”

Jing Xi: “…”

Quite the “I’m so sick of it.”

Chi Yao: “…”

Shut up. I’m no good at History or Geography either.

Curly-haired Alpha: “What I choose is my freedom!”

Another situational question appeared on the virtual screen.

[An Alpha and an Omega couple hold hands for the first time. The Alpha finds that the other’s hand is almost the same size as his and that their palm is a bit rough. Which of the following is the most appropriate thing for the Alpha to do? A: Say directly: Your hands are so damn rough. Can’t you afford hand cream? B: Cover their hand with yours: You must have been working so hard lately. Your hands are so rough. It breaks my heart. C: Compare your hands together: See, our hands are both big and rough. D: Disgusted, let go: What a pointless handshake. I might as well hold my own hand.]

Seeing Chi Yao stop again, Jing Xi was sure he didn’t know the answer again.

Up until now, the only person Jing Xi had ever held hands with was “yaoyao.”

Not rough at all. Soft, like milk tofu.

“Yaoyao” once compared hands with him, saying that he was small, but his fingers were very long, so he would definitely grow tall in the future.

Putting himself in the situation of this question, he could only reluctantly choose C.

After a rational deduction, Jing Xi saw Chi Yao seriously pinching his fingers and whispering to himself.

“If there are three long options and one short one, choose the short one. If there are three short options and one long one, choose the long one. If they’re all different lengths, choose B—”

Jing Xi: “…”

Can you be serious?

When the answer countdown ended, Chi Yao glanced at the curly-haired Alpha’s determined expression and said slowly, “I have calculated that the answer to this question is… B.”

The curly-haired Alpha’s face changed dramatically.

No worries, he’ll definitely change his answer!

Sure enough, he heard Chi Yao say, “But—”

“Hands that are too small and too soft don’t feel good.” He glanced at Jing Xi and said with a grin, “If our hands are the same size, doesn’t that make us a perfect match?”

Jing Xi remained calm and expressionless, but his hand was clenching tightly.

Metal ball: [So what is your answer?]

Chi Yao: “I prefer C.”

Metal ball: [Please go to the designated area to pick a golden egg.]

Everyone: “…”

He perfectly avoided the correct answer again.

Chi Yao walked over. The curly-haired Alpha made way for him, and the two passed by each other.

“Thanks to your stupidity, I got my life back.”

The curly-haired Alpha sneered and walked away, shaking his head.

Just as he finished speaking, he suddenly tripped, and a sharp pain shot through his calf.

“Ah—!”

Chi Yao stepped on his leg and walked past him. “What you should be getting back isn’t your life. It’s your eyes.”

This time, he once again drew “eliminated.”

Everyone’s gaze swept over the ring on his middle finger.

Would he be saved by this ring again?

Chi Yao didn’t do anything. He just tilted his head slightly.

The bullet grazed the stone surface, leaving a black mark.

After the gunshot, he walked back as if nothing had happened, even letting out a yawn.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Was it that simple?!

Everyone else was about to pee their pants in fear, but he was… sleepy?!

Jing Xi watched him walk back and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Was this guy doing it on purpose?

Inside the cabin, the discussion was heated.

“This charlatan is definitely a dark horse! I’m going to bet on him in the second round to win back my money!”

“I don’t know what the second round will be. If it’s a test of physical strength, he’s too old for that.”

“What is that ring? Why is it so powerful?!”

“He’s a charlatan. He’s got to have a magical artifact or two to con people.”

The first round of Sudoku ended, and 20 players were eliminated.

The remaining 160 were led back to the basement of the castle to rest.

Jing Xi sat on the bed, replaying all of Chi Yao’s actions in this round of the game.

A playboy who even flirts with Alphas kept getting two relationship questions wrong in a row. The probability was even lower than not getting to eat stir-fried cabbage with vinegar on two consecutive trips home.

Why would he deliberately answer incorrectly?

Because he was in his body and could do whatever he wanted?

Or was it to save those two people?

Compared to the others, the first person’s attitude was still okay, so it made a little sense for Chi Yao to save him.

But what about the second person?

It was a miracle that Chi Yao didn’t kill him. Would he save him?

Thinking this, Jing Xi shook his head.

If Chi Yao would risk his life for strangers, 100 lives wouldn’t be enough.

Then why?

Unable to figure it out, Jing Xi decided to ask him directly.

He tapped on the wall rhythmically a few times.

Jing Xi: [Did you intentionally choose the wrong answer?]

It took a while for the other side to reply.

Chi Yao: [I was being serious.]

Jing Xi paused and replied.

[You’re lying.]

This time, the reply was quick.

Chi Yao: [What, are you going to get revenge on me by doing a square dance?]

Jing Xi: “…”

He hadn’t replied yet, and the other side replied again.

Chi Yao: [I suggest you do it somewhere I can see you.]

Jing Xi: “…”

There was a timer in the room.

Jing Xi tossed and turned for half an hour. He got up and did push-ups and squats for an hour, then lay back down.

The question he wanted to ask was still flashing in his mind, and he couldn’t ignore it.

After much hesitation, he tapped the question on the wall.

[Have you always been unable to eat sour things since you were a child?]

After asking, Jing Xi regretted it.

Their relationship wasn’t close enough for him to ask something so out of the blue.

He watched the numbers on the timer keep changing, but the wall remained silent.

Had he fallen asleep?

Jing Xi breathed a sigh of relief, but he also felt a little disappointed.

What did he want to confirm, anyway?

It was impossible.

He didn’t know how much time had passed, but the wall suddenly made a sound. Jing Xi’s heart skipped a beat as he listened carefully.

After hearing all the sounds, he: “…”

[None of your business.]

[If you dare to use that against me, I’ll go out with pigtails every day.]

Jing Xi: “…”