Sheep and Dog

"Sheep and dogs..." Qi Xia squinted his eyes, carefully pondering everything.

At first, the person who claimed to be the 'Sheep Man' wanted them to kill each other, but now this 'Sheep Man' said he was very worried about them and couldn't stand idly by and watch them die.

"Isn't this a lie..."

Suddenly, a flash of light went off in Qi Xia's mind.

Yes! That's it!

Lying!

Everything was going in the direction Qi Xia had anticipated. 'Sheep' and 'Dog' were not people's names at all but 'game types'!

Could 'Sheep' possibly represent the story of 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf'? The shepherd boy who lied multiple times and received no help, so in the 'Sheep' game, there is a "lie," a game of 'lying'.

Could 'Dog' possibly represent loyalty, just like in the harpoon game just now, if they had not worked together, they probably wouldn't have survived, so could it be a game of 'cooperation'?

Qi Xia picked up the harpoon again and looked at it. He knew that there was a possibility of lying when 'Sheep' explained the rules.

But which sentence in these few short sentences was the lie?

"I cannot stand idly by and watch you die." If this sentence is a lie...

"Wait a moment..." Qi Xia slowly opened his eyes wide, "This passage is not the 'answer' but a trap that will kill everyone."

"What are you talking about?" Qiao Jia Jing asked in confusion.

"All of this is a lie!" Qi Xia said decisively, "Standing by the wall will lead to 'death', standing under the hole is 'life'!"

Dr. Zhao and Officer Li looked at each other, not understanding what Qi Xia was trying to express.

"Everyone, do you remember?" Qi Xia stood in the center of the room, trying to get everyone to gather around him, "By following the rules he said, we would end up killing ourselves, this is the difference between 'Sheep' and 'Dog'!"

"But is this really reasonable?" Xiao Ran asked a bit timidly, the only place with holes above your head seems to be the most dangerous place...

Regarding this point, Qi Xia hadn't figured it out either.

What exactly would fall from the hole above to kill the people by the wall?

"Well..." Qi Xia thought for a moment and changed his words, "It doesn't matter, after this round, we have a high probability of getting out, so you can choose according to your own thoughts."

"How do you know we can get out?" Officer Li asked warily.

"Because there is no 'preview' of the next game in this time's hint," Qi Xia replied, "There are two possibilities to consider. Either this is the last game, or the organizer is very confident that they can kill us all in this game."

Everyone's faces were heavy after hearing this, but they couldn't argue.

"In any case, I will stand here," Qi Xia pointed to the ground under his feet, as for how you choose, it's up to you.

Qi Xia knew that everything now was just a guess, but to be safe, he picked up a square table board from the ground and held it in his hand.

After listening to Qi Xia's words, Qiao Jia Jing slowly came to his side and said, "I said before, I believe you."

"But I'm a swindler," Qi Xia replied coldly.

"It doesn't matter," Lin thought it over carefully, also covering his nose and mouth and walking towards the center of the room.

"Hey! What are you doing?" Xiao Ran shouted, sticking to the wall, "Do you really believe him?"

Lin nodded slightly and said, "Yes, you think about it, who have we relied on to survive until now?"

After hearing this, Xiao Ran was stunned and suddenly felt that Lin made a lot of sense. After a while of internal struggle, he followed along.

Han Yimo, holding his shoulder wound, also walked over.

"You are... Qi Xia, right? I also believe in you."

Tian Tian and Zhang Chenze followed suit.

At this moment, only Dr. Zhao and Officer Li were still clinging to the wall.

"Hey, aren't you coming over?" Tian Tian shouted.

"I..." Dr. Zhao seemed hesitant, as if he hadn't decided what to choose.

"There's no need to force others," Qi Xia waved his hand, "This round does not involve cooperation, as long as one can survive."

The clock on the ground gradually approached 1:28.

Officer Li squinted his eyes and looked at Qi Xia.

He didn't think the swindler would choose to die at this moment, but why would he lead everyone to stand under the hole?

At this time, Lin Qin saw the thoughts of the two people and said to them, "Qi Xia doesn't seem to be lying, are you coming over?"

"Can you tell?" Officer Li asked in a low voice.

"That's right," Lin nodded, "Because of my job, I can usually tell if the other person is lying most of the time."

"Since that's the case..." Officer Li and Dr. Zhao looked at each other, silently walked forward, and said to Lin Qin, "Since the professional has spoken, we will trust you."

Everyone picked up the table board closest to them, reached out, and held the table board above their heads, so that no matter what fell from the hole, they would be prepared in the first moment.

"You guys are quite cunning," Qiao Jia Jing shook his head helplessly, also picked up a table board from the ground, and carefully examined it. Now the table board was more like a shield than before, not only was it a regular square with a side length of forty to fifty centimeters, but also..."With an unusually sturdy handle.

Qi Xia glanced at the time, grabbed Qiao Jia Jing, and said, "Get ready, it's coming."

As soon as he finished speaking, the clock struck 1:30, and a loud chain sound came from the roof, as if some invisible thing was winding up.

Unfortunately, there was no response from the hole, and the expected "death" and "life" did not appear.

After waiting for a few seconds, the floor under everyone's feet suddenly rose.

"Damn..." Qi Xia's face changed, "It's even worse than I thought.

The noise of the crowd rose and fell, and no one expected the "organizer" to actually try to crush everyone into a meat pie in this low room.

"What's going on?"

Before several people could understand the current situation, Qi Xia immediately shouted:

"Quickly squat down!

The faster three or four people immediately squatted down, but the despair in their eyes was already uncontrollable. Everyone knew that given the current situation, the floor and the ceiling were very likely to come together, and no one could escape.

Qi Xia lay on the ground, his brain spinning rapidly. He knew that his guess should be correct, the hole above was definitely the "way out," but what exactly should he do?

The floor rose with a loud noise, and the height of the room was halved in a short time, and everyone had to squat down completely to move around.

Qi Xia looked up and saw that the rectangular hole above his head had now come within reach.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Qi Xia acted decisively, reached into the hole, and this was just an ordinary hole, with a large space inside. The structure of the ceiling also seemed unusual, as if it were a kind of hard metal.

"Could it be...

Qi Xia quickly picked up his square wooden board from the ground, since the hole was the "way out," and the wooden board was the only prop in his hand, what was the connection between the two?

Qi Xia stood the wooden board upright and inserted it into the hole in the ceiling, then turned it horizontally and pulled it down. The wooden board actually fit firmly into the hole, leaving only a downward handle.

"So this is... the way out?" Qi Xia's eyes slowly widened, instantly thinking of what was about to happen next.

The people around him saw Qi Xia's actions and hurriedly followed suit, each inserting their square table board into the holes in the ceiling.

"Be careful, later...

Qi Xia was about to say something when the floor under everyone's feet suddenly shattered into powder.

"Ah!"

"Damn it!

Exclamations erupted at the same time. Everyone's bodies fell through, and they subconsciously grabbed the handles above their heads, preventing them from falling directly down.

Han Yimo gritted his teeth and held the handle above his head tightly with his left hand, but he was losing too much blood, and his strength was fading. At this moment, Qi Xia quietly watched his left hand gradually loosening."