Following the fourth rope bridge from the left, the five of them safely reached the opposite side once more.
This ti, the lighting arrangent had changed again.
The illuminating candlesticks had taken the form of a massive "stone altar."
Circular candles were arranged around the stone altar—and on either side of it, there were only two rope bridges.
From within the darkness, Crow-Man's voice sounded again.
"Caw caw, congratulations on passing the 'reward-punishnt question' with all mbers intact... Therefore, when the decision-making question begins, there will be a 'hint' present."
"Caw caw, welco to this room's 'decision-making question'."
As soon as the words fell, a crow flapped its wings and descended from the darkness onto the stone altar.
Then, the crow's form rapidly expanded, transforming into the appearance of "Crow-Man."
Lin Yu stepped forward with his hands in his pockets.
"Wow, so this is the 'hint' that's present?"
"Caw—"
The Crow-Man on the altar made a sound, then sat among the candles and spoke softly.
"Both bridges this ti lead to the next room..."
"Beep—"
"...However, one can carry three people and the other can carry two—everyone must step onto both bridges simultaneously, otherwise both bridges will collapse."
"You only have one chance to ask a question—I won't answer any questions that reveal which bridge can carry how many people."
As Crow-Man spoke, the five exchanged glances.
Number Eight was the first to speak: "This Crow-Man says it won't answer questions revealing which bridge carries how many people, so shouldn't we think of an indirect way to ask?"
"Like if three of us take the left bridge, can we pass or sothing like that?"
Before the others could react.
Crow-Man interrupted him first.
"Caw caw, I won't answer that kind of question either!"
As it spoke, Lin Yu spoke up again.
"I actually thought of a solution for this ga—I plan to ask, 'If two people walk on each bridge and the remaining person is already dead, will the bridges still collapse?'"
As he spoke, Lin Yu pulled out his pistol.
"If the answer is yes, I'll randomly shoot one, so four people can survive."
After Lin Yu finished his proposal, Unforgotten imdiately scread.
"Who'd believe you'd do it randomly! You're absolutely going to shoot !"
Unforgotten looked at Lin Yu in terror as she spoke.
Lin Yu glanced at Unforgotten: "Oh, you saw through ... Maybe I should shoot first and ask later."
"Honestly, I think if two go on one side... it definitely won't collapse."
As he spoke, Lin Yu pulled the revolver from his left pocket.
"Stop pulling out guns all the ti! What if—damn it, don't gamble on that possibility!" Unforgotten said, sweating profusely. "And... and this 'decision-making question' might have a trap."
As Unforgotten spoke, Lin Yu laughed.
"Oh? Where's the trap?"
With the gun pointed at her, Unforgotten's speech noticeably sped up.
"Well, look, didn't Crow-Man say at the beginning that in this room, asking it questions would be replaced by asking specific creatures!"
"So the Crow-Man sitting there might not be the 'Examiner' Crow-Man, right?"
As Unforgotten spoke, Lin Yu nodded.
"That makes sense, but so what?"
He still didn't lower the gun.
"Earlier, it flew over in the form of a 'crow'... Doesn't that an it's actually so kind of 'avatar'?"
"And among the three known avatars, aside from the one representing 'truth,' the other two crows both lie!"
"If this guy is one of 'change' or 'falsehood,' then we might not need to believe anything it said about the two bridges!"
Unforgotten spoke rapidly, and the other three players, hearing her rapid-fire words, all looked thoughtful.
"That does seem reasonable..."
Iron Uncle murmured.
Lin Yu nodded.
"It's very reasonable, because Unforgotten is right."
Lin Yu's right hand ca out of his pocket—holding a lie detector flashing red light.
He had pressed the button when Crow-Man spoke its first sentence.
"This is the 'Lie Detector' I got from the first dungeon. The 'beep' earlier was from it... It ans Crow-Man's first sentence was a lie."
"Its first sentence was 'Both bridges lead to the next room,' which was the premise of its entire speech... This ans everything it said afterward is wrong."
"So we can completely ignore what this Crow-Man said—it's purely here to mislead us."
Lin Yu spoke calmly. Unforgotten froze for a mont before speaking with a sob in her voice.
"You had sothing this good and didn't bring it out earlier?! And you knew it was lying, so you were just scaring for fun?!"
"I wanted to test how smart you really are," Lin Yu said with a smile, putting away the pistol. "What, you can ss with but I can't ss with you?"
Iron Uncle coughed and spoke.
"Alright, since its words are misleading... does that an only one of these two bridges leads to the next room?"
Number Eight's eyes lit up.
"In that case, couldn't we just ask it—no need to ask which bridge carries how many people, just ask which bridge leads to the next room!"
Lin Yu shook his head.
"If there were only 'truth' and 'falsehood' avatars, it wouldn't matter even if everything it said was lies... We could just interpret it backwards."
"But since there's a 'change' avatar, that ans if it might be the 'change' avatar, asking it anything is pointless."
As Lin Yu explained, Number Eight froze.
"Ah, it can be like that too... Then what do we do?! Another fifty-fifty chance?!"
After speaking, Number Eight also looked at Unforgotten.
Noticing his gaze, Unforgotten angrily pulled out her utility knife.
"What do you an, huh? What do you an? You don't have a gun but you still want to go first? Believe it or not, I'll stab you to death! Student brat! Can't beat Nine Waters but I can beat you?"
Unforgotten screeched in rage.
Number Eight quickly said, "I absolutely didn't an that, I'll follow whatever Nine Waters big bro decides."
As he spoke, he looked at Lin Yu with an ingratiating smile.
Lin Yu, however, walked silently up to Unforgotten, gently reached out, and took the utility knife from her hand.
Unforgotten watched Lin Yu's actions, confused and angry.
"What do you an? You're afraid I'll actually stab it? You're not really planning to make randomly pick one, are you?"
Lin Yu shook his head.
"No, because if 'both lead to the next room' is a lie, then the truth could be 'only one leads to the next room,' but it could also be 'neither leads to the next room.'"
"Combined with the Examiner Crow-Man's voice from the darkness earlier... this 'Crow-Man' in front of us, whose every word is untrustworthy, must also be so kind of 'hint.'"
"So, what is it hinting at?"
"Considering the answer to the last room's 'decision-making question,' I have a guess..."
As he spoke, Lin Yu threw the utility knife behind Crow-Man.
"Hey—my knife!"
Unforgotten scread.
But before her voice faded, a crisp sound ca from the darkness.
"Clatter."
Lin Yu smiled.
"The candles were arranged so convincingly... From our angle, we couldn't see there's a path behind at all..."
"But unfortunately, throwing sothing reveals it."
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