Player Number 19 was a young man with medium-length, side-parted hair, a long, thin face, and a Guanyin amulet hanging around his neck. His tank top was soaked with sweat.
He was the first to be chosen, and beads of cold sweat continuously dripped from his forehead.
Countless question boards revolved around him, forming a dizzying circle. The Proctor stood behind the brightly lit boards, their gray-robed figure appearing and disappearing in the glare.
Although he knew he should choose a category he was good at…
…looking at all the boards, he couldn't find a single one he was proficient in!
Number 19 searched desperately.
—Poetry, Literature, Mathematics, Language, Art, Music, Drama, Sports, Nature, Science, Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Medicine, History, General Knowledge, Architecture, Food, Clothing, Folklore, Countries, Archaeology, Animals, Programming, Astronomy, Mysteries…
"Player Number 19, please select a category," the Proctor reminded him. "If you exceed two minutes, the system will randomly assign a question."
Number 19 gritted his teeth. Having no other choice, he said with a trembling voice, "I choose… General Knowledge."
Proctor: "Required Question Number 1: What color is at the top of a rainbow?"
Number 19 was stunned at first, but the tension on his face quickly faded, and he let out a soft sigh of relief. He didn't know if others knew the answer, but he certainly did!
Because his favorite band was called Rainbow! Every album cover had a rainbow printed on it!
At this moment, a line of text appeared on everyone's LCD screen:
[1. What color is at the top of a rainbow?]
Below were four options:
[A. Red; B. Violet; C. Green; D. Orange.]
The area for the answer button changed to a 60-second countdown timer.
Anyone who wasn't completely panicked should know to choose A. The colors of the rainbow from outside to inside are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
Of course, there was also the possibility that some people genuinely hadn't paid attention to this common knowledge.
For example, Bai Youwei strongly suspected that Tan Xiao would choose the wrong answer.
At this moment, Tan Xiao stared at his LCD screen with an agonized expression.
"Use a puzzle piece if you get it wrong! Don't be foolish and get eliminated! Do you understand?!" Bai Youwei shouted, frowning.
Li Li, opposite them, was speechless: "Seriously? You need to use a puzzle piece for this kind of question?"
Bai Youwei's expression darkened: "Are you going to save him if he doesn't use a puzzle piece? Can you even save him? If you can, tell us the answer! If you can't, shut up!"
Li Li: "…"
Damn it, he wanted to give the answer, but he didn't dare…
Li Li dejectedly lowered his head and focused on his own questions, no longer paying attention to Tan Xiao.
The 60-second countdown quickly ended.
Proctor: "The answer is A. Correct answers earn 1 point, incorrect answers deduct 1 point. Players with no points will be eliminated—"
As the Proctor announced the results, wails, screams, and cries erupted from all around!
"No! I don't want to play the game! Aaaaaaaaaah!!!"
"Help, help! No…"
"…Aaah, no! No!"
Eleven metal chairs slowly rotated. The people bound to the chairs struggled desperately, clawing at the metal belts around their waists and scratching at the metal collars around their necks! They scratched until their wounds bled, but they still couldn't break free from the torture-like chairs!
The metal chairs turned completely around!
Only the high backs of the chairs were visible!
A thick black fog surrounded the rotating platform, obscuring everything. No one could see what was happening to those people, but their screams grew more and more shrill and piercing, their struggles more violent!
The chairs creaked as they were shaken, then slowly rotated back—
The people in the chairs…were gone…
Only shocking, scattered bloodstains remained.