The End of Ten Days: When Qi Xia Enters the Tales of Rules

Lin Yi was able to pronounce "four" accurately thanks to Qi Xia.

Because his hints were so obvious.

The entire sheet of white paper has only four lines drawn on it, and apart from the number "four", no other number can be associated with it.

No wonder Qi Xia confidently told Lin Yi to guess whatever he wanted; it turns out he had already planned everything.

Lin Yi even had some doubts: was this game too easy?

Seeing that Lin Yi had guessed the correct answer, the horse-faced masked man wasn't angry. Instead, he gave Lin Yi a thumbs-up and praised him, "Look at you, look at you! Such a simple game, and you still find it difficult. Where in this world can you find a good person like me?"

Qi Xia remained calm and composed after hearing the words of the man with the horse-faced mask.

"Let's continue!"

The man in the horse-faced mask chuckled and said, "Alright, now, please switch identities."

Do we need to exchange identities?

Not only were Lin Yi and Qi Xia surprised, but even the viewers watching the live stream were worried for them.

If they switch identities, the outcome is hard to predict.

The man in the horse-faced mask chuckled, "Switching identities is the fairest outcome, isn't it?"

Done.

Regardless of whether the two agreed or not, they began to give Lin Yi blank paper and a pen.

Qi Xia, on the other hand, takes on the role of the riddle solver.

"Alright, let's begin the second round!"

The man in the horse-faced mask said something and held up three fingers in front of Lin Yi.

"three!"

Without hesitation, Lin Yi wanted to draw three horizontal lines on the white paper.

and many more!

His hand suddenly stopped!

No! No!

It's definitely not that simple!

Last time it was "four", this time it's "three", it's definitely not that simple!

Lin Yi's hand holding the pen trembled slightly.

There must be some pitfalls here, but what exactly are they?

Time ticked by, and Lin Yi hesitated to put pen to paper.

If Qi Xia doesn't understand what I mean, then I'm doomed!

But how can we convey the message of "three" to Qi Xia?

Should I draw three horizontal lines directly? Or should I draw three vertical lines directly?

"There are only thirty seconds left!" the horse-faced masked man "kindly" reminded him from the side.

Lin Yi calmed himself down and finally remembered where the pit was!

The person wearing the horse-face mask repeatedly emphasized that numbers or even homophones should not be used as prompts.

If I actually draw three horizontal lines, wouldn't it become the Chinese character "三" (three)?

This violates the rule that numbers cannot be used as reminders!

so close!

I almost fell for that horse-faced masked man's trick!

No wonder this guy set such easy questions; there were traps everywhere!

After figuring this out, Lin Yi no longer dared to draw three vertical lines, because the white paper could be rotated.

If this guy turns the blank paper upside down and insists that he wrote the Chinese character "三" (three), then we're doomed.

But how exactly should we convey the message of "three" to Qi Xia?

"Only 20 seconds left!" the horse-faced masked man reminded again.

Lin Yi didn't have time to think and wrote the character "土" (earth) directly on the white paper.

Two horizontal lines and one vertical line is already the most intuitive way to convey information.

He adopted Qi Xia's way of thinking, directly using strokes as the answer, and then it was up to Qi Xia to figure it out.

After writing down the answer, Lin Yi couldn't wait to show it to Qi Xia.

Because they have to write down the answer and guess it within one minute.

Qi Xia stared at the blank paper for two seconds, then did not immediately give an answer.

The viewers watching the live stream didn't dare to breathe.

It was as if they were the parties involved.

I was so nervous I could hear my own heartbeat.

Because Qi Xia is so clever, they are afraid that his cleverness will backfire.

If Qi Xia thinks about something deeper, then it's all over.

"Strokes! It's strokes!"

Everyone was silently cheering for Qi Xia.

They wished they could send a telepathic message to Qi Xia from afar and tell him the answer.

……

Seeing Qi Xia pondering, the man in the horse-faced mask said excitedly, "It seems this answer will be difficult."

Viewers watching the live stream wanted to jump in and kick him.

This guy is really awful; even now, he's still talking and distracting Qi Xia.

Lin Yi was also a little nervous. Qi Xia hadn't given an answer for so long. Was she really overthinking things?

Or perhaps my prompts weren't effective enough?

With Qi Xia's intelligence, he should be able to figure it out very quickly.

But why hasn't he said it yet?

Is it trying to convey some kind of message?

"You blockhead, hurry up and follow Qi Xia's train of thought!"

However, just before the countdown ended, Qi Xia uttered that one word in a dramatic fashion.

"three!"

Upon hearing this, the audience patted their chests in relief.

"Oh my god, I was so scared! I thought Qi Xia was going to give up."

"Could you please not push things so hard next time? My heart isn't strong enough."

"I told you Qi Xia wouldn't have a hard time with this, right? Now the two of them can communicate with each other using hand gestures, so it's all set from here on out."

"Looks like we have a good chance of getting a 'perfect' rating again! Go Qi Xia! Go Lin Yi!"

……

The man in the horse-faced mask became even more excited when he heard Qi Xia guess the correct answer.

"I knew it! With your intelligence, it's hard for me to fool you. Look, we've won another round."

Qi Xia looked up at the man with the horse-faced mask, and her expression turned serious.

Something's not right! Something's very wrong!

The man in the horse-face mask had clearly lost two rounds in a row, but why did he act as if nothing had happened, and even seem a little excited?

What is the secret behind this?

Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Qi Xia had guessed the correct answer.

Now that Qi Xia understood what he meant, things became much easier. They could simply rely on the number of strokes in the characters to pass the test smoothly.

The man in the horse-faced mask said, "Now we begin the third round of the game. Please switch identities."

This time, it was Qi Xia's turn to write, and Lin Yi's turn to guess.

The man in the horse-faced mask smiled slyly, then slowly extended a fist.

There are no fingers, which means zero.

The viewers watching the live stream went wild upon seeing this.

"Wait, why isn't this old schemer doing anything?"

"Even if nothing is produced, even if it's zero, how can Qi Xia convey the message of zero?"

"Should we write '无' (wú)? But '无' has four strokes. Could Lin Yi guess it as '四' (sì)?"

"Ugh, I feel like my head is going to explode. They finally reached a stroke-based contract, and then this masked man tricked them so badly!"

"Do you think it's possible that the previous actions were all done intentionally by the man in the horse-face mask? Was the purpose to lure them into reaching the required 'stroke count,' ultimately causing them to make a mistake?"

"Damn it, that old bastard, I'll fight him to the death!"

"Stop arguing! Let's see how Qi Xia handles this. If he can really get the message about Zero out, I'll become his fan!"

……

Qi Xia smiled faintly.

Finally came.

If it were just some ordinary methods, he would feel uneasy.

Seeing the masked man's triumphant smile, he perked up instead.