My God Raising Game

Chapter 39: 31 people have survived so far!
"I think the way to untie this red rope is for two people to come together and become a pair!"

Lu Jiuling analyzed.

"That's not right!" Feng Xiu questioned, "Zhong Lihui and Yuan Xinyue were together, and even embracing, yet he was the first to die!"

"Your reasoning is definitely wrong!"

Feng Xiu wasn't deliberately being dissenting; she was seriously considering the issue.

Upon hearing Feng Xiu's words, everyone's initial excitement at having found the answer turned into disappointment.

"Don't rush to refute me!" Jiang Shan frowned. "Let's hear Lu's analysis first!"

"Xiuxiu, stop talking!"

Xu Shaowei's tone was reproachful.

"I...I didn't mean anything by it, I just want to untie this rope as soon as possible!"

Feng Xiu was so anxious she wanted to cry.

It's like after a final exam, everyone arguing about the answer to the last big question on the math test.

It's not directed at any particular classmate; I just want to know the correct answer as soon as possible so I can see if I can get the points.

"690, continue!"

Li Yinuo urged him on, and the red rope around her body tightened more and more, making her feel uncomfortable.

"The number of red ropes on the two people paired up should be an odd number and an even number, not both odd or even at the same time!"

Lu Jiuling looked at Yuan Xinyue's corpse: "At first I thought we should need a male and a female pairing, but Zhong Lihui and Yuan Xinyue died while hugging each other, so pairing up two boys or two girls should probably be fine!"

"So the key point was in the knot?"

Feng Xiu suddenly realized what was happening and felt embarrassed.

I shouldn't have said anything; it made me look really stupid.

"That makes sense!" The more Xu Shaowei thought about it, the more she felt it made sense: "Shall we give it a try?"

"Try what?" Xu Shuo was speechless. "Didn't you see how quickly Zhong Lihui and the other man died?"

"In the college entrance exam, if you get a question wrong, the worst that can happen is that you fail the exam. But now, if you make a mistake, you're doomed!"

Everyone had originally planned to give it a try, but upon hearing Xu Shuo's words, they became nervous again, looking at Lu Jiuling, waiting for a clear and accurate answer.

"There's too little information; I'm just guessing!"

Lu Jiuling shrugged.

"What's your reasoning for this conclusion?" Jiang Shan pressed. "Tell me!"

"Judging from the previous incident, these little wedding attendants weren't simply killing for fun; their behavior was consistent with the course of a wedding!" Lu Jiuling analyzed. "If they wanted money, they wouldn't have turned the guests into human balloons, otherwise how could the wedding proceed?"

Everyone nodded in agreement; it made sense.

"This battle certainly wasn't about killing for the sake of killing. Considering Xiao Xitong's three congratulatory remarks, I think the answer is obvious!"

"In life and death, we made a vow; holding your hand, we will grow old together." This phrase represents "pairing up," meaning that guests should be paired up, which perfectly matches the meaning of a wedding where everyone is a couple.

"But Zhong Lihui and Yuan Xinyue are dead, so we need to look at the next line, 'May we be together with dust and ashes, and be forever bound by a bond of one heart.'"

"I remember this is a line from one of Li Bai's poems."

"Dust and ash are different things. At first, I thought it was because of their different genders, male versus female. But after seeing them both die, I realized it was because of the number of knots in the rope!"

"If you pair up people with odd-numbered knots with people with even-numbered knots, you should pass the test!"

Lu Jiuling spoke clearly and logically, and everyone instantly understood his reasoning.

Zhong Lihui had twelve knots on his body, and Yuan Xinyue had fourteen. They came together and died. This example is enough to prove that the option of pairing up even-numbered knots is not valid.

"I have nine knots. Who among you has an even number? Come and team up with me!"

Tang Lei trusted Lu Jiuling and immediately called for help.

"I'm fifteen!" Li Yinuo looked at her best friend Ke Xinyi: "How many are you?"

"Thirteen!"

Ke Xinyi said dejectedly, "We two can't team up!"

"Go find the others right away!"

Li Yinuo was in a hurry. What if she was too slow and couldn't find someone to team up with?
Everyone got moving.

At this time, one's usual interpersonal relationships are very important. Someone like Xu Shaowei has no shortage of friends; they all ask her to team up with them.

It's quite difficult for someone like Wang Xingkun, who's at the bottom of the class and has a rather withdrawn personality.

"I think for safety's sake, it's best to pair men with men and women with women!"

Lu Jiuling reminded him.

When the 46 students in the class entered this exquisite garden, Lu Jiuling noticed that Qin Tong was missing. He was probably unlucky enough to have been killed by the female ghost.

Just now, the little boys were asking for lucky money and killed eleven people. Since they weren't wearing red ropes, it doesn't count. After removing Zhong Lihui and his girlfriend, there are still 31 students left.

There are 18 boys and 13 girls. No matter how they are paired up, there will always be one person left over.

The red rope binding them was tightening, and they were in danger of being strangled at any moment, so everyone was anxious and panicked, and they quickly formed a team.

Then Wang Xingkun despaired.

He didn't get a team.

"You can't do this!" Wang Xingkun cried out, "Don't abandon me!"

"Li Dongxuan, team up with me!"

"I already have teammates!"

Li Dongxuan was powerless to help.

"Zhang Chao!"

Wang Xingkun looked at a tall boy. The two of them were the last and last two in the class, so they were really in the same boat.

"You find someone else!"

Zhang Chao was holding the hand of a girl named Liang Keke.

"Damn, he's a womanizer who forgets his friends!"

Wang Xingkun cursed loudly.

"Who are your friends?"

Zhang Chao refuted this.

To be honest, he was quite flustered when he heard that he was going to form a team, because he was not good at studying and naturally didn't have many friends in a key high school like No. 2 High School, which focuses on grades.

Fortunately, he was good at basketball and had seen Liang Keke a few times on the playground, knowing that this girl often came to watch the boys play. So, having no other choice, Zhang Chao mustered up the courage to go over and ask her, and to his surprise, Liang Keke was willing to team up with him.

Normally, the two of them would never interact, mainly because Liang Keke is of average appearance and slightly overweight, not Zhang Chao's type.

Liang Keke is also insecure. Although she has a crush on Zhang Chao, she doesn't dare to confess. But now, under the pressure of death, the two of them have actually come together.

Wang Xingkun looked around and, finding no one else there, could only turn to Lu Jiuling for help: "690, please help me think of a solution!"

"Ask Tang Weimin!"

Although Lu Jiuling made this suggestion, he estimated that it was unlikely to succeed.

This is Tang Weimin's promotion ceremony. He most likely has a way to exempt himself from the taboo of contamination. Moreover, if he had the red string on him, he would have started to get anxious long ago, instead of standing in the corner watching the show.

"Yes, yes, and Tang Weimin too!" Wang Xingkun looked at Tang Weimin expectantly: "Class teacher..."

"I don't have any red rope tied around my body!"

Tang Weimin's words plunged Wang Xingkun into an icy abyss.

Wang Xingkun didn't want to die and was about to ask Lu Jiuling for help when a sudden, excruciating pain shot through his body, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the ground.

"what!"

Wang Xingkun screamed in agony, feeling as if his upper body was being squeezed into a juicer, being turned into minced meat and bleeding. He felt as if his soul was being squeezed out.

Everyone was startled. Forget about Wang Xingkun's safety, they all carefully checked their own condition and then huddled together as if that would make them feel safer.

"I hope 690 is right!"

Li Yinuo prayed.

Ke Xinyi trembled, her mind a complete mess.

Soon, Wang Xingkun's ribs were broken by the red rope, his internal organs were damaged, and he was beyond dead.

Everyone fell silent, glancing at Xiao Xitong every now and then before quickly looking away, afraid of making eye contact with the little devil.

"Xu Shaowei, how many knots do you have?"

With nothing else to do, Lu Jiuling decided to gather intelligence.

"Eleven!"

Xu Shaowei rolled her eyes at Lu Jiuling. "Can't you just call me Shaowei?"
Adding the surname makes the relationship seem distant.

Lu Jiuling asked them one by one.

The little boy, who had been standing by holding the wedding tray in both hands, suddenly took a few steps forward and began chanting loudly.

We made a vow of life and death, to be together forever; I hold your hand, and we will grow old together.

Xiao Xitong suddenly spoke, startling everyone, who then quickly perked up their ears to listen.

Congratulations to the newlyweds!

A perfect match, like twin flowers blooming together.

After Xiao Xi finished reciting, she withdrew.

"It changed its words?" Li Yinuo asked nervously, "What does that mean?"

Since no one understood, they looked at Lu Jiuling, waiting for a deduction.

"A new round should be starting!"

Lu Jiuling analyzed.

"Doesn't this mean your reasoning was correct, and we've passed the test?"

Feng Xiu breathed a sigh of relief.

Tang Lei didn't say anything, but excitedly punched Lu Jiuling lightly in the chest.

As expected of my good friend,
Awesome!

"Stop talking nonsense and get to the point. What does this sentence mean?"

Zhang Shuai pressed for more information.

His cold-hearted nature meant he showed no gratitude to Lu Jiuling; he was only thinking about getting through this as quickly as possible.

“The first two lines are the same, but the third line changes from ‘May we be ashes and dust together, and be forever bound by a bond of one heart’ to ‘A perfect match, like twin flowers blooming on the same stem’…” Xu Shuo stroked his chin as he analyzed, “Thinking about the meanings of these two idioms, is it because we’re trying to make an even number this time?”

"Quickly count the number of knots on your bodies. Has it changed?"

Lu Jiuling urged.

Xu Shuo was so angry that he felt like he was going to vomit blood when he saw that no one was listening to him.

"I've changed!"

Xu Shaowei and Feng Xiu quickly counted the number of knots on each other's bodies.

"Mine has changed too!"

Meng Xiaoyue was nervous.

"I have two more than last time!" Zeng Hong clutched her clothes, afraid of making a mistake: "Meng Xiaoyue, count them again for me!"

"It seems everyone has changed!"

Xu Shaowei pondered.

"690, what do you mean?"

Zhang Chao gripped Liang Keke's hand, worried that the solution this time would be different from the last round.

"I think it should be one-on-one, two-on-two, and the final pairings must all be even numbers!" Lu Jiuling pondered. "As for whether it's boys with boys, girls with girls, or boys with girls, I'm not sure!"

"Don't be so uncertain!" Li Dongxuan said anxiously, "Matching the wrong person could be fatal!"

Xu Shuo really wanted to call him an idiot. Why not just find some cannon fodder to pair up and test them out? He wanted Lu Jiuling to bring it up, but Lu Jiuling showed no intention of speaking up at all.

"Hold!"

Xu Shuo cursed inwardly.

With Lu Jiuling's intelligence, it's impossible that he didn't think of using cannon fodder to test the waters. The reason he didn't say it was simply because such words would offend too many people and damage his reputation.

Xu Shuo didn't want to be the one to stick his neck out, but he had no choice. He was tied with a red rope, and even if Lu Jiuling didn't say anything, he could be strangled to death.

"Teacher, although I don't know what you're planning, if a large portion of us die, your plan will probably fail!"

Xu Shuo stopped short of making a move, knowing that Tang Weimin would eventually intervene.

The quick-thinking students gasped in shock upon hearing Xu Shuo's words, their bodies tensing with fear, because they knew the terrible consequences his words would bring.

(End of this chapter)