My God Raising Game

Chapter 40 Did Lady Luck pee on her own head?

"Li Dongxuan, Jia Mingqiao, you two form a group!" Tang Weimin couldn't let all these 'guests' die; he had to leave at least a few to avoid a deserted wedding. So he quickly gave the order: "Li Yinuo, Ke Xinyi form a group!"

"Zhang Chao and Liang Keke are in the same group."

"Xu Shuo, Zhang Shuai, Xu Shaowei, you take some men to check the number of knots on their bodies. Make sure they are all in pairs or one-to-one. If not, replace them immediately!"

Tang Weimin gripped the golden magic bell, his icy gaze sweeping over the students: "Don't try anything funny, or I'll turn you into zombies, and even in death you'll be my puppets!"

Zhang Shuai was inherently bad-natured, while Xu Shuo was acting for his own safety, so he immediately rushed out after hearing Tang Weimin's words.

Xu Shaowei didn't move.

Seeing this, Feng Xiu gave Xu Shaowei a push, urging her to hurry up.

After all, every second of delay increases the risk of death for everyone.

"Teacher, why did you choose me?" Jia Mingqiao asked, puzzled and on the verge of tears. "I'm in the top fifteen in the class!"

In Jia Mingqiao's opinion, Tang Weimin should have chosen the poor students, and that's what the homeroom teacher did too. Li Dongxuan and Ke Xinyi were both average students, but he was the only exception.

Tang Weimin glanced at Jia Mingqiao.

This kid has good grades, but he's such a sycophant. He flatters himself and Xu Shuo, and he even tries to hang out with Xu Shuo.

Tang Weimin disliked this kind of obsequious student.

"Cut the fucking nonsense!"

Since it was a matter of life and death, Zhang Shuai didn't dare to slack off at all. He immediately took his three best friends and stripped Li Dongxuan and Jia Mingqiao of their clothes.

They had one with seven knots and one with eleven knots, both single knots.

Li Yinuo and Ke Xinyi had already counted the number of knots on each other's clothes, so when they saw Zhang Shuai and the others staring at them, they quickly explained.

"I'm twelve, Xinyi is sixteen, I'm not lying to you!" Li Yinuo didn't want to be stripped naked in front of everyone: "690, you better say something for us!"

In Li Yinuo's opinion, only Lu Jiuling could keep Tang Weimin and Zhang Shuai in check.

"Zhang Chao, Liang Keke, if the number of knots you have is different from the combination Lu Jiuling mentioned, quickly switch people!" Xu Shaowei urged, "Hurry, separate first, don't stand together."

"I'm single, she's double!" Zhang Chao was exasperated: "Who should I switch with?"

The crowd remained silent, not daring to make any rash moves.

Tang Weimin was about to force a selection, but something strange happened again. Li Dongxuan and Jia Mingqiao, and Ke Xinyi and Li Yinuo were both fine, but Zhang Chao and Liang Keke felt the red ropes on their bodies tightening rapidly and it hurt a lot.

"It's starting to hurt! Who's the odd one? Come here!"

Without Zhang Chao urging them, the others noticed that the knots were starting to tighten, and they were all so frightened that they quickly lined up to find their 'teammates' according to the numbers Lu Jiuling had given them.

"Zhang Chao, I'm in an odd number, I'll team up with you!"

Lü Chen ran to Zhang Chao's side.

Under immense pressure to die, everyone acted quickly and efficiently, pairing up in less than twenty seconds.

What remains is an agonizing wait.

"The red string on my body has not tightened any further, so it seems your judgment was correct."

Xu Shaowei carefully felt the changes in the tightness of the red rope and whispered her report to Lu Jiuling.

About a minute later, Xiao Xitong came out and began to chant loudly.

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

Congratulations to the newlyweds!

[May the phoenix and dragon sing in harmony, bringing good fortune!]

"You passed! You passed!"

Li Dongxuan was very happy. Xiao Xitong's words meant that one round of pairing was over. Although there was still a third round, at least no one died in the second round.

"Keep going, everyone! Let's keep up the good work and try to ensure that no one dies!"

Xu Shuo tried to cheer everyone up and make his presence known, otherwise Lu Jiuling would have already shown his face.

Unfortunately, no one responded to Xu Shuo; instead, they all looked at Lu Jiuling.

"690, how do we pair up this time?"

Li Yinuo asked urgently.

"The phoenix and the dragon sing in harmony, and the dragon and the phoenix bring good fortune. Judging from this, they should be a pair?"

Feng Xiu guessed.

"What if it's an odd number? Are we just going to wait to die?" Ke Xinyi said, quickly pulling Li Yinuo along. "Help me count the number of knots on my body. Please don't let it be an odd number!"

Ke Xinyi prayed.

"what happened to you?"

Xu Shaowei noticed that Lu Jiuling's expression was very serious.

"Whether it's dragon and phoenix or luan and phoenix, judging from the literal meaning of the words, they represent a male-female pairing!"

Jiang Shan explained.

Following Lu Jiuling's reasoning, she understood the logic behind the pairing.

"Then let's pair up men and women!"

After Xu Shaowei finished speaking, she suddenly paused and quickly looked around.

She didn't count the number of people, but it was clear to the naked eye that there were more boys than girls, which meant that some boys were bound to die.

"690, what are you thinking about? Speak up!"

Li Yinuo urged.

"Report the number of knots!" Lu Jiuling ordered. "Girls, speak first!"

It wasn't that Lu Jiuling favored girls, but rather that dividing them into male and female groups made it easier to remember than speaking them all together in a chaotic manner.

"twelve!"

"six!"

"Me too, I'm twelve!"

Everyone started talking at once, so we quickly reported it.

Lu Jiuling has a good memory; after listening to it once, he discovered the pattern.

"This time, everyone's number of knots was even, and there were many repetitions, which means that they should be paired up by men and women, and the number should be the same."

Lu Jiuling knew that a boy was going to die, but he was powerless to do anything about it.

"Wait, if we pair up men and women, what happens to the extra guys?"

Lu Chen panicked.

He's rather introverted and doesn't have any female friends, or even any male friends. Asking him to find a girl to date is practically forcing him to die.

Not only Lü Chen, but also Tang Lei and several other shy boys panicked.

Because they don't usually talk to girls, if they try to team up with girls now, they'll most likely be rejected. And the scariest thing is that there are more boys than girls now.

In the first round, with Wang Xingkun's elimination, there were 17 boys and 13 girls left. The pairing system meant 4 boys couldn't form teams. "Brother 69, are we really going to have to pair up?"

Tang Lei's voice trembled with nervousness.

“Yes!” Lu Jiuling looked at everyone: “The numbers all match!”

"me……"

Tang Lei said "I" twice and subconsciously looked at Ke Xinyi. He had just helped this junior high school classmate and hoped that she would help him in return.

"Jiang Shan, we both have the same number of knots, let's team up!"

Xu Shuo didn't care about anyone else; he had been paying attention to Jiang Shan's situation and was now extending an invitation directly.

"Meng Xiaoyue, team up with me!"

Zhang Shuai was bossy and domineering; he had already memorized all the girls whose number of knots matched his.

"..."

Meng Xiaoyue wanted to refuse. She and Zhang Shuai were junior high school classmates and had a good relationship. However, she also knew that Lu Jiuling disliked Zhang Shuai, and teaming up with Zhang Shuai now might make Lu Jiuling dislike her. But refusing...

Meng Xiaoyue knew Zhang Shuai's character; if she refused, she would be in big trouble.

"Tang Lei, how about we team up?"

Ke Xinyi wanted to repay the favor.

Tang Lei's expression brightened, and he was about to agree when Lu Jiuling struck him on the head.

"Your two numbers are different!"

Lu Jiuling was speechless. Don't you guys remember numbers?
"what?"

Ke Xinyi was dumbfounded.

"What? You're sixteen." Lu Jiuling urged, "Hurry up and find your teammates!"

"Oh!" Ke Xinyi looked at the boys: "Which of you is Sixteen?"

"I!"

"Me too!"

Someone immediately responded and ran over.

"what should I do?"

Tang Lei had a long face, filled with despair.

"I'm Twelve, just like you!" Jiang Shan said. "Let's team up!"

"what?"

A look of surprise immediately spread across Tang Lei's face. Not only had he found a teammate, but also the school beauty, Jiang Shan! This...

What incredible luck!

Did Lady Luck pee on her own head?

"What 'huh'?" Lu Jiuling urged, "Say thank you quickly!"

"thanks, thanks!"

Tang Lei nodded hurriedly.

What about the remaining boys?

Jiang Shan looked solemn.

"..."

Lu Jiuling was powerless to help.

Tang Lei noticed that Jiang Shan was talking to Lu Jiuling and completely ignoring Xu Shuo, and that he was like a third wheel. He suddenly realized that Jiang Shan was only teaming up with him because of her friend.

"Hold!"

Xu Shuo cursed inwardly, but Jiang Shan ignored him, which made a hint of hatred appear in his eyes. However, at this moment, survival was the most important thing.

"Feng Xiu, wanna team up?"

Xu Shuo also has a backup plan.

As a top student, he had already noted down the number of knots the girls had tied while everyone was counting, paying special attention to those who had the same number as him.

Feng Xiu was surrounded by two boys, and she was deciding who to team up with. When she heard Xu Shuo's invitation, she immediately nodded.

"Okay!" Feng Xiu nudged Xu Shaowei: "You should form a team quickly too!"

"690, do you have any friends you'd like to help?"

Xu Shaowei wasn't in a hurry; she wanted to repay Lu Jiuling's favor.

Lu Chen and his companions were in a panic, but upon hearing this, their eyes lit up and they rushed over to surround him.

"690, please help me?"

“Pick me. You know my family situation. If I die, my mother definitely won’t be able to bear the blow and will try to kill herself by drinking pesticide.”

"690..."

Some tried to play the victim, while others wanted to offer some flattery, but their introverted nature made them blush and unable to utter a single word.

"It's your choice!"

Some people might find it satisfying to decide who lives and who dies with a single word, but Lu Jiuling doesn't want to make that kind of choice.

Since Lu Jiuling had already said so, Xu Shaowei naturally didn't insist and quickly chose a boy with the same number of knots as her.

"Zeng Hong, I've had a crush on you for two years. Please, will you team up with me?"

Li Dongxuan approached Zeng Hong.

"Sorry, I already have teammates!"

Zeng Hong refused.

"I've really had a crush on you for two years." Li Dongxuan said sadly, "If I had known this day would come, I would have confessed to you sooner!"

Zeng Hong lowered her head. She wanted to say, "It's no use you confessing. You're not my type."

Everyone quickly found their partners.

Only Lu Chen and his three unlucky companions remained, and they paired up in twos.

"Lu Jiuling's analysis might be wrong; it's not necessary for men and women to team up!"

Lu Chen's words were less about comforting others and more about self-anesthesia.

"What makes Tang Lei so special?"

Li Dongxuan was so angry he almost vomited blood. Everyone else is unlucky with women, so why should you be able to live, especially since you're teamed up with everyone's white moonlight, Jiang Shan?
"Because they're good friends with 690!"

Lu Chen was envious, and at the same time racked his brains to think of a way to break the deadlock, but before he could think of a solution, the red rope on his body suddenly tightened, causing great pain.

(End of this chapter)