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The chubby man strained to recall the introduction given by the Bunny Girl at the beginning; the clues must be hidden within.
She had mentioned that the winner could potentially receive gold worth up to 2.5 million.
With the gold priced at 250 yuan per gram, this meant that the total weight of the gold prize should be around ten kilograms.
Initially, he had received about one kilogram of gold.
Afterward, the girl received a prize heavier than his, and his ascent mirrored his previous descent. Thus, it could be inferred that her cage was now one kilogram heavier than his—she had received a reward weighing two kilograms in gold.
Subtracting one kilogram and two kilograms from ten leaves approximately seven kilograms of gold remaining. Looking back at the rewards after the two rounds of questions: the second reward was heavier than the first.
Following this pattern, the third reward would not be less than the second, and the fourth would not be less than the third. This leaves only one possible distribution: three kilograms for the third reward and four kilograms for the fourth.
In other words, if he were to forgo the fourth reward, even if he obtained the third prize, he could survive with a weight of four kilograms less than his opponent's six kilograms.
"Thirty-nine bottles!" he whispered his answer.
"The competition is truly fierce! Once again, this gentleman is our victor. Let us shower him with a golden rain of victory!" announced the Bunny Girl.
Gold bars rained down once more from above.
As his weight surpassed that of his opponent, the chubby man's cage stopped rising and began to descend rapidly this time, as he was now two kilograms heavier than the girl—double what it had been last time.
The fat man had no interest in collecting gold bars; he was just anxiously watching the bunny girl, hoping she would pose the next question soon, allowing the other party to win and thus create a weight change that would stop his descent.
"Alright, we've finally reached the final round. Let us listen closely to this crucial, decisive last question," the bunny girl announced loudly. "What is the pronunciation of the word 'no'?"
"What is the pronunciation of 'no'? Now, the buzzer starts!" The bunny girl's voice echoed in the empty space.
The pronunciation of 'no' is simply "bù" (fourth tone), right? You just said it out loud. What kind of question is this? It's too easy, almost obvious.
However, the girl across from him did not respond; there was only a dead silence.
Suddenly, a serious thought struck the fat man.
All his deductions were based on the assumption that the girl had not realized that the ultimate goal of the quiz was to prevent him from sinking into the Hydrochloric Acid Pool. If she figured it out, she would understand that answering this incredibly simple question would result in heavy gold dragging her down into the Hydrochloric Acid Pool.
Perhaps it was because she had discovered the truth that she hesitated to answer when the third question was posed. After receiving gold, her cage began to descend, leading her to realize what was at stake.
In other words, she would absolutely not answer this question.
And neither would he.
At present, the weight of his cage was greater than hers. If both sides continued to remain silent, it wouldn't be long before he would be swallowed by the Hydrochloric Acid Pool.
The cage kept sliding down.
Even with the fat man's nose blocked, he seemed to catch a whiff of a pungent odor—he recalled that concentrated Hydrochloric Acid was a volatile solution.
What would it feel like to die in Hydrochloric Acid?
How did the burning sensation slowly creep from your skin into your muscles and bones?
The fat man shivered; he had to stop the cage from descending immediately.
"Listen, girl on the opposite side, I have a way for you to get more gold without sliding down," he said eagerly, gripping the railing as he made his proposal.
"Oh? What method?" the girl asked lazily.
"You answer the fourth question, and then you can hand over the gold you receive to me. Since this gold is our prize, it should be freely transferable, right, host?" he inquired of the bunny girl below.
"Of course. The gold in your cage is yours to handle as you wish. If it's inconvenient for you to transfer it, I can help with that," the bunny girl nodded.
"That's great! I've calculated that I currently have four kilograms of gold, and you have about two kilograms. The reward for the fourth question should be five kilograms of gold. You can keep three point four kilograms for yourself, and give me the rest. This way, I'll still have two hundred grams more than you. How does that sound?" Although the fat man honestly reported his current amount of gold, he deliberately inflated the estimated reward.
A mix of truth and lies made it harder to be exposed.
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