"What mandatory question?" Qiao Qiao asked curiously.
"It's simple." Xu Huo pointed to a drink with each hand. "You're incredibly thirsty, and there are two drinks in front of you. One is poisoned, but you don't know which. What do you choose?"
Qiao Qiao didn't understand what he meant. "If I know one of them is poisoned, why would I choose either? I'd just not drink."
"What if we replace the drinks with a mission to clear the instance? The task you have to complete is extremely risky. Would you do it to clear the instance?" Xu Huo asked.
Now that was something he could relate to. Qiao Qiao rubbed his chin and thought it over. "That depends on whether I can handle the risk. If it could cost me my life, then I definitely wouldn't be willing. I'd rather lie low and not clear the instance."
"A mandatory question means you have to choose one of the options. You can't step outside the question itself," Xu Huo explained.
"I understand what you mean," the middle-aged man chimed in. "But what could the East District do to force the Rebel Army into a position where they have to make a choice?"
"Isn't there already an example right in front of us?" Xu Huo said. "The West District Clean-Up Plan. It's hard to say whether the plan is real or not, and we don't even know who put it out there. But if the West District is cleaned out, the Rebel Army will lose nearly all the ground they need to survive. They definitely won't last long in the East District, so they'll have no choice but to fight with their backs against the wall."
"I figure both Agor and the Rebel Army know this perfectly well. Isn't the anniversary celebration