The Alien That Tore a Car Apart Barehanded
After sitting down, Wu Qiuyi continued glaring fiercely at Nian and Wang. The two wisely huddled in a corner, careful not to get in anyone's way.
"By the way, where did you find the chocolate?" Lin Pei asked.
Wu Qiuyi paused, then explained what had happened.
Lin Pei and Ke Liang both looked dazed.
"Why didn't you try answering the riddle?" Xu Huo asked.
"Because someone who arrived before us told us not to," Lin Pei said. "He said we absolutely shouldn't answer any questions, or we'd meet a terrible end."
"Who would've thought answering a question would get us food?" Ke Liang said, regret written all over his face. "If I'd known, I would've tried, even if it killed me. Then Xiao Heng wouldn't have starved to death!"
"That doesn't make sense," Gu Yu said. "You were all about to starve to death. Why be afraid to take a gamble? Why would your companion rather starve?"
The three of them didn't really know, either. Xiao Heng had entered the Dungeon first. When the others arrived, there had been eight of them, but the other seven had only learned that they mustn't answer the riddles from Xiao Heng. Apparently, everyone who'd arrived with him had been killed while trying to solve one. He himself wasn't even sure what had happened; he'd somehow survived.
"You were so afraid that you wouldn't even try?" Gu Yu said incredulously. "I'd been dieting for a week before I came in. If I had to go hungry for another few days, I'd take a chance without hesitation. I'd even eat a person!"
Nian and Wang huddled together.
"It's not that simple," Lin Pei said. "You know someone died trying to get through the gate, but you don't