Today, I Have Yet to Become a Doll

The rules sounded simple.

The first round was a buzzer round, the second a mandatory answer round.

Bai Youwei guessed that the first buzzer round was designed for rapid point accumulation, giving players an advantage in the second round. Otherwise, in the mandatory answer round, if a player happened to miss the very first question, it could eliminate relatively stronger players.

So, although this game was called Lucky Quiz, while emphasizing "luck," it also strived to maintain balance.

After explaining the rules, the gray-robed old man asked, "Everyone, do you have any questions about the rules?"

Among the 36 people present, not a single one spoke.

It wasn't that they didn't have questions; on the contrary, they had too many! They wanted to know how to leave the game! They wanted to know what the doll game really was, and how they could survive!

However, these questions had nothing to do with the rules!

What was there to ask about the rules?

They were merely tools and excuses for killing them!

They looked at the Overseer in the center of the field, their eyes filled with fear and hatred, gritting their teeth and trembling.

The gray-robed old man remained seated, hunched over like a strange old man meditating on Wulao Peak.

It spoke, "Since you have no questions…"

"I have a question." A man's voice rang out.

Curious, Bai Youwei turned her head and saw that the speaker was Yan Qingwen.

The gray-robed old man raised its head slightly, revealing half of a white mask under the wide hood of its cloak. The mask had no features, only slightly undulating contours, utterly eerie.

Yan Qingwen asked, "What are the question types? Multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank? Are there standard answers? If the answer is red date, and I answer jujube, will the system judge my answer as wrong because the first word is different? If players answer simultaneously during the buzzer round, whose answer counts? Are there penalties for incorrect answers, while correct answers earn points?"

The series of questions revealed the questioner's meticulous thinking.

The gray-robed old man chuckled softly, its voice extremely hoarse, like the creaking of a drafty, broken wooden door.

It replied methodically, "The buzzer round consists of open-ended questions, while the mandatory answer round uses multiple-choice questions.

Each question has a standard answer, and the system will judge intelligently. For example, if the answer is date, whether you answer jujube, red date, green date, or date fruit… it will be judged as correct.

Simultaneous answers won't occur in the buzzer round, as the time will be precise to 0.00001 seconds, unless your answering speed surpasses the speed of light.

Finally, there is no penalty for incorrect answers in the buzzer round."

Yan Qingwen nodded knowingly and looked around. "I have no further questions. Does anyone else have any?"

Bai Youwei and Shen Mo met his gaze, vaguely understanding his intention.

Gaining further understanding of the game through questions was secondary. The primary purpose was to delay the answering process, giving everyone present time to adjust psychologically.

Yan Qingwen probably didn't care about the others, but he wanted to buy time for Lü Ang, Li Li, and Zhu Shu.

"Do you have any questions?" Shen Mo asked Bai Youwei.

"Hmm… Let me think." Bai Youwei pondered carefully.

The Overseer asked again, "Are there any other questions about the rules?"

"Excuse me~" Bai Youwei raised her hand. "The game is executed by the system and overseen by the Overseer. So, if there's a situation where the Overseer fails to act during the game, is there a complaint channel?"

Yan Qingwen: "…"

Everyone except Shen Mo: "…"

The gray-robed old man fell silent for a few seconds, then answered hoarsely, "The Overseer will strictly follow the requirements to oversee the game and will never engage in favoritism or malpractice, nor will there be any instances of inaction."

"Really?" Bai Youwei asked with an innocent look. "But I've encountered Overseers who only reveal half of the game rules and conceal the rest. I don't know if you're deliberately malicious or if you're simply defective and prone to malfunctioning."

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