The black bear took another step forward, and the distance between it and Qiao Jiajin was now only a little over a meter.

This time, no matter what, Qiao Jiajin dared not move forward anymore. The black bear had long arms, and if he moved any closer, he would be within its attack range, undoubtedly leading to his death.

So he could only slowly take a step back.

Seeing this scene, Qi Xia showed a hint of nervousness.

The rules of confrontation between animals were very simple. If one side retreated, it meant they were afraid.

Being afraid meant becoming prey.

The black bear saw Qiao Jiajin take a step back, and its hesitant momentum gradually became more violent. Now, it was almost certain that the creature in front of it posed no threat.

After a pause of three seconds, the black bear suddenly pounced forward, swinging its thick forearm like a stone pillar.

Qiao Jiajin no longer tried to be strong. He dodged the attack by shrinking his body and immediately rolled backwards on the ground before running away.

The black bear roared and chased after him on all fours.

The black bear now completely regarded Qiao Jiajin as its prey.

"You little liar! Hurry up!" Qiao Jiajin shouted as he ran, "I'm entrusting my worthless life to you!"

"Don't trust me too much either!" Qi Xia also said nervously, "I don't even know what that iron plate is..."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Qiao Jiajin cursed, "Hurry up and 'get the goods'!"

Seeing the black bear run away, Qi Xia immediately ran towards the iron plate on the ground.

According to reason, all the "games" they had seen before were not dead ends. There must be a "way out" in this room where everything was visible, and it must be related to this iron plate.

As he ran closer, Qi Xia took a closer look. The surface of the iron plate was somewhat mottled and had many rusty spots.

"This..."

Qi Xia reached out and felt it, only to find that it was a very ordinary round iron plate with no mechanisms or text prompts.

"What the hell..." Qi Xia felt like he had been tricked. This iron plate was just like common trash that could be seen everywhere.

Qiao Jiajin ran for about a dozen steps and found that the black bear was already within reach. He immediately stopped running, turned around, and shouted, "You idiot!!"

The black bear was startled by Qiao Jiajin and took a big step back, standing on its hind legs again.

Qiao Jiajin sneered, pointed his finger at the black bear fiercely, and said, "Scared, huh? You idiot, do you think I'm afraid of you? Listen to me..."

The black bear stared at Qiao Jiajin blankly, as if really waiting for him to speak.

At this moment, everyone present was a little confused and looked at Qiao Jiajin together, not knowing what he was going to say to a black bear.

But what surprised everyone was that when Qiao Jiajin saw that he had stabilized the black bear and without any hesitation, he turned around and ran.

The black bear realized that it had been played with and let out a more furious roar before chasing after him.

At this time, Qi Xia in the center of the field had already flipped over the iron plate and was carefully studying it. The iron plate was very heavy, with no handle on it, and it was impossible to lift it up to resist the bear's attack.

Before Qi Xia could figure it out, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his back, as if something had hit him hard.

He was already squatting on the ground, and it was difficult to stabilize his body with such a strong impact. He fell to the side.

Only then did he see that the one who had hit him was the middle-aged man in the team.

The middle-aged man looked at Qi Xia, who had been knocked over on the ground, and said in a low voice, "Sorry," then stood the iron plate up from the ground, bit his teeth, and slowly pushed it on the ground. In a few steps, he came to the corner of the wall and used the iron plate to block himself, trembling in the corner.

Qi Xia frowned, thinking that things were not good.

He had thought of this method before. As long as he used the iron plate to block himself and hid in the corner of the room, the chances of surviving would greatly increase. However, in this way, only one person would survive, and the game would lose its meaning.

Using one "way" to gamble with one's life and finally winning one "way."

If Qi Xia had to choose, he would not choose this outcome.

"Hey, liar, are you not ready yet?!" Qiao Jiajin shouted again, "You really don't take me seriously!"

"Hold on a moment..." Qi Xia hesitated and replied, "Give me some more time..."

His mind was spinning rapidly. He knew that even if he took back the iron plate now, it wouldn't have much effect. After all, he had to save his own life and Qiao Jiajin's life.

But the iron plate had a limited area and could only barely block one person.

What should he do?

At this moment, thanks to Qiao Jiajin's blessing, the remaining eight participants were temporarily safe. However, only a little over a minute had passed since the start, and it was impossible to rely solely on Qiao Jiajin for everyone to survive in the ten minutes.

At this time, a slightly chubby girl ran towards the middle-aged man, trembling as she spoke, "Can I hide in there...? Please... I don't want to die..."

"No, no!" the middle-aged man shouted loudly from behind the round iron plate, "Only one person can hide here... If you come in, we'll both die!"

"That's not true!" the girl's voice trembled, and her feet stopped moving, "If we each hide on one side, we definitely won't die..."

While the two were talking, Little Glasses, who was in the same team as the middle-aged man, ran over in a panic. Without asking for the middle-aged man's opinion, he directly lifted the iron plate and squeezed into the corner of the wall.

"Hey! Little Glasses!" The middle-aged man suddenly panicked, "What are you doing?"

Little Glasses gritted his teeth and replied, "Old Lv, you can't just think about saving yourself!"

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The iron plate that could have been propped against the wall became crooked due to Little Glasses' addition. After all, Old Lv had a fat body, and the iron plate couldn't withstand the two people's weight.

Seeing this scene, the slightly chubby girl no longer chatted with Old Lv. She opened the other side of the iron plate and squeezed into the corner of the wall.

The other four people also stopped running around and approached the iron plate.

After all, that was their last way out."Idiots..." Qi Xia slowly approached the crowd. In just a few seconds, everyone was already fighting over the iron plate.

"Old Lv! You can't be so selfish! Give up the iron plate, and let's think of another way!!"

"Little Glasses! You're still young, you can run from the bear, but I can't!"

"Quick, go grab the iron plate!"

"Get lost! There's no room behind the iron plate!"

At this point, each of them seemed to have the momentum to single-handedly kill a bear. But at this critical moment, they would rather fiercely grab each other's necks and hair, their mouths full of blood, than take a step closer to the bear.

The iron plate seemed to be neglected, lying alone on the ground.

On the other side, Qiao Jiajin was cornered by the black bear. With nowhere to go, he had to resort to his old trick and turned around with a loud shout.

This time, although the black bear was startled, it clearly had no intention of retreating. It stretched out its forelimb and pounced forward, which Qiao Jiajin dodged by sidestepping. The hard claws left deep grooves on the wall.

"Damn!" Qiao Jiajin stared at the black bear in front of him, "You're going too far..."

Qi Xia knew that if he didn't do something, Qiao Jiajin would undoubtedly die. And if Qiao Jiajin died, the rest of them would be killed one by one.

After all, the only one who dared to confront the black bear head-on was Qiao Jiajin. He not only had to resist the black bear's attack but also had to protect everyone from getting hurt. Wasn't this too absurd?