After flying upward for about five minutes, the Crow-Man gradually came to a stop.

Lin Yu felt himself being gently set down.

The ground beneath his feet seemed to be made of wooden planks, creaking slightly with each step.

Though Lin Yu wasn't entirely certain.

His uncertainty stemmed from the fact that compared to the first pure white, softly lit room, this one was pitch black.

Lin Yu looked down and could barely make out the dark floor.

Only two black candles on candlesticks ahead provided faint illumination, barely lighting up the surrounding space.

On either side of Lin Yu, the other four players were also adjusting to the darkness.

Soon, Iron Uncle, who adapted fastest, spoke up.

"Wait... where's the Crow-Man?"

Only then did everyone notice that the Examiner Crow-Man had disappeared.

Originally covered entirely in black feathers, it had completely vanished into this utterly dark room.

Number Eight panicked: "Ah, what do we do... the Examiner's gone? Does this mean we have to figure this level out ourselves?"

Just then, the Crow-Man's distinctive raspy, layered voice echoed through the room.

"Caw caw, welcome everyone to the second room. This room still contains two 'reward-punishment questions' and one 'decision question'."

The Crow-Man's voice reverberated in the chamber.

"Caw caw, in this room, 'questioning me' will be replaced by questioning specific creatures, and there will be a limit to the number of questions you can ask. So... good luck."

As the Crow-Man's voice faded, the sound of flapping wings came from above.

Then two black crows landed on the left and right candlesticks.

With their arrival, the candles seemed to burn slightly brighter, illuminating the area around the candlesticks.

Between and beside the two candlesticks stood three swaying rope bridges.

The Crow-Man's voice sounded again.

"Caw caw, among these three bridges, only one will safely take you to the opposite side... the other two will suddenly collapse when you reach the middle, sending you falling into the endless void."

"Caw caw, before you stand two great deities manifested as crow avatars - one represents 'truth' and the other represents 'falsehood'."

"Caw caw, 'truth' will only speak truthfully, 'falsehood' will only lie. And they will only answer 'yes or no' questions."

"You have two opportunities to question them to determine your final planned route."

After speaking, the Crow-Man fell silent.

This time, Number Eight grew excited after listening: "I've heard of puzzles like this! You just need to ask one crow what the other would say if you asked whether a bridge is safe, and that gives you the answer!"

"If we ask the 'truth' crow and the bridge happens to be safe, it would naturally answer 'no'—because that's what the lying crow would say; similarly, if the bridge isn't safe, it would answer 'yes'!"

"But likewise—if we ask the 'falsehood' crow, if the bridge is safe, the truthful answer would be 'yes', so it would lie and say 'no'; and if the bridge isn't safe, it would say 'yes'!"

"So it doesn't matter which one we ask, the result is the same!"

April looked at him in astonishment: "You actually figured that out."

Number Eight said somewhat sheepishly: "Just read it in a magazine before... since there are three bridges, two questions should be perfect."

Iron Uncle also nodded: "With good luck, we might confirm it with just one question!"

Lin Yu narrowed his eyes but remained silent.

No, this problem... isn't that simple.

But he didn't speak up.

Because Lin Yu had already realized something—what was different between the second room and the first room.

Meanwhile, Unforgotten also stayed quiet in the group.

Number Eight eagerly walked up to the crow on the left and asked:

"Crow, if I asked the other crow whether the leftmost bridge is safe, would the other crow answer 'yes' or 'no'?"

But the left crow didn't respond.

Number Eight looked puzzled.

"Huh? Why isn't it answering?"

April and Iron Uncle exchanged confused glances.

"Did the Crow-Man lie to us?"

"Or is it malfunctioning?"

Unable to watch any longer, Lin Yu sighed and reminded them: "Because that's not a 'yes or no' question... you need to phrase it properly."

"If I asked the other crow whether the leftmost bridge is safe, would it give an affirmative answer?"

Lin Yu said quietly.

Number Eight had an epiphany.

"Oh right, haha," Number Eight scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed, "Cough, my bad, sorry."

At the same time, he felt frustrated.

In the previous room, it had been practically Lin Yu's show.

Coming to the second room, he'd finally encountered a puzzle whose solution he knew, wanting to impress everyone—especially his girlfriend April—only to mess up the phrasing.

But fortunately, it wasn't a big deal!

Number Eight raised his head again, looked at the leftmost crow, cleared his throat, and repeated the question using Lin Yu's "proper phrasing":

"If I asked the other crow whether the leftmost bridge is safe, would it give an affirmative answer?"

This time, the left crow finally responded.

Its answer was...

"Coo."

That single syllable instantly shattered Number Eight's composure.

"'Coo'... what the hell is that?!"

He yelled in frustration.

Nearby, Iron Uncle and April exchanged glances again.

"Is 'coo' its answer?"

April asked incredulously.

From the darkness, Unforgotten, who had remained silent until now, burst into laughter.

"Ahahahaha, after all, the Crow-Man never said these things would answer 'yes' or 'no'... they're just crows after all!"

Unforgotten slapped her thigh as she laughed.

Number Eight grew anxious: "Then what do you suggest we do!"

Unforgotten waved her hand in the dark: "I don't know... but I think, with one question left, we should leave it to Nine Waters."

"Brother Nine Waters probably knew from the start that these crows wouldn't speak 'human language'."

Hearing this, Lin Yu looked at Unforgotten in surprise.

Although he had indeed guessed it early on, Lin Yu was curious.

"How did you know I'd figured it out?"

"Because when you corrected Number Eight's phrasing earlier, you ultimately said 'would it give an affirmative answer'... plus Brother Nine Waters, you're very smart, so I concluded that if even I vaguely guessed it, you couldn't have missed it."

Unforgotten said cheerfully with a smile.

"And I believe you've already thought of a way to 'solve this', right, Brother Nine Waters?"

"Otherwise, you wouldn't have let Number Eight ask that question just now!"