Qi Xia used scrap wood to make a simple grave marker for Tiantian, carving the three characters “Zhang Lijuan” on it.

If she could choose, she probably wouldn’t want to be “Tiantian.”

“Let’s go back.”

The three returned to the campus with complicated expressions and found Zhang Shan looking around.

“All done?” Zhang Shan walked toward Qi Xia. “More of your teammates have returned. They look like they’ve been through an ordeal. Go comfort them quickly.”

“Alright.” Qi Xia nodded. He was about to leave when he suddenly felt something was wrong.

More people returned?

Who else was there?

Tiantian, Qiao Jiajin, and himself were together. Lin Qin and Han Yimo had returned earlier.

Officer Li and Lawyer Zhang had remained at the Man-Dragon’s venue.

Who else was there?

“No way…” Qi Xia frowned slightly. “Both of them came back?”

“Yeah, looks like they suffered quite a bit, but they also brought back the Man-Rabbit’s mask.” Zhang Shan nodded. “At least their suffering wasn’t in vain.”

“What the fuck…”

Qi Xia pushed past Zhang Shan and quickly walked into the teaching building. Qiao Jiajin and Yun Yao followed closely behind.

The three arrived at the classroom where Qi Xia’s team lived.

They saw Doctor Zhao trying to persuade Xiao Ran to take off her soaking wet clothes.

“Qi Ge?” Xiao Ran immediately spotted Qi Xia and hurriedly removed her clothes, leaving only her undergarments. “I’m changing clothes. Why did you come in?”

Qiao Jiajin helplessly turned his head away.

Qi Xia looked coldly at Xiao Ran and Doctor Zhao, feeling somewhat puzzled.

Wasn’t this too strange?

Xiao Ran had clearly been tied in a fish tank. Her clothes were completely soaked, so why was she unharmed?

These two people had actually managed to crack the Man-Rabbit’s game and gambled the opponent to death…?

Was someone lying?

“You’re… okay?” Qi Xia asked.

“Qi Ge, are you worried about me?” Xiao Ran walked over to Qi Xia in her undergarments and linked her arm with his, constantly rubbing against his arm with her body. “How could I be okay? I was almost scared to death just now.”

“Then why didn’t you die?” Qi Xia asked coldly.

“Hey… you’re one to talk…” Xiao Ran pouted. “Doctor Zhao refused to save me no matter what…”

“I had no choice…” Doctor Zhao gave a dry laugh. “I was handcuffed and couldn’t move at all.”

“Qi Ge, that Man-Rabbit’s game design was really weak.” Xiao Ran began playing with her dripping wet hair. “She trapped me with a huge fish tank, but the tank’s adhesive wasn’t secure. When the water was about to overflow, one side of the tank couldn’t withstand it and was toppled by the water pressure, and I was saved.”

“Yeah…” Doctor Zhao nodded. “One side of the tank fell, so Xiao Ran could kick the key out with her foot. I unlocked the handcuffs and then could save her.”

“What…” Qi Xia’s eyes slowly widened, and he had ten thousand curses in his heart that he didn’t voice.

So the key to breaking the “Man-Rabbit” game… was “refusing to save someone”?

“Damn it…” Qi Xia cursed through gritted teeth.

Why?!

What the fuck kind of reason was this?

This game “specifically killed good people”!

The reason Officer Li died was precisely because he desperately wanted to save Zhang Chenze.

If his heart had been a bit more ruthless and he had waited until the water filled the tank, both of them would have been saved.

But who would dare gamble on that?

Even if he himself would gamble, Officer Li definitely wouldn’t.

Based on Qi Xia’s understanding of Officer Li, if someone encountered danger in front of him, whether it was a mountain of knives or a sea of flames, he would definitely go save them.

After all, “Man-Rabbit” was still a “person.” Her game should be very simple.

Just as she herself had said, this was a very simple escape game—so simple that escape wasn’t even necessary.

“Good people don’t live long, but bastards live for a thousand years.” Qi Xia said in a low voice.

“What?” Xiao Ran felt like she had misheard. “What are you saying, Qi Ge?”

“Get lost.”

Qi Xia walked to the side and slowly sat down, his expression extremely frustrated.

Yes, if Officer Li and Tiantian hadn’t wanted to save people, they wouldn’t have ended up like this.

But was this kind of worldview really correct?

By the final days… what kind of monsters would remain here?

Were good people supposed to be eliminated in the early stages, leaving only a bunch of scum to witness the end?

Xiao Ran was clearly a bit angry. She walked up to Qi Xia and said, “Qi Ge, you’re going too far. Who are you calling a ‘bastard’?”

Qi Xia frowned slightly and looked coldly at Xiao Ran. His mood was extremely bad right now. Was this woman looking for trouble here?

“Didn’t you hear clearly?” Qi Xia said. “Lift up your ears and listen well. I said you ‘live for a thousand years like a bastard.'”

“Are you sick or what?” Xiao Ran laughed angrily, crossing her arms. “I’ve been giving you a pleasant face all this time—do you really think you’re somebody important?”

Qi Xia slowly stood up from his chair, his expression exceptionally cold.

“Hey… Liar…” Qiao Jiajin sensed something was wrong and quickly stepped forward, whispering in his ear. “Although she’s very annoying, hitting a woman…”

“And you too!” Xiao Ran pointed at Qiao Jiajin viciously. “Showing off your flower-arm tattoo all day, with disgusting words tattooed on your back—what do you think you are?”

Qiao Jiajin froze and slowly turned his head.

He suddenly forgot who had told him “you can’t hit women.”

The corners of Xiao Ran’s mouth turned up slightly. “I heard that the prostitute died.”

“Prostitute…?”

Qi Xia and Qiao Jiajin instantly clenched their fists.

Xiao Ran sneered and said, “Being able to call you ‘Qi Ge’ already gave you plenty of face. You took so many people out, not only failed to gamble the Zodiac to death, but also got a slut killed, so you’re even worse than me. What exactly are you being proud of?”

Doctor Zhao quickly stepped forward to mediate. “Oh… Xiao Ran, forget it, forget it. Everyone’s having a hard time.”

“Hard time my ass! What happened to you two’s earlier威风? Where did it go?” Xiao Ran took a step forward aggressively. “You only know how to bully me, a weak woman, right? Let me guess—when your game reached a critical moment, you two men pushed that slut forward to take the bullet, right?”

“Xiao Ran, say less!” Doctor Zhao also clearly sensed something was wrong.

“What’s wrong?” Xiao Ran raised her head and glared. “How capable are you? Going to hit a woman? Come on! Let everyone here see that Qi Xia hit a woman! Everyone come look!”

Qi Xia was trembling with anger.

He didn’t have the same principles as Qiao Jiajin. Right now, he just wanted to make this woman shut up completely.

Xiao Ran was a parasite who contributed nothing—what right did she have to talk about Tiantian like this?

Seeing Qi Xia remain motionless, Xiao Ran became even more arrogant. “No ability yourself, so you take all your anger out on women?”

“You’re asking for death!”

Just as Qi Xia was about to step forward and tear Xiao Ran’s mouth apart, a tall figure beside him suddenly rushed forward.

She grabbed Xiao Ran’s hair and slammed her hard to the ground.

Then she spread her long legs and straddled Xiao Ran directly, swinging her arm in a wide arc to deliver a vicious slap.

Before Xiao Ran could react to what was happening, she saw the woman in front of her unleash a barrage of slaps, viciously striking her face.