Seeing everyone at a loss for words, Chu Tianqiu turned to look at Old Lu and Little Glasses.

“Wha… what?” Old Lu felt something was amiss. “I didn’t say anything just now.”

“You two aren’t watching at the main gate—what if an outsider comes in?” Chu Tianqiu deliberately emphasized the word “outsider,” as if implying something else.

As soon as the words left his mouth, a figure in black leather clothing appeared at the classroom door.

“Too late. The ‘outsider’ is already in.” Song Qi said.

“Yo…” Chu Tianqiu turned around with an ingratiating smile. “If it isn’t Old Seven from the ‘Cat’ family?”

Song Qi didn’t speak. After entering, he just scanned the room, but quickly revealed a confused expression.

Qi Xia had asked him to confirm Chen Junnan’s safety, but this room appeared to have one Chen Junnan corpse plus one completely uninjured Chen Junnan. Right now, the uninjured Chen Junnan was holding Chen Junnan’s corpse—it looked indescribably bizarre.

Did this count as “something happened” or “nothing happened”?

Meanwhile, Chu Tianqiu’s gaze was fixed tightly on Song Qi’s now-restored right hand, his expression slightly hesitant.

“You…” Song Qi looked at the two Chen Junnans. “Are you currently considered…”

“Don’t provoke me.” Chen Junnan spoke blankly, then put down “his own” corpse and turned to come before Chu Tianqiu.

“What?” Chu Tianqiu asked.

“Xiao Chu… this young master doesn’t know what you’ve done, but I always feel you had bad intentions.” Chen Junnan narrowed his eyes. “I advise you to explain clearly to me right now, or this young master’s slap will definitely land on your face.”

“It may be difficult for you to understand, but I really was saving you.” Chu Tianqiu said with a serious expression. “You can step back and look at it—just now ‘Chen Junnan’ was about to die, so I found a way to keep ‘Chen Junnan’ alive. That’s the entire cause and effect of this matter.”

After hearing this, Chen Junnan turned around and asked Yun Yao with some confusion, “Big star, I’m very confused right now. Tell me, is it like this?”

Yun Yao couldn’t speak.

Chen Junnan looked at Aunt Tong again. “Auntie, is it like this?”

Aunt Tong thought for a while and nodded. “Although it’s somewhat difficult to understand, looking at the final result, it is indeed like this.”

Old Lu was stunned after hearing this. “No, that’s not right…?”

“Nothing’s wrong…” Little Glasses said from the side. “Just as Chu Tianqiu said, we should step back and look at it.”

Doctor Zhao had a different view, however. “It is wrong. The ones who died aren’t you, and the ones copied aren’t you either. Of course you can step back and look at it, but what about the person being copied…?”

Everyone seemed to have different views, and no one could convince anyone else.

Chu Tianqiu paid no attention to the crowd. He pushed up his glasses and asked softly, “Song Qi… what brings you here this time?”

“Entrusted by someone, faithful to the task.” After Song Qi finished speaking, he came to Chen Junnan’s side, looked at him a few times, then lowered his head and muttered to himself.

The prison.

Zhou Liu came to Qi Xia’s cell door and symbolically knocked on the iron door with her hand.

“What?” Qi Xia, sitting in a chair, tilted his head back.

“Song Qi has something to tell you.” Zhou Liu walked in without a care. “Is it convenient?”

Before Qi Xia could nod, Zhou Liu began speaking on her own. “I’m now at ‘Heaven’s Gate.’ The situation here is rather complex. I see Chen Junnan holding Chen Junnan’s corpse. This corpse still has body temperature—it clearly just died—but there’s also a completely uninjured Chen Junnan here…”

“Hmm…?”

Zhou Liu ignored Qi Xia’s confusion and continued relaying. “That’s the situation I’m seeing. Someone at the scene said Chu Tianqiu used some special ‘Echo’ to copy a Chen Junnan, but exactly how it was done… no one knows, and even Chu Tianqiu himself won’t reveal it.”

Qi Xia blinked slightly.

Copied a… Chen Junnan?

Why…?

After thinking for a few seconds, Qi Xia raised his head and said, “Fake.”

After hearing this, Zhou Liu wasted no words. She placed one finger by her ear and said quietly, “Discern his truth or falsehood.”

Song Qi nodded after hearing this, then lowered his head to ask Chen Junnan, “This morning I brought a group of people to ‘Heaven’s Gate.’ When I met you at the entrance, what was the first thing you said to me?”

“How the hell would I remember…” Chen Junnan raised his head to look at Song Qi. After being stunned for half a second, he said, “Probably… Xiao Song…?”

After hearing this, Song Qi was stunned—he felt it was a bit strange.

What was strange wasn’t Chen Junnan’s attitude, but that the first words he had indeed heard this morning were “Xiao Song.”

“Do you have anything else?” Chen Junnan asked somewhat distractedly. “This young master’s head is a bit confused right now… you’d better not provoke me.”

Hearing this, Song Qi took a step back and said quietly, “Three parts false, seven parts true.”

Zhou Liu relayed Song Qi’s words verbatim to Qi Xia.

Qi Xia frowned and said, “Seven parts true…?”

He didn’t quite understand what the situation at the scene was. This person was either real or fake—where did “seven parts true” come from?

“Can I talk to him directly?” Qi Xia asked.

“No.” Zhou Liu shook her head. “Tsk, you smart-ass, don’t have so many ideas. I’m willing to transmit messages for you already—that’s magnanimous enough. If you’re not satisfied, walk back and see for yourself.”

Qi Xia didn’t argue with her. He just said, “How about this—tell him there’s a kid named Zheng Yingxiong. Ask him when we first met Zheng Yingxiong, how many people were in the room at that time?”

After hearing this, Zhou Liu somewhat impatiently transmitted this question.

After hearing the question, Chen Junnan also slowly frowned. “Song Minghui… are you deliberately causing trouble for this young master? How the hell would I remember how many people were at the scene?”

Song Qi helplessly transmitted this back.

Qi Xia nodded. “It should be real.”

Qi Xia understood Xu Liunian’s character. If this Chen Junnan were Xu Liunian in disguise, after hearing the question he would most likely guess a number based on the situation at that time. But if he was too lazy to even guess, it was most likely Chen Junnan himself.

But if Chen Junnan was fine… then what was with the corpse Song Qi mentioned?

What was with the “copying”?

How could Chu Tianqiu possibly have this kind of ability?

This ability sounded exactly like…

“Wait a moment…”

Qi Xia felt something wasn’t right. Wasn’t this the ability of “Endless Life”?

Why could Chu Tianqiu wield “Endless Life”?

“Are you really striving toward the direction of ‘Omniscience’?” Qi Xia said blankly.

“Hey.” Zhou Liu called out. “Are you done asking? There’s a corpse there. Are you sure he’s real?”

“I’m done asking.” As soon as the words fell, Qi Xia felt his head hurt a bit. He could only support his forehead and say, “Regardless of whether there’s a corpse, as long as ‘Chen Junnan’ is fine, that’s all that matters.”

Zhou Liu looked at Qi Xia somewhat suspiciously, only made a “tsk” sound without saying much, and casually transmitted Qi Xia’s words to Song Qi.

“Alright, I understand.” Song Qi nodded. He was about to relay this to Chen Junnan when he found Chen Junnan staring at him curiously.

“What?” Song Qi asked.

“Xiao Song… that state you were just in… this young master finds it familiar.” Chen Junnan put down “his own” corpse, stood up and stared into his eyes. “Were you communicating remotely with someone?”

“Yes.” Song Qi nodded.

“Zhou Mo…?” Chen Junnan asked tentatively. “Or should I call her… Zhou Liu?”

“You… you know her too?”

“So that’s how it is…” Chen Junnan gave a bitter laugh, instantly understanding. “Qian Wu, ‘Cat,’ Zhou Liu… hahaha… so that’s how it is…”