Song Qi first looked at the locked door in front of him, then at everyone on his left, and finally decided to approach Chen Junnan.
Although Earth-Rabbit would hear the content of everyone’s discussions, if even he himself didn’t know the plan, how would the next game proceed?
“Team leader…” Song Qi walked up to Chen Junnan and said quietly, “Do you know how many times better a rabbit’s hearing is than a human’s?”
“Look how scared you are.” Chen Junnan laughed coldly. “If I remember correctly, a rabbit’s hearing is at most three times that of a human. What about it?”
“Three times…?” Song Qi paused. “But why can he hear everything?”
“Hear everything…?” After hearing this, Chen Junnan frowned slightly. “You mean his hearing…”
“That’s right.” Song Qi nodded. “So in the following conversation, you need to watch your words carefully. Every sentence everyone speaks could lead us toward failure.”
Hearing Song Qi’s words, everyone’s expressions became somewhat heavy.
A tall man… yet he had a rabbit’s hearing?
After hearing this, Chen Junnan lowered his head in silence for a while, then showed an indifferent expression: “I thought about it carefully. All the rules of this game are already very transparent. There are currently no hidden rules that we don’t know about. And facing this kind of game, we only have two or three strategies… Even if Earth-Rabbit knows them, we still have to do it, otherwise we’ll have no hope of winning at all.”
Although this sounded very dangerous, everyone knew that Chen Junnan wasn’t wrong.
Escape-type games weren’t primarily about “strategy”—there would inevitably be moments of direct confrontation with the pursuer.
“Indeed.” After thinking, Song Qi nodded. “In that case… let’s just speak openly and generously.”
Chen Junnan nodded, then said to Song Qi: “Now I need you all to release that rabbit.”
On the other side, Cui Shisi also relayed the same words to Jiang Shi.
“The reason?” Song Qi said. “Did the previous tactic not work?”
Chen Junnan nodded and briefly explained the hidden rules of “Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea” to Song Qi in just a few words. Song Qi now also noticed the various props everyone was carrying.
“You’re saying… the flute hanging around Earth-Rabbit’s neck is a necessary prop for our escape?”
“That’s exactly what I mean.” After Chen Junnan replied, he raised his head and shouted at the top of his lungs, “Am I right? Big Brother Rabbit Boy?”
Earth-Rabbit stood in the room, leaning against the wall with a cold laugh, not bothering to respond to Chen Junnan.
So what if they discovered the rule of “Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, Each Displaying Their Divine Powers”?
Those who should die would still die. This game would absolutely not let all six people escape unscathed.
“That’s indeed somewhat tricky.” Song Qi said with a grave expression. “Don’t open Little Jiang Shi’s room door first. Let him go through mine.”
“Go through yours?” Chen Junnan looked at Song Qi’s battle-ready appearance and felt like he had wanted to die here from the very beginning.
“That’s right.” Song Qi said. “Team leader, this is a very good opportunity. I’ve never used my ability to fight against a Zodiac before. I want to test my worth. As one of the top one or two damage-type Echoers in the entire Land of the End, if I can kill an Earth-level…”
Before everyone could agree, the sound of yawning came from the other side of the room.
“Qi Ge…” Jiang Shi reached up to wipe his tears and said weakly, “I was thinking the same thing. I want to see if a Zodiac can actually beat me to death. As one of the top one or two beating-resistant Echoers in the entire Land of the End, I also want to try.”
“This…” Song Qi knew that what Jiang Shi said was definitely not bravado—he really wanted to try what an attack from an “Earth-level” felt like. So after thinking for a few seconds, he could only say, “Then let’s both open our doors and let Earth-Rabbit choose for himself.”
“Good, good, good.” Jiang Shi folded his arms and nodded vigorously. “If he doesn’t hit me soon, I’m going to fall asleep…”
After the two decided on their countermeasure, Song Qi turned his head again and asked Chen Junnan very quietly: “But team leader…”
“Speak loudly!” Chen Junnan said. “What are you afraid of now? Afraid that rabbit won’t hear?”
Song Qi smiled bitterly and shook his head: “Fine, fine, fine. I want to know what to do after releasing the rabbit? If we don’t have tactics, how are we going to seize the flute?”
Chen Junnan reached up to scratch his head, then asked: “Little Song… when you go crazy… can you avoid hurting your teammates?”
Hearing this, Song Qi naturally understood Chen Junnan’s meaning and knew that the answer he was about to give would probably disappoint him.
“Never mind ‘teammates’…” Song Qi laughed. “If I really go crazy, the first one to die would be me. After all, I’m ‘Explosive Combustion,’ but a normal human body can’t withstand explosions.”
“Yo? That explosive?” Chen Junnan raised an eyebrow. “Then it looks like you’re suited to act alone…”
“That’s right.” Song Qi nodded in agreement. “You all can act together. You just need to leave one person in the room next to mine.”
“The room next door…?”
“That’s right.” Song Qi nodded. “I just tested it. If the door is open… we can throw things from our room into the adjacent room. Doing this doesn’t violate the rules, and the rabbit won’t care either.”
“Hey…” Chen Junnan grinned mischievously. “In that case, I feel like getting the flute will be even easier…”
He turned back to think for a moment, then said to everyone: “The plan is set. Except for me, Little Song, and Little Jiang Shi, all the rest of you go find that treasure that hasn’t appeared yet.”
“You’re staying too?” Jiang Shi in the distance folded his arms, then slowly sat down. “Is it useful for you to stay?”
“I’ll go with you.” Chen Junnan said. “I want to see what the hell ‘Indestructible’ actually is.”
“Scare you to death.” Jiang Shi snorted coldly, then slowly yawned again.
Everyone completely finalized their tactics. Apart from the three people blocking Earth-Rabbit, the remaining people would all head to Room Ten and Room Fourteen to search for the last treasure that hadn’t appeared.
“Team leader…” Cui Shisi looked at Chen Junnan with some worry. “Then we’re heading out… you all must be careful.”
“No problem.” Chen Junnan nodded. “With me here, you can completely not worry.”
“Okay.” Cui Shisi nodded. After a few seconds, he felt something wasn’t quite right. “Team leader, what did you just say?”
“Hurry up and go.” Chen Junnan raised his eyebrows, then gave Song Qi and Little Jiang Shi a look. The two of them closed and locked their doors one last time.
