Song Qi’s remark hit Earth-Rabbit’s weak spot precisely.

The rules explicitly stated that Earth-Rabbit needed to be in the same room as the participants to carry out a kill. Now that the two of them were in different rooms, he naturally only dared to intimidate and didn’t dare to actually make a move.

“Right now it looks like you’ve got your hand around my throat… but you should be more passive than me, shouldn’t you?” Song Qi slowly raised his right hand. “If this punch lands… you won’t die, but you’ll be suffering for several days…”

Seeing that fist radiating a dangerous aura approaching him, Earth-Rabbit truly panicked. Taking this punch indeed wouldn’t kill him, and Song Qi wouldn’t be breaking any rules either, but who would willingly add another wound to their body?

Before Song Qi could strike him, Earth-Rabbit’s thick arm suddenly shook violently, forcefully hurling Song Qi away. He crashed heavily into the wall, and the entire room’s walls shed dust from the impact.

“Cough!”

Song Qi spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood, then collapsed onto the ground.

“You’re not dead not because you’re lucky, but because I showed mercy,” Earth-Rabbit sneered. “Killing you would break the rules, but I can turn you into a cripple. What makes you think your flesh and blood body can really go head-to-head with me?”

Song Qi felt as if all the bones in his body had broken. He could only lie on the ground continuously spitting up fresh blood. This fight had been like a wild dog encountering an elephant from the very start—no matter how many bite marks he could leave on the opponent’s body, the opponent only needed one stomp to crush him to death.

Earth-Rabbit walked toward the other side of the room, turning back to look at Song Qi with each step, confirming that this person truly couldn’t get up anymore before waiting there.

After waiting for a long time with no movement, Earth-Rabbit could only raise his head and shout toward the corner of the room: “Can’t you see? He can’t move anymore! Hurry up and start the next round!”

Song Qi struggled to lift his head to watch this scene. The corner of the room’s ceiling clearly only had a speaker, yet Earth-Rabbit was talking as if addressing a surveillance camera.

Was there someone else here?

Or… did Earth-Rabbit have someone above him?

Within seconds, the speaker transmitted a “static” sound.

Earth-Rabbit snorted coldly, reached out to open the door—this door wasn’t locked either. After walking into the room, he decisively turned right and headed toward the second door. The sounds that followed could no longer be heard.

“Damn it…” Song Qi supported himself on the ground and crawled forward with difficulty a few steps. “The rabbit ran off… Brothers… gotta escape quickly…”

Song Qi only felt his vision repeatedly going black. His throat felt sweet, and he spat another mouthful of blood onto the ground.

“Troublesome… any bone can break, just don’t let the spine break. If it breaks, I’ll be holding everyone back…”

It seemed Earth-Rabbit had quickly spent all his action points. His turn ended in less than ten seconds.

Song Qi wanted to make himself stand up and reunite with his teammates as quickly as possible, but his entire body surprisingly had no strength at all.

“The ‘Participants’ have started their action… I need to immediately…”

*Click.*

The door behind Song Qi was opened very quietly by someone at that moment. With soft, cautious footsteps, a strong hand reached under his armpit and steadily pulled him up from the ground.

His expression changed as he looked back in confusion, only to discover that Cui Fourteen was walking out from the room where he had thrown the magical artifact. She extended a finger vertically in front of her mouth and gave Song Qi a meaningful look.

Although Song Qi was full of doubt, he also knew that he absolutely couldn’t speak now, or he would expose his teammates’ position.

Without a word, Cui Fourteen stuffed the magical artifact into Song Qi’s hand, then pushed him into the door she had come from. The broadcast in the corner of the wall sounded once again.

The rhythm of the game seemed to accelerate from a certain moment. Both the “Zodiac” and “Participants” now began moving rapidly. Earth-Rabbit in the distance also gradually frowned.

“What’s going on…?” He sensed something was off. Even if everyone could move instantly, the seriously injured Song Qi absolutely couldn’t move this quickly.

But he soon understood the reason. Was it because they assumed this person could no longer act, so the people above started ignoring him each round?

Earth-Rabbit approached the door before him. This door had been locked the previous round, and Earth-Rabbit couldn’t open it. He could only use two action points this round to “unlock” it, then spend one more action point to “open the door.”

He quickly completed his operation and found that everything was as he had imagined. He was now at the edge, and every room he passed through only had three doors. Unfortunately, from this angle, the distant door had been locked at some unknown time. To enter the next “Room Sixteen,” he would need two more rounds.

Next round he would enter the room before him, “Twelve,” and unlock the door. Then in another round, he would “open the door” and “move,” completely standing inside the room. As long as he grasped this vital position, no one could possibly escape from this game.

Whether it was the youth whose head had already fallen off or Song Qi whom he had already beaten down, even if these two dragged their last bit of strength to Room Sixteen, they could only fall into his hands.

Earth-Rabbit turned his head to listen to the surroundings. His ears transmitted waves of buzzing again, and the sounds around him became faint and indistinct, but listening carefully, there were indeed rustling sounds nearby, as if not far from him.

Because his speed was faster than the opponents’, they should all be rushing here. Earth-Rabbit carefully pondered the entire situation on the field. His fight with Song Qi had lasted at most one round, while the opponents had to first go to “Room Fourteen” to find the item, then take a detour to rush to “Room Sixteen” before him. The one to arrive first would only be himself.

Earth-Rabbit kept his composure and waited for the broadcast to sound again, for the “Zodiac” and “Participants” actions to switch once more.

Song Qi had already reunited with everyone. He hadn’t expected that everyone would actually be waiting for him in this small room, including Jiang Shi whose head had been reattached.

No one dared to speak. They only looked at each other and nodded. Song Qi still hadn’t figured out the direction.

He only saw Chen Junnan leading everyone through a door that had long been open, and the walls in both of these rooms were written with “All Maintain Silence.”

Everyone slowly stood before the final door. Song Qi knew this was already the final moment. They and Earth-Rabbit were both advancing toward this room.

The question now was only which path had fewer locked doors. This directly determined who could reach the final room faster.

Chen Junnan held his breath, reached out to unlock the door before them, then turned back to look at everyone and made a “stop” gesture with his hand.

Although they could open the door this round, they couldn’t all enter “Room Sixteen” because he had already performed “unlock,” consuming two action points, and couldn’t move anymore.

“The ‘Participants’ turn has ended. Now please have the ‘Zodiac’ begin their action.”

Earth-Rabbit sneered coldly, knowing his plan had completely succeeded. He and the “Participants” should now be in two diagonal rooms, yet he hadn’t heard the sound of them opening their door.