“Mm…” The words on Chen Junnan’s lips were blocked back, and he gradually furrowed his brow.

It seemed now that “rebellion” was a major matter among the “Zodiac.” If they agreed to it, they would definitely be monitored, right? So a more tactful method was needed to express their viewpoint.

But what other tactful method could he think of?

At this moment, a cold and clear voice gradually echoed in Chen Junnan’s ears: “I suspect I planted a ‘needle’ among the ‘Zodiac.'”

That’s right. Old Qi had already made arrangements. Now he just needed to go with the flow.

“I want you to go find the ‘needle.'” Chen Junnan said.

“‘Needle’…?”

“Mm.” Chen Junnan nodded thoughtfully. “Tonight when you go back, rest well and tend to your injuries, but help me investigate whether there have been any unusual activities among the other ‘Zodiac’ recently. Then infiltrate and understand the situation.”

Chen Junnan knew that besides himself, other teams were also trying every means to conquer the “Zodiac.” The abilities that Qi Xia and Qiao Jiajin unleashed when participating in games were only stronger than his own, not weaker, so they must have also dealt with a certain “Zodiac.”

Then now there was absolutely no need to completely win over this fat rabbit—he just needed to let him go with the flow.

“The other ‘Zodiac’…?” Earth-Rabbit keenly captured the key point from this sentence. “What kind of organization are you people exactly? Besides me, are you also instigating others?”

After hearing this, Chen Junnan smiled and shook his head: “Rabbit boy big brother, don’t ask around. The more you ask, the faster you’ll die. Just do as I say. We won’t take the ‘Dao’ from this time either. Keep it for yourself.”

Chen Junnan turned around, waved at everyone, then carried little Jiang Shi on his back.

Cui Fourteen held Jiang Shi’s head. Ma Twelve and Wu Thirteen supported Song Qi. Without a word, everyone pushed the door open and left, completely departing from Earth-Rabbit’s game venue.

Earth-Rabbit remained silent in place for a long time before raising his head to look toward the corner of the ceiling. He slowly furrowed his brow, seemingly lost in thought.

The people from Qi Xia and Qiao Jiajin’s two teams had already been waiting outside this building for a while, but the game Qian Wu was participating in was a bit strange.

After everyone entered the house, the door had locked, and there had been no sign of it opening until now. At this time, not only could they not help at all, they also couldn’t see the situation inside the house at all. They could only hope that Qian Wu would end the game early and come out to treat the injured one by one.

“Why is it taking so long…?” Qi Xia furrowed his brow looking at the tall building before him. He didn’t even know which “Zodiac” Qian Wu had encountered, nor could he offer advice and strategies.

However, bell sounds had been continuously coming out from earlier. Thinking carefully, the person who could command the entire “Cat Squad” was definitely not an ordinary character. Just looking at the condition of several people from the Cat Squad, one could know a thing or two.

“Speaking of which…” Bai Jiu, with her petite figure and twin ponytails, looked at Qi Xia’s team and asked somewhat puzzled, “You all really participated in an Earth-level game and then all came out completely unharmed?”

“Lucky.” Qi Xia answered. “The game we participated in didn’t require fighting—it only required using our brains.”

“Really just lucky…?” Bai Jiu smiled bitterly. “Earth-level games where the entire team survives are really too rare… It’s hard to believe this is just luck.”

Qi Xia expressionlessly glanced at the thin girl before him and said softly: “Don’t lose heart. If I led the team to participate in ‘Wooden Ox and Gliding Horse,’ the casualty situation would probably be similar to yours.”

“Similar to ours…?”

Bai Jiu shook her head. First she looked at the most seriously injured Qiao Jiajin, then looked at the other injured people. Their team had a total of seven people participate in the game this time—one death and five injuries. This should already be the worst possible situation.

If Qi Xia hadn’t arrived midway, this team might have been completely wiped out by that ruthless Earth-Horse.

She wondered what kind of result that leader called Chen Junnan would have…

Would he have everyone completely unharmed, or would everyone be injured?

Seeing Bai Jiu spacing out, Qi Xia asked quietly from the side: “Who’s all in Qian Wu’s team?”

“Oh…” Bai Jiu turned around with a sweet smile. “Fifth Brother’s team has Officer Li, who is Fourth Brother who just joined, as well as several interns.”

“Interns?” Qi Xia was startled. “You all have interns?”

“Of course.” Bai Jiu nodded. “If there’s a guarantee from an old member, actually no internship is needed, but there are indeed some talents we’ve excavated from various corners of the ‘Land of the End.’ They either have unstable convictions or find it too difficult to achieve ‘Echo.’ Because it’s uncertain whether they can become long-term members of ‘Cat,’ they haven’t been officially included yet. There are four people in total.”

“That means Qian Wu’s team is also six people.” Qi Xia thought for a while and said. “Does Qian Wu have rich experience participating in games?”

“At least stronger than us, I suppose.” Bai Jiu laughed “hehe” and said, “We really haven’t participated in games for too long. Even when we do participate, we don’t consider how to win in the game. We try to pick those games that don’t have much threat. As long as we can trigger ‘Echo,’ we’ll withdraw midway.”

Qi Xia didn’t care about the Cat Squad’s daily operations. He could only walk to the side of the lying Qiao Jiajin and look at his injuries with furrowed brows.

The current Qiao Jiajin could be said to have his life hanging by a thread. The earlier exploded ice ball fragments had all struck into his body, except now they had all melted, and he didn’t even know where he was injured.

In an instant, Qi Xia felt a splitting headache. Some tiny memory fragments actually flickered a few times at this moment.

He always felt he had seen this kind of scene many times before—teammates injured, seriously injured, dying, or completely dead.

The moment he slightly wanted to capture those tiny images, his head felt like it was going to explode, blocking his thoughts.

“What exactly am I…” Qi Xia gritted his teeth, endured the severe pain coming from his mind, and began to carefully recall those subtle memory fragments.

But he gradually discovered that he was like throwing a punch into midair—everything was futile. The more he recalled, the more blanks appeared in his mind, as if all the bones had been extracted from his body, and then it was filled with a deep sense of despair.

Although he hadn’t remembered anything, Qi Xia felt his brain had already been filled with despair.

“What exactly happened…” Qi Xia reached up to rub his temples, always feeling his brain was strange.

He was like a lucid machine. When thinking about many things, his brain would be abnormally active and wouldn’t stagnate at all. But once it involved memories about teammates and the past, his brain would become another state.

He would be completely unable to recall some minor events, as if someone had extracted his memories.

Qi Xia’s left hand slowly moved up, inserting his fingers into his messy hair, stroking the place on the left side of his skull that was emitting severe pain. He could even feel his brain slowly throbbing through his skull.

Had his brain… always throbbed like this?

It was like a strong and powerful pulse. When thinking about certain things, it would throb rhythmically, crazily interrupting all his thoughts.

For example… who exactly was he?

For example… where exactly was Yu Nian’an?

Qi Xia stroked his head that was throbbing crazily like a living thing.

He felt as if something had grown in his brain.