Qi Xia kept his hand pressed against his forehead. That familiar feeling came over him once again.

“Earth-Dog… you said that person was an Earth-Dog…?” Qi Xia muttered to himself.

“Brother Sheep… what’s wrong with you?” Earth-Dog was stunned. “Right, you should have met her too when you were a ‘Sheep’… though not long after you became ‘Earth Level’, she broke the rules…”

“She broke the rules after I became ‘Earth Level’?” Qi Xia felt like he had finally grasped the key point.

“Yes…” Earth-Dog nodded with slight sadness. “It was truly such a pity… I still refuse to accept it to this day.”

“Do you know what rule she broke?” Qi Xia asked again.

“No idea.” Earth-Dog shook his head. “After hearing what you said, I even feel that… she might not have broken any rules at all. It’s just that those two dragons no longer needed her, that’s all.”

“Is that so…?”

“My teacher was clearly the most difficult type of person…” Earth-Dog said. “Although she always did things according to the rules, she would never win ‘Heavenly-Dragon’s’ favor, so breaking the rules was bound to happen sooner or later.”

Though he said this, Qi Xia felt that the timing of that Earth-Dog’s rule-breaking was somewhat special. No matter how he thought about it, it must have something to do with him.

He reached out and touched the table in the glass room. This table was originally used by Earth-Dog for drawing lots during the game. Although it looked somewhat old, it was still wiped clean.

Qi Xia’s fingers touched the table surface, then inexplicably reached out and knocked on it.

The instant he knocked on the table, many scattered memories began appearing in Qi Xia’s mind. The owner of that voice seemed to awaken in his mind, the sound continuously echoing in the depths of his brain.

“Little Qi, if you don’t unite with everyone to deal with external threats, I’ll beat you to death right now.”

“Little Qi, can your method really work? We’re on the same team.”

“Stop arguing, Little Qi. I believe in you.”

“Little Qi, it’s me… do you not recognize me looking like this?”

“Baiyang, are you Little Qi?”

“Baiyang, why won’t you answer my question?”

Qi Xia’s brain instantly felt like an electric current flashed through it, and his entire body trembled slightly.

That figure with a cigarette in her mouth flashed through his mind like an illusory dream. Before he could even see her face clearly, the memory had already completely vanished.

Qi Xia squinted at the tabletop, then looked at the fingers that had just knocked on the table surface.

He felt like he had grasped some key point, then reached out and knocked on the table surface once more.

“Knock knock knock.”

Sure enough, the instant he knocked on the table surface, that woman’s figure flashed in his mind again, except this time it appeared for an even shorter duration than before.

“So that’s how it is…” Qi Xia slowly widened his eyes, then reached out to stroke the table. “‘Remaining thoughts, knock knock knock’ was actually a code I set for myself…”

In Qi Xia’s mind flashed every instance when he had knocked on tables before. He didn’t know when it started, but he had developed the habit of knocking on tables at critical moments.

This seemed to be a trained “subconscious” behavior specifically for recording certain things.

Similarly, when he needed to retrieve memories, this small gesture could provide him with the hints stored at that time.

“This is an ‘anchor point’ I set for myself…”

“Knock knock knock.”

Qi Xia reached out and knocked three more times, but no other memories flashed. What was going on?

If he would gain memories when knocking on tables, theoretically every time he knocked, more or less some memories should surface. But this didn’t happen.

Could there be specific requirements for when to knock on the table?

“Earth-Dog.” Qi Xia turned his head and asked, “Did you design this game yourself?”

“Well…” After hearing this, Earth-Dog shook his head. “Brother Sheep, you might not understand me. Although I’m more serious than most people when working, after work I slack off more than anyone. So I wouldn’t design this kind of game that requires spending a long time cleaning the venue every single time… That would make me work overtime every day and kill me.”

“Oh?” Qi Xia nodded. “So you inherited this game venue from someone else?”

“Right, as expected you can directly understand what I’m trying to express…” Earth-Dog answered. “This game venue was left to me by my ‘Teacher’, so I’ve been maintaining it for her all along. I carefully wipe every piece of glass in this glass shop—not even a fingerprint is allowed.”

“Which means this table…” Qi Xia slowly ran his finger across the table surface.

“Was also used by ‘Teacher’.” Earth-Dog said. “Is there something strange about this table?”

“So that’s how it is…” Qi Xia didn’t answer, but instead rapidly pondered the principle behind the “knock knock knock.”

It seemed that the “anchor point” he had set had limitations for retrieval—he must knock on the specific table.

“Brother Sheep… what’s really going on with you?”

After hearing this, Qi Xia turned around, organized his thoughts, and said to Earth-Dog: “If I’m not mistaken, your ‘Teacher’ and I had a cooperative relationship, but now she has no way to fulfill the promise she made with me.”

“What…?”

“So what did she tell you back then?”

Earth-Dog pondered for a while, then said: “I don’t understand the meaning of your question… but ‘Teacher’ did once tell me that if one day she was gone, I must inherit her game venue and then become a ‘Heaven’.”

After hearing this, Qi Xia nodded. It seemed the plan he had set down was still proceeding in an orderly fashion to this day.

Although there had already been casualties, with some people thrown off by the speeding vehicle, at least someone had to advance down this road.

“One last question.” Qi Xia said. “How close were you with your ‘Teacher’? How much would you be willing to give for her sake?”

After hearing this, Earth-Dog’s nose twitched slightly, then a hint of wariness appeared in his eyes: “Brother Sheep… I’m very grateful to my ‘Teacher’, but I’m not necessarily willing to die for her. After all, as you also said… there’s no way out of this place. Now Pei Qianhu has already started taking action. If I continue following your movements, I might very well end up with nothing.”

“I completely understand.” Qi Xia replied. “I also like people who are completely unguarded.”

“Yes, so I might give Pei Qianhu some help, but I definitely won’t pay any price for it.”

Qi Xia pondered for a moment, then said: “Earth-Dog, but you should also know that as long as you remain a ‘Zodiac’, death is only a matter of time.”

After hearing this, Earth-Dog slowly lowered his head. Although he knew Qi Xia’s words made considerable sense, if both choices led to death anyway, he preferred to die later.