“Oh?”

Qi Xia slowly frowned, then reached out to grab Wei Yang’s wrist, and with a forceful pull, slowly removed Wei Yang’s hand from his collar.

“No matter what I deceived you about, you seem to be getting a bit too cocky.”

Qi Xia gripped Wei Yang’s wrist and swung it forcefully, then pushed him down to the ground.

Wei Yang’s body didn’t seem particularly strong to begin with. After being knocked down by Qi Xia, he didn’t get up for quite some time.

“Damn it…” Wei Yang scrambled and rolled to steady himself from the ground, looking utterly disheveled. “Qi Xia… are you a lunatic or a liar… you even deceived me…”

“I don’t understand.” Qi Xia said again. “You seem like a lunatic to me too. I’ve also seen your farm.”

“No… this isn’t right…” Wei Yang stepped forward again and grabbed Qi Xia’s arm, saying, “Ask me! Qi Xia, ask me the reason! About the farm, about me! Isn’t this a good opportunity?!”

After hearing this, Qi Xia raised his head to look at the black bead above his head, then laughed maniacally. “No, I have another use for this bead. Using it on you would be an utter waste.”

“Damn it! You can’t abandon me…” Wei Yang said again. “You’re the one I brought out… I gave up too many things for you!!”

“I’m going to abandon you anyway.” Qi Xia said. “To be honest, I’ve abandoned too many people. You’re not the exception.”

Hearing these words, Wei Yang’s eyes slowly widened, then lost focus.

“Qi Xia…” he said hoarsely. “You know, right… in this place, no matter how many years pass, our appearance won’t change at all.”

“Yes, we resurrect once every ten days.” Qi Xia nodded. “In this place, it’s impossible even to train your body.”

“But… our ‘eyes’ will change.” Wei Yang slowly took a step back, speaking in a strange tone. “The only thing about us that can change is our eyes. After a person has been here long enough, you can tell what kind of person they are just by looking at their eyes.”

“When everyone first arrives here, their eyes are clear and terrified.” Wei Yang slowly reached one hand behind his back, groping for something. “But after a long period of time, you’ll discover that these ‘eyes’ have hatched different lights—whether it’s a ‘murderer’, a ‘pervert’, or a ‘lunatic’, all these various lights radiate from the other person’s eyes.”

After speaking, Wei Yang pulled out a brightly polished dagger from behind his back.

“Ha… haha!” Seeing the dagger in the other’s hand, Qi Xia couldn’t help but laugh out loud. “This is actually the solution you came up with as a ‘mind reader’. How pathetic.”

“Qi Xia… what do my eyes look like?” Wei Yang asked again.

After hearing this, Qi Xia walked forward a few steps, stared at the other’s eyes, and said word by word, “I see you as a dog that’s been abandoned by someone.”

“What…?” Wei Yang’s hand gripping the dagger began to tremble slowly. “You fucking…”

“You should be able to read it.” Qi Xia said. “I’ve already achieved ‘Echo’, and you actually want to take my life with a dagger.”

“You… are ‘Endless Life and Growth’…”

“That’s right, I am ‘Endless Life and Growth’. To kill me, you’d need to prepare a hundred daggers.” Qi Xia continued. “Remember to sharpen them when they get dull.”

After hearing this, Wei Yang’s hands slowly dropped, then he let out a deep sigh and said, “Qi Xia… when exactly did you decide to abandon everyone?”

“I don’t know, perhaps from the very beginning.” Qi Xia answered.

“I thought my ‘mind reading’ had weakened, but it turns out you never wanted to leave at all…” Wei Yang raised a pair of turbid eyes and said. “Qi Xia, you deceived everyone… you don’t want to leave at all… you want to become…”

Qi Xia’s eyes turned cold. In an instant, he reached out and grabbed Wei Yang’s face, causing his words to get stuck in his throat.

Wei Yang’s jaw couldn’t close, and he could only make gurgling sounds. He had a feeling that this scene had happened a long time ago.

“Don’t be ungrateful.” Qi Xia said.

His gaze made Wei Yang’s back instantly drenched in sweat.

Wei Yang felt there was something indescribably strange about Qi Xia’s eyes, as if provoking him would result in a fate more terrible than death.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t say anything now and could only make muffled, unclear sounds.

“I won’t mistreat those who have done me favors, but if you want to make an enemy of me here, then don’t blame me for being rude.”

Hearing Qi Xia’s words, Wei Yang’s eyes gradually stabilized, but his thoughts became even more chaotic. He couldn’t figure out what Qi Xia wanted to do.

Although the situation was unclear, no matter how you looked at it, Qi Xia was closer to being a “god” than anyone else.

Offending him couldn’t possibly end well, and there was no way he could kill “Endless Life and Growth” with a small dagger.

Qi Xia seemed to have perceived the other’s thoughts as well, then reached out to grasp his wrist and removed the dagger.

Only then did Wei Yang realize that Qi Xia’s ruthlessness seemed to far exceed his own. The hand that had seized the dagger had joints that were all tinged with a bluish-red color, with blood seeping from the fine cracks under the fingernails, as if they had been brutally broken by someone. Yet at this moment, he didn’t feel any pain at all and held the dagger in his hand as if nothing had happened.

“Wei Yang, I’m giving you this one chance. Know what you should say and what you shouldn’t say. If you understand, blink your eyes.” Qi Xia said. “Otherwise, we’ll meet in the next cycle.”

After hearing this, Wei Yang hurriedly blinked twice.

Qi Xia nodded, threw the dagger in his hand away, and released the hand gripping Wei Yang’s face.

Wei Yang almost fell to the ground as if he had barely escaped with his life. After steadying himself, he took several deep breaths with his head lowered before slowly coming to his senses.

“What exactly are you planning…?” Wei Yang asked. “Are you walking a path different from everyone else’s?”

“Yes.” Qi Xia said. “Please keep it secret for me.”

Hearing Qi Xia’s words, Wei Yang felt a chill again. For a moment, he couldn’t tell whether Qi Xia was lying or not.

Wei Yang discovered that the thoughts in Qi Xia’s mind were exceptionally bizarre. Everything currently swirling in his mind was actually all speculation—not a single definitive conclusion.

Among countless speculations, even Wei Yang, who was skilled at “mind reading”, didn’t know which statement was true.

Those thoughts, tangled like threads, made Wei Yang wonder—was Qi Xia speculating to hide things, or speculating to find the truth?

“Wei Yang, you’re still useful to me.” Qi Xia said again. “You should know that everyone in this place will die, without exception.”

“Yes…” Wei Yang’s eyes dimmed for a moment. “But so what? I can choose how I want to live as much as possible before I die.”

“I’ll find you a place and rearrange your method of death.” Qi Xia continued.