Only now did Qi Xia truly believe that even the most trusted teammates might not necessarily know the full picture of everything.

“I’m not certain,” Qi Xia said. “I just wanted to ask about the current ‘Dragon’ layout.”

“So what if you know?” Earth-Ox said. “Anyone who has become a ‘Dragon’ is no good person. If one of us really has become a ‘Dragon,’ I suggest you abandon them directly.”

“I think it’s exactly the opposite,” Qi Xia said. “Anyone who can become an ‘Earth-Dragon’ is, after all, exceptional. If we can gain their help, our chances of victory will increase.”

“Qi Xia…” Earth-Ox frowned and said in a low voice, “Someone who can become a ‘Dragon’… how could they possibly be one of your people?”

“It doesn’t matter,” Qi Xia answered. “If they were in the past, they will be now. If they’re not now, they will be in the future. This place is about to be turned upside down by me.”

“You’ve gone mad…” Earth-Ox stared at him with some terror, then lifted her head to look at the sky. “Do you know what you’re saying?”

“I know. There’s no need to worry,” Qi Xia said. “Right now everyone is in ‘free time.’ There’s nothing that can’t be said.”

Earth-Ox looked around skeptically and found that indeed nothing unusual had occurred—not even a “thunderclap” had sounded.

“After you find ‘Earth-Dragon’… what do you plan to do?” Earth-Ox asked again.

“Of course I’ll go see their game,” Qi Xia answered. “I want to know how they plan to deal with me.”

After hearing this, Earth-Ox’s expression darkened again. “Qi Xia… no normal person would voluntarily participate in a ‘Dragon’s’ game. The difficulty of ‘Man-Dragon’ games already exceeds ordinary ‘Earth-level’ games, while ‘Earth-Dragon’ games completely symbolize dark human nature and death.”

“It doesn’t matter,” Qi Xia said. “After all, I can’t find a ‘Heavenly-Dragon game,’ so I can only settle for the next best thing and see what caliber ‘Earth-Dragon games’ really are.”

Earth-Ox looked into Qi Xia’s eyes and remained silent for a long time before slowly speaking. “There are now four ‘Earth-Dragons,’ two men and two women. One man-woman pair is in ‘Dao City,’ while the remaining pair should also be converging on ‘Dao City’ within a short time—after all, even I was transferred here.”

“Where were you originally?” Qi Xia asked.

“‘Jade City.'”

Hearing the words “Jade City,” Qi Xia frowned slightly, his mind flashing back to the day Zheng Yingxiong appeared.

“That city is gone?” Qi Xia asked.

“Yes,” Earth-Ox nodded. “No one can leave the interview rooms anymore. Those pitiful people heard about the method of ‘Ascension’ from somewhere and lined up to enter the Earth-Dragon games to gamble with their lives, yet they didn’t resist at all, allowing the Earth-Dragon to kill them all.”

Only then did Qi Xia realize that if Zheng Yingxiong had died this time, he would have been forever trapped in “Jade City.”

“Continue,” Qi Xia said.

“All ‘Dragons’ in the ‘Land of the End’ are divided into ‘Yin-Yang.’ In ‘Jade City,’ there are two dragons. ‘Earth-Yang-Dragon’ is a man whose game is called ‘Sixteen Golden Stars,’ using the traditional ‘sixteen-liang steelyard’ to conduct the game. The game has traveled through many cities since its initial design, with an extremely high mortality rate. The game type is ‘Cooperation.'”

“What about the other dragon?”

“‘Earth-Yin-Dragon’ is a woman. Her game is called ‘Envying the Mandarin Ducks.’ I heard it involves using a giant yin-yang pot to stew the participants. This is a very young game that debuted for the first time in ‘Jade City.’ Since its initial design, no one has survived. The game type is ‘Slaughter.'”

After hearing this, Qi Xia nodded. Although he wanted to understand the “Earth-Dragons,” it was truly difficult to guess which dragon “The Ant” had been trying to point out based solely on game content. It seemed all the “Dragons” were like this—their games were either “Scales” or “Yin-Yang.”

“Next are the Yin-Yang twin dragons who have been in ‘Dao City’ for a very long time,” Earth-Ox continued. “These two characters are both not easy to provoke, with death counts on their hands far exceeding thirty-six hundred. The ‘Earth-Yang-Dragon’ of ‘Dao City’ is called ‘Five Sacred Mountains Ascension.’ Five participants stand on five stone mountains to participate in the game. The game type is ‘Quiz.'”

“Quiz type…?”

Hearing the game overview, Qi Xia couldn’t immediately tell whether this game used “Scales” or “Yin-Yang,” but suddenly a large number of memory fragments flashed through his mind.

However, those fragments were somewhat strange—in the memories, Qi Xia had confronted this “Earth-Yang-Dragon” countless times, with neither of them able to stand the other.

Earth-Ox took a breath and said, “The ‘Earth-Yin-Dragon’ is also very famous among the ‘Zodiac.’ Her game is called—’Cangjie’s Chess’!”

“‘Cangjie’s Chess’…?” Qi Xia paused. “What is that?”

“I’m not certain,” Earth-Ox said. “I haven’t heard about her game in many years. I only heard about it when I first became a ‘Zodiac.’ In recent years, she seems to have disappeared. I only remember her game is ‘Confrontation’ type.”

“I see…” Qi Xia murmured to himself. “If it’s ‘Confrontation’ type, it should be her.”

“It’s her?” Earth-Ox was somewhat confused. “Are you really looking for someone?”

“That’s right,” Qi Xia nodded. “She should be the one written as ‘Chen’ on the map. The person I need to find this time is her.”

Qi Xia thought for a moment, feeling that mature “Earth-Dragons” were indeed somewhat different from young “Earth-Dragons.” The latter two, whether in game names or content, seemed more difficult than the former two. Perhaps they had been instructed by someone, or perhaps they had improved their own games.

“So you’re going to participate in this ‘Confrontation’ type ‘Earth-Dragon game’…” Earth-Ox said with some worry. “Then you not only need to find this Earth-Dragon, but also find your own opponent.”

“I already have an opponent,” Qi Xia said. “Thank you for your answers today. I have no more questions.”

With that said, Qi Xia turned around with a completely serious expression. Now on the map, only two had never appeared—besides “Earth-Dragon,” there was “Earth-Snake.”

“Before participating in the ‘Earth-Dragon game’… I might as well go meet that ‘Snake,'” Qi Xia murmured to himself.

Seeing Qi Xia about to turn and leave, Earth-Ox stepped forward to stop him, saying in a heavy voice, “It looks like there will be many ‘Heavenly-level moments’ these two days. Be careful not to die out there.”

“‘Si-Snake’ is followed by ‘Wu-Horse,'” Qi Xia said. “Anyone using their abilities will have side effects. I don’t believe ‘Heavenly-Horse’ will continuously activate their moment. And after ‘Wu-Horse’ comes ‘Wei-Sheep,’ but ‘Heavenly-Sheep’ has been vacant until now. So for the next few hours, I should be safe.”

After hearing this, Earth-Ox nodded and could only choose to bid Qi Xia farewell.

After Qi Xia had walked three steps, Earth-Ox suddenly spoke again. “Qi Xia, do you know what the flower language of Cherokee roses is?”

Hearing this, Qi Xia stopped in his tracks and turned his face to answer, “Cherokee roses?… I don’t know.”

“Mm… alright then,” Earth-Ox nodded. “Stay safe.”

Qi Xia nodded slightly, then walked out of the open-air soccer field.