I had once imagined that I wouldn’t be too important in Baiyang’s heart.

But I never thought my weight would be so light that he couldn’t even remember my appearance or call out my name.

With his wisdom, he shouldn’t make such a low-level mistake.

This could only mean he had never cared about me at all, nor about the challenges he had laid out for me.

I had taken these three challenges as my goal of struggle for the past five years and my new life faith. Now it seemed truly laughable.

Should I be angry now…?

No, I had no reason to be angry.

Baiyang was a “Zodiac,” I was a “Participant.” We were adversaries. He had no need to pin all his hopes on me.

Moreover, I indeed had many gains. I met Jiang Ruoxue, stepped out of my closed self, and accomplished things I could never have done before.

Having seen Baiyang, I could give up now. I would make a final report to him about what I had done, and we would owe each other nothing from then on.

However, I’m afraid my life goals would have to change again in the future…

“Baiyang, the ‘one’ challenge you assigned me—I’ve already solved it.” I said with a disappointed tone. Hearing this, his pupils contracted slightly, then slowly widened.

“Right… the challenge!” He instantly looked at me. “Yan… Zhichun… right?”

Hearing this, I paused slightly. I didn’t know in what form he stored his memories in his mind. He could remember the “challenge” but not me?

“You actually completed it?”

“Yes, yes…” I instantly didn’t know what attitude to take with him and could only reply, “I… I spent some effort and also met a benefactor, but overall this challenge has a rudimentary solution. If you need it… I’ll continue to complete it going forward.”

“No…” Baiyang interrupted me. “Yan Zhichun, it’s not that ‘I need it,’ but that you need it.”

“What…?”

He took several deep breaths, calmed his emotions, then continued in an extremely cold voice, “Yan Zhichun, I have to say at first I didn’t have much hope for you. I misjudged you.”

“You…”

I was slightly stunned. The feeling Baiyang gave me now was very split. I couldn’t say where the problem was.

“You also know I had no choice at the time.” Baiyang continued. “Fortunately you completed it. For me, it was indeed a huge gamble.”

I didn’t know what to say and could only stare at him blankly.

“By the way, you used five years to complete the task, which means you haven’t lost your memory, right?” He asked again.

“Yes… I’ve been very careful. There’s no reason for me to lose my memory.”

“No, this isn’t a matter of being ‘careful.'” Baiyang answered. “Luckily you appeared here. You not only helped me but helped yourself even more.”

I seemed to know where Baiyang’s sense of division came from…

After pondering for a few seconds, Baiyang said again, “Yan Zhichun, you may not know just how many uncertain factors existed in these ‘five years’ of yours. If one link had gone wrong, I would have made you get off the train forever.”

Yes… I knew it… Baiyang’s way of speaking had changed.

Apart from me, I wondered if anyone else would notice this subtle change.

The words Baiyang spoke now no longer needed “translation.”

Before, he would wrap highly aggressive words in a soft exterior, then politely stuff them into others’ ears, but now it was different.

Every sentence he spoke directly stated his “subtext” without disguise, causing his aggressiveness to multiply exponentially, making him seem difficult to approach.

“Baiyang… what happened to you these five years…?” I didn’t know where to start asking. I wanted to know where he had been and what had happened.

If he hadn’t experienced a major upheaval, why would a person become like this?

With Baiyang’s qualifications and wisdom, what else could be a “major upheaval” for him?

“I’m fine.” Baiyang said. “Better now than before.”

“Really…?”

“Tell me about it.” Baiyang said again. “How did you solve that challenge?”

After listening, I organized my thoughts and told him the story of “Extreme Path.”

This organization was established because of my promise to him, so there was no need to conceal anything.

“I see… a strange organization of soldiers fighting alone, scattered everywhere, with even you not knowing exactly how many members there are.” After listening, Baiyang nodded. “Reasonable. It indeed solved all my challenges with one method.”

“So can we fulfill the promise now?” I asked again.

“Promise… what are you referring to?”

“You said if I completed this challenge, you would share intelligence with me and guarantee my ‘eternal safety’…”

“I’ve already guaranteed it.” Baiyang said. “Perhaps you don’t know it yourself, but I’ve indeed guaranteed the safety of you and those around you.”

After listening, I frowned slightly. What Baiyang said was unfathomable to me. He couldn’t even remember who I was, yet he had guaranteed my safety?

“Besides, I have no new intelligence.” Baiyang stared at me and continued. “I just became a ‘Zodiac.’ Now is not the time yet.”

“Just… just?” I was stunned again.

Baiyang was already a “Zodiac” five years ago. How could he have “just become a Zodiac” now?

Could the same person repeatedly become a “Zodiac”?

In my impression, Baiyang was a clever and resourceful person. I thought when I saw him again, I would appear with strength similar to his, making him look at me with new eyes.

But now he made me feel even more unfathomable, as if he had already transcended me by one dimension.

“Yan Zhichun, remember my location.” Baiyang pointed to the building behind him. “This is my ‘game venue.’ Come see me once every day from now on. When I have intelligence, I’ll share it with you first thing.”

I looked at the surrounding scenery and memorized the location of this building.

He had clearly warned Man-Goat to choose a game venue as hidden as possible, yet his own game venue was right by the road, particularly conspicuous.

“Bai…” I paused and said, “Brother Goat, what is your game?”

“What?” He looked at me coldly. “What does this have to do with you?”

“I’m just curious…” I said in a low voice. “Someone like you… what kind of ‘Human-level game’ would you design?”

“My game is called ‘Trust Game.'” Baiyang said. “I advise you not to be curious. If you walk in, I won’t be able to guarantee your ‘eternal safety’ anymore.”

I nodded very sensibly, knowing he wasn’t lying.

I had no need to challenge Baiyang’s game out of curiosity. That would be no different from suicide.