All the “Zodiacs” in the room fell silent at this moment. They each came to the dining table, picked up a chair, and sat down.

After all, everyone had come here with their own purposes, and no one wanted to let such a good opportunity go to waste.

Earth-Ox cleared her throat and said to everyone, “First, I need to state that although we’ve pieced together the complete plan, we’re still missing one most important piece of information.”

“What is it?” Black Sheep asked.

“It’s ‘time.'” Earth-Ox answered. “I don’t know the specific time when this plan will be launched. I can’t even say which day, let alone what hour and minute.”

“Don’t know the ‘time’…” Earth-Mouse sat in the corner, constantly stroking his whiskers. “Leader… is this really true?”

“Yes.” Earth-Ox nodded. “We only know the plan’s content, not the implementation time.”

“Then… regarding ‘time’…” Earth-Mouse thought for a moment and asked again, “Did Sheep Brother give any hints?”

Earth-Chicken stepped forward at this moment and answered, “He said everything will happen when it’s supposed to happen.”

“When it’s supposed to happen…?”

“That’s right.” Earth-Ox nodded again. “But I feel that now… it’s about time.”

Everyone slowly sat up straight and listened to Earth-Ox continue.

“Now, including me and Earth-Chicken, there are nine ‘Zodiacs’ in this room.” Earth-Ox said. “I’ve never remembered anyone on the ‘train,’ aside from Heavenly-Dragon and Qinglong, organizing nine ‘Earth-levels’ to fight for the same cause. Add to that Sheep Brother coordinating with us from the outside, the situation is escalating—clearly reaching some critical point.”

“That’s true…” Earth-Tiger nodded.

“Now, aside from ‘Dragon,’ ‘Snake,’ and ‘Monkey,’ our room has gathered all types of ‘Zodiacs.'” Earth-Ox scanned everyone and continued, “What a wonderful coincidence. Each of us walked out of a nine-person ‘interview room’ long ago, and now we’ll use this room as our starting point, with a team of nine, to continue completing the next plan.”

Seeing everyone’s serious expressions, Earth-Chicken added, “On a certain day in a certain cycle, the giant clock and display screen located near the city will suddenly be destroyed.”

“Ah?”

The numerous “Zodiacs” cried out in surprise. They hadn’t expected Earth-Chicken’s first sentence to be so shocking.

“I don’t know why these devices will be destroyed, nor do I know specifically who will destroy them, but everything will be signaled by the destruction of the giant clock and display screen. We will begin our operation at the same time the equipment collapses.” Earth-Chicken said to everyone again.

After thinking for a moment, Earth-Mouse frowned slightly. “Chicken Leader, if I remember correctly… there are four sets of giant clocks and display screens in total. Which set specifically are you referring to being destroyed?”

“All of them.” Earth-Chicken answered.

“All…?”

“That’s right.” Earth-Chicken continued. “According to Baiyang, the four sets of giant clocks and display screens will be destroyed at the same time, and our first task will be to receive those ‘destroyers.'”

Everyone fell slightly silent upon hearing the word “receive.”

After all, everyone present was a “Zodiac,” and as soon as they left their “territory,” Zhu Que would sense it and descend from the sky. How could they “receive” anyone under those circumstances?

Moreover, Earth-Chicken said these devices would be destroyed at the same time, which clearly wasn’t something a hundred or so people could accomplish. How many people would they ultimately need to receive?

“You don’t need to worry.” Earth-Chicken seemed to see everyone’s concerns and explained further. “None of us are isolated and helpless. After all, we have Baiyang outside escorting us. You don’t need to go find those ‘destroyers’ at all—they’ll come to us on their own.”

“Come to us on their own…?” Earth-Mouse seemed to understand the meaning of this statement. “We just need to wait for them in place…?”

“Yes, but there’s one part of this plan I don’t quite understand…” Earth-Chicken said. “Baiyang said those ‘destroyers’ will have the locations of eight ‘Zodiacs’ and will eliminate all obstacles to rush toward these eight ‘Zodiacs,’ but now we have nine people…”

Black Sheep, sitting on the side, paused slightly after hearing this and immediately understood. “I’m probably not included.”

“Not included…?” Earth-Chicken stared at Black Sheep for a moment. “How do you know?”

“I…” Black Sheep pondered for a while, then said, “Because Sheep Brother is a ‘Sheep,’ and I’m also a ‘Sheep.’ When he was designing this plan, he probably didn’t include ‘Sheep,’ right?”

“What kind of strange reasoning is that…?” Earth-Chicken couldn’t quite understand. “It sounds reasonable at first, but upon reflection, it’s full of holes.”

“Wait… wait…” Earth-Tiger, touching his massive tiger head, fell into thought. “The locations of eight ‘Zodiacs’…? Why does this sound so familiar?”

Mentioning “eight Zodiacs,” Earth-Mouse also suddenly thought of something at this moment and looked at Pei Qianhu with a complicated expression.

A thought suddenly emerged in their minds… Could the eight “Zodiacs” Baiyang mentioned be referring to the “map”?

The more Earth-Tiger thought about it, the stranger it seemed. Qi Xia had once shown him a “map,” and there were exactly eight people on it.

But the problem was that some of the “Zodiacs” on the map hadn’t joined this rebellion squad yet—specifically “Dragon,” “Snake,” and “Monkey.”

“Damn it…” Earth-Tiger cursed under his breath. “Did we find the wrong people…? But that’s not right… these were all random actions. How could Sheep Brother predict in advance who we would look for?”

“What did you say?” Earth-Chicken frowned once more. She looked at Earth-Tiger, Black Sheep, and Earth-Mouse, discovering that several of them seemed to have something to say but hesitated.

“Noth… nothing…” Earth-Tiger shook his head. “There’s something I haven’t quite figured out…”

“That’s normal.” Earth-Chicken continued. “You should understand Baiyang. He doesn’t just set plans for me alone. Those familiar with him should also receive their own part of the plan, so the task for me and Earth-Ox is merely to connect all the plans for everyone.”

“That’s right.” Earth-Tiger nodded. “Please continue…”

“No matter how many people we have, only eight ‘Zodiacs’ will receive the ‘destroyers.’ At that time, we need to do everything to protect them.” Earth-Chicken continued. “Until sunset, escort these ‘destroyers’ collectively onto the ‘train,’ and the first stage of the plan will be complete.”

Although the plan Earth-Chicken described seemed incredible to everyone, it didn’t sound too difficult. After thinking for a few seconds, everyone still nodded.

“But I also have to pour some cold water on you…” Earth-Chicken slowly raised her head with an extremely serious expression. “No matter which eight ‘Zodiacs’ are responsible for receiving… one ‘Zodiac’ will die.”

“Huh…?”

Everyone didn’t understand what this meant.

Earth-Chicken sighed and said again, “In other words… seven of the teleportation gates are ‘Life Gates,’ and there’s still one teleportation gate that is a ‘Death Gate.'”