Xiao Ran felt that this Black Sheep before her was strange.

She had already shown her signature smile and thrown out a conversation topic, yet the “Zodiac” before her neither asked “what is it” nor became angry at her appearance as a “Participant.”

Instead, he merely stared at her expressionlessly.

Black Sheep looked at her, then raised his head to look into the distance, and asked coldly, “Just you alone?”

“Ah…?” Xiao Ran was stunned, not knowing what this question meant. “Big brother… just me alone, because I’m not on their side.”

After hearing this, Black Sheep also felt the situation was a bit strange. He was already standing in such an obvious position—couldn’t those people who wanted to liberate the “Ants” see him?

He narrowed his bright yellow horizontal pupils and looked into the distance. There seemed to be a large group of people gathered in the middle of the corridor, but the distance was really too far to see the situation clearly.

At this moment, an uneasy thought lingered in Black Sheep’s mind—could it be that the crowd in the distance had divided the entire corridor into two sections, making it impossible for anyone to cross?

“I knew it wouldn’t be this smooth,” Black Sheep thought to himself, then sighed softly and began to urgently think of countermeasures.

He had been far too busy in this operation.

Not only did he need to kill Heavenly-Ox and liberate the “Ants,” he also had to find a way to kill Heavenly-Tiger together with Pei Qianhu.

These tasks almost all had clear time limits. Right now, Heavenly-Ox must have already set out toward the “Cargo Hold” and would open the door from the “Cargo Hold” to “Taoyuan” when night fully fell.

If he couldn’t stop her before she opened the cargo door, the significance of these “Participants” boarding the train would be lost.

Liberate the “Ants,” but the “Ants” weren’t there.

Yet who could have thought that problems would arise with the very first task, with all those wanting to liberate the “Ants” stuck on the other side of the corridor.

“Big brother…” Xiao Ran called out again.

Hearing this voice, Black Sheep also lowered his head again at this moment and looked at the woman before him.

“Big brother, why do you keep not saying anything…?” Xiao Ran smiled again. “I really have something very important to tell you. Are you a big leader here?”

Black Sheep slowly frowned but remained silent.

Not knowing what he meant, Xiao Ran could only continue speaking. “Actually, I used to be a ‘Zodiac’ too, but there was a problem and I lost my mask.”

After hearing this, Black Sheep couldn’t help but feel somewhat curious. In other words, this woman was not only not a “rebel,” she wasn’t even a “Participant.”

Then what was the significance of her appearing here?

“Big brother, you look like a big leader to me,” Xiao Ran continued. “I’ll tell you a big secret. Can you ensure my safety?”

As Xiao Ran expected, the Black Sheep before her still didn’t speak. His eyes were so vicious they seemed able to devour people.

But the opportunity was right in front of her—who would willingly give up?

“Some ‘Participants’ are going to rebel!” Xiao Ran took a step forward, her voice becoming low and her expression accordingly serious. “They want to overthrow Heavenly-Dragon and Qinglong. They’re absolutely audacious!”

“Oh…” Black Sheep nodded. “I finally understand…”

Discovering she had finally pried open Black Sheep’s mouth, Xiao Ran was instantly full of motivation. “Big brother, originally I wanted to go directly to find Heavenly-Dragon or Qinglong, but you know my status… I’m probably not as convenient as you. Can you help introduce me? I know many of their plans. When there are benefits, you and I can split them fifty-fifty…”

After hearing this, Black Sheep slowly lowered his head and reached up to touch his horns, feeling the situation was a bit too amusing.

This person appearing here—what difference was there from a primitive person mistakenly entering an information warfare battlefield?

It was hard to imagine that at this stage, there would still be someone who thought themselves clever trying to interfere with a battlefield of this scale by their own power alone.

Letting an insect like this run free would be somewhat troublesome.

“That’s really quite serious,” Black Sheep chuckled, then began to inconspicuously survey the surroundings. “For such important information, have you kept it well-guarded?”

“Of course, big brother!” Xiao Ran said. “I’m very sensible. I’ve only told you. I also have some other intelligence that I’ll tell them when I meet Heavenly-Dragon and Qinglong.”

Black Sheep no longer had time to listen to what Xiao Ran was saying. He just looked at the several doors nearby, hoping the owners of these “doors” wouldn’t be angry that their door frames would be splattered with blood.

He slowly extended his hand and unfastened the cuff button on his sleeve, then while rolling up his sleeves, asked casually, “You said you have ‘other intelligence.’ Can you give me a general idea?”

Xiao Ran considered herself not stupid. This kind of thing sounded like a “life-preserving talisman.” This Black Sheep before her had actually brazenly asked about it—it seemed that although he looked formidable, he wasn’t necessarily any clever figure.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran pressed one finger against her cheek, her eyes slowly looking toward the upper right, acting cute while pretending to think.

But she knew that no matter what, she wouldn’t give an answer. After all, what “other information” did she have? Everything was just a means to preserve her life.

“I’ll have to think carefully about that, big brother… After all, this concerns major matters for us ‘Zodiacs.'”

But she would never realize that the Black Sheep before her was far superior to her in skill. When this question was asked, he didn’t even need her to give an answer—Black Sheep had already obtained what he wanted.

Baiyang once said that the upper left of a person’s visual field is usually called the “memory zone,” while the upper right is called the “creation zone.” This meant that when a person subconsciously looked toward the upper left after hearing a question, the probability of them recalling memories was higher. But when looking toward the upper right…

She was about to start lying.

In other words, there was no “other information” at all. Even if there was, it would definitely be irrelevant. This kind of person—killing her would simply be killing her.

Black Sheep walked forward step by step, his entire body emanating killing intent. Although Xiao Ran didn’t know what he was going to do, she inexplicably became nervous.

This “Zodiac” before her greeted her with a smiling face, yet Xiao Ran clearly caught the scent of death.

“Wait… wait a moment… big brother…” Xiao Ran held out her hand between herself and Black Sheep. “Did I say something wrong? I…”

“What you said was wrong to an absurd degree,” Black Sheep shook his head. “I don’t even know where to have you start correcting it.”

“But everything I said is true!” Xiao Ran retreated several steps, unable to find her bearings for a moment, her back hitting against the wall. “It’s all that Qi Xia… it’s all that Qi Xia who wants to rebel… You must believe me!”

Hearing this, Black Sheep’s advancing footsteps slowly stopped. He felt he might have thought about this matter too simply.