Qiao Jiajin looked down at his own body, which at this moment was being reshaped like plasticine.

Although the tattoos on his body were still there, the contours of his muscles were no longer his own.

“Damn… so amazing…”

He clenched his fist and felt a surging power begin to flow through his fingertips. Qian Wu quickly shot him a look telling him not to act rashly.

Qiao Jiajin looked toward him and only then noticed that Qian Wu’s complexion had turned as pale as paper. It seemed that copying a “Heaven’s Vigor” had enormous side effects for him.

“Qian Wu… ” Qiao Jiajin said, “Why don’t we stop? I feel like the power is enough…”

“No,” Qian Wu shook his head. “It’s not stable enough yet. My ability has no way to create a brand new ‘Heaven’s Vigor’ body to swap with you. I can only try to establish a stable twin connection between you two.”

“Twin connection…?”

“When one flower blooms, both flowers blossom. When one flower withers, both flowers die,” Qian Wu said softly. “From now on, Zhang Shan must maintain the ‘Heaven’s Vigor’ state at all times. Besides this, any injury either of you receives will simultaneously affect the other.”

“Oh…?” Qiao Jiajin turned his head to look at Zhang Shan. “Big guy, how’s your dodging? Don’t get injured.”

Zhang Shan’s body hadn’t felt anything from beginning to end—he only saw Qiao Jiajin’s body gradually growing taller.

“My dodging isn’t great…” Zhang Shan answered honestly. “But I can take hits well enough.”

“Damn…” Qiao Jiajin blinked, feeling like his probability of getting injured had inexplicably increased. “You can take hits, but I might not be able to. I usually dodge.”

Hearing their conversation, Chu Tianqiu pondered on the side again.

Even someone like Qian Wu had no way to create a brand new “Heaven’s Vigor,” so what kind of conviction did Qi Xia inject to revive “Heaven’s Vigor”?

While they were talking, “Earth-level” and “Human-level” “Zodiacs” began gradually gathering outside the door.

Some “Zodiacs” always held the same thoughts as the Earth-Ox from earlier—they didn’t care what these people were doing, only knowing that their gathering here damaged their own interests.

These recklessly bold “Participants” were not only throwing the already fully mature “Zodiac” system into complete chaos, but had even started killing people on the “Train.”

Whispers outside the door began continuously rising. Everyone was somewhat uncertain about the current situation.

“Wasn’t an Earth-Ox just killed?” one “Zodiac” asked others quietly. “Isn’t Baihu responsible for ‘Zodiac Fratricide’? Why hasn’t he shown himself?”

“Maybe that Earth-Ox isn’t dead yet?” another person answered. “So temporarily it doesn’t count as ‘Zodiac Fratricide’…”

“That’s not right… Even if he’s not dead, being beaten like that is enough to prove they wanted to kill him…”

“No, no, no, I think it’s because the ones who acted were ‘Participants,’ not ‘Zodiacs,’ so it doesn’t count as ‘Zodiac Fratricide’… So Baihu should…”

Many “Zodiacs” discussed among themselves outside the door with various opinions, but they could never imagine that Baihu never cared about so-called “Zodiac Fratricide.”

If Baihu didn’t also consider “Zodiacs” to be pitiful figures, he wouldn’t even mind killing them with his own hands.

Now in this dilemma, he could only choose to leave the “Train.”

After deliberating for a long time at the doorway, the “Zodiacs” finally decided to join hands and first subdue these “Participants” who looked abnormal.

Seeing the people slowly gathering nearby, the Earth-Mouse looked back with a heavy expression at the scene of “transmitting power,” then let out a long sigh, turned around, and blocked the doorway with his body.

“Each one looks so human, but now they want me to take the bullet,” the Earth-Mouse said with a bitter smile, talking to himself. “I don’t know who’s more beastly.”

Seeing the hostile arrivals, the Earth-Dog quickly shifted his steps, moving his body from inside the room to outside.

“Hey… you all…” The Earth-Dog twitched the muscles on his face and, looking at the aggressively approaching “Zodiacs,” quickly spoke. “You finally came!”

“Which side are you on?” an Earth-Pig asked.

“I’m truly crying to death—I was forced! Quickly think of a way to save me!” the Earth-Dog said.

The Earth-Mouse looked coldly at this Earth-Dog, then shook his head and said, “I know another Dog Leader. Although he’s usually lazy and unreliable, compared to you, he’s as reliable as a police dog.”

“I’m truly laughing to death,” the Earth-Dog said with a cold laugh. “We’re already facing disaster, and I don’t know what you’re still pretending for.”

Chu Tianqiu felt the smell of gunpowder at the doorway beginning to spread. But Qian Wu seemed to still need time, so he could only stand up as well. After gripping an eyeball in his hand, he came to stand behind the Earth-Mouse.

“Hey, Earth-Mouse,” Chu Tianqiu called out with a frown. “You can’t hold them off alone. Let’s try to buy time.”

“Leader, you think too highly of me…” the Earth-Mouse laughed dryly. “With so many people, you want me to buy time? Not only can I not win in a fight, I can’t even win in a quarrel.”

Chu Tianqiu also looked at the situation at the doorway. From left to right, there were at least four “Earth-level” he’d never seen before, plus over a dozen “Human-level.”

And the Earth-Dog who had just said he would protect everyone was also standing to the side, clearly the fifth “Earth-level.”

Chu Tianqiu only had one “Heaven’s Vigor” left on him, plus various auxiliary abilities. He had originally wanted to consume this “Heaven’s Vigor” after entering Heavenly-Dragon’s dream, but now it seemed he couldn’t save it.

If he wanted to protect three lives from the hands of so many “Earth-level” at once, he’d probably need to consume several more.

“Leader…” the Earth-Mouse turned back to look at Chu Tianqiu. “You also have a trump card?”

“Barely counts,” Chu Tianqiu nodded.

“Truly can’t judge a book by its cover,” the Earth-Mouse said. “You all, one by one, have the ability to directly confront ‘Earth-level.’ If you’d said so earlier, this fence-sitter would have grown quite nicely.”

“I can’t say I can kill all these people with one hundred percent certainty, but buying enough time shouldn’t be a problem,” Chu Tianqiu answered.

“If that’s the case…” the Earth-Mouse shook his head. “Then I don’t recommend you go up together with me.”

“Oh?”

“‘Concentrating firepower’ is usually to suppress the opponent in one fell swoop and win victory,” the Earth-Mouse said in a low voice. “But our goal is to delay time, so we should go up one by one. After all, I also have a trump card.”

“You also have a trump card?” Chu Tianqiu looked at the Earth-Mouse. In his view, although the Earth-Mouse had an “Earth-level” body, he clearly wasn’t good at fighting. What could his trump card be?

The Earth-Mouse chuckled lightly. “That’s right. I learned a dirty trick from a socially anxious teammate in my previous room.”

“Dirty trick…?”

The Earth-Mouse turned his head and swept his gaze calmly across all the “Zodiacs,” his eyes finally stopping on the Earth-Dog.

The two made eye contact. Before the Earth-Dog could open his mouth to retort with a few sentences, the Earth-Mouse spoke up and asked, “Leader, aren’t you going to make your move yet?”