“Old Lu!!”

Auntie Tong shouted angrily, “How many times have I told you—stop making a fuss! I have the ‘Mother Goddess’s’ protection. Even if I really die, it’s just because she wants to see me! I’m not afraid of death!”

“Bullshit!!” Old Lu turned his head, facing Auntie Tong with that filthy mask, then gripped her hand tightly. “Xiao Chan, I’ve never believed in any goddamn ‘Mother Goddess.’ I only believe in myself. I don’t know if the ‘Mother Goddess’ is really protecting you, but I’m definitely going to protect you!”

“You…”

Old Lu pushed Auntie Tong into the doorway without any regard: “Get back inside! Xiao Chan, there are enough people here! You’re ‘Karma’—you’re more useful alive than I am!”

Although Old Lu used great force to push Auntie Tong through the door, she still noticed that Old Lu’s entire body was trembling.

“Old Lu… you’re afraid…” Auntie Tong also said with a trembling voice. “You’re forcing yourself… How is your ‘Hardening’ supposed to fight against those…”

“Stop talking nonsense! Go now!!” Old Lu’s voice cracked in his panic.

Auntie Tong knew that her “echo” couldn’t help at all in this kind of close-quarter combat, but she absolutely couldn’t leave Old Lu here alone no matter what.

Was there any way she could help him indirectly now?

Auntie Tong suddenly thought of something. Since Jiang Ruoxue could forcibly reverse the situation with her “Causality,” perhaps she could too.

She grabbed Old Lu’s arm and asked with a serious expression, “Old Lu! Tell me… have you done evil things?!”

“What the hell kind of time is this…” Old Lu said through gritted teeth. “Asking me this right now, I also…”

“Old Lu!! Tell me, have you done evil things?!” Auntie Tong shrieked once more.

“I…”

“Say something!!” Auntie Tong shouted. “Tell me you haven’t! As long as you admit you haven’t, ‘Karma’ will protect you!!”

Amid all the noise, Old Lu quietly stared into Auntie Tong’s eyes. Those eyes, through the holes in his mask, projected a sorrow that Auntie Tong couldn’t fathom.

After a few seconds, he spoke:

“Xiao Chan, I’m sorry. I’ve done unforgivable things.”

“You!!” Auntie Tong’s expression clearly turned furious. “Old Lu, your brain is broken… If even you yourself consider those to be evil deeds, ‘Evil Karma’ will find you!”

Her fingertips gripped Old Lu’s wrist tightly, her knuckles turning white from the force, yet she still felt utterly helpless.

“I can’t lie to my conscience and say I’m a good person… The mistakes I’ve made have always been troubling me.” Old Lu shook his head. “So I’m truly sorry.”

Auntie Tong’s face was filled with despair. She had never imagined that the first time she wanted to use “Karma” to save someone important to her, she would personally send him to hell.

“Karma” had already been fully applied to Old Lu, but this time it was the long-accumulated “Evil Karma”—”Evil Retribution” was about to descend.

He believed he had done evil deeds, which meant he confirmed the “Evil Karma” he had committed. Combined with the influence of “Karma”…

“Old Lu… you… you…” Auntie Tong’s whole body was trembling, yet she still didn’t know how to change the situation. Should she forcibly twist the good and evil of others?

“I’m fucking satisfied…” Old Lu pushed Auntie Tong into the doorway, then placed both hands on the doorframe. “Don’t worry, Xiao Chan. Although I can’t kill that ‘zodiac,’ as long as I’m here, this door won’t close and won’t break…”

“Is the door all I’m worried about…?” Auntie Tong asked through gritted teeth. “This is the ‘train,’ and your identity is still ‘zodiac’… Once you die here… then…”

“Xiao Chan!!” Although Old Lu was wearing a mask, Auntie Tong could see he was smiling. “You know that at our age… the only wish in this life is to die before the other person, right? This time I’m being selfish… I don’t want to watch you die.”

“Old Lu…”

“Listen to me! Go now!”

Old Lu smiled at Auntie Tong and pushed her toward the stairway.

Auntie Tong clearly saw the two “earth-level” members standing up and beginning to attack the surrounding “human-level” members. She knew that staying here would only cause more trouble. She gripped Old Lu’s rigid palm one last time, then turned and ran toward the “cargo hold.”

If she delayed any longer, not only would Old Lu die, but everyone present would die.

She needed to immediately tell Yan Zhichun about the situation outside—there wasn’t much time left for everyone.

When Auntie Tong stumbled into the “cargo hold,” the scene had already changed dramatically.

Clearly no stones had fallen to the ground, yet countless “ants” seemed to have grown eyes, all pouncing toward an empty space.

There was clearly someone in that empty space. She was stepping on the ground to dodge quickly, and the “ants” instantly moved toward the new position.

Auntie Tong felt this seemed to be the “automatically tracking offensive” that Yan Zhichun had mentioned. Although she didn’t know how it was achieved, she still ran quickly toward Yan Zhichun’s direction.

“Auntie Tong!” Yan Zhichun no longer needed to direct the battle. She just looked at her with slight concern. “What’s the situation outside now?”

“It’s a long story…”

Auntie Tong explained the outside situation in a few words. Luo Shiyi had drawn away one “earth-level” member and several “human-level” members. Old Lu, who had become Man-Pig, was engaged in a melee with another group of “human-level” members outside the door. The “Jidao” members who had gone out with them earlier also stayed there to stall for time. Now it just depended on when Heavenly Ox would be defeated.

“It’s only a matter of time,” Yan Zhichun said. “She can’t escape anymore. She’s now fighting against nearly a hundred ‘earth-level’ members with her power alone. Her ‘Concealment’ and ‘Levitation’ have lost their effect, and ‘Amplification’ can’t assist in combat, so there’s no possibility of victory whatsoever.”

After hearing this, Auntie Tong looked in the direction of the sound. Those “ants” were indeed attacking the invisible Heavenly Ox like a tide. Heavenly Ox seemed to have suffered many injuries, finding it increasingly difficult to dodge. Countless drops of blood fell from the sky—it seemed her “Concealment” couldn’t even hide her own blood anymore.

Perhaps Heavenly Ox still hadn’t figured out the reason to this day… She had clearly issued commands in Qinglong’s tone, so why was she still isolated and helpless up until now?

“If she doesn’t cancel her ‘Concealment,’ all the ‘ants’ will only continue to cause her minor injuries, ultimately torturing her to death,” Yan Zhichun said with a bland expression. “Her best choice right now is to reveal her form and let ‘Reaching into the Bag’ give her a quick end.”

“How exactly was this accomplished?” Auntie Tong asked, staring in Heavenly Ox’s direction.

“Ruoxue and that old man simultaneously applied their ‘echoes’ to a single eyeball,” Yan Zhichun said. “That eyeball now possesses both ‘Causality’ and ‘Tracking.’ It’s currently hovering silently above Heavenly Ox’s head—it won’t touch Heavenly Ox, nor will it be discovered by her. Finding this kind of strange logical relationship took Ruoxue quite some effort.”