“You have… over eighty characters on you?” Jin Yuanxun looked at Chen Junnan with a bewildered expression.

“What do you say?” Chen Junnan said enthusiastically. “Shall this young master bestow one upon you?”

“Bestow upon me…” Jin Yuanxun muttered, feeling something was off.

“That’s right!” Chen Junnan said. “You came empty-handed. This young master can’t let you leave empty-handed. Come, come, come—come get one from me!”

As he spoke, he took a step forward, but Jin Yuanxun instinctively took a step back.

“Why so polite! It’s for the kid!” Chen Junnan said.

Jin Yuanxun felt himself getting caught up in Chen Junnan’s rhythm and quickly changed his approach. “Hey! How could you possibly have that many characters? Both our sides only have a total of sixteen characters!”

“This young master’s characters reproduce themselves.” Chen Junnan said. “Really embarrassing, honestly. These ‘characters’ haven’t been seen for a moment, and they’ve gone and bred a whole litter on their own.”

Jin Yuanxun calmed down a bit and quickly sensed something fishy about this situation. Even if the opponent didn’t have dozens of “characters” on him, he still had six or seven.

If the opponent really was carrying all the “characters” from his entire team…

Why would he be standing so brazenly at “Chu River Han Border”?

“There’s a trap…” Jin Yuanxun narrowed his eyes. “Hey… you…”

Seeing Jin Yuanxun start to hesitate, Chen Junnan didn’t give the opponent any time to speak. He directly stepped back into the room, then turned back and waved. “Little Jin! Come in and play!”

“Come in… play…?”

“Don’t be shy!” Chen Junnan smiled. “You’re already at the doorstep—come in and have a bite to eat. What’s the problem? We’re all family here!”

But what was with this enthusiasm…?

“Come on! At least come in and sit for a bit!” Chen Junnan reached out with one hand to “entice” Jin Yuanxun, making goosebumps rise all over the latter’s body.

“Ah, ssibal…”

Jin Yuanxun really couldn’t figure out what Chen Junnan was planning to do, but following him into the room at this point would very likely mean falling into a trap.

Although the “referee” said that two people entering a room would forcibly start a game, what if many of the opponent’s people were hiding in the room?

If it wasn’t “two people” entering the room, would it still forcibly start a game?

The only outcome Jin Yuanxun could think of was being pinned to the ground by a group of people and having the “characters” on his body taken away without being able to activate his “Echo” at all.

Thinking of this, Jin Yuanxun could only be as cautious as possible. After all, no one wanted to be the first person to lose their “character.”

“Hey! You come out!” Jin Yuanxun called out. “If you have the guts, come out and talk to me.”

“I’m not going. It’s cold outside.” Chen Junnan waved his hand. “Are you coming in or not? If you’re not coming in, I’m closing the door.”

“Closing… the door?”

Jin Yuanxun really couldn’t understand Chen Junnan’s actions. He hesitated in place for a long time, until Chen Junnan closed the door with a smug expression, but still didn’t make any move.

He had met Chen Junnan a few times, so he could be considered to have some understanding of him. If Chen Junnan’s words could be believed, then the slogans from TV shopping commercials could be believed.

Before long, Xu Liunian walked out from behind Jin Yuanxun. Seeing Jin Yuanxun standing alone at “Chu River Han Border” in a daze, she couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

“What’s wrong?” Xu Liunian asked. “Why that expression? What did you see?”

“Ah!” Jin Yuanxun pointed at the door on the far right in front of him with his awkward Chinese. “Sister! Just now, there was someone!”

“Who?”

“Sister!” Jin Yuanxun looked like he had seen his savior. “Ah! Just now I saw Chen Junnan… he had all the ‘characters’ on him like that!”

“All the ‘characters’ on him? You mean he himself…?” Xu Liunian shook her head helplessly. “Little Jin, your Chinese isn’t good. You might not have heard the rules clearly. Earth Dragon said earlier that one person can’t carry multiple…”

Before she could finish speaking, she froze in place.

Wait, did the rules mention this?

The rules only said that people without “characters” had to go to the “preparation area” to wait, and could only continue acting once they had a “character” on them. But it never said whether or not one person could carry multiple “characters.”

In that case, could the opponent really be that bold…?

All the members of their team took off their “characters” and stayed put in the “preparation area,” with only Chen Junnan alone carrying all the “characters” and charging over…

“Too absurd.” Xu Liunian said. “How could there be such a tactic… Even if it’s a tactic formulated by Qi Xia, it’s still too absurd.”

The next second, the central door in front of Xu Liunian creaked open, and Chen Junnan poked his head out.

“Yo, Big Sister Xu is here too.” Chen Junnan said. “Want to come in and play? This room of mine seems to have pretty good feng shui—it’s specifically for improving ‘unfavorable fortune in flowing years.'”

After saying this, he fully opened the door, revealing what looked like a completely empty room.

“‘Unfavorable fortune in flowing years’… you…”

Xu Liunian’s brow furrowed tightly. She looked down at Chen Junnan’s pants and discovered that, just as Jin Yuanxun had said, his pockets were stuffed full with chains even showing. Counting carefully, there were at least five or six.

But Xu Liunian was just as cautious as Jin Yuanxun and didn’t dare rashly follow Chen Junnan into the room.

If Chen Junnan’s words could be believed, then the small advertisements plastered on telephone poles could be believed.

“Hey!” Jin Yuanxun pointed at the door on the far right in front of him. “Weren’t you there just now… How did you get to the middle…?”

“Because this young master’s ‘Echo’ is fucking ‘Wall Penetration’!” Chen Junnan said. “Want to come in and sit? This young master will show you what ‘Wall Penetration’ is.”

After hearing this, neither Xu Liunian nor Jin Yuanxun opened their mouths to speak.

“What’s going on?” Chen Junnan said with a puzzled expression. “Why are you both being so polite? It’s just me alone in the room, really.”

Xu Liunian thought for a few seconds and still decided to probe the opponent’s strength and weakness. She could only stand outside the door and ask, “Chen Junnan, why do you have so many ‘characters’?”

“I can’t say right now.” Chen Junnan smiled. “I have to wait until Doctor Zhao arrives before I can say.”

“Doctor Zhao…?”

Due to the commotion between the several people being quite significant, the personnel from Chu Tianqiu’s side gradually began converging at “Chu River Han Border.”

When everyone arrived, Chen Junnan looked at the six people in front of him and revealed a satisfied smile.

This was the “all-out psychological attack.”

“What’s going on…?” Wen Qiaoyun also asked from the side. “This person is…?”

“Doctor Zhao, are you alright?” Chen Junnan asked.

“Me…?” Doctor Zhao was stunned. “What do you mean ‘are you alright’?”

“Nothing.” Chen Junnan shook his head. “Old Qi asked me to find a way to tell you—the plan has begun.”

Doctor Zhao’s expression instantly became complicated. He frowned and looked at Chen Junnan, then at the people around him.

“What… what plan?”

“Don’t play dumb, Doctor.” Chen Junnan said. “You know what I’m talking about. Old Qi said he’s already done what you asked him to do. Now it’s your turn to act.”

“I…” Doctor Zhao’s expression became even more bewildered. “I don’t know what you’re talking about…”

“Huh?” Chen Junnan was stunned. “Doctor Zhao, are you okay? Did you forget? Old Qi specifically asked me to come find you…”

“Wait a minute.” Chu Tianqiu stepped forward, his expression somewhat gloomy. “Chen Junnan, what are you playing at?”

“What am I playing at?” Chen Junnan spread his hands. “I’m not playing at anything. I’m just following Old Qi’s instructions to inform Doctor Zhao. Is there a problem?”

Chu Tianqiu turned to look at Doctor Zhao, his eyes filled with suspicion.

“Tianqiu…” Doctor Zhao explained anxiously. “I really don’t know what he’s talking about… I haven’t made any arrangements with Qi Xia…”

“Haven’t made arrangements?” Chen Junnan laughed. “Doctor, you can’t say that. Old Qi trusted you so much, and you’re going to sell him out now? That’s not right.”

“I didn’t!” Doctor Zhao’s voice raised slightly. “I really have nothing to do with Qi Xia!”

“Alright, alright.” Chen Junnan waved his hand. “If you say you don’t, then you don’t. Anyway, Old Qi already did what you asked. Whether you admit it or not is your business.”

After saying this, he turned around and walked back into the room, then closed the door.

The six people stood outside the door, the atmosphere becoming extremely strange.

Chu Tianqiu stared at Doctor Zhao, his eyes filled with doubt and scrutiny.

“Tianqiu, I really…” Doctor Zhao wanted to explain, but didn’t know where to start.

“Let’s talk about this later.” Chu Tianqiu said coldly. “Everyone, be careful. The opponent’s tactics are very strange.”

Xu Liunian nodded, but her gaze toward Doctor Zhao also carried a hint of suspicion.

After all, Doctor Zhao had indeed once been Qi Xia’s teammate. Who could say for sure whether there was some secret arrangement between the two of them?

This seed of doubt, once planted, was difficult to eliminate.

This was Chen Junnan’s “all-out psychological attack”—he didn’t need to do anything, just a few words were enough to make the opponent doubt each other.

And this was exactly the effect Qi Xia wanted.