“Huh…?” Han Yimo was slightly stunned.

This situation… did the plot trigger incorrectly?

But no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t figure out which sentence he’d said wrong just now.

“No… Qi Xia, did you not hear clearly just now?” Han Yimo said again. “I’ve already found Wen Qiaoyun’s weakness. If I face her in a gamble again, I guarantee I can win!”

“Found Wen Qiaoyun’s weakness?” Qi Xia looked at Han Yimo with a flat expression. “Tell me, what weakness would she reveal in front of you?”

“Uh, well…” After hearing this, Han Yimo blinked and answered haltingly, “I can’t say that right now… but I really am confident I can beat her…”

“It’s fine, no need.” Qi Xia said. “Rest.”

This really put Han Yimo in a difficult position. He had clearly promised the other party he would bring the second “character” over… but now he didn’t have any “character” on him and couldn’t leave the “Preparation Zone” at all.

Wait… why did Qi Xia just ask him if he’d gone to the “River Path”?

Although his gambling venue with Wen Qiaoyun was right next to the “River Path,” he had no need to take a detour to look at the “River Path.”

Considering everything comprehensively… something had happened at the “River Path.”

Qi Xia didn’t want him to go there.

But why was that? Han Yimo kept muttering doubts in his heart. Qi Xia didn’t know about his mole identity, yet now he still wouldn’t let him go there. It could only mean danger was happening there.

Qi Xia wanted to protect him from harm.

Although he was ambitious, he still had some qualities of a “savior” in him.

“So how long do I need to rest here?”

“Help me take care of Qiao Jiajin first.” Qi Xia said. “I can’t spare the time right now. I still have other matters to attend to.”

“Take care of… Qiao Jiajin?” Han Yimo turned his head to look at Qiao Jiajin lying on the ground. A person who looked like he was about to die… was there any need to take care of him?

Just let him die directly and wait for him to be reborn in the next cycle—wouldn’t that be better?

“Fine then…”

Han Yimo couldn’t find a reason to refuse and could only walk over, slowly sitting down beside Qiao Jiajin. He looked at the injuries on Qiao Jiajin’s body and felt they were still rather horrifying.

Although he had described many fighting scenes before, only now did he truly understand what it meant for flesh to be torn open.

His cheeks, torso, and the skin on both arms all showed traces of splitting open. Much of the blood had already begun to coagulate, but it still looked extremely painful.

But there were no “weapons” at all in this game. What had injured Qiao Jiajin to this extent?

Fists?

Han Yimo smiled bitterly and shook his head, feeling he was becoming somewhat obsessed. How could anyone’s skin be broken open by fists?

Just as he was lost in thought, he suddenly felt Qiao Jiajin’s pants pocket—there seemed to be a “character” inside.

Wait… it seemed he’d fallen into a mistaken mindset again. Why did he have to wait for Qi Xia to give him a “character”? Couldn’t he just steal one himself…?

“Think it through before you act.” Qi Xia didn’t even turn his head, staring at the characters on the wall as he said in a deep voice.

“Huh…?” Han Yimo was stunned.

“Leave yourself a chance. Don’t seek your own death.” Qi Xia said lightly once more.

Although Han Yimo didn’t understand the meaning in Qi Xia’s words, he felt overall that he was being threatened.

What a strange feeling this was?

For the remaining time, neither of the two spoke, just staying quietly in the “Preparation Zone.”

……

Inside a room marked with “Si,” four people stood simultaneously. The atmosphere was strange to the extreme.

These four people were Doctor Zhao, Jin Yuanxun, Chen Junnan, and Chen Junnan.

“No… I really am Xu Liunian!!!” One Chen Junnan said in an almost hoarse voice. “We’ve been saying this for so long now. Why are you unwilling to believe me?!”

Let’s call this one Chen Junnan A for now.

“Don’t listen to his nonsense!” Another Chen Junnan’s voice was even hoarser than the previous Chen Junnan’s. “I can even die to prove my innocence. Let me go see Tianqiu! He’ll definitely be able to tell who’s real!!!”

This person shall be called Chen Junnan B.

“Have you made enough trouble yet!!!” Chen Junnan A said viciously to Chen Junnan B. “Do you think you can deceive everyone by putting on an act? No matter how well you pretend, you’re still fake!”

“Fake?!” Chen Junnan B was utterly puzzled. “I already said we could directly let Chu Tianqiu help us verify who’s real and who’s fake. Why don’t you dare go?!”

Doctor Zhao and Jin Yuanxun just stood there in silence, dumbfounded. The current situation was truly too bizarre.

Both of these people claimed to be “Xu Liunian,” and both claimed the other was “Chen Junnan.”

But hadn’t they noticed they both had Chen Junnan’s face?

So who exactly was the fake one now?

The two actually wanted to go find Chu Tianqiu to judge who was real and who was fake. Were they treating Chu Tianqiu as the Buddha Tathagata?

“I…” Doctor Zhao smiled bitterly and said, “I have an immature little suggestion… Whether you two are fake or real doesn’t matter… The real Xu Liunian should just change back directly, right?”

“I want to too!” Both Chen Junnans said almost simultaneously.

“Ah?” Now Doctor Zhao was in a difficult position.

Chen Junnan B: “Just now I wanted to immediately return to the ‘Preparation Zone’ to find Tianqiu, but the problem is I don’t want to go back looking this disgusting. So I stayed in the room trying to control my belief, but no matter what I did, I couldn’t change back…”

Chen Junnan A: “Just listen to his nonsense! It’s because the power of ‘Echo’ here is too weak. I can’t change back even if I want to! You two stop blocking the way and let us go directly to find Tianqiu!”

Doctor Zhao and Jin Yuanxun looked at each other.

If they let these two people into the “Preparation Zone” at the same time, they would one hundred percent also be letting Chen Junnan in.

But if they didn’t let the two of them see Chu Tianqiu… how could they distinguish real from fake?

Jin Yuanxun thought for a while and said: “How about this… Liunian Jie, Doctor and I will leave first. You two trigger the game here somehow.”

After hearing this, Doctor Zhao hurriedly nodded, feeling this should be the best idea.

“No way!” Both Chen Junnans shouted simultaneously again.

Doctor Zhao was stunned: “Why not…?”

Chen Junnan A: “Are you confused?! The other party is Chen Junnan. He can even pretend to be me to deceive you. Doesn’t that count as ‘cunning’? How could I possibly beat him in this ‘Si Snake’ game?”

Chen Junnan B: “You stole my words again! Doctor Zhao, Jin Yuanxun, let me ask you… Even if the two of us compete in the game venue… Even if only one of us can walk out of this door, would you be able to know who’s real and who’s fake?”

Doctor Zhao and Jin Yuanxun simultaneously scratched their heads, feeling this was now a huge problem.