“My potential…?”

After hearing this, Qi Xia frowned and leaned forward. His entire upper body had now entered the “door,” then he said in a low voice, “If you use ‘Heaven’s Vigor’ to kill me here, the only one who benefits would be Qinglong. I’ll be frank—in this game, either you or I can win, but Qinglong cannot win.”

Only now did Chu Tianqiu understand why Qi Xia wanted to “transport” him out here. But could talking here truly evade the ears of “Qinglong” and “Heavenly-Dog”?

He calmly glanced inside the “door.” The Qinglong high in the sky indeed showed no movement.

Then Chu Tianqiu took a step forward and said, “Qi Xia, are you sure? My ultimate goal differs from yours. If you let me board this ship… I could very likely deal you a devastating blow.”

“‘Devastating blow’?” Qi Xia found this statement interesting. “Even I can’t guarantee stopping this advancing ship now. If you want to strike, the difficulty would be even greater. Rather than striking me, you might as well redirect that strike toward Tianlong.”

Chu Tianqiu didn’t know what exactly Qi Xia was thinking. Did this plan still include him?

“Qi Xia… at this moment, I suddenly have a very inappropriate thought,” Chu Tianqiu said.

“What?”

“The path I’m walking now… could it also be influenced by you?”

Qi Xia didn’t speak, only looked coldly at Chu Tianqiu. This look seemed to have already given him the answer he wanted.

“To be honest,” Qi Xia said. “Chu Tianqiu, I need you to board the ‘train’ with me.”

“You…” Chu Tianqiu quickly sensed the problem. “But we’re already on the ‘train’ now. You should know this too, right?”

“Although we’re on the ‘train’ now, we’re not in a core position,” Qi Xia said. “Let me put it another way, Chu Tianqiu. I want you to go to the ‘front of the train’ with me.”

“What…?” Chu Tianqiu tried his best to keep his voice down. “Qi Xia… you…”

“Give me… a chance?” Chu Tianqiu asked.

Qi Xia didn’t answer immediately, only saying, “Did that ‘Dream Entry’ go to ‘Heaven’s Mouth’?”

Chu Tianqiu still found it somewhat difficult to understand. “A ‘Dream Entry’ did come to ‘Heaven’s Mouth.’ What does he have to do with me becoming a ‘god’?”

“Did you get his eyeball?” Qi Xia said. “As long as you get his eyeball, we can meet at the ‘front of the train.’ I’ll take you to see the world through the eyes of ‘god.'”

“You… wait a moment.” Chu Tianqiu immediately understood Qi Xia’s meaning. “At this moment, the only one at the ‘front of the train’ is the sleeping Tianlong… Have you gone mad…?”

“What?” Qi Xia asked. “Don’t you want to know what kind of dreams Tianlong has every day?”

“This isn’t a matter of ‘what dreams he has’…” Chu Tianqiu said with furrowed brows. “You should know that everyone’s dreamscape depends on the strength of their psychological defenses. Ordinary people’s dreams are unshakeable.”

“So what?”

“If I enter Tianlong’s dream with my current body, wouldn’t even a gust of wind in the dream blow me into sand?” Chu Tianqiu said. “If you really want to do this, I suggest taking that ‘Dream Entry’ person himself. I didn’t kill him, I just had someone take the eyeball from his corpse. As they say, newborn calves don’t fear tigers. He doesn’t know how terrifying Tianlong’s dreamscape is, so sending him would be most suitable.”

“No.” Qi Xia shook his head. “Precisely because he’s too immature, this task cannot be carried out by him.”

“You…”

Chu Tianqiu stared carefully into Qi Xia’s eyes. He always felt this task was no different from going straight to death.

“You carry many ‘echoes’ and possess exceptional intelligence. You’re more suited for this task than anyone,” Qi Xia said. “Don’t you want to see the dreamscape of a ‘god’?”

“A ‘god’s’ dream…”

“You may be just one step away,” Qi Xia said. “You want to become someone like him, yet you don’t want to understand what kind of dreams he has every day. Perhaps his dreamscape can shatter your final shackles as a ‘human.'”

Chu Tianqiu knew that in the past, it was only Tianlong who casually entered and exited others’ dreams. But now someone had to enter Tianlong’s dreamscape. Just how insane would someone have to be to come up with such a plan?

“What am I supposed to do in his dreamscape?” Chu Tianqiu asked again. “Is it really as you said, merely to see what a ‘god’ thinks?”

“Of course not. I need you to find a way to crack open a fissure in his dreamscape,” Qi Xia said. “This is a transaction between you and me. As long as you agree, I’ll help you clear the path to the ‘front of the train.'”

“What kind of ‘transaction’ is this…” Chu Tianqiu took another step forward. “I’ll be killed by Tianlong in the dream… Why would I risk my life to examine his dreamscape? And why would you risk your life to clear a path for me? This makes no sense at all…”

“This is your only chance, Chu Tianqiu,” Qi Xia said again. “You’ll never have another opportunity to see a ‘god’s’ dream. If you agree, I can enter Tianlong’s dreamscape together with you.”

“What…” Chu Tianqiu seemed unable to grasp Qi Xia’s logic. “You’re entering Tianlong’s dreamscape together with me…? How can you enter his dreamscape?”

“I’ll find a way,” Qi Xia said. “Chu Tianqiu, I don’t want to hide things from you anymore. The path you’re walking now has indeed been subtly influenced by me all along.”

“You…”

“In the very beginning, you saw my ‘echo’ called ‘Divine Hearing.’ You believed my existence was the key to everyone’s escape from here, so you wrote down the sentence ‘I absolutely must let Qi Xia obtain an echo,'” Qi Xia said. “But later, you investigated for many years yourself and discovered the secret of ‘Endless Life,’ so you wrote a second note. You believed that as long as I no longer ‘echoed,’ everyone could be liberated.”

After hearing this, Chu Tianqiu’s eyes slowly widened. “What… you…”

“This was when I regarded you most highly,” Qi Xia said. “You found the truth of everything. You spent many years learning why people here turn to dust on the tenth day, and you also learned what the ‘reality’ we return to really is… You investigated clearly where each person was born and their approximate abilities, and wrote down numbers for them one by one. But you couldn’t explain why we must return here.”

After hearing this, Chu Tianqiu’s eyes flickered, as if something insane was beginning to pour into his mind. “…I seem to… remember…”

“You discovered that every unreasonable thing could ultimately be perfectly explained, except for this one thing,” Qi Xia said. “You believed that some powerful force interfered with the ‘Land of the End.'”