Qi Xia, Qiao Jiajin, and Chen Junnan led Tiantian and Lawyer Zhang as they walked down the street without looking back.

At this moment, all the people on the street began to panic, running and shuttling aimlessly through various buildings, announcing the major event that had just occurred in the entire “Land of End” to everyone on the street.

As they passed the message along, only one sentence remained in their mouths—

“The giant clocks and display screens have collapsed.”

The giant clocks and display screens at locations everywhere had collapsed and shattered almost simultaneously. All the “Participants” had lost their trump cards.

From this moment on, they didn’t know whether they were “Echoes,” much less where to go in the days ahead.

Some said that rebels seemed to have appeared in this place, and the ultimate goal of these rebels was to prevent all “Participants” from escaping, so they had angered the “Zodiacs,” betrayed “Heavenly Dragon,” and demolished the giant clocks.

Qi Xia’s group walked down the road like rowing against the current, while the crowd was a rushing river.

They all ran past in utter panic. Some people’s eyes were already filled with despair, having given up their last shred of faith, while others’ eyes were full of hatred, determined to kill all the rebels.

Even more so, some proposed a truce in the “Zodiac” games and told the “Zodiacs” to temporarily set aside their hatred and deal with their common enemy together.

How laughable, wasn’t it?

Looking at all the emotions throughout the entire street, there wasn’t a trace of hatred toward the “Zodiacs.” They only had overwhelming hatred toward the “rebels.”

But wasn’t this actually good?

At least everyone was taking action.

They no longer lived in idle comfort waiting for death, no longer spent their days in fear, and were no longer divided among themselves. They were willing to unite with everyone they could see before them. Even the “Zodiacs” who wanted to kill them a second ago could temporarily set aside their differences and cooperate with each other at this moment.

But ironically, as long as the hostile target was transformed into “Participants” with the same status as them, one could clearly feel an irrepressible anger that clouded everyone’s minds.

“Old Qi…” Chen Junnan said with a heavy expression behind Qi Xia. “Where exactly are you taking us?”

“To take shelter.” Qi Xia said. “Haven’t you noticed that this place is about to undergo a dramatic change?”

“Whether or not this place changes is one thing.” Chen Junnan frowned as he looked at the many “Participants” coming and going on the street. “It looks like the giant clocks have already fallen. Now everyone is in chaos.”

“That’s right.” Qi Xia nodded. “They’ve completed their first phase of the mission. Now they’re starting to flee for their lives.”

“Do we really not need to go help out?” Chen Junnan asked.

After hearing this, Qiao Jiajin also nodded. “Liar boy… I don’t really need to ‘take shelter,’ do I? Aren’t there still people attacking the ‘Divine Beasts’ right now? I can go help.”

“You can’t help.” Qi Xia said. “In this upheaval, everyone has their own fate. Everything is part of a massive ‘causality.’ You can’t interfere with anything. You just need to let everything take its natural course.”

“What do you mean…?”

“Those who are destined to die will surely die. Those who are destined to live will surely live.” Qi Xia said. “Whether you do nothing now or risk your lives to interfere, the final result will be the same.”

“So we’re just going to flee like this…?” Chen Junnan still asked somewhat incredulously. “This young master feels that ‘Cat’s’ side won’t easily handle Xuanwu… After all, there was a flaw in the plan… This isn’t what I agreed with them last night…”

“But that’s not your problem.” Qi Xia said. “Xuanwu will die at their hands.”

“You…” Chen Junnan frowned again. “Old Qi, you seem to have a lot of confidence in ‘Cat’… Where exactly does this confidence come from?”

“Because I have no choice but to believe.” Qi Xia said. “If even I don’t believe in them, then they’ll lose their support.”

After hearing this, Chen Junnan slowly lowered his head.

Although what Qi Xia said was correct, he still felt somewhat uneasy.

Xuanwu had already transformed into a monster covered entirely in black skin. She had no physical body and no weaknesses. How could “Cat” possibly kill Xuanwu with just their strength alone?

No, compared to “Extreme Path,” “Cat” was already doing pretty well.

Right now, “Extreme Path” was in the open while “Cat” was in the shadows.

Throughout the entire city, people were shouting slogans of “kill the rebels” while converging toward the square, making it difficult for the already fleeing “Extreme Path” to move forward.

It seemed that those individuals who had dismantled the giant clocks were the embodiment of their hatred. They didn’t mind venting all their hatred for the “Land of End” and the “Zodiacs” on the people who had destroyed the giant clocks.

“Everyone in ‘Extreme Path’ will die.” Chen Junnan said. “Yan Zhichun and Jiang Ruoxue, along with Lin Qin and Weekend—can they kill their way out alive from the crowd? Although the people from ‘Heaven’s Mouth’ went, in the end they’re only about twenty helpers… Do you know how many angry ‘Participants’ there are right now?”

“What difference would it make if the few of us went?” Qi Xia raised his head to look at the distant sky. “Whether ‘Extreme Path’ and ‘Heaven’s Mouth’ can escape still depends on whether ‘the true sheep’ moves or not.”

“The true sheep…?”

“As long as he’s willing to move, he can keep ‘Extreme Path’ and ‘Heaven’s Mouth’ safe.” Qi Xia said. “But that’s difficult. He may have read my mind, so the ‘causality’ of events may have changed because of it.”

After saying this, he turned back to look at everyone and said, “Now there’s no need to worry about others. I have other things to ask of you. In other words… we have a more important mission to handle.”

“What mission…?”

“I’m going to Baiyang’s former game venue.” Qi Xia said. “The safe house there contains the ultimate weapon that Baiyang left behind.”

“Huh…?” Everyone was stunned after hearing this.

“What you call the ‘ultimate weapon’ means…”

“I’m not certain.” Qi Xia said. “There’s a possibility that Baiyang used memories to deceive me, so I can’t make a judgment until I confirm the situation at that venue.”

As several people were talking, they saw a group of people running toward them in the distance, causing a commotion.

Looking closely, a team of about a dozen people was being chased by a crowd. Leading them were actually Old Lu and Auntie Tong.

“What the hell!!” Old Lu shouted as he ran. “Xiao Chan, who exactly did you all offend?!”

“Old Lu! Don’t get involved in this. Run quickly!”

Before the entire team could run to Qi Xia, they were blocked by “Participants” who had rushed to intercept them near Qi Xia’s group.

When these people heard that the team before them was a “rebel” squad, their eyes turned blood red one by one, overflowing with killing intent.

“This is bad… Young Qi…?” Old Lu was stunned.