Two voices, one real and one illusory, rang out beside Bai Jiu’s ears at the exact same moment, without the slightest difference.

This feeling was like watching a television drama unfold synchronously in reality, giving him an unprecedented sense of disorientation.

Bai Jiu knew that this time they had truly found Xuanwu’s ultimate weakness, but how exactly should he analyze the situation before his eyes?

“No… if it’s just me alone, I still…”

Bai Jiu decisively extended two fingers to pinch his lower lip, tilted his head back, and blew a loud whistle, calling for all temporarily available strategists nearby to come provide support.

“Wild Growth” Ning Shiba, “Shuttle” Cui Shisi, “Strong Wind” Qiu Ershi, and “Flash Burst” Feng Shiqi immediately moved quickly toward Bai Jiu from various corners of the battlefield upon hearing this. Song Qi, who was standing at a high vantage point, thought for a moment and also prepared to split off to provide support.

Before leaving, he pondered briefly, temporarily handed over battlefield command to Su Shan, and chose to leave together with the experienced Officer Li.

After all, the signal Bai Jiu sent out this time was truly too bizarre—it seemed like he had found the ultimate solution, yet also seemed trapped by an enormous puzzle. Song Qi felt an ominous premonition and could only set out to resolve the situation.

At the front, various combat-type “Echoes” began to fully block Xuanwu’s attacks, but no one knew what had happened to Xuanwu. She no longer used “Reaching Into the Bag,” merely employing the most basic hand-to-hand combat and “Leap Shift” to unilaterally slaughter everyone.

Fortunately, the “Cat” Team’s combat experience was extremely rich. They quickly established a stable defensive line. Although this began to result in multiple injuries, so far only Luo Shiwu had lost his life.

The battle with Xuanwu had already gone on for quite a long time. Even Yun Shiqi, who had been maintaining “Silence” throughout, was starting to sweat profusely.

He stood at the high point of another building, cautiously watching the surroundings, and discovered that running figures were already beginning to appear successively on the streets.

The impact caused by the “Extreme Path” should be starting to spread throughout the entire city. The location they had chosen to kill Xuanwu was an inconspicuous small plaza among numerous low buildings. This place didn’t connect to major roads, and the numerous low buildings also blocked the view from the streets. Combined with the existence of “Silence,” people shouldn’t discover that a battle was taking place here in the short term.

But one stone stirs up a thousand ripples. After a while longer, Participants and “Zodiacs” from all sides would inevitably discover that people were gathering here to assassinate Xuanwu. After all, “Silence” wasn’t a protective barrier—it couldn’t stop people from entering and exiting, it could only intercept sounds.

Just at this moment, Song Qi and Officer Li walked quickly past below Yun Shiqi’s building.

Song Qi only nodded with a grave expression upon hearing this. After all, the Xuanwu they were fighting against had completely transformed into a non-human creature. After battling fiercely for so long, they couldn’t find any method to kill her. They could only hope that Bai Jiu’s strategy this time would be effective.

Soon, many of the “Cat” Team strategists began to gather around Bai Jiu, and Song Qi also pushed through the crowd to reach the front.

Bai Jiu raised his head, his expression grave as he said, “I need to tell everyone what just happened. It may be difficult to accept, but please believe me, and let us use this as a condition to discuss countermeasures.”

……

Qiu Shiliu hid behind the dry grass in the corner of the wall, watching as the wild girl before him trembled all over while burning, neither daring to make a sound nor move recklessly.

She clearly saw that the girl had a face identical to Xuanwu’s, only she was younger, her age impossible to determine.

So what exactly was the situation now…?

She had shuttled through a bizarre space. Assuming that the space she had just been in was connected to all spaces in the entire world, then she could barely understand it.

This was like a massive “Shuttle Machine” that could allow her to travel to all existing or unknown corners of the world.

But why could even “time” be connected?

If the girl before her eyes truly was Xuanwu, then she must necessarily be Xuanwu at a different age. The current her shouldn’t exist in any other space.

“Jiu Jie…” Qiu Shiliu placed the “Door” in her hand to her mouth, asking in a voice so soft even she couldn’t hear it, “Can you hear me…?”

The other end didn’t immediately respond. There was only a faint rustling sound.

After a while, a weak voice came through: “I can hear you… They’ve all gone to a meeting.”

“Shi Ge?” Qiu Shiliu said in a breathy voice. “My situation seems a bit passive right now. I don’t know what to do…”

“Well, you’ve really asked the right person…” Jiang Shi gave a bitter laugh. “I can’t see anything at all. I can only hear the voice coming from inside my brain. How about I tell you a storytelling segment to relieve your boredom?”

“Shi Ge, I’ll pass on that offer,” Qiu Shiliu said. “I’ll wait for Jiu Jie to come back…”

“Why don’t you go chat with someone?” Jiang Shi changed the subject and said again. “Things have already reached this point. What’s the use of hiding?”

“Chat…?” Qiu Shiliu was stunned. “You mean like… I just walk out right now, tap her on the shoulder, and start a conversation with ‘Hello, little girl’—that kind of chat?”

Jiang Shi thought for a moment and earnestly answered, “Actually, you could also start the conversation with ‘Hey, demon!’…”

“Alright, alright… Shi Ge, you rest well.”

Qiu Shiliu put the “Door” back in her pocket and continued observing the strange little Xuanwu before her.

She saw her busying herself at the stove for a while, then taking out a dirty box of matches. After striking it a few times to produce sparks, she used a pile of dry grass to start a fire.

Once the flames gradually grew larger, little Xuanwu pulled something resembling a stick from the backpack behind her and threw it into the fire.

Then she squatted beside the stove and waited quietly.

Qiu Shiliu leaned her body forward a bit, trying to make her field of vision more expansive.

But she soon discovered that the situation was strange. The little Xuanwu before her seemed to be roasting something.

After just a short while, Xuanwu picked up a wooden stick from the side and used it to flip the thing out of the fire. That thing rolled onto the ground with a clatter.

Only then did Qiu Shiliu see clearly—what had rolled out was a corn cob.

No… to be precise, it was a corn cob without even half a kernel of corn remaining.

That corn cob was roasted pitch black, still carrying sparks on it. Little Xuanwu walked forward and patted out the sparks on it, then, to Qiu Shiliu’s utter bewilderment, stuffed it into her mouth.

She was instantly burned by the corn cob, then loosened her mouth to blow on it. Half a second later, she put it back in her mouth and directly bit off a large section.

The corn cob looked hard and hot. Little Xuanwu ate with her mouth completely blackened, but still chewed it in her mouth for a long time before forcibly swallowing it down.

“What the hell…” Qiu Shiliu couldn’t help but furrow her brow.

Seemingly discovering that the thing in her hand tasted quite good, little Xuanwu also took out the remaining few corn cobs from her backpack and tossed them into the fire one after another.

When several corn cobs entered the stove, the flames were fiercely suppressed.

Seeing that the stove was about to go out, little Xuanwu hurriedly turned around and walked toward the pile of straw where Qiu Shiliu was located.