“‘Death gate’…”

A strange thought began circling in Old Sun’s mind. He had anticipated many situations in advance, but never expected there wouldn’t be a single person here.

What made him feel even more helpless was that at this moment, as team leader, he had no way to contact any other team leaders and could only solve the predicament before him alone.

“What the hell is going on…”

Old Sun stepped forward to inspect the nearby buildings. The surroundings were all dilapidated—there couldn’t possibly be a game venue here.

But strangely, there were many footprints in the middle of the road, as if people had been active here not long ago.

But without a game venue, why would so many people be active here?

Old Sun slowly moved forward and discovered that all the footprints disappeared in the middle of the road.

This bizarre situation left him unable to make sense of it for a moment, as if these people had walked to the middle of the road and encountered a helicopter, then left by helicopter.

He had heard that “Dragon’s” games were absurd, but never imagined they would be this absurd.

“This is really screwed now.”

…

“You damned dead girl, say something. Why are you spacing out?” White Snake frowned and said. “You looking like this is too worrying.”

“I…” Yan Zhichun felt her mind was in chaos.

The White Snake before her had no knowledge of the plan at all. Right now, the best news Yan Zhichun could think of was that she had chosen a “death gate.”

But if she thought about the worst-case scenario… what if all the other “Zodiacs” didn’t know about the plan either?

That would mean Baiyang’s plan had a flaw—not a single one of the eight “Zodiacs” on the map was one of their own.

Fortunately, she had some relationship with White Snake, so there was still a certain probability she could pass through White Snake’s “door” to reach the “Train.” But it would be hard to say for the other “Extreme Path” members.

“No, that’s not right…” Yan Zhichun immediately frowned, feeling there was a breakthrough in this matter.

Because Zhoumo hadn’t transmitted sound to her, she had no way to contact others through Zhoumo.

But the breakthrough lay precisely here.

Zhoumo not transmitting sound meant everything was normal on Zhoumo’s end—she had successfully met one of their own among the “Zodiacs.” So from Zhoumo’s perspective, the other teams should be like herself, temporarily not needing help.

So most likely she alone had chosen the “death gate,” and this “death gate” happened to be White Snake, with whom she had a prior relationship. Looking at it this way, everything couldn’t be better.

“Forget it, just tell me whatever sad matter you have.” White Snake also sat down. “Consider me completely defeated by you, dead girl. You come to freeload every time—what can I do about you?”

“White Snake, I do have something very important I need your help with.” Yan Zhichun nodded straightforwardly. “I need to pass through your ‘door’ to enter the Train.”

After hearing this, White Snake stared at Yan Zhichun expressionlessly for a long time, neither objecting nor agreeing, just looking at her.

“I thought you’d give me a reaction.” Yan Zhichun said. “Rather than this silence.”

“I can always see the shadow of an old acquaintance in you, which makes me fall into a trance.” White Snake said.

“Is that so?”

“This feeling of saying things that catch people off guard as soon as you open your mouth… truly makes me nostalgic.” White Snake said. “So what is your purpose? You’re bringing these seven or eight people behind you, planning to make a big scene on the ‘Train’?”

“More or less, but the actual number of people is far more than this.” Yan Zhichun answered.

“You should know that the moment you spoke this idea, you were already not far from death.” White Snake lowered his head indifferently. “‘Taoyuan’s’ ears are still flying in the sky.”

“I’m betting that right now the entire ‘Land of the End’ is in chaos, and he has no way to capture all sounds.” Yan Zhichun said. “Since you haven’t refused, I’ll take it as you’re inclined to agree.”

“I didn’t say anything.” White Snake picked up a book, pretending to be busy. “I didn’t hear what was just said, but we do have some relationship, so you can rest here for a while.”

At this moment, the people behind Yan Zhichun all frowned at White Snake’s attitude. A young man leaned forward and said softly in Yan Zhichun’s ear, “He still seems unwilling to agree… Should we…”

“No, he agreed.” Yan Zhichun said.

She knew White Snake couldn’t make things too obvious and could only hint at it. What she needed to do now was hope that the “Extreme Path” members in other places could proceed smoothly.

…

Old Sun stood in place looking around for a long time, finding no clues at all. He could only try to go elsewhere first to consult with the other “Extreme Path” members.

He led everyone to turn around, but discovered a strange female Man-Monkey standing behind them.

Old Sun’s expression immediately tensed up, and the “Extreme Path” members also quickly dispersed into battle formation.

But after looking carefully, the group discovered there was only one “Zodiac” in front of them, and it was the least lethal “Human-level Zodiac” at that.

“What do you want?” Old Sun asked with a frown.

“I…” The Man-Monkey’s cold voice came out, then paused and said, “I’m not quite sure—are you all people who need to board the vehicle?”

Because the Man-Monkey’s question was too explicit, Old Sun and the others had no way to answer.

“I came here on the orders of my teacher’s friend to take a look, and didn’t expect to actually find people.” Man-Monkey scratched her head. “So, everyone… do you need to board the vehicle?”

“What are you babbling about…” Old Sun thought for a moment and asked, “Who is your teacher? And who is your teacher’s friend?”

“My teacher is a ‘Tiger,’ and his friend is a ‘Rat.’ The ‘Rat’ told me you might encounter problems here and need to be handed over to the ‘Tiger.’ He also said ‘fence-sitters sometimes need to fill in the gaps on the wall.'” Man-Monkey answered. “If you all trust me, please go to my teacher’s place to continue the plan. Is that acceptable?”

After hearing this, Old Sun exchanged glances with those beside him. At such a critical moment, how could they suddenly trust a strange “Zodiac”?

“But after all, I don’t have any substantial persuasive power.” Man-Monkey smiled awkwardly. “So if you all don’t believe me, that’s fine too. Just pretend I was never here.”

Old Sun pondered for a moment. He knew time was extremely urgent now. Dusk was about to arrive, and if they couldn’t quickly resolve the “Chen Dragon” problem, the “Extreme Path’s” grand plan would be affected.

Although it seemed to be a question of “believe or not believe,” Old Sun really didn’t have many choices left.

“I believe you.” Old Sun said. “Take us there.”

“Alright, this way please.” Man-Monkey nodded, turned around, and led several people toward the depths of the city.

The group passed through a residential area and finally arrived in front of a small building. At the door of that small building sat a white-furred large tiger.