When Earth-Tiger saw a group of people walking from a distance, his face immediately filled with an impatient expression.

The word “scram” was hanging on his lips, not yet spoken, when he saw the Man-Monkey leading them.

“Hmm…?” Earth-Tiger slowly stood up, his tall stature and angry expression causing the many “Extreme Path” members in the distance to stop in their tracks.

At this moment, everyone’s hearts began producing an uneasy feeling…

Could this Man-Monkey be taking advantage of her ability to move freely, planning to trick people here to kill them?

But how did she obtain the news about “boarding the vehicle”?

“You…” Earth-Tiger looked at Man-Monkey. “What are you doing? Drumming up business for me?”

Hearing the words “drumming up business,” Old Sun looked up at the small building behind Earth-Tiger. This place looked full of murderous intent. Combined with “Tiger’s” game rules, if the other party wasn’t “one of their own,” the “Extreme Path” members behind him could only wait for death here.

“Teacher.” Man-Monkey said softly. “There’s a bit of a special situation right now…”

She walked forward to stand beside Earth-Tiger. Earth-Tiger leaned his head down, and the two whispered a few words.

“What?” Earth-Tiger was stunned. “Why should I help him?”

“Teacher… this isn’t helping him! Isn’t this…”

Man-Monkey stepped forward and whispered a few more words. Old Sun and the others could only remain even more silent.

They looked up at the sky—dusk was about to arrive. If they still hadn’t persuaded the white large tiger before them by then, they could only try using force to seize a “door.”

Thinking of this, Old Sun turned his head and, after giving the others a look, gathered everyone together to roughly explain the tactics they might use next.

“But Brother Yang didn’t arrange it this way…!” Earth-Tiger said with a frown. “What clever tricks is that dead rat playing with me? Does he think he’s smarter than Brother Yang?”

“It’s precisely because the plan involves too many people, which prevented Teacher Brother Yang from being able to take care of every aspect.” Man-Monkey said. “Perhaps he deliberately left a few ‘Zodiacs’ open, considering they could serve as backups when other ‘Zodiacs’ encounter problems. This is where Earth-Mouse’s role becomes apparent.”

After hearing this, Earth-Tiger pondered for a few seconds and said, “To be honest, I don’t really trust that rat. The feeling he gives people has never been quite right. If Old Black told me this, perhaps I could consider it.”

After hearing this, Man-Monkey wanted to say something more but ultimately just nodded. “It was my lack of consideration. Don’t be angry. This time it was my own decision. If you don’t agree, that’s fine too.”

“Can’t really blame you either.” Earth-Tiger said. “Put plainly, I just don’t have any reason to help these people. Helping complete strangers who aren’t relatives or friends—I’m always worried something will go wrong.”

“Alright, I understand.” After Man-Monkey finished speaking, she turned back to face the several “Extreme Path” members. Before she could speak, Old Sun spoke up.

“Young sister, forget it.” Old Sun said. “I know you also mean well. If it really won’t work, let’s just drop it.”

Hearing Old Sun speak, Earth-Tiger slowly frowned.

A few seconds later, he left his original position and walked toward Old Sun step by step.

Old Sun and the others immediately tensed up, all beginning to mobilize their “conviction.”

Earth-Tiger walked up to Old Sun, stared at him for a long time, and asked, “What did you just say?”

Old Sun blinked after hearing this and replied cautiously, “I said ‘I know you also mean well, if it really won’t work, let’s just drop it…'”

“The sentence before that.”

“I said ‘young sister, forget it’…”

Earth-Tiger’s eyes slowly narrowed. Old Sun only felt his heart rise to his throat. At such close distance, if the other party suddenly attacked, he wouldn’t even have space to dodge.

Then Earth-Tiger opened his huge tiger mouth and slowly uttered two words no one had anticipated—

“Fellow townsman?”

“Huh?” Old Sun was stunned. “Oh my, really a fellow townsman! You’re also from the Northeast?”

“Isn’t that right?” Earth-Tiger nodded. “This situation, you tell me—I’m from Jilin! And you, buddy…?”

“Shenyang!”

“Oh my! If you’d said we were fellow townsmen earlier, how could a fellow townsman not help?”

Earth-Tiger slapped his forehead and, under everyone’s confused expressions, actually started chatting familiarly with Old Sun.

Their conversation ranged from family matters to counties of certain cities. If they kept chatting, it seemed their ancestors would be from the same village.

None of the nearby people, including Man-Monkey, had ever seen such a strange way of recognizing kinship. They were clearly two people with no real relationship, yet they chatted as if they were long-lost blood brothers.

Man-Monkey saw her teacher’s consistently rash behavior and sighed helplessly.

No matter how she explained the current situation, it had no persuasive power for Earth-Tiger. But as soon as he heard the other party was a “fellow townsman,” this matter instantly became “must help even if reluctant.” Where did this sense of trust come from…?

“Don’t worry, elder brother!” Earth-Tiger said. “Just leave this matter to me, your younger brother. Later on, it won’t matter who comes!”

“Why are you being so formal when we’re all buddies?” Old Sun said. “Listen to your elder brother on this, okay? I can’t make things difficult for my younger brother. I’ll figure it out myself!”

Man-Monkey turned back to look at the many “Extreme Path” members and said, “As expected, from here on they’ll just be pushing back and forth with false politeness. You all can go rest inside first.”

The “Extreme Path” members exchanged glances, feeling the situation was equally bizarre.

…

“This is bad, bad, bad…!” Jiang Ruoxue stamped her feet anxiously. “Old fat man, what should I do?”

“Hey, hey, hey!” Earth-Monkey’s temper flared when he heard this form of address. “What exactly are you planning to do? Either pay the admission fee, that way I can kill you if you cause trouble. What kind of situation is this now?”

“I need to hurry and persuade you!” Jiang Ruoxue slapped the table. “If I don’t persuade you, I’m in trouble!”

“Then say it!” Earth-Monkey couldn’t take it anymore either. He leaned back, swinging his legs onto the table once again. “You just keep spinning in circles here—you think I’ll be directly persuaded?”

“Fine, I’ll say it. I need to pass through your ‘door’ to board the ‘Train.'”

“Oh shit…” Earth-Monkey’s legs that had just been swung onto the table instantly lost control and fell down, and he nearly tumbled over.

He knew it was chaotic outside now, and even “Heavenly-Ox” had activated the broadcast. He had wanted to stay out of it and hang high above, but never expected this group of “participants” to charge directly in front of him under the banner of “rebellion.”

“Then we’ll storm onto the ‘Train’ and make that place a complete…”

“Wait, wait, wait!” Earth-Monkey hurriedly raised his hand to interrupt Jiang Ruoxue. “Damn, I thought this was a robbery or extortion, but turns out you all really aren’t afraid of death…”

“What robbery and extortion?” Jiang Ruoxue frowned. “I’m here to rebel!”