The old man swallowed and exchanged glances with the people beside him.

Just looking at Man-Horse’s condition, everyone began to feel phantom pain in their mouths.

Now they had to cooperate with such a “Zodiac” to liberate the “ants”?

Black Sheep paid no attention to everyone’s gazes, only staring at the Man-Horse before him and saying: “I’ll give you a chance to keep your tongue.”

Man-Horse hurriedly nodded after hearing this.

“Your mask is gone. Now you’re no different from a ‘Participant.'” Black Sheep said. “Keep your mouth shut and join the rebel队伍. I’ll guarantee you won’t die.”

Man-Horse’s eyes widened instantly upon hearing Black Sheep’s words. How was this a plan to preserve his life? It was clearly a plan to send him to his death.

But now his life was almost completely in the other party’s grasp. Who could escape from the killing of an “Earth-level”?

For now, he could only agree temporarily and look for opportunities to call for help.

“Okay… okay…” Man-Horse endured the severe pain in his tongue and said incoherently, “I agree… I agree…”

“Sorry, too late again.”

Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he felt the most excruciating pain in his tongue’s history, then his eyes went black and he lost consciousness.

Black Sheep shook the rope-like long tongue in his hand, turned back to look at the Extreme Path crowd. Just one glance sent chills down several people’s backs.

The old man paused, forced a slight smile and asked: “That ‘Zodiac’… didn’t he just agree?”

“He was lying.”

Everyone had no choice but to agree.

After all, their mission from the start wasn’t to kill Black Sheep, but to liberate the “ants.”

The only fortunate thing now was that this apparently ruthless “Zodiac” before them was temporarily an ally.

…

At this time, the number of people in the central section of the corridor was about to exceed two hundred. They surged toward both sides like a tide, but could never determine the direction to advance.

Many of them seemed to finally wake from their bewitched state of mind when they saw nearby “Zodiacs,” feeling this wasn’t a place they should be. But when they tried to turn and flee, they found the area behind them densely packed with people, making escape impossible.

This was only one or two hundred people—at least eight hundred more were waiting to enter outside.

Many “Human-level Zodiacs” slowly surrounded this crowd, but there were too many of them. “Human-level” bodies weren’t enhanced, and they couldn’t release “Echoes.” Overall, their combat ability was completely inferior to ordinary “Participants,” so they didn’t act, only standing not far away watching the crowd. The two sides were actually at a standstill.

“Have you notified Earth-Dragon…?” a “Human-level” asked the “Zodiac” beside him in a low voice.

“We notified him. Earth-Dragon will arrive soon.”

Earth-Tiger and Old Sun led their small teams slowly forward. Before long, they discovered their path blocked by a large pile of “Participants.”

“Oh my goodness…” Earth-Tiger was stunned. “What’s this scene? Are these your people?”

Old Sun looked carefully. Although he couldn’t recognize all the people of “Extreme Path,” looking around this crowd, there wasn’t a single familiar face. They definitely weren’t his people.

“Doesn’t seem like our people.” Old Sun said. “What do we do now?”

While the two were in a daze, Yan Zhichun emerged from a door on the side with a white snake. She was also stunned for a moment upon seeing this scene.

But Yan Zhichun quickly noticed Old Sun.

“Old Sun!”

“Ah! Little sister!” Old Sun turned back to look at Yan Zhichun. “What’s going on? The front is full of people!”

Yan Zhichun walked behind Old Sun and checked the situation, discovering that many strangers had indeed gathered here, and they appeared to be continuously increasing.

Which part of the “plan” was this?

Old Sun shook his head. He turned back and was just about to speak when he saw the white snake.

“Uh…” Old Sun paused and said to Yan Zhichun, “Little sister, aren’t you going to introduce…?”

“Introduce…?” Yan Zhichun looked at the white snake, then at Old Sun, and could only say, “Okay… this is my…”

She was stumped for a long time, not knowing how to phrase it, and could only stare into the white snake’s eyes and say: “A sister…?”

The white snake smiled and nodded after hearing this.

“Right.” Yan Zhichun got her answer and also nodded. “One of my good sisters.”

Earth-Tiger also looked at the white snake beside Yan Zhichun at this time. Although the two had met a few times, they never imagined the other was one of their own.

Old Sun seemed somewhat speechless from this title, then nudged Earth-Tiger with his elbow and said: “Little brother, say a few words.”

“Say a few words…?” Earth-Tiger scratched his head. “Well… let me say a couple things… Today through Brother Sun I met little sister, and through little sister I met White Snake. Very happy…”

White Snake rolled her eyes dramatically after hearing this: “Good heavens, are you making a toast?”

“Hey… I really don’t know what to say.” Earth-Tiger said embarrassedly.

Yan Zhichun felt that in this unreliable team, she could only serve as the strategist.

“We need to find a way to bypass the crowd.” She spoke up. “Are we certain Black Sheep is ahead?”

“Certain.” Earth-Tiger came to his senses and nodded. “His work location and where he lives are both ahead.”

After hearing this, Yan Zhichun pondered for a moment, then turned back to look at the room she had just emerged from—White Snake’s room.

“This was already a fight to the death…” Yan Zhichun said. “I have a method.”

“What method?” White Snake asked.

“Let’s go through the rooms.” Yan Zhichun said. “We don’t need to worry about these people for now. They’re here doing more good than harm. Besides blocking our path, they can help us attract a lot of attention and firepower. We can take advantage to do our work.”

“Makes sense…” White Snake nodded. “But what do you mean by ‘go through the rooms’?”

“We’ll break through walls.” Yan Zhichun said. “Your bodies all have tremendous strength. Breaking through walls here should be easy. We’ll directly break through walls from inside the rooms and bypass the crowd.”

“Ah?” White Snake paused after hearing this. “But I searched for that wallpaper for so long… I…”

After hearing this, Yan Zhichun grabbed White Snake’s hand and said: “Once we liberate this place, you can change the wallpaper in your room every day with various kinds. This broken place isn’t your home at all.”

White Snake opened her mouth after hearing this, seemingly wanting to argue, but felt that what Yan Zhichun said made complete sense.

If they continued waiting here, everyone would probably be sanctioned before accomplishing anything.

“Alright…” White Snake turned back and opened her room’s “door,” saying to everyone: “There’s no time to waste. Let’s hurry.”

Earth-Tiger, Old Sun, and the crowd behind them withdrew from the throng one after another, then entered Earth-Snake’s room without drawing attention.