Qinglong paused, still expressionless, only slowly retracting the hand he had raised in mid-air.

“Qi Xia is leading a rebellion…” Qinglong repeated once, then asked, “So what role are you?”

“I am…” Xiao Ran widened her eyes, placing both hands on her chest. “I already said, I’m a ‘Zodiac’… Otherwise, why would I risk so much to come here and nearly anger you?”

Xiao Ran felt that the man before her was strange. She had already told him about the rebellion in full detail, yet he had no reaction whatsoever.

No… Speaking of which, Xiao Ran wasn’t even certain whether the person before her was male or female. His appearance was overly delicate, and even his voice was half male, half female.

“This truly is a rare situation.” Qinglong used his hand to support his cheek again. “Qi Xia is rebelling, yet he didn’t anticipate someone like you would be on his team?”

“This is truly a long story!” Xiao Ran said through gritted teeth. “Qi Xia and I have a blood feud. He definitely doesn’t know I came here, because in his eyes, I died long ago. I’ve suffered so much… It’s all Qi Xia’s fault!”

Xiao Ran began to embellish her grievances with Qi Xia, including how Qi Xia caused her to lose her initial “Tao,” how he arranged for her to go to those life-threatening games, and ultimately made her lose all face, to the point where she couldn’t even be a “Zodiac” anymore.

Regardless of whether those things were actually done by Qi Xia, Xiao Ran placed all the blame on Qi Xia in one breath. Although she equally hated that bitch Yun Yao in her heart, it seemed that all the important figures here were only interested in Qi Xia, so she could only frame her experiences with Yun Yao onto Qi Xia as well.

However, when she mentioned “Qi Xia pushing her to the ground and slapping her,” Qinglong’s expression clearly showed disbelief.

After listening to Xiao Ran chatter through a whole bunch of stories, Qinglong understood the cause and effect, yet felt his thoughts becoming even more chaotic.

This woman seemed to understand neither “Zodiac” nor “Echo.” It was truly remarkable that she could stand here so boldly.

A game she had never opened before—she jumped blindly to the final level, then bared her fangs and claws at the final boss.

This was the complete impression Xiao Ran gave Qinglong.

“So you’re saying you became a ‘Native,’ causing Qi Xia to believe you’re dead to this day.” Qinglong murmured.

Qinglong nodded slightly and didn’t continue paying attention to Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran felt like she hadn’t clearly expressed certain viewpoints, so she could only emphasize again, “Qinglong… Qi Xia has rebelled. Right now he’s brought many people here… Won’t you deal with this?”

After hearing this, Qinglong let out a light chuckle.

Qi Xia rebelling?

Qi Xia would rebel sooner or later.

He had always wanted to use Qi Xia’s hand to eliminate Heavenly-Dragon, so this rebellion, to some extent, had his own influence behind it.

Those poor “Zodiac” still didn’t know to this day why the significance of “Qinglong’s” existence was to “protect Heavenly-Dragon.”

Because if Heavenly-Dragon died, he would die too. Of course this required him to risk his life to protect.

Walking in “Taoyuan,” Heavenly-Dragon had always been his greatest weakness. Fortunately, Qinglong had already found a method to temporarily escape the “Twin Flowers.” As long as this opportunity was seized properly… he would definitely be able to break free from the constraints of the life link and become the sole king here.

At that time, he would never return to the “Train” again, sitting in this room like a dog guarding the door. Instead, he could freely go anywhere in “Taoyuan.”

He wouldn’t need to constantly worry about strange figures infiltrating the “Front of the Train.” He also wouldn’t need to anxiously rush back to check at every turn.

However, this rebellion was indeed quite delicate, because he had no choice but to order resistance.

No matter how much he wanted Heavenly-Dragon to die in this chaos, he still had to keep up appearances.

He had to let all the “Zodiac” see that he had exhausted all his efforts, but in the end, Heavenly-Dragon still died at the hands of these rebels due to some uncontrollable minor accident.

Everyone needed to grieve immensely for this, including himself.

Only this way would the remaining “Zodiac” willingly continue working for him.

All promotion rules would remain the same as before. For the “Zodiac,” the only difference would be that there was one less Heavenly-Dragon among the rulers.

Qi Xia’s goal in this game was to “kill the Twin Dragons,” while the game he was setting up was to “kill Heavenly-Dragon.” As for Heavenly-Dragon… He had surely set up his own game too, but whatever game he wanted to play didn’t matter.

After all, he had cut off his connections with everyone. Tonight was the moment for his own action. If Heavenly-Dragon was lucky enough to survive until tomorrow morning’s awakening, then he could only admit defeat.

Now, in this long night, it remained to be seen whose game among the three would prevail.

As for the woman before him…

Qinglong shifted his gaze back, looking at Xiao Ran again. Since she harbored such strong hatred toward Qi Xia, he naturally had to make good use of her.

“Exit and turn left, second room.” Qinglong said. “Go find Heavenly-Snake.”

“Snake…?” After hearing this, Xiao Ran showed a slightly contemptuous look.

In her memory, she still had images of being taken to the basement by that filthy old snake. That nauseating smell and dirty environment were still vivid. Now, just mentioning “snake” made her feel a bit sick.

“What?” Qinglong chuckled lightly. “Aren’t we on the same side? Don’t even have that much trust?”

“Are we… on the same side now?” Hearing this, Xiao Ran’s expression relaxed somewhat.

“Yes…” Just as Qinglong was about to answer, he felt his brain become dizzy once again.

A very subtle feeling began wandering throughout his body. Unfortunately, he couldn’t hear any “Immortal Arts.” He didn’t know who outside had done what again. His “Spiritual Hearing” still hadn’t recovered—like a blind man riding a blind horse.

To ensure his plan proceeded smoothly, it was about time to have all the “Heaven-level” take action.

“Have Heavenly-Snake notify all ‘Heaven-level’ who can still move to go to the corridor and organize the ‘Earth-level’ to suppress the rebels.” Qinglong added. “As for you, after this is done, stay in Heavenly-Snake’s room, then relay a message to him.”

“Relay a message…?” After hearing this, Xiao Ran nodded. “Alright… Since we’re all on the same side now, I’ll definitely do my best.”

For some reason, every time Xiao Ran said the three words “same side,” Qinglong felt a dull pain in the center of his brow. He shook his head and said softly:

“Tell Heavenly-Snake, ‘Qinglong anticipates a masterpiece.'”

“That’s all?” Xiao Ran asked.

Qinglong didn’t respond again. He simply leaned back against the chair once more, treating Xiao Ran as if she didn’t exist.

Despite this, Xiao Ran still felt that she had been entrusted with an important task. After all, every word she would say next represented “Qinglong’s command.”