Xiao Ran walked out of Qinglong’s room, turned left, and after a good forty or fifty steps finally saw the so-called “third door.”

It seemed each room here was very large, different from all the rooms she had seen along the way.

But since Qinglong had been rather vague earlier, Xiao Ran hadn’t asked carefully. Now she discovered there was a door on each side of the corridor.

Counting from Qinglong’s room, either of these two doors could be considered the third. From the outside, the two doors looked identical—she couldn’t tell which one housed the “Snake.”

Xiao Ran looked left and right. Since there was no way to determine from the outside, she could only knock and see.

After all, she represented “Qinglong.” Even these so-called “Heaven-Level” beings would have to show her some respect.

She came to the door on the right and knocked. She clearly heard movement inside, but no one came to open the door for quite a while.

A few seconds later, Xiao Ran knocked again. This time the knocking clearly sounded more angry than before.

The sounds inside slowly stopped, as if carefully listening to the movements outside the door.

“Is anyone in there?” Xiao Ran called out. “If there is, open the door. Qinglong has something he wants me to tell you.”

After a few seconds, low footsteps came from inside. The sound approached the door step by step, then turned the handle and pulled the door open just a tiny crack.

Xiao Ran squinted her eyes and peered through the crack. Inside was pitch black. She thought no one was there, but in the next second, Xiao Ran suddenly discovered a chubby man pressing his face against the crack, startling her.

“Ah…”

Xiao Ran took a step back, but quickly regained her composure and showed an angry expression.

“Who are you? Do you know that I…”

“…Hmm?”

“Heavenly-Snake is across the way,” the man said. “You knocked on the wrong door.”

After saying this, the man took a step back and was about to close the door. Xiao Ran reacted quickly and pushed against the door with her hand.

“Wait… what do you mean?” Xiao Ran was stunned. “I never said I was looking for Heavenly-Snake, did I? Plus, I’m delivering a message from Qinglong. What’s with your attitude?”

The man raised his head and looked at Xiao Ran again, saying, “Stop using borrowed authority to intimidate. Go knock on the door across the way.”

“You…” Xiao Ran was left speechless by the fat man’s rebuke. “Who are you? Are you staff here?”

The fat man stared at Xiao Ran and advised in a low voice, “Don’t be foolish. Every door you knock on here, you’ll only see ‘Heaven-Level’ beings.”

“‘Heaven-Level’… what’s so great about ‘Heaven-Level’…” Xiao Ran said somewhat uncertainly. “Qinglong sent me here…”

“I don’t recommend you keep lying after you knock on that door across the way,” the man said. “Your usual tricks won’t work here.”

After saying this, the man stepped back and closed the door, with no further sound.

“What an attitude…”

Xiao Ran muttered under her breath, then spat toward the man’s door before turning around and standing in front of the opposite door.

*Bang bang bang bang!*

Because she was angered by the fat man, Xiao Ran’s knocking was noticeably harder.

A moment later, footsteps sounded inside. A man with disheveled hair and thick glasses pulled open the door.

After seeing this face, Xiao Ran felt even more confused.

That Qinglong kept saying things like “go find Heaven-Level,” but the two people who had opened doors were either an antisocial fat man or a highly myopic shut-in. Was this really okay?

Even if the person in front of her really was “Heavenly-Snake,” his sense of oppression was far inferior to “Earth-Snake’s.”

“Sorry… what did you just say…?” Heavenly-Snake pushed up his glasses and asked.

“I…” Xiao Ran paused, then said irritably, “Qinglong sent me to give you a message. Open the door.”

Heavenly-Snake stared into Xiao Ran’s eyes for a long time, then slowly pulled open the door.

Xiao Ran walked in unceremoniously and looked around at the room’s layout. This look gave her quite a shock.

The room was quite large, filled with various strange tables, chairs, and benches, with blood-stained knives hanging on the walls.

But what made Xiao Ran feel most terrified was that there were many people in this room. They were all standing upright against the walls, expressionless, staring straight ahead.

As if in this room, “people” were the “walls.”

“Did Qinglong really say that…?” Heavenly-Snake asked thoughtfully, then began to size up Xiao Ran from head to toe.

“What do you mean ‘what’?” Xiao Ran turned her head with a contemptuous look. “What do you mean ‘did Qinglong really say that’? I haven’t even spoken yet. Are all you ‘Heaven-Level’ beings this stupid?”

Heavenly-Snake’s thoughts had long flown off to the ninth cloud, because the thoughts in this person’s mind were vastly different from Wu Xuan’s back in the day.

Wu Xuan had pure thoughts. Even without going mad, she could activate exquisite “Immortal Arts,” so she was worthy of bearing multiple “Immortal Arts” and becoming “Xuanwu.”

But the woman before him had thoughts that were too chaotic.

Once this kind of person lost their rationality, only pure evil would remain in their mind, making it difficult for them to obey Qinglong’s commands.

“I’m talking to you!” Seeing Heavenly-Snake spacing out, Xiao Ran walked in front of him and waved her hand. “Why are you zoning out?”

“I…” Heavenly-Snake heard this and snapped back to attention. “Sorry, I rarely listen to people talk.”

“But you can’t act like you don’t see me.” Xiao Ran pointed her finger at Heavenly-Snake’s nose. “Ignoring me is the same as ignoring Qinglong. Do you understand?”

Heavenly-Snake shook his head helplessly after hearing this. “Please don’t pin that kind of label on me.”

“Listen carefully.” Xiao Ran paid no attention and continued, “Qinglong told me to tell you…”

Heavenly-Snake stared into Xiao Ran’s eyes, his brows furrowing involuntarily. Would Qinglong really make such an absurd decision—to send someone to his room who didn’t know he had “Mind Reading”?

Moreover, he already knew what she was thinking. He thought she would tell the truth, but something interesting happened.

“Qinglong told me to tell you… ‘this woman before you represents me, you will temporarily obey her commands.'”

After this statement, Heavenly-Snake clearly fell silent.

This matter was far too bizarre, forcing him to carefully ponder Qinglong’s intentions.

Qinglong had already begun taking action against various “Heaven-Level” beings because of his foul mood. If he didn’t properly grasp his intentions now, he himself might very well be the next Heavenly-Pig.

But what did it mean to hand over such a loophole-ridden experimental subject to him and tell him “I look forward to a masterpiece”?

Heavenly-Snake felt he already understood Qinglong quite well, but this time he really couldn’t figure out the situation.

“What’s wrong with you?” Xiao Ran asked with a frown. “You don’t usually listen to people talk, and now you can’t even speak either?”

“Oh…” Heavenly-Snake paused. “No, please continue.”

He walked to the side, dragged over a chair to sit down, and stared at the woman before him with a contemplative expression.