“Damn, then what do you suggest we do?” Earth-Monkey asked with his hands in his pockets, a cigarette in his mouth. “Should we go up and help?”

After hearing this, Earth-Chicken paused. “Old Fat Monkey, what’s your mission?”

“Can you stop calling me Old Fat Monkey? Don’t you know who I am?” Earth-Monkey asked again.

“Ha… didn’t you also pretend not to recognize me just now?”

“There were too many outsiders. What could I do?”

“Just tell me, what mission did Qi Xia assign you?”

“My mission is to go to the ‘train head’ and break a door.” Earth-Monkey shook his head. “What about you, Quail? Besides ‘matched killing,’ what’s your mission?”

“My mission is already complete.” Earth-Chicken said. “My only task was to convey the ‘rebellion plan’ to the ‘Zodiacs’ next to me and unite them.”

“So you’re purely here to escort me now?” Earth-Monkey asked.

“No.” Earth-Chicken shook her head. “Since I’m free anyway, I want to do something for Qi Xia.”

“This could be deadly, you know.” Earth-Monkey said again.

“Deadly?” Earth-Chicken laughed and covered her mouth. “Old Fat Monkey, we already lost our lives at that ‘gathering of the old and dead.’ I have no fear of death now, only the joy of reuniting with you, an old friend. Your ‘Spirit Vision’ is still there, right?”

“Obviously.” Earth-Monkey said. “What about the others? Are they all alive?”

“Hard to say.” Earth-Chicken shook her head. “I haven’t fully recognized them all. Earth-Ox is my good sister—I can be one hundred percent certain of her identity. Earth-Pig and Earth-Rabbit can be generally confirmed. Their lives and deaths are uncertain now. Also… Sister Zhuang is definitely dead, and Dingding who became Earth-Dragon is probably also…”

“How tragic.” Earth-Monkey smiled bitterly. “Everyone thinks the war started today, not knowing we’ve been dying all along.”

“Not surprising, right?” Earth-Monkey said as he walked forward. “I was just wandering around in the crowd pretending to be a ‘Participant.'”

“That’s good.”

As the two conversed, they had already arrived not far behind Earth-Mouse, who was bowing and scraping before two “Heavenly-level” Zodiacs.

“Is he one of ours?” Earth-Monkey asked quietly.

“Yes, but I didn’t expect he would stand here by himself.” Earth-Chicken also replied quietly. “What now?”

“Play it by ear.” Earth-Monkey said. “Put away your ‘Echo.’ Be careful not to reveal any flaws.”

As the two continued forward, Earth-Mouse’s voice rang in their ears:

“…Yes, I did receive the message. As soon as I heard the ‘summons,’ I rushed over. The killing along the way was quite spectacular… So what exactly are the arrangements from you two leaders?”

“What do you mean ‘two leaders’?” Heavenly-Mouse said with displeasure. “Who exactly is your superior?”

“Look at what you’re saying…” Earth-Mouse smiled and shook his head. “You two are both ‘Heavenly-level.’ With my humble status, I dare not offend either of you. After all, I don’t know which of you two is stronger. I can only follow orders. I don’t dare ask anything else.”

“You damn beast… What do you mean ‘don’t know who’s stronger’? Do you even need to ask?” Heavenly-Mouse said. “Who makes you live in fear every day? Have you forgotten?”

“Haha.” The old Heavenly-Horse woman laughed lightly after hearing this. “What an interesting youngster. Heavenly-Mouse, you exhausted yourself making the ‘Earth-level’ Zodiacs obey you, yet I only need to stand here.”

“Have you gone stupid too?” Heavenly-Mouse rebuked angrily. “If I weren’t here, would he give you this much face?”

“I advise you to speak more politely!”

While the two were arguing, they noticed an Earth-Monkey and an Earth-Chicken slowly approaching.

They separated to either side and walked forward on their own, as if they hadn’t seen the two “Heavenly-level” Zodiacs at all.

The groveling Earth-Mouse frowned when he saw Earth-Chicken and quickly calculated the current tactical situation.

Three against two?

No, he felt he was being too optimistic. The direction these two were heading clearly wasn’t toward Heavenly-Horse and Heavenly-Mouse—they were looking for their “matches.”

“Wait!” Heavenly-Mouse stared at the two and shouted coldly. “Further ahead is the ‘train head.’ What are you doing?”

After hearing this, Earth-Chicken frowned and looked at Earth-Monkey across from her.

Earth-Monkey knew that at this moment, they could only gamble again. He paused, recalled what Earth-Mouse had just said, and following his line of reasoning, spoke:

“Greetings to the two ‘Heavenly-level’ Zodiacs. We also received the ‘summons’ and are now preparing to go to Heavenly-Chicken and Heavenly-Monkey’s rooms to receive orders.”

After Earth-Monkey finished speaking, Heavenly-Mouse was clearly somewhat unconvinced. He slowly opened his mouth, revealing his few remaining teeth. He believed Earth-Chicken should truly be Heavenly-Chicken’s subordinate, but this monkey before him…

“That little girl Heavenly-Monkey… has an ‘Earth-level’ like you under her command?”

“Yes, didn’t she tell you?” Earth-Monkey asked back.

Heavenly-Mouse felt that the Earth-Monkey before him seemed confident and didn’t appear to be lying. Besides, among those heading to the “train head” now, aside from those summoned, there were only rebels.

But how could rebels, just two of them, swagger through the “Train”?

To be safe, he still raised his nose to smell and didn’t detect any “immortal technique” on the two.

“Fine, go ahead.”

He waved his hand behind him, as if shooing away flies.

After hearing this, the two felt relieved. After breathing a sigh of relief, they walked forward. After all, if they faced these two “Heavenly-level” Zodiacs at once, all the plans afterward would be ruined.

Just as they were about to pass by the two “Heavenly-level” Zodiacs, a barely perceptible thread of “fluke” in Earth-Monkey’s heart was keenly captured by Earth-Mouse.

“Stop!” Earth-Mouse immediately halted the two, but when he leaned in closer, he couldn’t smell that scent anymore.

“Do you have any other business?” Earth-Monkey asked expressionlessly.

Having followed Qi Xia through great storms, having won, lost, and died, the two naturally didn’t have much turmoil in their hearts. This empty scent left Heavenly-Mouse momentarily confused.

Heavenly-Mouse thought carefully and said, “Better to kill wrongly… than let them go. I can’t afford to offend Qinglong.”

“Oh?” Heavenly-Horse raised her eyebrows, the wrinkles on her forehead bunching up. “Are there problems with these two?”

“Possibly.” Heavenly-Mouse nodded. “If we kill them wrongly, I’ll just say I smelled wrong. Although I’m slightly injured, if you and I attack together, plus this damn beast beside me, even two ‘Earth-level’ Zodiacs will have to kneel.”

“Alright then…” Heavenly-Horse reached out to pound her lower back. “Indeed getting old. Time to exercise these old bones.”

Earth-Monkey frowned and was preparing to fight with all his might when he heard footsteps behind him.

A limping female Earth-Horse slowly walked toward them. “Heavenly-Horse! I finally found you… I just saw Heavenly-Tiger. He was surrounded by several ‘rebels’!”

“What?!” Heavenly-Horse was instantly shocked and quickly examined the injuries on Earth-Horse’s body. “Were there many people?!”

“Yes… there were too many…” Earth-Horse said while leaning against the wall. “They already injured me. You need to come with me right away.”