“You made this decision just because Heavenly-Dog has ‘Spirit Hearing’?” Lin Qin asked. “Then aren’t you afraid he’ll hear what you’re saying right now?”

“Just as this strong woman said earlier…” Earth-Dog looked at Xiao Xiao, “The first link of the rebellion has basically been finalized now, and Heavenly-Dog should have already chosen his own camp. Even if he hears what I’m saying, it doesn’t matter anymore. What needed to happen has already happened, and he knows what he should do.”

Earth-Dog walked to the room’s doorway and carefully pulled the door open, discovering that outside was indeed in complete chaos.

What met his eyes were not only corpses, blood, Participants, and Zodiacs, but even Ants.

This night of rebellion looked more like a carnival for everyone living in the “Land of the End.” The expression on each person’s face showed some degree of panic and unease—they probably had no idea what their fate would be after tonight.

After just a few short hours of fermentation, seeing any kind of face on the “Train” was no longer surprising.

“So where do you want to go now?” Lin Qin asked.

Earth-Dog didn’t answer. After looking at her, he asked instead, “Is anyone still invading your thoughts now?”

“Not at the moment,” Lin Qin shook her head. “But we can’t let our guard down either.”

“Good.” Earth-Dog nodded. “I need to go find Heavenly-Dog now to ask him some things. I still need your help—if you trust me, come with me.”

After hearing this, Lin Qin, Xiao Xiao, and Zheng Yingxiong looked at each other, but at this moment there were no better options. The Ants had already rushed into the corridor, which naturally proved that the “Liberation of the Ants” tactic had succeeded. If they wanted to help this operation even a little now, they could only continue following Earth-Dog’s actions.

……

Near the “tail of the train”—in a direction completely opposite to Qinglong’s room—two figures who appeared out of place had shown up here.

It seemed neither of them had expected to encounter the other here, and they had been bickering ever since.

“Bro… why are you always haunting me like a ghost, huh?” Jin Yuanxun asked in confusion. “Where are you trying to take me?”

“Bro!!” Jin Yuanxun said with some anger. “I got on this train to save Brother Chu and Brother Shan. Why have you been dragging me toward the exit? Are we running in the wrong direction? Also… did you just curse at me in the chaos?”

“How could that be?” Chen Junnan shook his head. “Does this young master need to hide when cursing at people?”

“Then what exactly are you trying to do…” Jin Yuanxun was growing more and more confused. “Suddenly coming this far—bro, are you running away?”

“Kid, don’t just say whatever comes to mind. Don’t you have any poetry or distant dreams in your head?”

“What corpses and police… Fine if you don’t want to fight, but you can’t just drag me along like that.”

Chen Junnan sighed, reached out to put his arm around Jin Yuanxun’s shoulder, then pointed at several doors. “Come on, Little Jin, to make you completely convinced, take a look at this young master’s battle results.”

Jin Yuanxun looked in the direction Chen Junnan was pointing. Within his line of sight were only corridors, doors, and some scattered Participants.

In this location near the exit, even Zodiacs were rarely seen.

“What do you want me to look at?”

“Look at the doors,” Chen Junnan said. “Look carefully and see what’s strange about those doors.”

After hearing this, Jin Yuanxun walked forward a few steps and looked carefully at the doors. He was shocked to discover that the frames of all these doors were completely cracked, and even the door panels themselves had cracks.

Somewhat incredulous, he randomly pulled open one door to look, only to find that on the other side of the door was a bare wall.

“Aixi… Bro, what’s going on here?” Jin Yuanxun said in a daze. “Why are doors mounted on walls?”

“You kid don’t have a single brain cell with you.” Chen Junnan shook his head and said, “This isn’t doors mounted on walls at all—this is this young master’s grand plan.”

“Grand plan…?”

“This young master has already completed his investigation.” Chen Junnan held up his thumb and jerked it toward the direction he’d come from. “At the very front of this ‘Train’ live the ‘Heaven-level’ ones, behind them are dozens of ‘Earth-level’ ones, further back are hundreds and thousands of ‘Human-level’ ones, and then there are some doors that exceed the rules…”

Jin Yuanxun paused, not even knowing whether it was because his Chinese wasn’t good enough or because what the other person was saying was too abstract, but this sentence was gradually becoming somewhat incomprehensible.

“These doors that ‘exceed the rules’ are also divided into two parts.” Chen Junnan gestured with his hands as he spoke. “If we divide the ‘Train’ into three sections, the first section should count as the ‘Residential Area.’ Large numbers of Zodiacs live there—it’s also the place that Old Qi and the others are currently attacking. The closer you get to the front of the train there, the more dangerous it becomes.”

“Huh?”

“Then there’s the second section, which is exactly the section where we’re standing now.” Chen Junnan pointed at the floor beneath his feet. “Every door that can be opened on both sides of the corridor here leads to the ‘Land of the End.'”

“Huh? Huh?”

“These ‘doors’ lead to every corner of the ‘Land of the End.’ If this young master hasn’t guessed wrong, this is where they commute to and from work—it counts as the ‘Work Area.'” Chen Junnan said. “From this, I’ve formed a bold hypothesis… If we destroy all the doors here, we’ll never see any Zodiacs in the ‘Land of the End’ again. Even if they win this rebellion, they’ll be trapped on the ‘Train’ and unable to get out.”

“Huh? Huh? Huh?”

“What the hell are you ‘huh-huh-huh-ing’ about? If you have something to say, say it.”

“No, bro…” Jin Yuanxun tried to organize his thoughts. “Your idea is a bit too bold… Are you planning to smash all the doors with your bare hands all by yourself?”

“Damn, you’ve touched on my pain point.” Chen Junnan shook his head. “At first, I really did think that way, and I smashed the doors very thoroughly. Later I gradually discovered that as long as there’s even slight damage, these doors lose their function. Now my door-smashing technique can be considered perfected. And… I’m not alone—don’t I still have you?”

“Bro!” Jin Yuanxun said in shock. “Even if you add me, there are still too few people!”

“I’ve already smashed dozens of doors by myself. Now with both of us together, our work efficiency has doubled.” Chen Junnan said. “Besides, this young master really couldn’t find any helpers. Everyone nearby is just Participants who want to escape. I used my silver tongue but couldn’t persuade a single teammate to join. Fortunately, this young master ran into a big sucker.”

“B-big sucker…?” Jin Yuanxun felt like this person was probably himself. “Bro… Is this why you stopped me when you saw me from far away…”

“Little Jin! How hurtful to our feelings!” Chen Junnan laughed. “We were comrades in ‘Cangjie Chess’—why are you being so distant with me now?”

“Bro…” Jin Yuanxun really didn’t know what to say anymore. “Even in ‘Cangjie Chess,’ we were enemies…”