Seeing the three of them like this, Qi Xia felt somewhat superfluous.

This was, after all, an “Earth” level game. Their opponents were from Extreme Path.

The strings in Qi Xia’s heart were wound very tight, making him completely out of sync with the three people before him.

After about an hour, Qi Xia followed his memory to the place where he had encountered Xiao Xiao yesterday, then followed the path around the corner and finally saw the “Tiger.”

He had a white tiger head, with every strand of fur appearing as if it had grown on his face—utterly realistic.

Different from other “Zodiacs,” Earth-Tiger wasn’t standing at the entrance with his hands behind his back, but rather sitting listlessly on the ground.

Behind Earth-Tiger was an old-style residential building, five or six stories high.

Seeing four people approaching, he lazily lifted his eyelids to glance at them, then continued looking down in silence.

“Hey.” Zhang Shan called out. “We’ve got business.”

Hearing these words, Earth-Tiger slowly raised his head and glanced at Zhang Shan again, but still didn’t speak.

“What’s wrong with you as a Zodiac?” Zhang Shan examined him in confusion. “The Zodiacs we’ve met before were all eager for people to come, but you don’t seem very welcoming.”

“Scram.” Earth-Tiger said.

“Hm?” Zhang Shan was taken aback. “What do you mean ‘scram’?”

Earth-Tiger sighed and slowly stood up, then said again, “My game kills people. If you understand, then scram quickly.”

He had thought that after saying this, the group would retreat in the face of difficulty, but not one of the four people before him showed any expression of shock.

“How much is the entrance fee?” Zhang Shan asked calmly.

Earth-Tiger looked at each person before him in turn, his expression still very impatient. “Can you not understand what I’m saying? Participating in my game might get you killed.”

“Yes, we know.” Zhang Shan nodded. “So how much is the entrance fee?”

Earth-Tiger’s expression changed slightly. After a low growl, he turned and closed the large iron gate, saying, “Sorry, not open today. Scram.”

Qi Xia stroked his chin and looked at Earth-Tiger before him, finding the current situation quite interesting.

When all the “Zodiacs” were enthusiastically soliciting customers, this white tiger had given the complete opposite attitude.

In past encounters, regardless of the difficulty level of the game, “Earth level” Zodiacs hoped participants would die in the game, yet Earth-Tiger was specifically using “my game kills people” to dissuade players.

Qi Xia suddenly remembered that yesterday Xiao Xiao had mentioned that this Earth-Tiger’s game venue had just been established. In other words, Earth-Tiger before him had just been promoted?

So he was different from other Earth level “Zodiacs”—after all, he still retained his “human” side.

“Hey, hey, hey… this game is very important to me.” Qiao Jiajin said. “This is my ‘Brain Protection Battle.’ Can you as the referee cooperate a little?”

“I don’t understand.” Earth-Tiger shook his head. “There are so many ‘Zodiacs’ around here. Just go to any of them. As long as you don’t enter my territory, go wherever you want.”

Qiao Jiajin and Zhang Shan looked at each other, feeling the situation was a bit difficult.

Qi Xia stepped forward and asked, “Earth-Tiger, why don’t you want us to participate in your game?”

“I don’t want to kill people.” Earth-Tiger thought for a moment and added, “Not right now, anyway.”

“Why?” Qi Xia asked.

“Do I need to explain myself to you?”

Seeing that the other party had no intention of answering the question, Qi Xia said again, “Then what if we ourselves want to die?”

“You…” Earth-Tiger looked irritated. “The roads here extend in all directions. You clearly have many places you can go, yet you specifically want to die?”

“Mm.” Qi Xia nodded. “There are many paths in this world, and everyone has their own path. The path we choose is to participate in your game.”

Hearing Qi Xia say these words, Earth-Tiger suddenly trembled all over.

His eyes changed.

Those brown tiger eyes revealed an expression of disbelief, then stared at Qi Xia, examining him from top to bottom continuously.

“I’m sorry…” Earth-Tiger said with a trembling voice. “What did you just say?”

“I said there are many paths in this world, and everyone has their own path.”

Earth-Tiger didn’t speak for a long while, only swallowing slightly.

“Five ‘Dao’ per person to participate in the game.” Earth-Tiger said in a low voice. “Three people per group, two groups needed.”

Although Zhang Shan found this somewhat strange, he still pulled out a large handful of “Dao” from his pocket and casually tossed them to Earth-Tiger.

“Then we’re going in.” He waved his hand and led the group through the door into the interior.

Qi Xia didn’t enter. He had a very ominous premonition in his heart.

“Earth-Tiger, have you heard this phrase before?” he asked.

Earth-Tiger thought for a moment and nodded.

This slight nodding motion made Qi Xia’s heart jump.

He stepped forward and grabbed Earth-Tiger’s shoulder. “Where is she?!”

“What…?” Earth-Tiger was startled.

“Where is the person who said this to you?!” Qi Xia’s expression suddenly became agitated. “Where did you see her?!”

“Why are you getting so worked up?” Earth-Tiger reached out and pushed Qi Xia away. His strength was great, and Qi Xia had no ability to resist. “You know that sheep?”

“What…” Qi Xia suddenly widened his eyes. “You mean… you heard this phrase from another ‘Zodiac’?!”

Earth-Tiger felt he had said too much and couldn’t help but turn cold.

“I’m saying, what does this have to do with you?” He slowly approached Qi Xia. “Aren’t you asking too many questions?”

“I…”

Qi Xia wanted to ask more, but only felt the world spinning. All those self-righteous clues he had collected about Dao were completely severed.

A sheep?

Yu Nian’an was a “Sheep”?

The current situation was a bit too strange.

Could it be that the person who brought him to the “Land of the End” was Yu Nian’an? Was she originally part of this place?

But what was the purpose of all this?

Qi Xia’s eyes slowly widened.

Could it be that the three characters “Yu Nian’an” were the “Sheep’s” lie?

This “Zodiac’s” lies were no longer limited to games—they could even affect a person’s memory.

No, not just memory…

She had truly appeared in the real world… she had personally sewn the sheep head cartoon pattern for him.

This powerful ability far exceeded “Earth level.”

Could it be that Yu Nian’an was…

“Hey…” Qi Xia asked with a trembling voice. “The sheep you mentioned… is it ‘Heavenly-Sheep’?”

“Should be.” Earth-Tiger looked at the sky with a confused expression, then added, “Originally it wasn’t… but now it should be.”

Qi Xia covered his forehead with his hand, feeling his head hurt.

“She’s ‘Heavenly-Sheep’… I was deceived…?”

Qi Xia slowly raised his head to look at this furry tiger face.

Soon he revealed a pained smile.

Why should he believe the words of a monster with a tiger head and human body in this strange place?

He had known Yu Nian’an since he was nineteen.

Now Qi Xia was twenty-six.

Even if she were Heavenly-Sheep, why would she spend seven years deceiving an ordinary person?

Would “Heavenly-Sheep” need to spend this long deceiving someone from the very bottom of society?!

“Either I was deceived…” Qi Xia muttered to himself. “Or I’ve gone mad.”