Turned to dust…
Yu Nian’an witnessed the Day of Finality.
This wasn’t strange. Not just this time—Yu Nian’an would live here forever, witnessing every “Finality” unless someone could kill her. Otherwise, she would never disappear.
But who could kill her?
Even though she was a substitute, she possessed everything of Yu Nian’an.
Qi Xia naturally couldn’t bring himself to do it, nor would he allow anyone else to.
No one in this place could be allowed to kill any Yu Nian’an. Better to spare ten thousand than wrongly kill one.
But could this really continue?
Just as Qi Xia thought, one day this place would be “full of Yu Nian’ans everywhere.”
At this moment, a faint knock sounded at the door. Jin Yuanxun stood outside.
After Lin Qin opened the door, he asked, “What is it?”
“May I ask which brother is called Qi Xia?” Jin Yuanxun asked.
“That’s me,” Qi Xia answered.
“Brother, someone came looking for you,” Jin Yuanxun organized his words. “Came specifically to find you alone.”
“Looking for me…?” Qi Xia frowned, feeling his mind was in chaos with no clue.
“It’s a sister,” Jin Yuanxun gestured. “Short hair, very sharp, eyes bright and shining.”
After hearing this, Qi Xia slowly stood up. He remembered this person.
Su Shan.
“Alright, I’ll go see her.”
Qi Xia followed Jin Yuanxun out the door and indeed saw that girl whose eyes could glow.
She was staring blankly at the mountain of corpses in the center of the “Heaven’s Mouth” playground.
“Su Shan, you came,” Qi Xia said as he walked over.
“West, school, Heaven’s Mouth, Qi Xia.” Su Shan frowned and pointed at the enormous mountain of corpses before her. “Did you trick me here to slaughter me?”
“My name isn’t that long,” Qi Xia shook his head. “You should understand what kind of person I am. If I wanted to slaughter you, I wouldn’t go through such great lengths to trick you here.”
“I thought so too,” Su Shan nodded. “So what do you do here? Collect corpses?”
“Not quite,” Qi Xia looked around and asked, “Where’s that six-foot-three teammate of yours? Why didn’t you bring him?”
Su Shan was silent for a moment before answering, “I think you’re right. If I want to survive here, there’s no need to keep looking after the weak.”
“You’re lying again,” Qi Xia stared into Su Shan’s eyes. “Su Shan, you’re afraid the path I pointed out leads to hell, so you deliberately didn’t bring your teammate, right?”
Su Shan smiled bitterly after hearing this.
“Qi Xia, you’re truly terrifying,” she shook her head. “Why can you always see through me?”
“Because you’re not that cold-blooded,” Qi Xia answered. “You fought desperately to protect your teammates in the ‘Weapon Card’ game. For you, that was just yesterday. How could your nature change so drastically after one day?”
“True,” Su Shan said. “Qi Xia, after all, you killed me with your own hands, so I can’t completely trust you. But my subconscious told me I had to come here and take a look no matter what.”
“Your decision wasn’t wrong,” Qi Xia replied. “Join me, and it will increase your chances of getting out.”
“So… what exactly is going on in this place?” Su Shan asked. “Will we always keep reviving?”
Qi Xia looked at the enormous mountain of corpses beside him and said quietly, “Come inside first. I’ll tell you everything.”
Su Shan followed Qi Xia back into the classroom, startling Doctor Zhao.
He knew this girl was no ordinary character. In the “Land of Finality,” people who could fight Qi Xia head-on for several rounds were extremely rare.
“Let me introduce everyone,” Qi Xia said. “This is Su Shan, a very intelligent person. Starting today, she’s joining us.”
Qiao Jiajin curiously looked Su Shan over. “If the liar calls you ‘intelligent,’ then you must be really sharp.”
Su Shan greeted everyone somewhat bashfully.
Honestly, Qi Xia’s teammates seemed much more amiable than Qi Xia himself, which put Su Shan slightly at ease.
Except for that flower-armed man beside them who didn’t look like a good person, the rest seemed quite kind.
“Qi Xia, so are you the leader of ‘Heaven’s Mouth’?” Su Shan asked. “How many people are here in total?”
“I’m not the leader,” Qi Xia said. “I’m just an extremely dangerous person at ‘Heaven’s Mouth.’ Heaven’s Mouth has about thirty people now.”
Qi Xia concisely told Su Shan about “Heaven’s Mouth’s” operational goal—gambling all the Zodiacs to death—and then gave her some basic knowledge about the “Land of Finality.”
But what no one expected was that Qi Xia also explained all the grudges between himself and Chu Tianqiu.
These words weren’t just for Su Shan, but for all the teammates present.
From Qi Xia’s first meeting with Chu Tianqiu all the way to their last fight to the death.
This made Qiao Jiajin unable to listen anymore.
“Liar… you’re saying Tianqiu did all this? He’s killing teammates?”
Qi Xia nodded after hearing this. “Yes.”
“If so, why should we join him?” Qiao Jiajin grew angrier the more he thought about it. “What is that bastard thinking? No way, I’m going to kick him.”
“No need,” Qi Xia shook his head. “Fists, the reason I’m staying here is because Chu Tianqiu still has use value. He promised me two thousand nine hundred ‘Dao’ that hasn’t been delivered yet. If we can get that quantity of ‘Dao,’ we won’t be far from getting out.”
Everyone’s expressions became somewhat heavy after hearing this.
With someone like Chu Tianqiu, would he really be willing to hand over all the “Dao”?
What if he suddenly went mad and killed everyone again?
Lin Qin’s expression was also ugly. She had walked the Land of Finality for several years, and even “Cat” had to give her some face, but Chu Tianqiu didn’t care at all. Had he truly gone mad?
“So what should we do next?” Qiao Jiajin asked again.
“From now on, ‘Su Shan’ will serve as the team’s new brain, responsible for arranging games for you all,” Qi Xia said. “This time, none of you need to follow Chu Tianqiu’s arrangements.”
Everyone felt something was off after hearing this.
“Su Shan as the new brain…” Qiao Jiajin blinked. “What about you?”
“This time I have a special operation,” Qi Xia said. “I will go alone to various ‘Earth-level’ games. If you want to survive, try not to enter these games, lest your opponent be me.”
“Going alone to ‘Earth-level’…?”
Han Yimo, who hadn’t spoken for a long time, finally opened his mouth. “Qi Xia… that’s not right, is it?”
“What?” Qi Xia turned his head. “What’s not right?”
“You as the ‘Savior’… why would you participate in games alone? Shouldn’t you take me with you?”
Qi Xia found this question somewhat laughable.
To put it bluntly, even if he took anyone, he would never take Han Yimo.
“You don’t need to go die anymore,” Qi Xia shook his head. “I’ll go myself. Remember my warning—try not to participate in ‘Earth-level’ games.”
At this moment, the pale-faced young man sitting in the corner of the room suddenly spoke up. “Um, buddy… can I have a word with you alone?”
“Alone?” Qi Xia was slightly stunned, then said, “Alright, let’s go outside.”
The two came to the campus.
The young man stared at Qi Xia for a long time before slowly revealing a smile. “You’re pretty amusing, not letting us participate in ‘Earth-level’ games…”
“What did you say?”
“Why can’t we participate in ‘Earth-level’ games… and then kill you in the game?”