“Not entirely.” Qi Xia shook his head. “Have you heard of ‘Tiantang Kou’?”

Song Qi stared at Qi Xia, immediately becoming suspicious.

He had once massacred “Tiantang Kou,” but had never seen Qi Xia there.

After a moment of silence, Song Qi said: “Brother, not planning to change locations?”

“Change locations?”

“Can ‘Tiantang Kou’ accommodate you?”

“So that’s what you mean.” Qi Xia shook his head. “No need, brother. Never mind ‘Tiantang Kou’—I feel like the entire ‘Land of the End’ can’t accommodate me.”

“Haha!” Song Qi laughed. “I think so too.”

After speaking, he waved to someone behind him, and another man in a leather jacket came over.

The man had his hair in a braid—it looked quite long.

“Qi Ge.” The man called out.

“Stay here and protect this brother for me. If anyone moves against him, kill them directly.”

“Understood.” The long-haired man nodded.

Song Qi turned back to Qi Xia and said: “I’ll go to ‘Tiantang Kou’ and be right back. During this time, my brother will protect you.”

Qi Xia had never imagined Song Qi’s arrangements would be so thorough.

Song Qi took Earth-Sheep’s IOU and left, while the other participants gradually dispersed after receiving their IOUs.

At this moment, a figure slowly walked toward Qi Xia—it was Qin Dingdong.

Seeing someone approaching, the long-haired man’s expression turned cold as he directly blocked Qi Xia’s path.

This stance startled both Qin Dingdong and Qi Xia.

After a long while, Qin Dingdong asked: “Classmate Qi… are you being robbed?”

“I…” Qi Xia was momentarily at a loss for words and could only reach out to pat the long-haired man’s shoulder. “Brother, I know her.”

After hearing this, the long-haired man’s expression shifted, and he stepped aside.

“Classmate Qi, what’s going on here?” Qin Dingdong said puzzledly. “This is the first time this older sister has received an IOU…”

“You’re lucky to even receive an IOU.” Qi Xia sighed. “I’m truly amazed you’ve survived this long with that kind of deception.”

“You…” Qin Dingdong was quite irritated by Qi Xia. “What’s wrong with my deception skills? Didn’t I succeed too?”

“Yes.” Qi Xia nodded. “Next time you should be smarter.”

“Then… are you willing to teach older sister how to deceive people?” Qin Dingdong stepped forward wanting to hold Qi Xia’s hand, but Qi Xia dodged.

“Not willing.” Qi Xia said. “Qin Dingdong, take the ‘Dao’ you earned and find a way to survive. We’re not the same kind of people.”

“How do you know we’re not the same kind?” Qin Dingdong suddenly revealed a meaningful expression. “Qi Xia, you earned one thousand four hundred seventy-six ‘Dao’ this time, and now you want to pretend you don’t know me?”

“What…?”

Fortunately, she hadn’t spoken loudly, but it still made the long-haired man beside them momentarily stunned.

Qi Xia slowly narrowed his eyes and said: “Qin Dingdong… I really underestimated you.”

Qin Dingdong slowly leaned closer and said in a low voice: “Qi Xia, there are two types of con artists. One type is like you—doesn’t look like a con artist but is constantly using deception. The other type is like me—everyone thinks I’m just a petty con artist, so they let their guard down.”

She reached out to touch Qi Xia’s chest: “So tell me… which of us is more likely to succeed?”

Qi Xia pushed Qin Dingdong away once more, feeling very uneasy.

Was this woman bluffing?

But thinking carefully, all her actions in the game had been too “coincidental.”

When the game just started, she called for everyone to collectively isolate the big man who snatched fans.

Just before the fans needed replenishing, she gave him three ‘Dao.’

When Qi Xia wanted to monopolize, she gave him one ‘Sorrow.’

When everything stabilized, her appearance led to someone’s death.

She seemed to have been silently guiding the development of this game all along, but what was her purpose?

Was her identity “Extreme Path”…? Or some other faction?

Or simply a lunatic?

Countless dangerous scenarios swirled in Qi Xia’s mind. He was grateful this woman had no malicious intent, otherwise he might have fallen into her trap by now.

“Qin Dingdong, what do you want?” He asked.

“I just want to help you.”

Qi Xia still felt something was off: “Then what’s your purpose…?”

“I know you definitely don’t remember me.” Qin Dingdong shook her head, then said with a melancholy expression, “But that’s fine. The person I’m looking for isn’t you. Qi Xia… tell me where that bastard Chen Junnan is?”

“Huh…?!”

…

Before long, Song Qi had already arrived outside “Tiantang Kou.” Chu Tianqiu was standing there looking around.

“You are…?” Chu Tianqiu asked puzzledly.

“What’s with the act?” Song Qi sighed. “There’s no one else here.”

After hearing this, Chu Tianqiu paused slightly and hurriedly changed his tone: “You, you—why have you come?”

“A task.” Song Qi moved his neck and said, “After all these years, this is the first time someone commissioned me for a task and paid with ‘Dao.’ Truly interesting.”

“Oh…?” Chu Tianqiu didn’t know what to say, only making a token sound of confusion.

“But he’s a decent person, so I’ll help with this favor.” Song Qi looked around inside the school and asked, “Is there someone here called ‘Qiao Jiajin’? I need to see him.”

“Qiao Jiajin…” Chu Tianqiu nodded. “Wait a moment.”

He gave a few instructions to someone in the campus, and after hearing them, that person quickly ran into the teaching building.

Before long, a lazy man with flower-tattooed arms walked out.

When Song Qi saw this figure, he was so startled he nearly lost his footing.

“Huh?” Qiao Jiajin looked at Song Qi puzzledly. “Aren’t you that ‘Explosion Guy’?”

“You…” Song Qi’s voice trembled slightly. “You… ‘Bolan Street A’Jin’?! You’re Qiao Jiajin?!”

“That’s right!” Qiao Jiajin nodded. “What? Come to kill people again?”

After hearing this, Song Qi could only feel somewhat helpless.

Back then, twenty people surrounded Qiao Jiajin alone. After the fight was over, more than thirty corpses lay on the ground.

“Cat” fought until the very last person died, but still couldn’t completely kill him.

This person was too terrifying.

Song Qi couldn’t help but think… when did “Tiantang Kou” get so many formidable people?

One without an “Echo” who could annihilate an entire “Cat” team, and another who alone could make Earth-Sheep suffer complete defeat.

What’s more… he had also seen “Extreme Path Lin Qin” here…

When did Chu Tianqiu’s power become so strong?!

“Fortunately, there are only two or three such figures…” Song Qi had just secretly felt relieved when he saw a pretty boy walk out of the teaching building.

He stretched very exaggeratedly, then his eyelids slowly moved, finally landing on Song Qi’s face.

He frowned, then walked over step by step.

Song Qi was certain he had never seen this man before, but this man’s aura was very strange.

“Who was it again…” The pretty boy stroked his chin while constantly sizing up Song Qi.

Song Qi, Chu Tianqiu, and Qiao Jiajin all didn’t know what was going on, and could only stare blankly at Chen Junnan.

“Ah…” Chen Junnan slapped his forehead. “I remember now! Song Minghui! Right?!”