After hearing this, all three uncles stood up, their eyes filled with extraordinary shock.

“Brother Sheep… you…” Uncle Tiger said incredulously, “You could have left all along, couldn’t you?! You’ve been accumulating ‘Dao’ for us this whole time?!”

“I told you before, I have no family. We’ve eaten at the same table together, so we are family now.” Brother Sheep said as he pulled out three more pieces of paper from his pocket.

“It’s just a bit unfortunate. Since Heavenly Dragon knows all the ‘Dao’ was earned by me, he only gave me two copies of the ‘Zodiac Ascension Gambling Contract,’ plus one ‘Interview Room Collaboration Contract.'” Brother Sheep spread the white papers on the table. “You three pick the one you like to sign… Whether you’re willing to gamble on becoming ‘Earth-Level’… or willing to become a collaborator who never needs to hand over ‘Dao’… that’s up to you…”

The three uncles raised their heads to look at the white papers on the table, all feeling somewhat uneasy.

“No matter which path you choose…” Brother Sheep continued, “I’ll stay here waiting for you. During this time, I’ll take care of Mouse. After all, there are many roads in this world, and each person has one that belongs to them.”

The three uncles looked at each other, seemingly all hesitating about what to choose.

After a long time, Uncle Black Sheep reached out and took one of the “Zodiac Ascension Gambling Contracts,” then signed his own name before folding the contract in half.

I knew that “Zodiacs” could never reveal their real names.

Now only one “Zodiac Ascension Gambling Contract” and one “Interview Room Collaboration Contract” remained.

Uncle Tiger and Uncle Snake appeared even more hesitant.

“Little Tiger, you go out.” Uncle Snake said after a moment of silence. “I feel pretty good living here. I’ll keep Brother Sheep and Little Mouse company a while longer.”

“What the hell!” Uncle Tiger cursed loudly. “Why the fuck shouldn’t you go out? What about your family?”

“Eh…” Uncle Snake waved his hand. “I’ve made too many mistakes. How could I have the face to see my family… Just let me keep living here.”

Without waiting for Uncle Tiger to react, he immediately snatched the “Interview Room Collaboration Contract” and then bit his thumb to press down a bloody fingerprint.

“You motherfucker…” Uncle Tiger slowly stood up. “What gives you the right to make decisions for me?! I haven’t decided whether I want to go out yet!”

“Be good, Pei Qianhu. Go see your daughter.” Uncle Snake said with a smile. “No matter how many years it takes… you must see her.”

“You…” Uncle Tiger breathed heavily, looking extremely angry.

“Oh my… don’t be so angry!” Uncle Snake said. “As long as you don’t die in the interview room, we can still see each other every night!”

Uncle Tiger slowly sat down, his face full of dejected expression.

Although I didn’t know exactly what had happened… I also felt very sad. I felt like I was drifting away from them…

“Mouse, don’t show that expression.” Brother Sheep said. “Before long… these uncles of yours will become as capable as me.”

“Ah…?” I looked at him. “Re-really?”

“Yes, they’re all excellent.” Brother Sheep nodded.

From that day on, the atmosphere among the five of us seemed to have changed a bit.

Every time Uncle Tiger and Uncle Black Sheep came back, they carried a strong scent of rust on their bodies.

They seemed unwilling to talk to me anymore… Every time I tried to chat with them, their eyes would evade mine.

What was wrong with them?

Fortunately, Uncle Snake was still willing to talk to me… He told me that Uncle Tiger and Uncle Black Sheep were in a bad mood because they were doing things they didn’t like to do.

But he wouldn’t tell me what those things were.

This kind of life lasted for about a year.

During this year, my game didn’t have a single participant.

My warehouse was small and remote. Although I had collected many miscellaneous items from nearby to enrich my warehouse, no one came to play.

Thinking about it carefully, after this game was formed, I didn’t seem to have received a single “participant,” which made me feel somewhat disappointed.

Uncle Tiger and Uncle Black Sheep’s temperament was also slowly changing… Their masks seemed to be getting more and more realistic.

Finally, half a year later, Uncle Black Sheep completely changed.

When he came back that day, I discovered that like Brother Sheep, the sheep head on his face was no longer a mask but a real sheep head.

It was said that the time Uncle Black Sheep took to reach this state was very short, breaking all records among the “Zodiacs.”

A year and a half… was that short?

That day, he made a special trip to thank Brother Sheep and packed up his things, preparing to leave this room.

Brother Sheep called him over, and the two spoke a few words quietly, but judging from their expressions, they seemed to have parted on somewhat unpleasant terms.

From then on, Uncle Black Sheep never came to this room again.

Only Uncle Snake and Uncle Tiger came back every few days.

I felt our “family” was slowly splitting apart… I didn’t know what to do and could only help Brother Sheep clean the room whenever I had time…

I did all the housework I knew how to do, hoping to make them look a bit happier.

But each of them seemed to have many things on their minds. I didn’t know how to help them.

Uncle Tiger rarely spoke to me… I almost didn’t know how to treat him anymore. Was he angry with me?

That day I ran into Sister Ruoxue again. She came specially to visit me and gave me another bag of snacks.

I couldn’t bear to eat them, so I brought them back to Uncle Tiger after work. Although I didn’t know what I had done to upset him, I hoped he wouldn’t be angry with me.

But when he looked at that bag of snacks, he just silently took it and still didn’t speak to me.

I felt like crying, but thinking about it carefully, Uncle Tiger and I weren’t related by blood or marriage. He shouldn’t have had to take care of me all along…

Brother Sheep also seemed off. In my impression, he had always been a very serious person.

But recently, he seemed to often space out.

What was he thinking about again?

Half a year later, another change occurred.

That day, as usual, we came to Brother Sheep’s room to eat.

Although the atmosphere during meals grew more silent day by day, I always felt more at ease being with them.

“Tiger, how many people do you have left?” Brother Sheep asked.

“Almost done… Only two people are left in my room.” Uncle Tiger answered.

“Then I probably can’t wait for you.” Brother Sheep raised his head to look at the three of us, then said meaningfully, “I’m leaving tonight.”

“To-tonight?!”

Although we all knew this day would come, none of us could accept that this day had truly arrived.

“That’s right… After tonight, I’ll be a Heavenly Sheep who can freely enter and exit the ‘Land of Finality.'” Brother Sheep said with a bitter smile, then looked at us again. “Do you… have anything you want to say to me?”