The naked little child excitedly looked around, then smiled and drooled. “Hehe… something’s about to happen…”

“Heavenly Horse, tell me—did I hear wrong?” Qian Wu slowly took a step forward. “You should know that if I went crazy, it would be enough to make one of you two stay here.”

Everyone in the Cat team stared coldly at the two before them, seemingly ready to act at any moment.

“Little Qian, I’m joking with you.” Heavenly Horse said with a smile. “I know your capabilities. How could I be so impulsive?”

“Heavenly Horse, it’s good that you know.” Qian Wu waved at everyone, and the people in the corridor slowly returned to their cells.

“But this old woman is getting on in years and is a bit forgetful…” Heavenly Horse said with a smile. “What exactly do you ‘Cats’ want as compensation again?”

“We want cold, hard cash.” Qian Wu said. “As long as you give our families in the real world cold, hard cash, we’ll work for you.”

“I see…” After hearing this, Heavenly Horse narrowed her eyes slightly, and the wrinkles on her face gathered together at this moment. “In other words, you ‘Cats’… need participants to return to the real world and send you money…?”

“That’s right.” Qian Wu nodded. “Now the Cat team members span forty years in terms of the times they’re from, so we can receive remittances from people of every era. Although all our time is stuck, our families aren’t. After they receive the money, they can definitely move toward a better future.”

He sized up Heavenly Horse and Heavenly Tiger again and asked in a contemptuous tone, “But you ‘Zodiacs’ can’t get out, so how exactly are you going to do business with us?”

“So that’s how it is…” Heavenly Horse pondered slightly. “Isn’t this bullying us ‘Zodiacs’…”

“So we can’t accommodate you today. Sorry.” Qian Wu turned to two people not far away and said, “Lao Liu, Lao Qi, help me send them out.”

A man and a woman not far away nodded and slowly walked over.

“Sorry, you two.” Song Qi extended her hand, making a gesture of seeing them out. “Brother Wu has spoken. Please.”

“Please.” The other woman also extended her hand and said.

Heavenly Horse sighed slightly and said, “Little Qian, I really have no choice. If you refuse to help… we may really have to massacre this place.”

“What…?” Qian Wu’s expression turned cold. “Heavenly Horse, my ears may not be working well today. I must have heard wrong again. We ‘Cats’ aren’t pushovers. Do you really want to make a move here?”

Heavenly Horse smiled slightly, then extended her hand and pierced through the chest of Liu Ershiyi beside her.

With a “puff,” blood splattered, and everyone’s faces were speckled with red dots.

Liu Ershiyi coughed up blood, then his eyes changed. Both hands swung together, and instantly wooden sticks filled the ground by Heavenly Horse and Heavenly Tiger’s feet. Countless chaotic pieces of wood locked the two up like a prison cage.

After sealing the two’s movements, Liu Ershiyi slowly closed his eyes.

Heavenly Horse withdrew her hand and pushed Liu Ershiyi to the ground, then looked up. The expressions of Qian Wu, Song Qi, Luo Shiyi, and others before her hadn’t changed at all, as if losing a teammate meant nothing to them.

Qian Wu reached out to wipe the blood spattered on his face, and his expression slowly darkened. “Heavenly Horse… you’re really too bold… As a ‘Heavenly,’ you’re casually slaughtering participants?”

Heavenly Horse and Heavenly Tiger exchanged glances, then both suddenly swung their hands, cutting all the wooden sticks around their bodies.

“Yes, I killed him. So what?”

Qian Wu snorted coldly. A huge bell sound came from the distance, then he reached forward and grabbed toward Heavenly Horse’s arm.

Heavenly Horse immediately sensed something was wrong. After taking a step back, she smoothly pushed Heavenly Tiger forward, who happened to touch Qian Wu.

Heavenly Tiger didn’t understand what was happening and could only stare blankly at this dwarf whose height was similar to his own.

Heavenly Horse sighed helplessly and said, “‘Twin Flower’ Qian Wu… your temper is still so impatient. What if someone really dies?”

“Haha!” Qian Wu laughed loudly. “How interesting! You killed my brother, and now you say you’re afraid of people dying?”

“Little Qian… I really have no choice…” Heavenly Horse said with a face full of smiles. “Heavenly Dragon has given all ‘Heavenly-Level’ special privileges this time—they can kill any participant at will… If we can’t find that person, we can even initiate a ‘Heavenly-Level’ game. So even if you want to fight us two, it doesn’t matter… You have no choice but to take this business.”

After hearing this, Qian Wu’s tone finally softened.

“You’re saying… all the current ‘Heavenly-Level’ have been mobilized…?” He frowned somewhat incredulously. “Exactly what serious matter has occurred?”

“I don’t know.” Heavenly Horse smiled and shook her head. “I only know we need to find a special Echo user. If we can’t find them, we’re all in trouble.”

After hearing this, Qian Wu carefully weighed the pros and cons of this matter. He felt that Heavenly Horse seemed to be going all in, and since it was currently the first day of the cycle, too few people in the Cat team had obtained “Echo.” If they really fought here, although they might be able to take the life of one “Heavenly-Level,” it would also cause heavy casualties for the Cat team.

“Heavenly Horse, first tell me what exactly this ‘business’ you’re talking about is?”

“I said it—finding someone.” Heavenly Horse repeated. “Six days ago, someone triggered a powerful ‘Echo.’ We need to find that person… Unfortunately, this ‘Echo user’ appeared at night, and all the ‘Zodiacs’ never saw them. To accomplish the task faster, we can only rely on ‘participants.'”

“Six days ago at night…?” Qian Wu was stunned and looked back at Song Qi.

That night was exactly when the Cat team was completely wiped out.

“That enormous ‘Echo’… I need you to use every means possible to find that person…” Heavenly Horse said with a grave expression. “Otherwise, all of us ‘Heavenly-Level’ will be punished, and at that time, I definitely won’t let you off easy either.”

“But business isn’t done this way.” Qian Wu looked at Liu Ershiyi’s corpse on the ground and sneered. “You killed my brother and still want me to work for you. I must get something from you.”

“Then what do you want…?” Heavenly Horse frowned. “I naturally can’t pay money, so name another condition. This old woman will try her best to agree.”

Qian Wu released the hand holding Heavenly Tiger and smiled again. “Heavenly Horse, I want a ‘favor’ from you. If one day I need you, you’ll help me with something.”

Heavenly Horse’s wrinkles slowly gathered as she reached out to pound her waist.

“In this ‘Land of Finality’… owing Qian Wu a favor is not a good thing.” She said hesitantly. “This condition is really too expensive…”

“Don’t worry. You should know that we ‘Cats’ neither want to leave nor want to cause trouble.” Qian Wu smiled. “Deal?”

He extended his right hand in goodwill, but Heavenly Horse didn’t dare to touch it.

Heavenly Horse’s eyes rolled around, then she nodded and said, “Fine. If you help me find that ‘Echo user,’ I agree to do something for you… But if this matter is too dangerous, I won’t agree to it.”

“No problem.” Qian Wu nodded and withdrew his hand.