By the time Qi Xia and Qiao Jiajin rushed back to “Heaven’s Gate,” the sky had completely darkened.

Zhang Shan and another young person were standing at the door, and the four of them nodded to each other in acknowledgment.

Pushing open the classroom door, the two of them looked inside. Everyone had already returned, with only Chen Junnan nowhere to be seen.

Yet at this moment, the person Qi Xia most wanted to see was Chen Junnan.

“Where’s that chatterbox?” Qi Xia asked.

“Chen Junnan?” Lin Qin stood up. “It feels like he has something on his mind. He went to the rooftop.”

“Went to the rooftop?” Qi Xia rubbed his chin, then nodded.

Could it be that Chen Junnan discovered something?

After he had settled Qiao Jiajin and was just about to go find Chen Junnan, Lin Qin called out to him again.

“Qi Xia…” Lin Qin pulled Qi Xia by the arm and brought him aside. “I have something to tell you.”

“What is it?” Qi Xia asked.

“There are two things…” Lin Qin turned to look at Han Yimo. “First is Han Yimo’s matter…”

She told Qi Xia in complete detail about how Han Yimo could no longer “Echo.”

After hearing this, Qi Xia nodded, feeling there was nothing improper about it.

Although “Echoers” were an indispensable force, Han Yimo’s “Echo” was truly somewhat special.

If he could no longer “Echo,” it couldn’t be considered a loss nor could it be considered a gain—it could only be considered an ordinary matter.

“What I’m worried about now is…” Lin Qin said somewhat hesitantly, “If Han Yimo forgets everything this time… then next time he’ll enter here in a completely fresh state…”

“So what?”

“So he might erupt with the most severe ‘fear’ he’s ever experienced…” Lin Qin raised her head and said. “After all, everything here will be new and terrifying to him…”

“Mm…” Qi Xia nodded again. He felt what Lin Qin said was not without reason, only this matter was difficult to handle.

If Han Yimo truly obtained the most severe “fear” of the past seven years, it should be no small disaster. But if, in order to avoid this disaster, they forcibly made him obtain an “Echo” now, that similarly wouldn’t be a good idea.

“Is there anything else?” Qi Xia asked.

“And then there’s…” Lin Qin thought for a moment, then told Qi Xia about the old woman and the bare-bottomed child she had encountered today.

Qi Xia had also seen these two people, but had never witnessed the scene Lin Qin described.

That old woman could actually move at extremely high speeds?

“Divine Beasts?” Qi Xia asked.

“Probably not…” Lin Qin shook her head. “I’ve seen all four Divine Beasts… but I’ve never seen these two people.”

“Then isn’t that too strange?” Qi Xia contemplated for a moment and said. “They’re not ‘Natives,’ not ‘Participants,’ not ‘Divine Beasts,’ they don’t have masks on their heads, and even more impossibly could they be ‘Zodiac’…”

After saying this sentence, Qi Xia paused, then turned to stare at Lin Qin and asked: “Have you ever seen a ‘Heaven-level Zodiac’?”

“Me?” Lin Qin gently shook her head. “I’ve been active here for seven years and have never seen a ‘Heaven-level.'”

“Is that so…” Qi Xia slowly narrowed his eyes. “Are ‘Heaven-level’ so difficult to find?”

“I can’t really say.” Lin Qin let out a slight sigh. “I’ve heard that ‘Heaven-level’ don’t have ‘game venues,’ so they won’t stay in fixed locations, and thus we don’t know where to go to find them.”

“I understand. I’m going to see Chen Junnan now.”

After bidding farewell to Lin Qin, Qi Xia turned and walked toward the school rooftop. But just as he reached the stairway entrance, he ran into Chu Tianqiu.

“Qi Xia?” Chu Tianqiu smiled profoundly. “In the dead of night not sleeping… are you planning to go for a walk?”

Qi Xia didn’t answer and was just about to go around him to the rooftop when he suddenly remembered something.

“Chu Tianqiu…” Qi Xia called out. “That method you used last time to make me obtain an ‘Echo’—can you deploy it one more time?”

Hearing this question, Chu Tianqiu was slightly stunned, then laughed aloud: “What’s this, it’s only been one day and you’ve already fallen into ‘amnesia panic’?”

“I don’t have that kind of panic.” Qi Xia replied. “It’s just that I want to use my ‘Echo’ to bring back a person.”

“Bring back a person…?” Chu Tianqiu found it somewhat laughable. “A dead person?”

After hearing this, Qi Xia nodded: “That’s right, a person who died about a month ago.”

“With your intellect… it shouldn’t be difficult to figure out the contradictory nature of this matter, right?” Chu Tianqiu smiled. “You yourself remember that person has been dead for a long time, so how could you use your subconscious to make that person come alive?”

After hearing this, Qi Xia let out a slight sigh. How could he not know the absurdity of this matter?

If he continuously remembered this matter, he would never be able to revive someone already dead. But if he forgot, then he would even forget who the other person was.

If that was the case… how could his “Endless Life” take effect?

Qi Xia pondered for a while, then spoke: “You don’t need to worry about my affairs. You just need to tell me what’s required to make me ‘Echo’?”

“That’s truly too difficult…” Chu Tianqiu contemplated slightly. “I spent quite a bit of money and also expended quite a bit of thought.”

“Then next time you need to expend thought, remember to tell me in advance.” Qi Xia smiled. “Having expended so much thought, we must make it take effect.”

Chu Tianqiu also smiled and nodded. Just as he was about to leave, he stopped and turned back to ask: “Qi Xia, what did you see in the moment before you ‘Echoed’?”

“This question… is it important?” Qi Xia asked.

“Important.” Chu Tianqiu answered. “That’s a key direction of my research.”

Qi Xia recalled his state before “Echoing.” He only remembered that he was in extreme pain, and at that time Yu Nian’an had come to take him home.

“I didn’t see anything.” Qi Xia said. “Whatever stratagems you have, just go ahead and implement them. I’ll be waiting.”

A trace of something unusual flashed across Chu Tianqiu’s expression: “Qi Xia… you should have thought of this, right? Even if I perfectly recreate the situation from that day, you may not necessarily ‘Echo’ again, after all your ‘opportunity’ is something that can be encountered but not sought.”

“That’s your problem then.” Qi Xia revealed a meaningful smile. “Our newest method of cooperation is that I provide the ‘Echo,’ and you’re responsible for the ‘opportunity.’ If I can’t succeed, how are we supposed to cooperate?”

Chu Tianqiu thought for a while, then nodded: “That makes sense, Qi Xia.”

The two looked at each other, then said nothing more. Chu Tianqiu walked straight toward the classroom where Yun Yao was, while Qi Xia strolled to the rooftop.

The rooftop on the top floor of the school was very spacious, and someone had placed several chairs here.

Qi Xia looked into the distance and saw Chen Junnan and Qin Dingdong sitting on the rooftop gazing at the pitch-black night.

Only the two of them were sitting quite far apart, as if they weren’t familiar with each other.

Hearing footsteps, Chen Junnan turned to look: “Yo… Old Qi, come sit down, make yourself at home.”