Yun Yao raised her head, feeling the giant iron ball hovering above. She let out a slight sigh.

Yes, everything was as Chen Junnan had predicted, but now the problem was equally thorny. When the iron ball dropped next time, the person who would die would be either herself or Earth-Sheep.

She couldn’t confirm with one hundred percent certainty that the deceased would be Earth-Sheep.

Chen Junnan also slowly closed his eyes at this moment. All that remained was to wait—wait until the eighteenth question arrived.

Whether the other party was a far-sighted sage or a wanton killing demon would be revealed in the eighteenth round.

Round sixteen—everyone passed the question along as usual. When Yun Yao called, the question she conveyed was very brief, just two words: “Choose ‘Yes.'”

The best approach going forward was naturally to follow this invisible leader.

After all, Earth-Sheep’s judgment day was coming.

Chen Junnan picked up the phone to call Xu Qian, but unexpectedly, the phone was answered on the second ring.

Ever since “-2” died, each of his calls had rung more than ten times, so he was inevitably a bit unaccustomed to this, but he quickly understood.

“You old thief? So you live this close to me?” Chen Junnan laughed. “How’s your health lately? Have you cured that bad habit of screaming?”

Earth-Sheep remained silent for a while before speaking. “Can you… spare me?”

“Spare you…?”

“That’s right. I don’t want to die,” Earth-Sheep said. “I can agree to any condition you name—whether it’s beautiful women, trained children… or I can help you kill someone. Can you spare me?”

After hearing this, Chen Junnan gradually put away his smile, then glared with a pair of ice-cold eyes and said, “You scum—even when begging for mercy, you’re this disgusting. What do you mean by beautiful women and trained children…? I fucking wish I could rush into your room right now and rip out your tongue.”

“No… calm down and listen to me. Everyone in the ‘End Land’ must have something they seek. What do you seek?” Earth-Sheep asked seriously. “This place has no constraints of law or morality. I’ll become omnipotent. No matter what your request is, I’ll satisfy you. Just name it.”

Chen Junnan was silent for a moment, then sneered. “What you’re saying actually makes quite a bit of sense. This place really has no constraints of law or morality…”

“Yes, yes!” Earth-Sheep nodded. “Don’t you want to rise above others? Those women you can’t get in normal life—after becoming Earth Level, you can toy with them as easily as turning your hand. No one can resist you! If you’re willing, you can even start as a Man-Serpent. I can become your mentor…”

Chen Junnan shook his head and continued to sneer. “You mean this handsome face of mine is no longer needed, then I put on a rotting, stinking snake skin, and then learn from you to use the rules in games to threaten girls and make them submit to me?”

“Isn’t that good?!” Earth-Sheep said somewhat anxiously. “In the real world, what can you completely control?! What goes completely according to your will?! But here we can! We can become ‘Zodiacs’! In our games, they can only listen to us! Even those above must respect the rules we establish!”

After hearing this, Chen Junnan took a deep breath, looking quite angry.

“I’m actually a bit curious now. Just how unsatisfactory was your real life… that you have to seek your sense of existence on this dark, foul-smelling land?”

“I…?”

“It’s just a pity… this young master’s thinking is too traditional. I can’t accept your trendy ways. I’ve beaten up countless people in my life, but I’ve never raised my voice in front of a young lady. Heaven made me strong and robust so that when a lady is in trouble, I can lend a hand.”

After hearing this, Earth-Sheep furrowed his rough brows tightly. “At this point you’re still saying such pretty words?! We’re both men—how could I not understand what you’re thinking? You came to participate with that beautiful girl. You think I don’t know your purpose? You just want to stage a hero-saves-beauty drama! But now you’ve chosen to wager your life—you clearly botched it! It’s not too late to regret it now!”

Chen Junnan laughed. “We’re both men, but you really don’t understand me. You actually hope I’ll stand on your side, but when I make friends, I only look at two things: first, whether they’re loyal to their friends; second, whether they’re respectful to ladies. Take a good look at yourself in a puddle of your own snake piss—which of these do you meet?”

“Heh… you’re quite righteous now…” Earth-Sheep sneered. “I’ve seen plenty of hypocritical men and plenty of lustful women. That girl you brought is wearing a short skirt—isn’t it for men to look at? What innocence are you two pretending to have?”

Hearing this, Chen Junnan knew that civil conversation was no longer of any use.

“Hey, I’d like to ask—are your two eyeballs growing on your bladder? Why do they constantly leak piss and see everything as lewd? People dress for you to look at? You’re being a dog and eating grass at the same time, mouth full of shit and still trying to act like a sheep, is that it? If I strip down to just my underwear and run to your room, can I charge you with harassment?”

Chen Junnan berated Earth-Sheep over the phone from head to toe, actually scolding him so thoroughly that he couldn’t get a single word in.

“What? High blood pressure acting up? Say something!” Chen Junnan shouted. “Where’s that arrogant attitude you had just now? Go ask around in all the major hutongs of old Beijing—when it comes to physical fighting, I only rank second, but when it comes to verbal combat, I’m invincible under heaven.”

Earth-Sheep truly had no recourse. He sighed and asked, “I won’t argue with you. I’ll ask you one last time… do you want to cooperate or not?”

After hearing this, Chen Junnan paused, then said, “How about this, old geezer—you agree to one request of mine, and I won’t target you anymore.”

“What request?”

“The women you mentioned just now, and those trained children… where are they now?”

“So you are interested after all…” Earth-Sheep gave a dry laugh after hearing this. “I have them locked up in this building. As long as you let me live, they’ll all be yours.”

“Good, that’s excellent.” Chen Junnan nodded. “In that case, you can rest easy and wait for death.”

“Wh… what?” Earth-Sheep was stunned. “You’re deceiving me, kid? You won’t cooperate with me?”

“Bit of a shame,” Chen Junnan said, shaking his head. “I really don’t want to target you anymore, but right now there’s another person on the field who wants your life, and I’m truly powerless to help.”

“Another person?!”

“Yeah. I’m lucky—someone’s driving a tank over here, wanting to shove the cannon barrel into your mouth. And to be safe, I can only climb onto this tank with the driver and kill you together… As for who ultimately owns the tank, that’s between him and me. May you rest in peace, old man.”

After saying this, Chen Junnan hung up the phone without waiting for Earth-Sheep to reply.