The twenty-seventh round.

Everything was as Chen Junnan had predicted. The iron ball smashed its way from “-2” toward “3,” killing all the “Even Numbers” along the way. Now it had already swept past the “White-Clothed Girl” and was suspended above the head of the person to her left.

In the room opposite Chen Junnan, a white-clothed woman held a phone, waiting with a smile on her face.

Before long, she opened her mouth and asked, “Big Brother, what did you say your name was just now?”

“I, I’m called Zhong Zhen…”

“That’s a good name, Big Brother.” The White-Clothed Girl nodded. “What are you choosing this time?”

Zhong Zhen bit his teeth, his lips pale as he asked, “Can you stop torturing me…?”

“How could that be?” The White-Clothed Girl smiled. “You can continue choosing ‘No.’ If you don’t believe it, we can try again.”

The White-Clothed Girl covered her mouth and laughed, while Zhong Zhen also covered his mouth in another room.

“I believe… I believe everything…” Zhong Zhen nodded frantically. “I’ll agree to whatever you say. I still can’t die now… Don’t make me choose ‘Yes’ again…”

“How could that be?” The White-Clothed Girl smiled and frowned. “Big Brother, look for yourself. You’re the one who wants to choose ‘Yes.'”

Zhong Zhen lowered his head to look and instantly showed a despairing expression.

His left hand had somehow extended out and moved toward the “Yes” button.

“Miss… don’t… I can’t die now…” Zhong Zhen said with a terrified expression. “Let me ‘Echo’ first… As long as I can kill someone I’m familiar with, it’s fine if I die…”

“Oh…?” The White-Clothed Girl stroked her long hair. “Then quickly pull your hand back. If you’re late, you’ll press it.”

After hearing this, Zhong Zhen threw down the phone and then used his right hand to firmly grasp his left hand.

At this moment, his left hand was like it was possessed, moving forward toward the button with determination. He finally used all his strength to pull back his left hand, but the next second his entire body began to move forward.

“Snap.”

With a crisp sound, his left hand ultimately pressed “Yes.”

Zhong Zhen’s complexion gradually darkened… What kind of ghost thing was this?

Was there such a domineering “Echo” in this land?

“Big Brother, do you want to say goodbye?” The White-Clothed Girl smiled. “It looks like we don’t have much time left to chat.”

Zhong Zhen sat listlessly in his chair, picked up the phone again, and asked blankly, “Why can you control your ‘Echo’ so well? You never trigger the bell sound each time… How long have you retained your memory?”

“Ha, Big Brother, what makes you think I would reveal my trump card to you?” The White-Clothed Girl shook her head. “In this land, the people who can freely use ‘Echo’ without triggering the bell sound can be counted on one hand. This is precisely our way of survival.”

After hearing this, Zhong Zhen pressed his lips tightly together. “So that’s how it is… If it were possible… I really wouldn’t want to forget your existence. With such a terrifying person as you in the ‘Land of Terminus,’ I should remain vigilant at all times.”

“But you can’t do that anymore.” The White-Clothed Girl still smiled sweetly. “This is also why I never kill ‘Echo’ users. The current you—if you die, you die.”

“How about this…” Zhong Zhen smiled bitterly. “Since I’m about to die anyway, can you tell me what your ability is?”

“Is there a point?”

“I don’t know.” Zhong Zhen shook his head. “But maybe there’s a one in ten thousand chance… that I’ll remember you.”

“Fine.” The White-Clothed Girl nodded. “Big Brother, since you’re about to die, I’ll let you die with understanding. I am ‘Soul Stealer.'”

“Soul… Stealer…?” Zhong Zhen showed an ugly smile. He never imagined that the person he was facing was actually a three-character “Echo.” “What method do you use to control others…?”

“I can’t say that, sorry.”

The girl extended her hand and smoothed her hair. Strangely, at the same moment in another room, Zhong Zhen also extended his hand and smoothed his non-existent long hair.

“You used this ability to control several people near us, forcing them all to make choices?”

“I’m not that strong, so my control range is also limited.” The White-Clothed Girl said. “Besides ‘Echo,’ I can also rely on my intelligence. When these two things both come into play, I can dominate all Earth-level games.”

“Truly impressive.” Zhong Zhen finally showed a relieved expression. “If I can survive… I’ll definitely find a way to kill you as the first priority.”

“Are those your dying words?” The White-Clothed Girl extended her hand to look at her fingernails and said with a calm expression, “Even you yourself chose ‘Yes.’ What do you think the probability is that you’ll survive this round? Even if there’s a one in ten thousand chance you survive, it would be because some ‘Echo’ user suddenly appeared. But since you’re the one dying this round, theoretically, no one but yourself can trigger an ‘Echo.'”

“Haha!” Zhong Zhen laughed with an ugly smile after hearing this, then reached out to unbutton his shirt collar. “But who knows, maybe there are exceptions to everything. Since it’s a life-or-death gamble, naturally I have to grasp every sliver of opportunity. Although no new ‘Echo’ users will appear, isn’t there still an ‘Echo’ user hanging on the leaderboard?”

After hearing this, the White-Clothed Girl thought for a moment. There was indeed an “Echo” user hanging on the leaderboard outside, named “Scapegoat.”

“You’re counting on this ‘Scapegoat’ to appear and help you?” The White-Clothed Girl covered her mouth and laughed aloud. “My god, why are you so optimistic?”

“This is what you call a ‘lifeline.'” Zhong Zhen said. “When a person loses all hope, naturally they’ll place their hope on these ethereal straws.”

“In that case, I wish you luck grasping that straw.”

The White-Clothed Girl put down the phone and sat quietly with her eyes closed. Before long, she slowly revealed a smile. “All of you, go die for me… After all, only the Extreme Path… is the only road here.”

On the other side of the venue, in Yun Yao’s room.

She had been stunned in place for quite a while now.

Chen Junnan’s words during the phone call just now left her completely baffled.

“Big Star, I’ve figured it out. Our greatest enemy is the White-Clothed Girl opposite me. If I’m not mistaken, she’s about to kill the person on her left.”

“But that’s no longer something we can influence, right?”

“No, quite the opposite…” Chen Junnan said. “In this venue, she’s not the only one who can control the iron ball. There’s also me.”

“You…?”

“Do you believe that from now on, I can ignore all rules and make the iron ball fall anywhere I want?”

“What?!” Yun Yao didn’t understand Chen Junnan’s meaning for a moment. “You, do you have that kind of ability? But what’s your purpose in doing this?”

“I’m planning to save that person on the White-Clothed Girl’s left.” Chen Junnan smiled. “If I save him now, he might become your strongest teammate.”

“Become ‘my’ teammate…? What are you going to do?”

“I can’t say. If I say it, it might fail.”

“This…” Yun Yao showed a worried expression. “How confident are you?”

“Confidence?” Chen Junnan moved his neck. “I never look at ‘confidence’ when doing things. If I succeed, call me Boss Chen and we’ll meet in Dubai. If I don’t succeed, call me Mr. Chen and we’ll meet in ten days.”