The atmosphere was extremely silent. Chen Junnan turned to look at Yun Yao. Neither of them knew how to speak about the current situation.

“Chen, Chen Junnan…” Yun Yao took a deep breath and said while suppressing her emotions, “They’re all ‘natives’… do you think we still need to save them…? They don’t even know what they’re doing right now.”

“No… that’s not the reasoning…” Chen Junnan also came back to his senses and said, “The ‘natives’ won’t vanish as time progresses… if we don’t save them, they’ll be trapped here for all eternity.”

“This…” Yun Yao turned to look at Xiao Ran. “Though her becoming like this is somewhat beyond my expectations, you know what kind of person Xiao Ran is, right?”

“I know.” Chen Junnan nodded. “She and I came from the same room, so naturally I know her character. Although I made her cry over a dozen times, this young master still doesn’t feel satisfied.”

“Then do you think she’s worth saving?”

Chen Junnan sighed and turned back to say: “Big star, I also regret seeing this, but if we just turn and leave, there’s no difference from Earth-Snake’s methods.”

Yun Yao looked at him questioningly and asked lightly: “Chen Junnan, what kind of person are you exactly?”

“In a world full of good people, I want to be a villain.” Chen Junnan lowered his head and unlocked the chains around Xiao Ran’s neck. “In a world full of villains, I want to be a good person.”

He looked at Xiao Ran’s face, feeling somewhat emotional.

“You all help unlock the chains too…”

The three people walked around the room, rescuing these emotionless “natives.” These chains were merely simply wound around their necks, yet they were completely unable to break free like walking corpses.

Before long, all the chains had been removed from their necks, yet not a single person moved.

“Hey!” Chen Junnan shouted loudly. “You’re free now. You can leave.”

The girls in the room made no movements at all. This made Chen Junnan momentarily think they were deaf.

After quite a while, Xiao Ran, who was sitting beside the throne, slowly raised her head and said: “Bad person…”

“What?” Chen Junnan turned to look at her.

“Bad person… I won’t leave…” Xiao Ran said with unclear speech. “I’ll wait for master to return…”

Chen Junnan looked at Xiao Ran, the corners of his mouth turning up as he said: “Do as you please. I’ve done my utmost duty.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a girl standing by the wall actually began to slowly move her feet, walking toward the stairs. Then came the second one, the third one.

About half of the twenty-some people walked toward the stairs, then moved their feet like robots and left the room.

“Let’s go too.” Chen Junnan turned back to Yun Yao and Xu Qian and said, “We’ve given them the choice.”

Xu Qian looked somewhat perplexed at the few girls remaining on the scene: “Really no need to worry about them anymore…? There, there are even teenage children here…”

“Qian-jie, although I’m a good person, I’m far from being that good.” Chen Junnan said. “I only do what’s within my capabilities.”

When the three people left the basement, they felt that even the air of the “Land of Terminus” had become incredibly fragrant.

It was hard to imagine these girls spending all day with excrement and corpses in a completely sealed room. Fortunately, they had long since lost consciousness, otherwise they would have gone insane too.

After those few girls who came out exited, they looked around left and right, then slowly dispersed in different directions. Meanwhile, Yan Zhichun in her white clothes was still standing here.

“You…?” Yun Yao looked at her questioningly. “You didn’t leave?”

After hearing this, Yan Zhichun smiled calmly, reached out to stroke her long hair, and said: “You three chivalrous people are quite bold. You threw the ‘Dao’ here without leaving anyone to guard them for you, and just directly ran down to the basement? If I lock the door and take all the ‘Dao’ away, what would you do?”

Several people stared cautiously at Yan Zhichun, not knowing what she intended to do.

After Yan Zhichun finished speaking, she looked at the few women who had walked away: “But I must say you truly did a good deed… this can also be considered protecting the ‘Land of Terminus.'”

Xu Qian thought for a while and asked: “You… were you deliberately staying here to guard our rear?”

“Not exactly…” Yan Zhichun shook her head, then looked at Chen Junnan. “I remember earlier someone told me not to leave after this ends because he wanted to treat me to a meal.”

“Huh?” Chen Junnan suddenly remembered something and hurriedly walked forward two steps. “Zhichun-jie, why would I only treat you to a meal…?”

“Hm?” Yan Zhichun smiled as she looked at him. “Is there something else?”

“Zhichun-jie, do you want a husband or not?” Chen Junnan smiled weakly. “If you want a husband… as long as you open your golden mouth… I’ll send you one…”

Before he finished speaking, his eyelids gradually drooped, and his entire body pitched forward.

Both Yun Yao and Xu Qian were far from Chen Junnan and couldn’t catch him in time.

Just as Chen Junnan was about to fall face-first onto the ground and break his nose, Yan Zhichun suddenly raised her hand. At the same moment, the unconscious Chen Junnan also raised his hand, steadily supporting his body with his palm.

Yan Zhichun then pushed her hand forward, controlling Chen Junnan’s body to flip over. Like turning over in sleep, he slowly lay down on the ground.

The three women looked at Chen Junnan lying on the ground covered in blood, not knowing what to do for a moment. They didn’t even know if he was still alive.

Yun Yao was the first to step forward, squat down, and feel his neck. Although very weak, there should still be a pulse at this time.

“I’m taking him back.” Yun Yao said. “He’s the hero who killed Earth-Snake this time. I want him to become the king of ‘Heaven’s Gate.'”

After speaking, she looked up at Yan Zhichun and Xu Qian: “Can you help me?”

The two women looked somewhat puzzled. Yan Zhichun paused and asked: “How are you going to get him back? There isn’t even a cart here.”

Without another word, Yun Yao took off her outer jacket, revealing the athletic tank top underneath: “I’ll carry him on my back.”

“Carry?”

Yun Yao squatted down with her back to Chen Junnan, pulled his arms over her shoulders, then used her removed jacket as a rope to tightly bind her waist and Chen Junnan’s waist together. Then with a burst of strength, she lifted Chen Junnan onto her back.

Only then did Xu Qian and Yan Zhichun realize that although Yun Yao looked thin, her legs and arms had obvious muscle definition. She appeared to have received professional training.

Yun Yao didn’t acknowledge Xu Qian but instead turned to look at Yan Zhichun and said: “I don’t know what your stance is, but if you want to play tricks, you’ll probably die at my hands.”

“Is that so…?” Yan Zhichun’s expression still carried a kind smile, yet revealed a dangerous aura. “My ‘stance’? I’m with ‘Extreme Path.'”

Hearing these two words, Yun Yao’s expression turned cold. After all, in this land, what she hated most was “Extreme Path.”

“Those whose paths differ cannot work together.” Yun Yao said. “Go on your own way.”

“Ha.” Yan Zhichun found Yun Yao interesting. “Sister, the person who invited me wasn’t you, so you have no right to drive me away either.”

Xu Qian felt the tension between the two was rather intense. They seemed to have some grudge, but she didn’t know what to do about it at this moment.

“If you two keep delaying… Chen Junnan will die.” Xu Qian said. “Should we first take him to treat his injuries?”

Yun Yao knew Xu Qian’s words made sense. She came back to her senses and walked to Earth-Snake’s corpse, reached out to grab his aged and shriveled snake head, and walked out of the room while carrying Chen Junnan on her back.

Yan Zhichun and Xu Qian also followed behind her, leaving this hair-raising, foul-smelling venue.