“Twin Flowers”…?

Qi Xia turned his head once again to look at Zheng Yingxiong. He felt that this child’s ability was extraordinarily outstanding.

He was practically like a mobile “display screen,” actually able to know the names of other people’s “echoes.”

Qiao Jiajin and Li Shangwu stared blankly at Qian Wu, watching helplessly as he transformed from a woman into a man. Such a situation was rare even in movies.

“You… you really are a pervert?” Qiao Jiajin felt that even the liquor in his mouth wasn’t as sweet anymore.

“No.” Qian Wu shook his head. “I am ‘Twin Flowers’ Qian Wu. One of my abilities is to change my own form.”

Qi Xia looked up at Qian Wu at this moment. Although his body shape had changed in an instant, in the “Land of End,” there was nothing that couldn’t be accepted.

“Why can’t we gather three thousand six hundred ‘Dao’?”

After hearing this, Qian Wu calmed his breathing slightly, then released his grip on Qi Xia’s hand, leaned back, sat properly again, and replied, “Qi Xia, don’t you find it strange? What exactly is ‘Dao’? Where does it come from, and what use does it have? What will happen after we gather three thousand six hundred ‘Dao’?”

“I don’t know, but since someone established the rules, we’ll follow the rules.”

“You’re wrong.” Qian Wu shook his head. “I can only tell you that ‘Dao’ is the greatest deception of the Land of End. Once a ‘Participant’ collects three thousand six hundred, both Heavenly Dragon and Qinglong will appear. They will erase everyone’s memories, kill all those in sight, then reshuffle the entire ‘Land of End.’ Everyone will be as if they just arrived here. This is the so-called ‘way out.'”

Both Qiao Jiajin and Li Shangwu slowly raised their eyebrows, feeling that things had exceeded their expectations.

Everything seemed somewhat incredible, yet also perfectly logical.

So the three thousand six hundred “Dao” wasn’t an escape route at all, but a path of destruction.

“Qi Xia, you should also know that the ‘Land of End’ has possibly existed longer than our ages combined. How could no one have collected three thousand six hundred ‘Dao’?”

Qi Xia nodded silently. “Indeed.”

He knew that even his past self should have collected three thousand six hundred “Dao.” As long as one could thoroughly understand the rules, this wouldn’t be difficult for him to accomplish.

“As long as you wander here long enough, you’ll discover that everyone’s memories have uniform gaps.” Qian Wu slowly frowned, as if recalling some sorrowful matter. “Some people’s memories are preserved for seven years, some for five years, and some only for two years.”

After hearing this, Li Shangwu was slightly stunned and said, “You mean… the reason everyone uniformly retains memories from these specific time points is precisely because someone collected three thousand six hundred ‘Dao’ at those times?”

“Exactly.” Qian Wu nodded. “Some members of the ‘Cat’ team retained five years of memories, while the majority only retained two years. Those who retained seven years or more… only me.”

Li Shangwu wanted to ask something more, but Qi Xia silently placed his hand on his arm, interrupting him.

“Qian Wu, why are you able to escape the ‘reshuffle’ every time?” Qi Xia asked. “You escaped the reshuffles from seven years ago, five years ago, and two years ago?”

After hearing this, Qian Wu blinked, then pulled out a cigarette from the pack on the table and lit it.

“My ‘echo’ has a special function that allows me to escape during the ‘reshuffle.'”

“So what you’re implying… is that your memories represent the entire history of the ‘Land of End’?”

“No. As I just said, the Land of End may have existed longer than both our ages combined. I just happened to discover a method to escape the ‘reshuffle’ ten years ago. As for memories from even further back, I couldn’t preserve those either. But this method is my way of survival—I cannot possibly reveal it.”

After hearing this, Qi Xia silently narrowed his eyes, thinking about something.

“Qi Xia, this time I’ve revealed everything I know in order to hear your plan.” Qian Wu sighed and continued, “If I think your plan is feasible, I’ll bring all of ‘Cat’ to risk our lives together with you.”

“Oh?” Qi Xia supported his chin, carefully weighing the truth and falsehood of each of Qian Wu’s sentences, then said, “I remember that ‘Cat’ is a mercenary group, right? You’ve stayed here taking people’s money and doing their work, but now you want to leave?”

After hearing this, Qian Wu turned to look at Song Qi, Zhou Liu, and Nineteen, then answered, “Perhaps only we few know about this matter…”

“What matter?”

“The Participants of the ‘Land of End’ are gradually decreasing. If we don’t quickly find a way out, everyone will be trapped here forever. But rashly going to war with ‘Heavenly Dragon’ is absolutely not a wise move. We can only wait for an opportunity.”

“Is that so…?” Qi Xia lifted his head slightly. “Your Cat ranks from ‘Five’ to ‘Twenty-One’—that’s seventeen people at most. You said that what ten thousand people couldn’t accomplish back then, seventeen people can accomplish now?”

“At that time, I didn’t understand anything—I only knew to follow behind you. But now it’s different.” Qian Wu slowly smoked, exhaling the smoke into the center of the room. “Qi Xia, ‘Cat’ is a well-trained team capable of accomplishing any mission.”

“Then why wouldn’t I seek Chu Tianqiu’s help instead?” Qi Xia asked. “He wants to kill ‘Heavenly Dragon’ even more than you do. Moreover, ‘Heaven’s Mouth’ has far more people than ‘Cat’—almost double your numbers.”

Upon hearing this sentence, the several “Cat” members present all showed disdainful expressions. Zhou Liu even spat out the chewing gum she’d been chewing for quite some time onto the floor, lifted her head, and said viciously to Qi Xia, “Tch! What are you talking about? No matter how many people ‘Heaven’s Mouth’ has, they’re just rabble. They’re not united enough—can’t you see that?”

Qian Wu reached out and patted Zhou Liu, instantly transforming back into a woman. “Zhou Liu, there’s no need.”

“Tch, Fifth Brother, look at what this guy is saying?” Zhou Liu seemed to feel it wasn’t enough and spat on the ground again. “I’ve given you plenty of face, haven’t I? I haven’t said a word since entering, but does his attitude look like he’s having a proper conversation?”

Qian Wu frowned slightly and said, “Zhou Liu, pick up the chewing gum. It’s not easy to clean when spat on the floor.”

After hearing this, Zhou Liu took a heavy breath, then picked up the chewing gum through gritted teeth.

Qian Wu turned back to Qi Xia and said, “Qi Xia, I’ve actually always been curious—why would you join Chu Tianqiu’s camp? Do you and he… really get along?”

Qi Xia knew that Qian Wu’s words had hidden meaning. He could only nod and say, “Chu Tianqiu is a very interesting person. He’s concealed many things from me.”

“Yes…” Qian Wu smiled. “It seems you also know that Chu Tianqiu isn’t someone at the ‘two-year’ tier.”

“Of course he isn’t.” Qi Xia also smiled. “Although he’s been deceiving me all along, my ultimate goal doesn’t conflict with his, so we can temporarily stand in the same camp.”