Could “Yu Nian’an” truly not exist…?

“She’s the path I left for myself…?” Qi Xia bent down to look at the ground, constantly pulling at his own hair with both hands. He felt that something seemed quite wrong with the situation.

His entire life was only twenty-six years, and Yu Nian’an occupied seven of those years. This “backup plan” was left far too realistically!

Before Yu Nian’an existed, what was his reason for wanting to escape?

Assuming he truly created Yu Nian’an, then which path did he leave for himself?

Qi Xia felt that he was communicating with his past self from seven years ago, ten years ago, through a hidden thread of clues.

But he also clearly understood that his own thoughts couldn’t be so easily penetrated.

What exactly was his former self trying to express?

Was Yu Nian’an really created?

“Impossible… I don’t believe it.” Qi Xia shook his head and muttered to himself. “Even if it’s ‘Endless Rebirth,’ it absolutely couldn’t create a person who doesn’t exist at all…”

Qi Xia knew that for all abilities in the “Land of End” to activate successfully, his subconscious must necessarily believe that the matter was real. If he had never seen Yu Nian’an, how could he create her?

Why would his subconscious think that a non-existent person truly existed?

How could he be certain of Yu Nian’an’s personality and appearance?

Qiao Jiajin knew Qi Xia’s nature. Whenever he fell into deep thought, he often displayed this self-forgetting demeanor, so he could only quietly watch from the side.

At this moment, Qian Wu picked up the bottle in front of Qiao Jiajin and poured herself half a glass, then spoke up. “But Qi Xia, I heard from Song Qi that you ‘echoed’ this time. But for some reason, the sound of your ‘echo’ this time was extraordinarily loud, directly alarming all the ‘Zodiacs’ on the entire train.”

After hearing this, Qi Xia interrupted his train of thought and slowly raised his head to look at Qian Wu. At this moment, another question arose in his mind. “Qian Wu, you say I ‘echoed’—so then, can one person simultaneously have two types of ‘echoes’?”

Qian Wu took a shallow sip of liquor, then shook her head. “I haven’t heard of such a situation. I only know that people at the ‘Divine Beast’ level can simultaneously possess multiple skills similar to ‘echoes,’ but are you a ‘Divine Beast’?”

Qi Xia knew he definitely wasn’t a “Divine Beast.” Right now he wasn’t even a “Zodiac.”

But why wasn’t his “echo” this time an ordinary two-character “echo”?

What was “Endless Rebirth”?

Qian Wu noticed that Qi Xia’s expression wasn’t quite right. After pondering briefly, she put down the wine glass she had brought to her lips. “Qi Xia… could you actually create two ‘echoes’? What you ‘echoed’ this time… is different from before?”

Qi Xia knew that Qian Wu was definitely not ordinary. There was no need to continue concealing it, so he nodded to this Qian Wu who appeared to be a woman. “That’s right. My echo this time is ‘Endless Rebirth.'”

As soon as these words left his mouth, he expected to be doubted, but Qian Wu nodded seriously.

“As I expected…” Her lips moved slightly. “No wonder the entire ‘Land of End’ has never heard such a sound. To think it has four characters… was all this planned by your former self?”

“Planned by my former self…?” Qi Xia felt this reason was hard to establish.

Could it be that each time he left himself a different path, the ultimate purpose was to create a four-character “echo”?

But no one in the “Land of End” had ever heard of or seen a four-character “echo.” How could he possibly work toward that direction?

Looking at it now, his experiences in the Land of End could be divided into four stages.

The first stage roughly occurred from the beginning until ten years ago. He possessed an ordinary two-character “echo.” After experiencing who knows how long, he finally launched a decisive battle against “Heavenly Dragon” on a certain day ten years ago, leading ten thousand Participants to lose utterly and completely. After this time, he also lost this two-character “echo.”

The second stage was roughly between ten years ago and seven years ago. During this time, although he had become an “Unfortunate One,” he and teammates like Qiao Jiajin and Chen Junnan frequently operated in the “Land of End.” They defeated numerous “Zodiacs,” and during this period he also formulated his next tactic—to become a “Zodiac.” Perhaps fearing Qiao Jiajin and Chen Junnan would worry, or perhaps having other thoughts, Qi Xia concealed this fact.

The third stage was roughly from seven years ago until thirty-some days ago. During this time, he had been a “Sheep,” but this path didn’t let him escape. Instead, it knocked him back to his original form once again.

Now was the fourth stage.

If asked what was different about this experience from before, it would naturally be “Endless Rebirth.” This was a new situation that had never appeared in other stages. Could all paths lead here?

Seeing Qi Xia constantly lost in thought, Officer Li turned to ask Qiao Jiajin, “Thug, what ability is ‘Endless Rebirth’?”

After hearing this, Qiao Jiajin shrugged and said, “Cop, I’m not too clear on the specifics either, but last time I was able to die and come back to life, thereby defeating all of ‘Cat’—it should have relied on Liar’s help.”

“You mean that huge pile of your corpses on the ground…?”

Only then did Song Qi suddenly realize. “What?! You’re saying that time when you kept dying and reviving relied on this ‘Endless Rebirth’?”

“Yeah.” Qiao Jiajin nodded blankly. “What else, a cloning machine?”

“Then what’s your ‘echo’?” Song Qi asked.

“I forgot the name.” Qiao Jiajin shook his head, then said with a serious expression, “It’s probably called something like ‘Hey You Pink Sausage Don’t Cheat’ or something.”

That single sentence stunned several people.

After hearing this, Qian Wu smiled slightly. “Your ‘echo’ is called ‘Break Ten Thousand Laws.'”

“Oh?” Qiao Jiajin glanced at Qian Wu. “You even know mine?”

“Of course.” Qian Wu nodded. “Once your ability activates, all the ‘Echo Users’ in the entire ‘Land of End’ must bow their heads. It’s just a pity it cannot restrain ‘Heavenly Dragon.'”

“Isn’t that enough then?” Qiao Jiajin smiled and stretched lazily. “Being able to protect the teammates beside me from harm by others is already enough for me. As for that ‘Heavenly Dragon’ you all keep talking about… I’ll leave it to you all to figure out.”

“Figure out…”

Qian Wu once again cast a complex gaze toward Qi Xia. If there truly was a method to deal with Heavenly Dragon, they could only rely on this—the only four-character “Echo User” in the entire “Land of End.”

“I’ve thought it through…” Qi Xia said. “I’ll find a way to gather those three thousand six hundred ‘Dao’ together and make ‘Heavenly Dragon’ appear.”