“Huh?” The three people looked at Qi Xia with shocked expressions. Although this plan wasn’t complicated, it sounded dangerous at every turn.

“You’re going to keep wagering life with opponents?!” Lin Qin asked. “That sounds way too…”

“This is the current solution,” Qi Xia said. “If you agree… we can start acting now.”

Qiao Jiajin thought for a while and said, “You liar, are you really not afraid of death?”

“I am afraid,” Qi Xia said. “But I must get out.”

Tiantian sighed and suddenly said with a very serious expression, “Qi Xia… you know I didn’t join this team because I trust you or want to rely on you. I came ‘here’ because ‘there’ couldn’t accommodate me.”

“I know,” Qi Xia nodded.

“So it’s very difficult for me to believe you’ll ultimately split the ‘Dao’ equally with me, and I don’t think I can defeat you at the final moment to become the only one who survives.”

“So?”

“So my cooperation with you is all temporary. If I feel the current situation is unfavorable to me, I’ll betray you at any time,” Tiantian smiled bitterly and said. “Although for me, surviving and dying here aren’t much different, if there’s hope, I’ll also fight for it. In summary, being together with you three is only to obtain my share.”

After hearing this, Qi Xia didn’t show any unusual expression. Instead, he nodded with some relief. “That’s very good.”

“Very good?” Tiantian blinked. “Wasn’t I clear enough? I’m only here for the ‘Dao.’ You don’t need to trust me too much either.”

“The most solid relationship in this world is an employment relationship,” Qi Xia said. “I have no objections.”

At this moment, Qiao Jiajin and Lin Qin looked at each other. Tiantian had already said it to this extent… could they really trust her?

“Since we’ve all reached an agreement, let’s set off.”

Tiantian seemed not to have expected Qi Xia would agree so readily, making her feel somewhat unsettled. But thinking carefully, what room did she have left to be deceived?

The four people, with different feelings in their hearts, advanced once more toward the depths of the city.

The silent city constantly exuded a dangerous aura. Qi Xia discovered they seemed to be continuously going deeper into the prosperous district.

Here they could faintly see some “natives” wandering on the desolate streets like walking corpses.

“The number of people seems to have increased…” Qi Xia murmured.

Not only were there various natives here, but they could also occasionally see animal masks standing in front of buildings. It seemed the deeper into the city they went, the more people they would encounter.

As Qi Xia was speaking, he saw a “native” holding a stack of papers, walking straight toward the four of them.

That person’s figure was as emaciated as the female clerk, like a skeleton.

Qiao Jiajin frowned and took a step forward.

Just as they thought there would be some danger, they saw that person hand a piece of paper to Qiao Jiajin, saying, “Learn more about swimming and fitness.”

Before Qiao Jiajin could reach out to take it, that person released their hand like a zombie, and the flyer fell to the ground.

But as if they saw nothing, they slowly walked away.

“Heroic Sword God?” Qiao Jiajin blinked. “What the hell is Heroic Sword God…”

He picked up the paper and looked at it. The writing on it had almost all worn off, looking very old.

“There are actually people distributing flyers here?” Tiantian found it somewhat incredible.

“Since there’s a clerk in the convenience store, it’s not strange to have flyer distributors on the street,” Qi Xia said.

“What are ‘flyers’?” Lin Qin asked.

This short sentence made all three people slightly stunned.

“What did you say?” Qi Xia thought he had misheard.

“I asked what ‘flyers’ are?” Lin Qin said it clearly again.

What are “flyers”?

The three people simultaneously cast strange looks at Lin Qin.

Was this a question a normal person could ask?

“You don’t know what ‘flyers’ are?” Qi Xia asked.

“I don’t know,” Lin Qin shook her head very naturally. “Do you all know?”

The three people didn’t answer, but doubt remained in their hearts.

This Lin Qin had been acting strangely from the beginning. She liked covering her mouth and nose, insisted on following Qi Xia, and now didn’t even understand the most basic common knowledge…

Could she… not be human?

Or rather… was she one of the “organizers”?

This terrifying thought began to swirl in Qi Xia’s mind.

If she really wasn’t human, what was her purpose?

“I say, Lin Qin…” Qi Xia finally spoke. If he didn’t figure out Lin Qin’s identity, he would never be able to feel at ease. “‘Flyers’ are common knowledge items. How could you not know about them?”

“Common knowledge?” Lin Qin’s expression was obviously puzzled. “Just because you three know about it, it becomes ‘common knowledge’?”

Qiao Jiajin interjected at this moment, “This isn’t about whether the three of us know or not. ‘Flyers’ aren’t rare things. Everyone should know about them. Why wouldn’t you?”

“Yes…” Tiantian also nodded. “Have you really never seen flyers?”

“You’re all really strange,” Lin Qin was getting annoyed by the questions. “I don’t know what ‘flyers’ are, so what? Are you going to suspect me because of this piece of paper?”

Qi Xia looked at the girl before him. Her behavior was truly difficult to understand.

If she was one of the “organizers,” having revealed such an obvious flaw, she should at least lie to cover this matter up. But looking at her, it didn’t seem like she was hiding anything—she was genuinely a bit angry.

She didn’t feel there was anything wrong with not knowing what “flyers” were.

Could she be innocent?

But what were the odds of a normal person not knowing what “flyers” were?

Qi Xia thought about it… if he had to say, there was indeed an extremely small probability that someone had never seen flyers. For example, if Lin Qin was a capitalist’s daughter who had frequented aristocratic venues since childhood, with cars picking her up and dropping her off. Or perhaps she had been studying abroad and only recently returned to the country.

But no matter how you looked at it, this probability was very small. Moreover… she was just a psychological counselor.

“So-called ‘flyers’ are advertisements printed on paper,” Qiao Jiajin told Lin Qin. “You’ve really never seen them?”

“No,” Lin Qin nodded very seriously.

Qi Xia didn’t know what to ask either and kept frowning in thought.

“Hey! Buddy!”

A shout suddenly came from across the street, startling several people.

Across the way, a man with glasses wearing very ragged clothes was waving, “Look over here! Buddy!”

This was the first time everyone had encountered other normal people here, so they couldn’t help feeling somewhat nervous.

Was this person friend or foe?

“Are you calling me?” Qi Xia tried to speak with the other party.

“That’s right! You’re also ‘good people,’ right?” The glasses-wearing man smiled.

“Good people?”

“Normal people,” the glasses-wearing man said. “Don’t you call yourselves that?”

Qi Xia paused and replied, “We don’t look like lunatics, do we?”

“Haha! I knew it!” The glasses-wearing man said with a laugh. “We found a pretty good game. Are you interested in joining us to earn some ‘Dao’?”

That person always maintained distance from Qi Xia and the others, seemingly also somewhat wary.

Qi Xia and Qiao Jiajin looked at each other, not knowing whether to trust the other party. But thinking more carefully, the rules of this place didn’t allow seizing “Dao,” so if the other party had ulterior motives, they could only “deceive.”

But when it really came to “deception,” Qi Xia had never feared anyone.