“What kind of talk is that?” Earth-Dog said. “The reason Su Shan is making her current choice is because she doesn’t understand this place.”

“But you don’t have the right to understand it for others either.” Zhang Chenze explained. “From my perspective, you’re making Su Shan choose something she understands even less. That’s not fair.”

“Hmph…” Earth-Dog snorted coldly, then turned around and said in a deep voice, “Su Shan, this is the first time I’ve seen you in all these years. Seeing that you’ve still lost your memory yet remain full of vitality, I’m happy for you. But in this place, trusting anyone will make you suffer.”

“Is that so?” Su Shan asked back. “But from what I can see, throughout this game, they’ve been protecting their teammates, while you’ve been doing everything possible to kill people.”

“But I didn’t kill you.” Earth-Dog said. “From start to finish, I never used a single ‘Calamity’ on you.”

Hearing this, Su Shan slowly frowned.

Could it be that her not receiving any “Calamity Lots” wasn’t just Earth-Dog’s tactics? Were there personal feelings mixed in as well?

“But you…” Su Shan was about to say more, but Earth-Dog directly pushed the door open and went out.

“Sorry, it really is too late. I’m going to miss the last bus.” Earth-Dog said from outside the door. “You all rest here for the night. Until we meet again by fate.”

“Can you tell me your name?” Su Shan asked one last time.

“Me…?” Earth-Dog blinked. “I’m just a stray dog who wants to slack off. I might bite people, but I won’t bite my own.”

He closed the door from outside, his figure disappearing into the darkness.

The four women finally breathed a sigh of relief. This game was truly over.

Now, apart from Su Shan, everyone else wasn’t in very good condition. Qin Dingdong and Lin Qin were injured, while Zhang Chenze could still pull locusts out of her hair.

“How are you all?” Su Shan looked at Qin Dingdong and Lin Qin.

“What do you think…?” Qin Dingdong shook her head helplessly. “One with internal injuries, one with external injuries. Are you going to channel your qi to heal us?”

“After all, you don’t look too well… I’m somewhat worried.”

Hearing Su Shan’s words, everyone turned to look at her. If anyone here looked worrying at first glance, it would be Qin Dingdong and Su Shan.

Her eyes were bloodshot, and two particularly conspicuous trails of blood hung on her face.

“What? Why are you looking at me?” Su Shan asked.

“Are you… are you alright?” Zhang Chenze asked with some concern. “Your eyes…”

Only then did Su Shan reach up to touch her own cheeks. When she turned her hand over to look, her fingertips were covered in fresh blood.

“What’s this…?”

“Don’t you feel uncomfortable?” Zhang Chenze asked again.

“Not really… I just feel things are a bit blurry before my eyes…” Su Shan wiped her cheeks with her sleeve, but after a few seconds, she felt her eyes stinging as well.

“At least we survived.” Su Shan paid it no mind and turned to look at Lin Qin and Qin Dingdong again. “You two are veterans. I want to ask, what level of achievement is it to have everyone survive in an ‘Earth-Level’ game?”

The two pondered carefully for a moment, then slowly frowned.

That’s right—having everyone survive in an Earth-Level game was an extremely rare occurrence. Although Earth-Level games didn’t necessarily kill all the “Participants” every time, they would definitely kill people.

After all, the purpose of every Earth-Level game was for the “Earth-Level” to use “Dao” to attract participants, then directly purchase their deaths.

“I have to say… full survival is very rare.” Qin Dingdong coughed lightly twice. “But there’s not much difference between my state and being dead, so I can’t give you a score. Your best choice should have been to let me die.”

“Perhaps I’m still not accustomed to the ‘survival rules’ here.” Su Shan explained. “I believe that as long as one is alive, they can do more things. It’s like when others are sleeping but I’m not—my every day becomes a bit longer than theirs.”

“What twisted logic…” Qin Dingdong sighed, found a corner to lean against and sat down. “We probably can’t get out tonight… We’ll need to spend the night here. If not for you, I could probably have had a good sleep…”

After hearing this, Zhang Chenze turned to look at her. “You all say you can’t go out at night… Is there something strange about this place at night?”

“Yes, you probably can’t imagine.” Qin Dingdong closed her eyes and leaned against the wall, answering softly. “Outside, there are people running all over the streets like insects.”

“People… like insects?” Zhang Chenze was slightly stunned, as if she had something to say.

CRASH!!

Before anyone could react, the door of a glass room was suddenly slammed open by something. The enormous sound reverberated within the room.

“Huh?”

Several people turned to look, only to see a black women’s suit jacket jump out from the room. Its two sleeves were propped on the ground, with the collar area raised up looking at everyone.

Not only did it look like a locust, but it was also crawling with actual locusts, making the several women feel their hair stand on end after just one glance.

“I almost forgot about this thing…” Su Shan frowned as she looked at the suit, then slowly widened her eyes. “Lawyer Zhang… how exactly did this thing come to be?”

Su Shan clearly saw a glowing locust outline on the suit.

“I’m not very certain…” Zhang Chenze said. “It seems like because I did something… I turned this piece of clothing into a ‘locust’…”

At this moment, Lin Qin and Qin Dingdong exchanged glances, feeling the situation was somewhat strange.

This clearly sounded like an “Echo,” but they had never seen this woman in their seven long years here.

If her “Echo” was this powerful, why had she been hiding for so long?

The image of Qi Xia surfaced in Lin Qin’s mind, while Qin Dingdong thought of Chen Junnan.

It seemed some strange things had happened, causing all the people from that room to never appear in the “Land of End.”

Su Shan took a deep breath, pulled Zhang Chenze behind her, then confronted the strange black suit.

Since the essence of this thing was “clothing,” Su Shan didn’t know how to kill it. She could only plant her feet firmly and display as much presence as possible.

Zhang Chenze frowned as she looked at the spotlight here. After thinking briefly, she walked to the wall and opened the door.

The outdoor air instantly rushed into the room, carrying the unique fishy stench of the “Land of End.”

The suit seemed to realize something as well. It turned to look at the pitch-black outdoors. After a moment of silence, it forcefully kicked off with its sleeves and jumped outside.

Zhang Chenze immediately locked the door behind it, and everyone’s suspended hearts finally settled down.

If their guess was correct, this locust-like suit would wander the “Land of End” forever. Because it wasn’t a living organism, the concept of “lifespan” didn’t apply to it.

“Although I killed you… I suppose I’ve also granted you eternal life…” Zhang Chenze said in a low voice. “This is fair.”