“Your memories aren’t connected?” Qi Xia asked.

“It appears not at the moment.”

“That means you two have no way to know each other’s thoughts, and naturally can’t synchronize memories either…”

“No…” Chen Junnan raised his hand to interrupt Qi Xia, “Speaking of ‘communication’… there actually is a method that allows us two to know each other’s thoughts.”

“What?”

After hearing this, Chen Junnan smiled slightly. He pulled out a piece of paper from his shirt pocket and unfolded it in front of Qi Xia.

“Because I’ve died too many times, I have a habit of leaving behind a will… Originally, this will was meant for you, but through a twist of fate, it returned to my own hands.”

Qi Xia leaned forward to look. The will was written very hastily—he didn’t know if Chen Junnan’s handwriting was naturally like this, or if he had been in a state of panic when writing this will.

…

Old Qi, when you see this letter, I’m probably dead.

How about that?

Did that opening give you a scare?

Hahahaha.

This young master is planning to take a stroll around Earth-Snake’s venue. If I come back alive, I’ll tell you about this young master’s great achievements. If I don’t come back, I’ll tell you next time—either way, you have to listen.

Of course, I also can’t rule out the possibility that in the heat of the moment I’ll gamble my life with him, in which case the outcome is hard to say.

No matter what happens, as long as this will is still here, you should be able to imagine this young master’s dashing heroic figure.

Oh right, I remembered what I wanted to say. Heavenly-Snake is extremely protective of his own. If I really do manage to take down Earth-Snake, there’s an eighty percent chance some bookworm will come looking for me. Since you all came from the same room as me, you might also be targeted.

In other words, as long as you see that bookworm, it proves that Heavenly-Snake has also left the train. And legend has it that Heavenly-Snake is Heavenly-Dragon’s capable assistant. If even Heavenly-Snake has left the train, it proves that all the other Heavenly-level have mobilized. This young master suggests you dig a tunnel to escape.

I’ve only seen three “Heavenly-level” Zodiacs, but each one is harder to deal with than the last.

But having said that, if Heavenly-Snake doesn’t appear, you must wait for me to return before taking action.

I suspect that in the entire “Land of the End,” I’m the only person left who has witnessed the methods of Heavenly-Horse and Heavenly-Tiger and still retains my memory.

That’s it then, yours truly.

Don’t bother replying, I won’t receive it anyway.

…

After reading this “will,” Qi Xia once again raised his head to stare into Chen Junnan’s eyes.

Yes, there was something he hadn’t mentioned.

Regarding the “Heavenly-level.”

Based on Chen Junnan’s account just now, their experiences weren’t sufficient to have encountered the “Heavenly-level.” So what reason did Chen Junnan have to know them?

“The three… people written here.” Qi Xia omitted unnecessary words and said to Chen Junnan, “Where did you see them?”

“Before you ‘disappeared.'” Chen Junnan answered, “At that time, half of those… people were mobilized, and they even initiated games.”

“What…?” Qi Xia raised his eyebrows, “What kind of games exactly?”

“Basically, you could say they were… ‘Shuffle Games.'” Chen Junnan sighed, “In their games, we didn’t need to consider how to ‘win’ at all. Being able to find a way to survive was already extremely fortunate.”

Just then, the figure leaning against the wall outside finally walked over.

Everyone turned to look. Qian Wu was standing there holding a cigarette.

Chen Junnan looked this woman up and down. He didn’t have any impression of her until his gaze stopped on the scar on her left cheek, and suddenly his face broke into a smile: “Qian Duoduo?”

“It’s me, Chen Dawa.”

Only now did Qi Xia and Qiao Jiajin finally confirm that this woman who seemed so deep and calculating was actually named “Qian Duoduo.”

“Little Qian Bean!!” Chen Junnan looked exceptionally happy. He took two steps forward and grabbed Qian Wu’s shoulders, “You still remember this young master! This trip wasn’t in vain!”

At this moment, Qian Wu suddenly transformed into a man, her physique looking exactly the same as Chen Junnan’s.

“Wow, you kid have ‘Echo’ going?”

“Yes, I feel somewhat apologetic—I’ve been eavesdropping outside for so long…” Qian Wu smiled at Chen Junnan.

“What kind of talk is that? The fact that we can chat about these things here means we don’t consider you an outsider.” Chen Junnan laughed it off.

“I understand.” Qian Wu nodded, then looked at everyone with a heavy expression, “I just heard you mention ‘games.’ I just wanted to remind you all that it’s getting late today. You’d better rest early.”

After saying this, he turned to look at everyone in the room, then furrowed his brow forcefully.

Qi Xia understood what Qian Wu meant.

The topic he and Chen Junnan were currently discussing was somewhat sensitive. Any sentence might be monitored.

But what exactly did this “monitoring” mean?

He had once, without any guard, sworn earnestly to Chen Junnan on the rooftop of “Heaven’s Mouth” that he was that “enormous Echo.” If someone was really monitoring them, he would have already been taken away by the “Heavenly-level” by now.

In other words… what they said only “might” be monitored.

“I think you’re right…” Qi Xia nodded and also gave those around him a look, “It’s very late today. We really should rest.”

Chen Junnan and Qiao Jiajin both nodded.

“Right, it really is getting late today. I’ll go find a place to rest first.” Chen Junnan patted Qi Xia and Qiao Jiajin on their shoulders.

“Liar boy… then I’ll be going too.” Qiao Jiajin also stood up, looked back at Qian Wu, nodded at him in acknowledgment, and the two of them left the cell together.

Only Qi Xia and Zheng Yingxiong remained in the room.

Qi Xia was just about to find a place to rest when he noticed something was wrong with the child before him.

He kept wiping his nose, and his cheeks were already smeared with fresh blood.

“Hey…” Qi Xia furrowed his brow, “What’s wrong with you?”

“I’m fine…” Zheng Yingxiong sniffed, making the nosebleed stop for a few seconds, but it quickly flowed out again, “It’s an old problem… I’ve always been like this…”

“What kind of old problem is this…?”

Qi Xia helped Zheng Yingxiong sit down in a chair, tilted his head forward, then reached out to pinch his nose.

“Do you get nosebleeds often?”

“Mm…” Yingxiong answered in a small voice, “What are you doing? Shouldn’t I tilt my head back?”

“You shouldn’t.” Qi Xia answered, “When you can’t stop a nosebleed, tilting your head back will cause all the blood to flow back into your stomach. Not only will this fail to coagulate the blood, it could also damage your gastrointestinal tract and trachea.”

“Really…?”

Qi Xia pinched Zheng Yingxiong’s nose. After one minute, he furrowed his brow.

Under normal circumstances, when a nosebleed occurs, pinching the nose and waiting for the blood to naturally coagulate can stop it. But this child’s nosebleed seemed to be getting worse and worse. It had already begun to flow out from between Qi Xia’s fingers.

“This doesn’t seem like an ordinary nosebleed. It’s like you’re injured…”

Qi Xia let go. Zheng Yingxiong’s nasal cavity instantly spilled a large pool of fresh blood. This blood had no intention of coagulating at all—instead, it kept flowing.

He was stunned for a moment and could only hurriedly tear off a strip of cloth to stuff into Zheng Yingxiong’s nose.

“I’m fine… I’m really fine…” Zheng Yingxiong kept waving his hands, “This nosebleed will stop flowing after it flows for a while…”

Qi Xia looked at Zheng Yingxiong and couldn’t help but sigh.

Could it be that because this child had “Spirit Smell,” his nose was getting injured?