“You’re playing dirty with me…” Earth-Sheep pushed Earth-Tiger with an embarrassed expression, “Aren’t you just sending us two to our deaths?”

“What death?” Earth-Tiger said carelessly, “What are you afraid of? Afraid of the ‘Heavenly’?”

“You…” After hearing this, Earth-Sheep hurriedly turned back to look at the door. He felt like he wasn’t far from death now, “Can you lower your voice?!”

“I don’t care anyway…” Earth-Tiger said, “Originally I only wanted to drag you down with me. Now that Doggy is here too, let’s all three do it together.”

“What do you mean do it together…” Earth-Dog stood up with a “whoosh,” “Are you okay? Which eye of yours saw me wanting to do this with you?”

Seeing that Earth-Tiger’s expression didn’t look like he was joking, he looked toward Earth-Sheep: “What’s wrong with this Pei Qianhu anyway?”

“This…” Earth-Sheep’s eyes revealed a trace of hesitation, “It should be because of Brother Sheep’s matter…”

“What about Brother Sheep?” Earth-Dog looked at the two of them uncomprehendingly, “Isn’t Brother Sheep ‘Heavenly-Sheep’ now? Is he inciting you to rebel?”

“Don’t talk nonsense…” Earth-Sheep interrupted, “This matter has nothing to do with Brother Sheep at all. It’s purely Pei Qianhu acting on a whim.”

Under Earth-Sheep’s narration, Earth-Dog generally understood the full picture of the situation.

“What…?” After listening to Black Sheep’s account, Earth-Dog furrowed his brow slightly, “You suspect that Brother Sheep didn’t become ‘Heavenly-Sheep’… but instead turned into an ordinary participant?”

“It’s just speculation.” Earth-Sheep said, “But this Pei Qianhu, based on mere ‘speculation,’ is already ready to rebel.”

After listening, Earth-Dog still didn’t quite understand: “No… Pei Qianhu, why exactly? If you’re really certain that man called Qi Xia is Brother Sheep, shouldn’t you talk to him?”

“Damn it…” After hearing this, Earth-Tiger cursed under his breath, “What the hell am I supposed to talk about outside! Don’t you know your direct superior’s ears? What if he hears?”

“But you can’t talk about it here either!” After Earth-Dog finished speaking, he blinked, “No wait, you shouldn’t talk about this anywhere! Do you want to die?”

“What’s the problem?” Earth-Tiger said mockingly, “The ‘Heavenly’s’ physical qualities are the same as ours. They just have some strange abilities… I think as long as we’re ruthless enough, rebellion isn’t a problem at all…”

“No, no, no…” Earth-Dog shook his head frantically, “Pei Qianhu, listen to me first…”

“Go ahead.”

“Is it possible… that the reason we became ‘Zodiacs’ is to survive and escape?”

After Earth-Dog finished speaking, he looked at Earth-Sheep again. The two of them now had a common goal—to persuade Earth-Tiger to give up this idea.

“That’s right, Pei Qianhu.” Earth-Sheep nodded, “You being impulsive doesn’t mean we’re impulsive too. Isn’t it good to stay here and get promoted? You spent so long becoming Earth-level. Are you just going to throw it all away?”

“Are you two idiots?” Earth-Tiger asked impatiently, “We fundamentally can’t become ‘Heavenly-level’! Isn’t Brother Sheep’s example already right in front of us? As long as we kill enough people, even if the ‘Heavenly-level’ position above us is vacant, we’ll only turn into ordinary participants!”

“I already said this is just speculation!” Earth-Sheep became somewhat anxious, “Pei Qianhu, we don’t have one hundred percent certainty that Qi Xia is Earth-Sheep. Did you forget? Man-Snake said he would go confirm that person’s identity…”

“What else is there to confirm?” Earth-Tiger’s voice grew louder and louder, “You, me, and that dead snake—all three of us think he looks like him. We’re the people who understand Brother Sheep best! Would there be such a coincidence in this world?”

Neither could convince the other, so they could only fall into silence.

“Wait a minute…” At this time, Earth-Dog spoke up again. His expression was slightly different from before, “I’m not too concerned about this ‘rebellion’ thing anymore… You just said ‘we can’t become Heavenly-level.’ Is that statement true?”

After hearing this, Earth-Tiger nodded seriously: “Doggy, think about it yourself. In all these years since you became a ‘Zodiac,’ has any ‘Earth-level’ truly become ‘Heavenly-level’?”

“You can’t say it like that.” Earth-Dog answered, “The problem now is that we fundamentally aren’t together with the ‘Heavenly-level.’ How do you know those ‘Earth-level’ haven’t successfully promoted?”

“My brain only has one track!” Earth-Tiger said, “I haven’t seen a single one who ‘successfully promoted,’ but I’ve seen one who ‘failed to advance.’ In summary, the probability of ‘failed advancement’ is one hundred percent.”

“You…!” Earth-Sheep was choked speechless by Earth-Tiger’s bandit logic.

But Dog’s expression had completely changed at this point.

“Tiger… if we really can’t be promoted to ‘Heavenly-level’… then the situation will indeed be quite troublesome…” Earth-Dog’s expression gradually became serious, “I’ve been carefully struggling here all these years… If I don’t get a good ending in the end, then what do the people I killed before count as? What does the effort I put in count as? What’s the purpose of me going to work on time every day?”

“Earth-Dog, how could even you…” Earth-Sheep was stunned, “I remember you weren’t this kind of person…”

“Before, I could not care about everything because it didn’t touch my interests. As long as I could get off work on time, I had no other desires.” Earth-Dog shook his head, “But now, if the situation is truly as Tiger says… then I have to reconsider this matter…”

“You, you two calm down…” Earth-Sheep slowly extended his hand, “Although I now understand your thoughts, can you wait a bit longer?”

“Wait for what?” Earth-Tiger asked.

“Wait for Man-Snake to confirm Qi Xia’s identity…” Earth-Sheep said somewhat nervously, “There are at least a few more days, right?”

“What’s the significance of those few days?” Earth-Tiger said, “If that dead snake really confirms Qi Xia’s identity, that means he’ll also be drawn into this struggle. But he’s ‘Man’—although we three mutually dislike each other, do you really want him to die?”

“It’s fine even if he’s ‘Man’…” Earth-Sheep shook his head, “But at least wait first… We still need to wait a bit longer…”

“Old Black…” Earth-Tiger slowly stood up and walked in front of Earth-Sheep, “You seem a bit strange…? Isn’t the situation clear now? Either you agree, and we three discuss it together, or you leave now, and I’ll treat it as if you never came tonight. Can you understand what I’m saying?”

“No…” Earth-Sheep shook his head and said to the two of them with a very strange look, “I won’t leave, nor will I let you rebel.”

“Oh?” Hearing this, Earth-Dog sneered, “So that’s how it is… You can neither leave nor agree, which means you have a different plan… right?”