At this moment, Earth-Sheep also sat down in a somewhat dazed state.

Looking at it now, he had already entered Baiyang’s scheme within a scheme long ago.

“Which means…” Earth-Sheep said in a low voice, “Brother Yang even calculated in advance that he wouldn’t be promoted to ‘Heavenly’… He knew that as long as he became a ‘Participant’ again, no matter how much time passed, he would definitely meet either me or you. At that time, the path he had paved in advance would come into play.”

“That’s exactly it.” Earth-Tiger nodded. “I always thought you were smarter than me, but why did it take you so long to catch on this time?”

At this moment, Earth-Sheep was staring at the ground in a daze.

This feeling was very strange. He had been keeping this secret for Baiyang all along, only to discover in the end that he had been played… How helpless was this feeling?

“If your plan is this ambitious…” Earth-Dog slowly stood up, “just the three of us won’t be enough.”

“Indeed…” Earth-Tiger nodded. “We need helpers… we need more ‘Zodiacs’…”

“You’ve got to be kidding.” Earth-Dog glanced at him, his eyelids drooping. “With your terrible relationships, what kind of helpers can you find?”

“If I can’t do it, can you?” Earth-Tiger retorted.

“At least better than you.” Earth-Dog slowly walked toward the door. “After all these years in the workplace, the one thing I’ve learned is that ‘maintaining good relationships with colleagues is more important than pleasing the boss.’ I have several good candidates in mind. They’re all waiting to be promoted to ‘Heavenly,’ but unfortunately the ‘leadership’ never leaves, so the people below have no chance to move up.”

“Comparing this place to the workplace… aren’t you underestimating the ‘Train’ too much?” Earth-Sheep said. “Which ‘workplace’ allows you to kill your own boss?”

“You can compare it to whatever you want, I don’t care, but in my eyes this is a workplace.” Earth-Dog turned back to face the two again. “I’ve been hiding for so long, pretending to pose no threat to anyone, all for the purpose of climbing up. If I discover I have no hope of promotion, I will completely change my attitude. Now please give me a few days. I’m going to rally the other ‘hidden ones.'”

As soon as these words landed, Earth-Sheep’s expression became very heavy.

What was going on with this bizarre development?

Even if everything was as Earth-Tiger said, that this was arranged in advance by Baiyang, wasn’t it even stranger when you thought about it carefully?

This was clearly using him and Earth-Tiger as ‘pawns.’

What good ending could come from rebellion?

Once Earth-Tiger turned this place completely upside down, anyone connected to him would fall into an extremely dangerous situation. By that time, even if Baiyang’s true ‘plan’ was achieved… the three people in this room now would surely die without a doubt.

Earth-Sheep slowly closed his eyes, feeling that this matter needed more deliberation. If he rashly followed Earth-Tiger’s actions, the final outcome would definitely be plunging into the abyss.

“Brother Yang, I respect you from the bottom of my heart… don’t let me down…”

Earth-Dog opened the door and walked out. Earth-Sheep also slowly stood up.

“That’s it for today.” Earth-Sheep said. “For now, I won’t participate in any actions between you two… I need to observe.”

“Watch all you want.” Earth-Tiger muttered irritably. “Call my students in when you leave. Those stinking brats must be starving.”

…

The third long night descended.

Everyone who retained their memories seemed to feel that this place had become even stranger.

The turbid feeling in the air, the putrid smell became increasingly heavy, and rustling sounds crawled all over the walls outside.

Occasionally when the night wind blew through, it made the withered trees here rustle with a swishing sound. This rustling carried waves of putrid stench, then fled as if for its life toward the even darker distance.

Whether it was the people in the prison, the people in the school, or those forced to spend the night outside, they all looked at the pitch-black scene outside their windows together, vaguely feeling that something big was about to happen. The air was filled with an atmosphere of oppressive gloom.

When the sun rose on the fourth day, the people surviving here all painfully crawled up and embraced the fourth day’s sun.

Zhang Chenze hurriedly got up to check the condition of the several people in the room.

After all, aside from herself, the remaining three people all had injuries of various sizes on their bodies. Now that a night had passed, the situation might have worsened again.

She walked in front of Lin Qin and looked at Lin Qin’s broken leg. At this moment, below the knee had completely swollen up. She should need splint treatment immediately, but unfortunately they were currently in a glass shop and didn’t have suitable tools.

“Lin Qin, are you alright?” Zhang Chenze reached out to pull Lin Qin’s hand and discovered that both her hands were completely red, as if they were frostbitten.

“I’m alright…” Lin Qin smiled bitterly. “My whole body is in pain… but none are fatal injuries. You should check on Old Qin instead.”

Hearing this, Zhang Chenze nodded and walked toward Qin Dingdong. Qin Dingdong hadn’t woken up yet, so she could only reach out and touch Qin Dingdong’s forehead.

“Good… no fever… she should be fine…” Zhang Chenze gently shook her. “Dingdong, are you alright?”

Hearing this, Qin Dingdong slowly opened her eyes. Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly coughed violently, and after a few seconds, she spat out a large mouthful of bloody phlegm.

“Good heavens… I barely tolerated you saving me… and now you’re waking me up in the morning…” Qin Dingdong wiped the corner of her mouth and looked at Zhang Chenze. “Do you know there’s an idiom called ‘early rising ruins the whole day’?”

Zhang Chenze smiled bitterly. “What kind of idiom is that? I was just worried something happened to you…”

“Ah… alright, alright… don’t be too good to big sister, big sister has a soft heart…” Qin Dingdong waved her hand and managed to sit up, then looked in Su Shan’s direction. “How is Xiao Shan?”

“I’ll go check.”

Zhang Chenze rolled up her sleeves and came to Su Shan’s side, discovering that Su Shan was also sleeping.

“Su Shan?” Zhang Chenze shook her once. Zhang Chenze thought Su Shan’s condition should be better than the other two, but she shook her for a long time without seeing Su Shan wake up.

“What’s going on?”

Zhang Chenze voiced her confusion, then forcefully shook her again. “Su Shan, can you hear me?”

Seeing that Su Shan still had no response, Zhang Chenze reached out to touch her forehead and found it exceptionally hot.

“What’s wrong with her?” Qin Dingdong asked.

“I don’t know…” Zhang Chenze said with a furrowed brow. “She has a very serious fever…”

The two people moved their nearly broken bodies toward Su Shan and discovered that Su Shan had no injuries on her body, but at this moment both her cheeks were completely red, clearly indicating a high fever.

Just as several people were looking at Su Shan with worry, they discovered that her eyes were slowly opening.

The whites of her eyes were completely blood-red, and her pupils were also beginning to dilate like someone who had been dead for a long time.

“Mm…?” She was slightly startled, turned her head to look at several people. She looked at Zhang Chenze in front of her, and after a moment, she knitted her brow. “You all…”

“Su Shan, are you alright?” Zhang Chenze asked.

“I…” After hearing this, Su Shan forced out a smile. “What could be wrong with me?”

Lin Qin had rarely been in contact with Su Shan before and didn’t know what had happened to Su Shan. She could only turn her head to look at Qin Dingdong.

Qin Dingdong sighed, walked forward one step, and extended her own hand, making it into a fist. “Xiao Shan, tell me, how many fingers am I holding up?”