“I also have to make you calm down…?”

Qi Xia felt like he was a babysitter.

Not only did he have to lead these four problem members into danger, he even had to consider each one of their thoughts. If it weren’t for needing to borrow ‘Cat’s’ strength, he would never do this kind of thankless task.

“If I don’t calm down I’ll die.” Qiu Shiliu reiterated. “If your and Fifth Brother’s goal is ‘training troops,’ I feel I can’t die immediately. Although you’re not qualified to be our leader, I still need to give Fifth Brother face.”

“That’s the logic.” Qi Xia nodded. “But I won’t guarantee one hundred percent success. After all, my goal is only to make you obtain ‘Echo.’ Even if you burn to death on the spot after obtaining ‘Echo,’ my task is still complete.”

“Heh.” Qiu Shiliu sneered coldly, but veins were already bulging on her forehead. “I knew all along you wouldn’t be so kind-hearted… Which eye did Fifth Brother go blind in to make you our leader?”

After hearing this, Qi Xia’s expression also turned cold. He walked two steps forward to stand in front of Qiu Shiliu, staring coldly into her eyes, and said softly, “If you have objections, you can leave right now.”

“You…” Qiu Shiliu gritted her teeth and looked at Qi Xia, only feeling these eyes were somewhat frightening. “Why should I leave?”

“If you’re not leaving, then show me some respect.” Qi Xia said. “If you anger me, I have countless methods to make you die miserably in a game without any warning.”

Qiu Shiliu could say she had seen countless dangerous scenes in the ‘Land of the End,’ yet none had been more frightening than these eyes.

“What exactly do you do…?” Qiu Shiliu still frowned, but her tone had softened somewhat.

“I’m a liar who has caused countless people’s deaths.” Qi Xia answered. “Those who play mind games with me never end well.”

“A liar…?” Qiu Shiliu frowned in thought. “Then how do I know which of your words are true?”

“All my words could possibly be false.” Qi Xia said. “But I currently have no reason to let you all die, so in the games you must follow all my arrangements. I’m helping you only to give Qian Wu an explanation. Don’t think you’re that important to me.”

“You…”

“Hehehehe!” Wang Ba walked over and slapped Qiu Shiliu’s butt hard. “Sixteen! We’re comrades this time, we need to cooperate well!”

Qiu Shiliu was startled by Wang Ba’s action. Coming back to her senses, she immediately kicked him to the ground.

“You…” Qiu Shiliu said with an angry expression, “Are you fucking crazy?!”

“Ouch… forgot, forgot…” Wang Ba rolled on the ground, stood up with an aggrieved expression. “I almost forgot! Sixteen, you’re so manly, I always think you’re a man. Sorry, sorry! Hehe!”

Qiu Shiliu’s expression changed colors, seemingly wanting to reprimand him, but she had no real reason.

After hearing this, Zhou Liu swung her iron rod and slowly placed it on Wang Ba’s shoulder, saying coldly, “Tch, if you dare mess around again, I’ll make sure you don’t have a single tooth left when you go back today.”

“Hey! I know, I know!”

Qi Xia didn’t bother with these people, but instead looked at Qiu Shiliu. So she was a woman?

She had neat, clean short hair, sharp facial features, dark and slightly rough skin. She indeed looked closer to being male.

“It’s fine… Sister Six.” Qiu Shiliu said. “If this happens again, I’ll personally break his fingers.”

“Hehe… want to hold my little hand…?” Wang Ba extended his chubby palm forward. “If it’s Sixteen, you can break them right now.”

“You fucking…!”

Looking at this short, fat man, Qi Xia felt slightly troubled.

His ‘Echo’ trigger was ‘humiliation,’ but if a person’s face was this thick, what method could possibly humiliate him?

Qian Wu probably gave him the codename ‘Eight’ to indirectly trigger his ‘Echo’ from the side, but unexpectedly he was truly unusual, completely unaffected by anything.

“Stop arguing…” Qi Xia said in a deep voice. “Our time is very tight. Today we need to participate in as many games as possible.”

The group gradually stopped arguing and turned to look at him.

Luo Shiyi, who had been silent for a long time, also stepped forward two steps at this moment. “I’m saying… what game are we actually going to participate in?”

After hearing this, Qi Xia looked at the distant street and pointed his finger toward the end of the road. “We’ll walk straight along this road. The first ‘Earth-level’ Zodiac we see will be our target. How about it?”

The group looked at the road before them. They were active around the prison daily, so they were naturally somewhat familiar with this area. Walking forward, they should encounter a ‘Mouse.’

“Tch, ‘hide and seek’ type… that’s fine.” Zhou Liu nodded. “Qi Xia, Fifth Brother said you’re a very intelligent person. This is a good opportunity to let us see.”

“So you all know about that game?” Qi Xia asked.

“We’ve seen that ‘Mouse,’ but haven’t participated in his game.” Luo Shiyi said. “Are you confident you can keep all of us alive in that game?”

“No.” Qi Xia said decisively. “Are you all planning to rely solely on me for this kind of thing?”

“Aren’t you the leader?” Luo Shiyi said mockingly.

“Oh?” Qi Xia turned to look at him. “Although I’m the leader, we have five people after all. You once traded life for life and still didn’t win an ‘Earth-Tiger’ game. With a teammate like you, how am I supposed to win?”

“You…”

Luo Shiyi hadn’t interacted much with Qi Xia last time. His mind was full of that flower-armed man who had removed his ‘Forget Worry,’ but now it seemed this man called Qi Xia was equally difficult to deal with.

He was impervious to both soft and hard approaches, extremely opinionated.

“Qi Xia, right?” Luo Shiyi said. “The reason we have such a big problem with you is because I heard you only retained two cycles’ worth of memories. But do you know how long we’ve retained ours?”

“I know.” Qi Xia said.

“We can form a squad and act with you—that’s already giving Fifth Brother plenty of face.” Luo Shiyi said. “Fifth Brother has lived and died with us for several years, definitely not comparable to someone like you with only twenty days of memory. No matter how strong you are, don’t expect me to look at you with new eyes after just one day.”

“I never thought that way.” Qi Xia said. “I’m just repaying Qian Wu a favor, triggering your Echoes for him.”

“That’s best then.” Luo Shiyi nodded. “Your team is indeed very strong, but to us they’re outsiders after all.”

“Yes.” Qi Xia nodded. “To me, you’re all outsiders as well.”

The group’s atmosphere was oppressive for a while. Having nothing more to say, they all headed toward the depths of the road.