“Ah…?”

“Don’t worry,” Chen Junnan saw that the eyes of several people were still filled with concern and could only smile and say, “Although I locked the door this round, that rabbit bastard also has no way to immediately appear before me. After all, after he ‘unlocks’ and ‘opens the door’ in the same round, he can’t move either.”

“But you’re fighting alone. Even if that rabbit takes a detour, he’ll find you,” Cui Shisi said.

“Have you played ‘Go’? One black stone cannot surround one white stone. Don’t worry,” Chen Junnan turned his head to say to everyone. “Time is of the essence—you all set out. Remember…”

Chen Junnan gave everyone a meaningful look, then pulled out from his pocket that metal small cane that looked like a hairpin and waved it before everyone. The tip of this cane was stained with quite a bit of black mud.

After hearing this, several people cautiously looked at the iron rod before them and nodded one after another.

They needed to hurry to room “Fourteen” to search for the last “magical treasure.”

Cui Shisi turned back and gave Shier and Shisan a look. The three people successively entered the distant room “Fourteen” and turned back to close the room door, but this time they didn’t “lock” it.

Chen Junnan slowly narrowed his eyes in the room, mentally calculating the movements of others as much as possible. Jiang Shi was in the room right in front of him, and Shier to Shisi had already set out as an independent unit.

Then… what about Song Qi?

They had now released Earth-Rabbit from the “starting point,” and Song Qi clearly knew that Earth-Rabbit had chosen Jiang Shi… So how would he move?

Chen Junnan walked to the side, facing Song Qi’s room, and looked toward the door inside, only to discover the room was empty. It seemed Song Qi had also already begun taking action.

But where did he go?

“Little Song, you… probably can’t understand my tactics, right? Where did you go?”

At this moment, the broadcast sounded again in the room. The “Participants'” turn had ended, and next was Earth-Rabbit’s turn.

Although he left the room where Jiang Shi was located, he didn’t directly open his own door… Thinking about it carefully, this matter was also within reason. After all, this door before him was blocked by himself. If he didn’t want to be in a stalemate, Earth-Rabbit could only change his direction of advance.

Otherwise, after countless times of “unlocking” and “locking,” he would still be like in a stalemate with a “close-door disciple.”

“That means you, kid, have now moved from room ‘Five’ to room ‘Nine’ or the starting point ‘One,’ or even farther…” Chen Junnan scratched his head, feeling his brain cells were running low. “Are you preparing to attack me from my side?”

After the “Zodiac’s” turn ended, he stepped forward and locked the south-side room door as well.

Chen Junnan’s room had four doors. Now two of them were locked, and these two doors should both be directions from which Earth-Rabbit would attack.

But did he really need to escape?

“The participants’ ‘lock door’ and ‘move’ both use two action opportunities, right…?” Chen Junnan smiled slightly, suddenly having a strange idea in his heart.

From a normal perspective, the best method now was to flee, making Earth-Rabbit lose track of his movement position.

But if he chose to flee now, Earth-Rabbit would lose an accurate attack target, and everyone on the “Cat” team would fall into danger.

He had already performed a “lock” just now, and now only had one action opportunity left.

“Then let me completely confuse you. If you come chase me, then I’ll also go chase you.”

Chen Junnan walked forward a few steps and opened the door he had locked in the previous round with a “click.”

“Dead rabbit…” Chen Junnan smiled. “Now this door is open… Are you coming or not? Oh, sorry, I forgot you’ve already left this room… Can you still make it back?”

After waiting a while, there was no response from the surrounding rooms. Only the hoarse broadcast slowly sounded.

The “Participants'” turn ended again, and the “Zodiac” began to act.

Chen Junnan’s heart rose to his throat. This unlocking was purely gambling.

If Earth-Rabbit had only moved one space in the previous round, then his action power this round would be sufficient to support him in performing “move,” “open door,” “move,” and then arrive before him. After all, the predator’s “move” only consumed one action point—only “unlock” consumed two.

In this way, Earth-Rabbit would directly meet him and walk into the room where he was.

But… would things be like this?

Chen Junnan gave a wicked smile. “How impatient of a person are you…? You really want to kill me. I don’t believe you only moved one space in the previous round.”

After waiting for about several minutes, the broadcast sounded again. The “Zodiac’s” turn had ended.

Chen Junnan carefully opened the door before him and found only Jiang Shi, who was gradually regaining consciousness, on the ground. Earth-Rabbit wasn’t here.

This meant Earth-Rabbit knew he couldn’t enter his room from Jiang Shi’s room, so he chose to take a detour. But Earth-Rabbit hadn’t expected Chen Junnan would boldly advance following his footsteps. Whether he now returned along the original path or continued taking the long way around, he would waste an extra round’s time.

“Are you close to room ‘Fourteen’…?” Chen Junnan smiled. “But you probably won’t go directly to ‘Fourteen’ to kill my teammates, right? After all, as long as the whistle around your neck is still there, there’s no need to intercept us in advance. You just need to wait for us to come find you…”

Thinking of this, Chen Junnan directly walked into room “Five” before him. In this room was little Jiang Shi, grimacing in pain.

“Foolish leader…” Little Jiang Shi’s eyes on his head shook a bit. “Why did you come in… That rabbit hasn’t gone far. It’s very dangerous for you here…”

“Dangerous is exactly right…” Chen Junnan smiled. “I’ve always been the most dangerous one in this game. It doesn’t matter.”

He helped little Jiang Shi’s body up and roughly checked his injuries. The only thing visible was his right leg fracture. Other places were probably all internal injuries—there was no way to see the condition from the surface.

“Can you still stand up?” Chen Junnan asked.

The next second produced a sense of incongruity. Jiang Shi’s physical body didn’t speak. Instead, the distant head opened its mouth. “My leg hurts a bit.”

“Oh my goodness… gave me a fright…” Chen Junnan leaned Jiang Shi’s body against the wall, then walked to the other side and picked up his head.

This was Chen Junnan’s first time holding a separate and complete head in his palm. It had to be said, the human head was heavier than he imagined.

This human head looked slightly terrifying. The entire left side of the face had already been beaten off, but no fresh blood flowed out. The wound fracture areas all displayed a pitch-black color.

“Kid… I’ll hold your head and run in a bit…” Chen Junnan said.

“What’s the point of us running…” Jiang Shi helplessly shook his head. “I said you’re a foolish leader and you still won’t admit it… What are you going to do here now? You’ve already ‘moved’ and can’t ‘lock the door’… As long as that rabbit kills his way back, I might still be fine, but you’ll definitely meet your end here.”

“Which one of us is actually foolish?” Chen Junnan looked at Jiang Shi’s head with incomprehension. “What if I don’t ‘lock the door’? Can that rabbit just come over then?”

“Isn’t that right…”

“But aren’t you also a ‘Participant’?” Chen Junnan said with a furrowed brow. “What, after your head got knocked off, you can’t ‘lock the door’?”

“Ah… right… I can lock the door…” Jiang Shi laughed awkwardly. “I’ve used my ‘Echo’ a bit too much… Now I’m somewhat mentally confused…”

“Being confused doesn’t matter… We’re determined to win this game.” Chen Junnan slowly moved Jiang Shi’s head to his body. “This young master has a brilliant plan. Now I’m preparing to reattach your head for you.”