“Astrology Girl…?” Qiao Jiajin silently lowered his head. “Astrology Girl, she…”

Qiao Jiajin’s words caught in his throat, and the many “Cat” team members beside him also looked grief-stricken.

“She did very well.” Qian Wu was naturally not a fool and immediately raised his hand to interrupt. “Although I wasn’t at the scene, I know Ning Eighteen definitely did her utmost to help everyone. We look forward to her return next time.”

The “Cat” team members had naturally experienced this kind of scene countless times, and no one sank into sorrow again.

Qian Wu came back to his senses and asked Bai Jiu, “The bells rang frequently just now. How are your ‘Echoes’?”

Qian Wu learned about the current situation from everyone. Qi Xia’s team had all “Echoed” except for the leader.

In Qiao Jiajin’s team of seven, aside from those who had already “Echoed”—”Wild Growth” Ning Eighteen, “Silence” Yun Nineteen, and “Strong Wind” Qiu Twenty—only Qiao Jiajin had obtained “Echo.”

For the remaining members like Bai Jiu, Luo Fifteen, and Feng Seventeen, their “Echo Triggers” were mostly things like “physical and mental exhaustion,” “hunger,” and “fear of darkness,” which should be relatively easy to trigger compared to others. They just needed to lock these three people in separate dark rooms tonight and prevent them from sleeping, and by tomorrow morning they would likely all “Echo.”

“What about your team?” Qi Xia asked Qian Wu. “Have they all ‘Echoed’?”

“No.” Qian Wu shook his head. “My abilities are limited. The interns haven’t ‘Echoed’ at all, but…”

He turned back and gave Officer Li a look. Officer Li nodded and walked over.

“Qi Xia, I’ve already ‘Echoed.'”

Officer Li’s single statement made both Qi Xia and Qiao Jiajin freeze simultaneously.

“You…?” Qi Xia looked Officer Li up and down, discovering that he didn’t have a single scar on his body. “What the… Isn’t your ‘Echo Trigger’ ‘near death’?”

After Qi Xia finished speaking, he thought of something… Could it be precisely because he was in Qian Wu’s team that Officer Li could escape from his near-death state and recover his health?

“What?”

After hearing this, Qian Wu turned to Qi Xia and said, “This is indeed easily misunderstood. Only after spending enough time with Li Si would you know… His ‘Trigger’ isn’t ‘near death,’ but it has an inseparable connection with ‘near death.'”

After hearing this, Qi Xia frowned. He had been present both times Officer Li died. He pondered Officer Li’s two near-death states for a moment, thinking—could there have been other commonalities between these two deaths besides “near death”?

It couldn’t be “losing the right hand,” could it…?

Qi Xia lowered his head in recollection, and in just a few seconds, the answer had already surfaced.

Both times Officer Li was near death, he had said the same sentence—”Qi Xia, if I die, it will be my atonement.”

When he finished saying this sentence, his expression would instantly relax, his face no longer covered in gloom, and the “bell” would ring accordingly.

This was his true “Echo Trigger.”

“Officer Li needs to let go of the burden in his heart…” Qi Xia said softly. “In the past, you could only let go of your burden when approaching death… making us mistakenly believe your ‘Trigger’ was ‘near death’…”

“That’s right…” Officer Li nodded. “If it weren’t for Qian Wu, I might never have known that my true way of ‘Echoing’ could be this simple…”

Qi Xia nodded, knowing this was also a good thing. Officer Li had the same Echo as “Xuanwu,” and if it could be developed, it would definitely be powerful combat strength.

While everyone was conversing, an abnormally thin and small figure walked out from a nearby building. Qi Xia and Qiao Jiajin simultaneously looked toward the sound, and what emerged was actually a short Earth-Pig.

“Shape-shifter, rushing off so urgently to reincarnate and die… Don’t want your ‘Dao’ anymore?”

A gloomy, cold voice came from his small body, the tone full of impatience.

Without waiting for everyone to answer, Earth-Pig casually tossed out a cloth bundle that flew into the air.

Qian Wu watched the flying bundle without moving at all. In the next second, Luo Shiyi leaped high and caught it in his hands.

“Talking to our Fifth Brother like that, what kind of thing are you?” Luo Shiyi weighed the cloth bundle in his hands, revealing an arrogant expression as he asked.

“Oh…?”

Earth-Pig walked forward several steps and stood in front of Luo Shiyi. He was a full head shorter than Luo Shiyi, but his aura was extremely intimidating.

“And what kind of thing are you…?” Earth-Pig sneered. “A toad jumping on my foot—are you trying to disgust me?”

“I jumped, so what are you going to do about it?” Luo Shiyi turned back to hand the cloth bundle to Bai Jiu, his tone not yielding at all. “Not only am I going to jump on your foot, I also want to cripple one of your legs. Will you let me?”

“Heh…” Earth-Pig was clearly angered by Luo Shiyi and suddenly reached out to push Luo Shiyi to the ground. “What qualifications do you have to challenge me? Just because I can’t kill you doesn’t mean I can’t beat you, does it?”

“Damn it…”

Luo Shiyi had just stood up from the ground and hadn’t even opened his mouth to curse back when Zhou Liu had already stepped forward between the two of them. “Tsk, shorty, does pushing people down give you a great sense of accomplishment?”

“Yes.” Earth-Pig nodded. “Foolishly attempting to oppose a god with a mortal body—seeing you all so frail makes me want to laugh.”

“Strong Wind” Qiu Twenty also stepped forward. He reached out to pull up Luo Shiyi, then stood shoulder to shoulder with the two of them. “Laugh? You have a pig face and you still have the face to laugh? How dare you talk to my Sixth Sister and Eleventh Brother like that?”

The people who looked most arrogant on the entire scene now stood between everyone with swords drawn, making the rest shake their heads helplessly.

“Enough arguing.” Qian Wu’s voice came lightly, naturally commanding respect without anger. “Everyone come over and listen to my arrangements.”

After hearing this, the expressions on the faces of the three people who had been acting arrogantly and domineeringly toward Earth-Pig instantly restrained somewhat. The three of them unanimously spat on the ground beside Earth-Pig, then turned around and walked toward Qian Wu. Only Qi Xia was still observing this short Zodiac from not far away.

“Everyone.” Qian Wu said in a low voice. “Tomorrow’s ‘Pegasus Moment’ is extremely important. If nothing unexpected happens, all of us will leave the ‘Prison’ at noon and scatter in all directions toward unfamiliar territories. So, brothers who have already ‘Echoed,’ go prepare enough food and drink for two days, divide them into small packages together, and distribute them tonight, including the several newly arrived brothers and the interns. Wang Ba, you take people to handle this.”

“Got it, Fifth Brother.” The fat-faced Wang Ba nodded. “Don’t worry about the food. Even if there’s only one grain of rice, I’ll enlarge it a thousand times.”

“Ten thousand times.” Qian Wu said.

“Good!” After Wang Ba nodded in agreement, he turned back and called to Luo Shiyi, Qiu Sixteen, Yun Nineteen, Qiu Twenty, and a group of interns. After everyone greeted Qian Wu, Qi Xia, Qiao Jiajin, and the others, they left first.

Qian Wu looked at the several team members on the scene who hadn’t yet “Echoed” and also waved at them. “After you few go back, lock yourselves in solitary confinement. If you haven’t ‘Echoed’ before dawn, you’ll die in the confinement room.”

“Understood!”

Now that almost all the “Cat” team members had withdrawn, only Qian Wu, Zhou Liu, Qi Xia, Qiao Jiajin, and Officer Li remained on the scene.

“No way…?” Qi Xia looked at Qian Wu with a serious face. “You’re planning to…”

“That’s right.” Qian Wu nodded. “We still have half a day. Qi Xia, what is your ‘Echo Trigger’?”