Qian Wu looked at his own palm, feeling slightly numb. This body hadn’t had much relation to him in the first place, and now it felt even less like his own.

He came back to his senses, raised his head to look at the deeply contemplative Qi Xia, and said softly, “People have pretty much been saved. We can continue the earlier topic.”

“The earlier topic…” Qi Xia paused. “Didn’t it already end?”

“You suspect that woman called Xu Liunian is a bit suspicious… and that’s all?” Qian Wu said. “Don’t you have any countermeasures? If you have any ideas, I’ll have ‘Cat’ act together with you.”

“My countermeasures…” Qi Xia took a deep breath and said, “If I’m not mistaken… I don’t need countermeasures at all. Xu Liunian will definitely show herself and tell me the answer.”

“Oh…?”

“Qian Wu, I died twice, and Xu Liunian was present both times.” Qi Xia recalled. “Before, I thought it was a coincidence, but now because there are too many suspicious points, I don’t quite believe it… During this ‘Pegasus Moment,’ she’s extremely likely to appear again. As long as she can show herself, I’ll have a chance to perceive her thoughts.”

Qian Wu looked at Qi Xia’s stern expression and couldn’t help but furrow his brows.

He always felt that Qi Xia had changed—somewhat different from his previous impression.

The current Qian Wu had no idea what Qi Xia was thinking or what choice he would make next.

Would the Qi Xia from before have bet his life on something with no certainty?

“Then…” Qian Wu tentatively asked again, “Do we still need to help you ‘Echo’?”

“No need.” Qi Xia shook his head, looking at Qian Wu with a very strange gaze. “You also know that would be futile. If I can’t see the real Yu Nian’an, nothing I do will be useful. I’m tired today. Let’s go back, eat something, conserve our energy, and sleep early.”

Qian Wu and Zhou Mo looked at each other. No one knew how to persuade him. Tomorrow would bring the ‘Pegasus Moment’ with an extremely high death rate, yet Qi Xia was acting as if he were spending an ordinary afternoon.

Everyone lost their goal and could only reorganize on the spot before beginning to march toward the prison.

On the way back, Qian Wu and Zhou Mo’s expressions remained extremely grave. They were deeply worried about tomorrow’s ‘Pegasus Moment,’ while also concerned about Qi Xia’s state of mind. Yet looking at Qi Xia, Qiao Jiajin, and Chen Junnan at the front of the group, these three seemed to have completely forgotten about tomorrow’s danger.

These three people were truly too calm. Not only were they laughing and talking, they could even look at the roadside scenery.

Even if Qi Xia and Qiao Jiajin had lost their memories of the ‘Pegasus Moment,’ what about Chen Junnan? Had even he given up?

Zhou Mo slowly slowed her pace, falling to the back of the group. After discovering that no one was paying attention to her, Zhou Mo gently covered her right ear with her right hand and softly called out, “Jiang Ruoxue, are you dead yet?”

The voice on the other end quickly came through. “Eh? Isn’t this Mo Jie? Is now when you should be contacting me?”

“Tch, cut the nonsense.” Zhou Mo lowered her voice again, her pair of eyes cautiously watching the group ahead as she continued, “Tomorrow is the ‘Pegasus Moment.’ Remember to run for your life.”

“What…” Jiang Ruoxue’s voice instantly became serious. “What kind of joke is this? Not even half of these ten days have passed. What the hell ‘Pegasus Moment’?”

“Tch, damn it…” Zhou Mo cursed under her breath. “Just knowing is enough. Prepare to lead your people to escape. Don’t blame me if you die.”

“Alright, alright…” Jiang Ruoxue lazily agreed. “On behalf of all ‘Extreme Path’ members, I offer our most sincere thanks to our undercover Mo Jie on the outside…”

“Scram.”

Zhou Mo decisively cut off the transmission and slowly rejoined the group.

Officer Li saw that her expression wasn’t very natural and smiled as he asked, “What’s wrong? Did something happen?”

“No.” Zhou Mo shook her head, her eyes looking to the side. “I just asked about Wangba and the others’ situation. They’re ahead of us and are almost at the prison now.”

Officer Li was naturally no ordinary person. He had interrogated countless people and could tell at a glance that Zhou Mo was hiding something. But thinking carefully, he had only known them for a day or two. Even if she was hiding things from him, there was nothing wrong with that, so he could only nod.

Seeing that Zhou Mo was no longer paying attention to him, Officer Li reached into his pocket and instinctively felt around. He very much hoped that a pack of cigarettes could appear in his empty pocket—any cigarettes would do. As long as it was a brand new pack that could be smoked and gave off a fragrant aroma.

But that pocket remained empty.

He had clearly “Echoed” “Reaching into the Bag,” yet no matter what, he couldn’t pull out cigarettes from his pocket.

What was going on?

Could it really be as Qian Wu described—that in his subconscious, he must firmly believe there were cigarettes in his pocket?

This was simply a matter so contradictory it couldn’t be more contradictory. It was precisely because he didn’t have cigarettes that he urgently wanted to manifest this ability. But once he knew he didn’t have cigarettes, he couldn’t pull them out no matter what. What could be done?

“How exactly do I control my subconscious…?”

Officer Li’s mumbled words were heard by Zhou Mo. Zhou Mo looked at him with interest and asked, “Tch, are you training your ‘Echo’?”

“Training…? This thing can be trained?” Officer Li asked in confusion.

“More or less.” Zhou Mo nodded. “We all couldn’t activate it one hundred percent at the beginning. Others can’t help you with this matter. The most important thing is that you yourself ‘believe.'”

“I understand the principle, but how can I believe…? My pocket is clearly empty.”

“Tch, you can use your usual behavioral habits to increase the success rate.” Zhou Mo said. “Like me—my ‘Echo’ is ‘Voice Transmission,’ but if I directly open my mouth to speak, it might fail. So I usually imagine that I’m making a phone call.”

Zhou Mo placed one hand by her ear and said softly, “This way I know I’ve entered voice transmission mode, and the success rate greatly increases.”

“Then how should I use gestures?” Officer Li shook his head. “I just want to smoke a cigarette.”

“Tch, how can you be so dumb? If you want to smoke, then smoke.”

“Smoke…” Officer Li couldn’t quite understand. “But I don’t have cigarettes…”

“Close your eyes.” Zhou Mo said without courtesy.

Officer Li could only slowly close his eyes after hearing this.

“Pull out cigarettes.” Zhou Mo said.

“But my subconscious…”

“Pull out cigarettes.” Zhou Mo said coldly. “Take out the cigarettes and show them to me.”

Seeing the other party being so domineering, Officer Li could only pretend to take out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket. It must be said that with his eyes closed, it was indeed easier to imagine.

Officer Li pretended to pull out the cigarette pack, then pulled out a cigarette from the pack. But he knew both his hands were empty.

To make himself act more realistically, after pulling out a cigarette, Officer Li put the non-existent cigarette pack back into his pocket.

“Smoke one.” Zhou Mo slowly said. “This is a public place. No one will mind.”