“I guessed.” Earth-Pig raised his eyes and said. “His promotion was far too smooth. He’s always accumulated countless merits, been revered by tens of thousands, and even overshadowed his superiors. I suspect ‘Heavenly-Dragon’ was just finding an excuse to completely eliminate him. His existence would cause ‘Heavenly-Dragon’s’ rule to lose credibility.”

“So… do you know what happened between him and Heavenly-Dragon?” Black Sheep asked.

“I don’t know.” Earth-Pig answered. “I only know that ‘Heavenly-Dragon’ obeyed Baiyang’s every word. Isn’t that strange enough?”

“Obeyed his every word…?”

“Baiyang said he wanted to increase game difficulty, and ‘Heavenly-Dragon’ let him handle all the newly appointed ‘Earth-level’ games. Have you ever seen any other ‘Zodiac’ receive such treatment?” Earth-Pig thought for a moment and said, “Wait… speaking of which… there was once another ‘Zodiac’ who designed games for others.”

After saying this, he looked down at Earth-Horse with a cold expression. “You know this matter better than I do, right?”

After hearing this, Earth-Horse used her hands to prop herself up from the ground and slowly stood up, sneering. “That’s right. My faith has never been in ‘Baiyang,’ but in my teacher ‘Golden Monkey.'”

“Golden Monkey?”

“My ‘Wooden Ox and Flowing Horse’ was designed with her help. She ingeniously incorporated elements of the ‘Big Dipper’ into the game, both preserving a way out for participants while ensuring they’d either die or be crippled…”

The several young “Zodiacs” before her looked at each other. They had no memory of this person.

After hearing this, Earth-Pig explained to everyone, “Golden Monkey should have been promoted to ‘Heaven’ thirty years ago, so it’s not strange that you don’t know her.”

“Promoted to ‘Heaven’ thirty years ago…?” Several people seemed to think of something, then asked in a low voice, “Is she the current ‘Heavenly-Monkey’?”

“No… Sister Monkey should have gotten out…” Earth-Horse interrupted. “Her goal has always been to ‘get out,’ so there’s no reason for her to become ‘Heavenly-Monkey.'”

Black Sheep and Pei Qianhu felt as if things had returned to square one.

Could people who became “Heaven” in this place actually get out or not?

“So do you know Golden Monkey’s original name?” Black Sheep asked. “Have you ever seen her in the ‘Land of Terminus’?”

“No.” Earth-Horse said decisively. “That’s precisely why I’ve never been able to understand your reasons for ‘rebelling.’ Thirty whole years… I haven’t seen anyone resembling Sister Monkey in the ‘Land of Terminus’ for thirty years, so I can’t agree with your ideas. I will definitely report you.”

Looking at her determined eyes, everyone felt the situation was slightly tricky.

They had originally thought the most difficult person to deal with in this friction would be Earth-Pig, but now it seemed the one harboring ulterior motives was clearly Earth-Horse. She had instigated Earth-Pig to come here and make a scene. Now that Earth-Pig had seen through her true face, she still refused to let everyone off.

This woman was, after all, a dignified “Earth-level.” Everyone had no reason to detain her here, and even less means to directly kill her. So what should they do next?

Pei Qianhu was so anxious his brows were tightly knitted. Since Baiyang had begun inciting “Zodiacs” on the outside, there would naturally be such rebellious elements who knew of the plan. If everyone couldn’t handle her properly here, the plan would fall through just two days after execution.

The atmosphere was silent for a few seconds. Earth-Mouse reached out to straighten the tie at his chest and said, “All leaders… do you mind if I say a few words?”

Naturally, no one responded at the moment, but they all turned their gazes toward him.

“Don’t mind me, leaders. I just don’t quite understand.” Earth-Mouse gave a fake smile. “Leader Horse, exactly who do you want to report us to? And what do you want to report us for?”

“Of course I want to report your rebellion to ‘Heavenly-Dragon’!” Earth-Horse laughed angrily. “Such a big matter—now that I know about it, do I still need to help you conceal it?!”

“Please don’t be hasty.” Earth-Mouse quickly nodded and bowed with an apologetic smile. “Leader, calm down. I heard that getting angry can easily make your ankle hurt.”

“You…!”

Although his mouth said “calm down,” this short sentence nearly made Earth-Horse die of anger.

“Leader, thinking carefully about it, there are really quite a few disturbances on this ‘Train’ every day.” Earth-Mouse put his hands in his pockets. “‘Heavenly-Dragon’ should know too—although each of us ‘Earth-levels’ respects our superiors, we’re also secretly blessing them in our hearts that they might suddenly drop dead one day. Otherwise, who else could ascend to ‘Heaven’?”

“I don’t understand. Speak plainly if you have something to say.” Earth-Horse snorted coldly.

“Then I’ll presume to speak plainly.” Earth-Mouse smiled. “You keep saying we want to ‘rebel,’ but at most we just want our superiors to die. What do you think ‘Heavenly-Dragon’ will do if he knows about this? Fly into a rage… or let it be?”

Hearing these words, Earth-Horse’s brows furrowed and she was speechless for a moment.

“You probably want to use this ‘rebellion’ matter to threaten us. I completely understand you.” Earth-Mouse nodded. “But I must apologize to you—this time it seems there’s nothing to threaten us with. Have you ever had experience fighting in the workplace? Think carefully—generally speaking, when a low-level employee wants to replace middle management, what attitude will the boss have?”

Earth-Mouse hit the nail on the head, pointing out the crux of the matter. Earth-Horse’s expression became particularly unpleasant. Her lipstick-covered lips seemed to be trembling at this moment.

“If you won’t say it, I’ll say it for you—the boss will definitely encourage the low-level employee.” Earth-Mouse cheerfully bared his rat teeth. “This kind of opportunity can not only stimulate the low-level employee’s enthusiasm but also enhance middle management’s sense of crisis, making the entire company operate through internal competition. The boss sits back and enjoys the benefits. Isn’t that the logic?”

Watching Earth-Mouse vividly describe the company’s operational process to Earth-Horse, everyone’s opinion of him naturally improved somewhat. Although this person didn’t seem very reliable, his mind was flexible enough at critical moments.

After a long time, Earth-Horse finally sighed and said, “You have numbers on your side. I can’t out-talk you all.”

“Leader, don’t be modest. No matter how many of us there are, I’m the only one talking.” Earth-Mouse nodded slightly toward Earth-Horse. “If you can out-talk me, then by all means do so.”

“I’m too lazy to talk with you.” Earth-Horse snorted coldly, turned around, and limped toward the door, seemingly preparing to leave.

Everyone couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed this time bomb had been defused.

“Leader, leaving already? Not threatening us anymore?” Earth-Mouse asked from behind, kicking her while she was down.

“Get lost.” Earth-Horse replied irritably.

“Don’t be in such a hurry to leave…” The corners of Earth-Mouse’s mouth lifted coldly. “Since you’re not threatening us anymore, now I’m going to threaten you.”