After listening to all of Earth-Tiger’s experiences, Qi Xia couldn’t help but raise the corners of his mouth in a smile.

“Sheep… Qi Xia, I messed things up…” Earth-Tiger sighed. “I thought I’d assembled a team of seven people, but it crumbled to pieces in an instant.”

“Is that so?” Qi Xia raised his eyebrows. “I don’t think so at all.”

“Don’t think so?”

“They’ll come back,” Qi Xia said. “Not only did you not mess things up, you’ve actually integrated the team well.”

“Huh?” Earth-Tiger didn’t quite understand. “Qi Xia, did I really integrate them well? I feel like I didn’t do anything… I’m even worried these people will betray me…”

“Don’t worry. It would have been somewhat difficult originally, but the ‘Heavenly-Horse Moment’ helped us.” Qi Xia said calmly. “When they stand in their game venues and watch the ‘Heavenly Level’ slaughter human lives like ants at will, they’ll understand everything.”

“That’s not right though…” Earth-Tiger blinked. “Seeing killing isn’t anything special. After all, we ‘Earth Level’ also have to kill people…”

“Is that so?” Qi Xia shook his head. “When you see that what took you several years or even decades to kill, the ‘Heavenly Level’ can achieve with just a thought—will you still think that way?”

“This…”

“What meaning does killing even have? What meaning does ‘Earth Level’ even have?” Qi Xia sighed. “Could it be that you become ‘Heavenly Level’… in order to kill people better?”

After hearing this, Earth-Tiger pressed his lips together, then slammed his hand on the table. “Right! Damn! The more I think about it, the angrier I get!”

“Just watch—tonight things will take a turn for the better,” Qi Xia said. “Tonight you need to prepare tea and drinks, and wait for those six people to visit again.”

“Good!” Earth-Tiger nodded. “Qi Xia, with your words I can relax… It’s just…”

“What?”

“Yes, I completely understand.” Qi Xia nodded.

“We’re completely without a leader right now, no plan, no goal. We only know we need to do something, but when you think carefully, we can’t do anything.” Earth-Tiger shook his head helplessly. “Sheep… Qi Xia, although I understand your instructions, what exactly should I do?!”

After hearing this, Qi Xia reached up to touch his chin. This was a very interesting question.

The other party understood his instructions, and he understood the path he had laid down.

But what exactly should he do?

This was clearly communication between two people, yet at this moment there was an invisible self standing between them.

He shouldn’t ask what he himself should do, but rather what that person should do.

Qi Xia reviewed the entire matter in his mind, and there was one very tragic conclusion.

According to his own personality, when he was Baiyang, he should have deliberately won over Earth-Tiger’s heart, precisely so that one day Earth-Tiger could act as a needle on the “Train” coordinating with him from the inside and outside.

So he should have invested a lot of effort in Earth-Tiger, but there was another problem—betting all hopes on one impulsive tiger clearly also didn’t fit his style.

He must have left a backup plan… but who was this backup?

Was it “Black Sheep”?

When he stumbled into this city by accident, no matter how long it took, he would definitely have a probability of encountering this Earth-Tiger. When he had friction with him, he might learn that he was Baiyang, thereby triggering a series of chain reactions. At that time, all the paths he had laid down would be activated.

But would his backup be “Black Sheep”?

“No… putting all eggs in the same basket isn’t safe.” Qi Xia shook his head. “This isn’t my style… I have another ‘backup’…”

After speaking, Qi Xia looked toward the empty seat beside him.

This square table had four seats total—three people occupied three of them.

At this moment, a phantom image of Baiyang appeared out of thin air in that empty seat.

“Black Sheep isn’t the ‘backup’… right?” Qi Xia looked at this phantom and thought to himself. “If our thought processes are aligned, you have another backup, don’t you? One ‘obvious needle’ and one ‘hidden needle,’ and all the remaining ‘Zodiacs’ who got involved in this matter are all ‘threads’ strung together by these two needles.”

Xu Liunian and Earth-Tiger watched as Qi Xia’s lips moved slightly as if muttering to himself. Neither dared to speak.

“So you buried another ‘Zodiac’ somewhere. As long as Earth-Tiger, the ‘obvious needle,’ moves, the other ‘hidden needle’ will move as well. But who is that person? And what method would you use to notify them?”

Qi Xia opened his eyes and looked again at the phantom of Baiyang before him. That phantom also turned its head at this moment to look at him. After a few seconds, Baiyang revealed a completely contemptuous expression.

This contemptuous expression also made Qi Xia instantly understand everything. “So that’s how it is?… You have seven years of memories. You would naturally think I’m not as smart as you, so you might have left me a fool-proof answer.”

Qi Xia reached up to touch his chin, and his expression also became contemptuous. “But you don’t know that I become stronger than the last time with each iteration.”

Earth-Tiger, Zodiac, rebellion.

Why Earth-Tiger?

Smart “Zodiacs” were everywhere—why not find a more reliable teammate?

Was it merely because Earth-Tiger was loyal enough?

No, there should be an even more important issue.

Qi Xia’s eyes widened instantly. He felt the clue had already surfaced, and the phantom of Baiyang before him vanished into thin air at this moment.

“That’s it…” Qi Xia raised the corners of his mouth. “It really is a fool-proof answer…”

“What? What answer?” The two people beside him looked at Qi Xia in confusion.

“Because you’re Earth-Tiger… the momentum you create is greater than anyone else’s.” Qi Xia extended his finger and wiped away dust on the table to draw a horizontal line. “As long as you choose to start taking action, this matter won’t be so easy to conceal… All kinds of ‘Zodiacs’ will gather in your room, possibly even fighting each other…”

After speaking, Qi Xia looked at the line he had drawn on the table.

If this was the “Train,” and the central position was Earth-Tiger’s room, wasn’t the answer already obvious?

Only by burying the “hidden needle” here would it be most secure.

It was a “neighbor.”

“As long as the ‘obvious needle’ moves, the ‘hidden needle’ hearing the sound won’t be able to help but move. As for ‘Black Sheep’…” Qi Xia raised the corners of his mouth. “He’s merely the ‘thimble’ preventing the ‘needles’ from injuring the hand.”