“Watch the show…?”

Xu Liunian and Earth-Tiger both fell silent.

In the “Land of the End,” some people exhausted all their strength just to find a way to survive, while others treated lives like weeds, casually killing them merely for amusement.

“But Qi Xia…” Earth-Tiger was still somewhat puzzled. “What you just said about ‘enemies’…”

“These are the targets Qinglong ordered me to eliminate,” Qi Xia said. “The lives of these eight people are bound to my teammates. For every person who survives this cycle, one of my teammates will lose their sanity and become a ‘native.'”

“Ah…?”

Earth-Tiger froze, his large eyes blinking continuously, as if trying to figure out Qi Xia’s position.

“Qi… Qi Xia… you…” He gestured with his hand, finally realizing the situation was extremely serious. “Isn’t this completely screwed? The people rebelling with me… and your teammates… no matter what, half of them have to die?”

“That’s the logic,” Qi Xia nodded.

“But why?!” Earth-Tiger slapped the table, his face full of confusion. “Whose side is Qinglong on? Is he helping you or harming you?”

“I can’t say for sure. I’m a bit tired today. Starting tomorrow, I’ll visit them one by one according to the information marked on the list.”

Xu Liunian also looked at Qi Xia with some confusion at this moment.

“Including… the person who entered my room?” Earth-Tiger asked uncertainly.

“Not for now,” Qi Xia replied.

“But wouldn’t that be too difficult for you, Qi Xia?” Earth-Tiger frowned deeply, his expression particularly grim. “If you don’t kill them… then your teammates will lose their sanity… I always feel there’s something strange about Qinglong. Is this something he should be involved in? Isn’t his duty to protect Heavenly-Dragon?”

Qi Xia stood up and slowly stretched. Although he hadn’t fully participated in the “Heavenly Horse Moment,” he had still run on the streets for a full hour.

The fatigue produced under the dual oppression of death and exhaustion was no less than participating in “Earth-level” games multiple times in one day.

Now the fatigue was setting in, making him feel somewhat dizzy.

“By the way,” Qi Xia suddenly thought of something and turned to ask Earth-Tiger, “Among those three—Rabbit, Dog, and Pig—is there anyone who seems strange?”

“Strange?” Earth-Tiger frowned and thought about the three people’s performance last night. “All three are strange. Not one of them is normal.”

“Not that kind of ‘strange.'” Qi Xia shook his head. “Qinglong told me that all the people written on the list are Heavenly-Dragon’s people. What do you think?”

“What…”

Earth-Tiger’s eyes instantly widened, his mouth trembling slightly, wanting to speak but stopping himself.

After quite a while, he finally opened his mouth and asked, “Qi Xia, are you saying that Heavenly-Dragon’s people have already infiltrated my team…?”

“I can’t say for sure,” Qi Xia didn’t answer directly. “After all, Qinglong might be lying. I just want to know from your perspective as ‘Zodiacs,’ is there anything strange about these three people?”

Hearing this, Earth-Tiger recalled these people’s performance again and quickly discovered the problem.

“Even if that’s the case, these three people are still a bit strange…” Earth-Tiger said. “You’re really something, Qi Xia. You seem to have opened up a new way of thinking for me.”

“Let’s hear it.”

“First is Earth-Dog…” Earth-Tiger narrowed his eyes and thought carefully. “Although there’s nothing particularly strange about him personally, his superior is Heavenly-Dog. Heavenly-Dog and Qinglong are both the ‘ears’ of the ‘Land of the End’—these two don’t get along. In other words, there’s a probability that Earth-Dog is Heavenly-Dog’s person… He and Qinglong are opposed.”

“Oh…?” Qi Xia nodded slightly after hearing this. “Then was there anything strange about his performance last night?”

“He…” Earth-Tiger shook his head after hearing this. “He rarely spoke, most of the time he just listened to our conversation. And he inexplicably brought along a corporate-slave Mouse. The two of them don’t seem to know each other… Now I’m becoming more and more suspicious of him…”

“No need,” Qi Xia said. “We’re just casually sharing our views. You don’t need to completely trust Qinglong either. Even if Earth-Dog’s superior is Heavenly-Dog, he has sufficient reason to want to kill his superior and replace him.”

“That’s true too.” Earth-Tiger nodded with a hesitant expression. “Speaking of that big Rabbit… that’s even stranger!”

“What’s strange?”

“Not to mention he was beaten until he was covered in injuries—just looking at his motive alone, I can’t understand it,” Earth-Tiger said. “He has no reason at all to join us. Throughout yesterday, he never stated his position. He seemed completely unconcerned, just standing to the side observing. If that’s not a spy, what is?”

“A spy…?” Qi Xia shook his head. “No, if I remember correctly, the person who went to participate in Earth-Rabbit’s game wasn’t any simple character either. That Rabbit has most likely already been confused by Chen Junnan.”

“Confused?”

“Yes,” Qi Xia answered. “Not to mention you don’t know his motive—I suspect he himself doesn’t know what he’s doing. The specific situation needs to wait until I meet him. I can’t make a definitive judgment now.”

After Qi Xia finished speaking, Earth-Tiger fell into silence.

“What’s wrong? What about Earth-Pig?”

“Although Little Pig is also strange, Little Pig shouldn’t be one, right?” Earth-Tiger gave a silly laugh.

Qi Xia frowned, feeling something was off. “Why not?”

“He’s still a kid,” Earth-Tiger said, scratching his cheek. “A child shouldn’t be capable of that, right?”

“Oh…?” Qi Xia felt like he might have found Heavenly-Dragon’s plant.

Could it be that because Heavenly-Dragon knew Earth-Tiger would be especially lenient toward children, he arranged for Earth-Pig to join his team?

Does this mean Heavenly-Dragon knew about the “rebellion” all along?

After thinking for a few seconds, Qi Xia ultimately shook his head.

If Heavenly-Dragon knew about the “rebellion” yet never made any move, this logic simply didn’t hold.

After his “Life After Life” appeared, it had already given Heavenly-Dragon an unprecedented sense of crisis. At such a time, if someone rebelled, he would definitely make an example of them.

Moreover, if he could truly find substantive evidence proving that one of these eight people was Heavenly-Dragon’s plant, it would be enough to prove that all the other seven were plants.

But that probability was really too small.

So Qinglong was very likely lying. Having him meet these eight Zodiacs should have some other purpose.

“Qi Xia… I’m getting anxious with you not saying anything…” Earth-Tiger said. “Does Little Pig have a problem too?”

“Like I said, I can’t say for sure,” Qi Xia shook his head. “In any case, you don’t need to suspect anyone. Just leave this matter to me to handle.”