Qi Xia walked to the side and rubbed his temples, feeling the situation had become somewhat complicated.

Originally, he had been driving a swaying, unsteady car, traveling on a road full of mud. He had no idea what scenery lay ahead, only knowing that the path beneath him was one he had paved before.

But now Qinglong had unreasonably climbed into this car, not only giving directions but also trying to seize control of the steering wheel.

Where did he want to drive this car?

On the surface, he was doing all this just for amusement, but if you said he had no ulterior motive, Qi Xia wouldn’t believe it at all.

After all, when Heavenly-Dragon had been constantly searching for him, Qinglong had actively intercepted that information and taken the initiative to appear before him first.

So to understand all of this, he needed to first know Qinglong’s ultimate objective.

What kind of “game” had he set up?

And what was he expecting?

Right now there were too many unanswered questions, but fortunately Qinglong had left clues. Originally, he would have been driving the car forward on this road anyway; now that Qinglong had provided a map, that was even better.

The worst case scenario would be the car crashing and killing everyone—beyond that, there was no other way out.

“Earth-Tiger,” Qi Xia turned and called out. “I’d like to rest here tonight.”

“No problem!” Earth-Tiger said. “Wait here, I’ll go close the door right now. You can start resting from now on.”

“That’s not necessary,” Qi Xia shook his head helplessly. “You should still do your own job properly. Just pretend I don’t exist.”

“Uh, this…” Earth-Tiger was stunned for a long time, then looked at Xu Liunian. “Then what about her…?”

Qi Xia looked at her expressionlessly and replied, “Xu Liunian, the reason I saved you was because you said ‘none of my schemes included myself in the calculations,’ so I suddenly became interested in you.”

“So what you mean is…”

“What I mean is this doesn’t represent how much I value your abilities or wisdom.” Qi Xia looked at her as if she were a complete stranger. “So now you can choose for yourself. You can stay here with me, or you can find your own way out.”

After hearing this, Xu Liunian thought for a moment and said, “Qi Xia, you should know my ultimate goal. Right now I’m not certain whether our two objectives conflict.”

“You want to destroy this place, I want to escape from here,” Qi Xia said. “Sounds like no conflict.”

“Although saying this is very selfish… but I still…” Xu Liunian shook her head with a disappointed expression. “Our goals don’t conflict from your perspective, but they greatly conflict from mine.”

“Oh…?”

“If you escape from here, how could I possibly destroy this place relying on my own strength…?”

“Indeed very selfish,” Qi Xia said. “I can understand you, but I can’t support you. You should go.”

After hearing this, Xu Liunian nodded and slowly stood up. She glanced at Earth-Tiger, then at Qi Xia. “I’ll use my own methods to destroy this place.”

“I won’t see you out.”

Xu Liunian walked a few steps toward the stairs, then turned back to say to Qi Xia, “Thank you for giving me this ‘identity.'”

“Don’t overthink it,” Qi Xia said indifferently. “I just felt that preserving your sanity wouldn’t be a bad thing for anyone.”

“Is that so…” Xu Liunian’s expression was obviously somewhat disappointed.

“There’s also no need to thank me too early. I have no way to verify whether ‘Life After Life’ really succeeded.”

After hearing this, Xu Liunian nodded. “At least you tried.”

“Yes,” Qi Xia also nodded.

“Then I’m really leaving now.”

“Can you help me give him my regards? I’ll wait for him here,” Qi Xia added.

After hearing this, Xu Liunian gave a bitter laugh and turned to leave.

She walked up the steps one by one, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

Had Qi Xia seen through everything after all?

Her method of destroying this place was actually simpler than anyone else’s. She no longer needed to search for any other solution.

She just needed to find Qiao Jiajin.

When Qiao Jiajin with “Break All Laws” and Qi Xia with “Life After Life” met, wouldn’t that be the best opportunity to completely destroy this place?

With just one sentence, this curse of eternal life initiated by Qi Xia could be broken.

As long as Qiao Jiajin was willing to activate that ability…

Xu Liunian’s expression became increasingly desolate. The solution she had been searching for here for decades turned out to be so simple.

The consequences caused by “Echo” could ultimately only be broken by “Echo”—that was the most sorrowful part.

But… Qi Xia had already thought of this long ago.

As soon as she left this door, she would find a way to locate Qiao Jiajin and subtly instill this idea in him.

Why hadn’t he stopped her?

Had he already prepared countermeasures?

Xu Liunian knew she couldn’t figure out Qi Xia’s actions, but she had no better solution either.

She could only proceed along her predetermined path now, heading toward an unknown direction.

Chen Junnan and Qiao Jiajin lay on the street like two corpses, looking like neither of them wanted to move.

“Old Qiao… get up quickly, be good, the ground is dirty…” Chen Junnan said weakly.

“Junnan boy… you get up first… I don’t have time right now…” Qiao Jiajin replied.

“You don’t have time? What are you doing…?”

“Resting…”

The two of them had nothing more to say after that, just lying on the ground panting and looking at the sky.

He didn’t know how others got through the “Heavenly Horse Moment.” Chen Junnan only knew that he and Qiao Jiajin had been arguing, cursing, and running like crazy the whole way. They had exhausted all their strength and had already been lying on the ground for nearly an hour.

Chen Junnan finally felt the existence of his legs. He turned his head with difficulty and suddenly noticed what seemed to be a game venue not far away. A “Zodiac” was standing at the entrance watching the two of them.

“Oh no…” Chen Junnan frowned and kept pounding Qiao Jiajin with his hand. “Old Qiao, quick quick quick quick get up… We’re being laughed at, bro… Damn, he’s been watching for so long…”

“Can’t do it, Junnan boy…” Qiao Jiajin really did look quite tired. “This body of mine is just too weak… If you want to get up, get up yourself first… I don’t have time right now…”

“Damn… Then this young master definitely has to get up…” Chen Junnan rolled over and used his hands to push against the filthy ground to stand up. “This young master can’t let anyone look down on me…”

After standing up, Chen Junnan tapped his legs, then looked at the “Zodiac” in the distance and said with forced energy, “Yo, buddy, what a coincidence. You standing on the street here?”

That “Zodiac” wiped his nose and revealed a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. “Leader, you’re really joking. How am I standing on the street? I was clearly watching two leaders play corpses in broad daylight. The more you two lie and perform, the more I watch and learn.”