Just as Xiao Cheng had said, the Man-Monkey’s game venue was very close to the base they had chosen—only a ten-minute walk.

Supposedly, none of the people at their base had actively chosen to challenge “Monkey-type” games, because among the only five people remaining in the room, aside from Xiao Cheng who was a college student, the rest were all middle-aged people in their forties and fifties. Monkey-type games weren’t their forte.

Even Xiao Cheng didn’t have absolute confidence that he could win in a game testing intelligence.

“But I heard that most ‘Zodiacs’ represent two types, don’t they?” Tiantian asked somewhat puzzled. “Is Monkey definitely ‘Intelligence’?”

“It could also be ‘Dexterity.'” Xiao Cheng answered while leading the way for the two. “If our luck is bad and we discover this monkey is a ‘Dexterity’ type game, then let’s go find an Earth-Monkey as soon as possible. After all, ‘Dexterity’ games are mostly things like tree climbing, plum blossom poles, single-log bridges, which are difficult to match with our team.”

As they spoke, they had already arrived in front of this Man-Monkey. Outside the door, there were surprisingly seven or eight participants.

“More people have come!” That group of people said.

Xiao Cheng and Tiantian looked at each other and immediately frowned.

The “Pegasus Hour” had just ended. Why would there be so many people here?

“Come and take a look!” The Man-Monkey standing in front of the game venue shouted loudly. “The ‘Pegasus Hour’ has arrived, and Man-Monkey’s shop is having a grand opening sale!! Buy one ticket, get one free!”

This Man-Monkey was dressed fairly neatly, only he was extremely thin. Both his suit jacket and pants looked somewhat loose on him, and the mask worn on his face also looked like it would fall off at any moment.

“This…”

Both Tiantian and Xiao Cheng looked at him somewhat bewildered. It was their first time knowing that “Zodiacs” could hawk their wares, and also their first time knowing that “Zodiac” tickets could be discounted.

“This is really strange…” Xiao Cheng said to Tiantian in a low voice. “Do ‘Zodiacs’ also have daily ‘performance targets’? Why is he acting so anxious, even soliciting customers here?”

“I don’t really understand.” Tiantian shook her head.

“You know this too?”

“Mm.” Zheng Yingxiong nodded and said like a little adult, “The situation today with the black lines falling from the sky was too unusual. It exhausted almost all the subjects’ strength, so no one will participate in games anymore. And these ‘Zodiacs,’ in order to complete their own tasks, can only solicit customers to the best of their ability.”

After hearing this, Xiao Cheng scratched his head and thought about the current situation. Man-level tickets were buy one get one free. He and Tiantian only needed to pay “Dao” once to enter. Moreover, Man-level games wouldn’t have life-threatening danger. No matter how you looked at it, this was a sure profit with no loss.

“I feel something’s not right.” Tiantian said. “The so-called ‘task’ means they’ll use their own ‘Dao’ to gamble against the ‘Participants,’ right?”

“Should be like that.” Xiao Cheng nodded. “They need to collect enough ‘Dao’ every day.”

“In that case, even though there’s already a risk of losing ‘Dao,’ this Man-Monkey is still offering a discount. Doesn’t this indicate he’s very confident in his game?”

“No matter how dangerous the situation, we’ll only lose our own ‘Dao.'” Xiao Cheng said. “Let’s go try it. With so many people, the game should be able to start soon.”

After the two made up their minds, they went forward to inquire about the tickets. Originally a game that required two “Dao” per person was now buy one get one free.

Now each person only needed to hand over one “Dao” to participate. This was already the lowest price in the entire “Land of the End” aside from “free.”

“May I ask what your game is?” Xiao Cheng asked.

“A team cooperation intelligence game, especially suitable for relaxing after ‘Pegasus Hour.’ After winning, each person can obtain two ‘Dao.'” After the Man-Monkey finished speaking, he lowered his head to look at Zheng Yingxiong behind the two. “Children can also participate, no charge.”

“Children don’t cost money…?” The two looked at each other suspiciously, not knowing what medicine he was selling in his gourd.

In other words, even if this game were free, the Man-Monkey wouldn’t lose?

“Then I’ll go too.” Zheng Yingxiong said. “Maybe I can help.”

Xiao Cheng knew that although Zheng Yingxiong was a child, he indeed had his own strengths. For example, he used his “Echo” very skillfully. Not only could he distinguish other people’s “Echoes,” but he could also distinguish a person’s good and evil. Moreover, he was fundamentally different from ordinary children—neither willful nor naive. Having him around wasn’t a bad thing.

“In that case, the three of us will go in together.” Xiao Cheng said. “One ‘Dao,’ three people participating—sounds fairly cost-effective.”

More than ten people were standing in front, and everyone had already paid their tickets, but the Man-Monkey showed no sign of starting and was still vigorously hawking on the street.

After waiting several minutes, Xiao Cheng indeed lost some patience and only then opened his mouth to ask, “Man-Monkey, how many people does your game need to start?”

“The more people in my game the better—twenty or thirty are both fine.” The Man-Monkey smiled. “Everyone can wait a bit longer. If no other people come, we’ll start in three minutes.”

Seeing this scene, Tiantian still frowned. More than ten people was already quite large. Yun Yao had said that usually the more people in a game, the higher the difficulty would be. But the Man-Monkey was only “Man-level.” Why would he design such a large-scale game?

“Xiao Cheng, I feel there’s a trap.” Tiantian said quietly.

“What’s wrong, Sister Tiantian?”

“This time it’s team cooperation ‘Intelligence type,’ but I always feel uneasy.” She looked at those so-called “teammates” in the distance. “Speaking frankly, these people’s purposes for participating in the game are all different from ours. Most of them were attracted by the cheap deal. Are we certain we can cooperate with these people?”

Xiao Cheng gave her a firm look and smiled, saying, “Sister Tiantian, I can’t guarantee a hundred percent win, but I’ll definitely rack my brains and use every method during the game.”

Tiantian frowned, feeling that Xiao Cheng hadn’t understood what she was worried about.

After all, this game was a gamble between “Participants” and a “Zodiac.” If for the referee “the more people the better,” then naturally for the participants “the fewer people the better.”

From this, it could be deduced that the greatest difficulty of this game wasn’t “intelligence” at all, but rather “team.”

The three minutes passed in a flash. No other “Participants” were seen on this empty street. The Man-Monkey announced that the game would officially begin and turned around to open the door behind him.