Man-Monkey didn’t quite understand what motivated the three people before him.

They clearly had a plan that could win his game, yet they chose to give up now. Could it be they weren’t here to earn “Dao” either?

“Man-Monkey…” Before leaving, Xiao Cheng turned back to look at him. “Can you tell me where the nearest ‘Earth-Monkey’ is from here?”

“‘Earth-Monkey’…” Man-Monkey’s eyes beneath the mask contracted slightly as he asked in a flat tone, “Are you overestimating yourself a bit, thinking that because you can see through my game, you can defeat ‘Earth-Monkey’?”

“I know the difficulty of ‘Human-level’ and ‘Earth-level’ aren’t on the same plane, but I’m willing to try,” Xiao Cheng said.

“Then you all…”

Before Man-Monkey could finish speaking, a faint bell sound came from the distance.

Tiantian and Xiao Cheng both froze at the same time, then immediately thought of something and looked down at Zheng Yingxiong.

Zheng Yingxiong sighed lightly and shook his head. “It’s not that brother’s ‘Echo’ rang out, but rather that sister’s ‘Echo’ disappeared.”

After hearing this sentence, a trace of disappointment flashed across their faces, but Man-Monkey’s gaze became strange.

Xiao Cheng came back to his senses and looked at Man-Monkey. “So… can you tell us the address of ‘Earth-Monkey’ now?”

After hearing this, Man-Monkey didn’t immediately answer. He just lowered his head to look at Zheng Yingxiong beside them, then asked, “What exactly is this child…?”

Hearing this, Xiao Cheng looked back at Tiantian, only to find that Tiantian also shook her head.

“I don’t know either,” Tiantian said. “I met this child by chance on the road.”

This question stumped both Tiantian and Xiao Cheng, since they hadn’t discussed this beforehand.

“Little brother,” Tiantian crouched down and asked gently, “The game venue we’re going to next is very dangerous. Do you still want to go with us?”

“Mm.” Zheng Yingxiong nodded. “Sister, I want to grow.”

“Grow?”

“I want to become even stronger and also become a true ‘hero.'” Zheng Yingxiong reached up to straighten the newspaper crown on his head. “So no matter how dangerous the occasion, I must go. This is my opportunity to train myself.”

Tiantian originally wanted to persuade him, but thinking of Zheng Yingxiong’s performance just now, she suddenly felt that not a single word this child spoke was false.

Although his way of doing things was somewhat strange, he really didn’t seem like an ordinary child.

“In that case…” Tiantian looked back at Xiao Cheng, then at Man-Monkey.

“As long as you agree he goes too, I’ll tell you the location of ‘Earth-Monkey’ right now,” Man-Monkey smiled. “But there’s a requirement—no matter when you participate in ‘Earth-Monkey’s’ game, you must come back to see me.”

“What…?”

Man-Monkey walked forward a step and brought his mouth to Xiao Cheng’s ear. At this moment, Xiao Cheng also smelled the rotting odor from his mask.

“This child is very useful,” Man-Monkey chuckled lightly, speaking to Xiao Cheng in a barely audible voice. “I want him to tell me… does ‘Earth-Monkey’ have an ‘Echo’ or not?”

Hearing this sentence, Xiao Cheng slowly widened his eyes.

Earth-Monkey… ‘Echo’?

“The address of Earth-Monkey is on this piece of paper. You three take care, I won’t see you out.”

Man-Monkey handed a slip of paper to Xiao Cheng, then reached out to pat his shoulder. His ambitious expression was already plastered all over his face.

The three people looked at each other and could only leave with puzzled expressions.

“Oh right…”

Man-Monkey called out to them just as they were about to go downstairs.

“What…?” Xiao Cheng asked.

“‘Earth-Monkey’s’ game venue is captivating and will make you linger. I suggest going there first thing tomorrow morning, otherwise you won’t get the advantage.” Man-Monkey waved his hand. “I look forward to your triumphant return.”

“‘Captivating’…?” Both Xiao Cheng and Tiantian felt this idiom was somewhat strange when used for an Earth-level game that could cost people their lives.

Seeing that Man-Monkey said nothing more, the three of them went down the stairs one after another and left his game venue.

They looked at the sky, and after thinking it over repeatedly, still decided to first return to their base to rest. After all, it was already approaching evening, and they had expended too much energy during the “Pegasus Moment” today. Right now, the most correct choice was to go back to rest and recuperate, then go look for Earth-Monkey the next day.

…

Chen Junnan and Qiao Jiajin had been wandering around with the map for a long time. They felt they had clearly reached “Earth-Monkey’s” game venue, but couldn’t see any “Zodiac” on the street.

“Damn…” Qiao Jiajin scratched his head and looked around. “This place is so quiet—is there really an ‘Earth-level’ here?”

“This young master is also a bit puzzled.” Chen Junnan frowned with confusion. “But that big rat has no reason to deceive us two either.”

The two then ran out of things to say and just stood there blankly. Already somewhat directionless to begin with, at this moment they even more didn’t know what to do.

“I’m saying…” Qiao Jiajin suddenly had a thought. “Junnan Zai, do you think… could ‘Earth-Monkey’s’ shop have closed?”

“Off work? Tsk…” After hearing this, Chen Junnan also scratched his head. “This… can’t be, right? Wouldn’t we two be like complete fools? We don’t even have anyone to ask.”

“How about we come back early tomorrow?” Qiao Jiajin asked again.

“Good heavens.” Chen Junnan felt the current situation was indescribably awkward. “Old Qiao, do you feel like we’re like customers rushing to buy something, coming to someone’s shop full of enthusiasm, and hey—the old fellow went off work on me.”

“Even if it hasn’t closed… you and I have no way to handle it, right?” Qiao Jiajin smiled a bit sheepishly. “Aren’t ‘monkeys’ all very smart?”

“With what you’re saying, this young master doesn’t dare agree one bit.” Chen Junnan extended a finger and waved it. “Speaking of ‘smart,’ in this territory I only recognize Old Qi as number one, and next comes this young master me. Any big monkeys have to stand aside for me.”

Qiao Jiajin felt he hadn’t quite understood and blinked blankly.

“But Old Qiao, don’t be discouraged either. Speaking of ‘taking action,’ in this territory you must be the boss.” Chen Junnan reached out and patted Qiao Jiajin’s shoulder. “Below you, that would be this young master me…”

Before he finished speaking, Chen Junnan suddenly thought of something and said with a hesitant expression, lowering his head, “Damn it, there’s also that stinking brat Zhang Shan…”

“Junnan Zai… don’t we still need to find ‘Earth-Monkey’ now?”

“Oh right, don’t change the subject.” Chen Junnan said. “How did we end up talking about Old Qi and Zhang Shan out of nowhere?”

“I…” Qiao Jiajin licked his lips, feeling a bit wronged.

While the two were conversing, they suddenly heard a commotion coming from not far away.