The last round’s “community card” was Spring Festival’s “First Month First Day.”

This led Zheng Yingxiong to believe that the “Beginning of Autumn’s” “Seventh Month Eighth Day” and “Great Heat’s” “Sixth Month Twenty-First” in his hand at the time had absolutely no way to match with it, so he withdrew in the first round.

Chen Junnan quickly calculated. Earth-Monkey’s hand this time was still “Spring Festival,” but because the rules had changed, these two cards might possibly form a very large hand with “Spring Festival.”

Among them, “Beginning of Autumn” wouldn’t work.

“Beginning of Autumn’s” “seven-eight” added together was already “fifteen.” Earth-Monkey would fail on the spot when drawing this card.

If Earth-Monkey showed this arrogant expression, it could only prove that the card in his hand was “Great Heat.”

“Great Heat’s” “six-two-one,” plus “Spring Festival’s” “one-one,” plus “She Day’s” “two-two”—the sum of these numbers was “fifteen”!

If this were truly the case, it would simply be the worst situation known so far.

Everyone had finally managed to have an opportunity to accurately guess Earth-Monkey’s cards, yet his hand was ridiculously large.

Even larger than the total “fourteen” in Qiao Jiajin’s hand!

What should they do next?

Qiao Jiajin also spent some time calculating Earth-Monkey’s hand, and his expression became extremely ugly.

Looking at Earth-Monkey in contrast, he wore a contemptuous expression throughout, as if already about to declare his own victory.

Now on the table… was there anything that could turn the tide?

Qiao Jiajin and Chen Junnan simultaneously thought of this layer, then turned their heads to look at Qi Xia’s “hole card.”

Since drawing his card, Qi Xia hadn’t looked at it once. What exactly was his “hole card”? Could he have some backup move?

“Liar boy…” Qiao Jiajin called out softly.

After hearing this, Qi Xia slowly reached out to pick up his “hole card.” He lifted the “hole card” before his eyes, with the back of the card facing Earth-Monkey.

Earth-Monkey looked at Qi Xia with interest, without speaking.

Qi Xia slowly adjusted his breathing and said: “Earth-Monkey, I’ll give you one chance to concede defeat. You can’t win.”

Due to the angle, Qiao Jiajin and Chen Junnan couldn’t see what card was in Qi Xia’s hand at all. The two were anxiously worried in their hearts, but couldn’t say anything.

“I… concede defeat…?” The corners of Earth-Monkey’s mouth slowly rose, then gradually split open, revealing yellowed teeth. “Hahahahahaha! Ridiculous, Qi Xia, too ridiculous!”

Qi Xia’s brows furrowed tightly, his teeth also biting together fiercely. After a long time, he slowly spat out a few words: “What’s ridiculous?”

“I can’t see that card—can’t you see it either?” Earth-Monkey laughed loudly. “What kind of inferior deception is this?”

“Inferior… deception…?”

Earth-Monkey folded his arms across his chest and shifted his obese body to sit more comfortably.

“Qi Xia, I think you’re truly confused. Is your brain not working anymore?” He asked with a grin. “If that card of yours could really beat mine, why would you threaten me to concede defeat? Shouldn’t you trick me into continuing to raise?”

“I…” Fine sweat covered Qi Xia’s forehead. The situation indeed looked somewhat dire.

“Truly too ridiculous.” Earth-Monkey kept shaking his head. “Saying something like ‘I’m a liar,’ yet you’re repeatedly seen through by me. Do you rely on these meager tricks to walk through the ‘Land of the End’?”

Hearing these words, Qi Xia’s eyes seemed to die, and the hand holding the card also lost its strength, slowly dropping down.

He looked extremely fatigued. Not only was his entire face pale, but his cold sweat had already soaked his clothing completely.

Qiao Jiajin and Chen Junnan, sitting on the side, happened to see that “hole card” as Qi Xia lowered his hand.

It was “Cold Dew.”

Ninth Month Eighth Day.

This card essentially had no difference from the Double Ninth Festival.

After drawing it, the point total would instantly reach seventeen points, directly declaring failure.

Just now, Qi Xia had held this “Cold Dew” card to make a final threat against Earth-Monkey, but unfortunately, he still failed in the end.

“My cards… are very large…” Qi Xia said in a low voice, as if muttering to himself. “Earth-Monkey… you’ll lose…”

“Yes, your cards are indeed very large.” Earth-Monkey nodded slightly. “They’re large enough to ‘blow you up.'”

As if having lost his mind, Qi Xia slowly took out a “Dao” from his pocket and placed it on the table, then said in a deep voice: “I want to ‘raise.'”

“What…”

At this moment, not only Chen Junnan and Qiao Jiajin, but even Earth-Monkey was somewhat dumbfounded.

No matter how one looked at it, Qi Xia’s cards had already “busted.” In other words, “revealing means losing,” yet he wanted to “raise” at this point?

“Earth-Monkey… do you dare to call…” Qi Xia’s voice was very small. Earth-Monkey could barely hear it. “I can’t possibly lose to you…”

“You’re truly a fucking madman…” Earth-Monkey gritted his teeth. “What wouldn’t I dare?!”

Earth-Monkey immediately placed a “Dao” on the table, without any hesitation whatsoever.

After the two finished betting, Qi Xia turned his head to look at Chen Junnan and Qiao Jiajin. That gaze was abnormally hollow.

“Liar… liar boy… you…”

“You two don’t pay attention to him anymore.” Earth-Monkey said. “Can’t you see he’s completely gone mad? He’s most likely gambling with a ‘busted’ hand. If you two withdraw now, you can still keep some capital. Perhaps you can still make a comeback in the time ahead.”

The two naturally knew that what Earth-Monkey said made a lot of sense. Withdrawing now was the optimal choice, but the two of them didn’t have a single “Dao” left in their hands.

“Chen Junnan, you call.” Qi Xia said coldly.

“Old, Old Qi… I don’t have any ‘Dao’ left…”

After hearing this, Qi Xia blinked slightly, then looked at Qiao Jiajin again: “Fist, you call.”

“I, I don’t have any either…” Qiao Jiajin said. “Liar boy, are you a bit tired? How about we…”

“I’ll give you one.” Qi Xia said with a deathly pale face. “You call. I’ll give you a ‘Dao.'”

Qiao Jiajin looked at Qi Xia’s abnormal appearance, at a loss for a moment.

Earth-Monkey showed a scornful laugh from the side: “What did I say? If you give up now, you can at least preserve some capital.”

Qi Xia didn’t pay attention to Earth-Monkey. He reached out his hand and directly stuffed a “Dao” into Qiao Jiajin’s hand.

Qiao Jiajin felt that Qi Xia’s fingertips were ice-cold, and even trembling slightly.

“Fist… are we brothers or not…? Why won’t you call…?” Qi Xia asked, unfocused.

“I… I…”

Qiao Jiajin stood there in a daze, truly not knowing what to do. He naturally considered Qi Xia a brother, but what kind of sense was there in knowingly jumping into a fire pit when one knew they would lose?

He hurriedly cast a help-seeking gaze toward Chen Junnan.

“This…” Chen Junnan smiled bitterly and slowly turned over the cards on the table, representing his withdrawal from this round. “Old Qiao, although I don’t want to admit it, we might have to hang first.”