Everyone naturally had no pleasant expressions for Earth-Monkey. If not for everyone’s concerted cooperation this time, Earth-Monkey would have already taken their lives by now.

“Yo, Monkey Brother, what advice do you have?” Chen Junnan asked without any goodwill.

Earth-Monkey walked straight toward Little Cheng as if he hadn’t heard anything.

“You…” Earth-Monkey fell silent for a while, then spoke. “Are you certain his trauma was caused by ‘Entering Dreams’?”

“This…” Little Cheng hadn’t expected Earth-Monkey to also be concerned about this question. He could only shake his head. “I really don’t know. I can only say it’s very similar. It might be some other ability similar to ‘Entering Dreams’…”

“Do you have a way to ‘treat’ it?” Earth-Monkey asked again.

“I…” Little Cheng felt somewhat uneasy and hurriedly shook his head. “I said before, if I enter the dream of someone with psychological qualities stronger than mine, I might very likely be devoured by his dream. If it’s a normal dream, that’s still manageable. But once it’s a ‘nightmare,’ I’m extremely likely to die in the dream…”

“Lying.” Earth-Monkey said coldly. “Unless the dream’s master sees you and then personally kills you, you couldn’t possibly die in the dream.”

“What…” Little Cheng froze for a moment and turned to look at Earth-Monkey.

“Your ‘Entering Dreams’ level isn’t up to standard. People in the dreamscape have difficulty seeing you, right?” Earth-Monkey said. “In this situation, how could you possibly be killed by them?”

“You… even know this?”

“If you died in a dream before, the only possibility is that you wanted to kill your opponent in the dream, and they ultimately detected your presence and counter-killed you.” Earth-Monkey continued. “Even if you really enter Qi Xia’s dreamscape, I don’t think Qi Xia would develop killing intent toward you.”

After hearing this, Little Cheng nodded with a heavy expression: “What you say is correct… but what if there’s that one in ten thousand chance…”

“Qi Xia just gambled your share as well.” Earth-Monkey pulled out another cigarette from his chest pocket and put it in his mouth. “So aren’t you prepared to gamble once for him too?”

Chen Junnan and Qiao Jiajin on the side suddenly felt Earth-Monkey became somewhat more agreeable when saying these words.

“It’s fine.” Earth-Monkey reached out to light the cigarette. “Go take a look. Qi Xia’s condition can’t get any worse than it is now.”

After speaking, he looked around at Qi Xia’s teammates and asked: “What do you all think?”

After hearing this, Tiantian thought for a while and replied: “This matter is somewhat beyond my understanding. Let’s just see what Little Cheng’s wishes are…”

“That’s right.” Chen Junnan nodded. “Little Cheng, if you’re willing to go in and help us brothers take a look at Old Qi’s situation, we brothers will remember your kindness. If you’re unwilling to go, we brothers won’t fault you for it either.”

“This…”

Just as Little Cheng was hesitating, Earth-Monkey blew a mouthful of thick smoke in his face, then said: “Sorry, they are them, I am me.”

“What?”

“If you can’t figure out a way to restore Qi Xia to consciousness, I’ll break both your legs today and make you crawl out.”

Earth-Monkey’s words were resounding and definitive, not at all a consultative tone, making the several people present all freeze for a moment.

Although everyone was somewhat worried about Qi Xia’s situation, the current approach was undoubtedly somewhat kidnapping Little Cheng. To Little Cheng, Qi Xia was originally just a stranger he’d met once. If the other party was unwilling to risk his life to save him, that was also understandable.

But why would Earth-Monkey care so much about Qi Xia’s situation? Or did he have other motives?

Seeing Earth-Monkey’s earnest appearance, Chen Junnan instead felt somewhat suspicious.

“Monkey Brother, when gambling cards just now, we didn’t see you care so much about Old Qi.” Chen Junnan stared at him and asked.

“He and I have some interests in common.” Earth-Monkey said. “If he stays foolish like this, I don’t have the patience to wait.”

“You’d better not act rashly.” Chen Junnan said. “Monkey Brother, the higher-ups still don’t know about your ‘discerning golden eyes,’ right?”

Earth-Monkey’s expression darkened as he turned to look at Chen Junnan.

“If I discover you have any selfish motives, I’ll make this matter known to everyone.” Chen Junnan smiled. “Don’t look at how I usually say little—this kind of talk spreads very quickly.”

“Rest assured, I said I have interests in common with him.” Earth-Monkey pointed at the sleeping Qi Xia. “If he doesn’t get better, I won’t get better either.”

After speaking, he looked at Little Cheng again and said softly: “Have I made myself clear enough? Do you want me to ‘accidentally’ stomp on and break your foot, or will you go in and help me check on his situation?”

Little Cheng looked somewhat nervous. He clenched his hands and answered: “I need to say upfront… I don’t have any confidence I can cure Qi Ge. At most I can see his ’cause of illness.’ If you all don’t mind, of course I can enter his dreamscape to take a look.”

“Then why are you wasting words?” Earth-Monkey asked. “Hurry up.”

Everyone had some selfish motives, so at this moment no one spoke up for Little Cheng. After all, compared to Little Cheng, they hoped more that Qi Xia would be safe and sound.

Although sometimes making selfish choices would weigh on one’s conscience, they had to admit that Qi Xia’s role was much greater than Little Cheng’s.

“That, um…” Chen Junnan still reminded him in the end. “Young man, be careful not to die in there. I suspect the ‘dream’ Old Qi is having is very terrifying. If you see things going badly, try to withdraw first. Old Qiao and I will think of other methods.”

Chen Junnan had seen Qi Xia wake up several times—his expression each time was like being reborn. Looking at Qi Xia’s psychological qualities, a “nightmare” that even he would find terrifying would inevitably cause a normal person who mistakenly entered it to face extremely horrifying things.

“Alright…” Little Cheng nodded woodenly. “I understand.”

After speaking, he sat down beside Qi Xia, laid Qi Xia flat, then dragged over a chair and placed it next to Qi Xia.

Taking advantage of his busy work, Earth-Monkey walked into the small room behind the gambling den, then took out several fruits that looked about to rot. After coming out, he unceremoniously threw them onto a mahjong table.

“What’s this for…?” Qiao Jiajin blinked. “Do you need us to feed the monkey?”

“Screw off.” Earth-Monkey said with an impatient expression. “This is what I promised that kid just now. He said as long as the cards were revealed this round, I would let you all eat something.”

He impatiently lit another cigarette and said in a hoarse voice: “I’m someone who honors my bets.”

Everyone looked at the fruits on the table. The bananas were somewhat blackened, the apples had several dark spots, but everyone had gone without food or water for a long time. Seeing fruits in this condition, they couldn’t help swallowing their saliva.

“Eat up.” Earth-Monkey waved his hand. “I don’t have the inclination to poison you all with a few rotten fruits. It would be more convenient to just stomp you to death with my foot.”

Little Cheng sat beside Qi Xia, took a deep breath, then placed his palm on Qi Xia’s forehead.

This was his first time attempting to enter someone’s dreamscape during the day. At this moment, he was concentrating entirely on controlling his conviction.

“That, um…” Chen Junnan lowered his voice on the side and asked, “Do you also have to sleep?”

“Although it’s not sleeping, it’s about the same.” Little Cheng nodded. “Once I enter Qi Ge’s dreamscape, I won’t be able to sense the outside world anymore. Remember, don’t actively wake me up, or I might die.”

“Can’t call you…?” Chen Junnan glanced at Qiao Jiajin, then turned back to ask, “Then what if you encounter danger, kid?”

“Then I’ll try my best to sever my conviction and find a way to exit the dream.” Little Cheng said to everyone very seriously. “Remember, no matter what abnormalities occur, unless I can come out on my own, absolutely do not wake me up.”