Qi Xia walked on the road toward “Heaven’s Mouth,” and as he reached the “display screen,” he stopped of his own accord.
He raised his head to look at the display screen. There were quite a few “Echoes” shown on it.
The largest line of text in the center of the screen read “Endless Life.”
And in various corners on the side, there were a whole host of “Echoes” including “Tian Xing Jian,” “Scapegoat,” “Disaster Attraction,” “Disintegration,” “Skillful Object,” “Soul Migration,” and many more.
Just as he had heard before, the closer it got to the final few days, the more “Echo” users would awaken in this place.
The several people following Qi Xia from behind saw him stop and hurriedly shrank behind a wall corner nearby.
“Is this interesting?” Qi Xia asked without turning his head.
After hearing this, Qiao Jiajin reached out to tug at Chen Junnan: “Junnan boy… he’s talking to us, right?”
Chen Junnan blinked after hearing this: “No way…? This kid’s mentally unstable. He probably thinks it’s a voice-controlled screen…”
“Following me—is this interesting?” Qi Xia asked again.
The air became quiet at this moment.
“Well then.” After pondering for a moment, Chen Junnan helplessly shook his head. “Looks like I’m the one who’s mentally unstable.”
Since Qi Xia had discovered them, Chen Junnan simply walked out brazenly, and the several people behind him hurriedly followed upon seeing this.
“Yo~ If it isn’t the hot-tempered Qi Xia?” Chen Junnan said in a sarcastic tone. “You watching TV here?”
“What are you following me for?” Qi Xia asked.
After hearing this, Qi Xia cast a cold glance at Chen Junnan and said: “Stop following me. Go away.”
Qiao Jiajin scratched his head: “Liar boy… we’re not too comfortable with you going to ‘Heaven’s Mouth’ alone. That place is very dangerous.”
“Having Chu Tianqiu is enough,” Qi Xia said. “There’s no meaning to you following me. Chu Tianqiu won’t make a move against me.”
“But…” Qiao Jiajin felt somewhat helpless but didn’t know what to say.
“I’m telling you, who the hell is following you?” Chen Junnan said aggressively. “They came to help me find Dong Jie together. What does it have to do with you? Once we find Dong Jie, we’ll go back. Stop your bullshit and hurry up and go your way.”
After hearing this, Qi Xia hesitated for a moment and asked: “Find who?”
“Qin Dingdong,” Chen Junnan said without good humor.
Qi Xia nodded: “She’s right behind you.”
“Huh…?”
It took everyone three seconds to finally understand what this sentence meant, and they hurriedly turned around to look.
Sure enough, Qin Dingdong stood behind everyone with a bewildered expression, startling them all.
They hadn’t heard any footsteps along their entire journey, yet Qin Dingdong was separated from them by only three or four steps, as if she had been standing here waiting for them all along.
Zheng Yingxiong reached up to cover his nose at this moment, his expression full of pain.
“I…?” Qin Dingdong looked down at her body in disbelief, then pinched her face, feeling that things seemed a bit complicated.
“Dong… Dong Jie?” Chen Junnan blinked. “Wait, how did you pop up here?”
“I… don’t know…” Qin Dingdong looked at Chen Junnan with a puzzled expression. “I only remember opening my eyes and then… What’s going on? Student Qi, Student Qiao, Little Tiantian… and that bastard Chen Junnan? You’re all here?”
“I… we…” Chen Junnan thought for a long time about his wording but really didn’t know how to explain the current situation to her.
Since Qi Xia’s “Echo” was “Endless Life,” could this Qin Dingdong be someone he “copied”…?
“Dong Jie, do you remember where you were before?” Chen Junnan asked again.
“I… remember that I died…” Qin Dingdong said in a daze. “I was killed by ‘Heavenly-Snake’…”
Hearing Qin Dingdong’s answer, Chen Junnan’s train of thought became confused again. He felt he had many questions he wanted to ask but didn’t know where to start for a moment.
Earlier, Chu Tianqiu had also performed a similar technique to “copy” himself, but the “copied” version of himself clearly had a memory gap compared to his original self.
But this situation hadn’t occurred with Qin Dingdong, so was she actually “copied” or not?
“Old Qi…” After thinking for a long time, Chen Junnan finally couldn’t help but speak up. “What the hell are you doing…?”
“Helping you find the person you want to find,” Qi Xia answered.
Chen Junnan slowly turned around, looking at him with an angry expression: “You should know how bizarre your own ability is, right…? Dong Jie clearly already died… but you forcibly pulled her back… Is this right?”
“Is it not right?” Qi Xia asked. “We’ve all died and been resurrected many times here already. One more time doesn’t make a difference.”
“Do you think you’re great?” Chen Junnan asked again. “Do you think you saved her?”
“I didn’t think that,” Qi Xia remained expressionless. “Anyway, there are only three days left. We’re all going to die eventually.”
“But what about the next cycle…?” Chen Junnan asked. “Have you thought about exactly how many of us will wake up in the room? Even if your ability is this domineering, you shouldn’t break this delicate balance!”
“However many copies there are doesn’t matter,” Qi Xia said. “After all, the ‘Zodiacs’ will kill off the extras according to the contract. This is the ‘Watch Theory.’ No matter which one they kill, the one that remains is the real one.”
“You…”
“Anything else?” Qi Xia asked.
Chen Junnan was so angry he couldn’t speak, while Tiantian and Qiao Jiajin on the side were also a bit confused. They couldn’t understand the content of Chen Junnan and Qi Xia’s conversation at all.
“If there’s nothing else, stop following me.” Qi Xia paused, then looked at Qin Dingdong sideways. “Is Lin Qin dead?”
“This… I don’t know…” Qin Dingdong answered. “At the time, we encountered ‘Heavenly-Snake.’ The situation was quite urgent. I was the first one killed by him.”
“Damn…” Chen Junnan cursed after hearing this. “Truly like master, like disciple. That ‘Heavenly-Snake’ and ‘Earth-Snake’ are cut from the same cloth.”
“I don’t know if they ultimately escaped… but ‘Heavenly-Snake’ was asking us questions at the time. If you couldn’t answer, you’d die.” Qin Dingdong said with some lingering fear. “But Lin Qin and Lawyer Zhang seemed more knowledgeable than me, so it should be fine, right?”
After hearing this, Qi Xia’s brow furrowed slightly: “How many of you were there?”
“Four,” Qin Dingdong answered. “Me, Zhang Chenze, Lin Qin, Su Shan. We participated in ‘Earth-Dog’s’ game. Su Shan died, and both Lin Qin and I were injured.”
“Lin Qin was injured?” Qi Xia pondered for a moment. “Then she must be dead. Even if ‘Heavenly-Snake’ didn’t kill her, she couldn’t have dodged ‘Heavenly-Horse Moment.'”
“‘Heavenly-Horse Moment’…?” Qin Dingdong froze. “What’s that?”
After hearing this, Qi Xia didn’t answer. He turned around and said: “Have your reunion yourselves. Stop following me.”
He was about to set off when he saw the giant bell on the side begin to swing. It seemed another “Echo” user had appeared on stage.
*Clang*!!
The bell sound echoed before everyone, and a line of text never seen before appeared on the screen—”I heard the ‘Echo’ of a ‘Madman.'”
Qi Xia quietly looked at that line of text, not revealing a trace of expression on his face. After thinking for a few seconds, he set off once more.