“What?”

Qiao Jiajin laughed on the spot after hearing this: “You want me to use my tricks to break the liar’s tricks?”

“That’s roughly what it means.” Xu Liunian nodded. “Are you willing to do this?”

“I…” Qiao Jiajin scratched his head and smiled again. “This question really stumps me.”

After hearing this, Xu Liunian pondered for a moment, then said: “Don’t you also want to cycle here forever and never leave?”

“No, pretty lady, you seem to have misunderstood something.” Qiao Jiajin said. “From the first time I met the liar, I told him that I’d be his fist and he’d be my brain. He and I have a cooperative relationship. So in my view, if I use my tricks to break his tricks, that wouldn’t be cooperation, but rather betrayal.”

After hearing this, Xu Liunian quickly organized her thoughts and said: “But does Qi Xia himself know about this plan…? What if our ‘reincarnation’ is occurring in his subconscious… and even he can’t control it?”

“Then I still believe in him.” Qiao Jiajin said. “I’m not a smart person, but I believe the liar has his own ideas about everything. If you all can think of this method, naturally he can think of it too. But if he thought of it yet didn’t do it, it can only mean his thinking goes even deeper than this.”

“So your decision is…”

“I won’t proactively break his tricks.” Qiao Jiajin answered with a resolute expression. “The liar is currently planning something, and I’ve always believed in his decisions and stand by his side. If one day he discovers his decision is about to fail and asks me to say those words, that’s when I’ll resolutely use my ‘Echo.'”

After hearing this, Xu Liunian was stunned for a moment, then nodded: “I see, I understand now…”

“So yeah, now isn’t the time.” Qiao Jiajin said. “Let’s wait together.”

Seeing the person before him slowly approaching, Chu Tianqiu couldn’t help but furrow his brows.

“So what form is this?” Chu Tianqiu pointed at his own eyes. “Sheep pupils?”

After hearing this, Chu Tianqiu laughed instead of getting angry: “The fact that you can appear to find me at this time means you’ve already found a way to restore memories, right? Whether that ‘Madman’ outside is me or not… do you really need to ask?”

“Yes.” Qi Xia nodded. “I only hate that I’m not smart enough. When you divided the people here into ‘Good People’ and ‘Madmen’… I should have raised this question then. Where exactly did you come up with the word ‘Madman’…? Wouldn’t calling them ‘Lunatics’ have been better?”

“No, no, no…” Chu Tianqiu shook his head with a smile. “‘Lunatics’ are ‘Lunatics,’ while ‘Madmen’ are ‘Madmen.’ Just as you are you, and I am me.”

“Oh…?” Qi Xia slowly stretched his mouth into a grin, that smile identical to Chu Tianqiu’s. “You’re saying I’ve gone mad…? Interesting…”

“So what do you want with me?” Chu Tianqiu asked.

“I have questions to ask you, but not here.” Qi Xia answered.

After hearing this, Chu Tianqiu nodded: “Follow me.”

The two people, carrying completely different auras, walked into the teaching building, leaving everyone at the scene behind.

Little Glasses slowly turned his head to look at Zhang Shan at this moment and asked: “Are you really going to follow that person?”

“I…” Zhang Shan looked at the direction Chu Tianqiu had left and sighed, asking: “Little Glasses… do you want to leave?”

Little Glasses was slightly stunned after hearing this and said: “I… can die if I die, can live if I live. I originally came here by suicide. When I discovered I was alive again… my feelings were complex, just as complex as they are now.”

“Then I understand.” Zhang Shan said. “You mentioned before that you committed a crime, so it was suicide out of fear of punishment?”

“Yes.” Little Glasses nodded. “It can’t really be called ‘fear of punishment,’ it should be considered ‘atonement,’ but the result isn’t any different. Even if I get out, I’ll be arrested. If I’m not arrested, I’ll continue to commit suicide anyway. So whether this place is destroyed or continues… I don’t have any clear thoughts about it.”

“Damn… when you put it that way, you’re quite similar to me.” Zhang Shan scratched his head. “If I get out, there’ll be plenty of troublesome matters… What about Old Lu?”

“I…” Old Lu shook his head meaningfully. “I’m pretty much the same too.”

“But I don’t want to interfere with you two.” Zhang Shan said. “What I’ve said is like a nail I’ve spit out, now already nailed to the ground. He protects us from harm, I lend him a hand. As for whether he can ultimately become that ‘god,’ that’s no longer something I should worry about.”

Han Yimo and Doctor Zhao on the side both felt a bit uncomfortable after hearing this.

“Hey… what are you doing?” Han Yimo asked. “You all don’t want to leave, but I do!”

Doctor Zhao also hurriedly nodded after hearing this: “That’s right! Chu Tianqiu only said before that he wanted to become a ‘god,’ but he never said we’d all die with him!”

Zhang Shan helplessly shook his head after hearing this: “Then you should go do whatever you need to do.”

“But where else can we go?!”

As several people were talking, they saw another group walking toward the school gate.

“Yo! Big guy!” Qiao Jiajin waved his hand.

“Oh…?”

Zhang Shan turned his head to look at the approaching group and soon also showed a hearty smile: “Tattoo kid.”

“What are you doing here?” Qiao Jiajin asked. “Where did the liar go?”

“Just went up with Chu Tianqiu.” Zhang Shan stuck out his thumb and jerked it toward his back. “Did you all follow him here?”

“Yeah, yeah.” Qiao Jiajin nodded, but he quickly noticed the bodies scattered all over the playground. “You all… what are you doing? Killing people?”

“It’s a long story.” Zhang Shan said. “Originally we were the ones being killed, but now it looks like we’ve somehow become allies with the killer.”

Chen Junnan appeared completely unconcerned about the bodies on the ground, only looking at the teaching building with a confused expression: “What the hell is that Old Qi kid doing…? The two of them even having secret talks?”

Qin Dingdong’s emotions had stabilized somewhat, and she also asked with a worried expression: “But what exactly are they going to talk about…?”

Chen Junnan thought for a moment and answered with a serious expression: “You’re asking me? Old Qi is probably… offering constructive opinions on the next ten-day plan with Little Chu, then exchanging views on bilateral relations, and providing guiding strategic principles for the tense situation between us and ‘Heaven’s Mouth.’ Old Qi pointed out that currently…”

“Shut the hell up already.” Qin Dingdong lifted her foot and kicked toward Chen Junnan. “As long as you’re around, I’ll never have a moment’s peace.”

Although he cracked a few jokes, Chen Junnan’s expression remained grave. He raised his head to look toward the rooftop of “Heaven’s Mouth,” where Qi Xia and Chu Tianqiu were already standing.