“Tianlong… hasn’t told you about his purpose?” Qinglong’s gaze changed as he looked at Qi Xia. “Think back carefully.”

As soon as the words fell, Tianlong’s words from the dream instantly echoed in Qi Xia’s mind.

He had said: “Aries, it was clearly you who deceived me, yet in the end I’m the one you guard against.”

He had said: “Aries, if you’re willing, come back now and become ‘Heavenly-Sheep.'”

He had said: “Aries, in this place only you and I have a chance to become ‘God.'”

At that time, Tianlong didn’t even have a face, yet he still entered his dreams and spoke these words to him.

Thinking carefully about everything Tianlong had said, there seemed to be no hostility at all.

But he also seemed anxious. Otherwise, given Tianlong’s status and methods, how could he have fallen into his trap so easily?

If he could fall into a trap, he should have fallen into one long ago during all this time. Why specifically at this moment?

Qi Xia’s intention was merely to probe Tianlong’s depths, yet the other party made such a significant move in his dream, as if betting all his hopes on this one “dream entry.” What was he so anxious about?

Why wasn’t Qinglong among the candidates Tianlong mentioned who could become “God”?

At this moment, Qi Xia finally slowly narrowed his eyes, feeling that things were gradually becoming clear.

If he guessed correctly, both Tianlong and Qinglong wanted each other’s life.

Although these two people used completely different methods, they both coincidentally chose him as their “gun.”

Thinking about it this way, things became even stranger.

Every time Qinglong appeared, he would definitely activate “Silence,” while Tianlong’s appearances used “dream entry.”

They both chose a way to contact him that the other would absolutely not know the truth about, and laid down their own schemes.

Although he had recovered some past memories, the memories never showed that he had such frequent contact with these two people. So after learning so much intelligence, this matter could only be handled even more cautiously than before.

“Well?” Qinglong asked. “Did you remember? His purpose…”

After hearing this, Qi Xia slowly raised the corners of his mouth and said softly: “Sorry, I can’t remember. Tianlong didn’t tell me anything.”

“If he didn’t say anything… that’s best.” Qinglong narrowed his emerald green eyes and said. “Tianlong is even more insane than me. I advise you to have less contact with him.”

Qi Xia’s mind wavered, only feeling that the fog on the road before his eyes had changed again.

This time, not only did it not dissipate, but on top of the existing foundation, it stirred up a sandstorm that made it impossible to keep his eyes open.

This familiar feeling came again.

In his memory, the last time he was at loggerheads with Chu Tianqiu, it was this same complex yet excited feeling.

At that time, he, Chu Tianqiu, and Xu Liunian each set down their own strategies, and on the same night unleashed all their killing moves. This time felt very similar to that time, but the sense of “schemes” was much more intense.

He, Chu Tianqiu, Qinglong, and Tianlong had each spent a long time simultaneously laying down their schemes, and in this cycle they had become intertwined with each other.

Everyone had large, medium, and small schemes, each scheme had its own purpose, and everyone might have lied.

Under such complex circumstances, in such a desperate environment, trying to deduce the purposes of these people was simply like a fantasy tale.

After all, all three of them had completely gone mad, and their thought processes couldn’t be judged by normal human logic.

No… among them, two didn’t even count as “human.”

To deduce their purposes, one had to view things from an even grander perspective.

If I were already a “god,” what would I do?

“Yes…” Qi Xia narrowed his eyes and said. “I thought of it long ago. If I had laid down schemes, how could you all just sit and wait for death?”

“So Qi Xia…” Qinglong said. “You still need to go meet those ‘Zodiacs.’ Although I don’t know what exactly you’re planning, I have a feeling that meeting them will be somewhat helpful to you.”

Qi Xia turned his head to look at the sky. Today’s sun was about to set.

If he really wanted to meet those “Zodiacs” according to Qinglong’s wishes, he could only wait until early tomorrow morning.

Today was a day of abundant harvest. Not only did he obtain much intelligence, he had also found himself again.

He was one step closer to “complete liberation.”

“I will go meet them.” Qi Xia said. “After all, there’s still time.”

“Good.” Qinglong glanced at Qi Xia, then shifted his gaze to Chu Tianqiu, saying: “From the bottom of my heart, I hope you succeed.”

“I’m humbled.” Chu Tianqiu smiled.

Just as Qinglong was about to turn around, Qi Xia suddenly called out to him.

“Qinglong.”

“Mm?”

“You still haven’t said how you plan to eliminate one of us two.” Qi Xia asked with a cautious expression. “Just now when I asked you this question, you suddenly asked me whether I had gone to see those eight people. Is there some connection?”

“Of course.” Qinglong said. “As long as you go see the ‘Dragon,’ everything will become clear.”

“Earth-Dragon…?” Qi Xia nodded with a somewhat contemplative look.

“Yes, I will keep waiting for you.” Qinglong extended his hand to point at his own ink-green eyes and said. “I will wait at the peak of madness for you to drill into my eyes.”

Qi Xia said nothing, only giving the other party an especially cold and stern look.

Qinglong let out a cold laugh, then turned and disappeared from the spot. The “Silence” that had been pressing down on the vicinity also vanished at the same moment.

Chu Tianqiu and Qi Xia stood in place for a long time without moving. Although they could chat with Qinglong with what appeared to be an equal status, no matter what, the other party’s oppressive presence was extremely strong.

The killing intent in those ink-green eyes was constantly emanating, as if being killed by him required no reason at all.

“Chu Tianqiu.” Qi Xia called out. “Do you think you can become a ‘god’ like them?”

Chu Tianqiu didn’t answer immediately. He merely sighed faintly and said: “You should have noticed too. A rift has appeared between those two. Regardless of whether I want to sit in that position or not, this place is going to collapse.”

After hearing this, Qi Xia nodded slightly: “Yes, someone here needs to reshuffle the deck. But this time, it should be someone different doing the reshuffling.”

“Let’s go.” Chu Tianqiu smiled. “Today I’m showing great mercy by letting you stay overnight at ‘Heaven’s Mouth.'”

“Heh.” Qi Xia also let out a cold laugh. “Don’t forget our ‘wager.'”

After hearing this, Chu Tianqiu looked down coldly at Yun Yao and Zhang Chenze standing in the center of the playground below: “I won’t forget.”