Qi Xia walked forward without looking back. He had now roughly confirmed the positions of all the “Zodiacs” on the map.

Aside from “Dragon,” the remaining seven could be secured, after all, he and Earth-Tiger were strategizing against these people from two fronts.

This cycle was about to end now. Originally, these “Zodiacs” could have completely disregarded the concept of the ten-day cycle, but now things were different—they should realize that this matter couldn’t be accomplished by just the few of them alone and would definitely require the help of “Participants.”

However, once the “Participants” experienced “Annihilation,” many people’s memories might be wiped away, and their “rebellion’s” success rate would decrease once again.

So if they were going to act, they could only seize this opportunity.

Qi Xia knew he should have already figured out the hearts of these eleven “Zodiacs” as much as possible. Most of these “Earth-level” members were people he had once trusted, and now it was time to cash in that trust.

There were still a few people who had no particular connection with his past self, but through this period of contact and “Earth-Tiger’s” indirect probing, they had sufficient reason to stand on his side.

As an ordinary “Participant,” instigating more than ten “Zodiacs” to unite in rebellion was something that seemed like an impossible fantasy no matter how one thought about it.

Yet now, through Qi Xia’s maneuvering, the arrow had already been nocked on the bowstring.

What remained to be done were only two things.

The first was to determine who could stand on the “Participants'” side. For this, he needed to meet with Chu Tianqiu in “Earth-Dragon’s” game.

Taking ten thousand steps back, if Chu Tianqiu’s abilities were inferior to what he had estimated, and he had no talented individuals under his command, then the representative of the “Participants” could only be selected from the remaining two factions.

Qi Xia turned his head to look into the distance—that was the direction of “Cat.” This “needle” planted using Chen Junnan should be about ready to demonstrate its true effectiveness.

They had never been any “mercenaries”—their purpose from the very beginning was to “slay the divine beasts.”

“What a pity about Qian Wu…” Qi Xia murmured to himself. “No, I’m overthinking it. Qian Wu isn’t dead. He should be in prison right now with Zhou Liu, using Zhou Liu’s ‘Sound Transmission’ to continuously gather his teammates, after all, their teammates are also scattered throughout the city.”

Qi Xia came back to his senses and sorted out the second thing he needed to do—that was to see Yan Zhichun.

She was another “needle” besides “Cat” and the “Zodiacs.”

“Jidao.”

However, this “needle” was far too special. They knew the truth about the entire “Land of the End” and were willing to stand in opposition to the “Participants,” enduring loneliness willingly, so they had always remained hidden, imperceptible to others.

Among the strong individuals in this city, those who emerged to prominence had only a few possible destinations.

Either “Heaven’s Mouth,” or “Cat,” or “Jidao.”

Qi Xia had left them at most seven years to gather strong individuals.

Even if there truly were fish that slipped through the net who didn’t join these three factions, Qi Xia would find ways to turn them into his teammates.

Whether they were people arranged in his own room like Chen Junnan and Qiao Jiajin, or wanderers like Su Shan and Qin Dingdong.

The timing now seemed just right. Whether “Participants” or “Zodiacs,” they were probably in the most suitable state for resistance in history.

Speaking of Su Shan, Qi Xia suddenly remembered something and turned back to look at Qin Dingdong.

“What is it, Student Qi?”

Qi Xia was about to speak when he realized someone was missing behind him: “Where’s Chen Junnan?”

The two turned back and saw that after all this time, Chen Junnan had only belatedly run out from Earth-Snake’s game venue.

“Yo! Chatting, are we?!” Chen Junnan came over with a face full of smiles. “This young master just gained some knowledge—that old guy’s game is quite sinister.”

“It doesn’t matter,” Qi Xia said. “We probably won’t participate in his game.”

Qin Dingdong paused and said, “Student Qi, what were you about to ask me just now?”

After hearing this, Qi Xia turned his face and thought for a moment before asking, “Did you know Su Shan before?”

“Yes, Little Shan and I used to be… good friends,” Qin Dingdong smiled awkwardly. “Although I once killed her, she’s not a bad person.”

“Has she ‘Echoed’?” Qi Xia asked.

“Yes,” Qin Dingdong nodded. “If you want to know about Little Shan’s ‘Echo,’ why don’t you just ask me directly? I knew about her ‘Echo’ before. It’s just a pity she’s dead now…”

“No, she’s not dead,” Qi Xia said.

After saying this, Qi Xia felt something was strange. A slight dizziness suddenly transmitted through his brain, but that bout of dizziness quickly receded.

“Not dead…?” Qin Dingdong was stunned, and Qiao Jiajin and Chen Junnan beside her also showed unusual expressions.

“Yes, she should be right now…” Qi Xia paused, then continued, “standing at the place where you thought she died. She’ll probably reunite with you all soon.”

“Old Qi…” Chen Junnan spoke up at this moment. “I think you should say less of these kinds of things… I always feel something is strange…”

Qi Xia reached up to support his forehead and said, “But this is a necessary measure…”

Although he said “necessary measure” with his mouth, Qi Xia felt uneasy in his heart. He had said similar words several times before without any issues, but this time brought a barely perceptible sensation of dizziness.

Could it be because “Cat” suffered heavy casualties during the “Pegasus Moment”… and the number of people needing resurrection was too many?

“It seems I must discard all rationality to succeed…” Qi Xia murmured to himself. “I still have room for improvement.”

“Old Qi…?” Chen Junnan called out tentatively again. “What are you muttering about, kid?”

“It’s nothing,” Qi Xia shook his head. “Qin Dingdong, what is Su Shan’s ‘Echo’?”

Although Qi Xia had witnessed the moment Su Shan “Echoed,” he still didn’t know what ability she had activated.

“It’s ‘Spirit Vision,'” Qin Dingdong answered. “Hasn’t anyone told you? Her eyes can not only see through ‘Echoes,’ but can also see ‘essence.'”

“So she’s the one with ‘Spirit Vision,'” Qi Xia nodded. “The person I was looking for was right beside me all along. That makes sense.”

Qi Xia was about to lead everyone forward after speaking, but his brain suddenly became confused again.

“Wait…” He lowered his head, reached up to touch his chin, then asked, “Qin Dingdong… can ‘Spirit Vision’ perform ‘X-ray vision’?”

“What kind of ‘X-ray vision’ do you mean?” Qin Dingdong asked. “Seeing through a person’s heart probably won’t work.”

“Not people’s hearts, just things like playing cards.”

“Of course it can,” Qin Dingdong nodded. “Speaking from that perspective, ‘Spirit Vision’ includes a portion of ‘X-ray vision’ capability.”

After these words, Qiao Jiajin and Chen Junnan simultaneously understood what Qi Xia meant.

“Which means…” Qi Xia looked at Qiao Jiajin and Chen Junnan. “‘Heavenly-Snake’s’ research direction was wrong all along… The ‘immortal technique’ of this place isn’t ‘Parasitic Flying Bird’ at all.”