As soon as Chu Tianqiu finished speaking, tears flowed down his smiling face.

He grinned broadly, tears rolling down like beads.

Wen Qiaoyun couldn’t bear to watch. She frowned slightly and stepped forward to gently grasp Chu Tianqiu’s arm. “Don’t cry…”

Chu Tianqiu stared at Wen Qiaoyun, his expression extremely complex.

“So I can’t leave.” Chu Tianqiu gently pushed away Wen Qiaoyun’s hand. “In this entire ‘Land of Ending,’ how many ‘participants’ are like me, with their life already on a countdown before they even entered?”

“Is it a terminal illness?” Wen Qiaoyun asked again.

“Brain tumor.” Chu Tianqiu answered. “Only in this place of infinite cycles can my lifespan be effectively extended. Not a single medical method in this world can save me. Only this strange land can do it.”

Chu Tianqiu’s words carried weight. Wen Qiaoyun guessed he probably wasn’t lying.

“Infinite… cycles…?” Wen Qiaoyun’s mind raced rapidly, roughly reconstructing the entire matter.

No wonder she felt the man before her was incredibly familiar. Could the “lover” he mentioned be…

No matter what, Wen Qiaoyun couldn’t figure this out.

Even though the man before her was so crazed, she could still see he was quite handsome, and the clothes on his body looked very expensive.

For him to become a leader of one faction, he must be an extremely intelligent person.

But she herself was not only plain-looking… her real identity was just a convenience store cashier.

If so, how did two people whose lives, experiences, wisdom, and even economic capabilities were completely mismatched become lovers?

Especially in such a desperate place?

“Qiaoyun…” Chu Tianqiu spoke again. “I clearly freed my lover from the cycle, yet she came back. What do you think I should do?”

Chu Tianqiu’s words undoubtedly confirmed Wen Qiaoyun’s speculation again.

“Then how do you know… that your lover wanted to get out?” Wen Qiaoyun asked. “Could she have the same thoughts as you?”

“No, because she’s been working hard to get out all along.” Chu Tianqiu answered. “For a long time, I couldn’t find the motivation to move forward. Later, I discovered that if I could help her realize her dream… it would also settle one of my wishes.”

“Did she… know before that you had a brain tumor?” Wen Qiaoyun asked again.

“She didn’t know.” Chu Tianqiu answered. “We were each other’s most important person. If she had known… how could she possibly have worked hard to get out?”

“So you’re prepared to stay here and let your lover get out.” Wen Qiaoyun smiled bitterly. “Even killing her was to let her get out?”

“Yes.” Chu Tianqiu smiled slightly. “I had no other way… I can only stay here, but she still has a wonderful life ahead. Although it sounds bizarre, I truly killed her to protect her. She suffered too much and should have been freed long ago.”

After hearing this, Wen Qiaoyun was silent for a while before saying, “But she did come back. What do you want to do now? Make her die again?”

Chu Tianqiu also fell silent for a few seconds before saying, “That’s right. I still want her to die.”

The air grew quiet between their conversation, until the sun slowly set and neither spoke again.

“Tell me the truth…” Finally, it was Wen Qiaoyun who broke the silence. “If I die, will everyone be freed?”

The air once again became utterly silent, as if even Chu Tianqiu hadn’t expected Wen Qiaoyun to ask this.

She seemed the same as before, yet also different.

“I can’t say for sure.” Chu Tianqiu shook his head. “I can only say there’s a certain probability. After all, in this place, no one knows the method for complete liberation. Everyone is trying and making mistakes. Now it’s not about who will succeed, but only about who makes fewer errors.”

“A certain probability is fine too.” Wen Qiaoyun said. “I can see you’re an intelligent person. If you’ve truly thought of a method, then it can also save me a lot of time and I can try it directly.”

“But there are many intelligent people in this world…”

“No.” Wen Qiaoyun shook her head. “In this world, there’s ten percent intelligent people, ten percent foolish people, and the remaining eighty percent are all muddled people.”

“Muddled people…?” Chu Tianqiu raised an eyebrow.

“Yes, these muddled people will casually follow intelligent or foolish people and waver uncertainly. They don’t have clear ideas of their own.” Wen Qiaoyun said. “So the person leading them is crucial. If there’s a chance, I’d also like to try leading them once.”

After hearing this, Chu Tianqiu sighed softly.

“But I’m just a muddled person.” Wen Qiaoyun smiled. “The things I’ve done in this life, sometimes very intelligent and sometimes very foolish.”

Chu Tianqiu once remembered that the Wen Qiaoyun of those years had also, without any certainty, resolutely established a massive organization.

Just as she said, the organization’s decisions were sometimes correct and sometimes wrong, but this couldn’t conceal Wen Qiaoyun’s determination to help everyone.

“So if you have an idea, just go ahead and try it.” Wen Qiaoyun said. “You’ve already been trying for a long time, right? Since there’s an intelligent person to help me make mistakes, there’s no need for me to be stubborn myself.”

Seeing that Chu Tianqiu hadn’t spoken for a long time, Wen Qiaoyun asked again, “How do you want me to die?”

That short sentence pierced Chu Tianqiu’s heart like an awl.

Perhaps killing Wen Qiaoyun once more… would truly allow him to reach the realm of “god.” This feeling of losing and regaining, then losing again, would be even more painful than gritting his teeth to kill her.

Qi Xia… making me tear apart my inner self again and again, is this your plan?

Chu Tianqiu couldn’t even distinguish whether Qi Xia’s “Endless Rebirth” this time was helping him or tormenting him.

He only knew that after this time, he would be even more crazed than before. If he let Wen Qiaoyun live, all his previous efforts would be wasted.

“Qiaoyun… I want you to die completely.” Chu Tianqiu said with a despairing expression.

Another silence lasting dozens of seconds.

“You also know I’ve lost my memory.” Wen Qiaoyun said. “Since you just said this place has ‘infinite cycles,’ does that mean normal people can hardly die?”

“Yes.” Chu Tianqiu nodded.

“Then how can I ‘die completely’?” Wen Qiaoyun asked again. “After I die, what must you do to free me?”

“There are many methods to die completely… Tomorrow happens to be an opportunity.” Chu Tianqiu said. “Qiaoyun, you are my most important person in the ‘Land of Ending.’ Once you die, the remaining plans will be realized by me. But I can’t guarantee there will definitely be a way to free everyone. I only know that as long as I keep breaking through the barriers of being human, I can vaguely touch the threshold of ‘god.'”

Wen Qiaoyun was silent for a long time before saying, “All right…”

“Tomorrow I’m going to participate in a game.” Chu Tianqiu said. “Come with me.”

“A game…” Wen Qiaoyun nodded. “You want me to die in the game?”

“That’s right.” Chu Tianqiu said. “No matter who the referee is, I want you to ‘bet your life’ with them.”