After those words, everyone in the room fell silent once more.

“‘Immortal Arts’…?” Earth-Tiger stared blankly at Earth-Ox, momentarily unable to make sense of it. “What are you talking about, girl… We’re ‘Zodiacs.’ Isn’t ‘Immortal Arts’ just ‘Echo’? Sheep Brother told me that ‘Zodiacs never Echo.'”

Earth-Ox ignored Earth-Tiger and instead scanned everyone once more, opening her mouth to ask, “We’re all on the same path now. At the very least, we should be able to trust each other. Whoever among you possesses ‘Immortal Arts,’ just tell me directly.”

After hearing this, Earth-Chicken narrowed her eyes slightly, took half a step back, crossed her arms over her chest, and her eyes clearly showed vigilance as she stared at Earth-Ox.

Seeing that no one was admitting it, Earth-Ox could only raise her own hand first and say, “I personally possess ‘Immortal Arts,’ but if I reveal the type of my ‘Immortal Arts’ now, it’s equivalent to exposing my identity, so I can’t say everything. Is there anyone else?”

Rotten Dog stared at Earth-Ox for a long time, as if he had thought of something.

Just as he was about to raise his hand, Earth-Mouse quietly extended his claw and secretly held him down.

“Leader… how do you normally train those muscles?” Earth-Mouse asked nonchalantly. “Even your forearms are so solid. Are you planning to become a military dog in the future?”

“You…”

Rotten Dog frowned, not understanding what Earth-Mouse meant.

Everyone had already spoken to this extent—what else was there to guard against?

He knew this wasn’t the right time to speak plainly, so he could only go along with Earth-Mouse’s intention for now and looked up at Earth-Ox.

On one side of the room, Earth-Rabbit, who was standing with Earth-Horse, hesitated for a while before slowly raising his hand and saying, “I have ‘Immortal Arts.'”

After hearing this, everyone turned their heads to look at this tall Earth-Rabbit. He hadn’t spoken much since entering the room, yet he actually possessed “Immortal Arts”?

If this information were to leak out, it would be an offense punishable by certain death.

“I have ‘Dist—'”

“Wait!” Earth-Chicken decisively interrupted Earth-Rabbit’s words, then turned to look at Earth-Ox and asked tentatively, “Is it necessary to thoroughly investigate everyone’s secrets during our first meeting…?”

“Oh…?” After hearing this, Earth-Ox thought for about three seconds before answering, “But this is all Baiyang’s plan. I’m just following orders.”

“Are you saying Baiyang told you to investigate everyone’s ‘Echo’ type here?” Earth-Chicken asked again. “Is this really part of the plan?”

Earth-Ox didn’t answer directly, only saying to everyone, “In any case, you can completely trust me.”

“This isn’t about not trusting you.” Earth-Chicken continued. “It’s just that there are too many ‘Zodiacs’ in the room. I suspect we have a mixed bag now, and there’s no way to lay everything out directly. Stop pressing everyone. This will get everyone killed before the plan even begins.”

Earth-Ox fell silent for a while before slowly saying, “You’re right about that.”

Although the people in the room didn’t know what had happened, they clearly sensed that the atmosphere had changed.

They had originally thought that Earth-Ox, who appeared this time, would be a leadership figure, but she seemed to have a disagreement with Earth-Chicken beside her.

“In any case, that’s the general plan.” Earth-Ox said. “Everyone go back and prepare yourselves, because the giant clock and display screen could be destroyed at any time—perhaps in a few hours, or perhaps in the next cycle. During this time, I’ll rest in Earth-Chicken’s room. If any of you want to talk to me about ‘Immortal Arts,’ you can come find me privately.”

The people in the room quietly stared at Earth-Ox. No one spoke, and Earth-Ox, being quite tactful at this moment, politely nodded to everyone before turning to leave.

Earth-Chicken frowned as she looked at everyone in the room, then also followed her out.

After waiting quietly for a long time, Black Sheep slowly stood up and said, “This is boring. I’m going back to sleep.”

“Huh?” Earth-Tiger was stunned. “Wait, Old Black, don’t leave! Let’s discuss the matter of killing ‘Heavenly-Tiger.’ You know what that ‘Heavenly-Tiger’ means to me…”

“It has nothing to do with me.” Black Sheep responded coldly, walked out the door, and heavily shut the door behind him.

“Ah… you damn Old Black…” Pei Qianhu touched his head and said, “Really not being a good brother…”

Everyone in the room had their own thoughts. Earth-Mouse also stood up at this moment and said to everyone, “Leaders, since the plan from above has been fully distributed, let’s go back and seriously implement it.”

After speaking, he reached out and tugged at Rotten Dog beside him. Rotten Dog also understood. “Right, right, right… The shift is over. I’m going back to nap for a bit.”

The two also left the room at this moment with grave expressions.

After everyone had left in twos and threes, Earth-Horse turned her head to look at the tall Earth-Rabbit beside her. “You shouldn’t be so honest.”

“What?” Earth-Rabbit was stunned.

“Now we all know you possess an ‘Echo.’ If any one of us encounters ‘Heavenly-Snake,’ you’ll have to die.”

“No way… it shouldn’t be such a coincidence, right?” Earth-Rabbit asked again.

Earth-Pig stared at Earth-Rabbit for a long time, then softly said one word: “Broad…?”

“Wh… what ‘Broad’?” Earth-Rabbit was stunned. “You… you kid…”

“Never mind, I’m just guessing randomly.” Earth-Pig frowned and said, “I need to talk to you about something. Can you come with me?”

Earth-Rabbit’s eyes widened. He quickly looked around at the other people and nodded vigorously.

The two walked out of the room at this moment. Now only Earth-Tiger and Earth-Horse remained in the room. After the two fell silent for a while, Earth-Horse also left without a word.

What had seemed like a scene of everyone gathering together, but unexpectedly, after adding one Earth-Ox, everyone quickly dispersed, as if they had all discovered some incredible secret.

In the room next to Earth-Tiger’s.

After Earth-Chicken followed Earth-Ox inside, she turned back to gently close the door, then looked at Earth-Ox with a strange expression.

“What’s wrong?” Earth-Ox asked.

“What… are you really trying to do?” Earth-Chicken said bluntly. “What was that ‘plan’ you just told everyone…? Why is it different from what you said before?”

“I…” Earth-Ox smiled slightly. “What’s the difference?”

“You!” Earth-Chicken was about to say something when she suddenly heard a faint knock on the door from outside.

The two were slightly stunned. Earth-Chicken walked to the door and gently opened a crack, discovering that the visitor was Black Sheep.

“What is it?” Earth-Chicken asked cautiously.

“There’s an important matter I forgot to ask you about just now, concerning the ‘plan.'” Black Sheep said.

“A matter concerning the ‘plan’…?”

“It’s not convenient to talk here.” Black Sheep frowned slightly and asked softly, “Can you let me in?”

“Alright…” Earth-Chicken nodded, then opened the door and retreated back into the room.

After Black Sheep thanked her, he walked through the door, then turned around and closed it.

Before Earth-Chicken and Earth-Ox noticed, Black Sheep’s expression slowly turned cold and severe. Then he reached out and locked the door.

*Click.*

The slight sound put the two “Zodiacs” in the room on alert.

“Why are you locking the door?” Earth-Ox asked.

“Earth-Ox… you’ve really got some nerve… daring to lie in front of a ‘Sheep’?”

Killing intent shot forth from Black Sheep’s eyes as he gradually turned around.