“Just because he can control ‘people’ doesn’t mean we can control ‘people’,” Black Sheep said with furrowed brows. “Right now we’re stuck at this ‘people’ step!”

“You…” Earth-Tiger pondered for a long time, moved Black Sheep’s hand away from his collar, then his expression also darkened as he said in a muffled voice, “Old Black, in any case, I’m certain now. Regardless of whether Baiyang actually wants me to kill ‘Heavenly-Tiger’ or not, this plan seems beneficial to Baiyang in my view, so I’ll execute it.”

Black Sheep’s face showed slight anger. He looked at Earth-Tiger for a long time before slowly saying: “Then let’s go together.”

“No, that’s not…” Earth-Tiger smiled embarrassedly. “That’s not what I meant, Old Black. I can go by myself. Don’t be angry… you…”

“Stop fucking talking nonsense,” Black Sheep sighed. The feeling right now truly made him feel somewhat helpless.

This was clearly a plan meant to filter out the smart from the stupid, yet now he had seen through everything but still had to execute it using the stupidest method… Would this really not cause problems?

But Black Sheep understood in his heart better than anyone that after he and Earth-Tiger had persisted for so many years, if someone died at the final moment… it would definitely leave the survivor regretting it for life.

“Pei Qianhu,” Black Sheep called again. “Just in case, there’s something I need to tell you first.”

“Tell me…?” Earth-Tiger was startled. “Old Black… aren’t you afraid I’ll mess it up for you…”

“I have no other choice,” Black Sheep said. “In all my decades here, the people I can trust are few and far between. Man-Snake counts as one, you count as one, Baiyang counts as one… and also… Little Mouse.”

“Old Black… you… don’t pull this death talk on me.”

“Little Mouse and Baiyang are both gone, and Man-Snake’s body is as fragile as a piece of paper to us… so I can only trust you,” Black Sheep said again. “Pei Qianhu, listen to me. If I die…”

“Fuck your bullshit!”

Earth-Tiger suddenly reached out and pushed Black Sheep away. Black Sheep also hit the wall at this moment.

Then Earth-Tiger pointed at his mouth and said: “Hurry up and say ‘pah pah pah’ for me! How fucking unlucky!”

“What…” Earth-Tiger was stunned. “Dead Old Black, you… so you do have your own plan after all?”

Black Sheep didn’t answer the question, but said instead: “After gathering everyone, head to the lower cargo hold and liberate all the ‘Ants’.”

“Huh?”

“When liberating the ‘Ants,’ ‘Heavenly-Ox’ will definitely come out to stop us…” Black Sheep raised his head and said, “Pei Qianhu, no one will kill ‘Heavenly-Ox,’ so for us two to get out in one piece that day, we must kill two ‘Heavenly-level’ zodiacs. And the time limit for killing ‘Heavenly-Tiger’ needs to be controlled within ten minutes, otherwise there won’t be a way to gather the ‘Destroyers’ together to kill ‘Heavenly-Ox’.”

Seeing that Earth-Tiger didn’t speak, Black Sheep added: “On this ‘train,’ the two hardest ‘Heavenly-level’ zodiacs to kill, aside from Heavenly-Dragon, should be ‘Heavenly-Snake’ and ‘Heavenly-Ox.’ After all, one controls the ‘train’s operation’ and the other controls the ‘Ants’.”

“Damn… this fucking…” Earth-Tiger frowned and asked, “Dead Old Black… could it be that your original mission was to liberate the ‘Ants’…? Before we received the ‘corresponding kills’ mission, you already knew you had to solo ‘Heavenly-Ox’?”

“That’s right. Today I even practiced with another ‘Ox,'” Black Sheep moved his neck, then touched the blood on his cheek. “My luck was really good. ‘Earth-Ox’ and ‘Heavenly-Ox’ are very similar. This is probably also the reason ‘Heavenly-Ox’ was willing to train her… These two women are both more agile and robust than the other. Their fighting methods are probably similar too.”

“You… this injury was from that Earth-Ox girl beating you?” Earth-Tiger was startled, extending his thumb and gesturing toward the wall. “Next door to me?”

“Yes,” Black Sheep said. “Don’t look at how small and thin she is—when she fights, she really doesn’t hold back. I heard she used to be an athlete.”

“No… wait a minute…” Earth-Tiger scratched his head. “You fought Earth-Ox girl and didn’t gain any advantage… and you still want to go solo ‘Heavenly-Ox’…? Are you fucking insane, kid?”

“Our physical qualities are all the same, so…”

“But they have ‘Echoes’!” Earth-Tiger said. “Don’t fucking kid yourself. You definitely can’t beat Earth-Ox. Why don’t we two just switch missions!”

“Switch…?”

“I’ll go deal with ‘Heavenly-Ox,’ and you solo ‘Heavenly-Tiger’ by yourself!”

“I’ll fucking kill you!” Black Sheep cursed. “I go help you kill ‘Heavenly-Tiger,’ and you just directly leave me there? Choosing to help you is really my fucking blessing!”

“Haha!” Seeing Black Sheep return to his original self, Earth-Tiger also laughed heartily. “Dead Old Black… I’m just joking with you! How could I leave you there?”

Black Sheep sighed irritably: “In any case, that’s the situation. Pei Qianhu, at the critical moment, you can even use those ‘Destroyers” bodies as weapons to throw at ‘Heavenly-Ox’.”

“Huh…?!” Earth-Tiger was stunned. “But aren’t they Baiyang’s people?”

“That’s right,” Black Sheep said. “This kind of behavior should be tacitly approved by Baiyang.”

“Why?”

“Because Baiyang entrusted them to me. He knows my fighting style. If he dares to assign people to me, I dare to let them die,” Black Sheep said. “Looking at it this way, those ‘Destroyers’ also know I might kill them, so you don’t need to hesitate. Use whatever method you think can win to kill ‘Heavenly-Ox’ as quickly as possible.”

After hearing this, Earth-Tiger scratched his head and said: “I can more or less understand this matter… but why do we need to liberate the ‘Ants’?”

“I don’t know,” Black Sheep said. “But this is the plan I received. I will complete it at all costs, which can also be considered my way of repaying all of Baiyang’s kindness.”

After hearing this, Earth-Tiger pondered for a while, then lowered his head and murmured: “Damn… how strange…”

“What?”

“Old Black…” Earth-Tiger scratched his head, saying with a puzzled expression, “Why does it sound like everyone has their own independent plan… but I’m the only one who doesn’t?”

“You…?” Black Sheep was startled. “Before Baiyang left, didn’t he tell you anything privately?”

“No!” Earth-Tiger said. “Am I not worthy?! Does my brain not even have the qualifications to receive an independent plan?”

After hearing this, Black Sheep also felt a bit puzzled. Earth-Tiger was clearly the eye of this typhoon, yet Baiyang had never told him anything.

Looking at it this way, there should only be one possibility.

“This means that in Baiyang’s view, no matter what you do, it’s all within the plan.”

“Huh…?”

Black Sheep stood up and walked toward the door: “I need to go back and treat my wounds.”

“Alright… need help?” Earth-Tiger asked.

“Fuck off.”

“Oh.”

Black Sheep walked to the door, then turned back and said: “Pei Qianhu, if you dare die, I’ll definitely kill you.”