After hearing Zhou Liu’s words, Yun Shijiu finally understood why Zhou Liu had been so troubled all along.

What troubled her was not the awkwardness of being caught between two camps, but rather the panic that both camps she knew well might face total annihilation.

However, at this moment, Yun Shijiu became even more unsettled.

If Qian Wu had always known Zhou Liu’s identity, didn’t that prove that Qian Wu approved of what Zhou Liu was doing?

Approved of having an “Extreme Path” member in his own team?

“I… I don’t quite understand,” Yun Shijiu said. “If Wu Ge already knows… and he still tacitly permits this… then doesn’t that mean…”

“Tsk, Shijiu,” Zhou Liu called out. “Whether you believe it or not, Wu Ge’s thinking goes much deeper than yours.”

“But… but our camp after all…”

“The flock effect,” Zhou Liu said. “Tsk, Shijiu, as long as one person starts lying, the rest will all become sheep that lie.”

“Sheep that… lie?”

Jiang Ruoxue also nodded. “Little brother, our leader is a ‘Sheep,’ and all the remaining people will advance according to the lies told by the ‘Sheep.’ When necessary, we will also lie. Your Wu Ge is exactly like this. This is what’s called the ‘flock effect.'”

“But isn’t this wrong…?” Yun Shijiu looked at Zhou Liu somewhat hesitantly. “All the people who join ‘Cat’ are a group of evildoers who don’t want to leave. No matter what the big shots of this place need to do, we ‘Cats’ should remain neutral…”

“Tsk…” Zhou Liu sighed and said again, “Shijiu, that’s why I say Wu Ge’s thinking goes much deeper than yours.”

“What do you mean…?”

“Tsk, as you know, the reason all us ‘Cat’ people don’t want to leave is precisely because we’ve all committed grave mistakes,” Zhou Liu continued. “When Wu Ge first agreed to cooperate with various camps, it was to ensure that all of us ‘Cats’ wouldn’t just lurk in the shadows. He wanted all of us to step out and stand openly in the sunlight.”

“Wu Ge has a way,” Zhou Liu said in a deep voice. “Shijiu… tsk, Wu Ge said he’ll find a way to cleanse each of our sins, allowing all the ‘Cats’ to emerge from the shadows and return to a perfect, sinless real world.”

“That’s absurd…” Yun Shijiu’s composure wavered. “This is absurd… This is even more absurd than ‘Heavenly Dragon’s’ lies…”

“Tsk, but I believe Wu Ge. This is the true meaning of our ‘Cat’ existence,” Zhou Liu said. “Do you really want to remain ‘neutral’ here for a lifetime?”

Yun Shijiu knew that eternally being ‘neutrally reincarnated’ here was naturally not the best choice. If one could cleanse their sins and return to reality, who would be willing to stay here?

But how could such a difficult task possibly be accomplished?

“So neither ‘Long Live the Extreme Path’ nor ‘Remain Neutral’ is our final mission codename,” Jiang Ruoxue interjected at this moment. “‘Flock Effect’ is.”

After hearing this, Yun Shijiu fell silent again for a few seconds, then turned to look at Zhou Liu and said, “Liu Jie… can we really… return to a ‘sinless’ world?”

“Three outcomes,” Zhou Liu said, holding up three fingers. “We take advantage of this opportunity to do something big. Either everyone escapes, or everyone disappears. As for the third choice… that would be maintaining the status quo. I don’t even need to ask Wu Ge’s opinion to know what choice he’ll make.”

After thinking it over, Yun Shijiu finally nodded. “Alright… I understand…”

Chen Junnan, who hadn’t spoken for a long time, saw this and interjected, “Hey hey! Brother! Since you know what the ‘Extreme Path’ is going to do, why not say it now so everyone’s plans are clear.”

“That works…” Yun Shijiu nodded. “But I heard this plan has two stages. I only know the first stage, so in that case, I’ll…”

“Wait.” Zhou Liu and Jiang Ruoxue almost simultaneously stopped Yun Shijiu.

“Hmm…?”

“Don’t say it now,” Jiang Ruoxue said. “Since your ‘Cat’ also has someone in the know, then tell us tomorrow just as the mission is about to begin. Otherwise, with the long night ahead, who knows what variables might arise. If we encounter ‘Heavenly Snake,’ we’ll be in trouble.”

Zhou Liu nodded. “That’s also what I think.”

“Alright…” Yun Shijiu also nodded.

“What are you ‘Cats’ going to do?” Jiang Ruoxue then turned to look at Zhou Liu.

“Tsk, we…” Zhou Liu said, “are going to kill the ‘Divine Beasts.'”

After saying this, she looked meaningfully at Chen Junnan, then added, “The purpose of ‘Cat’ since its establishment has been to kill the ‘Divine Beasts,’ and it’s never changed. Tsk, I don’t know which damn genius came up with this goal. Really fucking brilliant.”

“Cough cough…” Chen Junnan cleared his throat and hastily changed the subject, saying, “Zhou Mo Jie, didn’t Qian Duoduo lead the brothers to try it once before… that ‘Xuanwu’ thing can’t be killed.”

“That was a test,” Zhou Liu said. “Wu Ge knew long ago that Xuanwu carries ‘Immortality.’ The last failure was not only to see ‘Xuanwu’s’ capabilities but also to make the various ‘Divine Beasts’ lower their guard.”

“My God… a plan within a plan?” Chen Junnan was stunned.

“Wu Ge said that when the time is right, someone will come to ‘Cat’ and personally reveal the method to break the ‘Immortality’ on ‘Xuanwu.'”

“Holy shit…” After hearing this, Chen Junnan seemed to realize something. “Zhou Mo Jie… don’t tell me… really don’t tell me… this time I came precisely for this… damn it… did Old Qi use me as a chess piece again?”

“You came for this…?” Zhou Mo didn’t understand. “Aren’t you here as a member of Qi Xia’s camp to discuss the plan with us?”

“I don’t know shit about any plan!” Chen Junnan felt somewhat wronged. “Do you know what that bastard Old Qi told me? He said, ‘Go see if it’s a dead cat or a live cat, then have Zhou Liu contact me.'”

“…That’s it?” Zhou Mo asked.

“That’s it!” Chen Junnan said with an aggrieved expression. “I thought that was my purpose for coming here today, but I didn’t expect that little bastard Old Qi had already thought it all through… it’s just that he couldn’t openly say this at ‘Heaven’s Gate’…”

Zhou Liu fell silent for a moment, then asked, “So you know ‘Xuanwu’s’ weakness…?”

“Fuck…” Chen Junnan cursed. “Not just ‘Xuanwu’s’ weakness. We encountered a white-skinned snake, and that brother rattled off a whole bunch of stuff. We know all the weaknesses of all the ‘Divine Beasts’!”

After saying this, Chen Junnan leaned forward and pointed at his own eyes, saying, “The ‘eyes’ are the weakness!”