“Tsk, a few military advisors on our side told me that although you asked me to contact you, you actually don’t have anything to say to me. Is that true?”

“It’s true,” Qi Xia said. “I don’t have any business with you.”

“Alright, then everything matches up,” Zhou Liu said. “Tsk, as expected, smart people rely on their brains. Only I rely on guessing.”

Qi Xia chuckled lightly but didn’t speak.

“Tsk, great genius,” Zhou Liu said again. “So you had me transmit a message to you just to hear the results of our discussion?”

“Correct,” Qi Xia said again.

He thought to himself that ‘Cat’ was truly ‘Cat.’ When everyone could unite as one, even some second-rate strategists could discuss and reach first-rate results.

After all, every viewpoint each person proposed was for the team’s benefit or leaned toward self-sacrifice. Their brains would achieve synchronization at this moment, multiplying their strength exponentially.

This brain synchronization had extremely demanding requirements for the team. If any one person’s viewpoint came from selfish motives, it would immediately form the “barrel effect,” and the entire team’s overall strength would be dragged down to the level of the “selfish person.”

“Tsk, great genius, we have results now,” Zhou Liu said.

“Tell me.”

“Uh… wait a moment…”

He heard them rustling and discussing for a few seconds on her end, then she said, “Tsk, I’ve confirmed again. Assassination targets: first ‘Xuanwu,’ then ‘Zhu Que.’ Right?”

“Right,” Qi Xia answered. “What about the second discussion result?”

“Tsk, damn it…” Zhou Liu said with confusion. “How do you know there’s a second result?”

“…’Qinglong’ and ‘Baihu’ aren’t included in the ‘assassination plan,’ correct?”

Qi Xia paused for two seconds and nodded. “Correct.”

“Damn, it’s really right…?” Zhou Liu was stunned. “Tsk, but why the hell is that? Aren’t there four ‘Divine Beasts’ in total? Why do we only need to kill two? And what’s with this assassination order? Did you even think of all this?”

Facing Zhou Liu’s series of questions, Qi Xia only said calmly, “You just said that certain things you have, I don’t. So who speaks, who listens?”

“Tsk…” Zhou Liu sighed. “That’s true… no matter how many questions I have, you can’t answer them anyway. But if you know this in such detail, why didn’t you just have that bastard Chen Junnan tell us directly? Do you know how long we discussed to reach these two conclusions? Shijiu is exhausted and confused.”

“Only when you discuss and reach this conclusion yourselves will you believe it’s absolutely correct,” Qi Xia answered. “Otherwise, even if you knew the conclusion, you’d still have a pile of questions that need resolving.”

“Fine…” Zhou Liu said. “Since you also think there’s no problem, we’ll execute according to this plan.”

“Thank you for your hard work,” Qi Xia said.

Zhou Liu’s side subsequently fell silent. Qiao Jiajin and Chen Junnan also came closer.

They clearly felt that Qi Xia seemed to be thinking about many things and didn’t rashly speak up.

After a few seconds, Qiao Jiajin asked, “Liar boy… is everything going smoothly?”

“No major problems,” Qi Xia said. “You two should rest early today. Tomorrow you need to come with me to participate in the ‘Earth Dragon’ game.”

“No problem,” Qiao Jiajin nodded.

“Do you need me to do anything…?” Chen Junnan asked.

“I…” Qi Xia pondered for a few seconds and said, “Tomorrow, do you need to protect someone?”

“Damn it…” Chen Junnan cursed under his breath. “Did you install surveillance on me? Old Qi, you’ve gone too far. Hurry up and pull the plug.”

“Not at all,” Qi Xia said. “I thought you might receive such a request, but you don’t need to comply with it.”

“Eh…?” After hearing this, Chen Junnan paused slightly. “But that’s not right… do you know who I’m supposed to protect…?”

“It doesn’t matter who it is. You don’t need to protect anyone,” Qi Xia said. “I’ll protect them.”

“You-you’ll…?”

“Chen Junnan, you’re responsible for protecting me,” Qi Xia said. “And I’m responsible for protecting everyone.”

After hearing this, Chen Junnan and Qiao Jiajin were slightly stunned, then looked at each other.

Qiao Jiajin understood Chen Junnan’s meaning, so he spoke up again, “Liar boy, aren’t we going to participate in a game tomorrow?”

“Yes,” Qi Xia nodded.

“Going to participate in a game… but you’re going to protect everyone?” Qiao Jiajin asked again.

“That’s right… it’s already come to this point. I’ll do my best to protect everyone,” Qi Xia said. “Tomorrow’s ‘Earth Dragon’ game isn’t just a simple game. Take it seriously and ensure you ‘win.’ I’ll handle the rest.”

“Alright…”

The two agreed one after another, then went to a corner of the room to rest, while Qi Xia continued staring out the window.

Even when everyone else had already rested, even when the ‘Train’ had quieted down, Qi Xia still couldn’t let his guard down.

Although all the ‘Heaven Level Moments’ had already been blocked by Qinglong, after all, each ‘Heaven Level’ being had their own selfish motives. No one could say for certain whether there would be a defecting ‘Heaven Level’ who would suddenly activate a moment.

Now was their critical moment.

At this time, anyone with discerning eyes could see that Heavenly Dragon and Qinglong had begun to break apart, and numerous ‘Heaven Level’ beings also had to start choosing sides at this critical juncture.

Although choosing the right camp wouldn’t bring them wealth and glory, it would at least allow them to survive.

Even if they were momentarily intimidated by Qinglong’s power, it didn’t mean they would forever stand on Qinglong’s side. As long as the opportunity was right, someone would definitely choose to serve Heavenly Dragon.

But these ‘Heaven Level’ beings who had lived carefree for many years would never imagine that no matter whether they sided with Qinglong or Heavenly Dragon, they were all wrong.

Only by standing on the side of the ‘Participants’ at this time would they possibly truly survive.

Perhaps only seventy years ago did people standing on this land believe that ‘Participants’ could win.

Except for that initial moment, ‘Participants’ had no chance of victory in all the subsequent years. This was also the conclusion numerous ‘Heaven Level’ beings reached based on their long-term experience.

“At that time, there should be randomly appearing ‘wild needles’…” Qi Xia thought to himself. “Even if the队伍 stands firm, the mental states of ‘Heaven Level’ beings are still fluctuating… If at this time they see an ‘Earth Level’ coming to assassinate them… sparks will fly.”

Qi Xia deduced in his mind the events about to unfold, while his gaze cautiously watched the sky, guarding against ‘Heaven Level Moments’ that could appear at any second.

Throughout the entire night, until the sky began to gradually brighten, he finally moved his somewhat stiff body, stood up, and rotated his neck.

Then he woke up Chen Junnan and Qiao Jiajin. After the three made brief preparations, they went to Yan Zhichun’s room to meet up with her, then set off toward the ‘Earth Dragon’ game venue.