After hearing this, Officer Li let out a deep sigh, then put the heart back into his pocket.

“Little Su… I know you’re trying to comfort me…” He shook his head and continued, “But it’s alright… I just hope that through my own abilities, I can bring everyone out…”

“But there are many people here who have committed crimes.” Su Shan said. “Team Leader Li, we’re both law enforcement personnel. Do you think those who have committed crimes also need to be saved?”

“Yes.” Officer Li said without hesitation. “Even if they’re people who have committed crimes, I must let them get out and face true legal sanctions.”

Seeing Officer Li’s attitude, Su Shan realized she had indeed misunderstood him somewhat.

“Little Su, our task as law enforcement personnel is to maintain the law and execute the law.” Officer Li said. “I cannot tolerate the existence of such a place in this world… It makes everyone who fights for the law into a joke, and makes justice and kindness in this world into luxuries.”

After hearing this, Su Shan sighed. Not to mention Officer Li—even she herself had once wanted to kill her teammate during an Earth-Dog’s game.

She didn’t possess Officer Li’s strong convictions, but she had to admit that what Officer Li said made sense.

“Although I myself have made mistakes…” Officer Li gave a bitter smile. “After coming to this place, I’ve come to understand—I can’t keep making mistakes. I should face everything in my life head-on. Only then can I turn back early and sleep soundly.”

As the two were talking, they saw several people walk past the doorway. Looking closely, it was Qi Xia, Chen Junnan, and Qiao Jiajin, with a girl dressed in white clothes following behind the three of them.

“Qi Xia…?” Officer Li called out.

Hearing the sound, Qi Xia turned his head, and his gaze met with the two people inside the house.

Both of them frowned slightly at this moment. They felt that Qi Xia’s eyes looked somewhat strange—grayish-white mixed with a touch of pitch-black, as if madness was mingled with something pathological.

“Officer Li, Su Shan.” Qi Xia nodded.

After speaking, he lowered his head to look at the bloodstains on Officer Li’s body, then naturally noticed the other party’s pocket. After a few seconds, he revealed a smile and said, “Officer Li… I didn’t expect you’d also be doing quite well.”

“It’s a good thing in any case.” After Qi Xia finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the distance, then said, “You don’t need to practice anymore. Go join up with ‘Cat’ now.”

“Join up with ‘Cat’…?” Officer Li didn’t quite understand the meaning of this statement. “But didn’t Qian Wu already…”

“Go.” Qi Xia said. “Everyone is alive. You’re the only one missing.”

“Ah…?” After hearing this, Officer Li’s eyes flickered, and he looked down at the heart in his hand. “How is that possible…? Even this heart…”

“Trust me, go.” After Qi Xia finished speaking, he looked at Su Shan and said softly, “I heard from Qin Dingdong that you have ‘Spirit Vision.'”

“Yes…” Su Shan nodded.

“You go along too.” Qi Xia thought for a few seconds and said, “There will be places where you’ll be useful.”

“But… but what exactly is ‘Cat’…? I…” Su Shan hesitated.

“Let Officer Li explain it to you on the way.” Qi Xia said.

…

After bidding farewell to Officer Li and Su Shan, Qi Xia’s group of four continued moving forward on the road. Apart from Qi Xia, the remaining few people clearly felt that there were more people on the streets.

Everyone was walking out of buildings toward the “morning sun,” moving their bodies on the streets.

Yan Zhichun appeared absent-minded. All along the way, she had been thinking about matters concerning the “Extreme Path.”

Regardless of whether this Earth-Dragon game succeeded or not, the fate of the “Extreme Path” would be completely decided today.

What she found incomprehensible was the attitude of the remaining three men. The game they were about to experience was already the most difficult “Dragon” among all “Earth-level” games, yet their expressions were calm and composed, as if they were simply going on a trip.

“Old Qi…” After walking for a while on the road, Chen Junnan finally couldn’t help but speak up. “Don’t we need to wait for Little Chu? He doesn’t have a map. Will he know where the ‘Earth-Dragon’ is?”

“He will.” Qi Xia said. “Chu Tianqiu has a deal with the ‘Earth-Dragon.’ He knows better than I do where to find the other party.”

Sure enough, just as Qi Xia said, when the four people arrived at the location indicated on the map, Chu Tianqiu, Jin Yuanxun, and Wen Qiaoyun were already waiting there.

The three of them appeared to have arrived very early, and were now standing quietly on the open street waiting.

What puzzled everyone was that although they were already standing at the location indicated on the map, they hadn’t seen the “Earth-Dragon’s” figure. There wasn’t even a decent building on this street, let alone a game venue.

“Yo, Little Chu.” Chen Junnan said. “Why’d you come so early? Couldn’t sleep last night?”

Chu Tianqiu smiled faintly and nodded at the four people. His expression was actually as calm and composed as Qi Xia’s.

“Is this the place…?” Yan Zhichun looked at the nearby streets with confusion. “I’ve been here many times before, but I don’t remember there being any game venue here.”

“Tsk…” Chen Junnan scratched his head. “Not only that, there isn’t even a decent courtyard here… I’ve heard that the ‘Dragon’ games are really bizarre… some ‘Dragons’ don’t even have dedicated game venues.”

The expressions of all the people present were extremely complex, and they all appeared to have many thoughts on their minds. Just as Qi Xia and Chu Tianqiu were facing each other, a strange light flickered between the two of them, eventually growing larger and forming a circular portal in mid-air.

A female Earth-Dragon who appeared short in stature stepped out from within. Her face was three parts human and seven parts lizard, looking exactly like a half-human, half-beast monster.

She wore a grayish-white suit and had an extremely petite build.

Everyone simultaneously turned their eyes toward her, their moods becoming slightly tense at this moment.

No matter how small this person’s build was, she represented the pinnacle among the “Zodiacs”—the “Dragon.”

“Everyone, it’s been a while. I am ‘Earth-Dragon.'” The female Earth-Dragon said in a calm voice. “I have received orders and have come here specifically to take everyone to ‘Cangjie Chess.’ Are you all ready?”

Chen Junnan stared at the Earth-Dragon for a few seconds, then looked at the light portal behind her and asked, “What do you mean by ‘take’?”

“My game venue must be entered through the portal behind me.” The Earth-Dragon continued, “My game is a ‘Team Confrontation.’ If you are ready, please have the ‘Commanders’ from both sides enter the venue first. The rest will wait here.”

After speaking, she raised her slightly sorrowful eyes and quietly looked at Qi Xia once. Qi Xia returned her gaze impassively without saying a word.

Upon seeing the light portal behind the Earth-Dragon, Qiao Jiajin instantly recalled the Man-Dragon game from the past—”Seesaw.”

That bizarre game had involved traveling to an extremely strange space, and had resulted in the deaths of Tiantian, Officer Li, Lawyer Zhang, and others within it.

But now, very few people remembered this matter.

“Chu Tianqiu.” Qi Xia called out softly. “Are you ready?”

After hearing this, Chu Tianqiu shook the garment draped over his back. That garment appeared even heavier now.

“Everything that needed to be prepared is prepared.”