As Earth Dragon turned and opened the wooden door, Qi Xia and Chu Tianqiu discovered it was a space just as pitch black as their current location.

Although both inside and outside the door were pitch black, they could clearly feel that the door led to somewhere else.

Quite a few whispering voices came from within. It seemed all the people previously selected were here—a full twelve people.

Earth Dragon walked in first. Qi Xia and Chu Tianqiu didn’t immediately follow her, merely staring at her back.

“Qi Xia… why are you participating in this game?” Chu Tianqiu asked softly.

“Wasn’t it arranged by Qinglong?” Qi Xia asked in return.

“It’s already come to this point… there’s no need to continue lying to me, right?” Chu Tianqiu said. “Let me guess—your goal is to come find these ‘doors’?”

“No…” Qi Xia said. “Although it’s related to the ‘doors,’ my ultimate goal isn’t the ‘doors.'”

“It seems you’ve long known about the strange aspects of this place…” Chu Tianqiu said.

“Isn’t this thanks to you?” Qi Xia said.

“Me…?”

“Yes.” Qi Xia nodded. “Forgot? The first time I participated in a ‘Man-Dragon’ game was a trap you set up. You made our own people slaughter each other… But I really must thank you, because from that moment on, I had a bold hypothesis.”

“Ha…” Chu Tianqiu gave an evil smile. “I see… so the ‘answer’ of this world truly exists within the games… it actually is the ‘Dragons’? If I’d known, I should have led from the front and struggled through more games myself.”

“In that game… we entered a strange space through different ‘doors,'” Qi Xia said. “Not only that… other people could also go to the same space as us from other ‘doors.’ This can only mean that the ‘doors’ aren’t the most important thing—the ‘space’ is.”

“Then have you comprehended the meaning of these ‘doors’?” Chu Tianqiu asked again.

“What…?” Chu Tianqiu was startled. “You’re saying there’s no such thing as a ‘train,’ only ‘doors’…?”

“If you push open your bedroom door and reach the bathroom, walk forward a few steps and push open the bathroom door to reach the kitchen and living room, you’d naturally think this house is rectangular, right?”

After hearing this, Chu Tianqiu furrowed his brow. “Isn’t it?”

“But if someone tampered with the ‘doors,’ allowing them to lead to other spaces, it would change your perception. If the other party forcibly combines originally unconnected rooms subconsciously, then people walking through them would only tell you based on their own feelings that this seems to be a ‘long corridor’ or a ‘train,’ but the actual situation is that countless non-adjacent spaces have been combined together.”

Chu Tianqiu was naturally no ordinary person. Within just a few sentences, he had gradually understood what Qi Xia was trying to express.

“But the turbulence of that ‘door’ just now…” Chu Tianqiu felt there was still a major question, especially after Qi Xia had just written the character “Yu.” “Could it actually lead to some kind of space beyond reality…?”

“No.” Qi Xia denied it. “You’re overthinking it. It can only take us to spaces that truly exist.”

“That ‘door’ looked like it had gone mad…” Chu Tianqiu’s voice grew lower and lower. “Are you certain that what’s on the other side of the ‘door’ truly exists?”

“Of course.” Qi Xia nodded and said meaningfully, “A space you can reach just by opening a door… how could it not count as truly existing?”

Chu Tianqiu didn’t speak, merely continuing to think with a serious expression.

Based on Earth Dragon’s reaction just now… what was on the other side of the “door” really couldn’t be considered “real.” Earth Dragon frequented strange places like the “Land of the End” every day—could there be a world more terrifying than this that could frighten her?

“Right now all the ‘doors’ are very stable,” Qi Xia said. “They’re as stable as a ‘train,’ with long corridors and countless trivial spaces. But think carefully—how could this place possibly accommodate a behemoth that stretches for over ten miles…?”

“Qi Xia…” Chu Tianqiu lowered his voice and leaned forward. “You already know so much… aren’t you worried Qinglong will hear?”

“Hear…?” Qi Xia shook his head. “Based on my speculation… Qinglong can’t hear anything here.”

“What…?”

“If Qinglong could truly hear, when I just wrote the character ‘Yu,’ the one who stopped me wouldn’t have been Earth Dragon,” Qi Xia deduced with a serious expression. “Moreover, I just tested it. Qinglong wants to come to the scene to watch your game with me, which further proves that if he doesn’t come to the scene, he can’t know what’s happening here.”

“Just based on that, you boldly speculate that Qinglong can’t guess anything here?”

“But this speculation still needs verification,” Qi Xia said. “Let’s go. Use your strongest ability and face me in a match.”

The two followed Earth Dragon through the door and discovered this was still a vast pitch-black space.

The first thing that came into view was a large plaza. The ground here wasn’t pitch black but rather paved with white tiles, and in the distance there were some giant white walls that looked seven or eight meters tall.

The team members previously “selected as generals” by the two were standing together in small groups. Since Qi Xia and Chu Tianqiu couldn’t be considered completely opposing camps, the people they had selected weren’t in a mortal enemy relationship either.

Qiao Jiajin was chatting with his arm around Zhang Shan’s shoulder. Han Yimo and Doctor Zhao were whispering about something. Chen Junnan was talking with a speechless-looking Xu Liunian.

Zheng Yingxiong covered his nose with one hand while Tiantian inquired about something with concern beside him.

If one didn’t say this was an “Earth Dragon game,” anyone would think this was a gathering of old friends.

When everyone saw the three of them emerge from Earth Dragon’s group, they all quieted down and then gathered toward this side.

“You two… what comes next is the ‘inspection,'” Earth Dragon said. “If you confirm there are no issues with your teams, I will take you separately to the game venue.”

“‘Separately’?” Qi Xia asked. “Aren’t we all participating in this game together?”

“Yes.” Earth Dragon nodded. “It’s just that the only opportunity for all of you to stand together is right now. What comes next is ‘team confrontation.'”

At this moment, everyone’s expressions were different. Some of them stood here because they believed in their “commander-in-chief,” but others had never even thought their “commander-in-chief” would choose them.

“That’s fine,” Qi Xia said. “Give everyone some time to chat among themselves.”

“Please do,” Earth Dragon said. “In five minutes, I’ll take everyone to the venue.”

After hearing this, everyone immediately erupted into commotion.