"Eh?" The three of them stared at Qi Xia in shock. While his plan wasn’t complex, it seemed full of dangers at every turn.
"You want to gamble your life against someone else’s?!" Lin Qin asked. "That sounds too..."
"This is the only way to break through the situation right now," Qi Xia said. "If you agree, we can start right away."
Jia Jin thought for a moment before speaking. "Liar, are you really not afraid of death?"
"I am afraid," Qi Xia replied. "But I have to get out of here."
Tian Tian sighed and suddenly said seriously, "Qi Xia… You know I didn’t join this team because I trust you or want to rely on you. I came here because I couldn’t fit in over there."
"I understand," Qi Xia nodded.
"So it’s hard for me to believe that you would divide the ''paths'' equally with me. I also don’t think I could defeat you at the final moment to be the last one standing," Tian Tian continued.
"So what now?" Qi Xia asked.
"So, my cooperation with you is temporary. If I think the current situation is disadvantageous to me, I’ll betray you at any time," Tian Tian said with a bitter smile. "Though for me, surviving here or dying doesn’t matter much. But if there’s hope, I’ll try for it. In short, I’m only with you three to get what’s mine."
Qi Xia listened without showing any surprise. In fact, he felt somewhat relieved. "That’s fine."
"Fine?" Tian Tian blinked. "Didn’t I make myself clear? I’m only in this for the ''path.'' You don’t have to trust me too much."
"The most solid relationship in this world is a business relationship," Qi Xia said. "I have no objections."
At this point, Jia Jin and Lin Qin exchanged a glance. Tian Tian had made her intentions clear… Could they really trust her?
"Since we’ve all agreed, let’s go."
Tian Tian seemed a little uneasy at how easily Qi Xia agreed, but after thinking it through, she realized there wasn’t much room for her to be tricked now.
With everyone feeling differently inside, they once again advanced deeper into the city.
The still city was always emitting a dangerous aura. Qi Xia realized they seemed to be heading into a more bustling area.
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There were glimpses of "natives" here, wandering the desolate streets like zombies.
"Seems like there are more people…" Qi Xia muttered.
Here, not only were there various natives, but occasionally, they saw figures wearing animal masks standing in front of buildings. The further they walked into the city, the more people they seemed to encounter.
Just as Qi Xia was speaking, he saw a "native" approaching them with a stack of paper. The person was as thin as the shop assistant, almost skeletal.
Jia Jin frowned and stepped forward.
He expected some kind of danger, but instead, the person handed a piece of paper to Jia Jin and said, "Check out swimming and fitness."
Before Jia Jin could reach out to take it, the person, like a zombie, let go of the paper, and it fell to the ground.
Then, as if nothing had happened, the person slowly walked away.
"Brave Sword God?" Jia Jin blinked. "What on earth is a Brave Sword God..."
He picked up the paper and saw that the writing had mostly been worn away and it looked very old.
"Is there actually someone handing out flyers here?" Tian Tian felt it was unbelievable.
"Well, there are shop assistants in convenience stores, so it’s not so strange to see flyers being handed out on the street," Qi Xia said.
"‘Flyers’?" Lin Qin asked.
That one short sentence caused the three of them to pause for a moment.
"What did you say?" Qi Xia thought he had misheard.
"I asked, what is a ''flyer''?" Lin Qin repeated clearly.
What is a "flyer"?
The three of them all stared at Lin Qin in disbelief.
Is this something a normal person would ask?
"You don’t know what a flyer is?" Qi Xia asked.
"I don’t know," Lin Qin replied naturally, shaking her head. "Do you all know?"
None of them answered, but they were still puzzled.
Lin Qin’s behavior had been strange from the start. She liked covering her mouth and nose, insisted on following Qi Xia, and now she didn’t even know something so basic… Could she possibly… not be human?
Or perhaps… was she one of the "organizers"?
The terrifying thought began to swirl in Qi Xia’s mind.
If she wasn’t human, what was her purpose?
"I say, Lin Qin..." Qi Xia finally spoke up. If he didn’t figure out who Lin Qin really was, he wouldn’t feel at ease. "Flyers are common knowledge. How could you not know about them?"
"Common knowledge?" Lin Qin looked clearly confused. "Just because you three know about them, that makes it ‘common knowledge’?"
At this moment, Jia Jin intervened. "It’s not about whether we three know or not. Flyers are not a rare thing. Everyone should know about them. Why don’t you?"
"I haven’t seen one," Lin Qin said seriously.
Qi Xia didn’t know what else to ask and furrowed his brow in thought.
"Hey! Bro!"
Suddenly, a shout from across the street startled everyone.
They saw a ragged-looking man with glasses waving at them. "Hey, over here! Bro!"
This was the first time they’d seen a normal person here, and they couldn’t help but feel tense.
Was this person an enemy or an ally?
"Are you calling me?" Qi Xia tried talking to the person.
"That’s right! You guys are ‘normal people’ too, right?" The man with glasses smiled.
"Normal people?"
"Yeah, like, normal people," the man said. "Don’t you call yourselves that?"
Qi Xia paused for a moment before answering. "We don’t look like lunatics, do we?"
"Haha! I knew it!" The man laughed. "We found a good game. Interested in joining us to earn some ‘paths’?"
The man kept his distance, as if wary of them.
Qi Xia and Jia Jin exchanged glances, unsure whether they could trust this person. But after thinking it over, they realized that the rules of this place wouldn’t allow them to steal paths. If the guy was up to something, he could only "trick" them.
But when it came to "trickery," Qi Xia had never been afraid of anyone.