Chapter 48

"What did you say?" Qi Xia's eyes widened, "You mean you've seen... someone escape from here?"

"That's right." Zhang Shan nodded, "But to be precise... we only found that person's notes."

"This..." Qi Xia felt this was a bit strange, "You concluded that person escaped just from finding the notes?"

Zhang Shan smiled and nodded, saying to Qi Xia, "Bro, let me make it clear. If you want to join us, we can share this information with you. But now... whether you believe it or not, that's all I have to say."

Qi Xia roughly understood Zhang Shan's meaning, but he really couldn't determine if what the other person said was true or false.

At this moment, a slightly plump girl heard Zhang Shan's words and approached, asking, "Bro... are you still taking people? I can do anything..."

Zhang Shan looked at the girl and said with a smile, "Miss, it's not that I don't want to take you, but our goal is to 'break all the games.' Do you have the resolve to face the dangers ahead?"

The plump girl lowered her head silently after hearing this, thought for a while, and then said, "I can."

"Ha ha!" Zhang Shan didn't seem to believe the plump girl's words and slowly walked up to her, saying, "Miss, don't be too proud, just live well."

The girl failed to convince Zhang Shan and her face darkened.

Seeing that no one in the room was speaking, Zhang Shan looked at Qi Xia again, took out a piece of scrap paper from his pocket, and used his finger to dip in his own blood to draw a simple sketch.

"This is our location." Zhang Shan handed the scrap paper to Qi Xia, "If you change your mind, you can come find us."

Qi Xia took the scrap paper and still looked at the three people cautiously, but Zhang Shan didn't care. He put his arm around Xiao Yanjing, picked up the two bear arms from the ground, and limped out the door.

"Hey." Qi Xia called out.

"Hmm?"

Zhang Shan turned around and saw a white object flying towards his face, quickly reaching out to catch it.

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It was a cloth bag.

"This time I've changed my mind, I'll only take half." Qi Xia said, "The one with glasses is nice, I don't want his 'Way.'"

Zhang Shan looked at the cloth bag in his hand, stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly laughed heartily, "Ha ha ha! Fair enough!"

Xiao Yanjing looked puzzled, "Huh? Why? I volunteered... you clearly said before..."

"I'm a liar." Qi Xia said coldly, "Don't believe my words."

"But, but Mr. Liar..."

"My name is Qi Xia." Qi Xia said, "Don't call me Mr. Liar, it sounds terrible."

"Qi Xia..." Zhang Shan repeated the name, "Interesting, I'll remember you."

With that, he raised a black bear's front arm and threw it to the four of them.

"I catch!" Qiao Jiajin was startled but still caught the furry limb.

He found the limb to be unusually heavy, at least twenty to thirty pounds, and it was dripping blood.

Zhang Shan said, "We three can't eat that much, and it's too heavy to carry. Help me get rid of it."

"Get rid of it?"

Zhang Shan waved his hand and turned away.

Qi Xia and the others looked at the bear arm, unsure what to say, until Zhang Shan and the two others left the room.

After a while, the Earth Ox came forward and handed them four dirty cloth bags.

"Take them."

Qi Xia and the others finally came to their senses and took their rewards.

This time, the "Way" was very abundant, so much so that the few of them were a bit at a loss. Thanks to Zhang Shan, they also received long-awaited "food."

The plump girl stood not far away, glanced at Qi Xia, and slowly walked over, tentatively asking, "Can... can I join you? My teammates all died in the 'interview'..."

Qi Xia seemed not to hear the girl's words, just weighed the cloth bag in his hand, and said to the three, "Let's go."

With that, he turned and walked towards the exit, leaving the girl standing there awkwardly.

Qiao Jiajin shrugged helplessly at the girl and said, "Don't be mad, he's always like this."

Seeing that Qiao Jiajin seemed easy to talk to, the girl grabbed his arm and said nervously, "Please let me join you... I'm so scared now..."

"This..." Qiao Jiajin had an apologetic smile, "Sure... Miss, why don't you follow us for now..."

"Hey, Qiao Jiajin." Qi Xia called from a distance, "Let's go."

Qiao Jiajin looked at Qi Xia and saw him frown slightly.

"Oh, okay, I'm coming." Qiao Jiajin seemed to understand something, nodded, and turned back, saying, "Miss, not this time, maybe next time."

With that, he also ignored the girl and walked towards the exit.

Seeing Qiao Jiajin leave, the plump girl's previously aggrieved expression turned cold and gradually became vicious.

Now only she and the Earth Ox were left in the room, and the participants had all left.

The Earth Ox was picking up the chairs on the ground and looked up at her after a while, then asked indifferently, "Are you still up to your old tricks?"

"Yes." The plump girl nodded, "It's a shame, our line of work is getting harder and harder."

"Why can't you be normal?"

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The Earth Ox turned his head and asked, "Isn't it better for us to follow orders together?"

"Ha ha!" The plump girl laughed angrily, grabbed the Earth Ox's collar, and asked fiercely, "What gives you the right to talk to me like that?! When it comes to 'normal,' how much better are you 'Zodiac' than us?!"

The Earth Ox turned his head away and said quietly, "At least we are working towards the same goal..."

"Then let's each work hard and see who is right." The plump girl let go of her hand, turned to the exit, and said seriously before leaving, "Zhang Shan can't be left alone. As for that Qi Xia... I'll think of a way."

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"Liar..." Qiao Jiajin cautiously looked back after leaving and asked in a low voice, "What's going on? Is there something wrong with that woman?"

"I'm not sure, but it's probably the case." Qi Xia said, "Be careful in a place like this."

"You can read faces?" Qiao Jiajin laughed, "From that woman's kind and gentle appearance, I didn't see anything wrong."

"This isn't about reading faces." Qi Xia shook his head, "First, she said her teammates all died in the 'interview.' If that's true, she must have used some extreme means; otherwise, it's hard to believe that a weak woman would be the only one to survive out of nine people." Qi Xia continued, "Second, she has survived alone until now, and considering her survival tactics in the game, it's enough to prove she's not an ordinary person. She likely approached us to get our 'Way.'"

Qiao Jiajin nodded in realization, "I see... damn, I thought she was pitiful."

"Of course, what I said might all be false." Qi Xia said, "I just don't want to trust people easily."

With that, he turned back and asked the three, "By the way, your 'Way,' can I use it?"