Chapter 51

Several people ate a small part of the bear meat, then drank the clean meat broth.

It has to be said, the taste of the meat broth was better than the bear meat.

Perhaps it was because everyone was so thirsty that they found everything sweet.

"Let's leave the remaining bear meat here," Qi Xia stretched his limbs and said to everyone, "If we come back alive tonight, we can have another meal."

Xiao Xiao suddenly spoke up, "I want another bowl."

After saying that, she took her bowl and picked some more bear meat into it.

"Suit yourself," Qi Xia slowly stood up, looked at the sky, and it was now in the afternoon.

"We need to hurry," Qi Xia said, "We four have only won ninety-five 'Dao.' According to the progress, it's far from enough. Today's goal is three hundred and sixty."

"That's true," Qiao Jiajin also stood up, "Let's go."

Tiantian and Lin'e packed up their things, patted the dust off their bodies, and turned to look. Xiao Xiao still hadn't stood up; she continued to eat the meat in her bowl as if she hadn't heard anything.

"Xiao Xiao, aren't you coming?" Tiantian asked.

Xiao Xiao threw a large piece of fatty meat into her mouth, licked her fingers, but didn't answer.

"Leave her alone," Qi Xia knew this woman had ulterior motives, and it would be better for everyone to part ways sooner, "Let's go."

Qiao Jiajin nodded and turned to walk towards Qi Xia.

At this moment, a loud bell sound came from the distance.

"Ding!!!"

Everyone looked puzzled.

Just as Qi Xia was about to say something, he suddenly saw a 'wall' fly towards him.

"What?"

Before Qi Xia could react, he crashed heavily into the wall.

It took several seconds for him to realize the situation.

It turned out that it wasn't a 'flying wall,' but he had fallen face-down on the floor.

He had never felt such a strange sensation, as if all his senses were mixed up.

Qi Xia struggled to turn his head and saw that Qiao Jiajin, Lin'e, and Tiantian were all sprawled on the ground, their eyes closed as if they had lost consciousness.

"What is this..."

Qi Xia felt the situation was very strange. He shook his head in disbelief, tried to stretch out his left hand, but extended his right hand instead.

He wanted to stand up but fell to the ground.

The feeling was like being drunk, yet his mind was unusually clear.

Xiao Xiao stared at her bowl, eating the remaining meat as if she hadn't seen anything.

"What... did you do?" Qi Xia stared at Xiao Xiao, "Did you poison us?"

Although he asked, Qi Xia still felt some doubt.

Xiao Xiao had eaten more bear meat than anyone else. If it was really poisoned, why was she fine?

"Qi Xia, listen, the bell is ringing," Xiao Xiao said calmly.

"The bell ringing... what does that mean?"

"It means... I want to make a deal with you," Xiao Xiao put down the empty bowl and stood up.

"A deal...?" Qi Xia looked at the slightly plump woman in disbelief. He had thought this woman was just a bit cunning, but now she seemed even more terrifying than he had imagined.

Now the other party had complete control, and he had no right to refuse.

"What kind of deal do you want to make?" Qi Xia asked.

"Stop collecting 'Dao,'" Xiao Xiao said, "Live here peacefully."

"What...?"

Qi Xia had thought of many possibilities, but he never expected this.

You're not here for the 'Dao'?

"You want me to live here peacefully?!" Qi Xia tried to get up but found his limbs unresponsive, so he could only lie on the ground and say fiercely, "Why the hell should I live here?!"

Xiao Xiao wiped the oil from her hands on her pants, then walked to the four people and took all the 'Dao' from their waists.

Finally, she squatted next to Qi Xia and said expressionlessly, "Because you are too strong, you have a chance to collect enough 'Dao.'"

"Isn't that perfect..." Qi Xia gritted his teeth, "I will unravel the mystery of this place and take everyone out."

"No, I can't let that happen," Xiao Xiao shook her head calmly, "I won't allow anyone to succeed in collecting. I need to protect this place. If you continue to be stubborn, I will make you regret it."

"I see..." Qi Xia snorted, "You look like a normal person, but you're a lunatic... Do you want me to live like a zombie forever here? Hasn't anyone told you that this place has only ten days left? It's going to be destroyed!"

"This place is going to be destroyed?" Xiao Xiao nodded, seemingly unsurprised by this, "Then let me rephrase it: I want you to wait quietly for the destruction in these few days and not collect any more 'Dao.'"

"You... lunatic..." Qi Xia said slowly, "If I don't comply, what will you do? Kill me?"

"Maybe."

"You won't."

"Oh? Why?"

"Because you have the chance to kill me now," Qi Xia said, "You could have killed me directly, but you want to 'make a deal.' Why?"

Xiao Xiao frowned, turned around, and took the pot away, throwing all the 'Dao' into the fire.

"Hey!!" Qi Xia shouted, "What's wrong with you?!"

As the fire crackled, the 'Dao' that Qi Xia and the others had risked their lives for turned to ashes.

Xiao Xiao turned back and said to Qi Xia with a sad look, "I won't kill you because I hope that one day you will join us."

Qi Xia felt it was impossible to communicate with this woman named Xiao Xiao: "Do you not understand? This place has only ten days left! Everything will be gone after ten days. What do you mean by 'joining you one day'?"

After a pause, he asked, "Who are 'you'?"

"Qi Xia," Xiao Xiao said, "You will understand everything after ten days, this place, these people..."

She pointed to the three people lying on the ground and said to Qi Xia, "They are not important, their deaths are not a loss. But you are different, you need to live here."

"Don't talk nonsense," Qi Xia said, "How can you know if they are important to me?"

"I..." Xiao Xiao was slightly stunned, as if she had thought of something, and said to Qi Xia, "I can prove to you that their deaths are not a loss."

"What... what are you going to do?"

Xiao Xiao then took off her top, revealing a sports bra underneath.

Only then did Qi Xia realize that the woman was not 'slightly plump' at all. Her muscle mass far exceeded Qiao Jiajin's, with clearly defined abs and arms like stone pillars.

At first, seeing her large frame and broad shoulders, it was natural to assume she was fat.

Though her face was thin, no one could have imagined that under the large T-shirt was a body of strong muscles.