Rat of Human was still in shock, looking at Rosefinch, seemingly seeking his approval.

"What? Do you need me to help you up?" Rosefinch asked with a smile.

"N-no, it's fine..." Rat of Human trembled as he stood up.

After a moment of hesitation, she said to Qi Xia, "Thank you! Thank you!"

Qi Xia shook his head. "You don't have to thank me, I just..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Qi Xia saw a hand piercing through Rat of Human's abdomen.

Her body froze, and her voice abruptly stopped.

Warm and sticky blood splattered all over Qi Xia.

Rosefinch slowly embraced Rat of Human from behind, as if holding a lover.

"This child is very polite," Rosefinch closed his eyes and pressed his face against Rat of Human's, as if sniffing her scent. "It's a good habit to say 'thank you,' but you violated the rules and tried to escape. He spared you, but I won't."

After speaking, Rosefinch extended his other hand and took off Rat of Human's mask, throwing it to the ground.

Qi Xia and Rat of Human faced each other, and now he could clearly see.

This "Rat of Human" was clearly just a teenage girl.

Her face still had traces of innocence, her tear-filled eyes were full of fear and despair, and blood was coughed up from her mouth.

"It... hurts..." Rat of Human spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Be good... it won't hurt anymore soon..." Rosefinch rubbed Rat of Human's hair with his nose. "You will die soon, don't worry... dying will end it all..."

"What kind of pervert are you?!" Qiao Jiajin couldn't bear to watch anymore. "She's just a child! I'll f*ck your mother... let her go!"

Rosefinch sneered, withdrew his bloody hand, and pushed Rat of Human forward.

Qi Xia instinctively held onto the girl, his expression full of astonishment.

Yes, this was a "Gamble with one's life."

If he won, the other party would die.

Even if he didn't want her life, she would still die.

This little girl called Rat of Human was forced into a dead end by Qi Xia.

He thought he was only gambling with his own life, but he never expected the other party to offer the same price.

But weren't they one of the organizers of the game?

Could these animal masks also be some kind of "Participants"?

"Why are you here, Qi Xia?" Rosefinch shook off the blood on his hand and coldly asked.

"What..." Qi Xia was taken aback, looking up at him. "You know my name?"

Rosefinch's lips curled slightly, then he pointed at the four people and called out their names one by one: "Qi Xia, Qiao Jiajin, Lin Qin, Zhang Lijuan. Why are you all here?"

Tian Tian was also stunned. "Zhang Lijuan" was her real name, but she hadn't used it since she was fourteen.

"What do you mean by 'why are we here'?" Lin Qin asked. "If we're not here, where should we be?"

Rosefinch always had a meaningful smile on his face. He slowly shook his head and said, "It seems that you really don't know why you're here, how pathetic."

"Just say what you want to say, what's the point of beating around the bush?" Qi Xia held the dying Rat of Human in his arms, his gaze icy. "Do you think being mysterious makes you profound?"

Upon hearing these words, Rosefinch's gaze gradually turned cold, and the smile that had been hanging on his face disappeared.

"Qi Xia, it seems that I really can't get along with you." Rosefinch looked at him disdainfully. "You can never escape, rot here."

"Oh?" At this point, Qi Xia had nothing to fear. He continued to confront him aggressively, "Rot here? Are you going to kill me now?"

Rosefinch swiftly flew to Qi Xia's side, and his feathered cloak fluttered behind him.

He grabbed Qi Xia's collar and said viciously, "If it weren't for the rules, I would tear you apart right here!"

"Which means... according to the 'rules,' you can't kill me," Qi Xia retorted.

"Hehe..." Rosefinch finally smiled again. "I won't kill you, but you will die here."

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Rosefinch slowly floated into the air, like a deity.

"Why do you think I will die here?" Qi Xia looked up and asked.

"Because you are Qi Xia, destined to die here," Rosefinch sneered, then disappeared into thin air.

This sudden change left everyone puzzled.

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"Because I am Qi Xia... so I will die here?"

"Cough..." Rat of Human, lying in Qi Xia's arms, coughed.

Qi Xia lowered his head and looked at her. This girl's face was very clean, unlike the people in this world.

His mood was somewhat complicated. If he hadn't chosen to gamble with his life, this girl wouldn't have ended up like this.

Upon careful consideration, she had never been harmful to Qi Xia from the beginning.

One "Dao" exchanged for another "Dao.""Perhaps as she said, Qi Xia will never find such a simple and safe game again."

Rat of Human reached into his pocket, slowly took out three "Tao", and then said with difficulty, "What a pity... I've been waiting here for a long time. You are the first batch of participants, I thought I could earn some 'Tao'..."

She handed the "Tao" to Qi Xia, and then said intermittently, "One of these is your ticket, the other three are my own 'Tao', now they all belong to you..."

The four of them looked at the girl in front of them, not knowing what to say.

From a standpoint, they should be enemies. But the girl's sense of helplessness and despair deeply touched their hearts, causing an indescribable resonance.

"Are you also some kind of participant?" Qi Xia asked coldly.

Upon hearing this, Rat of Human laughed. Blood began to flow from her mouth again, "Who here isn't a 'participant'... To be honest... I'd rather be like you, never having to wear the 'rat' mask... Even though we can't get out..."

Her head slowly tilted to one side, and her arm fell to the ground.

The two girls sighed, and even Qiao Jiajin looked sad.

But Qi Xia's expression remained as cold as ever.

He laid the girl flat on the ground, slowly stood up, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Qi Xia... are you okay?" Lin Qin asked.

"Me?" Qi Xia was slightly taken aback, "Do I look... like something's wrong?"

"Because there's no expression on your face... that's not normal."

"I..."

Before he could finish, Qi Xia suddenly felt a splitting headache. He let out a miserable scream, clutching his head and squatting down.

"Hey! Liar!" Qiao Jiajin felt that something was wrong with Qi Xia. When Han Yimo died this morning, Qi Xia also had a headache.

Qi Xia only felt as if his head was about to split open, something was throbbing deep in his brain.