"Ah?" The three of them looked at Qi Xia in shock. Although the plan was not complicated, it sounded dangerous in every aspect.
"You want to gamble with your life against the other party?!" Lin Qin asked, "That sounds too..."
"That's the current solution," Qi Xia said. "If you agree... we can start now."
Qiao Jiajin pondered for a moment and said, "Kid, are you really not afraid of death?"
"I am," Qi Xia said, "but I have to get out."
Tian Tian sighed and suddenly said seriously, "Qi Xia... I didn't join this team because I believe in you or want to rely on you. I came here because 'there' couldn't accommodate me."
"I know," Qi Xia nodded.
"So, I find it hard to believe that you will share the 'Dao' equally with me in the end. I also don't think I can defeat you at the critical moment and be the only one to survive."
"So what?"
"So my cooperation with you is temporary. If I feel that the current situation is not favorable to me, I will betray you at any time." Tian Tian smiled bitterly and said, "Although for me, there is no difference between living and dying here, but if there is hope, I will fight for it. In short, I am with you three just to get what belongs to me."
Qi Xia didn't show any unusual expression after hearing this. Instead, he nodded with some relief. "That's good."
"Good?" Tian Tian blinked, "Did I not make myself clear? I'm just after the 'Dao,' you don't have to trust me too much."
"The most solid relationship in this world is an employment relationship," Qi Xia said. "I have no objections."
At this moment, Qiao Jiajin and Lin Qin looked at each other, wondering if they could really trust Tian Tian when she had already said so much.
"Now that we have all agreed, let's set off."
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Tian Tian seemed surprised that Qi Xia agreed so readily, making her feel somewhat uneasy. But upon careful consideration, was there any room for her to be deceived?
The four of them moved forward into the depths of the city with different emotions.
The quiet city was always emitting a dangerous aura. Qi Xia noticed that they seemed to be moving deeper into the prosperous area.
Vague figures of "indigenous people" could be seen here, wandering like walking corpses on the dilapidated streets.
"There seem to be more people..." Qi Xia muttered to himself.
Not only were there various indigenous people here, but they also occasionally saw animal masks standing in front of buildings. It seemed that the further they went into the city, the more people they would encounter.
While Qi Xia was speaking, he saw an "indigenous person" holding a stack of papers walking straight towards the four of them.
The person's figure was as thin as the female shop assistant, resembling a skeleton.
Qiao Jiajin frowned and took a step forward.
Expecting some danger, they saw the person hand a piece of paper to Qiao Jiajin and say, "Learn about swimming and fitness."
Before Qiao Jiajin could reach out to take it, the person let go like a zombie, and the flyer fell to the ground.
But as if he hadn't seen anything, he walked away slowly.
"'Brave Sword God'?" Qiao Jiajin blinked. "What kind of ghostly thing is the 'Brave Sword God'..."
He picked up the piece of paper and saw that the writing on it was almost worn out, looking very old.
"There are still flyers being distributed here?" Tian Tian felt somewhat incredulous.
"If there are shop assistants in convenience stores, it's not strange to see flyers being distributed on the streets," Qi Xia said.
"What is a 'flyer'?" Lin Qin asked.
With just a short sentence, the three of them were slightly stunned.
"What did you say?" Qi Xia thought he misheard.
"I asked what a 'flyer' is," Lin Qin repeated clearly.
What is a 'flyer'?
The three of them looked at Lin Qin with strange gazes at the same time.
Was this a question that a normal person would ask?
"You don't know what a 'flyer' is?" Qi Xia asked.
"I don't," Lin Qin shook her head naturally, "Do you all know?"
None of the three answered, but they still had doubts in their hearts.
Lin Qin's behavior had been strange from the beginning. She liked covering her mouth and nose, insisted on following Qi Xia, and now she didn't even know the most basic common knowledge...
Could it be that she... was not human?
Or perhaps... she was a member of the "Hosts"?
This terrifying thought began to linger in Qi Xia's mind.
If she really wasn't human, what was her purpose?
"Hey, Lin Qin..." Qi Xia finally spoke up. He couldn't let go of his worries without figuring out Lin Qin's identity. "A 'flyer' is a common item of common knowledge. How could you not know?"
"Common knowledge?" Lin Qin's expression was obviously puzzled. "Just because you three know, does that make it 'common knowledge'?"
Qiao Jiajin interjected, "This is not a matter of whether we know or not. A 'flyer' is not a rare thing. Everyone should know what it is. Why don't you?"
"Yeah..." Tian Tian also nodded, "You've never seen a flyer?"
"You guys are really strange," Lin Qin was a little annoyed by the questioning, "I don't know what a 'flyer' is, so what? Are you suspecting me because of this piece of paper?"
Qi Xia looked at the girl in front of him. Her behavior was indeed difficult to understand.If she was a member of the "Organizers", revealing such an obvious flaw, she should at least tell a lie to smooth things over. But from her appearance, she didn't seem to be hiding anything, but rather seemed genuinely annoyed.
She didn't think there was anything wrong with not knowing about the "flyer".
Could she be innocent?
But what are the chances of a normal person not knowing about a "flyer"?
Qi Xia thought for a moment... If he had to say, there was indeed a very small chance that a person had never seen a flyer. For example, Lin Qin was the daughter of a capitalist, who had been in and out of aristocratic places since she was a child, and had a car to pick her up and drop her off. Or she had been studying abroad and had only recently returned to the country.
But no matter what, the chances were very small. Moreover... she was just a psychological counselor.
"The so-called 'flyer' is an advertisement printed on paper," Qiao Jiajin said to Lin Qin, "You've never seen one?"
"No," Lin Qin nodded seriously.
Qi Xia didn't know what to ask, and he was frowning in thought.
"Hey! Buddy!"
A shout suddenly came from across the street, startling everyone.
They saw a man with very shabby glasses waving at them from across the street: "Look here! Buddy!"
This was the first time they had seen other normal people here, and they were a bit nervous.
Was the newcomer friend or foe?
"Are you calling me?" Qi Xia tried to strike up a conversation with the man.
"Right! You guys are 'goodmen', right?" The man with the glasses smiled.
"Goodmen?"
"Just normal people," the man with the glasses said, "Don't you call it that?"
Qi Xia paused for a moment, then replied, "We don't look like madmen, do we?"
"Haha! I knew it!" The man with the glasses laughed, "We've found a good game, are you interested in earning some 'Dao' together?"
The man kept his distance from Qi Xia and the others, seeming a bit wary.
Qi Xia and Qiao Jiajin looked at each other, unsure whether to trust the man. But on second thought, the rules of this place didn't allow for the theft of 'Dao', if the man had any ill intentions, he could only 'deceive'.
But when it came to 'deception', Qi Xia was not afraid of anyone.