"How could he be dead?!" Qi Xia exclaimed in disbelief. "He was perfectly fine when we said goodbye yesterday."

"I find it strange too," Old Lv said. "Maybe he lost too much blood? He was laughing and talking before going to sleep last night, but he didn't wake up this morning."

Qi Xia's pupils contracted, feeling that there was something inexplicable about this matter.

Although Zhang Shan was injured, it was obviously not fatal. According to Lin Qin and Tian Tian's descriptions, the black bear only caused some external injuries, not internal ones.

So how did he die in his sleep?

"Did he suffer any other injuries?" Lin Qin asked. "Like being stabbed by a sword in the early morning..."

"No," Old Lv sadly shook his head. "But I can't say for sure. After all, we're not forensic experts. All I know is that Zhang Shan stopped moving, stopped breathing, and his chest stopped rising."

Qi Xia stroked his chin, feeling that this matter was most likely related to "Xiao Xiao."

In the game of the Ox of Earth, Qiao Jiajin and Zhang Shan were undoubtedly the most outstanding players. Without them, it would have been impossible for so many people to survive these two rounds of the game.

But in just one night, both of them died.

If it wasn't Xiao Xiao, then it must have been the Ox of Earth.

"Are you guys playing dirty..." Qi Xia muttered through gritted teeth, his eyes filled with coldness.

"Who? Me?" Old Lv was taken aback.

"No..." Qi Xia had a bad premonition. At this rate, there would be fewer and fewer people with a chance to clear the game.

Thinking of this, he turned to Old Lv and said, "Old Lv, since your 'organization' is no longer here, can you tell me about how to escape?"

"Gone?" Old Lv scratched his head awkwardly. "Well, not exactly gone... It's just that I can't stay there anymore since Zhang Shan died..."

"Huh?" Qi Xia didn't understand. "Isn't Zhang Shan your leader?"

"Not exactly," Old Lv shook his head. "Our leader is not Zhang Shan. He's the third most important person in the organization."

"The third most important person?"

"Yes," Old Lv continued, "Our organization is called 'Gateway to Heaven.' There are about twenty people in it. The leader is called 'Chu Tianqiu,' a very clever man. The second most important person is 'Yun Yao.' She's very lucky and often wins in gambling. She's also very beautiful. I heard she used to be a star before coming here. As for Zhang Shan, because he used to be a soldier, he mostly chooses 'ox-like' characters..."

"Wait, wait a minute..." Qi Xia felt like he had discovered a loophole and quickly interrupted Old Lv. "You're saying your organization has twenty people?!"

"There are probably less than twenty now... After Zhang Shan died, us 'useless' ones were kicked out..."

"That's not the issue!" Qi Xia said with a puzzled expression. "Old Lv, when did you guys come to this place?"

"Two days ago," Old Lv said without hesitation. "Aren't you guys the same?"

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Now Qi Xia was even more confused. "We did come two days ago, but I still don't understand... You guys were able to establish an organization in just two days? And even have three leaders? Can you trust each other?"

"Because Zhang Shan trusted him," Old Lv explained. "I don't know what he said to Zhang Shan privately, but after thinking for a few minutes, Zhang Shan brought me and Little Glasses to join 'Gateway to Heaven.' But I have to say, the people there are all pretty good. Compared to them, I'm the most useless one."

Qi Xia looked at Old Lv in disbelief, as if trying to determine if what he said was true or false.

If there really was this thing called 'Gateway to Heaven' and a powerful figure like 'Chu Tianqiu,' why was he still fine?

If the Chinese Zodiac really wanted to eliminate powerful participants, then the first one to be eliminated should be the leader, Chu Tianqiu.

"Didn't Little Glasses come with you?" Qi Xia asked again.

"No," Old Lv looked a bit disappointed. "Little Glasses is stronger than me, so he stayed in 'Gateway to Heaven.' He was a good student since childhood, unlike me. I've been selling socks at a stall for over twenty years."

Qi Xia nodded, realizing that although Zhang Shan had died, nothing had changed.

This organization called 'Gateway to Heaven' still held the key to escaping from this place.

The 'notes to escape from here' that Zhang Shan mentioned should be with the leader. As Old Lv, he couldn't possibly know the detailed contents.

Qi Xia gradually clarified his goal.

After finding Officer Li this time, he would try to team up with him as much as possible. After all, he was one of the few people Qi Xia could trust.Then they could go to the "Gateway to Heaven" and volunteer. On one hand, they could pursue a method of "escape". On the other hand, if there really were a group of formidable people there, Qi Xia wouldn't mind joining them in these deadly games.

As Qi Xia was thinking, the three of them passed the intersection marked with "S" and "Z".

Old Lv led the two of them in the opposite direction.

Lin Qin was taken aback and turned to Qi Xia, "Did we go the wrong way? Weren't the "S" and "Z" left by them?"

"I don't know." Qi Xia shook his head.

Old Lv heard their conversation and also glanced at the two characters that looked like both letters and numbers from a distance.

"S" and "Z"? Old Lv hesitated, "Isn't that "52"?"

"Do you know what it means?" Qi Xia asked again.

"I don't know what it means, but I've seen such numbers in many places." Old Lv said, "Maybe it's a number to help people remember the way? Like this place could be called "52nd Street" or something."

When Qi Xia found out that these two symbols had nothing to do with Officer Li, he no longer cared about their meaning.

After all, there were too many puzzling things here, and there was simply no time to investigate one by one.

"We're almost there, it's just ahead." Old Lv quickened his pace.