Chapter 118 – Officer Li's tactics

But should I tell him this news now?

This is not a good idea. The hardest thing for humans to control is their "thoughts."

Han Yimo's emotions seemed relatively stable. If I were to tell him this news now, it would undoubtedly affect his thoughts.

"Han Yimo, do you feel scared now?" Qi Xia asked cautiously.

"Not really." Han Yimo shook his head calmly. "The lights here are bright, and there doesn't seem to be any danger."

"That's... good..."

Officer Li noticed that Qi Xia seemed a bit flustered.

"But no one knows which will come first, the unexpected or tomorrow..." Han Yimo looked sadly at the sky. "Qi Xia, do you think we will never be able to..."

"Don't!" Qi Xia covered Han Yimo's mouth, a cold sweat slowly forming on his forehead. "Han Yimo, calm down. We will definitely get out of here."

Han Yimo nodded slightly after hearing this, and Qi Xia let go of his hand.

"Qi Xia, I don't know why, but I really trust you." Han Yimo said, "You are like a character from my past, who broke through an impossible challenge at the end of the story."

"It's best if you can say that..." Qi Xia forced a bitter smile. "With me here, you don't have to worry."

Seeing Qi Xia's expression, Officer Li seemed to have realized something.

Could "bringing disaster" be the same as being a "jinx"?

"Yes... Han Yimo, please don't overthink it..." Officer Li said belatedly. "Qi Xia and I will get everyone out of here."

Han Yimo felt that the two people in front of him were acting strangely.

"What's wrong with you two?"

"I..." Officer Li and Qi Xia glanced at each other, but the words got stuck in their throats. "N-nothing."

The most urgent task now is to find a way to close Han Yimo's "echo," otherwise, with his astonishing imagination, the train might end up in the playground, and meteorites might fall from the sky.

"You two are really strange..." Han Yimo sighed. "You called me to the center of the playground in the middle of the night and didn't explain anything clearly."

Qi Xia felt his brain was a bit muddled.

The known "echoers" didn't seem to possess ordinary "superpowers."

They didn't have the kind of supernatural abilities to fly or disappear, but instead, they were developing in a strange direction.

Han Yimo could summon disasters, Jiang Ruoxue could forcibly establish a logical connection between two unrelated things, and Officer Li could conjure things out of thin air.

And that woman named Xiao Xiao, when she killed Qiao Jiajin and Tian Tian, just sat there and ate a bowl of meat, and everyone fell to the ground without moving.

Qi Xia remembered that her "echo" was called "shifting blame."

In that case, it was entirely possible to boldly speculate that Xiao Xiao did indeed poison them, but she didn't need to put the poison in everyone's bowl, just her own.

Then she could shift the blame for her own poisoning onto others and complete the murder.

Qi Xia gave a bitter smile. In the real world, anyone who proposed such reasoning would be considered insane, but in the "Place of Finality," this kind of deduction was inexplicably convincing.

"I'm a bit tired now." Han Yimo stretched and yawned. "Aren't you two going to sleep?"

"We'll smoke another cigarette, you go ahead." Officer Li said.

"Alright then." Han Yimo nodded. "I'll go first, you two rest early."

With that, he turned and walked towards the brightly lit teaching building, and on the way, he seemed to meet Zhang Shan again, and the two of them chatted and disappeared into the distance.

Now only Qi Xia and Officer Li were left, and there was nothing left to hide.

Qi Xia turned around and asked straightforwardly, "Officer Li, do you still remember your 'echo'?"

"My... 'echo'?" He furrowed his brow, as if trying to recall something. "Did I 'echo' last time? I only remember smoking a cigarette and then losing consciousness."

"The problem lies with that cigarette." Qi Xia said. "You took out a clean 'Cordyceps' from an old cigarette box. Do you remember?"

Qi Xia knew that this question was putting Officer Li in a difficult position. His condition at the time was very bad, not only had he lost a lot of blood, but he also experienced severe pain and blurred consciousness.

"I seem to have some impression..." Officer Li nodded. "The 'Cordyceps' is a specialty cigarette from Inner Mongolia, and it costs a hundred yuan per pack. I vaguely remember that I seemed to have smoked a 'Cordyceps' before I died, but I had no idea where it came from."

"What about the lighter?" Qi Xia felt his pocket and realized that the lighter was long gone, so he could only gesture with his hand. "It's a well-used ZIPPO lighter, it looks like a relatively ordinary style."

Officer Li was taken aback. "How do you know about this lighter? It was a gift from Xuan Xuan, bought with her New Year's money... I always carried it with me."

Qi Xia nodded. "Then I understand. Officer Li, I suspect that your 'echo' is very powerful, and you can conjure up anything you want out of thin air."

"What did you say?!" Officer Li's eyes widened instantly. "Are you saying that I not only 'echoed,' but also conjured up the lighter Xuan Xuan gave me?"

"Yes, I, Lin Qin, and Lawyer Zhang have all witnessed your 'echo,' but now, apart from me, there are no other witnesses."

Officer Li lowered his head, his expression very complicated.

"What's wrong?" Qi Xia asked.

"Qi Xia, can only 'echoers' retain their memories?"

"I heard that's the case."

"And I... will hear the 'echo' when I'm on the brink of death?"

"Yes." Qi Xia nodded again.

Officer Li slowly raised his head and said, "Qi Xia, I seem to have found a way to escape from here..."

"What?" Qi Xia turned to look at Officer Li. "What method is it?""Find a way to make me die," Officer Li said earnestly, lifting his head. "Put me in a near-death state."

Qi Xia frowned: "Are you insane?"

"No, I'm not crazy."

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Officer Li's eyes flickered continuously, as if he was constantly assessing the feasibility of this plan in his mind. After a long pause, he spoke:

"At the brink of death, I'll try to extract three thousand six hundred 'Dao'. That way, everyone can get out! Although I don't know exactly how to activate this ability, I'm sure I'll have a sense of it when I'm dying!"

His gaze was very serious, not at all as if he were joking.

"How can a normal person carry three thousand six hundred 'Dao' the size of walnuts on them?" Qi Xia felt the plan was too risky. "I don't think it's reliable. Let's think of another plan."

"If it doesn't work once, we'll try twice; if twice doesn't work, then three times," Officer Li said with a serious face. "I will make sure everyone survives."

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