Chapter 924: The Storm Rises Again
I became interested after hearing this. As expected, even if Jiang Ruoxue was acting with these people, she wouldn't forget her ultimate mission.
"Tch, Jiang Ruoxue, go ahead and try it yourself," Zhou Mo said. "Even if you die, it doesn't matter; there's only a few days left."
"..."
"Tch, what do you mean 'what to do next'?" Zhou Mo said. "Now that I have the list, am I afraid he'll run away?"
"..."
"Tch, why leave a 'surprise'..." Zhou Mo shook his head helplessly. "Our ultimate goal is to make him understand how capable we are. A smart person should know what to choose. If you find that he really is like the information collected by the 'Cat' team, then think of a way to get him to join 'Jidao.' It seems like a good path too."
"..."
"Mm, I'll tell Xiaoxiao about this later too. You go ahead."
Seeing that Zhou Mo and Jiang Ruoxue's conversation had ended, I walked over to her and asked curiously, "How is she...? Is she being bullied?"
"Then you really underestimate her," Zhou Mo said. "From her tone, it doesn't sound like she's being bullied; it sounds more like she's 'had enough fun.' She'll probably be back soon."
"And right now she is...?"
"Tch, she's leading those magical creatures in a game," Zhou Mo said. "Probably after meeting someone powerful, she's regained hope."
"That sounds like her style," I nodded. "Did she meet a very powerful person?"
"Hard to say," Zhou Mo said. "Tch, you should know that in our place, anyone remotely powerful has already been absorbed by various organizations. But the person Jiang Ruoxue encountered is someone we've never heard of."
"Never heard of? That is indeed rare," I said helplessly. "In this damned place, can there still be fresh blood?"
"Not just him... tch." Zhou Mo frowned. "Recently, quite a few powerful figures have emerged... Have you heard about that new deputy leader that Chu Tianqiu picked up?"
"Didn't he pick him up a long time ago?" I asked. "What about him?"
"Tch, you don't check the screen often, so you might not know." Zhou Mo said mysteriously. "That person is like you—his 'Echo' has a full three characters."
"Oh?" I raised an eyebrow. That was indeed a rare occurrence.
"Tch, you can control the intensity of your 'Echo,' but he can't," Zhou Mo continued. "So to outsiders, he's the only person here with a three-character 'Echo.'"
Zhou Mo was right. I only made the screen detect me in the early days when I wasn't skilled at controlling my 'Echo,' but that was ten years ago. Very few people remember my 'Echo.'
"Isn't that quite strange...?" I said. "This person has a three-character 'Echo.' Not only has he remained undiscovered by anyone for a long time, but he also can't control the bell at all... Those are two paradoxes."
"Tch, I'm curious too," Zhou Mo said. "If every time he uses his 'Echo' the giant bell rings, then in theory, he should be a very famous person here. After all, a three-character 'Echo' is unforgettable once seen. But no one has actually seen him."
I nodded, suddenly feeling a bit excited.
"And I heard that person always fights head-on, so the probability of him activating his 'Echo' is also high," Zhou Mo continued. "Tch, I thought it was because his 'Echo' was too difficult to use that he hadn't been discovered. But recent rumors say he controls his 'Echo' very skillfully—as long as it's a direct confrontation or a physical fight, he can definitely activate his 'Echo.'"
Yeah... another paradox.
I lowered my head, and after a few seconds, I slowly broke into a smile.
This feeling had finally returned.
This was the emotion I could only feel when Brother Yang was at his peak.
That was the emotion of having a 'mass of unsolved mysteries' swirling in my mind.
Why was this deputy leader so strange? He seemed like a newcomer who had fallen from the sky—couldn't control the giant bell, but could control his 'Echo.' Where did he learn how to use his 'Echo'? Did everyone from his place only fight fair and square? If it was so easy to trigger an 'Echo,' then how could he remain obscure?
Although this matter seemed completely unrelated to Brother Yang, my intuition told me that Brother Yang must be involved.
During my seven years with Brother Yang, I had come to a very useful conclusion: In the 'Endland,' whenever something inexplicable happened, Brother Yang was sure to be involved.
"And it's not just this deputy leader who's strange," Zhou Mo said again. "Tch, there's also someone Qin... something Winter... something about feeding sheep... and that person from our room... Flash or something... Anyway, a lot of powerful people have been jumping around lately."
I was a bit speechless after hearing this: "Zhou Mo... it's one thing if you can't remember strangers' names, but how can you not even remember the name of someone from your own room...?"
"Uh..." Zhou Mo curled her lips. "None of your business? I've had little contact with her, so I forgot her name a long time ago. People in our room don't introduce themselves anyway."
I could only nod along with her: "Fine, fine."
But Zhou Mo's words did remind me of one thing: in the 'Endland,' ninety-nine percent of the rooms don't require self-introductions. After all, in many games, 'names' don't help us 'participants' who are fighting for our lives. So even after leaving their rooms, many people still remain strangers to each other.
But the strange thing is... in the 'Liar' game that Brother Yang designed himself, everyone not only had to state their names but also their past experiences. This game not only allowed us to quickly get to know each other but also gave us a rough judgment of each other's character.
Since Brother Yang designed the game himself, he must have had his reasons. Could it be that for him, it was better for the 'participants' in a room to get to know each other early, so they could better enter the 'Endland'?
"Tch... I guess this is a good thing," Zhou Mo said. "Anyway, with more powerful people here, they'll eventually be absorbed by our organizations. Even if they join 'Heaven's Gate,' it's fine—there are our people there too."
How to describe 'Jidao' in one sentence...? No matter which organization these strong individuals ultimately chose to join, they could never escape 'Jidao.'
"This feeling seems to be coming back..." I said. "Everyone is working hard, so I can't slack off either."
"You've been slacking off?" Zhou Mo curled her lips. "Last time, Little Eighteen told me she met you in a game. She just wanted to get an 'Echo,' but you, you bastard, almost killed everyone in the arena."
"Is that so...?" I smiled as if I had been praised. "It's all in a day's work. I feel that Brother Yang will be back soon... Zhou Mo, what we've been doing is finally going to bear fruit."