Chapter 1204: Primitive Man
Xiao Ran felt that the black sheep before her was acting strangely.
She had already given her trademark smile and thrown out a topic, yet the "Zodiac" in front of her neither asked "What's the matter?" nor grew angry at her appearance as a "participant."
Instead, he simply stared at her blankly.
The black sheep glanced at her, then raised his head to look into the distance, asking coldly, "Are you alone?"
"Huh...?" Xiao Ran was stunned, not understanding the meaning of the question. "Brother... I'm alone, because I'm not with them."
After hearing this, the black sheep also found the situation a bit odd. He was standing in such an obvious position—couldn't those who wanted to liberate the "ants" see him?
He narrowed his bright yellow horizontal pupils and looked into the distance. It seemed a large group of people was gathered in the middle of the corridor, but the distance was too far to make out anything clearly.
At that moment, an uneasy thought lingered in the black sheep's mind—could it be that those people in the distance had blocked the entire corridor in two, preventing anyone from coming over?
"I knew it wouldn't be this smooth," the black sheep muttered inwardly, then sighed softly. He quickly began to think of a countermeasure.
He had been far too busy in this operation.
Not only did he have to kill the longhorn beetle and liberate the "ants," but he also had to find a way to kill the heavenly tiger together with the gambling tiger.
Almost all of these tasks had clear time limits. The longhorn beetle must have already set off for the "cargo hold" by now, and when the night fully arrives, she would open the door from the "cargo hold" to the "Utopia."
If he couldn't stop her before she opened the hatch, then the purpose of these "participants" boarding the train would be meaningless.
Liberate the "ants"—but the "ants" weren't there.
But who could have guessed that even the first task would go wrong? All those who wanted to liberate the "ants" were stuck on the other side of the corridor.
The black sheep couldn't help but feel flustered and irritable, his expression growing heavier.
"Brother..." Xiao Ran called out again.
Hearing this voice, the black sheep lowered his head once more, looking at the woman before him.
"Brother, why aren't you saying anything...?" Xiao Ran forced another laugh. "I really have something important to tell you. Are you the big boss here?"
The black sheep slowly furrowed his brow, but remained silent.
Xiao Ran didn't know what he meant, so she continued, "Actually, I used to be a 'Zodiac' too, but something happened, and I lost my mask."
The black sheep couldn't help but feel curious. So this woman wasn't a "rebel" or even a "participant."
Then what was she doing here?
"Brother, you look like a big boss to me," Xiao Ran added. "If I tell you a big secret, can you guarantee my safety?"
As expected, the black sheep still didn't speak. His eyes were vicious, as if they could devour a person.
But the opportunity was right in front of her—who would willingly give it up?
"Some 'participants' are planning a rebellion!" Xiao Ran took a step forward, lowering her voice and putting on a serious expression. "They want to overthrow the Heavenly Dragon and Azure Dragon—how audacious!"
"Oh..." The black sheep nodded. "Now I finally understand..."
Realizing she had finally pried open the black sheep's mouth, Xiao Ran was instantly filled with motivation. "Brother, I originally wanted to go straight to the Heavenly Dragon or Azure Dragon, but you know my situation... It's probably not as convenient as you. Could you help introduce me? I know a lot about their plans. When the time comes, we can split the benefits..."
Upon hearing this, the black sheep slowly lowered his head, reaching out to touch his own horn, finding the situation far too amusing.
What else could this person be compared to but a primitive man stumbling into an informationized battlefield?
It was hard to imagine that at this stage, there would still be people who thought they could interfere in a conflict of this scale with their own petty cleverness.
Letting such a bug go would be a bit troublesome.
"That's quite serious," the black sheep said with a slight laugh, then began to scan the surroundings inconspicuously. "Is such important information being kept properly confidential?"
"Of course, brother!" Xiao Ran said. "I know how to behave. I only told you. I have some other intelligence too, and I'll tell the Heavenly Dragon and Azure Dragon when I see them."
The black sheep had no time to listen to whatever Xiao Ran was saying. He simply looked at the nearby doors, hoping that the owners of these "doors" wouldn't be angry if their door panels got splattered with blood.
He slowly extended his hand, unfastening the cufflink on his sleeve, then rolled up his sleeves casually as he asked, "You said there's 'other intelligence.' Can you give me a general idea?"
Xiao Ran considered herself not stupid. Such a thing sounded like a "life insurance." This black sheep had the audacity to ask for it directly. It seemed that although he looked tough, he wasn't necessarily a smart person.
Thinking this, Xiao Ran pressed a finger against her cheek, slowly looking up to the upper right, pretending to think while acting cute.
But she knew she would never give an answer. After all, what "other information" did she have? Everything was just a means to save her own skin.
"Then I'll have to think about it carefully, brother... After all, this is a big matter concerning our 'Zodiac.'"
She never imagined that the black sheep before her was on a completely different level. When he asked that question, he didn't even need her to provide an answer—he had already gotten what he wanted.
The white sheep had once said that a person's upper left visual field is usually called the "memory zone," while the upper right is the "creation zone." This means that when a person hears a question and instinctively looks to the upper left, they are more likely to be recalling. When they look to the upper right...
She was about to lie.
In other words, there was no "other information" at all. Even if there was, it was absolutely irrelevant. Someone like this could be killed without a second thought.
The black sheep stepped forward step by step, his murderous intent surging. Although Xiao Ran didn't know what he was going to do, she inexplicably became tense.
The "Zodiac" in front of her wore a smiling face, but Xiao Ran could clearly smell the scent of death.
"W-wait... brother..." Xiao Ran raised her hand to block between herself and the black sheep. "Did I say something wrong? I..."
"Wrong on every level," the black sheep shook his head. "I don't even know where to start telling you to fix it."
"But everything I said is true!" Xiao Ran backed up a few steps, losing her sense of direction until her back hit the wall. "It's Qi Xia... it's Qi Xia who wants to rebel... You have to believe me!"
Hearing this, the black sheep slowly stopped moving. He felt that he might have been overcomplicating this matter.