Chapter 1306: Chaos
"Tiangou..." Yan Zhichun suppressed her temper and said through gritted teeth, "I don't want to hear you praise this so-called 'masterpiece' anymore."
"Oh..." Tiangou paused. "Did I not put it well enough... or..."
"Just say it directly... what exactly do you want me to activate, this 'Heavenly-Level Moment'?" Yan Zhichun continued. "No... it's Qi Xia. What moment does he want me to activate?"
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Qi Xia held his forehead, staring coldly and said, "Is she crazy enough?"
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"Your current state..." Tiangou said hesitantly, "You're not suitable for activating a 'Heavenly-Level Moment' yet... so I still need to..."
"I suggest you stop while you're ahead." Yan Zhichun said coldly. "The reason I was able to bring people here with you and listen patiently until now is not because I have any trust in you, but because I trust Bai Yang. If you keep talking, I might very well refuse to cooperate."
Looking at Yan Zhichun's calm demeanor, Tiangou murmured, "Still... not enough..."
Yan Zhichun frowned slightly. "What's still not enough?"
Tiangou swallowed hard, his mind racing to assess the current situation. Qi Xia clearly couldn't hear anything, yet he seemed able to perceive everything happening here.
Yan Zhichun was far too rational right now. How was he supposed to trigger a 'Heavenly-Level Moment' belonging to her? If her rationality couldn't be driven to madness, then he would have to shake her up as much as possible. Otherwise, relying solely on 'conviction' to sustain it would be somewhat...
Taking this opportunity, Digou stepped forward, interrupting his train of thought and asked softly, "Tiangou, roughly when was this 'Sun' replaced by the owner of 'Tracking'?"
Tiangou was agitated and seemed unwilling to answer this question at the moment. But seeing the murderous look in Digou's eyes, he paused and said, "About a year... or maybe over two years ago? I can't remember clearly. After all, this wasn't my doing; Tianshe handled it."
Hearing the exchange between Tiangou and Digou, Yan Zhichun seemed to think of something as well. She turned her head to look at Jiang Ruoxue.
"'Tracking'... that old man is 'Tracking'..." She paused. "Ruoxue... when did you recruit that old man who loves digging?"
"Hmm..." Jiang Ruoxue thought for a moment. "If I think about it carefully... it should have been... over a year ago...?"
Yan Zhichun paused... Under normal circumstances, it was rare for the 'Land of the End' to naturally produce two identical 'Echoes', unless the owner of a particular 'Echo' had already lost their mind or turned into something else.
Judging by this, that old man must have inherited the 'Tracking' from the owner of this eyeball.
So that old man hadn't been digging the earth all along... but had only suddenly started doing so within the past year...
She felt there was some subtle connection between these two things, but with the information she had, it was difficult to deduce the outcome.
Meanwhile, Tiangou didn't want Yan Zhichun to continue being distracted by these matters. He was anxiously trying to think of a way out.
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Qi Xia: "If she's crazy enough, execute it. If not, find a way to shake her up. Your life is now tied to her sanity."
He paused, then added: "Look at the 'Sun' beneath your feet. Your time is running out."
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Tiangou lowered his head and suddenly noticed that the 'Sun' beneath his feet had begun to emit a very faint light.
His scalp instantly went numb. Dawn was breaking. Tianlong was about to wake up...
At that point, could he, a 'Heavenly-Level' who had voluntarily gouged out all his eyes, really survive?
"Please... help me out here... What exactly are you all afraid of?" Tiangou turned back and grabbed Yan Zhichun's hand. "With so many of you here... are you really afraid I'm going to set you up?! So many senior 'Echoers'... and an uninjured 'Earth-Level'... I'm just a 'Spirit Listener'..."
"You have already heard my voice. I'm not afraid of you." Yan Zhichun said. "But I am afraid that you will doom the lives of everyone in the 'Land of the End' at the last moment."
"Doom everyone's lives?! But Tianlong is about to wake up!!" Tiangou shouted. "You said it yourself, this is the final moment! What use would it be for me to doom their lives now?! Once Tianlong wakes up, nobody will survive! Besides... this 'Heavenly-Level Moment' isn't aimed at 'Peach Blossom Spring'... We didn't close the door when we came in. Don't you know why?"
"What?" Yan Zhichun seemed to have thought of the answer, but couldn't quite believe it.
"Don't you understand Qi Xia's meaning yet..." Tiangou said anxiously, grabbing Yan Zhichun's shoulders.
Seeing this, Jiang Ruoxue slowly furrowed her brow and decisively stepped forward to grab Tiangou's arm. "Hey... watch your hands when you talk."
"I have no other choice..." Tiangou said through gritted teeth. "Yan Zhichun, what needs to be done now is very simple... Listen to me... Just listen to me..."
Yan Zhichun frowned coldly. "I'm listening."
"Just inject your 'Heart Stealer' into the 'Energy Store', then unleash a 'Heart Stealer' carrying 'Tracking' towards the entire 'Train'... That's the 'Heavenly-Level Moment' unique to you..."
Yan Zhichun stared at Tiangou with wide eyes, and after a long pause, she asked, "But why... Do I want them all to make the same movements as me?"
"The same movements as you? What nonsense are you talking about..." Tiangou said tremblingly. "Of course, use 'Heart Stealer' to steal a part of everyone's rationality... directly enhancing their mastery of 'Immortal Arts'... so that they can fight to the death with Tianlong at dawn... This is the 'Moment of Chaos' that only you can successfully unleash...!"
"Wha..." Yan Zhichun was stunned. "A moment... of universal chaos...?"
Lin Qin and Jiang Ruoxue stood behind Yan Zhichun, their eyes wide. Digou remained standing off to the side, his face still livid.
"This plan is absolutely crucial! Yan Zhichun!"
"Stop... stop pulling my leg..." Yan Zhichun paused, speaking with a shocked expression. "If there really was such an important plan, Bai Yang wouldn't have kept it from me. How could he wait until this critical moment and have a strange 'Heavenly-Level' relay it to me? No matter how I think about it, this doesn't add up."
"Ba..." Tiangou pulled at Yan Zhichun, his face full of fear. "How can you still be so naive? Wake up! Yan Zhichun... The 'Helmsman' has long since been replaced by someone else! His plan... and Ba... it might be completely different from what you're imagining! But all our goals are the same—to survive in the end!"
Yan Zhichun paused at this moment. It seemed she had been ignoring a very important question all along.
The person she had a seven-year friendship with, the one who would truly consider her well-being... was it Qi Xia?
No, it was Bai Yang.
And Bai Yang was only a part of Qi Xia.