# Chapter 553: Endless Rebirth
But as I said, drifting in this massive whirlpool with my tiny oar, my only advantage is that I have more information than others.
So I chose to conceal.
"How exactly are you going to answer Qixia's question?"
Chu Tianqiu smiled at me and said, "It's not difficult. Tell him 'I never left'."
This answer was no different from what I expected. I simply couldn't understand what the two of them were discussing.
After parting with Chu Tianqiu, I went to the rooftop of "Heaven's Gate" late at night and closed my eyes in the pitch-black darkness.
The situation was getting tricky. I needed to see Azure Dragon immediately.
"Azure Dragon... can you hear me?" I murmured softly, opening my mouth.
A gust of wind blew across the sky, but no one appeared.
"Bastard... you're not planning to abandon me, are you?" I said, somewhat dazed. "You can clearly hear every sound in 'Zhongyan Land'... and now you're playing dead?"
I cursed softly at the sky. The moment my eyelids blinked open and closed, he was standing right in front of me.
Azure Dragon's gaze was always icy cold, making me feel uncomfortable just by looking at him.
"The night is already deep," Azure Dragon's voice, half male and half female, sounded in my ears. "Instead of sleeping, you're here cursing me?"
"Azure Dragon, don't say much more... Turn me into a participant first," I said.
Azure Dragon nodded after hearing this: "You already are."
"Good." I took a deep breath, the stone pressing on my heart finally lifting. "I need to ask you two things."
"Ask me?"
"One concerns Lin Qin, and the other concerns Qi Xia."
Azure Dragon showed a strange smile after hearing this, exactly like the smile on Chu Tianqiu's face.
Then he reached out and gently snapped his fingers.
Even I didn't expect that merely mentioning these two names would make Azure Dragon use "Silence."
Just how great a secret do these two people carry?
"Xu Liunian," Azure Dragon called out. "I feel like I've done enough for you... Your plan isn't even complete yet, and you've called me over to ask questions. You should know what kind of person I am."
Yes, Azure Dragon could not be considered a good person from any angle.
He could arbitrarily reshuffle the entire landscape of "Zhongyan Land" according to his whims. Even if he was more rational than Celestial Dragon, he was still a complete madman.
Even though my identity was different from all the other "Participants," I wouldn't dare provoke this man here. After all, he could kill me at any time without bearing any responsibility.
I thought for a moment and said, "Azure Dragon, calling you here was truly unavoidable. I haven't been active in 'Zhongyan Land' for two years, and now my understanding of this place is far too limited."
"So the questions you most want to ask are about Lin Qin and Qi Xia?"
"Yes." I nodded. "With 'Spiritual Hearing' at your disposal, you should naturally know everything about this place. If we're going to cooperate, I need enough information. After all, information is my only bargaining chip."
Azure Dragon stared into my eyes for a few seconds, then revealed a subtle, unfathomable smile.
"Lin Qin was arranged by me," Azure Dragon said. "This girl is very interesting. She's also a gear."
"What...?"
I was somewhat shocked. I had to make a deal with Azure Dragon to enter Chu Tianqiu's room, but Lin Qin was directly arranged by Azure Dragon?
"She's no different from you," Azure Dragon said. "From certain angles, she is neither a Participant nor a manager."
Hearing this, my eyes slowly widened: "Are you kidding me?! Lin Qin is also someone sent from above?! Are you deceiving me?"
"Hahahaha!" Azure Dragon threw his head back and laughed loudly a few times after hearing this. "Then you're overthinking it. Lin Qin has no way of shaking your insignificant, laughable position."
"You..."
Azure Dragon walked up to me, his whole body exuding an icy cold aura, and said to me clearly: "Lin Qin doesn't belong to anyone. She is my person, obeying only my commands."
Even though Azure Dragon had made it so clear, I still didn't understand.
"So she's a needle you inserted beside Qi Xia?"
"Yes, and no." Azure Dragon nodded, then shook his head. "How should I describe this strange feeling? Even Lin Qin herself doesn't know she's a 'needle'. She has complete memories and a real life. In her eyes, I'm just a strange ruler here."
I recalled earlier in Qi Xia's room, I happened to notice that a certain girl had no scent at all on her body.
Could she be Lin Qin?
A girl in her twenties, looking radiant and beautiful, yet without a trace of any odor. No matter how I thought about it, it was too unusual.
"And what about Qi Xia...?" I asked again.
"Qi Xia..." Azure Dragon stood with his hands behind his back, speaking in a calm tone. "The matter concerning Qi Xia is really a long story. I wonder exactly what you want to ask?"
Yes, I had many questions to ask, but Azure Dragon wouldn't necessarily answer them all.
To him, I was just a chess piece he held in his hand on a whim. If he suddenly abandoned me, I would be left with no bones to bury.
To survive here, I could only be a weather vane among these monsters, constantly attaching myself to them, letting them squeeze out the meager value I had, until I was of no use, until I was casually discarded.
"I want to know what Qi Xia's 'Echo' is."
"Oh...?" Azure Dragon smiled slightly upon hearing this, then said, "Is this matter very important to you?"
"Exactly." I said. "Even if the Screen gives no hint, you should still be able to hear the name of his 'Echo', right? Who did he inherit?"
"This..."
I saw Azure Dragon's expression change noticeably, but he quickly pretended nothing had happened and showed me that ever-present smile on his face.
"To be honest... this is the second time I've heard this name," Azure Dragon said with a light laugh. "I even suspect I heard it wrong... But if these four characters are true, then I have already found the ultimate answer to 'Zhongyan Land'."
"Ultimate...?"
"It is 'Endless Rebirth'." Azure Dragon slowly revealed a bitter smile. "These four characters have trapped everyone here."
"Endless Rebirth...?" I had never heard of such an 'Echo'. "Do... do you know what ability this is?"
"Yes. I am probably the only person in all of 'Taoyuan' so far who knows the terror of 'Endless Rebirth'." Azure Dragon smiled bitterly. "Seventy years ago, I once heard this frequency... Even 'Celestial Dragon' didn't notice it at the time."
"Seventy years ago...?"
Wasn't that exactly when we first arrived here?
"From that day on, all of us have been born here and died here. We cycle endlessly, also enduring endless rebirth."
"You mean..."
"Yes. He can resurrect a certain person using 'Belief' or 'Subconscious'. In other words... as long as he doesn't want you to die, you will keep living forever."
I was stunned once again.
This was Endless Rebirth!
What terrifying four characters!
This was nothing like "Divine Power"—it was clearly the curse that would never leave us!