Xiaoxiao casually smashed a table, picked up a wooden board with nails from the ground, and slowly walked to Qiao Jiajin's side.
"Hey!!"
Qi Xia felt something was wrong.
"What are you going to do?! Wait a moment..."
"If these people die, they die," Xiaoxiao said.
"Their deaths are nothing to pity. I will prove it to you."
"Don't!"
Qi Xia shouted anxiously.
"I understand! I will do everything you say, just put the thing down first!"
Xiaoxiao acted as if she did not hear anything at all, slowly raising the wooden board in her hand.
"Hey! I agree to all the conditions you mentioned! You don't need to prove it to me!!"
Seeing that Xiaoxiao seemed to have gone crazy, Qi Xia hurriedly called out to Qiao Jiajin: "Hey!
Qiao Jiajin!
Don't play dead!
Get up!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaoxiao's wooden board fell, and the side with the nails pierced directly into Qiao Jiajin's skull.
"Long live the Extreme Dao," she said with a smile.
Qiao Jiajin's entire body trembled, his hands and feet twitched violently a few times, and then he fell completely silent.
"Hey... Qiao Jiajin..."
Qi Xia's eyes widened, his lips moving slightly.
"Say something, Qiao Jiajin... What the hell are you pretending... Even the bear didn't kill you... How could a nail kill you...?"
Qi Xia did not get an answer from Qiao Jiajin, but instead saw the spreading bloodstain. He knew that with a nail pierced into the brain, no one could survive. Qiao Jiajin was dead.
"Qiao..."
Qi Xia looked at the scene before him in disbelief, while a sentence continuously echoed in his mind...
"You have the brains, I have the strength, let's cooperate, alright?"
"Qi Xia, look," Xiaoxiao said with a smile.
"Their deaths are nothing to pity."
"Ah————" Qi Xia suddenly let out a miserable scream.
A sharp pain came from deep within his mind. His hands and feet instantly regained their feeling, but at this moment, he could only hug his head and roll around on the ground. Seeing that Qi Xia could suddenly move freely, Xiaoxiao clearly paused.
The headache lasted for a very long time this time. Qi Xia felt as if the nail had not pierced Qiao Jiajin, but rather had been driven into his own brain. The nail constantly stirred his brains, making him wish he was dead.
Two minutes later, Qi Xia's headache abruptly disappeared, and he stood up expressionlessly.
"Truly impressive, Qi Xia," Xiaoxiao smiled.
"Can you ignore my echo?"
"I advise you to stop while you can..."
Qi Xia said coldly.
"If you have a problem, come at me..."
"No," Xiaoxiao said.
"I need to make you understand that these people can be killed at will, and you can kill them too."
"Why would I kill them..."
Qi Xia's eyes were extremely cold, and his whole person appeared to be devoid of any emotion.
"I am different from you lunatics, do not lump me in with you."
"It seems you still don't understand."
Xiaoxiao shook her head helplessly, then flicked her wrist, pulling the wooden board with nails out of Qiao Jiajin's head. She flicked the blood off it and said to Qi Xia, "When I kill them all, you will naturally understand." After speaking, she walked straight toward Tian Tian.
"Lunatic, that's enough..."
Qi Xia's lips moved slightly.
"We barely managed to survive and drag out our lives until now, what gives you the right to decide our life and death..."
"That is why I said it is meaningless."
Xiaoxiao raised the wooden board once again. Qi Xia did not give her a chance this time and immediately rushed up. He originally wanted to directly knock this woman down, but under the immense impact, the woman did not budge an inch.
Qi Xia could only change his strategy on the spot, grabbing the opponent's waist that was as thick as a load-bearing wall, and pushed her backward. Xiaoxiao took two steps back, her face turning cold and stern.
"Qi Xia, I am clearly helping you, yet you remain stubbornly blind. It chills my heart."
Xiaoxiao shook her head, grabbed Qi Xia by the neck, and then casually threw him out like throwing a dog. Qi Xia crashed into the wall and let out a painful wail. He felt that the woman in front of him possessed extraordinarily formidable strength and must have undergone extremely rigorous training.
"Long live the Extreme Dao."
Xiaoxiao smiled, and the wooden board in her hand fell once again, smashing through Tian Tian's skull. Tian Tian's voice sounded in Qi Xia's mind: "I came here only because there is no place for me there." That extremely tearing pain swept over him once again, and Qi Xia hugged his head on the ground, wailing in agony.
Tian Tian was dead too. Qi Xia felt as if his head was going to split open. His vision turned pitch black, and his entire consciousness was gradually blurring.
Before he fainted, he heard a massive sound of a bell ringing again in the distance. ...
"Xia, look."
Yu Nian'an held a worn-out shirt, seemingly showing off to Qi Xia, "Look here." She stretched out her fair finger and pointed to the pocket on the chest of the shirt, where a cartoon goat was sewn.
"I've mended the torn part for you! My handiwork isn't bad, right?"
"It really isn't bad."
Qi Xia nodded while eating instant noodles in big mouthfuls.
"But why not buy a new one?"
"To save some money!"
Yu Nian'an smiled.
"Later on, when we have money, you can buy as many as you want. Let's just make do for now."
Upon hearing this, Qi Xia paused slightly, put down the instant noodles, and said, "Xiao An, we will have money very soon. If my current deal succeeds, we will have two million..."
"I believe it."
Yu Nian'an smiled and nodded.
"Xia, there are many paths in this world, and everyone has their own path. I believe you will definitely succeed."
"Yeah."
Qi Xia nodded, feeling exceptionally at ease. He wanted to say something else to Yu Nian'an but suddenly saw the color of the sky outside the window. A yellowish-brown sun hung in that dark red sky.
Qi Xia blinked his eyes, feeling that things were a little strange.
"What's going on..."
He turned his head back to glance at Yu Nian'an, only to find that her face had turned into Xiaoxiao. Xiaoxiao smiled and moved her lips at Qi Xia, opening her mouth to say, "Long live the Extreme Dao." The next second, two figures emerged behind Xiaoxiao, who were shockingly Qiao Jiajin and Tian Tian.
Their foreheads were leaking brain matter and fresh blood as they looked fiercely at Qi Xia, their eyes carrying a trace of resentment and a hint of unwillingness.
"You, you guys... I..."
Qi Xia suddenly felt a wave of fear, so he immediately rolled off his chair and ran out the door. He needed to escape this damned place. All of this was a nightmare.
It was only when he opened the door to his room that he felt a deeper sense of despair. Outside the door was an endless corridor, with millions of room doors on both sides, and at this moment, people wearing animal masks were constantly walking out of them. ...
"Qi Xia! Qi Xia!!"
An anxious voice rang out, pulling Qi Xia back. He slowly opened his eyes and found Lin Qin's clean face in front of him.
"Lin..."
Qi Xia frowned, feeling a splitting headache.
"What happened?"
Lin Qin's eyes were filled with tears, and she sobbed as she said, "You really scared me to death... I thought you had died just like Qiao Jiajin and Tian Tian..." Only then did Qi Xia recall that terrifying experience.
He stood up in a daze and looked at the corpses of Qiao Jiajin and Tian Tian not far away, zoning out for a moment. Although this was not a dreamscape, it was a reality more terrifying than a dream.
"Qi Xia... what exactly is going on..."
Lin Qin asked while choking back sobs.
"Who killed them?"
Qi Xia did not answer, but instead looked at Lin Qin expressionlessly and asked with a hint of confusion, "Why are you still alive?"