Chapter 1056: Faith Exists

“Qiao Yun,” Chu Tianqiu said calmly, “I don’t know how Qi Xia left you with that impression, but I’ve interacted with him many times, and he’s truly not that kind of person.”

“Is that so…?” Wen Qiaoyun knew she didn’t really understand Qi Xia, so she just nodded vaguely.

“I once arranged for him to participate in a game called ‘Ren Long’—specifically, one called ‘Qiaoqiao Ban’.” Chu Tianqiu continued, “During that game, I realized just how ruthless Qi Xia has become. He’s completely lost his humanity and is like a monster. And that was only a few days ago—how could he possibly turn into a sentimental person now?”

“Alright…” Wen Qiaoyun nodded, paused for a few seconds, then pulled a ‘zi’—‘ma’—from her pocket.

“This is the ‘zi’ from that writer.” Wen Qiaoyun said, “It’s the same as the one on me—both are ‘ma’.”

“Okay.”

Chu Tianqiu nodded, took the ‘ma’, and fiddled with it on the screen for a moment, arranging it into ‘ma’ and ‘ma’.

The two ‘zi’ were swapped as homophones, earning two points.

Now, Chu Tianqiu’s screen showed a total of fourteen points: ‘shi’, ‘cun’, ‘xi’, ‘cong’, ‘shi’, ‘zhuang’, ‘xiang’, ‘shi’, ‘bao’, ‘pao’, ‘gui’, ‘kan’, ‘ma’, and ‘ma’.

Although they didn’t know how many points the other side had, their team was already close to victory.

“Tianqiu.” Wen Qiaoyun called out.

“What is it?”

“There’s something I probably shouldn’t say, but if you could take action now, our chances of winning would be much higher.”

“Me taking action…?” Chu Tianqiu frowned.

“Yes.” Wen Qiaoyun nodded. “First, the enemy’s strongest force has been severely weakened, so ordinary ‘qiangduo’ won’t work anymore. If we want to steadily acquire ‘zi’, we’ll have to rely on the various games in the rooms.”

Chu Tianqiu nodded: “And then?”

“Second, your skills in strategy games are better than most people here.” Wen Qiaoyun added, “If you’re certain Qi Xia is guarding their ‘beizhan qu’, we could turn that against them. You, me, and Yan Zhichun could each challenge one of them in a game. Before they realize what’s happening, we’d control three people and seize the ‘zi’. By the time they notice, we could just stall for time and win.”

“Me, the ‘zhushuai’, going out to play games…” Chu Tianqiu thought for a few seconds and said, “But Qiao Yun, you should know… I can’t guarantee a hundred percent victory.”

“I know, but the issue now is…” Wen Qiaoyun continued, “Those ‘caipan’ don’t seem very experienced. If you step in, you could not only suppress the other players but also pressure the ‘caipan’, making the chances of winning the games even higher than usual.”

Chu Tianqiu knew his thinking could sometimes be biased, and Wen Qiaoyun’s suggestions often filled in those gaps.

But was it the same this time?

Him leading with the ‘jiang’ to take down the enemy one by one?

“Not yet, I need to think about it.” Chu Tianqiu said, “At least until we have ‘huixiang’, this is too risky.”

“By the way…” Xu Liunian interjected from the side, “Speaking of ‘huixiang’, I’ve figured it out. I came back to tell you how to master it.”

“Oh?” Chu Tianqiu nodded. “Go on.”

Xu Liunian took a breath, as if organizing her thoughts, then said slowly: “First, I only know how to gain ‘huixiang’ here, but I can’t escape from it.”

“Alright.” Chu Tianqiu replied.

“The principle is simple.” Xu Liunian continued, “For a normal ‘huixiang’, when releasing its ability, you need to believe that you will definitely release it, which increases the success rate.”

Although Wen Qiaoyun didn’t understand this, Chu Tianqiu and Zhao Yisheng nodded beside her.

When activating a ‘huixiang’ ability, you had to firmly believe it would work—that was common knowledge for every ‘huixiangzhe’.

Seeing that Chu Tianqiu and Zhao Yisheng agreed, Xu Liunian went on: “To activate ‘huixiang’ in this strange space, you need to add one more step before that: ‘believe that you are a huixiangzhe right now’.”

Chu Tianqiu glanced at Zhao Yisheng, then slowly furrowed his brow.

This concept was even more abstract than ‘huixiang’ itself.

First, believe you are a ‘huixiangzhe’, then believe the ‘huixiang’ ability will succeed.

At that moment, Chu Tianqiu also understood why Xu Liunian hadn’t returned to her original appearance.

According to her explanation, to become a ‘huixiangzhe’, you had to believe you were one. Similarly, to undo this ‘huixiang’, you’d need to believe you weren’t.

But with Xu Liunian wearing Chen Junnan’s face, how could she fully convince herself she wasn’t a ‘huixiangzhe’?

“This space is really odd…” Xu Liunian said, “We can’t even hear the ‘zhongsheng’ from outside, so whether or not you have ‘huixiang’ depends entirely on yourself, not on anything external.”

After hearing this, Chu Tianqiu felt uneasy. This information shouldn’t be shared with so many people, because once they knew the principle, activating ‘huixiang’ would become even harder.

Zhao Yisheng was stunned: “Miss Xu… how do you know all this?”

“This might be the only thing the most experienced ‘huixiangzhe’ can do…” Xu Liunian said, “Here, we don’t need any ‘qiji’. As long as you believe you are one, you are.”

“Faith makes it real.” Chu Tianqiu nodded. “So this place makes the strong even stronger and the weak even weaker.”

After saying that, he looked at the people around him and added: “I suspect Qi Xia’s team hasn’t gained ‘huixiang’ yet—that’s our only advantage for now. Before that happens, all of you adjust your mindsets, try to get ‘huixiang’ as much as possible, and find a way to inform our teammates on the ‘front line’.”

“But how do we explain something so abstract…?” Xu Liunian asked.

“It’s not that hard.” Chu Tianqiu said. “Just tell them, ‘You are already huixiangzhe now’.”

Xu Liunian thought this approach could work. Explaining the full principle might backfire.

“This way, even if Qi Xia hears it, he won’t understand the underlying mechanism.” Chu Tianqiu said. “Let’s all bring out our abilities and give him a real fight here.”