Chapter 1289: I Don't Believe

"Victory..." Qin Dingdong paused. "No one can guarantee that our rebellion this time will truly succeed... Chen Junnan, you shouldn't stay here any longer. Quickly find a 'mén' to get off the train. If something goes wrong, remember to preserve your strength. Your 'memory' might lead the next rebellion..."

"What the hell is this talk?" Chen Junnan was stunned after hearing it. "Jie Dong... what mindset are you operating under for this mission?"

"It's... a long story..." Qin Dingdong reached out and grabbed Chen Junnan's hand firmly, her fingers gripping tightly as her emotions churned. "Chen Junnan... listen to me, Wei Yang doesn't believe that Qi Xia will ultimately lead us to escape... and I don't believe it either."

"Wha—" Chen Junnan stopped himself mid-sentence and quickly asked, "Jie Dong, tell me straight—who do you believe, that old con artist or Lao Qi?"

"I find it hard to believe either of them," Qin Dingdong whispered, then stepped forward and leaned close to Chen Junnan's ear. "Chen Junnan, Wei Yang deduced that Qi Xia plans to drive the 'lieche' to escape... but doesn't that seem strange to you..."

"Wh-where's the strangeness?" Chen Junnan asked uncertainly.

"Wei Yang's mission is odd," Qin Dingdong explained. "He's had this task for a long time—besides infiltrating the 'yuanzhumin,' he was supposed to lead them in destroying all the 'mén' on the 'lieche.' Now he's given up, so I've taken over."

"Ah...?"

Chen Junnan paused, as if he suddenly understood where Qin Dingdong's doubts came from.

"Chen Junnan... you're cleverer than I am in these things. Tell me, if we smash all the 'mén,' even if the 'lieche' reaches the next station... how are we supposed to leave?"

Qin Dingdong's question left Chen Junnan speechless for a moment.

"It's not just all the 'shengxiao' who would be trapped..." Qin Dingdong's eyes dimmed. "It's also every 'canyuzhe' involved in this rebellion. Once the dust settles, none of us will be able to go anywhere."

"Jie, Jie Dong... are you overthinking this?" Chen Junnan said. "After all, Lao Qi said before..."

"Chen Junnan... you can't trust Qi Xia too much. You need to plan for yourself," Qin Dingdong said. "I know this sounds like I'm stirring up discord, but there are real contradictions in this plan... I don't believe someone as smart as him would make a plan full of inconsistencies."

Chen Junnan thought for a moment after hearing that, then pointed out, "But Jie Dong, you're the one destroying the 'mén' right now... if you don't believe in it, why go this far?"

"I have my own reasons," Qin Dingdong replied. "I want to figure out who I am, and I want to help Wei Yang one last time. Even though he annoys me, in some ways, he saved me, so I have to come to the 'lieche' and finish this for him. Only by getting to the core here can I possibly uncover secrets about myself."

Chen Junnan pondered for a while before saying, "Jie Dong, I don't know how to convince you. I've doubted Lao Qi before, but countless experiences have proven he's right."

"But he approached you with a purpose," Qin Dingdong said. "Once someone approaches you with an agenda, you can't believe what they say—every word and every action is just to achieve their goal. You're not a fool; you understand that better than I do."

Chen Junnan was silent for a moment, then said, "Jie Dong, Lao Qi's 'purpose' goes beyond ordinary self-interest. In other words, if he really has some 'purpose,' I don't need to worry about it harming me. That 'purpose' won't benefit him or cause me loss. It's something on a much larger, more transcendent level, beyond human nature—this isn't something I should interfere with."

Qin Dingdong stared into Chen Junnan's eyes for a long time before sighing and saying, "Fine... Chen Junnan, even if I can't grasp his 'purpose,' what about the issue with these 'mén'? He hasn't left a way out for all the 'canyuzhe'—how do you explain that?"

"My only answer is that I believe in Lao Qi," Chen Junnan said. "Since destroying the 'mén' is part of his plan, I'll help him see it through. I was worried earlier that it might cause trouble, but your appearance has only strengthened my resolve."

"You... alright, you're you, and I'm me. Regardless of whether you believe in him, I've left a backup plan for everyone..." Qin Dingdong said. "I didn't intend to destroy these 'mén' completely, so we started with the rooms in the 'mianshi qu,' but left all the 'gongzuo qu' intact..."

Before she could finish, Qin Dingdong stopped, realizing that all the nearby 'mén' seemed to have been destroyed as well.

"You... Chen Junnan..." Qin Dingdong's eyes widened slowly. "You destroyed the 'mén' in the 'gongzuo qu'?!"

"Yeah," Chen Junnan said. "I didn't overthink it. As long as I feel it can help Lao Qi, I just went ahead and did it."

Qin Dingdong felt like she was in a dilemma, not knowing what to do next.

Just then, as the two finished their conversation, Jin Yuanxun approached with Di Niu, asking cautiously, "Bro, sis, are you done with your private talk?"

Jin Yuanxun's comment made Qin Dingdong roll her eyes dramatically. She turned to him and said, "You look like such an honest kid, but you say something so inappropriate. What do you mean by 'private talk'?"

"Huh?" Jin Yuanxun didn't understand what she meant.

Di Niu was amused by the young man and shook his head, saying, "Where did you learn Chinese like that?"

"I learned it from..." Jin Yuanxun raised a finger, but before he could point at Chen Junnan, Chen Junnan rushed over and put an arm around his shoulders.

"Hey! Xiao Jin! Your Chinese still needs some work!" Chen Junnan laughed it off, then looked at Di Niu. "Jie Dong, go ahead and introduce—who's this?"

"I met him on the way," Qin Dingdong sighed. "Qi Xia not only assigned this task to Wei Yang but also to this Di Niu. He wants to completely sabotage all the 'mén' from every angle, even thinking that ordinary human effort isn't enough—he needs 'diji' involvement. That's why I'm so agitated about this."

"A 'diji' specifically in charge of destroying 'mén'...?" Chen Junnan looked at the Di Niu in front of him.

She had a lean and muscular build, with subtle abs visible under her tailored short suit.

"Nice to meet you," Di Niu said. "No matter what questions you have about this plan, I have to carry it out unconditionally. To buy myself time, I even betrayed all the 'diji' involved in this operation, getting them to delay the 'tianji' for me. So, I can't afford any delays."

"You betrayed all the rebelling 'diji' by yourself?" Chen Junnan thought this Di Niu was quite ruthless.