Chapter 351: Splitting

"That's weird..." Song Qi frowned and looked at Chen Jun Nan. "Do you know my fifth brother and sixth sister?"

"I definitely know your fifth brother, but I'm not sure about your sixth sister..." Chen Jun Nan glanced around the room. "Huh? Where did Dong Jie go? I should take her to see an old acquaintance..."

Yun Yao paused for a moment. "Chen Jun Nan... Do you only have memories up to today?"

"Up to today... before that?" Chen Jun Nan took a deep breath and walked to the window to check the sky.

Yes, it was strange—he felt like he had just woken up, but how was it already afternoon?

"Xiao Chu... This ability of yours sounds a bit familiar." Chen Jun Nan turned back with a serious expression, staring at Chu Tian Qiu.

"Is that so? Does it remind you of someone you know?"

"You know it yourself. I just heard you all arguing about the leader of Tian Tang Kou, and now it seems like you're the only one for the job." Chen Jun Nan said with a hint of sarcasm, "This crazy place where everyone's gone mad... It's more suitable for you to lead it."

"How embarrassing..." Chu Tian Qiu laughed. "Since you've said so, I'll reluctantly continue as this 'leader'."

Chen Jun Nan let out a cold laugh, then walked over to the corpse that looked just like him. He stared at it with a complex expression, deep in thought.

After a moment, he reached into the pocket on the corpse's chest, pulled out something with a slight smile, and quickly tucked it into his hand without anyone noticing. He then stood up and said to Song Qi, "Xiao Song, are you heading back?"

"That's right." Song Qi nodded. "This was just a mission, and now that it's done, there's no need to stay here any longer."

"Then let's go together." Chen Jun Nan said. "We can look for Dong Jie on the way."

After saying that, he turned back and asked, "Do you know which direction Dong Jie went?"

The people in the room had no idea. Doctor Zhao and Han Yi Mo exchanged glances and whispered, "Those girls went off with Su Shan to join some game... It seems they're heading to Di Ji..."

"Su Shan..." Song Qi's eyes flickered. "The person we've tried to track down several times is now following Chu Tian Qiu...?"

"Don't overthink it." Chen Jun Nan said. "Su Shan couldn't possibly be following Xiao Chu... He's clearly with our Lao Qi."

Yun Yao looked at Chen Jun Nan—the way he spoke, that disdainful attitude...

He seemed like himself, but he was also a completely new person.

Chu Tian Qiu wasn't upset by Chen Jun Nan's words; he just nodded and smiled. "That's right, I don't know that Miss Su Shan, so she isn't following me."

"Ignore him." Chen Jun Nan said. "Xiao Song, let's go."

"Hold on..." A voice called out to Chen Jun Nan.

Turning around, he saw it was Xu Qian.

"What is it?" Chen Jun Nan asked. "Something wrong?"

"You..." Xu Qian hesitated, glancing at the corpse on the ground and then at the Chen Jun Nan in front of her. She asked tentatively, "Do you not remember me anymore?"

"Not remember...?" Chen Jun Nan paused for a few seconds, then looked her up and down. "Is there a rule that says I have to know every beauty in Zhong Yan Zhi Di?"

Xu Qian's eyes flickered at his response, and she slowly lowered her head. What on earth was going on?

Was this man still the same Chen Jun Nan?

Xu Qian felt like all his memories with her had fallen into a crack.

In Zhong Yan Zhi Di, Hui Xiang could preserve memories, but without Hui Xiang, they couldn't. Yet, the Chen Jun Nan before her had skipped over his memories of her. If he revived again next time, he still wouldn't remember anything that had happened.

Chen Jun Nan looked at the woman in front of him with an inscrutable expression. After a moment, he turned back, patted Song Qi on the shoulder, and quietly said, "Let's go." He then pushed Song Qi and turned to leave the room, the two of them quickly disappearing down the corridor.

The people left in the room all had uneasy expressions, and Yun Yao was undoubtedly the most upset.

Everything that had happened was beyond her expectations, and now her mind was in utter chaos.

Why could Chu Tian Qiu "copy" Chen Jun Nan?

His Hui Xiang was supposed to only trigger after witnessing "Zhong Yan," but now he had copied a new Chen Jun Nan right in front of everyone.

What had he eaten earlier?

How had he killed the Di Ji?

Yun Yao had so many questions she wanted to ask Chu Tian Qiu, but she knew he had changed.

In the last three cycles, Tian Tang Kou had been thrown into complete disarray by this man.

"Yun Yao..." Chu Tian Qiu called her name, then turned to look at the others in the room. Seeing that no one was supporting her, he smiled slightly. "This time, you just lost your head for a moment. What you said before was just careless, right? We'll still be good partners and comrades in the days ahead."

Yun Yao thought for a few seconds, her expression firming up.

"Chu Tian Qiu, every word I said was deliberate." She replied. "Since you're going to continue leading Tian Tang Kou, I'm quitting starting today."

A foul, rotting hot wind blew in through the window from Zhong Yan Zhi Di in the evening, brushing across Yun Yao's expressionless face.

"Hmm?" Chu Tian Qiu was slightly taken aback, his eyes seeming different from before. "Yun Yao... Don't you think it's a shame to leave now? We used to agree that we would..."

"No shame at all." Yun Yao said firmly. "After seeing what you did today, I believe even more that following you will never get us out. The Chu Tian Qiu I knew is dead; the one alive now is a madman I don't recognize. He treats lives like worthless grass, and he can silently copy his companions. It makes me sick."

Hearing this, Chu Tian Qiu showed unmistakable disappointment. "Then... what do you want?"

"Just like you said, I can go out and build a second organization." Yun Yao walked to the table and picked up the head of the Earth Snake. "From now on, I'll carry out the original ideals of Tian Tang Kou on my own—to rid this world of the Sheng Xiao and give the participants a pure land. If I fail one day and become a native, I won't have any connection to you."

Chu Tian Qiu frowned at her words and grabbed her arm, speaking seriously in a low voice, "What nonsense are you talking about? Do you realize there are outsiders here...?"

"It doesn't matter." Yun Yao said firmly. "Ji Dao will find out about me sooner or later. Better to lay it all out now than keep hiding."

She turned and looked at Yan Zhi Chun, who was smiling, and asked, "Ji Dao, has your target changed? Are you going to kill me?"

Yan Zhi Chun chuckled. "No, I don't oppose killing the Sheng Xiao, and besides, you've already Hui Xiang-ed. Killing you wouldn't mean much."