Chapter 399: The Sheep's Secret

"You're playing dirty with me, aren't you..." Di Yang said, looking embarrassed as he pushed Di Hu. "Isn't this just sending the two of us to our deaths?"

"What's so deadly about it?" Di Hu replied casually. "What are you afraid of? Afraid of Tian?"

"You..." Di Yang quickly turned to glance at the door after hearing that, feeling like death was looming close. "Can you keep your voice down?!"

"Anyway, I don't care..." Di Hu said. "I was only planning to drag you into this, but now Di Gou is here too, so let's all three go for it."

"What do you mean, 'all together'..." Di Gou shot up from his seat. "Are you okay? Which eye of yours saw me wanting to join you?"

Seeing that Di Hu didn't seem to be joking, Di Gou turned to Di Yang. "What's wrong with this guy, Di Hu?"

"Well..." Di Yang hesitated slightly. "It's probably because of Yang Ge's situation..."

"What happened to Yang Ge?" Di Gou asked, puzzled, looking at the two of them. "Isn't Yang Ge now Tian Yang? Did he encourage you to rebel?"

"Don't talk nonsense..." Di Yang interrupted. "This has nothing to do with Yang Ge. It's purely Di Hu's own sudden impulse."

After Di Yang explained, Di Gou got a general idea of what was going on.

"What...?" Di Gou frowned slightly after hearing Di Yang's account. "You suspect that Yang Ge didn't become Tian Yang... and instead turned into an ordinary participant?"

"It's just a guess," Di Yang said. "But this guy, Di Hu, is already talking about rebelling based on that guess alone."

Di Gou still didn't quite understand. "Hang on, Di Hu, why exactly? If you're really sure that the man named Qi Xia is Yang Ge, shouldn't you just talk to him?"

"Damn it..." Di Hu muttered under his breath. "Talk to him outside? You know how sharp our superior's ears are. What if he overhears?"

"Then you can't talk about it here either!" Di Gou said, blinking. "Actually, you shouldn't be talking about this anywhere! Are you trying to get yourself killed?"

"What's the big deal?" Di Hu sneered. "Tian has the same physical abilities as us, just with some weird powers... I think if we're ruthless enough, rebelling wouldn't be a problem at all..."

"No, no, no..." Di Gou shook his head frantically. "Di Hu, listen to me first..."

"Go ahead."

"Is it possible... that the reason we became Sheng Xiao is to survive and escape?"

After saying this, Di Gou glanced at Di Yang. The two of them now shared a common goal: to convince Di Hu to drop the idea.

"That's right, Di Hu," Di Yang nodded. "Just because you're impulsive doesn't mean we are. Isn't it better to stay here and get promoted properly? You worked so hard to reach the Di level—do you want to throw it all away?"

"Are you two idiots?" Di Hu snapped irritably. "We can't become Tian level at all! Yang Ge's example is right there in front of us. Even if we kill enough people and there's a vacancy at the Tian level, we'll just end up as ordinary participants!"

"I told you, it's just a guess!" Di Yang said, getting anxious. "Di Hu, we don't have 100 percent certainty that Qi Xia is Yang Ge. Don't you remember? Ren She said he'd go check that person's identity..."

"What else is there to confirm?" Di Hu's voice grew louder. "You, me, and that dead snake—all three of us think it's him. We know Yang Ge better than anyone! How could there be such a coincidence in the world?"

The two of them couldn't convince each other and fell into silence.

"Hold on..." Di Gou spoke up again, his expression slightly different from before. "I'm not really concerned about the 'rebellion' anymore... What you just said about 'we can't become Tian level'—is that true?"

Di Hu nodded seriously. "Di Gou, think about it yourself. In all the years you've been a Sheng Xiao, has any Di level actually become Tian level?"

"You can't say it like that," Di Gou replied. "The issue is, we've never been around the Tian level ones, so how do you know those Di level ones didn't succeed in advancing?"

"My brain's pretty straightforward!" Di Hu said. "I've never seen anyone 'successfully advance,' but I've seen one 'fail to advance.' So, based on that, the failure rate is 100 percent."

"You...!" Di Yang was speechless at Di Hu's blunt logic.

Meanwhile, Di Gou's expression had completely changed.

"Di Hu... if we really can't advance to Tian level... then things are going to get tricky..." Di Gou's face grew more serious. "I've been carefully navigating this place for so many years... If there's no good outcome in the end, what was the point of all the people I killed? What about all my efforts? What's the purpose of me showing up to work on time every day?"

"Di Gou, how could you..." Di Yang was taken aback. "I didn't think you were the type..."

"In the past, I didn't care about anything because it didn't affect my interests. As long as I could clock out on time, that was enough," Di Gou shook his head. "But now, if things are really as you say, Di Hu... then I have to rethink this..."

"You two, calm down..." Di Yang slowly reached out his hand. "I get where you're both coming from now, but can we wait a bit longer?"

"Wait for what?" Di Hu asked.

"For Ren She to confirm Qi Xia's identity..." Di Yang said nervously. "We still have a few days, right?"

"What's the point of those few days?" Di Hu said. "If that dead snake really confirms Qi Xia's identity, he'll get dragged into this mess too. And he's a Ren—even though the three of us don't get along, do you really want him to die?"

"Being a Ren doesn't matter..." Di Yang shook his head. "But at least wait... We need to wait a little more..."

"Lao Hei..." Di Hu slowly stood up and walked over to Di Yang. "You seem a bit off... Isn't the situation clear enough? Either you agree, and we three discuss it together, or you leave now, and I'll pretend you never came tonight. Does that make sense?"

"No..." Di Yang shook his head and looked at the two with a strange expression. "I won't leave, and I won't let you rebel."

"Oh?" Di Gou smirked. "So that's it... You can't leave, and you won't agree, which means you have your own plan... Right?"