Chapter 834: Suspicious Organization

"What do you mean?" Qin Dingdong asked. "What do you mean this place's 'Hui Xiang' isn't 'Ji Ju Fei Niao'?"

"Qin Dingdong, you weren't in that game last time," Qi Xia said. "But that game helped me find a flaw in 'Tian She'."

"That's right..." Chen Junan said. "We were almost tricked by that old guy Di Hou. If Qi hadn't figured out his cheating beforehand, we'd probably all be finished by now."

"I'm a bit confused..." Qin Dingdong said. "What's the connection between Di Hou and Tian She?"

"They have no connection," Qi Xia said. "This matter probably doesn't involve those two at all. It's just that Di She's words created a contradiction in their situations and added a layer of mystery to the truth of this place. I think 'Hui Xiang' isn't the only one that exists."

Qin Dingdong wasn't foolish, and after listening to the conversation, he thought for a moment and quickly concluded: "We got tricked by Di Hou? So, what you just said about seeing through the cards... Does that mean Di Hou and Di She are the same person?"

"That's correct," Qi Xia said. "Unless there's another ability in this place that can see through cards, otherwise, this situation doesn't add up."

"Damn it," Chen Junan said. "Di She must have lied earlier. I'm going back to question him!"

"There's no need," Qi Xia said. "Things have already come to this point. If Di She knew the truth, he wouldn't hide it—there's no point for him."

Chen Junan took a deep breath and then nodded: "So, what you said earlier about 'Tian She' having the wrong research direction..."

"Either the research direction is wrong, or there's another rare possibility," Qi Xia said.

"What possibility?"

"In my memory, situations of 'Hui Xiang coexistence' do exist," Qi Xia said, pointing to the sky. "The 'Hui Xiang' that those people up there have can overlap with ours at the same time in height. For example, both having 'Ru Meng' and both having 'Bu Mie'."

"Hiss..." Chen Junan thought for a moment and said, "But that old guy just said it's because he implanted those people's eyes that he gained the ability. For instance, if I gouge out my eyeballs now and give them to 'Tian Long' to install, then Tian Long... he'd be really unlucky as hell."

Qin Dingdong kicked at Chen Junan again, but he dodged it as if he had anticipated it.

"What time is it to be joking around?" Qin Dingdong said.

"This isn't joking—it's really unlucky," Chen Junan said with some grievance. "Forget it, no one probably understands how powerful 'Tui Zui' is anyway. That kid Tian Long can take it or leave it."

Qi Xia nodded: "You're right on that point. I think this so-called 'implantation' can use not only the eyes of the 'original inhabitants' but also those of living people or 'participants'. After all, what 'Tian She' wants is the 'Hui Xiang' in the eyes, so as long as the eye's owner is a 'Hui Xiang possessor', it meets the condition. That's why those 'Lou Yi' come out every night to collect eyes."

"So that's how it is...?" Chen Junan said thoughtfully. "Those 'Lou Yi' are after eyes?"

"What they're searching for isn't limited to 'eyes'," Qi Xia said after thinking for a moment. "But in this city, it's only 'eyes'."

Qiao Jiajin scratched his head beside them: "So, they're just 'movers'? These things transport the 'eyes' to those people?"

"What they transport is 'Dao'," Qi Xia said. "In this city, 'Dao' is made from eyes, but I believe 'Dao' still contains 'Hui Xiang'."

Everyone was hearing for the first time that 'Dao' was made from eyes, but based on various signs, they had already suspected it.

"I've been wondering about this for a while," Chen Junan shook his head. "All the things people here go to great lengths to win are basically just eyeballs from the dead."

"Yes. Turning eyes into 'Dao' isn't some advanced technique," Qi Xia said. "Making these 'Dao' probably involves abilities related to 'Zang Yan Fa' and 'Yan Huan Fu Lan'. Overall, it's not difficult."

"Delay decay...?" Qiao Jiajin looked at Qi Xia.

"You should still remember that Chu Tianqiu once gave me nearly two thousand 'Dao', and they gave off a rotten stench the moment they were opened," Qi Xia said. "According to him, these 'Dao' had been collected for a long time and were probably starting to decay. But strangely, there was no visible change on the outside, so I think even if this stuff is completely rotted, it still looks like 'Dao' to us. Based on all that... 'Tian Ji' must have used a specific 'Zang Yan Fa' to alter the appearance and 'Yan Huan Fu Lan' to prevent short-term decay."

Chen Junan nodded after listening: "So, you're saying that apart from these two changes, 'Dao' and eyeballs are no different."

"Yes, the only inconvenient part is that every 'Dao' looks identical, so once they're mixed together, it's hard to tell whose they are—which means the 'Hui Xiang' they contain is unknown," Qi Xia said. "It's better to just use eyeballs from living people."

"Hold on..." Chen Junan seemed to suddenly spot a problem. "If 'Dao' and eyeballs are exactly the same except for appearance... how do those 'Lou Yi' distinguish between 'Dao' and eyeballs?"

"That's why I said... what the 'Lou Yi' are really after is 'eyeballs'," Qi Xia said seriously. "The managers of this place used a bizarre scheme to make sure the 'Lou Yi' can accurately collect the five types of chips."

"So, in that case, collecting 'eyeballs' isn't stable for the 'Lou Yi', because most of what they find are 'Dao' that can't be used directly," Qin Dingdong interjected. "Qi, if the other side wants to get a batch of 'Hui Xiang possessors' eyeballs..."

"They'd still need someone to provide them regularly," Qi Xia replied.

After he spoke, the three beside him fell silent.

"Though I hate to admit it..." Qi Xia pondered for a moment. "This place has probably always had someone supplying eyeballs to 'Sheng Xiao'."

Chen Junan furrowed his brow: "That leaves only that kid Chu Tianqiu, right? They're all in the same boat."

"Chu Tianqiu is just the obvious supplier," Qi Xia said. "But I suspect most of the eyeballs he provides end up being made into 'Dao'. After all, among the upper levels I know, not many have the 'Tian Tang Kou' ability."

Qiao Jiajin and Chen Junan seemed to think of something upon hearing this issue.

If it came to abilities that were similar, 'Tian Tang Kou' rarely appeared among 'Shen Shou' and 'Tian Ji'.

What was suspicious, though, was...

"Mao".