Chapter 924: Storm Clouds Rise Again

Upon hearing that, I suddenly became interested. Sure enough, even if Jiang Ruoxue was acting with these people, she wouldn't forget her ultimate mission.

"Tsk, Jiang Ruoxue, you go and try it yourself," Zhoumo said. "Even if you die, it's fine. Not many days left."

"..."

"Tsk, what do you mean by what happens next?" Zhoumo said. "I already have the list, so how could he escape?"

"..."

"Tsk, why leave a 'surprise'...?" Zhoumo shook her head helplessly. "Our ultimate goal is to show him just how capable we are. A smart person should know how to make the right choices. If you find out he's really like the information collected by the 'Mao' team, then think of a way to get him to join 'Jidao'. It feels like it could be a good path."

"..."

"Hmm, I'll tell Xiaoxiao about this later. You go ahead and get busy."

Once I saw that Zhoumo and Jiang Ruoxue's conversation had ended, I walked over to her with a curious expression and asked, "How is she doing...? Has she been bullied?"

"You're really underestimating her," Zhoumo said. "From the tone, it doesn't sound like she's been bullied. It's more like she's 'had her fun', and she'll probably be back soon."

"So what about her now...?"

"Tsk, she's off participating in the game with those few magical species," Zhoumo said. "She must have seen some impressive figures and reignited her hopes."

"That sounds like her style," I nodded. "Did she run into someone really formidable?"

"Hard to say," Zhoumo replied. "Tsk, you know how it is here—anyone even slightly formidable has already been absorbed by the various organizations. But the person Jiang Ruoxue encountered is someone no one's ever heard of before."

"Never heard of? That's truly rare," I said helplessly. "In this godforsaken place, is there still fresh blood?"

"Not just him... tsk," Zhoumo frowned. "There have been quite a few formidable newcomers recently... Have you heard about that deputy leader Chu Tianqiu recently picked up?"

"Wasn't that ages ago?" I asked. "What's going on with him?"

"Tsk, you don't check the screens often, so you might not know," Zhoumo said mysteriously. "That person, like you, has a 'Hui Xiang' with three characters."

"Oh?" I raised an eyebrow—that was indeed an unusual situation.

"Tsk, you can control the intensity of your 'Hui Xiang', but he can't," Zhoumo added. "So for outsiders, that three-character 'Hui Xiang' is unique to him."

Zhoumo was right—I only had issues controlling 'Hui Xiang' in the early days, and that was over ten years ago. Very few people would still remember my 'Hui Xiang'.

"Isn't that strange...?" I said. "This person has a three-character 'Hui Xiang', yet he went unnoticed for so long and can't even control the bell... That's two paradoxes."

"Tsk, I'm curious too," Zhoumo said. "If his 'Hui Xiang' always makes the giant bell ring, he should theoretically be a very famous figure here. After all, a three-character 'Hui Xiang' is unforgettable once seen, but no one's ever encountered him."

I nodded, suddenly feeling a bit excited.

"And apparently, that person always fights head-on, so the chances of triggering 'Hui Xiang' are high," Zhoumo continued. "Tsk, I thought he might have stayed hidden because 'Hui Xiang' is too difficult, but recent rumors say he controls his 'Hui Xiang' very skillfully. Whenever it's a direct confrontation or a fight to the death, he definitely activates it."

Yeah... that's another paradox.

I lowered my head, and after a few seconds, a slow smile spread across my face.

This feeling was finally back.

It was an emotion I only felt when Yang Ge was at his peak.

That was the thrill of having "a ton of unsolved mysteries" swirling in my mind.

Why is this deputy leader so strange?

He seems like a newcomer dropped from the sky—he can't control the giant bell but can handle 'Hui Xiang'. Where did he learn about 'Hui Xiang'? Do people from his place only fight straightforwardly?

If 'Hui Xiang' triggers so easily, how has he stayed under the radar?

Though this seems completely unrelated to Yang Ge, my intuition tells me he's definitely involved.

From the seven years I spent with Yang Ge, I came to a very useful conclusion: in Zhongyan Zhidi, whenever something inexplicable happens, Yang Ge's shadow is always there.

"The strange ones aren't just this deputy leader," Zhoumo said. "Tsk, there's also that Qin Dong... or whatever, the one who feeds sheep... and our room's Shan... anyway, a lot of formidable figures have been making waves lately."

I was a bit speechless after hearing that: "Zhoumo... you can't remember strangers' names, fine, but how can you forget someone in your own room...?"

"Uh..." Zhoumo pursed her lips. "Mind your own business? I don't interact with her much, so I forgot her name. We don't need self-introductions in our room anyway."

I just nodded along with her: "Alright, alright."

But Zhoumo's words did remind me of something—in Zhongyan Zhidi, ninety-nine percent of rooms don't require self-introductions. After all, in many games, "names" don't help us participants who are always on the edge of life and death, so even after leaving a room, people often remain strangers to each other.

The weird part is... in the "Liar" game designed by Yang Ge himself, everyone not only has to share their names but also their past experiences. This game helps us get to know each other quickly and roughly judge each other's character.

Since it's a game Yang Ge personally designed, there must be a reason behind it. Does he think that for participants in a room to enter Zhongyan Zhidi more effectively, they need to know each other early?

"Tsk... this could be a good thing," Zhoumo said. "No matter what, with more formidable figures around, they'll all get absorbed by our organizations in the end. Even if they join 'Tian Tang Kou', it's fine—they have their own people there."

How to describe 'Jidao' in one sentence...?

It's that no matter which organization these strong ones end up joining, they can't escape 'Jidao'.

"This feeling is coming back..." I said. "Everyone's putting in effort, so I can't slack off either."

"You're slacking?" Zhoumo pursed her lips. "Last time Xiao Shiba told me she ran into you in a game, she was just trying to get a 'Hui Xiang', and you, you jerk, almost wiped out everyone."

"Is that so...?" I smiled as if I'd been complimented. "That's just what I should do. I feel like Yang Ge is about to return... Zhoumo, all the things we've been doing are finally going to bear fruit."