Chapter 148: Moral Master

Qi Xia used some scrap wood to make a simple gravestone for Tian Tian, engraving the three characters "Zhang Li Juan" on it.

If she could have chosen, she probably wouldn't have wanted to be called "Tian Tian."

"We should go back."

The three of them returned to the campus with complicated expressions and saw Zhang Shan looking around.

"Finished?" Zhang Shan walked over to Qi Xia. "You have another team member back now. She looks like she's been through hell—go comfort her quickly."

"Okay." Qi Xia nodded. He was about to leave when he suddenly felt something was off.

Another person had come back?

Who else could it be?

Tian Tian, Qiao Jia Jin, and himself were together. Lin Gen and Han Yi Mo had returned earlier.

Li Jing Guan and Zhang Lü Shi had stayed at the venue with the procession.

Who was left?

"No way..." Qi Xia furrowed his brow slightly. "Both of them came back?"

"Yeah, they went through a lot, but they managed to get the rabbit person's mask back." Zhang Shan nodded. "At least their suffering wasn't for nothing."

"What the hell is this joke..."

Qi Xia pushed past Zhang Shan and hurried into the teaching building, with Qiao Jia Jin and Yun Yao following closely behind.

The three of them arrived at the classroom where Qi Xia's team was staying.

There, they saw Zhao Yi Sheng urging Xiao Ran to take off her soaked clothes.

"Qi Ge?" Xiao Ran spotted Qi Xia instantly and quickly stripped off her clothes, leaving only her undergarments. "I'm changing—why did you come in?"

Qiao Jia Jin helplessly turned his head away.

Qi Xia stared coldly at Xiao Ran and Zhao Yi Sheng, feeling puzzled.

This was too strange, wasn't it?

Xiao Ran had clearly been trapped in the fish tank; her clothes were completely soaked. So why was she fine?

How had these two managed to break the rabbit person's game and even outlast their opponent...?

Was someone lying?

"You two... are okay?" Qi Xia asked.

"Qi Ge, were you worried about me?" Xiao Ran, still in her undergarments, walked over to Qi Xia, wrapped her arm around his, and kept rubbing against it with her body. "How could I be okay? I was scared to death just now."

"Then why didn't you die?" Qi Xia asked coldly.

"Oh, come on..." Xiao Ran pouted. "You know, Zhao Yi Sheng wouldn't save me no matter what..."

"I had no choice..." Zhao Yi Sheng gave a dry laugh. "I was handcuffed and couldn't move."

"Qi Ge, that rabbit person's game was really weak." Xiao Ran started fiddling with her wet hair. "She trapped me in a huge fish tank, but the tank wasn't sealed properly. When the water was about to overflow, one side of it gave way under the pressure, and that's how I got out."

"Yeah..." Zhao Yi Sheng nodded. "Once that side collapsed, Xiao Ran could kick the key over with her foot. I unlocked the handcuffs and then saved her."

"Wha—" Qi Xia's eyes widened slowly, with a thousand curses unspoken in his heart.

So the key to breaking the "rabbit person" game... was to "let someone die"?

"Damn it..." Qi Xia muttered through gritted teeth.

Why?!

What the hell was this about?

This game was designed to "kill the good people"!

Li Jing Guan died precisely because he desperately wanted to save Zhang Lü Shi.

If he had been a bit more ruthless and waited until the tank was full, both of them would have been saved.

But who would dare to bet on that?

Even if he would, Li Jing Guan definitely wouldn't.

From what Qi Xia knew of Li Jing Guan, if someone was in danger in front of him, he'd charge in no matter the risk, be it a mountain of knives or a sea of fire.

The rabbit person was human, after all, so her game should be straightforward.

Just as she said, it was a very simple escape game—so simple that no escape was even needed.

"Good people don't live long, while scum thrive for a millennium." Qi Xia muttered quietly.

"What?" Xiao Ran thought she misheard. "Qi Ge, what did you say?"

"Get lost."

Qi Xia walked to the side and sat down slowly, his face full of frustration.

Yes, if Li Jing Guan and Tian Tian hadn't tried to save anyone, they wouldn't have ended up like that.

But was this worldview really right?

By the end of the days... what kind of monsters would be left here?

Were good people supposed to be weeded out early, leaving only a bunch of scumbags to witness the end?

Xiao Ran was clearly getting angry. She stepped in front of Qi Xia and said, "Qi Ge, that's a bit too much. Who are you calling a 'scum'?"

Qi Xia furrowed his brow slightly and gave Xiao Ran a cold look. He was in a terrible mood—did this woman have to pick a fight now?

"Didn't you hear me?" Qi Xia said. "Cup your ear and listen carefully: I said you're the 'scum that thrives for a millennium.'"

"Are you sick?" Xiao Ran laughed angrily, crossing her arms. "I've been nice to you all day, and you really think you're something special?"

Qi Xia slowly stood up from his chair, his expression ominously cold.

"Hey... you little liar..." Qiao Jia Jin sensed something was wrong and quickly stepped forward, whispering in his ear, "She's annoying, but if you hit a woman..."

"And you!" Xiao Ran pointed at Qiao Jia Jin viciously. "Always strutting around with your tattooed arms, and that disgusting text on your back—who do you think you are?"

Qiao Jia Jin froze, slowly turning back.

He suddenly forgot who had said "don't hit women."

A slight smile crept onto Xiao Ran's lips. "I heard about it—the one who was selling herself is dead."

"The one who was selling herself...?"

Qi Xia and Qiao Jia Jin clenched their fists instantly.

Xiao Ran sneered, "Calling you 'Qi Ge' was me giving you face. You took so many people out and not only failed to outlast the zodiac sign, but you also let that slut die. So you're even worse than me—what are you so proud of?"

Zhao Yi Sheng quickly tried to intervene. "Oh, come on... Xiao Ran, let's drop it. Everyone's going through a tough time."

"Tough time my ass! What happened to your tough act before?" Xiao Ran stepped forward aggressively. "You two only know how to bully a weak woman like me, right? Let me guess—in your game, when it got critical, you two men just pushed that slut forward to take the hit, didn't you?"

"Xiao Ran, just shut up!" Zhao Yi Sheng could tell things were getting out of hand.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Ran tilted her head up, glaring. "So tough, huh? Want to hit a woman? Go ahead! Let everyone here see Qi Xia beating a woman! Come on, everyone, look!"

Qi Xia was shaking with rage.

He wasn't as principled as Qiao Jia Jin—he just wanted to shut this woman up for good.

Xiao Ran saw Qi Xia wasn't moving and got even bolder. "No skills of your own, so you take it out on women?"

"You're asking for it!"

Just as Qi Xia was about to step forward and shut Xiao Ran's mouth, a tall figure suddenly rushed in from the side.

She grabbed Xiao Ran's hair and slammed her to the ground.

Then, she swung her long leg over, straddling Xiao Ran, and raised her arm to deliver a hard slap.

Xiao Ran hadn't even processed what was happening when she saw the woman in front of her raining down slaps, striking viciously.