Xiao Xiao

They ate a small portion of the bear meat, and then finished the broth.

It has to be said, the taste of the broth was better than the bear meat.

Or perhaps it was because everyone was so thirsty that everything tasted sweet and delicious.

"Let's leave the remaining bear meat here," Qi Xia stretched his muscles and said to everyone, "If we're lucky enough to come back tonight, we can have another meal."

Xiao Xiao suddenly spoke up: "I want to have another bowl."

After saying that, she took her bowl and picked some more bear meat into it.

"Suit yourself," Qi Xia slowly stood up, looked at the time, and it should be the afternoon now.

"We need to hurry," Qi Xia said, "The four of us have only won ninety-five 'Dao', which is far from enough according to the schedule. Our goal for today is three hundred and sixty."

"That's true," Qiao Jia Jin also stood up, "Let's go."

Tian Tian and Lin packed up their things, patted the dust off their bodies, and when they turned their heads, Xiao Xiao was still sitting there, eating the meat in her bowl as if she hadn't heard anything.

"Xiao Xiao, aren't you leaving?" Tian Tian asked.

Xiao Xiao threw a large piece of greasy meat into her mouth, licked her fingers, but still didn't answer.

"Let's leave her," Qi Xia knew that this woman's intentions were not pure, and it would be better for everyone to part ways sooner.

Qiao Jia Jin nodded, turned, and walked towards Qi Xia.

At this moment, a loud bell rang from the distance.

"Dong!!!"

Everyone's faces showed confusion.

Qi Xia was about to say something when he suddenly saw a "wall" flying towards him.

"What?"

Before Qi Xia could react, he hit that wall hard.

It took several seconds for him to realize what was happening.

It turned out that it wasn't a 'flying wall', but rather he had fallen face down on the floor.

He had never felt such a bizarre sensation before, as if all his senses were in disarray.

Qi Xia twisted his head with difficulty and saw that Qiao Jia Jin, Lin Qin, and Tian Tian were also lying on the ground, their eyes closed as if they had lost consciousness.

"What is this..."

Qi Xia felt that the situation was very strange, so he shook his head in disbelief, trying to extend his left hand but extended his right hand instead.

He wanted to stand up but fell to the ground.

This feeling was very much like being drunk, but his mind was surprisingly clear.

Xiao Xiao was holding her bowl, eating the remaining meat, as if she hadn't seen anything.

"You... What did you do?" Qi Xia asked Xiao Xiao, "Did you poison us?"

Although he asked this question, Qi Xia was still puzzled in his heart.

Xiao Xiao had eaten more of the bear meat than anyone else. If it really was poison, why was she fine?

"Qi Xia, listen, the bell has rung," Xiao Xiao said indifferently.

"The bell has rung... What does that mean?"

"It means... I want to talk to you about a deal."

Xiao Xiao put down her empty bowl, stood up.

"A deal...?" Qi Xia looked at the slightly plump woman in front of him incredulously. He originally thought that this woman was just a bit scheming at most, but now it seems that she was more terrifying than he had imagined.

Now that the other party had completely taken control, he had no right to refuse.

"What deal do you want to talk about?" Qi Xia asked.

"Stop collecting 'Dao'," Xiao Xiao said, "Just settle down and live here."

"What...?"

Qi Xia had thought of many possibilities, but he never thought of this situation.

The other party was not here for the 'Dao'?

"You want me to settle down and live here?!" Qi Xia tried to get up but found that his limbs were completely unresponsive, and he could only lie on the ground, saying angrily, "Why the hell would I want to live here?!"

Xiao Xiao wiped the oil from her hands on her pants, then walked over to the four people, taking all the 'Dao' from their waists.

Finally, she came to Qi Xia, said expressionlessly: "Because you are too strong, you have a chance to collect enough 'Dao'."

"That's not good... right?" Qi Xia gritted his teeth and said, "I will unravel the mystery of this damn place and get everyone out."

"No, I can't let that happen," Xiao Xiao shook her head calmly, "I won't allow anyone to collect successfully. I want to protect this place. If you continue to be obsessed, I will make you regret it."

"So that's it..." Qi Xia snorted coldly, "You seem like a normal person, but it turns out you're a lunatic... You want me to live here like the walking dead? Don't you know that this damn place only has ten days left? It's going to be destroyed!"

"Is this place going to be destroyed?" Xiao Xiao nodded, seemingly not surprised by the answer, "Then let me put it another way, I want you to quietly wait for the destruction in these few days and not collect 'Dao' anymore."

"You... crazy..." Qi Xia said slowly, "If I don't do as you say, what will you do? Kill me?"

"Maybe."

"You won't."

"Oh? Why not?"

"Because you have the opportunity to kill me now," Qi Xia said, "You could have killed me directly, but you want to 'negotiate terms' with me. Why is that?"

After hearing this, Xiao Xiao frowned, turned around, removed the pot, and threw all the 'Dao' into the stove fire.

"Hey!" Qi Xia shouted, "What's wrong with you?!"

As the stove fire crackled, all the 'Dao' that Qi Xia and the others had risked their lives for turned to ashes.

At this moment, Xiao Xiao turned her head back, a sad look on her face as she said to Qi Xia:

"I don't kill you because I hope that one day in the future you can join us."

Qi Xia felt that he couldn't communicate with this woman named Xiao Xiao at all: "You can't understand, can you? There are only ten days left! Everything will be gone in ten days, what do you mean by 'join you one day in the future'?"

After saying that, he paused and then asked, "And who are 'you'?"

"Qi Xia," Xiao Xiao said, "In ten days, you will understand everything, this place, these people..."

She pointed to the three people lying on the ground and said to Qi Xia, "They are not important, their death is insignificant. But you are different, you must live here."

"Don't talk nonsense," Qi Xia said, "How could you possibly know whether they are important to me or not?"

"I..." Xiao Xiao was slightly stunned for a moment, as if she had thought of something, and said to Qi Xia, "I can prove to you that their death is insignificant."

"What... What are you going to do?"

After saying that, Xiao Xiao took off her shirt, revealing a sports vest underneath.

At this moment, Qi Xia realized that the woman in front of him was not 'slightly plump' at all.

Her muscle mass was even greater than Qiao Jia Jin's, her abdominal muscles were well-defined, and her arms were like pillars.

When one first saw this woman's large figure and broad shoulders, it was natural to think she was fat.

Although her face was thin, no one could have imagined that under the loose T-shirt would be a body full of strong muscles.