Knock Knock Knock

"Enough." Qi Xia interrupted Officer Li's speech, "Officer Li, why should you save everyone? For those strangers you've just met, would you rather die over and over again?"

Officer Li smiled faintly and lit another cigarette.

"That's not the right way to put it," he shook his head and said, "I'm a criminal police officer. How can I only help people I know? All the victims in this world are strangers to me, but I will risk my life to protect them, that's the principle."

"In any case, I disagree," Qi Xia said, "Your 'echo' ability is just my guess. Whether you can change items at will is still unknown. What if you can only change out lighters and cigarettes?"

"Well, we don't have any losses either," Officer Li replied, "It's worth a try. Maybe your guess is correct, and I can really take everyone out effortlessly."

"But if you trade your life for three thousand six hundred 'Tao', we get out, but what about you?" Qi Xia frowned and said, "According to this logic, you died at the moment of collecting three thousand six hundred 'Tao', and you don't have the right to get out at all!"

"Isn't that great?" Officer Li laughed heartily, "Qi Xia, the best outcome for me is to die here to save everyone."

"Don't say such ominous words," Qi Xia replied worriedly, "We can't determine your end before we understand the situation."

He knew that Officer Li would do what he said, and dying here would be the best home for him.

"But Zhang Hua Nan..." Officer Li muttered to himself in a low voice, "With him around, I can't go back."

"Officer Li, you are from 2010, right?" Qi Xia asked.

"Yes."

"I'll give you a contact number. After you return to the real world, contact me at that time," Qi Xia said, "I will help you deal with Zhang Hua Nan."

"Contact you at that time...?" Officer Li blinked slightly, "Qi Xia, which year are you from? How old are you this year?"

"I am from 2022, and I am 26 years old this year."

Officer Li pondered for a moment, then looked up and said, "You were only 14 years old in 2010. Do you know what kind of person Zhang Hua Nan is?"

"It doesn't matter," Qi Xia shook his head, "He is no match for me at the age of 14."

"You..." Officer Li found that he couldn't see through the man in front of him at all. Could a 14-year-old boy really fight against a vicious liar?

But Officer Li suddenly thought of something. Qi Xia is also a liar.

But his eyes were different from all the criminals Officer Li had ever seen. There was no 'evil' in his eyes, only 'despair'.

"Qi Xia, are you really a liar?" Officer Li asked lightly, "How many times have you lied? Who did you lie to?"

"This has nothing to do with us getting out of here," Qi Xia said, turning his head, "In short, I will not hurt innocent people."

"So you also lied in the first story," Officer Li asked.

"That's not important. You just need to remember that I will help you, and in return, you promise not to risk your life for others easily."

Officer Li thought about what Qi Xia said and couldn't find any reason to refute it.

"I promise you," Officer Li nodded and said, "But if I 'die accidentally' in a game, I will definitely try this ability."

"Okay."

Although Officer Li still didn't give up, his proposal this time was better than before.

"What is your 'echo', Qi Xia?" Officer Li suddenly asked.

Qi Xia scratched his head after hearing this and said, "I don't know."

"I don't know?" Officer Li paused, "That's going to be a tough situation... That means you may not remember next time, right?"

"Yes." Qi Xia nodded, "But you are different, Officer Li. Unless you are shot in the head, you will definitely remember. You can say that our hope of getting out is all on you."

"But what can I do if I am the only one?" Officer Li said with difficulty, "If you all forget all of this, how can I succeed?"

Qi Xia knew this was indeed a thorny issue. If you really want to escape from this strange place, theoretically, the more people who remember, the better.

As the game continues, the reincarnation will start again and again, so the number of 'echoers' should also increase.

That is to say... 'remembering' is something that cannot be hidden. Since that's the case, what is the catch in the warning from the 'Sheep Man'?

Who should be careful?

Is it the 'Chinese Zodiac'? Is it the 'Ultimate Path'? Or other participants?

Qi Xia pondered seriously for a while and said to Officer Li, "Officer Li, if I forget all of this next time, just tell me one sentence."

"One sentence?"

"Yes." Qi Xia nodded, "Just tell me 'Yu Nian'an said: Knock knock knock', and I will understand everything. It's a secret only she and I know."

When Qi Xia was with Yu Nian'an, he would always be in a state of deep thought, and at this time, Yu Nian'an would say 'knock knock knock'.

And upon hearing these three words, Qi Xia would come back to his senses and ask with a smile, "Who is outside the door?"

"Qi Xia is at home, after all." Yu Nian'an would always respond mischievously, "You ignored me for so long, I thought Qi Xia was not at home."

Such a silly game had been played dozens of times and became a unique symbol of Yu Nian'an in Qi Xia's memory.

"Is that enough?" Officer Li nodded, "Will you believe me?"

"In such a hellish place, is there anything that can't be believed..." Qi Xia said with a melancholy face, "I have to go back from here, but before that, I want to get what belongs to me from the 'Land of the End'."

"What belongs to you...?" Officer Li blinked, obviously not understanding.

Qi Xia didn't dwell on this question and thought of something else.

He took out a crumpled piece of paper from his arms, which was the 'Zodiac Ascension Bet Contract' found on the Sheep Man.

There had always been outsiders before, and Qi Xia had not had the opportunity to read this strange contract.

If there are any unknown secrets in this place, they must be revealed in this contract.

Officer Li also came over upon seeing this.

The two held one side each, and with the dim light from the surrounding teaching building, they read the contract thoroughly.

After reading it, Officer Li showed a complicated expression and felt like he was going crazy.

Can a normal person write such a thing?