Chapter 800: All Are Supreme

The three people in front turned around, looking at Zheng Yingxiong with confusion.

Zheng Yingxiong took a step forward and showed them the note in his hand.

**”‘Cause and Effect’…?”** Yun Yao frowned slightly. **”Little brother, what is this note?”**

She felt there were far too many suspicious points about it.

Zheng Yingxiong remained silent, only pointing to the alley behind him. The three understood his meaning immediately.

The contents of the note were likely passed on by the Human-Monkey from earlier.

**”‘Don’t become a Zodiac’… What does that mean?”** Yun Yao said. **”We’re ‘participants’… How could we even become ‘Zodiacs’?”**

At this, Zheng Yingxiong and Lawyer Zhang turned to her in slight confusion, momentarily at a loss for words.

**”Sister… You don’t know?”** Zheng Yingxiong said. **”Every ‘Zodiac’ here was once…”**

**”Wait, stop. Let’s not talk about this.”** Yun Yao cut him off abruptly, as if remembering something. She quickly changed the subject. **”Is that ‘Human-Monkey’ important to you?”**

Seeing her unwillingness to discuss the matter, Zheng Yingxiong could only nod. **”Yes, very important.”**

**”Could he be misleading you?”**

Zheng Yingxiong shook his head. **”I don’t believe he would harm me. He’s had countless chances far better than now to do so, but every time, he protected me instead. So what’s written on this note must be his true thoughts. I want to follow his instructions.”**

Yun Yao kept staring at the note in silence, her expression darkening.

Zhang Chenze examined the note and asked, **”What does ‘find Cause and Effect’ mean? Is ‘Cause and Effect’ a ‘Resonance’?”**

Zheng Yingxiong nodded. **”Yes. I’ve met that woman before. She seemed to be with Gu—er, with the Human-Monkey.”**

**”What kind of nonsense is this day turning into…”** Yun Yao’s face darkened, her tone turning displeased. **”First, the iron rod points to a ‘Zodiac.’ Now, the second time, it points to ‘Cause and Effect’…”**

**”What’s the matter…?”** Zhang Chenze turned to her. **”You know this ‘Cause and Effect’ too?”**

**”More than just knowing.”** Yun Yao scratched her head. **”She’s ‘Jidao’—she infiltrated ‘Paradise Port’ for years, gained my trust, and repeatedly sabotaged our attempts to clear games. Worse yet… the six hundred-plus ‘Tao’ collected by ‘Paradise Port’ was once burned to ashes in one go. I suspect she did that too.”**

**”That really happened?”** Zhang Chenze blinked.

**”Yes. That’s why I’m questioning this. ‘Jidao’ is practically my number one enemy here. They have numbers, yet their methods are unpredictable. I detest them to the core.”** Yun Yao then turned back to Zheng Yingxiong. **”Hero, little brother, are you really going to act based on what’s written on that note?”**

Zheng Yingxiong felt slightly puzzled now.

The so-called ‘Jidao’—their way of doing things was eerily similar to Gu Yu after he returned from traveling across cities.

After Gu Yu came back to ‘Jade City,’ he also worked to stop everyone from collecting enough ‘Jade.’

Zheng Yingxiong sensed a misalignment in their communication.

**”Sisters… All of you here—are you all striving to collect fifty-seven thousand six hundred ‘Tao’?”** he asked.

**”Fif… fifty thousand?”** Zhang Chenze chuckled and shook her head. **”That’s an absurd number. We only need three thousand six hundred.”**

**”Three thousand six hundred…”** Zheng Yingxiong nodded. **”Then do you know what happens once you collect that many?”**

He voiced the question weighing on his mind. It seemed these people had no idea a blade was hanging over their heads—an eerily bizarre situation.

Zhang Chenze replied curiously, **”Isn’t the point of collecting three thousand six hundred ‘Tao’ to leave this place?”**

Only then did Zheng Yingxiong realize where the dissonance lay. These three knew even less about this place than he did, despite him being sealed away for over a decade.

What kind of twisted situation was this?

**”If leaving were possible, someone would’ve done it by now, right?”** Zheng Yingxiong said. **”Once you collect enough…”**

He was about to blurt it out but suddenly froze.

Wait.

Yun Yao had just said the ‘Jidao’ organization had numbers. So why hadn’t they revealed the truth?

‘Dao City’ and ‘Jade City’ were two distinctly different places. They could’ve openly shared their insights without fear of ‘house rules’ punishing them.

If so, why hadn’t they told everyone here that collecting three thousand six hundred ‘Tao’ would trigger a mass reshuffling?

From his interactions these past few days, Zheng Yingxiong had gathered that ‘Paradise Port’ seemed like a long-standing organization—and so did ‘Jidao.’

Yet both these established groups were unaware of this truth. No matter how he looked at it, it was absurd.

Were their memories all recent? Or was someone deliberately hiding the truth?

**”What happens if we collect enough?”** Zhang Chenze asked, puzzled.

**”Well…”** Zheng Yingxiong hesitated. Years of living in danger had made him extremely cautious in everything he did.

**”Don’t ask.”** Yun Yao interrupted their exchange. **”No matter what happens after collecting three thousand six hundred ‘Tao,’ we shouldn’t treat ‘Jidao’ as allies.”**

Tiantian, who had been listening quietly, chimed in. **”But the two we’re looking for—Yan Zhiqun and Lin Qin—are also ‘Jidao.’”**

**”I don’t know about Yan Zhiqun, but Lin Qin is different from the usual ‘Jidao,’”** Yun Yao said. **”She’s been with you for a while now. Has she ever sabotaged your plans?”**

**”That’s true,”** Tiantian admitted.

**”Besides, our ultimate goal in finding them is for ‘Wen Qiaoyun,’”** Yun Yao added. **”Not for ‘Jidao.’”**

Zheng Yingxiong lowered his head in thought again. If the situation here was drastically different from what he knew, another possibility emerged.

Had Gu Yu lied?

After all, since his return to ‘Jade City,’ no one had actually collected fifty-seven thousand six hundred ‘Jade,’ nor had anyone witnessed the so-called ‘catastrophe.’

Zheng Yingxiong’s understanding of the ‘catastrophe’ came entirely from Gu Yu. Gu Yu’s convictions might have originated from ‘Cause and Effect’—who was ‘Jidao.’ Viewed this way…

**”I want to join ‘Jidao,’”** Zheng Yingxiong suddenly declared, lifting his head to face the group.