A cunning plan?
The teammates were all very puzzled.
Xiao Lou briefly explained what happened next: "According to the original plot, Liu Qiao, Ye Qi, and I went to the hospital to find medicine. We were tricked by a mirror illusion. Liu Qiao and Ye Qi were pulled into the mirror maze. Then, Liu Qiao's sister, Liu Ying, suddenly appeared, knocked Liu Qiao unconscious, and impersonated Liu Qiao to come to my side. Taking advantage of my unpreparedness, she stabbed me and Han Jiang to death."
Upon hearing this, Liu Qiao's expression suddenly changed: "My sister?!"
Xiao Lou said: "She was eliminated back in the 3 of Spades, but she didn't choose to die in the Nightmare Chamber. In order to find you, she became a hunter and was used by Xu Muran, the leader of the Eternal Kingdom."
Liu Qiao clenched his fist tightly: "And then?"
Xiao Lou sighed and said: "She blindly trusted the hunter and ultimately couldn't escape the fate of being silenced by the hunter."
Gui Yuanzhang stepped forward to testify for Xiao Lou: "The leader of the Eternal Kingdom is indeed Xu Muran. I don't know what happened in the next five hours. However, if we want to clear the Twin Kings' Chamber, we only have one path now—trust Xiao Lou. Because he comes from the future, he knows everything that will happen next, and only he can lead us to avoid danger and turn defeat into victory."
Senior Gui's gaze swept over everyone, and he said in a low voice: "If we continue to doubt each other and dwell on whether the information Xiao Lou tells you is true or false, in the end, we will all die here. Time travel is the best opportunity for everyone to leave the Twin Kings' Chamber. This opportunity only comes once, and I hope everyone can seize it!"
Senior Gui's reminder was like a bucket of cold water, quickly bringing everyone back to their senses.
That's right, now is not the time to dwell on details. How could Xiao Lou possibly explain every single detail of the five-hour plot to everyone? The most crucial thing right now is to cooperate with Professor Xiao and change everyone's fate of being killed one after another!
Xiao Lou looked at Senior Gui with complicated feelings: "Thank you for your trust, Senior."
Senior Gui's gaze was gentle: "Think carefully about how to plan. I believe you won't let everyone down."
Xiao Lou nodded slightly.
He couldn't reveal that Gui Lao was a spy yet, as that would arouse unnecessary suspicion among his teammates. He also knew that if the Challenger succeeded, the Hunter's mission would fail. Gui Lao hadn't considered his own mission from the beginning; he only wanted to use time reversal to help everyone escape the card room. This debt of gratitude might never be repaid.
Xiao Lou took a deep breath, looked at Liu Qiao, and said seriously, "Xiao Liu, the key to this plan lies with you."
Liu Qiao was stunned: "Me?"
Xiao Lou said, "The previous plot was that your sister impersonated you. This time, we'll do the opposite; you'll impersonate your sister."
Liu Qiao nodded, listening attentively: "Professor Xiao, what exactly should I do?"
"To avoid any accidents, I'll take you to the hospital alone later. We need to find the medicine to save Han Jiang and Long Sen. The hospital does have the medicine, but it's a trap set by the hunters. Your sister will be lying in wait there. As soon as you appear, she'll immediately say something only the two of you know to convince you of her identity, and then knock you unconscious while you're distracted."
Liu Qiao quickly understood Xiao Lou's words: "You mean, after she tells me the secret only we sisters know so I can confirm it, I immediately approach her, pretend to be intimate with her, then knock her unconscious and switch identities with her?"
"You steal her card and use the [Twin Card] to make her look like you. At this point, there will be two Liu Qiaos in the hospital. In the original storyline, the real Liu Qiao is drugged and locked in the operating room, while the fake Liu Qiao stays with everyone as an informant."
Liu Qiao immediately understood: "Now we need to reverse the storyline. I'll disguise my sister as me, drug her, and lock her in the operating room. Then, I'll pretend to be her and continue to stay with everyone as Liu Qiao?"
"I had you impersonate her so it would be easier to find the medicine in the hospital." Xiao Lou quickly drew a map and handed it to Liu Qiao. "This is a map of the hospital's interior. There's a pharmacy on the first floor where they keep streptomycin, which can treat the plague. To make Xu Muran believe you are Liu Ying, after you switch identities with your sister, go back to the corridor, stab me, and then turn around to find the medicine."
Liu Qiao's eyelashes fluttered violently: "Stab you?"
Xiao Lou's gaze was gentle: "Don't be afraid. I will put the Jade Cicada I obtained from the ancient tomb in my mouth beforehand. With the help of the Jade Cicada, I can enter a conscious state of suspended animation. After taking the Jade Cicada, I can be resurrected."
Gui Yuanzhang frowned: "No, Xu Muran is suspicious and cunning. He will confirm whether you are dead or not, and he might even chop your 'remains' into pieces himself. Once he finds the Jade Cicada in your mouth, your suspended animation will become real death."
"So we must act quickly. As soon as Liu Qiao finds the medicine, Boss Shao will immediately use teleportation to pull both Liu Qiao and me into Peach Blossom Spring." Xiao Lou paused, then looked at Gui Yuanzhang: "Senior Gui, could you please draw a picture of Xiao Lou beforehand? I'll take the painting with me, and leave the person in the painting at the hospital as my substitute."
"You mean draw a mannequin as Xiao Lou's corpse? Even if Xu Muran chops the corpse into pieces, it won't affect you."
"Can Senior do that?"
"This method should be feasible." Gui Yuanzhang wasn't surprised that Xiao Lou knew his painting had the "Magic Brush Ma Liang" skill to draw mannequins, after all, Xiao Lou had only returned 5 hours ago. He immediately drew a picture based on Xiao Lou's appearance, and deliberately made the face of the Xiao Lou in the painting very pale to make the mannequin look like a corpse.
After finishing the drawing, he handed the completed card to Xiao Lou: "Be careful."
"Thank you, senior." Then, Xiao Lou looked at President Shao and handed him another [Tao Yuanming] card. "President Shao, I have an important task for you."
Shao Qingge nodded readily: "Go ahead, how can I help?" "
Oasis Town is full of surveillance cameras. The cameras on the main road can even detect invisibility cloaks. Only you can hide under the sand and avoid the cameras. Take the second Tao Yuanming card, head south, find a safe place, open another Peach Blossom Spring, and wait for Ninth Brother's instructions."
"Understood. Are you worried that the entrance to the Peach Blossom Spring I opened earlier will be surrounded by hunters?"
"Yes, Oasis is full of surveillance cameras. They probably saw you open the Peach Blossom Spring earlier. Xu Muran won't rashly surround the entrance, after all, he still has Liu Ying as a card. But once I 'die,' he might bring the hunters to surround the entrance, waiting for them to come to him."
"Okay, I'll crawl underground and open another Peach Blossom Spring in another location. The whole team will move."
"If all goes well, after Liu Qiao and I get the medicine, we'll go back to Peach Blossom Spring to rescue Han Jiang and Long Sen. Then we'll figure out how to deal with the hunters!"
According to the original plot, since Oasis Town is full of surveillance cameras, Xu Muran would have spotted them immediately. Seeing that Xiao Lou didn't have many teammates with him, he didn't detonate the explosives planted in the hospital. Instead, he had Liu Ying impersonate his sister to kill Xiao Lou and infiltrate the team.
This time was the same, except Xiao Lou didn't bring Ye Qi because Ye Qi's death was difficult to fake. He only brought Liu Qiao.
When the two walked out of Peach Blossom Spring, the hunters indeed didn't surround the area.
Xu Muran was undoubtedly watching the surveillance cameras closely, monitoring their movements.
Although Liu Qiao was nervous, she knew that success or failure hinged on this!
If it was really because of her sister's existence that Professor Xiao was killed, causing many teammates to be eliminated and sent to the Nightmare Chamber, then this time, Liu Qiao would absolutely not allow the same thing to happen.
She took a deep breath, clenched her fist to bolster her courage, and quickly got into character, looking at Xiao Lou and saying, "Professor Xiao, is there a trap at that hospital?"
Xiao Lou replied, "Even if there is, we have to go check it out. Han Jiang and Long Sen's conditions can't be delayed any longer. Don't worry, I've already had Ye Qi and President Shao set up Peach Blossom Spring in advance. If we encounter any danger, our teammates will come to our rescue immediately."
Xu Muran must have suspected they had teleported away when they suddenly disappeared from the surveillance footage.
Xiao Lou's words were meant for Xu Muran, to dispel his doubts.
The two exchanged a glance and cautiously headed towards the hospital.