Li Yue's confession only shocked Wang Yan.

Xia Chuhe and Lu Dangui both had...calm and ordinary expressions, making Wang Yan hesitant to ask, as asking would make him seem foolish.

Xia Chuhe examined the turntable from all angles and found nothing unusual.

Just as she was about to turn around, a large black dog paw grabbed her hand: "I didn't expect that anyone could actually survive."

A large yellow dog moved Xia Chuhe's hand away and looked at the rat carcass on the ground: "You only handed over these few children?"

It seems the second interpretation has come true.

The tigers truly overthrew the rule of the gods and liberated all of Peach Blossom Village. And every evolved being who entered the instance a second time was punished by the "children" they had once abandoned.

Those who strictly followed the rules handed over twenty-one children. And the fighting power of the other animals was probably far greater than that of the rats. With one person defeated by twenty-one animals, it's no wonder no one could survive a second entry into the instance.

The only problem is the timeline.

The steward first warned Xia Chuhe before they first entered Peach Blossom Village. In other words, for those outside the instance, the rule of the gods overthrowing Peach Blossom Village and the overthrow of the gods are two completely independent timelines.

Li Qiusheng and Bu Yizheng entered the first timeline.

If we can get the core of the Peach Blossom Village instance this time, will the storyline of Li Qiusheng and Bu Yi be affected?

Xia Chuhe shook his head. The timeline of the gods ruling Peach Blossom Village came first, so it might not be affected by the later timeline.

Xia Chuhe politely asked, "May I take this turntable?"

The big yellow dog barked and laughed, full of sarcasm: "You can try, but you can't turn it."

The result of the test was the same as the first time in Taoyuan Village: the turntable was even more firmly rooted than if it had taken root in the ground.

They weren't instantly killed, and there was no danger left in Peach Blossom Village. The dungeon suddenly turned into a journey to another world.

Xia Chuhe wanted to learn about the gods, but she didn't have the universal energy points available in the dungeon world, and the animals in the village ignored them.

Xia Chuhe had no choice but to take out the white pebbles that the tiger had given him before, not knowing whether the tiger was still alive.

After tossing the white pebble to the ground, a mist appeared ahead, revealing a familiar city. The city was even more bustling now, with animals thronging the streets, comparable to a subway station in a first-tier city at 8 a.m.

The city was safe, so in order to find acquaintances as soon as possible, the group split up. Xia Chuhe and Wang Yan went to the farm machinery shop, while Lu Dangui and Li Yue went to the tiger's den.

Following his memory, Xia Chuhe squeezed into Boss Ma's farm machinery shop.

The farm machinery inside had been upgraded, and it seemed to be the same model as the ones parked on the farm. There were several shop assistants, all of whom were extremely busy.

Xia Chuhe grabbed a shop assistant named Xiao Ma: "Where's your boss?"

"I don't know. You can contact me if you need anything."

"Here's a farm machine for you. Call your boss over for me."

The shop assistant gave Xia Chuhe a strange look: "Do you know what our store sells? Do you think I would need agricultural machinery?"

Xia Chuhe: "..."

Has the world changed that fast?!

Fortunately, there was good news from Lu Dangui's side. The big yellow dog that guarded the courtyard back then, which had a broken leg, remembered Lu Dangui and the others.

With the big yellow dog leading the way, Xia Chuhe finally met Tiger Brother without any trouble.

Tiger's first words to Xia Chuhe were: "It's been years, and I'm finally seeing you again. You've been to Peach Blossom Village, haven't you? How was it? We drew our swords against the stronger, and we did it."

After Tiger's explanation, Xia Chuhe finally understood what was happening in the animal world.

Thanks to the efforts of Tiger and others, the rebel army's power gradually expanded. At the same time, Ah Long infiltrated the "Celestial Realm," gradually figuring out the characteristics of the Celestial Gods and planting many of his own people around them.

Although animals are inferior in the face of the gods, even a large number of ants can kill an elephant. Once the vast lower classes realize the injustice of the system and unite in resistance, it will only be a matter of time before the upper classes are overthrown.

"In that case, I want the Peach Blossom Village roulette wheel. Can we trade it?" Faced with the grand narrative, Xia Chuhe did not forget that his ultimate goal was the core of the dungeon.

Tiger paused, his breath catching in his throat. "Well... you know, gods are very difficult to kill. We just imprisoned them. But I can talk to Ah Long, and if he agrees, you can meet the gods. As for whether you can get anything from them, that's up to you."

Xia Chuhe was very much looking forward to the legendary dragon, especially since... she had an unhatched dragon egg.

Ah Long came from the sky, with antlers on his head and his body shrouded in moisture. At first glance, he seemed unremarkable. His first words to Xia Chuhe were: "You smell like me."

Xia Chuhe: "...Watch your words." Brother, I don't play games.

"I mean, you have something that belongs to me?" Ah Long admitted his mistake and corrected himself.

Xia Chuhe remembered something: the dragon eggshell that the big black rat in the thatched hut had given her.

Xia Chuhe took out the broken eggshells, and a clap of thunder sounded in the sky.

Brother Long lost his composure: "Where did you get it from? I went back to look for her, but I... I couldn't find her."

His childhood experience of being sheltered by his mother and relying on her for survival was very important to him. Without that experience, he might have been like most dragons, numbly serving as the mount of the gods, never thinking about what a proper mother-child relationship should be like, nor what created the abnormal kinship.

Xia Chuhe told A Long the whole story about the ostracized rats.

"Did she, my mother, leave me any messages?"

Xia Chuhe tried hard to recall, and she seemed to have said something like, "What can a stinky rat like me say to a dragon?" It wasn't exactly something to be happy about.

Xia Chuhe shook his head.

A hummingbird flew out of her hair and played a video, the sound of which was very low.

May my son have a peaceful life and all his wishes come true...

Xia Chuhe lowered her head, feeling agitated. The fake Xia Qingxue had said that her parents loved her very much and that she shouldn't doubt them. But the clues Xia Chuhe found all pointed to her being a tool for her parents to achieve their goals.

Wang Yan had retreated outside the door at some point, and seeing other people's loving mothers and filial children only made him feel ridiculous.

Li Yue, an artificial human, has no mother and feels nothing about it.

Lu Dangui still had that indifferent face.

...

Brother Long immediately agreed to Xia Chuhe's request to see the gods.

Xia Chuhe pointed out that it was a celestial being who had the power to control the roulette wheel.

The goddess, imprisoned underground, was in human form, emanating a faint light, and possessed an unapproachable noble aura. Even in prison, she remained as leisurely as if on vacation.

Xia Chuhe had already figured out how to get the roulette wheel.