Just like that, under Qiu Tu's encouragement and command, all members of Team 4, as well as a few members of Team 1, had removed the "Skull Talisman" and returned to the real world.

Soon, only Qiu Tu, Tang Feifei, and Qin Shuman were left in the entire Xinjie Territory.

Actually, these past couple of days, Tang Feifei and Qin Shuman had begun to sense each other's presence.

Qin Shuman had known early on that Tang Feifei had arrived, while Tang Feifei had figured it out via analysis...

After all... even though Qiu Tu was a flirt, he... didn't just go after anyone he saw.

It was inexplicable that Qiu Tu had brought Mao Tu with him and was so intimately close to her. There was no way Tang Feifei could overlook this without a thought.

Previously, everyone had been busy, so they had all pretended not to know about each other's presence.

As a result, now... because Qiu Tu wanted everyone to leave, both of them were abruptly "forced" into the open.

Thus, an awkward atmosphere promptly filled the air...

Perhaps because she had already handed over the life-saving "Spirit Escape Pendant" in advance, Qin Shuman wasn't very worried about Qiu Tu's reassurances.

So, when she saw Tang Feifei looking sharply over, she smiled at Qiu Tu and said, "Minister Qiu, it seems... someone has something to say to you~~"

"Take care, I'm leaving first."

After speaking, she waved at the two of them and sat down on the ground.

A few seconds later, her body turned into specks of starlight and vanished from the spot, leaving no trace behind.

Clearly, she had returned to the real world...

When Qin Shuman had left, only Tang Feifei and Qiu Tu remained at the bottom of the deep pit.

Tang Feifei stopped pretending, and her form gradually shifted and shrank, quickly reverting to her original appearance.

Back in her own form, Tang Feifei looked at Qiu Tu and said, "You don't seem surprised?"

Qiu Tu smiled, "I had guessed already."

Upon hearing this, Tang Feifei let out a small sigh. She felt a sense of defeat.

She, who had always been strong-willed, could only feel powerless in the face of Qiu Tu.

It seemed... this was also the reason she found herself falling deeper and deeper.

Even... to the extent of risking her own life, disguising as a member of the Dare-to-Die Team, just to be able to save Qiu Tu on a whim.

Thinking this way, she looked at Qiu Tu and then said, "Come back with me."

"This mission has already failed."

"The Whale Shark clearly regards the Xinjie District as his own territory; if you continue staying here, you'll only completely enrage him."

"You can neither defeat him nor escape from him..."

As she spoke, Tang Feifei added, "So, come back with me..."

Half an hour later. In the real world, in the Bureau Chief's office of the Xinjie City Investigation Bureau.

Tang Feifei woke up on the bed, and Su Xiaowan, who had been keeping watch beside her, hurried forward, saying a bit anxiously, "Bureau Chief, you're finally awake."

Hearing Su Xiaowan's words, Tang Feifei slowly opened her eyes. She looked coolly at Su Xiaowan and then asked, "What's happened? What's going on?"

Speaking in a quiet voice, Su Xiaowan reported, "From last night till now, a total of 23 members of the Dare-to-Die Team have returned from the 'Boundless Heart Sea'."

"Many of them are injured and in bad condition."

"There are rumors in the Bureau that they failed their mission, were too afraid to die, and ran back in disgrace."

"But that's not the most important thing. The most important thing is that Minister Qiu Tu has yet to wake up."

"Of the 24 members of the Dare-to-Die Team, he is the only one still in the 'Boundless Heart Sea'."

"Rumors are flying high and low in the Investigation Bureau. Some people are spreading that Minister Qiu... died in the 'Boundless Heart Sea'."

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