Ji Tianqing waited for an entire ten minutes before kicking the man again, relieving him of his agony.

The man was drenched in sweat and utterly exhausted. He wanted to speak, but Ji Tianqing stopped him. “Wait, I’ll give you ten more minutes. Think carefully about what you have to say.”

The man was apparently frightened, having picked up the threat in Ji Tianqing’s words.

Qianye asked, “What’s wrong with him?”

“Since they’re also from the empire, don’t you think it’s odd that they don’t even recognize you?” Ji Tianqing asked.

Qianye didn’t really feel that he was famous, but something was definitely fishy because Ji Tianqing sounded serious, and Li Kuanglan looked quite pensive as well.

The latter said, “Are they survivors from the last batch?”

“I’ve checked the survivors’ list but never saw them.”

“If they’re not alive, maybe they’re one of those ‘dead’ people?”

Ji Tianqing nodded. “Quite likely. I want to hear what they experienced after their ‘death’.”

The man’s expression became...