Chapter 1644
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Chapter 1644 Beware of Chang’an City!
“I don’t know what kind of existence these Cthulhu gods you speak of are, but there’s no doubt that the [Covenant] also has its limitations.”
Chloe said seriously, “First, the [Covenant] can only affect those who enter into it, and cannot extend to third parties… For example, borrowing and returning ten taels of silver is an agreement between you and me. No matter how things develop in this process, it will only revolve around the two of us.
But if I make a [Covenant] with you to have Zhang San return ten taels of silver to you by noon tomorrow, it won’t work, because Zhang San is not part of this [Covenant].
Similarly, I cannot make a [Covenant] with you to determine the life or death of another person or race… Unless I personally sign a [Covenant] with them for their self-destruction, but they would never agree to that.”
“Besides this, triggering a [Covenant] requires consuming a large amount of faith… I don’t know the content of the other two [Covenants], but just this one [Covenant] that crosses two thousand years to return to the past requires an extremely terrifying amount of faith power.
Just for this one [Covenant], I might need to spend hundreds of years collecting faith before it becomes possible to send you back at some point in the future.”
Lin Qiye fell into deep thought.
The [Covenant] could only affect those who entered into it, and activating the [Covenant] required faith power as consumption.
No wonder Yerande chose Chloe as his agent… This legendary 001 was indeed infinitely close to omnipotence, but without faith power as support, it would be difficult to unleash its powerful strength. Chloe’s special constitution, which could unconsciously make surrounding creatures believe in her, could perfectly complement this ability.
To unleash stronger power from the [Covenant], it was necessary to establish a massive religion to provide continuous faith for Yerande and Chloe. The Western Holy Church was probably born for this reason.
But in this era, the Holy Church seemed to have not yet appeared… which meant that Yerande’s power had not yet reached its peak level, and naturally, it would be impossible to seal the Cthulhu gods.
“Then how can I go back?”
“I don’t know,” Chloe replied helplessly. “This [Covenant] is only responsible for sending you here. How you get back is not its concern… I should tell you in advance, I currently don’t have enough faith to send you back two thousand years into the future.
In this era, the only thing that might send you back is perhaps the second [Covenant].”
Lin Qiye looked down at the second mark on his chest, his expression somewhat complicated.
If what Chloe said was true, the [Covenant] that sent him back two thousand years required faith accumulated over hundreds of years. Even if the current Chloe could eventually send him back, it would be hundreds of years from now… His only hope now was that the content of the second [Covenant] would be his return ticket from the Western Han Dynasty to modern times.
“The curfew is about to begin, you should go back now,” Chloe said slowly.
Lin Qiye looked at the sky outside, which was almost completely dark. Those red stars hung high in the night sky, with one of them shining particularly brightly.
“You’ll be staying in Chang’an for the next few days, right?” Lin Qiye asked.
“Yes, we’ll head to the next place after the influence of those stars subsides. If you need anything, just come find me here.”
Lin Qiye nodded and walked toward the door.
After talking with Chloe, Lin Qiye had figured out many things. His name appearing in the ancient Han Dynasty scroll in the Night Watchmen’s highest classified documents, future Chloe choosing him to enter the [Covenant], and the words Huo Qubing said to him in the underground of the National Fate Island… All of these pointed to a connection between him and the Western Han Dynasty.
However, Lin Qiye hadn’t figured out whether his actions in this period of history were predetermined. Would his actions be an inherent part of history, or would they directly change the course of the future?
Was it the “cause” in the past that created the “effect” in the future, or was it the “cause” in the future that changed the “effect” in the past?
The causal relationship between past and future was like a tangled mess of threads, making Lin Qiye’s head throb. But more questions continued to emerge in his mind.
Why did the future Chloe go to such lengths, spending hundreds of years collecting faith, just to send him to the Western Han Dynasty?
Was it related to those red stars? Or did she hope he would change something in this era?
Just as Lin Qiye was pondering these questions, a series of shrill screams suddenly broke the silence, echoing under the sky of Chang’an!
Lin Qiye turned to look and saw that near the city gate of Chang’an, a large fire had already started burning fiercely. The towering flames illuminated the night sky, and screams continuously rang out from within the city.
What happened?
Did evil spirits attack the city?
Lin Qiye frowned and, ignoring the curfew rules, transformed into a blur as he rushed toward the direction of the fire.
With Lin Qiye’s speed, crossing half of Chang’an was a matter of seconds. The wind howled past his ears, and soon he saw two groups of soldiers fiercely fighting in front of the raging flames!
The two groups were dressed differently. One group Lin Qiye recognized as members of the 30,000-strong expedition army that had returned to Chang’an with Huo Qubing. The other group wore specialized armor, appearing to be the Yulin Army stationed in Chang’an.
At this city gate, the expedition army far outnumbered the Yulin Army. They each held weapons, swarming through the city gate, staring intently at the Yulin soldiers moving across the battlefield. With bloodshot eyes, they roared and mercilessly took the lives of the Yulin soldiers.
One Yulin soldier’s corpse after another fell, and blood immediately stained a corner of Chang’an red. Their defense line was torn open in several places by the expedition army, and they retreated step by step. A large number of expedition soldiers had already successfully broken into the city and were rushing into Chang’an.
Unlike the angry expressions of the expedition army, these Yulin soldiers’ faces were full of bewilderment and terror. They seemed unable to understand, no matter how hard they tried, why the expedition army would suddenly attack the city.
Seeing this, Lin Qiye frowned deeply. He directly crashed into the battlefield and grabbed a long spear from an expedition soldier with his bare hands.
Lin Qiye recognized this soldier. When he was escorting the army back to Chang’an at the rear, the man had spoken to him a few times. In Lin Qiye’s impression, he was a rather quiet man, but now he looked as if he had gone berserk, his expression extremely ferocious.
“What are you doing? Who ordered you to rebel?!” Lin Qiye asked sternly.
“Rebel? Lord Lin, we’re not rebelling!” The soldier widened his eyes. He stretched out his blood-covered hand, pointing at Chang’an city behind Lin Qiye. “Lord Lin! Quick, get behind us! Beware of the Yulin Army and the people in Chang’an!
They… they have all been replaced by monsters!!! They are not human at all!!!”
