Chapter 1759
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Chapter 1759 The Whereabouts of Nyx
Method nodded in agreement and obediently sat down.
In front of Lin Qiye, he showed none of the presence of today’s most prominent special team captain, but rather still resembled that student who had just graduated from the training camp.
“Shen Qingzhu has already briefed me on the specific situation… This time the hunt for 073 was successfully completed, your team did well.”
“Actually, we didn’t do much, just drifted in that sea area for a few days, and then to prevent 073 from escaping, we triggered an external strike… In the end, Instructor Shen was the one who killed the god,” Method said with a helpless smile.
“What? You haven’t even reached the human ceiling yet, and you want to slay gods?” Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow. “As a special team, you’ve already done very well.”
“You only had ‘Wuliang’ back then, didn’t you also slay a god at Takamagahara? And there were only three of you at that time.”
Lin Qiye was stunned, then replied helplessly:
“Do you really have to compare yourself to me?”
“I know I may never be able to surpass you… but at least, I want to try to chase your shadow.”
Method’s eyes were filled with sincerity.
Knock, knock, knock—
Before Lin Qiye could speak, an elegant knocking interrupted their conversation.
“Seems like this one recovered faster,” Lin Qiye guessed who the visitor was and said directly, “Come in.”
The door opened, and a figure wearing red and white armor with a pristine white cloak stepped into the center of the office, extending one hand to the chest, respectfully performing a knight’s salute to Lin Qiye.
“Have a seat, Charles. This time you’re a bit slower than Method,” Lin Qiye’s voice sounded.
Charles and Method exchanged glances, both their eyes sparking with intense fire. After a cold snort, he still sat down in the chair beside him.
Four years ago, [Demon] and [Knight] were promoted in the same batch, and both were personally selected by Lin Qiye, so naturally there was some competition between them. Over the years, Method and Charles had frequently competed during missions.
Thanks to the existence of [Knight] as an “external enemy,” Method and Lu Baoyou had no choice but to join forces against them, which helped [Demon] grow into the top special team in a short time.
Lin Qiye saw all of this and certainly wouldn’t interfere. As Commander-in-Chief, he was happy to see this kind of healthy competition.
“Charles, how’s the investigation I asked you to conduct?” Lin Qiye looked toward Charles.
Charles opened his mouth, but still spoke reluctantly:
“Commander, we’ve searched everywhere around Mount Olympus for years and couldn’t find any trace of 043… This time we even managed to collaborate with the Upper Evil Association to infiltrate their circles, but still found no clues.”
Hearing this, Lin Qiye’s brows furrowed, his expression turning somewhat gloomy.
043?
Hearing this code, Method felt it was somewhat familiar.
043… wasn’t that the code for Nyx, the Goddess of Night, whom the Night Watchers had detected within Greater Xia’s borders a few years ago?
What did Commander Lin want with Nyx?
“After 043 was ambushed by Zeus and fled Olympus, there’s been no trace of her. None of the world’s gods have seen them since. We discussed with the Upper Evil Association’s research institute, and we think…” Charles hesitated.
“Think what?”
“That their survival is unlikely.” Charles finally gathered the courage to say it. “043 was one of the three supreme gods of Olympus. Although she was ambushed by Zeus and forced to retreat, the grudge of her children’s murder remains. If she were alive, she wouldn’t have remained inactive for so many years.
Perhaps the injuries 043 sustained back then were more severe than we imagined, and she completely perished not long after leaving Olympus.”
Snap—!
Before Charles finished speaking, a crisp breaking sound rang out.
Charles was startled and looked around in confusion. He saw Lin Qiye sitting calmly behind his desk wearing a deep red cloak, with nothing unusual except for his somewhat gloomy expression.
“Are you finished?” Lin Qiye slowly spoke.
“…Yes.” For some reason, Charles felt the atmosphere was strange. He swallowed and said cautiously.
“Although you didn’t discover any important intelligence, thank you for making this journey.” Lin Qiye picked up a document beside him and handed it to Charles, his voice softening somewhat,
“I heard that recently, a small-scale divine realm called [Divine Desire Paradise] has appeared somewhere in the mist, with lewd and bizarre practices. Your next task is to investigate it.”
“A new mission…” Charles’s eyes lit up, and he immediately took the document from Lin Qiye’s hand. “Leave it to us!”
“What about us?” Method quickly asked.
“Your team has been constantly on the move for two years, it’s time for a vacation.” Lin Qiye took out a leave form he had prepared in advance. “Take a good rest these days, and we’ll arrange missions for you later.”
“…Alright.”
A vacation was indeed a luxury for the [Demon] team. In four years, they had only taken one break. This time, they had helped Shen Qingzhu slay Alastor, which was a significant achievement, so they could take a good rest.
As Method and Charles left the office and reached the ground floor of the Night Watchers headquarters, Charles kept feeling something was off. He turned back instinctively and his eyes suddenly widened.
“Holy shit!!” This Western knight commander opened with a perfect Chinese expletive.
“What’s wrong?”
“The headquarters… the headquarters… it’s cracked!!”
Method looked back and saw that the Night Watchers headquarters building indeed had a crack, and this crack was located right near Lin Qiye’s office.
Just as Method was about to say something, a flash of light passed by, and the headquarters building immediately returned to normal, as if everything just now had been an illusion.
Charles was stunned, rubbed his eyes, and spoke in confusion:
“Strange… it was definitely cracked just now…”
Method gave that office a deep look, then turned away and pulled Charles toward the distance:
“You’re seeing things. I’ll get you a bottle of essential balm later, just apply it a few times and you’ll be fine.”
“Essential balm? Is that your Greater Xia’s ophthalmological miracle drug?”
“…Yes.”
…
Commander-in-Chief’s office.
Lin Qiye stood by the window, looking at the distant sky, his fists tightly clenched…
“Mother…” he murmured.
Nyx was his first patient, and besides his aunt, the person who had been kindest to him in the world.
A child who grew up without a mother, a mother who went insane from the grief of losing her child… their meeting was an initial stroke of luck, and also mutual salvation. In Lin Qiye’s heart, he had long regarded Nyx as his mother.
When Earth faced a crisis before, Nyx never appeared, which made Lin Qiye feel uneasy. For four years, he had been sending people to search for Nyx’s whereabouts, but there were never any results.
“Qiye…” From the shadows of the office, Shen Qingzhu slowly emerged, his expression somewhat complex.
The commotion just now might have fooled Charles and Method, but not Shen Qingzhu. He knew that at that moment, Lin Qiye’s mind had experienced a violent turbulence.
“She’s still alive.” After who knows how long, Lin Qiye slowly spoke.
“What?”
“If she were dead, I would have immediately felt the change in the laws of night… but in fact, I didn’t, so she must still be alive.” A gleam of light appeared in Lin Qiye’s profound eyes,
“She’s somewhere in this world, but for some reason, she can’t communicate with the outside… No matter what, I must find her!”
