Chapter 259
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Chapter 259: Deception
The 【Phoenix】 team put away their emblems and watched the fierce battle between the black hellhound and Gam.
Though it was called a battle, it was actually a one-sided slaughter. Despite being a canine, Gam was no match for the black hellhound. In just a moment, he had already received two bloody bite marks on his body.
“What exactly is this hellhound?” Kong Shang couldn’t help but ask. “Gam and Kraken are on the verge of becoming divine beings, yet it can completely suppress them?! Are there any mythological records of such terrifying canine mythological creatures?”
Xia Simeng furrowed her brows, and after a moment of silence, she slowly spoke, “It’s not that there aren’t any, it’s just…”
“There really are?” Kong Shang was taken aback. “Which one?”
“The Great Xia mythology… the Howling Celestial Dog.”
As Xia Simeng’s words fell, the entire 【Phoenix】 team was stunned in place.
“The Howling… Howling Celestial Dog?!” Kong Shang’s eyes filled with disbelief. Then, as if he thought of something, he turned to look at the black hellhound that was locked in combat with Gam and hesitantly said, “Speaking of which, it did seem to speak Chinese just now…”
“But didn’t the myths of Great Xia disappear?” Third Brother couldn’t help but ask.
Xia Simeng turned around, her gaze falling on the city, looking in the direction the hellhound had come from, murmuring to herself, “Since it has disappeared, there will surely be a day of return, right?”
…
Lin Qiye’s figure slowly descended from the sky, watching the distant silhouette of the hellhound, his expression filled with increasing confusion.
He seemed to vaguely guess something… but he instantly extinguished that thought.
How could this be possible?
Just as Lin Qiye was deep in thought, a figure slowly approached from afar.
“Captain?” Lin Qiye was taken aback upon seeing the newcomer.
He saw Chen Muye, draped in a dark red cloak, hurriedly walking to Lin Qiye’s side, his eyes filled with urgency. He frowned as he looked into Lin Qiye’s eyes and said, “Why are you still here?”
“Captain, what brings you here?” Lin Qiye’s eyes showed confusion. “What happened?”
“Si Xiaonan has defected! Come with me to chase her!” Chen Muye said with a serious expression.
“What?!” Lin Qiye was stunned. “How could this be possible?”
“I don’t have time to explain! Quickly, follow me!” Chen Muye grabbed Lin Qiye’s wrist and hurriedly ran off into the distance at an incredible speed!
At that moment, a brown magic circle suddenly appeared beneath his feet!
In an instant, the ground beneath him seemed to come alive, transforming into dozens of giant rock hands that slammed toward Chen Muye’s figure!
The rock hands piled up one after another, instantly sealing him within.
A spherical rock mass with a diameter of several meters hovered above the ground.
At the same time, Lin Qiye showed no hesitation. A spatial teleportation portal appeared behind him, and he quickly fell into the portal!
Boom—!!
The rock mass on the ground exploded instantly, a powerful and cold aura spreading rapidly. The spatial teleportation behind Lin Qiye was abruptly interrupted, and after a moment of blurriness, he remained in place.
Lin Qiye’s expression turned grim.
From the shattered rock, a tall, thin Western man slowly emerged. He squinted at Lin Qiye and spoke with some surprise, “Interesting… how did you discover it?”
Lin Qiye looked into his eyes and calmly replied, “The captain would never use the word ‘defect’ to describe his team members.”
“What if she really defected?”
“Then he would only say, ‘Xiaonan has left… she will come back.'”
Loki’s brows slightly raised, “I didn’t expect her status in your hearts to be so high?”
“This isn’t about status… this is about Team 136.”
As Lin Qiye answered, he continued to try to open a spatial magic with his hands behind his back, white light flickering.
“Ridiculous trust,” Loki scoffed. “Besides, there’s no need to try to escape anymore. If I let a little brat like you, who hasn’t even reached ‘Klein,’ escape, then I wouldn’t deserve to be the God of Trickery.”
The God of Trickery…
Lin Qiye’s heart sank. So it really is Loki?
When the fake Chen Muye first appeared, Lin Qiye sensed something was off. He tried to use divination to discern the identity of the person before him but found he couldn’t see through the other party at all.
From that moment on, he knew that this man was far beyond what he could contend with, so when he unleashed rock magic, he unhesitatingly used spatial magic to prepare for his escape.
“You want to take me out of Cangnan’s range?” After a moment’s thought, Lin Qiye saw through Loki’s intentions.
The other party was a deity. If he wanted to kill him, he wouldn’t need to go through the trouble of pretending to be Chen Muye. Claiming that Si Xiaonan had defected was just a ploy to lure him away.
And the direction of escape was precisely outside Cangnan City.
Combining this with the advice Chen Fuzi had given him earlier, it wasn’t hard to guess that if he left Cangnan, something bad would happen.
“What?” Loki raised an eyebrow, seemingly surprised that Lin Qiye had seen through everything. “It seems you already know everything?”
Lin Qiye did not deny it.
He certainly wouldn’t foolishly ask, “Know what?” At this moment, only by admitting it could he extract more information.
“Hahaha… if that’s the case, then why are you unwilling to leave with me?” Loki squinted and said, “This city will only meaningless hold you back. Don’t you want to leave this cage and see the outside world?”
Lin Qiye appeared unfazed, but his mind was racing.
Holding him back? Cage? Outside world?
What was he talking about?
Lin Qiye vaguely sensed that this matter was far more complicated than he had imagined… since birth, he had indeed never left Cangnan City.
Even during the previous rookie training, the Watchers had specifically chosen Cangnan as the location… now that he thought about it, perhaps they didn’t want him to leave Cangnan’s range?
What exactly did they want to do?
What were they hiding?!
“This is my home; I don’t want to leave here,” Lin Qiye said淡淡.
Loki looked at Lin Qiye and smiled, genuinely happy.
“But… you have already left, haven’t you?”
Lin Qiye was taken aback. He suddenly looked around and found that the surrounding environment was rapidly fading, replaced by a vast wilderness!
He had unknowingly left the range of Cangnan!
“Don’t forget, I am the God of Trickery… deceiving space, deceiving you… it’s as simple as that.” Loki’s smile grew increasingly wild as he gazed at the city behind Lin Qiye, laughing heartily.
“Look, look at that city! It’s truly beautiful now… isn’t it?”
Lin Qiye abruptly turned his head, stunned in place.
Golden light scattered from the city, and the scattered skyscrapers were gradually dissipating…
The city was disappearing.
