Chapter 794
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Chapter 794: The Cloak of Nightfall
Lin Qiye exchanged pleasantries with the man while sizing him up.
He appeared to be around twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old, with short hair that looked clean and neat. His demeanor was calm and powerful, suggesting a military background. From the aura he exuded, it was clear he was a “Wuliang” level expert.
Two years ago, he was one of the members of the Beijing team who clashed with Lin Qiye and others.
“Captain Lin, you look even younger than I imagined,” Zhang Zhengtian said, glancing at Lin Qiye’s remarkably youthful face. He chuckled self-deprecatingly, “Two years ago, your aura nearly knocked me out.”
“I apologize for that; the situation was urgent,” Lin Qiye replied, feeling a bit embarrassed.
After a few more exchanges, they got into the car.
Zhang Zhengtian fastened his seatbelt and turned to Lin Qiye, who was sitting beside him. “Captain Lin, since the procedure for awarding the second ‘Star Sea’ medal isn’t complete yet, the ceremony might take a couple more days. We’ve arranged accommodations for you. Would you like to rest first, or should we head straight to the headquarters for registration?”
“Let’s go straight to register; we’re not too tired,” Lin Qiye answered.
Although they had just experienced a fierce battle, everyone had rested for a while at Shenlong Pass and on the plane. Moreover, they had been waiting for this day for two years, so they naturally didn’t want to delay any longer.
“Understood.”
Zhang Zhengtian started the car and drove directly toward the Night Watchers’ headquarters.
An hour later, they arrived at the headquarters.
The Night Watchers’ headquarters in Beijing was the true decision-making center for the Great Xia Night Watchers. Unlike the Night Watchers’ outposts, this place resembled a comprehensive office space, handling the affairs of every Night Watchers’ team within Great Xia. It was composed of various departments that coordinated and collaborated with each other, functioning like a highly efficient precision instrument.
Lin Qiye and his team aimed for the office area responsible for team registration. Every personnel change among the 332 Night Watchers’ teams in Great Xia had to be registered here, including special teams.
As the staff busily moved about, the headquarters’ doors swung open, and seven figures walked in with steady strides, calmly heading toward the center.
Their appearance immediately drew the attention of the surrounding staff.
Generally, most of the people working here were in administrative roles or high-ranking Night Watchers. After years of working together, they were all familiar with each other. However, the seven individuals who had just entered were completely unfamiliar to them.
These seven clearly belonged to a team, but it seemed that only a few special teams had the qualification to enter the headquarters as a whole.
The staff present had seen teams like “Mask,” “Phoenix,” or “Medium,” but the seven young people before them clearly did not belong to any of those teams.
Among them, a few well-informed staff members seemed to realize something, and their eyes lit up!
Lin Qiye and his team followed the direction and arrived at the registration desk.
“Hello.” The staff member at the desk paused for a moment before regaining her composure. “…How can I assist you?”
“Hello.” Lin Qiye smiled politely. “Please help us register our team information.”
“Ah, sure… Which team are you from?”
“Great Xia Night Watchers, Special Team 005. I am the captain, Lin Qiye.”
The moment this voice was heard, the entire office area fell into silence. After a brief pause, the staff members who had been eavesdropping nearby suddenly began to whisper excitedly.
“It really is the Fifth Special Team! I just heard this morning that they have returned!”
“The Fifth Special Team? That’s the one that went missing in the fog two years ago?”
“Yes! There were rumors a few days ago that they broke through Japan’s ‘Human Circle’ during their two years of disappearance and directly obtained a ‘Star Sea’ medal.”
“News from Shenlong Pass also confirmed that the Fifth Special Team blocked the invasion of the second disaster-level beast tide and received another ‘Star Sea’ medal. That makes two in total!”
“Is that true? Among the other special teams, it seems only ‘Mask’ has received two ‘Star Sea’ medals, right?”
“Of course it’s true!”
“Is that Lin Qiye, the captain? He looks so handsome!”
“…”
Hearing the whispers around him, Lin Qiye couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
“The Fifth Special Team, huh?” The staff member blinked. “Okay, please wait a moment.”
She stood up and retrieved several confidential documents from the archive behind her, placing them on the desk.
“Please show your emblems and fill out the information for each team member on this form. Also, confirm the positions of the captain and vice-captain. For special teams, you need to determine a special team code, like ‘Mask’ or ‘Phoenix’…”
Lin Qiye took the documents and, without hesitation, wrote “Nightfall” in the code section.
In the captain section, he wrote his own name, as it had been agreed upon when Ye Fan released him from the fasting chamber. If Lin Qiye did not take on the role of captain, the Fifth Special Team could not be established.
Then, he looked up at the others standing behind him.
“We still need a vice-captain…”
Everyone turned to look at An Qingyu simultaneously.
An Qingyu blinked and was about to decline when Lin Qiye turned back to the desk.
“Forget it, I won’t ask you. Anyway, you can’t escape this vice-captain position.” Lin Qiye muttered to himself.
An Qingyu: …
In the vice-captain name section, Lin Qiye wrote down “An Qingyu.”
Vice-captain of the “Nightfall” team, An Qingyu.
“Nightfall…” The staff member picked up the document and softly read the name aloud.
After a moment, she spoke again, “Now, we just need to confirm your team’s cloak color. Special team cloaks are custom-made, and you can choose a color that represents your team for the new cloaks. However, black, gold, and gray are no longer available.”
Lin Qiye understood very well why those colors were unavailable. The cloak colors of special teams symbolized their respective identities and could not be the same. Black, gold, and gray were the cloak colors of “Medium,” “Phoenix,” and “Mask,” respectively.
As for the color…
Lin Qiye closed his eyes, and suddenly, the image of the nightfall from two years ago beyond the fog surfaced in his mind. At the forefront of that nightfall, Nyx donned a starry gown, wielding a long sword, stepping onto a deep red sea of blood, charging toward Olympus.
Nightfall, sea of blood, pitch black… deep red.
Lin Qiye turned back and discussed with the others for a moment before returning to the counter and slowly said:
“We choose… deep red.”
