# 1013
Chapter 1014: Infiltrating Agents
"These seven days are the final lesson I, as your instructor, can give you."
"I hope you can all gain something from it."
After Lin Qiye finished these last words, he turned and left.
The silent cabin immediately erupted into chatter. The new soldiers whispered among themselves, their eyes filled with worry and confusion.
"Elimination means leaving... that's too ruthless!"
"We've worked so hard all this time. Who would be willing to just give up like that?"
"I left my homeland to come to Shangjing to become a Night Watch. I absolutely refuse to give up like this!"
"This is truly hellish training. It's pushing us all to our deaths!"
"Do you think Instructor Lin might be lying to us?"
"..."
Soon, several instructors walked out of the cabin, distributing cold-weather gear, rations, water, and maps to each of them.
When they saw the route marked on the map, they couldn't help but draw a sharp breath!
"Snow plains, frozen lakes, cliffs, ravines... this route is truly brutal?" Ding Chongfeng, who had prior military experience, turned pale at the sight of this route. "Can this really be completed in six days?"
"Unknown." Fang Mo sighed. "But we have no choice but to move forward."
Lu Baoyou sat alone off to the side. He grabbed the map, didn't even look at it, and simply placed it inside the inner pocket of his cold-weather gear, closing his eyes to rest.
...
Lin Qiye returned to the cabin where the instructors were. A bitter smile appeared on Yuan Gang's face.
"Qiye, how do you plan to wrap this up after doing something like this?"
"I already have an idea." Lin Qiye smiled faintly. "It's just that I need cooperation from the official side..."
After Lin Qiye briefly explained his plan, Yuan Gang fell silent for a moment, then nodded. "No problem. But are you sure this will be effective?"
"Over seven days, whether used to strengthen physique or enhance Forbidden Ruins, it's difficult to see significant results. Since that's the case, we can only approach this from the aspect of mentality..."
Lin Qiye turned his head, glancing toward the direction of the new soldiers' cabin. "Whether it will be effective depends on their own comprehension."
...
Great Xia, western border.
Pamir Plateau.
On the barren plateau, a figure emerged from the earth like liquid, mysteriously solidifying from the ground.
It was a sturdy man nearly two meters tall, dressed in a dark yellow classical Western-style suit, with arm muscles bulging like small hills. In his deeply set, narrow eyes, a pair of deep pupils calmly gazed behind him.
Not far from where he stood was a mist wall churning violently.
This was the westernmost edge of all Great Xia, the boundary separating Great Xia's territory from the outside world.
"Finally slipped in..." The sturdy man slowly uttered in English.
He turned around, gazing silently at the silver-covered plateau land before him. After a moment of silence, he took a step forward.
He hadn't walked far when he stopped abruptly, as if sensing something.
His eyes narrowed into a dangerous arc.
BOOM—!
The ground beneath his feet suddenly shook violently. A Klein-level aura erupted from his body without any reservation!
"No need to be nervous." A voice came from the distance. Though also speaking English, it sounded somewhat stiff, seemingly carrying a hint of an Indian accent. "If we make too much noise, it won't be good if we attract the Great Xia gods."
The sturdy man in the yellow suit turned to look in the direction of the voice.
At some point, a figure dressed entirely in black had already appeared ghost-like behind him. A pair of pale, pupilless eerie eyes stared directly at the sturdy man, a chilling aura of blood seeping from his body.
The sturdy man frowned, staring at him for a moment, seemingly trying to identify something.
"You're an agent sent by the Indian gods?" The sturdy man's brow furrowed. "How did you cross Great Xia's border without being discovered?"
"Was that difficult?" The black-clad man said calmly. "Great Xia's current surveillance of the mist borders only works against gods. It's like a fishing net specifically designed to catch big fish. Agents of gods who haven't yet reached divine status are merely shrimp. As long as we use some means, we can slip in.
The Olympian Gods sent you, an agent of the Earth God, to infiltrate Great Xia and probe its divine forces. Isn't it precisely because you know this?"
The sturdy man hadn't expected him to so readily identify his identity. His frown deepened.
"We were all trained by our respective divine kingdoms and sent as divine agents to gather intelligence, so our purposes are the same." The black-clad man spoke calmly, extending his hand forward. "We could work together on this intelligence-gathering mission.
You can call me Singh, agent of the demon god Asura."
The sturdy man coldly smiled. "Work together with you Indians? I'm not interested."
He turned and walked away into the distance.
Singh's brow furrowed. He said coldly, "Don't forget, right now, your Olympians and our Deva Temple are allies."
"Allies? That's a nice word." The sturdy man coldly smiled. "If we were truly allies, the two of us wouldn't be standing here like this."
Singh's eyes grew cold.
He understood what the sturdy man meant.
After the Great Xia Heavenly Court emerged into the world, with an extremely domineering attitude, they annihilated Takamagahara, shocking the many overseas divine kingdoms. After that, however, they remained completely silent.
This left the overseas divine kingdoms somewhat uncertain about what the Great Xia gods wanted to do, or in other words... what were they plotting?
When Asgard received the heavenly envoy's challenge, it could be considered the Heavenly Court's declaration of war against the Norse gods. But why was the date set exactly ten days later? Did this mean that during these ten days, the Great Xia gods would be in a weakened state?
To say that the Great Xia gods emerged completely unharmed after annihilating Takamagahara, the other divine kingdoms would likely not believe it.
If the Great Xia gods truly suffered damage to their vital energy, then now would be the best opportunity to launch a sneak attack on Great Xia. So they secretly sent their respective agents to infiltrate Great Xia's territory, gather intelligence, and seek opportunities...
Except for Asgard, which was worried sick over receiving the heavenly envoy's challenge, the other divine kingdoms all wanted to probe Great Xia's true strength. After all, if one could be the first to actively sneak attack Great Xia and succeed, they would exclusively gain massive benefits and resources.
The fact that Singh and the sturdy man stood here was itself an embodiment of the four major divine kingdoms, each harboring their own schemes.
They all wanted to seize the initiative for themselves!
"Fine, since you're unwilling to work together, I'll go find Asgard's people." Singh shook his head and turned to leave.
Hearing this, the sturdy man froze.
"Asgard also sent agents? Weren't they supposed to be preparing for battle?"
"Don't you understand that trickster god's suspicious nature? He couldn't have failed to consider the possibility that Great Xia was bluffing. Even if Odin didn't give the order, he would have taken measures on his own." Singh said calmly. Those pale eyeballs turned toward another direction of the plateau.
"My eyes tell me... he sent a woman and a man into Great Xia."