# 1084
Chapter 1085: Surviving Remnants Invade
Shortly after.
Rows of military trucks roared across the wasteland and gradually came to a halt at the gate of the border defense detachment.
Since they hadn't brought luggage, the recruits merely stopped at the mess hall inside the border defense detachment for a quick meal to restore their energy before orderly boarding the trucks. Compared to their arrival, they were now covered in dust and dirt, looking like wild men, but their eyes were filled with undisguised joy.
Lin Qiye sat in the canvas-covered section of one of the trucks, surveying the excited recruits around him, a faint smile always playing on his lips.
The Kayuishi Border Defense Detachment was still quite a distance from the nearest military airport, and even by vehicle, it would take several hours. With so many recruits and the limited number of trucks the Night Watch could mobilize at the border, the instructors had no choice but to squeeze into the trucks alongside the recruits.
To prevent any unexpected situations, they had distributed themselves across different trucks to ensure the recruits' safety.
Things were fine when they first left the border defense detachment—the recruits were simply excitedly chatting inside the vehicles. But as time gradually passed, their attention shifted to Lin Qiye inside the carriage.
The recruits who had passed the examination looked at Lin Qiye the way new graduates look at their teachers—the fear in their eyes had diminished, replaced by closeness and curiosity.
Under the gaze of those fervent eyes, Lin Qiye's expression gradually turned peculiar.
"Instructor Lin." A recruit squeezed over to where Lin Qiye sat, blinking his eyes. "I heard you killed a Japanese god in Takamagahara... Can you tell us about it?"
Hearing these words, everyone present's eyes immediately lit up, and they all pressed toward Lin Qiye.
"Yes, Instructor Lin, tell us!"
"Which god did you kill, Instructor? Was he powerful?"
"Instructor, what is the Human Enclosure in Japan like?"
"Did Instructor Baili say you worked as a host in the Human Enclosure, is that true?!"
"..."
Lin Qiye's mouth twitched slightly.
Looking at the recruits before him with shining eyes, he helplessly smiled, an expression of indulgence unconsciously appearing on his face.
These were all soldiers he had trained.
"Alright, I'll give you a brief summary then."
Lin Qiye slightly straightened his posture. Upon hearing this, the other recruits' faces lit up with excitement, and they immediately fell silent.
"First of all, I need to clarify that the rumor about me working as a host was exactly that—a rumor." Lin Qiye said seriously. "The Human Enclosure in Japan is very large, and the forces within are complex—for instance, the Oracle Envoys, the Magatsu Blade masters..."
All the recruits in the carriage huddled around Lin Qiye, their bodies swaying with the vehicle's jolts. They stared at Lin Qiye expectantly, like children sitting around a campfire, listening to an old soldier returned from the front lines recount stories of years past.
The vehicles slowly climbed a mountain along the winding road. As the altitude continuously increased, the recruits sitting in the canvas-covered section could clearly see the entire border landscape.
Gray-white mist churned beyond the border line. Behind it, a border defense detachment stood like a nail, deeply embedded in the wasteland. Thick snow clouds piled up in the sky, completely blocking the clear midday sunlight. A rare and terrifying blizzard was silently brewing.
BOOM BOOM BOOM——!!!
Just as the recruits inside the truck were津津有味 listening to Lin Qiye's story, several earth-shattering thunderclaps rang out from beyond the border line.
These thunderclaps startled the recruits. Lin Qiye's voice cut off mid-sentence. Frowning, he braced one hand against the edge of the truck canopy and vaulted down, simultaneously opening the radio to address all military trucks:
"All vehicles, stop!"
On the mountainside, the dozen or so trucks gradually halted.
Lin Qiye and the others climbed out of the vehicles and turned to look in the direction the thunder had come from—their pupils constricted!
Beneath the dark, lightless snow clouds, gray-white mist churned like seawater filling the sky, furiously rolling against the无形 divine wall.
Beyond the divine wall, eight tall, mysterious figures floated between heaven and earth, slowly emerging from the Chaos mist, passing through the divine wall, and stepping into Great Xia's territory.
They were eight strangely dressed foreigners. Their bodies were covered with wounds, but their eyes held boundless hatred and ferocity—like a pack of wolves that had stormed into a flock of sheep.
The instant they appeared, eight terrifying, heart-stopping auras filled the entire world.
Even the snow-capped peaks more than a dozen kilometers beyond the border were not outside the range of their auras. Over six hundred recruits simultaneously staggered, their legs going weak as they nearly collapsed. Their faces turned ashen as they gazed at those eight figures at the border, their eyes revealing unprecedented fear!
Having never set foot on the battlefield before, it was their first time sensing such despair-inducing, overwhelming power!
Lin Qiye stood in place, staring at those figures, his expression visibly darkening.
Gods!
Eight Egyptian gods!
But shouldn't the Sun City of Egypt currently be locked in battle with the Heavenly Court? How did these gods escape?
The eight Egyptian gods stood in the air, as if sensing something. They simultaneously turned their heads, gazing toward a certain patch of emptiness not far away. The divine power around them surged instantly, and a chilling killing intent swept forth.
Lin Qiye followed their gaze, his expression freezing for a moment, then his heart nearly skipped a beat, his eyes filling with horror.
Their target was the Town God Monument!!
...
Edge of the Mist.
"Loki's information was correct." Storm God Shu stared at the patch of emptiness where the Town God Monument lay. "As long as we approach this side of the border, we can clearly sense the existence of that monument."
"As long as we destroy it, one-ninth of the invisible wall protecting Great Xia's borders will be breached. When the mist pours in, it will bring suffering to all living things in Great Xia. Moreover, it won't be easy for the Gods of Great Xia to repair this gap."
"The gods of Great Xia want to annihilate the Egyptian divine kingdom, so I'll slaughter their mortal subjects... Without so many sources of belief and devotion, what difference would the Heavenly Court have from any other divine kingdom?"
The eight Egyptian gods immediately pivoted and rushed at high speed toward the Town God Monument hidden within the emptiness!
At that moment, the earth beneath them shuddered violently, snow scattered across the sky, and a beautiful woman in a flowing gold-purple divine robe stepped out from the emptiness. Holding the Kunlun Mirror in hand, she blocked the path of the eight Egyptian gods.
The Queen Mother of the West's gaze swept across them, her brow slightly furrowing.
"Sun City insects, instead of dying within your walls, you dare covet Great Xia's Town God Monument?"
The Queen Mother of the West coldly snorted. Blue-green divine power surged forth, and the ancient bronze mirror in her palm shot into the sky, instantly shrouding the eight Egyptian gods above.