# 1148
Chapter 1149: Two Girls
In the grayish-white mist, three figures were ejected from the twisted space.
"Brother Zhai!?"
An Qingyu steadied herself and looked up again at the spot where the space had twisted, but it was already empty.
Lin Qiye, covered in blood, furrowed his brows and instantly expanded his spiritual perception to the maximum range. Besides the turbulent sea and endless mist, there was nothing else.
Even the sea area where they were currently located was no longer the one where they had entered Heaven. This was a completely unfamiliar place.
"So Heaven and Hell are indeed moving," Lin Qiye murmured.
Under the ash corruption, the two connected divine kingdoms had completely merged into some mysterious Cthulhu Faction entity wandering the world. It had just expelled Lin Qiye and his companions here, and now might have drifted off to who knows where.
"Qiye, how's Brother Zhai?" An Qingyu asked, having been pinned under the flesh mountain and unable to see the final outcome.
"...I don't know." Lin Qiye was silent for a long while, a bitter smile appearing at the corner of his mouth. "He voluntarily absorbed the Hell Origin. I don't know if that jade pendant can preserve his life under the power of the Origin. Even if he survives in the end, I don't know if he'll still be the Brother Zhai we know."
The others fell silent.
"No matter what, the priority is to return to Great Xia and bring back news of the Cthulhu Faction divine kingdom. Let's see if Heavenly Court has any countermeasures," Lin Qiye said slowly.
"We can only do that for now." An Qingyu nodded.
After a hesitant pause, Jiang Er asked, "But we don't have a ship right now, and we don't even know the direction to Great Xia. How are we supposed to get back?"
After a brief silence, she and An Qingyu's gazes fell on Lin Qiye without any discussion.
"...Miracles don't necessarily happen every time." Lin Qiye sighed. "Let me try."
Lin Qiye drew White Slash and casually slashed it through the sky. A golden flash appeared, and the blade pointed toward a certain direction in the mist.
Endless clouds churned beneath his feet, carrying the three of them swiftly across the sky as they tore through the air.
...
Between rolling mists, a luxury cruise ship cut through the deep waters like a beast of the night, moving silently through the darkness.
Flickering lights from the ship's cabins illuminated a corner of the night. On the side of this dreamlike pixelated cruise ship, sharp black brushstrokes carved two large characters like blade edges:
— Oath.
Cruise ship cabin.
Leather shoes stepped on the pixel-style floor with creaking sounds. The knight stopped before a wooden door.
He reached out and knocked gently.
"Come in."
A silver-bell-like female voice came from behind the door.
The knight pushed open the door. Before him was a workshop filled with the smell of diesel and a metallic涩感. In the center of the workshop, a half-modified "Dodge Tomahawk" motorcycle was quietly suspended in the air.
Beside this silver motorcycle exuding explosive power, a silver-haired girl in a black leather jacket and long boots slowly emerged from beneath the motorcycle.
In her left hand, she held a wrench thicker than her arm. With her oil-stained right hand, she casually wiped it on a rag. Her waterfall-like silver hair was slightly stirred by the sea breeze flowing in from the door.
"President." The knight spoke respectfully. "We found a girl near the ship. She says she wants to see you."
"Girl?" Jinian raised an eyebrow. "How old?"
"She looks to be about your age."
"Any distinguishing features?"
"Features... none, really, but she's from Great Xia." The knight gestured with his hand, giving a rough description. "Black hair, about half a head shorter than you, covered in injuries all over her body, and unremarkable features—quite an ordinary girl."
Jinian lowered her head to think for a moment, tossed the rag in her hand onto the Tomahawk motorcycle, and walked directly toward the door with her long boots.
"Let's go take a look."
Jinian passed through half the cruise ship before finally seeing that ordinary girl at the bow whom the knight had mentioned. Several Oath Society members, seeing Jinian arrive, immediately bowed respectfully and quickly withdrew.
"It's you?" Jinian saw that familiar face and spoke in surprise.
"...It's me." Si Xiaonan was soaked all over, leaning against the ship's railing, and sighed deeply. "Finding you really wasn't easy."
"Did you come from Great Xia? What happened to those injuries?"
"There were some accidents on the Pamir Plateau..."
Si Xiaonan苦笑着 recounted the entire sequence of events. Jinian had both hands in her leather jacket, her silver hair fluttering in the sea breeze, and her brow furrowed tighter with each word.
"Elixir of Immortality and Incorruptibility?"
Jinian narrowed her eyes. "Loki wants to use this to break through to Supreme God?"
"That's right." Si Xiaonan took out two pill containers from her chest and tossed them to Jinian. "The one marked 'Immortality' contains the real Elixir of Immortality. The one marked 'Incorruptibility' contains the poison the Queen Mother of the West gave me, along with a Soul-Devouring Poison Pill."
Jinian reached out to catch the two containers and opened each one to take a look.
"So, what are you planning to do?"
Si Xiaonan took a deep breath and turned her head, her gaze piercing through the hazy mist, flickering with a deep light.
"I have a plan." Si Xiaonan said calmly. "But I need you to help me with one more thing."
"Go ahead."
"I hope..."
The salty sea breeze brushed across the bow of the cruise ship. Amid the humming sound of waves, after Si Xiaonan finished laying out the plan, she gazed earnestly into Jinian's eyes.
"That's not difficult." Jinian nodded thoughtfully. "But I need three days... Three days later, I'll have my people deliver the items to you."
Hearing Jinian's response, Si Xiaonan slightly relaxed:
"Thank you."
"Don't thank me. When I infiltrated Asgard's Human Enclosure back then, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to escape unscathed from the Norse Gods' encirclement." Jinian smiled faintly. "We're friends, aren't we?"
Si Xiaonan was slightly stunned. On that haggard face, a rare smile appeared, but soon this smile was buried beneath deep sorrow.
"What's wrong?" Jinian asked.
"Nothing... I just miss the old days a bit." Si Xiaonan stared at the distant sea, seeming lost in thought. "Back then, I had many friends around me. With them there, it felt like everything became much easier..."
Jinian opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something to comfort her, but seeing Si Xiaonan's desolate expression, she said nothing.
"Oh right, one more thing. Leng Xuan was taken back to Great Xia by Night Watch and imprisoned. I'm worried the higher-ups might give him trouble because of me and Loki, so..."
"I understand." Jinian nodded. "Don't worry. I'll go back to Great Xia personally and get him out."
"Mm... Then I'll be going now."
Si Xiaonan turned around, dragging her heavily injured body toward the sea at the bow.
"What about your injuries? You're hurt so badly. If you only get basic bandaging, your wounds will worsen in the sea." Jinian grabbed her hand. "Wait. I'll call someone to treat you right now. I have a very skilled person on my team. In a few minutes, they can have all your injuries healed..."
"No need." Si Xiaonan shook her head. "Loki knows I'm injured. If I go back with all my wounds completely healed, he'll become suspicious... Me looking like this can actually lower his vigilance."
Si Xiaonan released Jinian's hand, smiling faintly. "Goodbye."
Splash—!
She leaped lightly, falling into the sea like an abyss.