# 1177
Chapter 1178 - Farewell, Doctor Li
Great Xia.
Purification Chamber.
A plane circled above the sea area and slowly descended onto the Purification Chamber's dedicated tarmac.
Lin Qiye brought Wu Quan, jumping down from the military aircraft, with Baili Pangpang and the others following close behind.
"Back again..." An Qingyu looked at the familiar surroundings around her, seemingly recalling something, and a smile tugged at the corner of her lips.
"Yeah." Lin Qiye nodded. "The last time we were here, we were detained patients and prisoners. After all this time, nothing here has changed."
"You were prisoners here?" Jiang Er asked curiously.
"Unexpected, right?" An Qingyu smiled. "Me, Qiye, and Cao Yuan all stayed in the Purification Chamber at some point. Later, we escaped together, and that's how the [Nightfall] squad took shape."
"I see." Jiang Er nodded, half-jokingly. "The feng shui here must be pretty good, otherwise so many prodigies wouldn't have walked out of here."
Just as everyone was chatting, a figure in a white coat, accompanied by a few guards, walked over from the distance.
"Doctor Li?"
Seeing that familiar figure, Lin Qiye spoke out in delight. "What are you doing here?"
As Lin Qiye's attending physician and the director of Sunshine Psychiatric Hospital, Lin Qiye was all too familiar with him. The handwritten notebook in his mental hospital was written by this very person.
Doctor Li smiled helplessly.
"The frontlines are dire, and after Master Chen went to oversee the war pass, the prison district of the Purification Chamber was left leaderless. Later, Commander Zuo and the others decided to have me, as the hospital director, take on a dual role and take over Master Chen's original duties.
Now, whether it's the outer prison or the inner hospital, I manage everything.
Commander Zuo just informed me that you'd be bringing an important prisoner over, so I rushed over from the hospital right away."
Doctor Li's gaze fell on Wu Quan. He pushed his black-framed glasses up the bridge of his nose and asked curiously:
"Is this the [Domination Emperor]?"
"Yes."
"Fourth King's Ruins... truly rare." Doctor Li glanced at Li Xiaoyan and Qian Cheng. "Then who are these two? His generals and ministers?"
"Generals and ministers? No, they're merely corpses he dominated."
Doctor Li raised an eyebrow.
"Oh..."
As Doctor Li was examining Wu Quan, Wu Quan was examining him in return.
This mild-looking doctor with black-framed glasses appeared frail and no different from an ordinary person, but being watched by those eyes always made Wu Quan feel somewhat uncomfortable.
Lin Qiye turned to Wu Quan and instructed:
"From now on, this will be your new home. This Doctor Li will be your caretaker. Follow all his arrangements, understand?"
Wu Quan was silent for a moment, then asked calmly, "When can I leave? Or am I to be locked up here forever?"
Lin Qiye was taken aback.
"Not necessarily. It depends on your behavior." Doctor Li answered on Lin Qiye's behalf.
Wu Quan lowered his head and said nothing.
"The person has been delivered. We'll be going now." Lin Qiye glanced at the few guards behind Doctor Li and hesitated. "Should we... escort him back to the prison first before we leave?"
"No need. You go about your business. Here, he won't be able to cause any trouble." Doctor Li waved with a smile. "Goodbye."
After bidding farewell to Doctor Li, Lin Qiye and the others boarded the aircraft again, heading straight for Shangjing City.
Watching Lin Qiye and the others leave, Doctor Li patted Wu Quan on the shoulder and said gently:
"Come with me. Let me show you around."
Wu Quan nodded silently and followed behind Doctor Li.
"This is the prison district, where you'll normally stay. It's a bit crude, but the basic facilities are fairly complete. It might be boring for other prisoners, but not for you...
You're still a minor and still in school. I'll arrange some teachers to give you one-on-one lessons, so this place will also be your private classroom."
"This is the cafeteria. You'll be let out at mealtimes to eat and move around. Try to be quick, or the food will get cold..."
"This is the activity area, shared with Sunshine Psychiatric Hospital..."
Doctor Li led Wu Quan on a tour of the Purification Chamber and finally came to a corner of the activity area.
There, a disheveled man wearing blue-and-white striped clothing was crouching on the ground, muttering to himself.
Seeing Doctor Li approach, he raised his head and looked at Wu Quan beside him with some confusion.
"This is Wu 'Old Dog,' my patient." Doctor Li pushed up his glasses. "This is Wu Quan, the new prisoner."
Wu "Old Dog" stared intently at Wu Quan's pitch-black eyes, his brow furrowed. He slowly rose from the ground, and a rare clarity appeared in those turbid eyes.
He opened his mouth and spoke, word by word:
"[Domination Emperor]?"
"That's right." Doctor Li nodded.
Wu Quan frowned, gazing at Wu "Old Dog" as if puzzled.
Wu "Old Dog" was silent for a moment, then extended his hand and said calmly:
"Hello, just call me Old Dog."
Wu Quan looked at that dirty hand, his brow furrowing even tighter, but eventually, he reached out and shook it:
"...Hello."
...
Shangjing City.
Northern Border.
A pixel-art style McLaren slowly pulled over at the edge of the Mist Wall.
"Are you sure you want to leave now?" Jinian sat in the driver's seat and turned to look at the person beside her. "Your injuries haven't fully healed."
Leng Xuan said calmly, "There's no time to wait any longer. I've already delayed too long in Great Xia. If I wait any longer, the plan will fail."
Seeing this, Jinian didn't press further. Instead, she pulled out a medicinal flask from her clothes and handed it to Leng Xuan.
"Since you're leaving, you might as well take this to Xiaonan on your way."
"What's this?"
"Right, you just came out of the Purification Chamber, so you probably don't know about the changes in Xiaonan's plan yet..." Jinian repeated what Si Xiaonan had told her.
After hesitating for a moment, Leng Xuan shook his head and said:
"I'm afraid I can't deliver it to her on the way. This time I enter the mist, I won't be rendezvousing with her."
"Why?"
"The operation on the Pamir Plateau exposed the trump card Loki had hidden within me. Now I've completely escaped his surveillance, going from the light into the shadows, which is very advantageous for our plan.
If I return directly to Asgard and Xiaonan's side, not only will it raise Loki's suspicions, but he'll plant surveillance measures on me again.
I need to use this window of freedom to do more preparation."
Jinian nodded thoughtfully. "Understood. Then I'll send someone else to deliver it. Be careful."
Leng Xuan got out of the car and walked straight toward the rolling mist. The silver ring on his right hand emitted a faint glow, shielding his body as he disappeared into the mist.
Jinian sat in the car and sighed deeply.
Dingalingling——!
A crisp phone ringtone sounded.
"Hello?"
"..."
"Lin Qiye and the others are returning to Shangjing? I understand. I'm done here too, heading over now."