# 1362
Chapter 1363: "Night Watch" Training Camp
"Hey, what do you think the Director and A Zhu are doing?"
Behind the hospital's glass windows, a group of nurses huddled together, curiously watching A Zhu perform a strange dance in front of Lin Qiye in the courtyard.
"I'm not sure... Is he doing a pole dance for the Director?" one particularly "knowledgeable" nurse asked with uncertainty.
"Pole dance? What's that?"
"It's... well, it's something very new."
"The Director has such tastes?"
"..."
In the courtyard,
A Zhu, whose limbs had been waving about wildly, suddenly snapped back to awareness!
"Wheelbarrow squeaky-squeaky... hm?" Lin Qiye, who had been singing enthusiastically, saw A Zhu suddenly come to his senses and froze in place.
A Zhu scratched his head in confusion, looking around, "Director, what was I just doing? I feel so strange..."
Lin Qiye thought for a moment, giving him a complicated glance.
"It's nothing, nothing happened... Go about your work."
After sending A Zhu away, Lin Qiye stood alone in the courtyard, deep in thought.
Just now, when activating the 【Soul Domination Song】, he had clearly felt that based on his soul strength, he could have dominated A Zhu for much longer, but for some unknown reason, A Zhu had awakened.
After much deliberation, Lin Qiye could only come to one conclusion...
He had sung off-key on one of the lyrics.
"This thing is more troublesome to use than I imagined..." Lin Qiye sighed helplessly.
Based on this situation, he would need to spend more time practicing his singing, otherwise when he got to the battlefield, if he accidentally sang off-key, all the dominated souls would return to consciousness.
Lin Qiye didn't test the 【Soul Domination Song】 ability again. Instead, he returned his consciousness to the real world.
Just then, a melodious phone ringtone sounded from the bedside table.
"Hello? Commander Zuo?"
"..."
"Go to headquarters? Now?"
"..."
"Okay, I understand."
Lin Qiye hung up, put on his coat, and flew directly toward the Night Watch headquarters under the cover of night.
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A few minutes later.
Night Watch Headquarters, Shangjing City.
Knock knock knock!
"Come in." Zuo Qing's voice sounded from within the office.
Lin Qiye pushed open the door, walked straight to the desk, and spoke seriously:
"Commander Zuo, is there an urgent mission? Our squad is on standby in Shangjing City and can depart at any time!"
"No rush, no rush." Zuo Qing leisurely took a sip of tea, gesturing with his chin toward the chair across the desk. "Sit down first."
Seeing this, Lin Qiye老老实实地 sat in the chair and waited for Zuo Qing to speak.
"By the way, there's something I should tell you first." Zuo Qing seemed to recall something. "Heavenly Court has sent word—they're willing to lend you the Holy Spring as a reward for your meritorious service. This afternoon, Yang Jian already descended to the mortal realm and took Jialan and the 'Goddess of the Future' to Heavenly Court. You can rest easy about that."
Upon hearing this, Lin Qiye felt a great weight lift from his heart.
"Good, that's good."
"As for the mission... still none for now."
"No mission yet?" Lin Qiye asked suspiciously. "That doesn't seem right. Shouldn't special squad missions be extremely frequent? And we also have the special function of walking through the Mist..."
"The current situation is different. Several of the divine kingdoms within the Mist have been destroyed for the most part. The remaining Heavenly Temple has sealed itself off and refuses to concern itself with external affairs, and Olympus has also been severely weakened. Right now, Great Xia is in a peaceful period—nothing major should happen in the short term...
As for some 'mysterious' disturbances within Great Xia's borders, the 【Phoenix】 and 【Spirit Medium】 squads, along with numerous Human Apex, can handle them easily."
Hearing this, Lin Qiye was somewhat confused.
"If that's the case, then why did you call me here today..."
"You may not have a mission, but there's something else you need to do." Zuo Qing handed a red-marked map to Lin Qiye. "After returning, have the other squad members pack their things and go to this place."
"An Island? What are we going there for?"
"We've prepared a training camp for you there."
"Training camp?" Lin Qiye was stunned. "Is there a new batch of recruits coming?"
"No, I'm not asking you to train recruits... The ones who need training are you."
"Our training camp?" Lin Qiye exclaimed in shock. "But... we've already become a special squad. Why do we still need to undergo training? What will we be training for? Who will be training us? Master Sword Saint again?"
Facing Lin Qiye's barrage of questions, Zuo Qing shook his head and spoke calmly:
"This time it's not Zhou Ping... You'll understand once you get there."
Since Zuo Qing was unwilling to reveal more information, Lin Qiye could only leave the Night Watch headquarters with a head full of questions.
...
"Training camp? Us?!"
Upon hearing Lin Qiye's account, everyone in the 【Night Watch】 squad was somewhat at a loss.
"Special squads still have to undergo training? I've never heard of such a thing..." Cao Yuan frowned slightly.
"I think a training camp is pretty good too." Baili Pangpang grinned. "The last time we trained together was with Master Sword Saint. Although we went through a lot of hardships, I actually enjoyed it... It's better than staying here playing cards every day."
An Qingyu nodded slightly. "I agree, though... I'm still curious. Who exactly will be training us this time?"
"Excluding Master Sword Saint, the ones who can train a special squad are probably only those few Apexes or the Great Xia gods."
"Great Xia gods are unlikely. If Great Xia gods were training us, the destination wouldn't be an Island but some divine mountain or immortal cave in Heavenly Court."
"So it's the Human Apex?"
"...No matter, let's just go first. Since Commander Zuo arranged this, he certainly wouldn't do us wrong."
The group quickly packed their belongings and departed from Shangjing before dawn.
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"Commander Zuo, they've set off."
Inside the Chief Commander's office, a Night Watch member draped in a dark red cloak stood before the desk and said quickly.
"Mm, I understand." Zuo Qing put down his pen. "You may leave now."
As the office door closed, Zuo Qing slowly stood up and walked to the reception area behind the office, where an elderly man in white robes and white beard was seated on a black sofa, pinching a chess piece between his fingers as he gazed absently at the chessboard before him.
"Grandfather."
Zuo Qing's voice drew Jiang Ziya's attention back to the present. He placed the piece in his hand back into the chess bowl.
"They've left?"
"Mm." Zuo Qing was silent for a moment before asking the question on his mind. "Is all of this... truly necessary?"
Jiang Ziya shook his head. "This matter wasn't my decision to make—it was decided by that person...
Since that person arranged it this way, there must be his reasons. We only need to trust him."
Zuo Qing's gaze fell upon the intricate chessboard for a long while before he finally sighed helplessly.
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