# 1364
Chapter 1365: Li Kengqiang
"What's wrong?"
"Setting everything else aside, I already scanned the entire island with spiritual power when we were on the beach. There were absolutely no signs of life, and no power generation devices either." Lin Qiye bent down and picked up a section of electrical wire that had rotted and broken from aging. "So... where is this electricity coming from?"
Everyone stared at the half section of wire in Lin Qiye's hand, falling into silence.
Rhythmic jazz music, paired with dreamlike flickering lights, pushed the atmosphere of the ballroom to its climax. A tall woman in a qipao with black hair and a mature man in a suit, elegant and refined, held each other lightly on the dance floor, dancing with passion. They seemed completely unaware of Lin Qiye and the others' presence.
Just as Lin Qiye and his team were about to take action, someone in the dance floor glanced toward the door and smiled faintly.
It was a young man wearing a Hawaiian shirt and bell-bottoms. He gently pulled down the pitch-black sunglasses perched on his nose, winked flirtatiously at the slender woman in his arms, then smiled as he released her delicate waist. He glided across the dance floor with natural grace and stood firmly in the center of the dance floor.
He waved his hand, and a vintage standing microphone appeared before him. He gripped the microphone with both hands, leaned his body back slightly, tilted his chin up, and looked toward where Lin Qiye and the others stood, shouting loudly:
"New friends! Are you all doing okay?!"
[Nightfall] Squad: ???
"What the hell is this?" Baili Pangpang couldn't help but mutter吐槽.
"Qiye, it seems like he's calling out to us. Should we respond or not?"
"...Wait a moment." Lin Qiye's expression was extremely odd. "This person seems mentally unstable. I'm not sure. Let me observe a bit more..."
Just as Lin Qiye and the others were whispering among themselves, the figure in the sunglasses shouted passionately once more:
"Okay! Let's give a warm round of applause to... the [Nightfall] Squad!!"
The lights above instantly brightened. Everyone in the dance floor stopped moving and smiled, applauding Lin Qiye and the others. The applause was thunderous.
Lin Qiye and his team were completely stunned.
Even Lin Qiye, who had slain "Mysteries," beheaded gods, and witnessed countless life-and-death crises, found himself questioning his sanity in this bizarre scene.
In the midst of the endless applause, Baili Pangpang hesitated for a moment and tentatively reached out his hand...
"Cough... um... hello everyone, hello, hello!"
Lin Qiye furrowed his brows. He steadied his breathing, took a deep breath, and walked directly toward the center of the dance floor.
The crimson cloak billowed under the bright lights like a sheet of blood-red. The men and women gathered around the dance floor saw Lin Qiye approaching and immediately parted like a sea, retreating to both sides.
Lin Qiye stopped in the center of the dance floor. He frowned as he gazed at the young man wearing sunglasses, a faint smile on his lips, and spoke in a deep voice:
"I am Lin Qiye, captain of the [Nightfall] Squad. May I ask... who exactly are you?"
"Tsk, are young people of your era all so direct?"
The young man sighed, waved his hand lightly, and the jazz music playing in the dance floor came to an abrupt halt. At the same time, the men and women clustered on both sides flickered and vanished into thin air, as if they had never existed.
The young man extended his hand and said unhurriedly:
"My name is Li Kengqiang."
Li Kengqiang?
This name flashed through Lin Qiye's mind, giving him a strange sense of familiarity... and this face, he seemed to have seen it somewhere before.
As Lin Qiye racked his brains trying to remember, he下意识地 reached out and shook Li Kengqiang's extended hand. At that moment, his pupils constricted sharply!
He remembered!
Li Kengqiang!
The second Commander-in-Chief of the Great Xia Night Watch! Li Kengqiang!
He had seen Li Kengqiang's profile on the corridor of the Night Watch headquarters. After the death of the first Commander-in-Chief, Mr. Nie Jinshan, he had commanded the Night Watch for nine years and was one of the earliest Human Apexes!
But... how could this be possible?
Lin Qiye quickly released the young man's hand, his eyes locked intently on the young man's eyes, his gaze sharp as a blade.
"You're lying." Lin Qiye said coldly. "Commander Li Kengqiang died in battle over fifty years ago. How could he possibly appear here? Who... exactly are you?"
Boom—!
Lin Qiye's eyes shimmered with light. He suddenly lifted his right foot and stomped heavily on the floating tile!
An invisible domain expanded outward. The golden and magnificent ballroom instantly flickered like an old color TV with a bad connection, flashing twice.
The floating tile beneath Lin Qiye's foot receded like a tide, revealing a dusty, uneven cement floor beneath. At the same time, the gorgeous crystal chandelier above his head transformed into a half-broken old light bulb.
[Endless King's Domain]!
From the very beginning, Lin Qiye had felt something was off about this place. Ever since the young man appeared, he became even more certain that this was a fake realm. If he guessed correctly, everything here was an illusion created by this young man's Forbidden Ruins ability.
Since it was a Forbidden Ruins ability, then [Endless King's Domain], which could forcibly subjugate Forbidden Ruins, would naturally take effect.
As Lin Qiye expected, as [Endless King's Domain]展开, the surrounding environment immediately showed cracks. However, even though Lin Qiye had given his all, he could only disperse a small area around himself and could not completely counter the other party's Forbidden Ruins.
This meant that whoever this young man was, his strength far exceeded Lin Qiye's... He was at least a Human Apex.
Seeing that Lin Qiye had actually torn open a corner of the Forbidden Ruins by force, the young man let out a surprised "hmph."
"Interesting... No wonder even Old Brother spoke highly of this youngster."
Lin Qiye was about to speak, but when he saw that the young man's appearance hadn't changed at all under his [Endless King's Domain], he froze in place.
According to his assumption, since everything around them was an illusion created by this young man, he must have also used such means to disguise his appearance as Li Kengqiang... But strangely, under [Endless King's Domain], his appearance didn't revert to its original form.
This was his real face.
"How is this possible..." Lin Qiye shook his head. "Who are you?"
"I told you, I'm Li Kengqiang." Li Kengqiang spread his hands helplessly. "Why don't you young people just believe me... Your name is Lin Qiye, ranked first in the 21st Night Watch Recruit Training Camp, original member of Squad 136, current captain of the [Nightfall] Squad. Behind you are Deputy Captain An Qingyu, Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, Jiang Er... Currently, one team member is in a coma, and another team member's whereabouts are unknown.
Zuo Qing was the one who sent you here, right?"
Hearing Li Kengqiang list the details of the [Nightfall] Squad so thoroughly, including Zuo Qing's name, Lin Qiye was somewhat dazed...
Now it could basically be confirmed that this young man was indeed someone from the Night Watch side.
Could it be... he really was Commander Li Kengqiang?
But how could a dead man be standing here talking to them?
As if sensing the confusion in Lin Qiye and the others, Li Kengqiang shrugged. "It seems like I have to show you something impressive, or you won't believe me..."
Li Kengqiang narrowed his eyes slightly and snapped his right fingers with force!
Boom—!!
The ground beneath everyone's feet trembled violently. A powerful torrent of national fortune surged into the clouds, shaped like a golden dragon's head, howling toward the heavens!
Li Kengqiang stood at the feet of this dragon of national fortune, his Hawaiian shirt fluttering in the wind.
He pushed his sunglasses up the bridge of his nose and said with a light smile:
"Welcome to... the [Heroic Spirit] Squad headquarters."