# 1453
Chapter 1454: End
The night sky gradually faded away, revealing the original dusky yellow hue.
Across the ravaged earth, countless white-robed figures were carrying stretchers, quickly shuttling in and out of Chennan Pass.
Although the medical forces at Chennan Pass were quite abundant, they were still insufficient against casualties of such a massive scale. Transport planes loaded with medical personnel and equipment from other war passes were slowly descending within the pass. Some Night Watch with minor injuries were supporting each other as they made their way back into Chennan Pass.
"Hongying, are you all okay?"
After cleaning up the battlefield, Lin Qiye hurried over to Hongying and the others.
"I'm fine... it's just Wen Qimo. His spiritual power suffered such severe backlash that he's already lost consciousness." Hongying, carrying the unconscious Wen Qimo on her back, shook her head bitterly.
Lin Qiye scanned Wen Qimo's body with his spiritual sense. After confirming there was no life-threatening danger, he relaxed slightly and took Wen Qimo from Hongying onto his own back. He said seriously, "The rear support should have someone who can treat this. I'll take him to get checked out in a moment... Molly, are you okay?"
Lin Qiye turned to look at Molly walking side by side with Hongying.
Molly paused for a moment, then shook her head. "Just flesh wounds, nothing serious."
Molly's gaze swept across their surroundings, seemingly searching for something. She looked at Lin Qiye, hesitating.
"I'll take Qimo to get treated first. See you inside the pass." Lin Qiye nodded. With Wen Qimo on his back, he transformed into a streak of light and vanished behind the outer wall of Chennan Pass.
As Lin Qiye was delivering Wen Qimo to the treatment room and walking out, he spotted a familiar figure standing atop the outer wall, seemingly gazing into the distance.
"Pangpang, what are you looking at?"
Lin Qiye walked to his side and followed his line of sight. His expression grew somewhat odd.
"N-nothing." Baili Pangpang turned his head away. After a pause, he still couldn't help but ask, "Is she hurt badly?"
Baili Pangpang didn't specify who "she" was, but Lin Qiye knew exactly who he meant.
"Just flesh wounds, nothing serious." Lin Qiye eyed him suspiciously. "Why don't you go check on her yourself if you're so worried? It's not like when you were in Guangshen anymore. You're now Baili Pangpang of the Night Watch squad. You're almost unmatched below the Divine Realm. The scars on your face were all completely healed by Brother Cannon's medicinal baths on the island... What are you still afraid of?"
Lin Qiye clearly remembered that after resolving the Bell Cranel incident, Baili Pangpang had taken the initiative to invite Molly to meet in Guangshen. But then the Baili family incident happened, which nearly cost him his life and left him scarred. This caused Baili Pangpang to ultimately lose the courage to meet Molly.
So many years had passed. Now Baili Pangpang was already at the Klein apex, and his facial scars had healed. From any angle, he was qualified to stand by Molly's side.
"Have you... fallen out of love?" Lin Qiye asked with a peculiar expression.
"No." Baili Pangpang immediately shook his head. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't get a single word out.
Seeing this, Lin Qiye stopped pressing the issue and only reminded him, "What happens between you two is something you two need to resolve... But I think, since you made that move back then, you owe her, and the both of you from back then, an answer at the very least."
Baili Pangpang stood there in silence.
During their conversation, An Qingyu, Jiang Er, and Cao Yuan arrived one after another. None of them had any significant injuries, but after that massive battle, they were mentally and physically exhausted.
"Qiye, something's not right." An Qingyu pushed up her glasses, speaking somewhat seriously.
"What's wrong?"
"Look at that." An Qingyu pointed upward. Silhouettes of Great Xia deities were flying across the sky, seemingly on high alert. "We clearly won, but the Gods of Great Xia don't seem to be standing down. Instead, they've split into two groups—one is resting above Chennan Pass, while the other has been patrolling the borders of Great Xia..."
Seeing this, Lin Qiye's brow furrowed slightly.
In the just-concluded divine battle, the Indian gods had been shattered. Not only was their divine realm's origin destroyed, but nearly eighty percent of their gods were killed in the battlefield. Even if the remaining stragglers fled back into the mist, it shouldn't have warranted such an overwhelming vigilance from the Great Xia gods... Could it be that this war hadn't ended yet?
"Let's go ask." Lin Qiye spotted Zuo Qing,，浑身缠满绷带, walking out of the medical room. He quickly made his way over.
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"...According to statistics, in the Battle of Chennan Pass, eighty-two Night Watch were killed in action, and nineteen were severely wounded and disabled—these individuals will basically be unable to continue Night Watch operations... Currently, among those who survived and retain combat capability, there are probably fewer than twenty. Casualties among military personnel and civilians are still being tallied, though they should be relatively better."
A Night Watch member was pushing Zuo Qing in a wheelchair as they walked out of the medical room. Zuo Qing was wrapped in bandages head to toe. The Night Watch member was reporting the casualty statistics as they walked.
Upon hearing this figure, Zuo Qing's body trembled slightly.
He fell silent for a moment. "What about the Great Xia gods?"
"The casualties among the Gods of Great Xia were also devastating. The Star Lords just sent word that among the Twelve Golden Immortals, five have been killed in action, and three are severely wounded and have lost combat capability. The death rate among other deities has also reached thirty percent... That final desperate counterattack may have nearly annihilated the Indian gods, but the backlash against Great Xia was also immense. Currently, the combat-ready forces the Gods of Great Xia can mobilize don't even reach half of what they originally had."
Zuo Qing closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.
"The war isn't over yet, so we can't hold a proper memorial ceremony for the fallen Night Watch... Send someone to deliver their remains to their respective stations first. Inscribe their names on monuments for proper burial. Once everything settles, we'll posthumously award them honors."
"Yes, sir."
As the two were speaking, several figures cloaked in crimson capes had already walked up to them.
"Commander Zuo." Lin Qiye looked at Zuo Qing covered in bandages and asked, "Your injuries..."
"Don't worry, I won't die from this." A bitter smile tugged at the corner of Zuo Qing's mouth. "What do you need?"
"This war... has it really ended?"
Zuo Qing seemed to see the worry in Lin Qiye's eyes. He sighed softly and shook his head, saying:
"That's not clear to me either."
Lin Qiye was slightly stunned.
"Before you arrived, a group calling themselves the Hidden Gods arrived in Great Xia on Si Xiaonan's orders and delivered a warning." Zuo Qing paused. "They said that Olympus seems to have been preparing for something all along. Now that Great Xia and the Heavenly Temple are both exhausted, if they were in their position, they wouldn't let this opportunity slip by either..."
"Olympus?" Hearing this name, everyone's expressions grew grave.