# 149
**Chapter 149: The Fall of Blue Rain**
Yuan Gang was slightly taken aback when he heard Lin Qiye’s request, then a hint of admiration appeared in his eyes.
“Some things, once they’ve happened, can’t be changed. Even if you know the truth, it won’t change anything.”
“I know.” Lin Qiye nodded calmly.
In the past, he hadn’t found anything unusual about the captain and Wu Xiangnan, but after this battle against Han Shaoyun, he began to sense that something was off about the two of them.
Lin Qiye hadn’t heard every word of the conversation between Chen Muye and Han Shaoyun, but he had caught a few key phrases—“Shangjing City,” “missing,” “Black Impermanence,” and “ten years.” From this, it was clear that Chen Muye’s identity was far from ordinary.
The two scars on Wu Xiangnan’s hands also left him puzzled. What kind of wound could persist even after resurrection? And from the fragments Chen Muye had left behind, it seemed Wu Xiangnan had a glorious past.
It wasn’t just him—everyone else in Team 136 seemed to know nothing about the pasts of these two men. Lin Qiye wanted to understand them better, not just to satisfy his curiosity, but more importantly, to be able to help them in the future.
He had never forgotten the kindness the captain and Wu Xiangnan had shown him.
Most importantly, Lin Qiye’s instincts told him that the story behind Chen Muye was no simple matter. It likely involved core secrets of the Night Watch. If that was the case, then the current peace… might only be temporary.
Only by lifting the fog behind him could he prepare for what lay ahead.
“Forget it. Their stories aren’t exactly classified. Any Night Watch veteran with some seniority knows a bit. There’s no harm in telling you.” Yuan Gang pondered for a moment, as if deciding where to begin.
“Let’s start with Wu Xiangnan. His story is simpler… Do you know about the special team 【Blue Rain】?”
“Blue Rain?” Lin Qiye shook his head. “Never heard of it.”
“I must’ve told you about the catastrophe five years ago, when Yamata-no-Orochi invaded the East Sea.”
“I remember.”
“Five years ago, after the 【Mask】 Squad fought Yamata-no-Orochi, a Human Apex arrived in time. With him came a special team—【Blue Rain】.
At the time, Great Xia had five special teams, and 【Blue Rain】 was the fifth—Team 005… Wu Xiangnan was one of its members.”
Lin Qiye exclaimed in surprise, “He used to be part of a special team?”
“That’s right. The 【Blue Rain】 Squad was incredibly strong. Back then, the 【Mask】 Squad had only just been formed and couldn’t match them in combat power. After 【Blue Rain】 arrived, they took over the fight from 【Mask】.
Under the combined assault of that Human Apex and the entire 【Blue Rain】 team, they managed to severely wound Yamata-no-Orochi. The serpent fled injured. The Human Apex was ordered to stay and guard the coastline, while 【Blue Rain】 pursued it into the mist.”
“Into the mist? Isn’t the mist fatal?” Lin Qiye asked, puzzled.
“That’s true, but some special relics allow people to move through the mist temporarily. Once you reach that level, you’ll naturally learn about them.” Yuan Gang continued,
“Originally, the Night Watch high command ordered them to attempt to kill Yamata-no-Orochi. If they couldn’t, they were to retreat immediately. The relic only allowed them to survive in the mist for 24 hours. Everyone thought they’d return…
But after 24 hours, they lost all contact.
About 80 hours later, Wu Xiangnan drifted out of the mist alone on a raft. When our people found him, he was unconscious.
He slept for nearly a full day. When he woke, he seemed deeply traumatized, completely broken. After we communicated with him, we learned that the 【Blue Rain】 Squad… had been completely wiped out.”
Lin Qiye’s brows furrowed tightly.
Yuan Gang took a sip of tea and continued, “According to him, they had pursued Yamata-no-Orochi, but when they realized they couldn’t catch it, they tried to return. However, they lost their way in the mist and entered a strange world…
They suspected that place… was Takamagahara.”
“Takamagahara?” Lin Qiye was stunned.
Takamagahara again. If he remembered correctly, the God of Time had given Wang Mian a mission to find Takamagahara and retrieve something from it…
“That’s right. The 【Blue Rain】 Squad was destroyed because they encountered a god suspected to be Susanoo-no-Mikoto. After fighting Yamata-no-Orochi and traveling through the mist for hours, the team was exhausted. And then, they ran into Susanoo…
In the end, the entire 【Blue Rain】 Squad was killed in battle!
Wu Xiangnan’s Forbidden Ruins were special—after being killed three times in succession, his final death was delayed by an hour. When he finally revived, all that remained were the corpses of his comrades.
It was during that battle that his hands were injured by Susanoo’s Ame-no-Murakumo. He could never hold a sword again. Even resurrection couldn’t heal the wound. From that moment on, the 【Blue Rain】 Squad’s immortal swordsman was reduced to a cripple…
Later, while fleeing Takamagahara, he was attacked repeatedly. He died four more times, and the mist itself killed him three additional times before he finally made it back to Great Xia.”
Lin Qiye was completely stunned. He hadn’t expected Wu Xiangnan to have gone through such a tragedy…
“Since only one member of 【Blue Rain】 survived, and that member was broken both physically and mentally, the Night Watch high command eventually revoked the team’s designation. From then on, Great Xia’s five special teams became four…
About half a year after the incident, Wu Xiangnan disappeared from the hospital. What happened after that—how he ended up in Cangnan City and became the vice-captain of Team 136—I don’t know.”
Yuan Gang let out a long sigh. “He’s a pitiful man…”
Lin Qiye lowered his head, the image of the two red scars on Wu Xiangnan’s hands resurfacing in his mind, his brows slightly furrowed.
So, Wu Xiangnan had been crippled by the sword wound left by Ame-no-Murakumo. If even resurrection couldn’t heal it, what could?
Lin Qiye believed that when Wu Xiangnan was first rescued, the Night Watch high command must’ve tried every possible method. And still, they failed.
Was he supposed to go to Takamagahara himself, capture Susanoo, and ask if there was a cure? That was absurd!
Since humans couldn’t solve it… maybe…
One of the gods in the psychiatric hospital might have a way?