# 1506
Chapter 1507: Deputy Captain
Lin Qiye glanced at the top of Gilgamesh's head, his eyes showing a hint of surprise.
Ever since returning from the King's Treasury, Gilgamesh's illness had been completely cured, and his progress bar had been steadily climbing. It had been a long time since he'd seen Gilgamesh, and the treatment progress had skyrocketed to 89%.
At this rate, it wouldn't be long before Gilgamesh could be discharged from the hospital.
Gilgamesh's gaze swept over Lin Qiye, as if he'd noticed something, and suddenly stared at him intently, his expression somewhat puzzled.
"What's wrong?"
"You've been to the Ancestral God Temple too?"
"How do you know?" Lin Qiye was startled.
"On your body, there are the auras of those Ancestral Gods." Gilgamesh pondered for a moment, speaking with some uncertainty. "Is it the Dark Ancestor?"
Lin Qiye suddenly remembered that Gilgamesh had explored the Ancestral God Temple long ago.
"You've met him too?"
"No, I only sensed his aura within that stone formation." Gilgamesh studied Lin Qiye as if examining something rare. "Those Ancestral Gods actually gave you their power voluntarily? Why did I walk through the entire formation and find nothing?"
Lin Qiye gave an awkward smile. "By the way, how did you find the Ancestral God Temple?"
"The King was searching far and wide for divine artifacts to fill his treasury, so he led the fleet across the sea for months. He accidentally discovered the Ancestral God Temple frozen in the Antarctic. The King and his men spent more than half a month just thawing the ice.
However, after thawing it out, nothing was found inside—only this star coin was rotating on the central altar. The King brought it back.
Looking at this now, those Ancestral Gods must have been on guard against the King."
Gilgamesh hummed coldly, his expression somewhat displeased.
Lin Qiye's lips twitched slightly.
From Gilgamesh's perspective, this was merely a treasure-hunting expedition... but from the Ancestral Gods' point of view, Gilgamesh was like a burglar who suddenly burst through their front door, searched every corner of the house for valuables, and when he found nothing, simply tore the door off its hinges and left.
"The Antarctic... the Antarctic again?" Lin Qiye murmured.
If he remembered correctly, the source of the Mist was the Antarctic. Could there be some connection to the existence of the Ancestral God Temple?
After chatting with Gilgamesh for a while, Lin Qiye walked around the hospital. The sun was shining warmly, the caregivers chatted as they walked through the courtyard, and the aroma of food gradually spread to every corner.
The entire hospital was running smoothly under Li Yifei's management, with no abnormalities whatsoever. It was as if only the dark dungeon beneath the ground had become ineffective.
Lin Qiye sat in the courtyard all morning before disconnecting his consciousness from the hospital.
...
Unlike yesterday's continuous autumn rain, the weather in Shangjing was quite nice today.
Lin Qiye took advantage of the sun and took a leisurely stroll in the courtyard, then went to check on An Qingyu's condition.
If it wasn't just his imagination, An Qingyu's sleeping expression seemed more relaxed since arriving here. Only his brow was slightly furrowed, as if he were contemplating something.
"I feel like his complexion looks better?" Cao Yuan stood beside Lin Qiye, speaking uncertainly.
"It does look better indeed." Lin Qiye's lips curved slightly upward. "It seems a change of environment is helping..."
"What about today's lunch? Should we order takeout?"
"You guys decide. I need to go to the 006 Squad's base again."
"??" Cao Yuan clicked his tongue. "Going there for free meals all the time, isn't that a bit much?"
"This time, it's not for free meals." Lin Qiye said leisurely. "Today, the 006 Squad's base should be quite lively..."
At the same time.
Inside the courtyard.
Clatter—!
A pair of chopsticks fell to the ground. Fang Mo stared blankly at Lu Baoyou walking through the door carrying large bags and small packages, completely frozen in place.
"No way... I definitely slept well last night, how can I be having hallucinations." Fang Mo rubbed the corner of his eye, blinked hard a couple times, and looked again—a pair of cold white eyes were staring back at him.
"Lu Baoyou?!" Li Zhenzhen exclaimed in shock. "Aren't you in Huaihai? How did you get to Shangjing?"
Lu Baoyou opened his mouth, about to say something, when a voice came from behind.
"Commander Zuo sent him." Lin Qiye smiled as he patted Lu Baoyou's shoulder. "Let me introduce—he's the temporary deputy captain of your special squad's reserve team, Lu Baoyou."
Upon hearing the words "deputy captain," Lu Baoyou's mouth twitched violently, his expression growing increasingly displeased.
Fang Mo and Li Zhenzhen stood frozen for a long moment before they could react to the information contained in that statement.
"Commander Zuo approved the formation of a new special squad?"
"Lu Baoyou as deputy captain?!"
Thud—!
Lu Baoyou dropped his heavy luggage with his left hand and asked in a deep voice, "Which room do I stay in?"
"Oh, the west wing is empty. You can stay there." Lin Qiye knew this place well and settled Lu Baoyou in with a few words.
Under the watchful eyes of Fang Mo and Li Zhenzhen, he walked into the room with a straight face. Before crossing the threshold, he glanced at Fang Mo, seemingly a bit unconvinced.
"Seven Nights大人, what's going on here?" After Lu Baoyou went inside, Fang Mo couldn't help but ask.
"When you submitted your situation report, Lu Baoyou just happened to submit his application to form a reserve team, so Commander Zuo had you merge directly." Lin Qiye explained slowly. "However, since both you and Lu Baoyou applied to be team leader, it depends on your performance before formalization. The final decision on who becomes team leader will be made later... right now you being team leader is only temporary."
"No wonder his look was like he wanted to eat me alive..." Fang Mo murmured to himself.
After Lu Baoyou finished unpacking, he walked out. Lin Qiye saw that all three had arrived and began to speak:
"The basic situation, I believe you already understand. In short, the higher-ups have approved your squad formation application. You can have priority selection from the current Night Watch roster in Great Xia to recruit members into your squad.
Special squads have strict requirements regarding member count—a minimum of six people, maximum of nine. Once the squad drops below three members, it will be forcibly dissolved.
As for the conditions for formalization, they're not complicated. Besides the member count requirement I just mentioned, the team leader—which is you, Fang Mo—must be at the peak of the 'Sea' realm. All other members must have crossed the 'Sea' realm threshold. Currently, all three of you should have already met these conditions.
The final two requirements are that you must have at least one experience of defeating an enemy in the 'Measureless' realm through cross-realm combat, and... have received a collective merit award of 'Star' rank or higher."