# 1507
Chapter 1508: Presence Appears
Lin Qiye was very familiar with these rules. After all, they had gone through them step by step from the beginning. Now, explaining the official promotion rules to these juniors felt like a lifetime ago.
After hearing this, Fang Mo fell into deep thought.
"Killing above one's level shouldn't be too difficult... The key should be earning collective 'Star' merits, and selecting the right teammates..."
"The Su siblings are good." Lu Baoyou, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.
Seeing Lu Baoyou take the initiative to recommend someone, everyone was somewhat surprised. Normally, he always looked at people with his nose held high.
"Su Zhe and Su Yuan, you mean..." Fang Mo's eyes lit up slightly. "Su Zhe's Forbidden Ruins is an ultra-high-risk category with immense potential. He's just too lazy. Su Yuan's Forbidden Ruins lean toward perceptual support, but she's very good at solo operations, and she can even counter Su Zhe... The two of them are indeed excellent choices."
"For specific matters, you can discuss them slowly."
Lin Qiye had no intention of joining their team formation. He was merely a guide—the specifics of implementation depended entirely on themselves.
Lin Qiye looked around, confused: "Where's Chen Han?"
"Captain Chen left ten minutes ago... It seems a 'Mystery' has become restless."
Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow. It hadn't been long since the new king established his authority, and already another "Mystery" couldn't sit still?
"Alright, I understand."
Lin Qiye walked out of the quadrangle courtyard. Just as he was about to head back to his quarters, he seemed to sense something. His gaze hardened, and he turned to look in a certain direction.
...
Shangjing City.
Western Suburbs Mountain.
Chen Han draped in a military coat, a Straight Blade hanging at his waist, walked slowly up the winding mountain path.
The dense forest blocked out the sky, and visibility in the surroundings was very low. Chen Han's brow was tightly furrowed. His eyes swept through the shadows of the trees inch by inch, as if searching for something.
Suddenly, his footsteps halted, and he turned to look in a certain direction.
He raised his palm, the white glove pointing lightly into the dense forest. A faint life flame suddenly flickered to life among the trees. Below that flame, a massive four-legged mountain beast lay on the verge of death.
Chen Han walked directly to the front of this "Mystery," crouched down, and asked, "What happened?"
This Klein-level mountain beast was one of the first "Mysteries" that Chen Han had intimidated. Though it had always existed within this wild mountain, it had never harmed anyone due to fear of Chen Han's strength. It was part of Shangjing City's special "balance."
But just recently, Chen Han sensed intense battle energy appearing here. One aura came from the beast before him; the other... Chen Han couldn't identify it, but that scent instinctively disgusted him.
The mountain beast groaned in pain. Trickling blood flowed from the porous wounds covering its body, as if pierced by something. Its life flame was extinguishing visibly to the naked eye.
In just over ten seconds, the mountain beast stopped breathing.
Chen Han's frown deepened. He seemed to catch the nauseating scent left behind, accompanied by faint, intermittent roars.
Those were the growls of other "Mysteries" lying dormant in Shangjing City. As the mountain beast died, they all seemed to sense danger approaching, warning this new king. None of them wanted to be the next mountain beast. If Chen Han couldn't eliminate this danger, they would use their own methods to wipe it out.
Chen Han's expression turned extremely gloomy. He rose slowly. "Let's see what... dares to run wild in Shangjing."
He冷哼一声，循着地上的气味，化作一道残影迅速消失。
...
Lin Qiye pushed open the door and casually placed several plastic bags on the table.
"What did you buy?" Cao Yuan, sitting on the sofa watching TV, saw Lin Qiye returning with so many things and asked curiously.
Lin Qiye smiled. "Bought some braised dishes. We can eat directly tonight."
"Is the 006 squad's business done?"
"Yeah, those kids finally walked the same path as us." Lin Qiye glanced toward An Qingyu's room. "How is he?"
"Jiang Er said his fingers moved this afternoon. She's been watching him nonstop."
"Oh?" A look of惊喜 appeared on Lin Qiye's face. "Is he about to wake up?"
"Should be." Cao Yuan sighed. "Qingyu has been in a coma for so long. It's been hard on Jiang Er, caring for him day and night. If this kid doesn't treat her properly after waking up, it really would be inexcusable."
"Qingyu isn't that cold-blooded." Lin Qiye smiled, then, as if thinking of something, his smile gradually faded.
"By the way, not sure if it's my imagination... just now when I was coming back, I sensed a trace of Cthulhu Faction creature fluctuation..."
"What?" Cao Yuan's expression changed. "Those things have infiltrated Shangjing City? That shouldn't be... aren't the Great Xia gods guarding the front lines?"
"I think so too. That aura only appeared for a moment before disappearing. I searched the direction it came from but found nothing... Even extending my spiritual感知, I could only sense all the 'Mysteries' throughout Shangjing. Nothing unusual."
Lin Qiye paused for a moment, then sighed. "Hope I'm overthinking it."
Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan tidied up briefly and began dinner. An Qingyu had been unconscious all along, and Jiang Er didn't need to eat, so the two just had a simple meal together.
Worth mentioning was that during their meal, Jiang Er excitedly floated out of the room again, saying An Qingyu's fingers had moved again!
Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan immediately put down their chopsticks, went to the room, and stared at An Qingyu's fingers for five or six minutes, waiting for another twitch... The two could only sigh ruefully and quietly return to finish their remaining food.
Just as Lin Qiye finished dinner and was carrying the dishes toward the kitchen, a sudden premonition rose in his heart!
"It's back!"
Lin Qiye猛地转头看向某个方向，目光绽放精芒，澎湃的杀意冲天而起！
"Cthulhu?" Cao Yuan asked, seeing Lin Qiye react so intensely.
"It seems it wasn't an illusion... I'm going to check!"
Lin Qiye stuffed all the dishes into Cao Yuan's hands, his form dissolving into darkness and vanishing instantly.
Though Cao Yuan wanted to follow, his speed was far too slow compared to Lin Qiye's, and he trusted that with Lin Qiye's current strength, nothing should go wrong... He looked at the dishes in his arms, sighed helplessly, and quietly began tying on his apron.