# 1542
Chapter 1538: Welcome Party
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"How are things today?" Lin Qiye walked into Chen Han's office and asked.
Chen Han shook his head bitterly. "No progress. We've practically turned Cangnan City upside down, but we still haven't detected any aura related to the Cthulhu Faction... Do you think we might have made a wrong judgment?"
Lin Qiye stared at the map of Shangjing City on the wall, his expression growing heavier.
Nothing... Why is there nothing?
"Maybe we chose the wrong direction." Lin Qiye pondered aloud. "All our deductions so far have been built on the premise that what Migo is looking for comes from Cthulhu Faction mythology... If what they're actually searching for isn't something from Cthulhu Faction mythology, that would explain it."
"Not from the Cthulhu Faction? Then why do they care so much?"
"Unknown... But only this explanation accounts for why I can't sense any Cthulhu Faction aura whatsoever, and why we've made no progress despite searching the entire city."
"If that's the case, this is really棘手."
Chen Han stood up, his gaze fixed on the map of Shangjing City. "Shangjing City covers over 10,000 square kilometers with a population exceeding 20 million... If we don't have a specific target, just delimiting an area, how long would it take us to find anything?"
Lin Qiye stared at the map for a long while, then sighed helplessly.
"In that case, we can only take a gamble."
"The 【Mortal Divine Realm】?"
"Since all the leads have dried up, we can only rely on a 'miracle.'" Lin Qiye casually picked up a ballpoint pen refill from the desk, holding it between his fingers. A faint golden domain swiftly expanded.
Chen Han stepped back several paces of his own accord, leaving Lin Qiye enough room. The latter took a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, and a brilliant golden light flickered from his fingertips!
Whoosh—!
The pen refill sliced through the air, but it didn't fly directly toward the map. Instead, it slammed into the overhead lampshade with a dull thud, then arced gracefully through a long curve, floating down to land somewhere on the map.
The pen refill traced across the map, dotting a region with ink, then plip—dropped to the floor.
Lin Qiye slowly opened his eyes and looked carefully.
"This is..." Chen Han walked up to the map, examining the ink-stained area closely, his brow furrowing slightly.
"Shangjing University?" Lin Qiye said in surprise. "What a coincidence?"
"Not just Shangjing University—the surrounding streets are also within range... If the 'miracle' truly manifested, then the search area has been drastically reduced."
Lin Qiye stared at the ink mark on the map, shaking his head helplessly. "After running around in circles, I没想到 we'd end up back at the starting point... Though, I didn't sense anything strange at Shangjing University either. Maybe this 'miracle' didn't actually take effect."
"Regardless, I'll dispatch personnel first and focus the search around Shangjing University." Chen Han immediately turned to leave the room. "We still have two days until the next invasion. We're not running out of time yet."
Hearing Chen Han say that, Lin Qiye could only nod. "Alright, I'll go take a look as well."
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Half an hour later, Shangjing University.
"Why is the school so lively today?"
Lin Qiye watched the bustling crowd in the distance, the low bass from speakers echoing continuously. Several colorful beams shot into the sky, swaying rhythmically and changing direction.
Cao Yuan thought for a moment. "It seems there's a welcome party for new students at Shangjing University tonight... The venue was set up last night, so they're probably doing a rehearsal now?"
"A welcome party?"
Lin Qiye nodded thoughtfully. "No wonder..."
"I heard Li Yifei has a performance tonight."
"Hm?" Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow. "He has a performance? Seems like he's integrated quite well these past few days... If we have time tonight, we could go take a look. Let's split up—I'ill take the east district, you take the west. Anything that doesn't look like it belongs at a school, or anyone acting suspiciously, we need to investigate thoroughly."
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"Good."
The two separated, heading in different directions. Lin Qiye casually picked up a tree branch, tossed it into the air, and when one end pointed in a certain direction, he followed that path while carefully scanning his surroundings with his spiritual sense.
Fortunately, almost everyone's attention was captured by the lively welcome party rehearsal. No one noticed Lin Qiye's peculiar behavior. He穿梭 through the campus for over a dozen minutes before suddenly sensing something and letting out a soft hum of surprise.
He looked up. On the fourth floor of the teaching building across the way, several figures were flickering rapidly.
Fang Mo and Lu Baoyou穿梭 through the deserted corridor, blocking the front and back doors of a certain classroom. By the windowsill, a male student was nervously backing away.
"Relax, we won't do anything to you. The outside world isn't suitable for you—you should go back." Fang Mo's eyes behind his glasses fixed on a white shadow inside the window-side male student's body as he spoke calmly.
"I... I don't want to go back yet." The male student shook his head repeatedly. "Let me stay outside one more day, and I'll go back after wandering for one more day!"
"That won't work."
"Please, I... My dream is to compete on the track field one more time. There's a competition tomorrow morning—just give me a chance!"
"But you're using someone else's body. That's not fair to him or to others." Lu Baoyou said coldly.
"Sorry." Fang Mo walked toward him step by step. "You have to come back with us."
He shot Lu Baoyou a look. Both of them simultaneously surged forward like lightning. The male student by the window gritted his teeth, and the white shadow directly flew out of that body, drifting down toward the crowd below!
Lu Baoyou narrowed his eyes, about to leap out the window and give chase, but Fang Mo grabbed him.
"Are you insane? This is a school. Jumping from the fourth floor would cause a commotion!"
Lu Baoyou frowned, about to say something, when a figure calmly walked in through the door, hand already gripping the drifting white shadow.
"Seven Night大人?" Fang Mo caught sight of the person in his peripheral vision, startled. "What are you doing here?"
"Passed by, so I came to take a look—and顺便 helped you stop him."
Lin Qiye handed the white shadow in his hand to Fang Mo, who grabbed its shoulder. The shadow hung its head, seeming extremely dejected.
"Don't be too sad." Lin Qiye comforted. "Even if you possessed someone else and won the sprint championship, what of it? It's someone else's body, not your achievement... Stick with Jiang Zhihua and study hard. Perhaps one day, she can dispel the resentment in your heart and send you into the cycle of rebirth. The regrets of this life might be made up for in the next."
The white shadow in Fang Mo's grasp sighed helplessly.
"How's your mission progress going?" Lin Qiye turned to look at Fang Mo.