# 1610
Chapter 1605: The Voice of the Asylum
In the darkness, Li Yifei's eyes snapped open!
He lay on the floor of the Dungeon, chest heaving as he struggled to sit up. After confirming he was alive again, he breathed a long sigh of relief...
If he was still alive, it meant the Cthulhu Faction god outside hadn't fully taken control of this asylum yet.
"Was it a dream? Or..." Li Yifei recalled the young man he'd encountered while on the brink of death, confusion flickering in his eyes.
Just then, his hand supporting him on the ground seemed to touch something hard. He lifted his palm to find a white chess piece resting quietly on the ground.
Li Yifei's eyes narrowed slightly. He picked up the piece and examined it closely in his palm... This chess piece looked no different from an ordinary Go stone. If anything was notable, it was perhaps the warmer, more lustrous texture—even in this damp Dungeon, it held no trace of cold.
The piece was real, which meant... that wasn't a dream?
But why had he dreamed of an ancient figure for no reason?
What was [Covenant]? He didn't seem to have made any promises to anyone—where did this mission come from?
As these doubts swirled through Li Yifei's mind, a crack suddenly appeared in the chess piece between his fingers. A drop of blood seeped from within, merging with the blood on his hand, then sliding down onto the dungeon floor.
A murmur flashed past Li Yifei's ear.
Who?!
Li Yifei spun around sharply. The cells on either side were silent, but the voice still echoed in his ears.
Li Yifei seemed to realize something. He looked down at the floor beneath his feet...
"It's you..." he murmured to himself.
Li Yifei had always known this asylum possessed its own consciousness. Both Nyx and Merlin had communicated with the asylum's consciousness before leaving. But perhaps his soul was too weak, or something was missing—he'd managed this asylum for so long yet had never been able to communicate with it.
Now, he could actually hear the asylum's voice?
Murmur after murmur flowed into Li Yifei's ears. He strained to understand what they meant. After an unknown length of time, shock gradually dawned in his eyes.
His lips moved, but no sound emerged:
—You're saying that actually, Qiye is...
The shock in Li Yifei's eyes gradually faded. He continued speaking silently, as if in dialogue with the asylum, then nodded emphatically.
He pressed his palm flat against the dungeon floor. Vein-like patterns extended from beneath, drilling into Li Yifei's body. He grunted, and an odd light flowed through his eyes.
In that moment, countless thoughts flooded his mind. Merlin's conversations with him echoed once more in his thoughts.
"You foresaw this all along... Lord Merlin?" Li Yifei murmured to himself.
He slowly lowered his head, gazing at the shattered white chess piece in his palm,
"[Covenant]..."
...
Ten days later.
Great Xia, Changxi City.
BOOM——!!
A thunderous explosion rang out from the center of a skyscraper. A massive shadow over a hundred meters long fell from the sky, crashing heavily onto the empty street below. billowing smoke instantly filled the earth.
A figure draped in a Crimson Cloak burst from the building, transforming into a streak of red light that swept across the void, one fist slamming into the giant shadow!
Another muffled roar echoed. The surrounding ground collapsed, an invisible shockwave sweeping across several kilometers, toppling several figures in dark red cloaks in the distance.
"Damn, is this really the kind of power a human can produce?"
"Why does this 'Klein' '神秘' feel so weak... Captain, didn't you report the wrong level?"
"Fuck off! I can tell '无 量' from 'Klein'! That thing is definitely 'Klein', otherwise we wouldn't have called headquarters for reinforcements..."
"Is that a Night Watch executive? I thought a special squad would be coming."
"I heard it's because the [Phoenix] squad's schedule was too full, so this Director Lin came to help personally... By the way, do you know about the [Nightfall] squad? This person was once the captain of the [Nightfall] squad!"
"No wonder they're so ridiculously strong..."
Shen Qingzhu stood among these Night Watch members, leisurely lighting a cigarette in the howling wind, gazing at the figure in the distance who was beating up a "Klein" with his bare hands. He said nothing.
When two more rumbling sounds echoed from the distance, he gently exhaled a puff of white mist and turned to walk downstairs:
"It's over. Have the logistics department clean up."
"It... it's over?"
The faces of the Night Watch squad stationed in Changxi City simultaneously showed shock. They turned to look at the battlefield—and indeed, it had fallen into silence.
That was just a few seconds—to kill a "Klein" bare-handed?!
The group rushed toward the battlefield. Lin Qiye had already walked out of the dust, his body clean and tidy, with no trace of a fierce battle.
"Director Lin, is it handled?" Zhao Baiping, captain of the Night Watch stationed in Changxi City, asked.
"Mm." Lin Qiye nodded slightly. "Have the logistics department wrap up. The '神秘' descended in the city district this time—remember to handle the building repairs."
"Yes, sir!" Zhao Baiping paused. "Director Lin, would you like to rest at our station for a while? It's getting late."
"No need. I have to hurry back to handle official business. You all take care."
Lin Qiye waved his hand and walked straight toward the military airport. Shen Qingzhu stubbed out his cigarette and followed closely behind.
"Finished with the other one?" Lin Qiye asked.
"I had Wu Quan handle it. It's also done—we're heading to the plane now."
"Sigh..." Once they were far enough away, Lin Qiye stretched his arms, exhaustion crossing his face. "This job really isn't easy... It's basically doing a special squad's work plus a bunch of clerical duties on top."
"Beating up a 'Klein' with your bare hands doesn't feel good?"
"It does feel good... I've more or less mastered the power of this body, but not being able to use Forbidden Ruins is still a bit inconvenient." Lin Qiye sighed.
Shen Qingzhu nodded slightly. "Rest on the plane first. I can help you with some of that paperwork."
Lin Qiye smiled, about to say something, when he suddenly looked up at the sky.
"What's wrong?" Shen Qingzhu asked.
"Brother Zhuai, did you just see something float past above my head?"
"No."
"Weird, was I seeing things?"
Lin Qiye stared intently at the empty sky for a moment, confirmed there was nothing else, then continued walking with Shen Qingzhu.
"By the way, Mr. Lu called."
"Hm?" Lin Qiye paused mid-step. "Did he find Chloe?"
"Found her, but... her situation is a bit complicated..."