# 1779
Chapter 1779: Meeting
From the moment those Night Watch stepped onto the cruise ship, Lin Qiye had woven their causalities into the [Causeless Cause].
Of course, he knew that once news of the God Hunt Celebration spread into the Mist, the Outer Gods would surely make their move... so from the very beginning, he had no intention of letting these young Night Watch take any risks.
The true celebration was not held within Sunken Dragon Pass, but within a causality created by Lin Qiye himself.
The young Night Watch who came to observe, the Night Watch teams performing, and the staff at Sunken Dragon Pass—all were pulled by him into a causality that had never existed. It was absolutely safe and absolutely real, since in a sense, this past event had indeed occurred, just not in any known time or space.
Pulling so many people into the [Causeless Cause] at once placed an enormous burden on Lin Qiye, which was why he specifically instructed to prioritize those with "lesser seniority"—after all, pulling Night Watch of too high a cultivation level into the causal in-between would also require effort.
But for the sake of the "God Hunt," within this causality, except for Wu Quan and the Fate Monk, all the Human Apex and human deities who participated were "puppets" created by Lin Qiye, lacking self-awareness.
In this celebration, they weren't the main characters either—they simply sat smiling nearby, so no one noticed anything amiss.
Lin Qiye had to focus entirely on maintaining this massive causality while also protecting these Night Watch externally, so he had the Fate Monk take his place to appear and speak at the celebration.
As for those Outer God agents trying to sneak into the celebration... from the start, they had been pulled into Hu Jia's Xun music into a mental world. Though to gain their trust, everything that happened was essentially identical to the real celebration, everyone inside was fictional.
Now, Hu Jia should have finished dealing with them.
"Huh... why am I on the ground?"
A voice came from behind Lin Qiye. Jia Shasha stood up from the deck in a daze.
At the same time, many young Night Watch were waking up one after another. The memories in their minds aligned with what they saw before them, leaving them somewhat bewildered.
In that non-existent causality, they had also been on a ship returning to shore, and the scenery outside the ship was identical. Though somewhat puzzled, they didn't think much of it, assuming they had just momentarily spaced out.
They excitedly chatted with each other, as if still reminiscing about the celebration just now. The entire cruise ship instantly bustled with excitement.
"So much vitality." Lin Qiye couldn't help but exclaim.
The Fate Monk stood beside him, saying nothing.
"Shasha-ge, don't you think... this staff member looks a bit like Commander Lin?" Zhen Xiaoyi was closest to the two of them. Seeing that familiar profile, he quietly asked.
"还真是 (Indeed)." Jia Shasha widened his eyes. "The monk beside him looks similar too... No, wait, the two of them are completely identical!"
"Is Commander Lin actually a triplet? Why didn't Sister Hongying ever mention this?"
"I don't know..."
Hearing their whispered conversation, Lin Qiye couldn't help but chuckle. He turned around and waved them over.
The latter two exchanged a glance, then walked forward nonetheless.
"Jia Shasha, Zhen Xiaoyi, right?"
"Yeah." Jia Shasha studied Lin Qiye for a long while before finally asking, "May I ask who you are...?"
"My name is Lin Qiye. Didn't you see my photo on the wall at the office?"
Hearing this, both of them gaped in shock. They stared at this man in the logistics uniform, feeling their minds thrown into chaos.
He was Commander Lin Qiye?
But why was Commander Lin Qiye wearing logistics clothes?
If he was Commander Lin Qiye, then who was the one giving the speech at the celebration just now? And who was the identical monk standing beside him?!
"I'll explain the details to you later." Lin Qiye waved his hand. "Let me ask you—what's the current roster of Squad 136?"
"Seven people."
"Do you often go on missions?"
Jia Shasha thought for a moment. "Not really. On average, a 'Mystery' appears once every two or three months. On ordinary days, we mostly handle things like coordinating neighborhood relations, finding lost cats and dogs, or even tailing cheating spouses—miscellaneous odd jobs."
"Good, that's a relief." Lin Qiye nodded slightly, a nostalgic glint flickering in his eyes.
"C-Commander Lin?" Zhen Xiaoyi bit her lip and carefully spoke up. "Will you come home for dinner?"
"Xiaoyi, didn't we already bring this up once? Don't keep pushing... Commander Lin has to manage the entire Night Watch and protect humanity from the Mist's threats. He's very busy—how would he have time to come home for dinner?" Jia Shasha tugged at Zhen Xiaoyi's sleeve, seriously.
Zhen Xiaoyi opened her mouth, then lowered her head in silence.
Lin Qiye exchanged a glance with the Fate Monk. After a moment, he smiled and said:
"I will. Once I'm done with things here, I'll come back."
Zhen Xiaoyi's eyes immediately lit up. "That's great. Sister Hongying talks about you all the time."
BZZZZ—
While everyone was talking, several helicopters roared past above the cruise ship, instantly drawing the attention of all the Night Watch.
Under the overcast sky, a massive and ferocious divine corpse was bound in a giant net beneath several helicopters. Bright red blood was clearly visible. The hurricane from the rotors raged across the sea surface as they flew rapidly toward Sunken Dragon Pass.
Seeing this, all the Night Watch froze simultaneously.
"A divine corpse? How can there be another divine corpse?"
"Weren't there nine already displayed at Sunken Dragon Pass? Could this be the tenth hunted divine corpse?"
"Impossible... just moments ago, all the top human combat power was at Sunken Dragon Pass. Who would have had time to hunt a deity?"
"..."
Amidst the confused chatter, Lin Qiye's eyes narrowed slightly.
"Code 078, one of the twelve Chief Gods of Olympus, the God of War, Ares... this causality arrives at just the right moment."
"You create the 'cause,' and I'll transfer the 'effect.'" The Fate Monk spoke calmly. His muddy kasaya floated up on its own as he transformed into a streak of light, directly charging toward Ares's corpse in mid-air!
Several helicopters hovered in place. The Fate Monk landed steadily on the giant net. With one hand, he sliced open Ares's chest. The still-warm heart was clutched in his palm!
"Who's that?"
"I don't know... he looks like Commander Lin!"
"Heavens, he actually dissected the divine corpse? Is he going to dismember it?!"
"..."
Under the gaze of many Night Watch, the Fate Monk held Ares's heart in his hand. Threads of causality emerged from the heart, grasped by Lin Qiye at the ship's bow.
And at the other end of these threads of causality... lay the very source of Olympian divine realm!