# 1943
Chapter 1935: Fate Monk's Destination
Great Xia.
"How is he?"
Outside the ward, Shen Qingzhu saw Yue Jiulin push open the door and walk out, frowning as he asked.
"...Sigh." Yue Jiulin cast a bitter glance at the ward. "Commander has about eight fatal wounds on his body... We've only seen injuries this severe on dead bodies. By all rights, he should never have walked out of that battlefield..."
"But he did. He walked three kilometers."
"I know... The only explanation can only be 'miracle.'"
"So how long will it take you to heal him?" Wang Mian said in a deep voice. "We're in the middle of a war right now. If the Commander isn't here, we'll be at a severe disadvantage..."
"We can't heal him."
"Can't heal him?" Shen Qingzhu's eyes narrowed slightly. "What do you mean?"
"He's still alive because the 'miracle' is sustaining him, just like Cangnan City all those years ago when it should have been wiped out but was forcibly preserved... We can't interfere with 'miracles,' and we can't heal his fatal wounds."
"You mean to say that with so many elite Night Watch forces in Great Xia, so many擅长 healing Forbidden Ruins, we can't even treat our own Commander? We can only watch him wait to die?"
Shen Qingzhu's chest heaved violently. He grabbed Yue Jiulin by the collar with one hand, and eyes bloodshot with rage appeared in his furious gaze!
"Is this the answer you're giving us as the Minister of the Great Xia Night Watch Logistics Department??"
"Mr. Shen, there are indeed many healing Forbidden Ruins in the Night Watch, but how many can reach the level that Commander Lin is at... How could ordinary Forbidden Ruins possibly repair a life-or-death strike from a Supreme God? How could they possibly affect the operation of a 'miracle'?" Yue Jiulin replied helplessly.
"However, there's actually no need to worry too much... Strictly speaking, as long as the miracle doesn't fade, Commander Lin can continue living normally. Right now he's unconscious simply because the battle took too much out of him. Once he wakes up, he'll be fine..."
"What if his divine power runs out and can't sustain the 'miracle' anymore?" Hu Jia asked from the side.
"Commander Lin has a massive amount of Takamagahara faith power flowing through him, and Great Xia's faith is also continuously pouring into his body. If it's just about sustaining the miracle, the divine power will be practically inexhaustible."
"What if another divine war like the one with Vishnu breaks out?"
Yue Jiulin opened his mouth but couldn't say a single word...
Creak——
Just then, the ward door slowly opened.
Lin Qiye walked calmly out of the ward, one hand holding a blood-soaked cloak, the other gripping a Straight Blade. The holes and scars covering his body were ghastly under the pale lights.
Everyone was stunned to see Lin Qiye walk out.
"Qiye? You..."
"I'm fine."
He casually draped the cloak over himself, covering the riddled wounds. His two eyes—one gold, one black—stared calmly at the empty city beyond the window.
"Vishnu's invasion this time was just a ripple pushed up by the Cthulhu Faction. The real tsunami is still coming... Notify all Night Watch high-ranking officials. The combat meeting begins in half an hour."
Hu Jia and Wang Mian exchanged a glance, as if they wanted to persuade him otherwise, but under Lin Qiye's imperious tone, they swallowed their words.
"Also." Lin Qiye paused for a moment. "Don't let anyone besides those present know about my injuries..."
Shen Qingzhu gazed at that crimson-clad figure, fell silent for a long while, then gave a heavy nod:
"...Understood."
...
The sky grew dark.
The hazy sunset sank into the earth, and the tall buildings vanished into the silent darkness.
Shangjing City, this metropolis that had flourished for who knows how many years, had now become an empty city. Looking out, there were no longer thousands of lit windows—only endless silence remained.
In this vast city, only one building still blazed with light. Figures wrapped in dark crimson cloaks passed through the deserted streets, drawing closer to this sole luminous building.
Chen Han dismounted from his phantom warhorse, waved it away, and hurried toward the conference room.
Inside the conference room, the people had basically all arrived. Apart from the Night Watch high-ranking officials and numerous Human Apex, there were also reinforcements like Jinian, Chloe, Lina, and Nyx—all of Great Xia's high-level combat power had gathered here.
Chen Han took his seat and swept his gaze across the room before quietly asking Shao Pingge, who sat beside him:
"Minister Shao, are we still waiting for someone?"
"Yes, still waiting for Fate Monk."
"Why hasn't he arrived yet?"
"I don't know... The Commander has already sent someone to fetch him. He should be here soon." Shao Pingge, too, hadn't slept for days on end and looked haggard. He seemed to recall something.
"By the way, Xiao Chen, has Shangjing City's population been completely evacuated?"
Although Chen Han now concurrently served as captain of the Shangjing City squad, Shao Pingge, as the former minister, had always been concerned about Shangjing's situation and couldn't help asking.
"Yes, evacuated long ago. The civilians have all entered the shelters. As for those rampaging 'mysteries' in Shangjing City, there's no need to manage them. I've had the other team members enter the shelters to rest as well." Chen Han answered honestly.
Shao Pingge nodded slightly.
Chen Han's gaze fell on the crimson-clad figure at the head of the conference table, who had his back to everyone, overlooking the city. After hesitating, he still asked, "By the way, Minister Shao... Did Commander Lin really kill Vishnu single-handedly?"
During the Sunken Dragon Pass battle, Chen Han had been maintaining civilian shelter safety and hadn't participated. Although he had obtained this news through some channels afterward, he was still shocked.
They weren't ordinary citizens with no concept of combat power. The closer one got to that realm, the more one understood what Lin Qiye slaying Vishnu represented.
"When I first heard this news, I didn't believe it either... But it's true." Shao Pingge also turned to look at that crimson背影, a look of reminiscence appearing in his expression.
"That young Night Watch from back then has actually grown to this point... Looking back now, that period feels like a dream."
"Indeed." Chen Han's expression was also complicated. "When they went to Anta County back then, their realm was about the same as mine. Now... Sigh."
Just as the two were talking, Lin Qiye raised his head to check the time, his brow creasing slightly.
"What is Fate doing? Why hasn't he arrived yet?"
Almost at the same moment, Min Junliang walked in from outside with his phone, leaning close to Lin Qiye's ear:
"Commander, I've contacted Fate Monk... He said he can't come for now and for us to start without him."
"Can't come?" Lin Qiye asked in a deep voice. "Where did he go?"
"He said... He's on his way to the Ancestral God Temple."