# 724
Chapter 725: Unrealistic
Lin Qiye's expression abruptly froze.
Wu Xiangnan, who had been smiling and shaking hands with Amemiya Haruki, also froze on the spot. After a long pause, he slowly turned his head, his gaze toward Lin Qiye somewhat peculiar.
Wu Xiangnan had studied Japanese culture for so many years, of course he knew what the host club industry was. After hearing the string of titles Amemiya Haruki had attached to Lin Qiye, his mind had already conjured up a series of indescribable scenes.
Wu Xiangnan stared at Lin Qiye, his eyes seemingly saying: "You kid really know how to play around in Japan?!"
Lin Qiye's mouth twitched violently. He stepped forward two paces and said quietly to Amemiya Haruki:
"Why did you have to say that? Everything I did... it was all for the mission..."
Amemiya Haruki's expression remained unchanged as he replied: "Asa, when it comes to being a person, you can't forget where you came from. We did make quite a bit of money at the Black Wisteria, how could you not even acknowledge your own identity?"
This sentence was originally spoken by Lin Qiye to Amemiya Haruki. Now it was thrown back at him verbatim, and Lin Qiye felt as if he had swallowed a fly.
After a moment, he let out a long breath...
Fortunately, only Wu Xiangnan understood. Jialan didn't know Japanese, so she didn't know what those words meant. The situation should be manageable...
His reputation could still be salvaged!
Lin Qiye turned his head to say something, when his body shuddered.
He saw that at some point, Wu Xiangnan had moved close to Jialan's ear and seemed to be whispering something. The way Jialan looked at Lin Qiye was visibly changing.
Lin Qiye's mind went blank.
After Wu Xiangnan finished speaking, Jialan pressed her lips together, her eyes filled with grievance as she looked at Lin Qiye. Without waiting for Lin Qiye to explain anything, Jialan hmphed, turned her head away by herself and refused to look at him.
Lin Qiye: ...
Lin Qiye knew his reputation was probably ruined beyond repair. He sighed helplessly and walked to where Baili Pangpang lay in deep slumber, crouching down to check his condition.
Baili Pangpang's eyes were tightly closed, his breathing steady. Even after being carried all this way by Wei Dong and Amemiya Haruki, there was still no sign of waking.
So he really was in a deep sleep...
"What's wrong with him?" Jialan also saw Baili Pangpang lying on the ground. Setting aside Lin Qiye's misdeeds for the moment, she walked over with concern and asked.
"I don't know. Probably because the Forbidden Ruins were forcibly activated for too long, his brain needs a lot of sleep to recover. I don't know when he'll wake up." Lin Qiye sighed deeply.
Bringing along an unconscious Baili Pangpang, they probably couldn't take the Shinkansen. It seemed he'd have to send a message to Shen Qingzhu and have him send someone to pick them up... Lin Qiye thought to himself.
After the Oath Society and Night Watch forces merged, they followed Lin Qiye and entered the Human Enclosure from where they had infiltrated. But the problem was, Wu Xiangnan's group hadn't brought diving equipment after arriving at the ruins, and Baili Pangpang was completely unable to wear any equipment and surface.
Fortunately, Lin Qiye had Baili Pangpang's [Comfortable Space], so he used [Yaoguang] to create a small sphere of light that carried everyone flying toward the surface.
Inside the cramped sphere of light, after Lin Qiye finished sending his text message, he turned to look at the others.
"The scale of this 'Human Enclosure' is even more terrifying than we imagined." Wei Dong, based on the intelligence he had gathered, seriously reported to the knight, "A complete territory, over fifty million people, and the technological means here are extremely advanced, energy consumption is astronomical. I've never seen a Human Enclosure like this..."
Listening to Wei Dong's report, the knight's expression grew increasingly grave.
"To destroy a Human Enclosure of this scale with manpower alone would indeed be difficult... The area is so vast, even using S-rank pixel bombs, the number of bombs needed would be astronomical. Even using all of the Oath Society's reserves might not be enough, and it would consume massive amounts of manpower and time."
"Then what should we do?"
"...I have no ideas yet." The knight replied honestly, "We've never destroyed a Human Enclosure this large before. The specific destruction plan and guidelines will have to wait until I've seen this country with my own eyes."
After hearing Wei Dong's words, he hesitated and asked: "Should we report to the president first? Have her come here personally? In terms of destruction and demolition, the president has always been very skilled."
The knight shook his head. "Having the president come over now isn't realistic. You've been in this Human Enclosure too early and aren't clear on the Oath Society's recent operations. The president has discovered another Cthulhu myth ruin in North America and is leading a team to explore it. She absolutely cannot come here in the short term.
Besides, we can't rely on the president for everything. Even if this Human Enclosure is larger, there must be a way to destroy it..."
"Another Cthulhu ruin?" Wei Dong's brow immediately furrowed. "This is already the third one, isn't it?"
"Yeah, something's fishy."
Both Oath Society members fell silent at the same time.
After a moment, the knight spoke again: "The Cthulhu ruins matter isn't something we need to worry about. We just need to complete our current mission well... Assess the situation, formulate a destruction plan, report to the Oath Society and lead other members in action, then bring five hundred thousand people back to Utopia.
By the way, have you investigated the residents' ideological state and the degree of divine authority indoctrination here?"
"Yes, I have." Wei Dong nodded. "The people here have their faith in divine authority rotting to the bone. It's a situation of 'extremely difficult to change.' We can basically abandon any measures regarding ideological liberation. It's just not realistic."
Considering Amemiya Haruki was present, the conversation between the two was in Chinese. Lin Qiye, who was listening nearby, blinked his eyes.
"Ideological liberation? Is it that difficult?" Lin Qiye asked doubtfully.
"Of course." The knight explained, repeating the same narrative he had given to Jialan and the others earlier, "...The population here is too large. It's not just about liberating so many people's ideologies—even trying to change just a few individuals' thinking would be an extremely difficult task. There's no need for us to waste time on this aspect."
Lin Qiye shrugged and said nothing.
Shortly after, the sphere of light from [Yaoguang] surfaced. Under Lin Qiye's control, it quickly headed toward the shore.
After the group landed, they followed the route taken by Amemiya Haruki and Lin Qiye and found the car. But because there were too many people, they couldn't all fit, and they immediately became vexed.
"Here's the thing—take this unconscious brother with you in the car. The two of us will find another way." The knight walked over to stand with Wei Dong and said.
"No need to rush." Lin Qiye suddenly spoke up. He turned his head and looked toward the other side of the road, slowly saying, "Someone will come to pick us up shortly."