# 732
Chapter 733: Great Xia Needs You
Hokkaido.
A high-end club.
Inside the private room, everyone had finished listening to An Qingyu's complete briefing and fell into silence.
Their expressions were grave.
"Takamagahara is in trouble?" The Knight's brow furrowed tightly. "How did this happen... We had no intelligence on this at all."
"But they did abandon the Human Enclosure, otherwise the Oracle Envoys would never have dared to harbor rebellious thoughts, let alone privately mobilize the soul fuel within the Human Enclosure to prepare for creating an Oracle Envoy army." Lin Qiye agreed with An Qingyu's analysis.
"Fortunately they didn't discover the existence of that ruin. If they had found a way to leave the Human Enclosure, they would have directly begun replicating the Oracle Envoy army and launched a war against Great Xia." Wu Xiangnan recovered from the shock of An Qingyu's intelligence and couldn't help but感慨道.
Wei Dong nodded. He stood up from the sofa and sincerely thanked An Qingyu:
"Thank goodness you provided this intelligence. Otherwise, we wouldn't have obtained such classified information until we charged up to 【Paradise】..."
An Qingyu raised an eyebrow. "Don't thank me. I wasn't collecting this intelligence for your sake. If you want to thank someone, thank our team leader."
Wei Dong was stunned.
The Knight nodded thoughtfully. He also rose from the sofa and performed a formal Western knight's salute to Lin Qiye:
"Team Leader Lin, on behalf of the Oath Society, I extend our most sincere gratitude to the 【Nightfall】 squad. I will report all of this to the Guild Master as it is. Great Xia will surely receive word of this, and upon your return to the country, they will confer honors upon you...
Furthermore, your Fifth Special Squad has always been Night Watch's Mist Walkers. I'm sure you'll be entering the Mist frequently in the future. If your squad encounters any difficulties in the Mist, the Oath Society will certainly lend a hand."
The Knight's gratitude carried considerable weight. However, given his status as a special envoy of the Oath Society, he was indeed qualified to make such a promise.
Lin Qiye didn't stand on ceremony and readily accepted the Oath Society's goodwill. However, he was somewhat puzzled by the four characters "Mist Walkers" that the Knight had mentioned.
"Every special squad in Great Xia has its own special responsibilities. I think you're already aware of this." Wu Xiangnan noticed Lin Qiye's confusion and explained,
"Squad 001, 【Einherjar】, is responsible for guarding Great Xia's national fortune;
Squad 002, 【Medium】, is responsible for hunting down domestically-based ultra-high-risk malignant supernaturals;
Squad 003, 【Phoenix】, is responsible for purging foreign mysteries that have infiltrated the country;
Squad 004, 【Mask】, is responsible for purging powerful native mysteries across the country...
The Squad numbered 005 bears the responsibility of walking within the Mist and executing high-risk missions. Previously, this function was undertaken by the 【Blue Rain】 squad, but..."
Wu Xiangnan paused, gazing at Lin Qiye with complex eyes. "From now on, this responsibility will fall on your squad's shoulders...
Once you return to the country and complete your official conversion procedures and acquire your own name, you will become Great Xia Night Watch's Mist Walkers."
"Mist Walkers, huh..."
Lin Qiye murmured to himself.
"After you defeated the Shangjing City squad and obtained the qualification to become a special squad, you've been missing for over two years. Add in the vacuum period after 【Blue Rain】 was destroyed, Great Xia has been without a squad fulfilling the Mist Walker duties for nearly a decade.
Two years ago would have been manageable, but during your time missing, Great Xia's situation in the Mist has become increasingly dangerous. Without Squad 005, this eye in the Mist, Great Xia will become more and more passive."
Wu Xiangnan earnestly looked into Lin Qiye's eyes, took a deep breath, and spoke word by word:
"You must return to the country as soon as possible!"
"Right now, Great Xia urgently needs the fifth special squad."
Lin Qiye nodded slightly. "I know we should be going back... But what about things here?"
"Everything in the Human Enclosure is our responsibility. You don't need to worry." The Knight spoke up. "Next, we need to map out the terrain here, prepare the list of 500,000 people for transit, formulate a destruction plan, then guide the main Oath Society forces over here... This process will take at least half a year.
If you continue staying here, it's too much of a waste of time. Just as Wu Xiangnan said, all of Great Xia is waiting for you... You shouldn't have been here in the first place."
Lin Qiye was silent for a long while before finally nodding.
"I understand."
...
【Paradise】.
An Qingyu looked at the already closed electronic screen and let out a long breath.
"Qingyu, are we really going back?" Jiang Er floated over beside An Qingyu and asked.
"Yeah." An Qingyu turned to look out the window, gazing down at the tiny city below, the corners of her mouth lifting slightly. "After wandering outside for all these years... We can finally go home."
"What about everything here?"
Jiang Er lightly raised her hand, and all the electronic screens throughout 【Paradise】 flickered. "Should we delete all the databases here? And those body reconstruction and soul replication devices inside..."
"No." An Qingyu adjusted her glasses. The lenses reflected the ghostly white light from the screen's static. "Seven Nights said his blade won't be repaired until tomorrow, and we'll gather the night after. We still have some time...
Copy all the data from here. As for those soul replication devices and the god-creation experiment data... I'll analyze them myself.
This 【Paradise】 is a treasure combining technology and the supernatural. It would be too wasteful to just destroy it."
An Qingyu's gaze swept across the surroundings as she spoke calmly:
"I want all of the Oracle Envoys' technology..."
...
Tokyo.
Kazamatsuri Family Estate.
Wearing a kimono befitting the young head of the Kazamatsuri family, Yuzuri Nana walked slowly along the courtyard corridor. Maple leaves on both sides drifted down with the gentle breeze, scattering before a quiet enclosed garden.
Yuzuri Nana reached out and gently knocked on the wooden door.
Knock knock knock—!
"Enter." A man's voice came from within.
Yuzuri Nana pushed open the door. A black-clad figure holding a Straight Blade sat quietly on the tatami, facing the falling leaves in the courtyard, lost in thought.
"Cao Yuan-ge." Yuzuri Nana stood at the doorway. "Seven Nights-ge called. He wants me to send someone to escort you to Hokkaido."
"To Hokkaido?" Cao Yuan turned with some confusion. "Didn't he say just yesterday to wait for him here?"
"He said he found the road home."
Cao Yuan's eyes trembled almost imperceptibly.
Yuzuri Nana opened her mouth, as if wanting to say something. A faint sorrow flickered in her eyes:
"Seven Nights-ge said, tomorrow night, you should leave... Perhaps, never to return."
Cao Yuan was silent for a long while. He stood up from the tatami, hung the Straight Blade at his waist, and let out a long breath...
"I understand. Thank you for your trouble."