# 733
Chapter 734: Baili Pangpang's Landing Time
Late at night.
Lin Qiye sat by Baili Pangpang's bedside, his spiritual power scanning over his body, and let out a long sigh.
"Still no signs of waking?" Jialan sat beside him, worry evident in her voice. "How much longer is he going to sleep?"
Lin Qiye stared at that pale face, fell silent for a moment, then shook his head.
"I don't know… I originally guessed that after sleeping for just over a day, he should have woken up by now, but there's still no sign of him regaining consciousness at all…
How long was he actually sitting on that Prayer Mat?"
"If he still hasn't woken up by tomorrow night when we leave, what do we do?"
"We'll have to carry him back." Lin Qiye patted the [Forbidden Ruins] in his pocket. "With these Forbidden Artifacts, even without diving equipment, getting him back to the surface won't be a problem."
Jialan nodded slightly. "At least it's just sleeping. No other dangers…"
Just then, as if sensing something through his spiritual power, Lin Qiye looked up toward the door, stood up, and walked outside.
"Jialan, you watch Pangpang. I'll go out for a bit."
"Huh? Okay!"
Lin Qiye pushed the door open and stepped out.
On the rooftop under the starry night, a figure leaned against the railing, a deep blue longsword hanging at his waist, silently gazing at the distant city glittering with neon lights.
"Why are you alone up here?" Lin Qiye walked over to stand beside him.
Amemiya Haruki shrugged. "You all are invaders. I don't understand your language, and I couldn't sleep, so I came up here for some air."
Lin Qiye recalled how Amemiya Haruki had remained silent and withdrawn all day long, and smiled helplessly.
"After this is all over, come back to Great Xia with me. You'll grow to love it there. Even if you don't know Chinese, I can teach you."
A faint smile flickered across Amemiya Haruki's face as if he was thinking of something, but quickly, his eyes dimmed again:
"After… this is over, you mean."
"Are you worried about the residents inside this Human Enclosure?"
Amemiya Haruki paused for a moment, then nodded. "I know what the Human Enclosure truly is. I know what kind of evil lies behind this glamorous and luxurious city…
Overthrowing and destroying theocracy has always been my greatest wish, and I do believe this place deserves to be destroyed, but…"
Amemiya Haruki stretched out his hand, pointing toward the distant city, and continued slowly: "Those people are innocent. They were simply born in this land of sin. They shouldn't be buried alongside the evil created by the gods.
You are invaders. To you, this is merely a place where humans are raised for sacrifice. You have no obligation to take responsibility for these people's lives.
But I'm different. I was born here, I grew up here. Although I despise these people who have been corrupted beyond salvation by the divine authority, I also cannot sit back and watch them be buried here.
I won't stop you from destroying this place,
But I will find a way—my own way—to save them."
Amemiya Haruki gazed at the distant city, a determined light flickering in his eyes.
"That's a population of fifty million. What possible method do you have to save them?" Lin Qiye couldn't help but ask.
"Though slim, there is still hope."
Amemiya Haruki placed his hand on the [Rainfall Collapse] at his waist, gently rubbing the sword's hilt. "Do you remember the legend I told you about?
The Kunitsukami forged nine Magatsu Blades to combat the Amatsukami. When the nine blades merge into one, it will truly be perfected, transforming into a divine artifact capable of cleaving open Takamagahara…"
"Divine artifact…" Lin Qiye seemed to have thought of something. "You want to gather all nine Magatsu Blades?"
"The Amatsukami's sacred mirror, Yata no Kagami, can serve as a container for the Human Enclosure. So why can't the ultimate Magatsu Blade forged by the Kunitsukami also serve as a container?" Amemiya Haruki's eyes shimmered with light,
"If I can fuse the nine Magatsu Blades into that divine artifact, I can create a brand new world of freedom without theocracy—a divine artifact world—to house these fifty million people!"
Lin Qiye opened his mouth as if wanting to say something, but ultimately closed it again.
This plan was too bold, too risky, too improbable…
Creating a world to sustain fifty million people was not as simple as having a divine artifact. It also involved the question of how to sustain them inside the artifact. Was Amemiya Haruki also going to feed massive human souls as fuel, just like the Amatsukami gods?
But no matter what, this was the last hope for these fifty million people.
"I understand." Lin Qiye nodded. "Before I leave, I'll leave you the [Du'e] and [Black Rope]. I hope you can fulfill your wish."
Amemiya Haruki turned to gaze at Lin Qiye for a long while, then smiled faintly,
"Thank you."
Two Magatsu Blades—this debt was far too heavy. There was nothing Amemiya Haruki could do but deeply engrave this favor in his heart.
"Don't mention it. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to obtain these two Magatsu Blades, especially [Du'e]…"
Lin Qiye was halfway through his words when he suddenly froze.
He stared at the purple longsword at his waist, as if some realization had struck him, and his brow furrowed tightly.
"What's wrong?" Amemiya Haruki asked.
"No… that's not right…" Lin Qiye abruptly raised his head. "You said earlier that the matter of not being able to use Magatsu Blades in the ruins was told to you by your master, correct?"
"That's right."
"When did your master enter the ruins?"
"He entered with Yuzuri Kurotetsu, about… twelve years ago?"
Twelve years!
Lin Qiye's heart violently clenched.
Twelve years ago, when Amemiya Haruki's master entered the ruins, he already knew that Magatsu Blades couldn't be used inside… This meant that at that time, the ruins were already covered by Pangpang's omnipotent disarming ability?!
How was this possible?!
Baili Pangpang shouldn't have landed until two and a half years ago!
The moment this thought arose in his mind, Lin Qiye's body trembled as if struck by lightning.
No…
Until now, there had been no information stating that Baili Pangpang's landing time was two and a half years ago.
The two-and-a-half-year timeframe was something Lin Qiye had deduced based on the intervals between each team member's landing times!
He simply didn't know Baili Pangpang's exact landing time.
If what Amemiya Haruki said was true, then Baili Pangpang had landed in the Human Enclosure as early as twelve years ago or even earlier, entered the ruins, and sat down on the Prayer Mat…
He had been sitting on that Prayer Mat for at least twelve years?
If that was the case, why hadn't he aged? Was it because of that mysterious Prayer Mat?
At this moment, countless thoughts flooded Lin Qiye's mind. He felt his head turning to mush, and a nameless fear rose in his heart!
If Baili Pangpang really had been sitting on that Prayer Mat for twelve years…
Then…
Would he still be able to wake up?