# 779
Chapter 780 - Point Me in a Direction
On the blue sea surface, a gentle breeze swept by.
A white cloud's reflection glided across the sea, carving a long streak across the clear sky, racing toward some distant direction.
"Hm?"
Lin Qiye, controlling the Somersault Cloud to advance, seemed to sense something. He looked toward a certain direction, confusion flickering in his eyes.
"What's wrong, Qiye?" Jialan, sitting beside him, asked.
"Someone just flew past over there."
Lin Qiye extended his hand, pointing toward the distant sky. A streak of cyan light instantly swept across the sea's surface, flying northward.
"Whoa, flying that fast?" Baili Pangpang squinted, eyebrows raised. "Being chased?"
"Doesn't look like it... That person is wearing a dark red cloak. Should be Night Watch."
"Night Watch?" An Qingyu asked, puzzled. "Night Watch shouldn't be stationed away from their own cities, right? We're still a long way from the coastline, and there's nothing in these surrounding waters. Why would a Night Watch member appear here?"
"Why not just ask?" Baili Pangpang suggested. "His speed isn't as fast as Seven Ye's cloud anyway. Let's stop him and ask for directions to Shangjing City. Could save us a lot of time."
Lin Qiye nodded. "Pangpang's right. If we can find out the direction to Shangjing City, it'll definitely save us a lot of detours."
Lin Qiye gazed at where the cyan light was heading. He waved his hand lightly, and the Somersault Cloud beneath him immediately changed direction, speeding away to intercept the other person even faster!
...
Lu Qiu's eyes had already been covered in grotesque bloodshot veins.
Under the effects of "Ghost God Guidance," his own potential had been completely depleted. His realm had skyrocketed from the River Realm all the way to the Boundless level, and his speed had increased several times over!
This was the first time... and the last time... he would ever reach such astonishing speed.
The wind howled in Lu Qiu's ears, like winter's blade, reddening his face. At this moment, only one thought remained in his mind.
Fast! Fast! Fast!
The faster he flew, the more time Night Watch would have to react, and the greater the chance Sunken Dragon Pass could hold...
On his shoulders rested not only the lives of everyone at Sunken Dragon Pass, but also the lives of tens of millions of people living in the coastal cities of Great Xia!
This responsibility was too heavy. Even with the Ghost God Guidance activated, his shoulders could barely bear it.
But he had no other choice.
Lu Qiu flew north at the absolute limit of his speed. His eyes only saw the endless horizon, desperately wishing that the next moment a magnificent steel fortress would appear before him...
So much so that he didn't notice a white cloud had flown up beside him, racing northward alongside him.
"Hey!!"
A voice came from the white cloud beside him.
Hearing this voice, Lu Qiu froze. He turned his head下意识ly toward the side, and then his jaw dropped involuntarily...
On the white cloud beside him, seven figures wearing masks were all staring at him in unison.
Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sand Monk, Tang Monk, Red Child, White Fox, and a faceless girl floating in mid-air......
Lu Qiu's first thought was that he had been driven to hallucinations from the strain.
Good heavens... Journey to the West had appeared—this Ghost God Guidance's effect was way too potent?!
Just as Lu Qiu was about to slap himself to清醒一下, the Zhu Bajie on the white cloud spoke up again.
"You're Night Watch too, right? Which squad? Don't fly so fast! Come aboard our Somersault Cloud and chat—we're colleagues!"
Insane.
The world had gone insane!
Zhu Bajie was calling him a colleague, so they must be Night Watch too, right?
With this thought, Lu Qiu suddenly froze.
Night Watch......
Journey to the West masks......
Special squad......
Why did this sound so familiar?
It seemed like two years ago, there really was a special squad where all members wore Journey to the West masks. But hadn't they gone missing?
"Brother, don't run! We're really not bad guys. Have you heard of the Fifth Special Squad?" Baili Pangpang took out his Coat of Arms from his chest, waving it in the wind,
"We're the Fifth Special Squad, [Nightfall], get it?"
The Fifth Special Squad?!
Lu Qiu's pupils constricted. He snapped back to his senses and stared at this group of Journey to the West figures soaring through the clouds in shock.
"You're the Fifth Special Squad? Which one of you is Lin Qiye?"
"I am." The figure wearing the Sun Wukong mask raised his hand. "I'm Lin Qiye."
He was Lin Qiye! The legendary Lin Qiye!
They really were the Fifth Special Squad!
"Quickly!!" Lu Qiu seemed to think of something. His voice trembled with agitation. "Go to Sunken Dragon Pass! The second beast tide has begun! Our communications equipment was destroyed, and I can't send information outward. I have to reach Tujiao Pass...
I don't have much time left. Please! You must hold Sunken Dragon Pass!
Otherwise, what happened half a year ago will happen again... *cough cough cough*..."
After crying out those words agitatedly, Lu Qiu suddenly burst into violent coughing. His face turned deathly pale.
A gray gleam flashed across An Qingyu's eyes, her brow furrowing.
"You used 'Ghost God Guidance'?" she asked.
Upon hearing the words "Ghost God Guidance," all the members of the Nightfall squad's expressions changed simultaneously. Of course they knew what Ghost God Guidance was for, and what its side effect was... death.
But they didn't understand Lu Qiu's meaning.
What kind of message required him to pay with his life as the price, just to deliver it quickly?
What was Sunken Dragon Pass? What was Tujiao Pass? What was the second beast tide?
"Hurry!" Lu Qiu saw that several people still hadn't reacted. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth as he urgently shouted, "If we don't go now, it will be too late!"
"Let me confirm." Beneath the Sun Wukong mask, Lin Qiye's expression was unprecedentedly serious. He analyzed calmly:
"You're from a place called [Sunken Dragon Pass]. That place is very important. If it falls, it will cause consequences just as terrible as something that happened half a year ago. And your current goal is to deliver news of the 'second beast tide' to another place called [Tujiao Pass], correct?"
Although Lin Qiye didn't know the situation in Great Xia, through Lu Qiu's words just now, he quickly extracted the key points and the general logical connections.
Lu Qiu stared blankly. "Yes..."
It was only now that Lu Qiu realized that this special squad, missing for over two years, probably had no idea about any of the background.
"What's your name?"
"I'm Lu Qiu, former deputy captain of Squad 066 Night Watch. Now I'm the acting commander of Sunken Dragon Pass."
"I understand, Deputy Captain Lu." Lin Qiye stood up. Two golden flames burned in his eyes as a swath of night spread from his coat, rapidly dyeing the entire sky,
"Where is [Sunken Dragon Pass]? Point me in a direction."