# 908
Chapter 909: Whereabouts
Ningchang County.
Along the coastline.
Among the charred ruins of a fishing village, dozens of Night Watch support department members walked through with cameras and surveying instruments, carefully documenting everything.
Outside the yellow caution tape, Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, Shen Qingzhu, and Jiang Er stood silently on the shore, gazing at the white waves rolling in from the horizon, wordless.
"Why?" Baili Pangpang's eyes were filled with anxiety. "The survey work is almost finished. Why haven't we found Qiyue and Sister Jialan?"
"Don't panic." Shen Qingzhu held a cigarette between his lips, speaking calmly. "The deep-sea rescue team is still searching."
"But they've already searched twice."
"Then we'll wait for them to search a third time."
Shen Qingzhu took a deep drag and continued, "Other than waiting, we have no other choice."
Baili Pangpang pressed his lips together, his eyes tightly fixed on the sea surface, silent.
Cao Yuan and Jiang Er stood nearby, their expressions equally grim.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh——!
Several dark red figures flew out from the seabed, circled briefly in the sky, and landed steadily in front of the four.
They were the deep-sea rescue team dispatched by Night Watch headquarters. All their Forbidden Ruins were water-related, giving them extremely high mobility and perception at the bottom of the deep sea. They were a professional team for deep-sea missions.
"How did it go?!" Baili Pangpang asked anxiously the moment they emerged.
The rescue team members exchanged glances and shook their heads helplessly.
"We've searched all the waters in this area, but we still haven't found them..."
Baili Pangpang's face visibly paled.
He was about to say something when a jeep came racing down the highway at top speed and screeched to a halt on the shore!
With a sharp brake screech, the jeep stopped by the coast. A tall man in a long white coat, wearing glasses with long hair stepped out of the vehicle and walked quickly toward them.
"Qingyu!"
At the sight of this figure, everyone's eyes lit up.
But soon, they noticed that the An Qingyu standing here was somewhat different.
Long black hair, disheveled beard, haggard face... compared to the formerly refined An Qingyu, the current him looked like a wild man.
"Qingyu, what happened to you..." Jiang Er asked in confusion.
"We can talk about that later." An Qingyu's gaze swept over the four people. Seeing that none of them were seriously hurt, the knot in his heart finally loosened, but soon his brow furrowed again.
"Where are Qiyue and Jialan?"
"...We couldn't find them." Cao Yuan said苦涩ly. "We've searched through the entire fishing village area, but we still haven't found those two."
The anxiety in Baili Pangpang's eyes was practically overflowing. He grabbed An Qingyu's shoulder and couldn't help but ask, "Qingyu, what should we do?"
The erasure power of the time law had first appeared from the sea, and they clearly remembered that Lin Qiye and Jialan had gone to the seabed... Although no one had spoken of this possibility, the worst outcome had flashed through everyone's minds.
They had been erased by the time law.
Except for An Qingyu, the expressions of the other four were unspeakably grim. Even the usually composed Shen Qingzhu had a flicker of worry in his eyes.
An Qingyu's gaze swept over them. After a moment of silence, instead of panic, a faint smile actually appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"What are you worried about? Worried that they've already been erased by time?" An Qingyu shook his head. "Actually, not finding them is a good thing."
The four were stunned.
"Don't forget, Qiyue was with Jialan. If the time law truly erased them first, given the [Immortality] on Jialan, at least one of them would have survived...
And now, neither of them has been found. This means they likely encountered some other accident in the seabed and disappeared from here.
Though we don't know where they went, the probability of them being alive is still quite high."
After hearing An Qingyu's analysis, the eyes of the others gradually brightened, and a spark of hope reignited in their gazes.
"So that's how it is." Baili Pangpang let out a long breath, pressing his hand to his chest. "You scared the hell out of me... So what do we do next? Expand the search area?"
Everyone's gaze turned to An Qingyu again.
Seeing that the crowd's emotions had been stabilized, An Qingyu沉思片刻, his eyes flickering with a subtle light.
"No, this search efficiency is too slow. Let's return to headquarters and find another person..."
"Good! Let's go!"
Before An Qingyu could finish, Baili Pangpang was the first to dash toward the jeep. He quickly strapped himself in, then turned to wave at his companions who were still standing there in a daze. "What are you all waiting for? Get in the car!"
The others snapped back to reality and rushed into the jeep.
Their trust in An Qingyu, their deputy captain, was absolute. Since he said returning to headquarters might help them find Lin Qiye, they wouldn't hesitate for even a moment. They would simply follow through with the highest efficiency.
An Qingyu walked behind everyone,无奈地苦笑了一下, and followed them into the jeep.
Without Lin Qiye's Somersault Cloud and without a dragon to ride, Baili Pangpang's [Yaoguang] couldn't carry this many people all at once either. They would have to go to the nearest military base to take a plane back to Shangjing.
Fortunately, Jiang Er's coffin could fit directly in the trunk. The jeep could seat all four of them perfectly. Baili Pangpang drove, Cao Yuan sat in the passenger seat, and Shen Qingzhu sat in the back with An Qingyu.
The jeep sped away along the highway.
...
Knock, knock, knock——!
"Come in."
Lu Wuwei, dressed in a yellow uniform, opened the office door and walked to Zuo Qing's desk.
"You called me here in such a hurry. What's going on?" Lu Wuwei asked in confusion.
Zuo Qing stood up, his expression serious. "I need you to find someone."
Hearing this, Lu Wuwei's brow rose. "Is it still Wang Mian? I've tried many times... My Forbidden Ruins can't locate him."
"Before, you couldn't find him because he didn't exist in this timeline." Zuo Qing explained seriously. "Now that the fishing village's closed loop has been broken, your Forbidden Ruins should work."
Lu Wuwei was startled.
He took out an unfilled takeout order slip from his pocket and grabbed a pen from the desk, quickly writing "Wang Mian" in the order name field.
He pinched the slip between his fingers and sensed for a moment.
"Indeed... I can sense his approximate location now." Lu Wuwei nodded. He immediately put on the helmet sitting nearby and walked toward the office door.
"Wait!" Zuo Qing called out to stop him.
"What's wrong?"
"Find Lin Qiye too."
Lu Wuwei hesitated for a moment, took out a second order slip, and wrote Lin Qiye's name in the same way. After sensing for a moment, his eyes widened in surprise.
"Did you find him?" Zuo Qing asked with concern.
"I found him." Lu Wuwei nodded. "They're in the same direction."
At the beginning, it hadn't considered itself to need any weapons against such an opponent. But at this moment, it had no choice but to draw its weapon. Otherwise, it was already beginning to struggle to hold its ground. Even the strongest Phoenix Rebirth required constant energy consumption. Once one's bloodline power was depleted too much, it would damage the very source.
"I have to say, you've surprised me. But now, I will use my full strength." As Cao Youwei spoke, the Phoenix True Fire gathered toward him like all rivers return to the sea. He actually retracted the Phoenix True Flame Domain.
The blazing Phoenix True Fire condensed around his body, forming a magnificent golden-red armor that covered his entire form. Holding a battle blade, he resembled a demon god gazing intently at Mei Gongzi.
Mei Gongzi did not pursue. She stood in the distance, slightly calming her somewhat turbulent emotions. Although this battle hadn't lasted long, her emotions were becoming increasingly exhilarated.
Before truly facing a Great Demon King-level Undying Phoenix, she hadn't known if she could really hold her own. Her confidence came entirely from what Tang San had given her before. And as the battle continued, when she truly began to suppress her opponent, protecting herself from the Phoenix True Fire with the help of the七彩天火液, she knew that she really could do it.
Over the past hundred years, Tang San had guided her through many combat techniques, all最适合她使用的. Like the earlier 幽冥突刺, 幽冥百爪. And just now, that 一记剑星寒 that had broken Cao Youwei's finger for the first time. According to Tang San, these were all true divine techniques. After he made slight modifications, he taught them to Mei Gongzi, perfectly suited for her to施展.
The more she used these abilities, the more Mei Gongzi couldn't help but submit to Tang San's skill. Initially, when Tang San told her these were within the realm of divine techniques, she had harbored some doubts in her heart. But now, she was able to continuously wound and pressure an opponent several realms above her. If these weren't divine techniques, how could that be possible with such a gap in cultivation?
At this moment, every Sovereign standing on the皇天柱 above was looking at this young girl with newfound respect. When the Phoenix True Flame Domain appeared, what they had been considering was how long Mei Gongzi could last under that domain. White Tiger Great Demon Sovereign and Crystal Phoenix Great Demon Sovereign had even prepared to intervene and rescue her. But as the battle continued, they watched in目瞪口呆 as Mei Gongzi actually suppressed a Great Demon King of the Undying Phoenix Clan—a true suppression, pushing the opponent to use 浴火重生. How could this be possible?