Chapter 1078: Different?
Pamir Plateau.
”The Great Summer God is in Egypt?”
After listening to Queen Mother West’s words, Lin Qiye spoke in shock, “From the very beginning, the Great Xia’s goal was Sun City?”
”If it was a few days ago, this matter would still be considered a secret, but now that the Heavenly Court has mostly stepped in, there’s no harm in telling you.” The Queen Mother of the West spoke calmly, “Only by uncovering Odin’s true colors, causing Asgard to completely fall into civil unrest, and then hitting the Egyptian divine system hard head on, can Great Xia get out of its current predicament.
In this way, the alliance of the four divine kingdoms will be left with only three divine kingdoms, and Asgard, which has lost Odin, will have its battle power greatly reduced, just like Olympus in the midst of civil strife.”
”I see. ……”
Lin Qiye couldn’t help but sigh with emotion after hearing all of the Great Summer God’s arrangements, “It seems that everything is within the Heavenly Court’s calculations, and our worries are indeed a bit redundant.”
”But even if we made it this far, it only increased the Great Xia’s chances of winning a bit.” The Western Queen Mother opened her mouth and reminded, “Asgard and Olympus, are only temporarily in trouble, they are not completely out of combat, what we, the Great Xia, have to face is still the three great divine kingdoms.
Moreover, the attack on Sun City may instead accelerate the process of these three great godly kingdoms joining forces, that’s when this war will be really tough.”
Lin Qiye nodded, then as if he thought of something, he opened his mouth and asked:
”Your Highness, I still have one more question.”
”Speak.”
”In the time silhouette from a hundred years ago, I remember that one of the Zhen Guo Divine Monuments transformed by the Great Xia Gods was near here, but why can’t I see it now?” Lin Qiye looked around and asked suspiciously.
”The State Suppressing God Monument has always been here, it’s just hidden in appearance.”
The Queen Mother of the West raised her finger and a ray of divine light shot out, gently landing somewhere on the misty border, and as that divine light spilled over, a corner of the black Zhen Guo Divine Monument was revealed amidst the wind and snow.
”This is a blindfold set up to prevent mortals from discovering it, but for the gods, they can easily sense its existence, and the fluctuations of divine power it radiates in this snowy plain are as dazzling as the sun.”
As the Western Queen Mother’s words fell, as if sensing something, she glanced in a certain direction, and
”This palace has something else to do, so leave on your own.”
Without waiting for Lin Qiye to say anything else, the Queen Mother of the West took a step out and her figure transformed into a flash of green and disappeared into the sky.
Lin Qiye stood alone, turned his head to look at the misty border again, the black stone monument that was gradually hidden in the wind and snow, sighed a long sigh, and took a step in the direction of the border defense company.
The place where he was, and the Kayush Border Defense Company weren’t far from each other, and Lin Qiye, in a rare move, didn’t use his ability to rush this time, instead choosing to use his legs and walk back one step at a time.
His mind was in turmoil.
Perhaps it was because he had just personally experienced that tragic history, his mind still kept flickering with the scene of the Great Summer Gods crashing into the stone monument like moths to a flame.
On their bodies, they all seemed to be emitting a certain kind of radiance, a radiance that did not come from divine power, but from the soul …… This kind of radiance had nothing to do with people or gods, or even people or things, and even on the body of the thirty million swords that had rushed up to the sky with a single command from the Heavenly Father of Dao Deity, he had likewise seen this kind of radiance.
That kind of radiance came from dedication, from sacrifice, from the determination and firmness in their eyes when they fought for the sake of all living beings.
As his thoughts dispersed, many more figures emerged in Lin Qiye’s mind.
Zhou Ping who was on the verge of death and still stood up to the gods with his sword;
Wang Mian who went back in time and gambled all his lifespan to change history;
Lu Qiu, who overdrew his potential and used his crest to send a message to save the entire Sinking Dragon Pass;
Chen Muye, who was reborn after his death, using his miracle body to stand alone in Cangnan; and General Zhao, who wielded his sword to kill the Ghost Masked Man and saved his entire family during that rainy night.
They, all of them, were Night Watchmen, and their bodies radiated the same dazzling light as the Great Summer God.
Lin Qiye was also a night watchman.
But he always felt …… that he was a little different from them.
Where is it different? If one day, a crisis came and it was his turn to sacrifice to save the tens of thousands of people behind him, would he do it?
Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Qiye affirmed this answer.
He would.
The choice he made was the same as these night watchmen, the same as the Great Summer God.
Then where exactly is …… the difference between them?
Lin Qiye lowered his head and walked in silence between the wind and snow, he stared blankly at the marks stamped out under his feet, moving forward stiffly like a puppet.
He was pondering, he was confused.
His thoughts, along with his memories, went back a little bit forward …… the change of the upper capital, the trip to the circle of people, the defense of the Sinking Dragon Pass, the establishment of the [Night Curtain], and the joining of the Night’s Watch ……
As he recalled every bit of the past, suddenly, a flash of electricity flashed through his mind!
His thoughts, once again, returned to that rainy night.
In his arms was Zhao Kongcheng, who was seriously injured and on the verge of death, behind him was a low and dilapidated hut, and on his side was the body of a ghost-faced man who was gradually coming back to life.
On that day, he made a ten-year pact with Zhao Kongcheng’s corpse, on that day, he kowtowed goodbye to the past he once had, on that day, he pulled out Zhao Kongcheng’s straight sword that he had stuck in the ground, and killed the Ghost Masked Man with his own hands, and set out on the path of the Night’s Watch.
That was the starting point of everything.
At this moment, Lin Qiye knew what was different about him.
He made a ten year contract, he drew his sword to kill the ghost faced man, he joined the Night’s Watch …… He never did all of this to save the world s life, what he really wanted to guard was only his aunt and Jin in the short room behind him, as well as the dream of that cold man s corpse before he was born.
From the very beginning, his original intention was selfish.
Even if he had come this far, even if he had become the captain of the special squad, deep down, he was still that selfish Lin Qiye, who would raise his hand, point at the center of the neon city in the rainy night, and ask the dying Zhao Kongcheng, “Is it worth it for them?”
The dead Zhao Kongcheng didn’t answer, and today’s Lin Qiye still can’t answer.
He could give his life, give his everything …… in order to guard the tens of thousands of people, but that was only because, this was his duty, this was what he should do as a Night’s Watchman.
Deep in his heart, he was not someone who was selflessly willing to guard the world’s living beings, perhaps, this is the reason why he is different from them?
Lin Qiye, who was lost in thought, stumbled as a shiny crest fell out of his arms and landed in the thick snow.
Lin Qiye froze.
His crimson cloak fluttered in the wind and snow, and he hesitated for a moment before bending down and picking up the crest, wiping the snowflakes off the surface with his thumb, turning it over, and glancing at the four lines of phrases engraved on the back of the crest.
He was silent in place for a long time, and smiled bitterly:
”I …… really selfish it ……”