Chapter 1113 – Meeting and Parting
Zhou Ping had been missing in the mists for half a year?
The faces of the people in the [Night Curtain] squad immediately became grave.
Previously, after Lin Qiye and the others had returned to China, they had asked about Zhou Ping’s whereabouts and only knew that he was overseas, but did not know that he had gone to look for them, not to mention that he had disappeared overseas.
What the mists were, Lin Qiye and the others knew very well in their hearts, the killing power of the mists had weakened too much now compared to a hundred years ago, and it also happened to coincide with the opening of the God War, there were an unknown number of Outer Gods walking around in there, it was extremely dangerous.
”Don’t worry too much.” Seeing the faces of the crowd, Zuo Qing added and spoke, “Before Zhou Ping left, he left behind a sword with a trace of his Sword Law rules hidden within it, if anything really happened to him, the sword would automatically break, and right now, the sword is still intact, indicating that his life is not in danger.
As I just said, he should just be in trouble or lost.”
Hearing these words, the crowd sighed in relief.
”I see.”
Lin Qiye didn’t hesitate in the slightest and nodded heavily, “I will definitely find Senior Sword Saint and bring him back.”
Zhou Ping had an extraordinary significance to the [Night Curtain] squad, now that the mists were in chaos and Zhou Ping happened to be missing, even if Zuo Qing did not give the order, they should take the initiative to head to the mists and search for Zhou Ping’s whereabouts.
Zuo Qing nodded his head and took out a world map from the drawer, spreading it on the desktop and outlining a trace with a red pen:
”Before Zhou Ping left last year, he gave me a brief description of the route he was planning to take, and there is a section of the journey that overlaps with the route you guys are taking on this mission, so you guys should focus on that.”
Lin Qiye and An Qingyu came forward and gazed at the map carefully, memorizing the route completely.
”Outside the mists is not peaceful right now, there are occasional gods from various countries walking amongst them, although there are blazing angels following them, but it’s about the [Ark of the Covenant], and none of you have arrived at the God Realm, it’s better to act in a lower profile.”
”The ship that went out to sea has already docked at the Sinking Dragon Pass for you, and it is equipped with some basic supplies, if you still need anything else, directly mention it to the person in charge of the Sinking Dragon Pass, and he will try his best to fulfill your needs.”
”There is one more point.” Zuo Qing raised his head, looked at their eyes, and spoke seriously, “The primary goal of your mission this time is to search for the [Ark of the Covenant] and bring it back, if you really can’t find Zhou Ping, you don’t have to force yourself, you can send the [Ark of the Covenant] back first, and then set out to search for it again.
The matter is important, no matter what, we must ensure the safety of the [Ark of the Covenant].”
”Yes!”
Coming out from the Vigilantes’ headquarters, Lin Qiye and the others headed to the military airport not far away, preparing to fly to Sinking Dragon Pass.
Buzzing-!
A few people had just stepped onto the cabin when several airplanes in succession swept through the clear sky with a buzzing whine and disappeared into the skies.
”This number of airplanes today, isn’t it a bit too much?”
Lin Qiye looked up through the porthole at the several white trails overhead and spoke in surprise.
”It seems like there are indeed more.” Shen Qingzhu added, “And basically all of them are military airplanes.”
Jiang’er looked at the sky for a long time, and when he saw An Qingyu beside him in deep thought, he couldn’t help but ask, “What are you thinking about?”
”How many days have we been in Heaven?”
”Six days?”
”That’s right.”
An Qingyu nodded, and the others turned their heads to look at him with a slightly puzzled expression.
”That group of recruits, they should have finished their paperwork and received their cloaks and straight swords and heraldry, and today is the day they report to the Night’s Watch squads across the country.” Anqingyu paused.
”At the same time …… it’s also the day when the veterans leave the ranks and head to the front lines.”
Shangjing City.
006 Squad Residence.
Li Zhenzhen dragged her suitcase, clutching the documents in one hand, and flew toward weaving between the alleyways, the suitcase’s rollers rubbing on the uneven ground, making a low sound.
She glanced at the time, her brow furrowed as she turned back to Fang Mo, who was also dragging her suitcase behind her, and shouted:
”Hey! You hurry up!!!”
”Coming coming.”
Fang Mo smiled helplessly and followed closely.
It didn’t take long for the two of them to arrive in front of a vermillion-red courtyard gate.
Li Zhenzhen put her hand on the suitcase, her chest rising and falling violently as she looked at the gate, and in the middle of the silent alleyway, only the sound of the two people’s ragged breathing echoed.
”I hope to catch up ……”
Li Zhenzhen calmed her breathing and was about to reach out and push open the courtyard gate when it automatically opened inward.
Creak-!
Ancient low sound came out, and Zhang Zhengting Lu Hu and the others, who were also wearing cloaks and dragging suitcases, stood behind the door and froze in place at the same time when they saw Li Zhenzhen and Fang Mo on the steps.
The warm winter sun sprinkled on the gray-white brick surface, withered leaves spread on the ground, in front of this courtyard that has precipitated countless years, two generations of vigilantes stared at each other, and the air briefly fell into silence.
Zhang Zhengting was stunned for a long time, and the corner of his mouth hooked into a smile.
”Back?”
Li Zhenzhen opened her mouth, subconsciously wanting to say something, but after a moment of hesitation, she still didn’t speak.
She took a deep breath, stood up straight, loosened the suitcase with her right hand, and forcefully saluted the several 006 Squad members on the steps, saying aloud:
”New recruit Li Zhenzhen! Coming to report for duty!”
Seeing this, Fang Mo was slightly stunned, then followed closely with a salute: “New recruit Fang Mo! Reporting for duty!”
The two of them, both of them, were new recruits who were deployed to Shangjing City, and also took over the duties of most of the people in Squad 006, replacing them as the night watchmen guarding Shangjing.
Hearing these words, the people of Squad 006 standing behind the door glanced at each other and laughed.
”Good!” Zhang Zhengting dragged his suitcase and walked down the steps, those smiling eyes looked at the two of them, reaching out to return the same military salute, “Little rookies, from now on, Shangjing City will be in your hands, wait for our triumph, and then we will get together once more for a good time We are leaving.”
As the words fell, several 006 squad members cloaked themselves and walked past Li Zhenzhen and Fang Mo, they reached out and patted the shoulders of the two, like encouragement, like a welcome …… and like a farewell.
Falling leaves fluttered, and the will of the two generations of night watchmen in front of the door of this courtyard that had witnessed countless gatherings and partings was passed on in this one simple action.
Li Zhenzhen watched with her own eyes as one familiar face after another left, standing frozen in place, waiting until their figures nearly disappeared at the end of the alleyway before she snapped back to her senses, tears welling up from her reddened eyes, turning around and shouting with all her strength:
”I’ll wait for you guys to come back!!!”
The remaining sound echoed between the silent alleyways, and vaguely, Li Zhenzhen saw those figures waving their hands and disappearing at the end of their vision.
Rustling-!
Slight footsteps came from behind the door.
Li Zhen Zhen and Fang Mo turned their heads to look at the same time, only to see a young man clad in a military coat, standing behind the door, looking at those departing backs with a complicated expression.
He was the new king of this city and the captain of this brand new 006 squad.
He looked down at the two and smiled slightly:
”I am Chen Han, please take care of me from …… now on.”