Chapter 537 – We Have Nothing

　　”Foreseeing the Sword Saint’s crisis?”
　　The drunken Yuan Gang’s brows furrowed slightly when he heard these words.
　　”Hmm.” Lin Qiye nodded, “We want to know the way to walk freely in the mists.”
　　”Nonsense.”
　　Yuan Gang slapped the table, “You guys aren’t even a special squad, and you’re thinking of rescuing people in the mists? Don’t you guys want to die?”
　　”It’s true that we’re not a special squad.” Lin Qiye calmly said, “But if you can even turn a blind eye to your own teacher’s life because you’re afraid of death,…… even if you’re a special squad, so what?
　　You also said, Instructor Yuan, that after the spiritual power is cultivated to a layer level, the state of mind is the important factor that determines whether or not we can break through, and if we don’t do anything, by the time we get to that realm, we won’t be able to move forward anymore.”
　　Yuan Gang stared into his eyes, “To that realm? Do you know how high that realm is? In the entire hundred years of Great Xia, only a few people have touched that threshold? For that illusory ray of possibility, you can gamble your lives right now?”
　　”Yes.”
　　Lin Qiye’s gaze didn’t budge in the slightest.
　　After the two stared at each other for a long time, Lin Qiye smiled.
　　”Instructor Yuan, perhaps, you still don’t understand our team, so let me reintroduce …… you again.”
　　Lin Qiye extended his hand and pointed one by one, following the order of the seats.
　　”Baili Chubby, the original Baili Group formulated heir, Baili family outcast, died at the hands of the person he trusted the most and then resurrected;
　　Cao Yuan, forbidden market stormed out at a young age, slaughtered his own family’s entire clan, grew up as a calamity from a young age, squatted in prison, became a monk, all alone;
　　Jia Lan, the immortal daughter dug out of a coffin, all her relatives, friends, and past were buried in the river of time;
　　An Qingyu, who experienced the great Cangnan robbery, was wanted by the Night’s Watch, dissected the ‘mystery’ alone in the sewers for a year, and spent years in the company of corpses;
　　Shen Qingzhu, former associate member of Squad 006, undercover [Believer] for two years, through trials and tribulations, destroyed [Believer] with his own strength, handily killed Rumor, and now returns to the Night’s Watch;
　　Jiang Er, former member of Squad 008, witnessed the destruction of Squad 008 with his own eyes, perished, and can only rely on the magnetic field generated by his brain to survive in this world ……”
　　He extended his hand and pointed to himself.
　　”I, Lin Qiye, former member of Squad 136 in Cangnan City, my hometown, loved ones, and friends were all wiped out by [Shiva’s Grudge], and I lived in a miracle for ten years before everything went up in smoke ……
　　Tell me, Instructor Yuan, what did you hear?”
　　Yuan Gang fell into silence.
　　”We, all of us, are people who have experienced the despair of the world, we have come from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, we are all alone, we have nothing to hold on to ……
　　Besides each other, we have nothing.
　　When not a special squad, there is no merit, there is no number, in fact, it is not important to us, but if someone wants to take a shot at any of us, then he has to be ready to play with us.
　　The Sword Saint, is not only the Sword Saint of Daxia, but also our squad’s teacher, senior, and friend.
　　We will not stand by and watch him die.
　　No matter if we can get out of the fog, no matter if we can catch up with him, no matter if we can help him with something …… at least, we have to try.
　　I already regretted it once.
　　This time, I won’t let regret happen again.”
　　Several other members of the team who were present nodded their heads at the same time, their eyes filled with determination.
　　Lin Qiye was right, success or failure, no matter what, they had to try …… for them to sit and wait for the Sword Saint to die, they couldn’t do it.
　　Yuan Gang’s gaze swept over them, his serious and rigid face slightly moved.
　　He hadn’t thought that Lin Qiye and the others would actually be able to gamble their futures and lives for the sake of the Sword Saint and venture beyond the mists.
　　This boldness and courage made Yuan Gang have to reexamine these young people.
　　He sighed, ”Even if you guys say that …… there is no way around it.
　　The last squad that was able to walk freely in the mists was still [Blue Rain], but they have long since been overthrown, and the forbidden objects that sheltered them from walking in the mists were taken back by the higher-ups, so unless you guys directly persuade Commander Ye, it’s impossible for you guys to enter the mists.”
　　Hearing these words, the light in Lin Qiye and the others’ eyes gradually dimmed.
　　Ye Fan, it was impossible to give him these things.
　　Could …… there really be no way out?
　　Seeing how low the mood of the crowd was, Yuan Gang shook his head helplessly, ”It’s already great that you guys have this heart, and as you said, you’ve already tried haven’t you?
　　What you all need to do next is to not think about anything, go back and get a good night’s sleep, come tomorrow morning for the confrontation with our squad, and if you win, you’ll officially become the fifth special squad.
　　Seeing that you are all my trainees, let me give you a little information about tomorrow’s confrontation.”
　　Yuan Gang’s mouth twitched slightly when he saw that the crowd was still disinterested, but with the words already spoken, he could only continue:
　　”Tomorrow’s confrontation is a flag capture battle, the location is in a very large trial field on the outskirts of Shangjing City, after inserting the pieces in the designated spot, the points will automatically start, if the flag is pulled down by the opposing force, then the points will stop, there are a total of six flag insertion points on the field, whichever team that inserts the flag and gets the first set of full points, whichever team will win.
　　But I want to remind you, because the field is huge, the time consuming battle of capturing the flag will be very long and tiring, this is a confrontation that tests strength, intelligence and endurance, the confrontation time is 48 hours, during which the members of the two teams are allowed to attack each other, as long as they don’t hurt their lives, any means can be used ……”
　　On the noisy and bustling snack street, Yuan Gang patiently explained the rules of tomorrow’s confrontation for Lin Qiye and the others, while Lin Qiye and the others, however, just lowered their heads, not knowing what they were thinking.
　　Shangjing City, Squad 006’s residence.
　　Captain’s office.
　　Shao Pingge, who was lying on a recliner, slowly sat up, opened his mouth and yawned, muttering:
　　”This old Yuan, with his mouth saying that he won’t give them a break, he actually sneaks them through the questions …… Hmph, letting me catch the handle again, right?”
　　He rubbed his temples, stood up, walked to the desk that was stacked with papers, and casually flipped through a few.
　　His position in the Vigilantes was not only the captain of the Shangjing City squad, but also the head of the Vigilantes’ Comprehensive Personnel Department, which was in charge of the personnel deployment of all the Vigilantes squads stationed in Daxia, and was one of the top echelons of the Vigilantes.
　　After casually signing a few documents, he threw the pen aside and looked up at the night outside the window.
　　After a long time, he let out a long sigh:
　　”This group of little guys …… is a bit interesting.”
　　After drinking with Yuan Gang, Lin Qiye and the others returned to the hotel and went back to their respective rooms to rest.
　　Even though Yuan Gang repeatedly did ideological work with them while drinking, how much the few people actually listened to, only they themselves knew.
　　Lin Qiye took a shower, turned off all the lights, and lay on the bed, looking at the letter and wooden chopsticks placed on the bedside, lost in thought.
　　That night, Lin Qiye had a sleepless night.
　　Early the next morning.
　　Lin Qiye got up from his bed and after washing up, he boarded a car with the others to head to the squad’s location in Shangjing City.
　　Although Yuan Gang had secretly informed them of the manner and place of the confrontation yesterday, they still needed to make a trip to the 006 squad’s compound, partly for the sake of courtesy, and partly because to be fair, the two teams had to ride to the confrontation venue together.
　　The rules and regulations of the Vigilantes in Shangjing City are much stricter than those of other squads.
　　In the morning, the traffic jam in Shangjing City was very serious, plus the distance between the hotel Lin Qiye and the others stayed in and the site was also very far, it would probably take a long time to get there from here, fortunately, An Qingyu had anticipated this situation, so she set off half an hour earlier.
　　In the smooth and quiet carriage, Lin Qiye slowly closed his eyes.
　　The Gods Mental Hospital.
　　”Good morning, honorable dean.”
　　In the courtyard, Black Pupil, who was wearing an escort’s uniform, a coat and bowler hat, and was carefully sweeping the floor, saw Lin Qiye and respectfully bent down to salute.
　　Lin Qiye looked at him and hmmmed.
　　It looked like Black Hitomi got along well with the other caretakers in the hospital, at least from the outside.
　　Lin Qiye took two steps forward, and as if he thought of something, he retreated back.
　　”Black pupil, look at the things on my body, can you predict anything?”
　　Black pupil was stunned and smiled helplessly, “Dean, have you forgotten that I can only foretell the future of objects, your in the hospital itself is not a physical entity, and these things on your body don’t belong to the realm of matter, so I won’t be able to see your future.
　　Unless you let me out, I can help you foretell the future of objects.”
　　Lin Qiye sighed, “Forget it, you keep busy.”
　　The Black Pupil’s own realm was “Limitless”, right now he couldn’t summon it out in the real world at all, so if he wanted to use the other party’s power of precognition, he would have to wait until he himself broke through to “Limitless”.
　　”Danadus, are you going to stay for lunch today?”
　　Lin Qiye took a few steps before Niux smiled and walked over from the opposite side and asked.
　　Lin Qiye bitterly smiled, “Mother, what a coincidence, I have a confrontation today ……”
　　”Oh, this is truly unfortunate news.”
　　A faint trace of loss flashed in Ni Ke’s eyes, which quickly disappeared without a trace as she smiled at Lin Qiye before continuing to walk towards the courtyard.
　　Lin Qiye took another bottle of rice wine and two wine bowls from the kitchen, and after hesitating for a moment, he put them back.
　　He walked to the door of the fourth ward on the second floor, gently knocked twice, and pushed the door in.
　　As usual, Lin Qiye walked over to the ancient ape and sat down, while the other party still didn’t have the slightest reaction to his arrival.
　　Lin Qiye looked at the ancient ape for a long time and slowly opened his mouth: ”Monkey, today, I may not have time to tell you a story ……
　　I’ll say a few words, then it’s time to go.”
　　The Ancient Ape sat cross-legged with his hands folded and his eyes lowered, not moving a muscle.
　　Lin Qiye was unsurprised by this, and after a moment of silence, he said, “Monkey, have you ever experienced that feeling where an important person is about to die in front of you, but there’s nothing you can do about it?”
　　The moment the words fell, the Buddha light around the ancient ape trembled, like a stone falling into a dead pond, sending out a ripple ……
　　Lin Qiye froze in place.
　　In that instant just now, he felt a ferocious aura coming at him, and although it was only for a moment, the resentment and monstrous killing intent contained within it still caused his body to tremble uncontrollably.
　　But immediately afterward, the aura completely disappeared without a trace.
　　Lin Qiye looked at the motionless ancient ape in front of him in dismay as the gentle and divine Buddha light enveloped his body, as if everything just now was an illusion.
　　Lin Qiye shook his head and continued to say to himself: ”I have had, this experience ……
　　I watched with my own eyes, he died in my arms, his breath disappeared little by little, his body slowly went cold, the rain mixed with his blood and tears flowed into the soil …… Until the last moment, he was still smiling and asking me …… if he was handsome.
　　You say, is he not very strange?”
　　The Buddha’s light that enveloped the ancient ape’s body was once again violently disturbed.
　　The body under the robe began to tremble slightly, and underneath those lowered curtains, the ancient ape’s eyes contracted slightly, as if recalling something.
　　”Although my contact with him is not much, but I can feel, he ah, usually is a very unreliable person, likes to smoke, likes to play handsome, obviously his own strength is very weak, but also like to play hero ……
　　But.
　　When he’s dependable.
　　It’s really handsome.”
　　The Buddha’s light around the ancient ape became more and more brilliant, as if he was fighting to suppress something, the edge of the robe around him fluttered gently, and the backs of his hands, which were closed, exploded with veins one after another.
　　His brows were tightly furrowed.
　　”Back then, I was too weak to save him …… That kind of guilt, sadness, and anger, I can still feel it clearly now.
　　I thought that after two years had passed, I had grown up and could stand on my own, and could have the strength to protect the people I hold dear ……
　　But why?
　　Everything seems to have stayed the same again?
　　I’m still so weak, unable to save the people I cherish, and even this time, I can’t even see his face……
　　Lao Zhao, Auntie, and now the Sword Saint ……
　　Could it be that I can only ever watch the people I cherish, one after another, leave me?
　　Could it be that.
　　Is this really the fate of heaven?”
　　Boom —-!
　　A strong pressure exploded from the ancient ape’s body, and Lin Qiye, who was sitting across from him, was instantly catapulted into the air and violently retreated several steps before he could barely stabilize his body.
　　The furious gusts of wind swept across the entire ward carrying with it the tattered Buddha’s light, rushing out and causing the entire sickbay to tremble slightly.
　　”What’s the situation?!!!” Li Yi Fei ran out of the room in panic.
　　”It’s that crazy monkey in room number four!” Nix frowned.
　　Two figures, one black and one blue, flew up into the air and rushed towards the second floor, a figure holding a harp following closely behind.
　　The moment they were about to rush into the room, Lin Qiye reached out to stop them.
　　”Don’t ……” Lin Qiye gazed at the figure and shook his head at them.
　　Amidst the gusty winds, the robe on the ancient ape was windless and hunting, and dark golden light blossomed from those eyes as if they were two blazing flames that were burning in their sockets!
　　His clasped hands loosened, then clenched tightly.
　　A crack exploded on the robe he was wearing!
　　Amidst the shaking Buddhist light, the figure clad in a tattered robe stood up, his dark golden monkey fur emitting a faint glow as he took a step toward Lin Qiye step by step ……
　　Those radiant eyes gazed closely at Lin Qiye.
　　He opened his mouth and said hoarsely, ”Screw heavenly destiny!