Chapter 686 – Daxia’s Plan
Daxia.
Shangjing City, the headquarters of the Night Watch.
A figure clad in a dark red cloak walked through a long corridor and eventually stood in front of a closed room door.
He reached out his hand and lightly clasped the door of the room.
Duk-duk-duk-!
”Come in.”
He pushed open the door and stepped inside, behind the door, was a spacious and bright office.
He had been to this office many times before, only that the one who had sat on that desk before was the previous Commander-in-Chief of the Night’s Watch, Ye Fan, while the one who was sitting there now was a young and calm face.
”Former member of the [Blue Rain] special squad, former vice-captain of squad 136 in Cangnan City, Wu Xiangnan, ordered to report here!” He stood there in a straight line and spoke solemnly.
Behind the desk, Zuo Qing, who was burying his head in paperwork, raised his head and saw Wu Xiangnan standing in front of him, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
”You finally came, sit down.”
Wu Xiangnan sat on the chair opposite the desk.
”I’ve read your information, it’s been almost three years since you were transferred to the Special Intelligence Department from Squad 136, right?” Zuo Qing stood up and took the initiative to pour a glass of water for Wu Xiangnan, handing it to him, “These three years, how has it been?”
Wu Xiangnan was stunned, and opened his mouth somewhat helplessly, “After I was transferred into the ‘Japan Investigation Team’ of the Special Intelligence Department, my daily work was to cooperate with other colleagues to investigate, speculate, and analyze the situation of Japan’s God’s Country, High Heavenly Plains, through my previous experience in the [Blue Rain] squad, and then combined with the ‘Japan Investigation Team’, I was able to get a job in the ‘Japan Investigation Team’. ‘Japan Investigation Team’s’ research, it’s already basically possible to deduce the location of the High Heavenly Plains, but there’s still no clue as to how exactly to enter.”
”I’m not talking about the work aspect.” Zuo Qing shook his head, “I’m talking about …… the matter of the [Blue Rain] squad back then, have you put it down?”
Wu Xiangnan’s body shuddered unnoticeably and he bowed his head.
After a long time, he smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly, “This kind of thing …… where is it so easy to put down. Rather, it is better to say that the depression in the heart is even deeper.
These three years, I have been recalling the scene in the High Heavenly Plains at that time every day, and every time I recall it, I will remember the scene where they died in battle …… These images are deeply seared in my mind, and I have been replaying them non-stop for three years, and every time I will question myself ……
Why am I the only one who survived?”
Wu Xiangnan s fists unconsciously clenched, Zuo Qing looked at him in silence for a long time and sat back in the chair.
”If …… I let you go to Japan again, are you willing?”
”Go again?” Wu Xiangnan raised his head in dismay, he looked like he thought of something, his eyes brightened slightly, “We …… are going to make a move on Gao Tianyuan?”
Zuo Qing nodded, “More than two years ago, Egypt’s attack on Daxia failed, the Nine Pillar Gods were damaged, and the country’s fortune was even decimated by 30%, so it can be said that its strength was greatly reduced. At the same time, Greece’s Olympus was hit hard by the return of the Goddess of Darkness, coupled with the constant harassment of the Great Xia Sword Immortals over the past two years, the power of these ancient god kingdoms of theirs is weakening little by little.
The rise of the Grand Xia had caused these ancient divine kingdoms to feel an unprecedented threat, and had accelerated the union between them.
News has come from the side of the Upper Evil Society that these several great divine kingdoms have reached a preliminary unification and will soon make a move against the Grand Xia.”
Wu Xiangnan’s brows furrowed, from Zuo Qing’s mere words, he could already feel the sense of crisis that was coming from the mountains.
”And amongst these divine kingdoms, the High Heavenly Plains are the closest to Grand Xia, once the full-blown divine war breaks out, they will definitely become a sharp thorn stuck in our throat, although its strength is lacking compared to the other several ancient divine kingdoms, it will still pose a huge threat to Grand Xia at the critical moment.”
Zuo Qing’s knuckles lightly clasped the desktop, his eyes narrowed slightly, a flash of killing intent flashing through his deep gaze, “Therefore, we must resolve this heartache before this all-out divine war kicks off.”
Wu Xiangnan nodded thoughtfully, “But, the High Heavenly Plains is after all a divine country with many Japanese gods residing within, how are we supposed to resolve it?”
”That, you don’t have to worry about.” Zuo Qing slowly spoke, “Our primary task now is to find a way to enter the High Heavenly Plains and destroy the ‘human circle’ created by the Japanese gods, fundamentally wiping out their source of faith power.”
”I see.” Wu Xiangnan guessed Zuo Qing’s intention for him to go to Japan, “I was a member of the original [Blue Rain] squad, and I’ve personally been to Japan, and I’ve been working in the ‘Japan Investigation Team’ for three years, in the whole of Daxia, I’m the only one who is most familiar with the situation there… …”
Wu Xiangnan paused and spoke with some uncertainty, “However, with just me alone, even if I find the entrance to the High Heavenly Plains and the location of the ‘Circle of Man’, I won’t be able to destroy the ‘Circle of Man’… …”
”Don’t worry, the task of destroying the ‘Circle of Man’ is not to be completed by you, but taken over by another organization in the mists, and in the aspect of targeting the Divine Kingdom and the ‘Circle of Man’, they’re professional …… “Zuo Qing said with a smile.
”Your task, is to go to the mists and meet up with them, bring them to find the entrance to the High Heavenly Plains and the ‘Circle of Man’, and just leave the rest to them.”
”No problem.” Without the slightest hesitation, Wu Xiangnan nodded heavily, “As long as I can destroy the High Heavenly Plains and avenge …… them, I’ll do anything.”
Zuo Qing pulled open the drawer and took out a silver-colored nameplate from it, handing it to Wu Xiangnan.
”This thing, you shouldn’t be unfamiliar with it, right?”
Wu Xiangnan looked at the nameplate, a nostalgic look surfaced in his eyes, “This is the forbidden item that our [Blue Rain] squad used when we walked in the mists back then ……”
”That’s right, but two years ago, the fifth special squad took seven with them when they left, and now only this last one is left, it will be given to you.”
Wu Xiangnan nodded and put this nameplate away solemnly.
”Speaking of the fifth special squad, there is one more thing.” Zuo Qing stood up, and from the bookshelf behind him, he took out a huge map and spread it on his desk, “After the Fifth Special Squad disappeared two years ago, we have been searching for their whereabouts.
During these two years, we sent out a large number of action teams and searched the surrounding waters, but we still haven’t found any traces of them.
So, we speculate that they might have been swept farther away by the ocean currents.”
The map on the desktop was littered with lines and arrows, as if modeling the direction of all the currents flowing in that sea, and a few circles were drawn with a red pen in places extremely far away from the missing piece of sea.
”These, are the places we speculated that they might have been carried by the ocean currents.”
Wu Xiangnan glanced at the map and frowned slightly.
”Over seven hundred kilometers? That’s too much of a difference, no one can hold their breath all the way under such a long distance, right?”