"Oh." Lin Qiye's expression was very calm.
Wen Qimo looked at him in surprise, "Oh? No more?"
"What else?"
"Don't you feel any excitement or excitement at all?"
"A little bit, but only a little bit." Lin Qiye replied calmly, "I'm not interested in promotion or anything like that."
Wen Qimo gave him a strange look, "I forgot that you are a 'heretic' who will betray the Night Watch in ten years."
Lin Qiye was noncommittal and continued to ask: "According to you, these four special teams are already the ceiling of Daxia's combat power?"
"Of course not. They may be the ceiling of team strength in the Night Watch, but they are definitely not the ceiling of Daxia's strength."
"You mean, in Daxia, there are organizations like the Night Watch?"
"No, there is only one Night Watchman in Daxia, but above the Night Watchman, there are five human ceilings."
"The human ceiling?"
"As the name suggests, they are the peak combat power that humans can achieve. Because their strength is close to that of the ancient gods in mythology, they are also called 'demigods'."
"With a mortal body, can you stand up to the gods?"
"Although I know you are using classic lines from movies and TV shows, this is exactly what it is." Wen Qimo looked up at the night sky, his eyes full of admiration.
"These five people are the pillars of mankind and the only hope that mankind can see in this vast fog."
"who are they?"
"I don't know. They are too far away from us. Few people have seen their appearance or know their names, but... there are some interesting rumors."
"What rumors?"
"These five human ceilings are called One Sword, One Cavalry, One Zun, One Nothingness, and One Master."
"Sword, Riding, Zun, Nothingness, Master... What kind of rumor is this? There is no useful information at all, right?"
"It is said that the supreme commander of our Night Watch is one of these five human beings, but... no one has seen him take action for a long, long time."
"I have a question."
"go ahead."
"Have humans... ever killed gods before?" Lin Qiye pointed to the sky, "It's not that weird mythical creature, it's a truly ancient god that exists in mythology!"
Wen Qimo was silent for a moment and shook his head, "I don't know, but I think there shouldn't be...
In the vast fog, human beings are like blindfolded lambs. We don’t know what is happening in this world, and we don’t know when the end will come.
In this era when the existence of gods is confirmed, if humans really kill a god, it will inevitably cause panic among all other gods. In this way, they are likely to join forces to destroy humans first. Then humans will face The situation is even more serious! "
Lin Qiye nodded, "I understand."
"Anything else you want to ask?"
Lin Qiye pondered for a moment, "Are there any welfare subsidies for temporary team members?"
"… have."
"Then there's no other problem."
"So you ask so many questions, and only the last one is the most important to you?"
"Of course." Lin Qiye nodded matter-of-factly, "The special team, the human ceiling... those things are too far away from me. I like to keep my feet on the ground."
"Okay..." Wen Qimo turned his head and asked, "Are you sleepy?"
"not sleepy."
"Then I'll take you somewhere."
"Is it serious... in the middle of the night?"
"... Serious." Wen Qimo twitched the corner of his mouth.
"That's okay." Lin Qiye warned, "Don't forget, I'm still underage."
Wen Qimo:…
…
A few minutes later, the car slowly stopped in a deserted wilderness.
Lin Qiye opened the door and got out of the car, looked around, and looked at Wen Qimo with alert eyes.
"Why did you bring me here?"
Wen Qimo rolled his eyes silently and pointed to a cemetery not far away, "There."
Lin Qiye looked in the direction of his finger and fell into silence.
He could vaguely guess why Wen Qimo brought him here.
The two of them walked forward along the long and narrow path and soon reached the perimeter of the cemetery.
This cemetery is not big. Compared with the cemetery on the edge of the city, it is obviously a lot smaller. However, both the workmanship of the tombstones and the spacing between the tombstones are far beyond that of ordinary cemeteries.
The tombstones here seem more refined and orderly.
"here it is… "
"The cemetery of the night watchman stationed in Cangnan City." Wen Qimo said calmly, "In 1936, the special biological response team of Daxia was officially transformed into the 'Night Watch', and after adopting the management form of one city and one team, this place was It is divided into the final destination of the night watchmen of Cangnan City after they died in battle.
Of course, this is just the default destination. When everyone officially joins the Night Watch team, they can indicate whether they will enter the Night Watch cemetery after death, be cremated, or be buried back in their hometown, etc...
Back then, Zhao Kongcheng chose to be buried in the Night Watch Cemetery. He said that there was too much blood on his body and he was afraid of scaring all the ancestors if he returned to his ancestors' cemetery. "
As he spoke, a smile appeared on Wen Qimo's lips, as if he had seen the scene again when Zhao Kongcheng said this carelessly.
Lin Qiye looked at the surrounding tombstones in silence, frowning slightly: "So many..."
There are at least sixty or seventy different tombstones in this cemetery, and most of them are new.
"It has been 85 years from 1936 to now." Wen Qimo said with emotion, "In the beginning, our sacrifices were indeed not many. After all, only a few mythical creatures appeared in each city every year. Even if they appeared, their realm would be very low. not tall.
But as time goes by, the mythical creatures are coming faster and faster, their strength becomes more and more terrifying, and our casualties... are also increasing.
Nearly half of the tombstones you see were sacrificed in the last twenty years.
Before Captain Chen Muye came to guard Cangnan City, it was said that two team members died here every year. It was not until the captain came that the death rate dropped significantly. "
The taciturn figure in black appeared in Lin Qiye's mind, and he couldn't help but admire him.
"But Zhao Kongcheng just died tonight, and his tombstone has been prepared?" Lin Qiye suddenly thought of something and asked doubtfully.
"No."
"Then let's come here..."
Wen Qimo raised his hand and pointed into the distance, "Look there."
Lin Qiye looked along his hand and saw a faint light gradually brightening in the dark cemetery.
Under the weak light, Hongying sat beside an open space with red eyes, holding a tablet without words in her hand, and holding a carving pen in her right hand, carving it bit by bit.
Tears slid down her cheeks and fell on the monument, and she wiped them away hastily.
At this moment, how can she still have half of the vitality she had before
"She... didn't she say she was going to practice shooting?" Lin Qiye stared at this scene blankly.
"She lied." Wen Qimo shook his head, "It is an unwritten rule that the tombstone of the Night Watchman should be carved by the teammates of the deceased. Originally, I should have carved this monument.
Although she didn't say it, I knew very well that she was the one who most wanted to help Zhao Kongcheng carve a monument.
Their relationship is great, really great.
So even though her lies were so nonsense, I still turned a blind eye and let her carve the monument secretly. "
Lin Qiye and Wen Qimo stood there quietly, staring at Hongying who was concentrating on carving the monument, and said nothing for a long time.
Under the dim moonlight,
In the dead silence of the cemetery,
Only the carving knife in Hongying's hand made a slight cry.
"Why don't you go up and say hello?" Lin Qiye asked Wen Qimo after a while.
"If I say hello now, it will embarrass her. She is too thin-skinned."
"But we... feel like perverts peeking into other people's secrets." Lin Qiye felt a little uncomfortable.
Wen Qimo turned to look at him, with a smile in his eyes.
"Do you think... we are the only 'perverts' peeping around?"