The night deepens.

The shops near the Heping Bridge gradually closed down, and street lights lit up on both sides of the cold road. On the huge street, only one shop still emitted warm light.

Beside the messy dining table, Hongying stood on a chair with one foot, holding a can of beer in one hand and with the other hand, with her eyebrows raised, she vividly described to everyone Lin Qiye's dark history.

"...At that time, he had just joined the Night Watch and had no place to live, so he stayed at my house temporarily... hiccup...he knocked on my door that night. To be honest, I had a good impression of him during the day, but I didn't expect... hiccup...he would be this kind of person..."

Hongying seemed to be drunk, and spoke vaguely afterwards. No one could hear clearly, but they just stared with their eyes wide open, their gazes constantly moving between Lin Qiye and Hongying.

Commander Lin... is he this kind of person?

"...What do you mean by this kind of person? Why don't you finish what you are saying?" Lin Qiye felt the strange looks from everyone and said helplessly, "And Wen Qimo...it's fine if they look at me like this, but what do you mean by looking at me like this too?"

"I don't live in Hongying's house, how would I know what happened between you that night?" Wen Qimo answered as a matter of course, "Besides, during the day, you even knew the color of Hongying's underwear..."

Before Wen Qimo finished his words, a hand quickly covered his mouth, and Lin Qiye took a beer in his other hand and stuffed it into his arms.

"Stop! I am the commander-in-chief now, after all, and I have to maintain my dignity..."

"￥#!%*@..."

At the beginning, because Lin Qiye was here, the younger generation of Team 136 was a little restrained, but then they found that Commander Lin didn’t seem so majestic and old-fashioned, so they slowly relaxed and even took the initiative to drink and chat with him, listening carefully to the little-known past.

The meal lasted until four in the morning. The street was empty. Under the pitch-black night, everyone present, except Lin Qiye, was basically drunk and unconscious.

This was the first time they got drunk like this since they joined Team 136. Normally, they could only drink a little. After all, no one could guarantee that there wouldn't be a "mysterious" invasion while they were drunk.

But this time it’s different... With the Night’s Watch’s commander-in-chief in Cangnan, do they still need to worry about these things?

Hongying was lying on the table like a pile of mud, snoring softly. She licked her lips and mumbled a few times from time to time, and no one knew what she said in her dream.

"Ahem..." Wen Qimo wiped the wine stains from the corners of his mouth and stared at the drunk Hongying. A hint of reminiscence appeared in his red eyes. "The last time I was this drunk was on New Year's Eve of that year... In a blink of an eye, it's been almost ten years."

"……Um."

"Time flies so fast... I still remember that year, Hongying cried in the cemetery and said she would wait for you to come back... In the blink of an eye, the team has become seven people again." Wen Qimo raised his head, his hazy eyes looking at the New Year's Eve photo on the wall, and murmured,

"Ten years...you've come back...but no matter how long we wait...they won't come back..."

Lin Qiye also looked at the photo in silence.

"I've known for a long time that you all... each of you has secrets and pursuits, Captain Chen Muye, Deputy Captain Wu, Xiaonan, and you... but Hongying and I are just ordinary night watchmen. We won't be able to do anything great in this lifetime... For us, protecting Cangnan is everything in our lives."

"……Thanks."

"Why are you thanking me? This is our job."

“Thank you and Sister Hongying…” Lin Qiye’s eyes swept around, a complex expression emerging in his eyes, “Over the years, too many people and things have changed… But fortunately, you haven’t changed, and this place hasn’t changed either.”

Wen Qimo looked into Lin Qiye's eyes for a long time, then walked to him with a light step and patted his shoulder:

"When you have time, go home often."

As soon as he finished speaking, he fell headfirst onto the sofa, and peaceful snoring began to sound.

Lin Qiye sat alone at the messy table and smiled gently. He raised the beer can beside him, made a toast gesture towards the group photo on the wall, and drank it all in one gulp.

The faint light of dawn lit up from the other side of the bridge. Lin Qiye cleaned up the messy table, took a last look at the sleeping people, and slowly walked to the door of the office. In the reflection of the glass, a calm and resolute face overlapped with the city.

He stretched out his hand and pushed the door open.

…

“Cough cough cough cough…”

In the commander-in-chief's office, a charred figure pushed the door open.

In front of the office window, Seraph Lin Qiye raised his head and gazed at the sky which was tinged with pale sky, then slowly retracted his gaze and looked back.

"Are you okay?"

"...What do you think?" The dusty monk said, "I took two hits from the Star Destroyer Cannon. Even if I could transfer the damage, I couldn't handle it... After all, it's not the memorial I promised, so why should I help you take these two hits?"

"Because even I can't handle five hits, so of course you have to share some of the burden."

"Really? Why do I feel like you just want to torture me on purpose?"

Lin Qiye smiled and said nothing.

The fateful monk dusted himself off, walked to the window and looked at the blue sky, "Are we setting off?"

"Yeah." Lin Qiye nodded slightly, "We've reached the edge of Saturn."

"The universe is so big, do you know which direction to go?"

Lin Qiye raised his hand, and a faint golden light flowed in the palm of his hand, like a miniature compass.

"I don't know...but a miracle will show me the way."

…

Deep space.

In the dead silence and darkness, Lin Qiye sat cross-legged on the sword of the Ame-Kurosakuyun sword and slowly flew towards the edge of the solar system. Dots of light emanated from the sword body, like a small boat drifting under the galaxy.

The huge ring of Saturn flew past Lin Qiye, and from time to time a few meteorites floated out of it, which he dodged easily.

Lin Qiye's true body is a primordial spiritual fetus. Unlike a mortal body of flesh and blood, it does not need oxygen to breathe, nor does it need to eat or rest. It can move freely even in the universe. It can even slowly absorb spiritual energy from the boundless void to replenish itself, continuously driving the Ame-no-Murasaki sword to travel through the universe.

But even so, Lin Qiye's speed did not break the speed of light. In the vast universe, he was actually moving extremely slowly. At this speed, even if he wanted to fly out of the solar system, it would take several months... By the time he reached the depths of the universe, the food on Earth would probably be cold.