"The transfer order from the top has come down."

Xia Simeng glanced at her phone and frowned slightly.

"What do you mean?" Kong Shang asked from the side.

"As expected, Lin Qiye needs to be transferred to the fasting center for treatment immediately." Xia Simeng slowly stood up, with a complex look in his eyes, "His transfer mission will be handled by... the Phoenix team."

Kong Shang was stunned. "Let us be responsible for transporting Lin Qiye? Will this be..."

"Too grand?" Xia Simeng shook his head. "No, not at all. Lin Qiye has too much potential. Now he is mentally ill and has lost the ability to protect himself. If the logistics troops are used to transport him, if those foreign gods or the Ancient God Church intervene again, the consequences will be disastrous."

"That's true." Kong Shang nodded, and then a bitter smile appeared on his face. "Speaking of which, we went through so much trouble to hijack a plane to come to Cangnan just to take Lin Qiye away... I didn't expect that he would actually take him away, although in this way."

Hearing the word hijacking, Xia Simeng's expression froze. She twitched her lips and leaned over to Kong Shang's ear and whispered:

"Commander Ye also said that although we came to Cangnan by accident, the hijacking incident could not be overturned... He asked us to prepare and see you in the military court in two days."

Kong Shang: ...

At this moment, Wu Xiangnan, who was sitting opposite them, suddenly spoke:

"I have a question."

Everyone in the Phoenix team looked at the same time. Xia Simeng coughed twice and said, "You say."

"Since the top leaders of the Night Watch have always known Cangnan's secret and have planned to recruit Lin Qiye into the Night Watch from the beginning, then... are the deaths of the Ghost-Faced Man and Zhao Kongcheng also part of the plan?" Wu Xiangnan narrowed his eyes and his voice gradually became colder.

Xia Simeng frowned slightly, "Although I don't know what the ghost-faced man incident you are talking about is, and I don't know what the top management thinks. To be honest, we have only just learned the inside story of the Cangnan incident, but there is one thing I can be sure of..."

Xia Simeng pointed at Wu Xiangnan, "Who are you?"

Wu Xiangnan was stunned. "I am the deputy captain of Team 136, Wu Xiangnan."

"You are a Night Watchman." Xia Simeng spoke slowly, "You are a Night Watchman, I am also a Night Watchman, and the senior leaders of the Night Watch... are also Night Watchmen."

Xia Simeng stared into Wu Xiangnan's eyes and said seriously, "The Night Watchmen will not treat their companions as pawns... The so-called senior officials are just Night Watchmen who see farther and think more carefully than us."

Wu Xiangnan and Xia Simeng looked at each other for a long time, then nodded slowly, "I understand."

"Oh, right." Xia Simeng seemed to remember something and handed over the document in his hand, "It's not just Lin Qiye who received the transfer order..."

Wu Xiangnan looked down at the document and was suddenly stunned.

"The top management recruited me back to the headquarters?" He looked up at Xia Simeng, his eyes full of confusion, "Why?"

"Who knows? The top management has a vision that is too far ahead. How can a stupid person like me understand it?" Xia Simeng spread his hands helplessly. "Maybe they have discovered something... about the secret of Takamagahara?"

When Wu Xiangnan heard the three words "Takama-hara", a strange light flashed in his eyes.

"There are still too many doubts about the destruction of the [Blue Rain] team. If you want to solve these puzzles and find the home of the gods in Japan... maybe only you can do it." Xia Simeng's voice gradually became serious.

"After all, you are the only human who has entered Takamagahara and returned alive."

Wu Xiangnan stared at the document in his hand in a daze. The memories that had been sealed away for a long time reappeared before his eyes. The endless fog, the mysterious Takama-ga-hara, Susanoo holding the Kusanagi sword, and the comrades who died tragically one after another beside him...

After a long moment, he spoke hoarsely, "If I leave, there will only be two people left in Team 136."

"But you still can't let go of [Blue Rain], right?" Xia Simeng looked up at Hongying who was crying secretly outside the door, and Wen Qimo who was taking care of her, and sighed.

"After this incident, it will take a long time for Cangnan to recover. The aura left by the God War is enough to kill all the mysteries that are about to appear. In the next three years, this place will be a pure land... You don't have to worry."

Wu Xiangnan slowly closed his eyes, and after a long silence, he nodded.

"I see."

…

One day later.

Cangnan City, suburbs.

The breeze blew across the lonely mountains. The once lush trees had disappeared. Only a few saplings grew on the soil, and their tender green leaves swayed gently in the wind.

In front of the scattered tombs, a girl in red stopped and stood quietly.

In front of her were two clean tombstones, one for Zhao Kongcheng and the other for Chen Muye.

The girl looked down at the two tombstones, lost in thought.

Wen Qimo's figure slowly walked over from the side.

"I didn't find the deputy captain, but... I found this letter on the table in his room." Wen Qimo handed over the letter, his eyes full of complexity.

"He was transferred to Beijing by a high-ranking official. It seemed that something important happened. He couldn't bear to say goodbye to us, so he wrote this letter."

Hongying took the letter, read it carefully from beginning to end, looked up at the distant sky, and sighed.

"The deputy captain is gone too... We are the only ones left in Team 136."

Wen Qimo was silent for a moment, "What are you going to do?"

"I want to stay." Hongying said calmly, looking into Wen Qimo's eyes with a pair of clear eyes, full of determination, "As long as Cangnan is still here, as long as I am still here, Team 136 will always be here."

Wen Qimo was startled, "Even if there are only two people left?"

"I believe in the captain, I believe in Qiye." Hongying took a deep breath, "Team 136 has not been disbanded, nor has it disappeared, it's just that everyone has dispersed and has some things to deal with...

When the dust settles, they will be back.

Even if I am the only one left, I will guard this city, just to wait for the day when they come back, and I can say to them with a smile... Welcome back."

Hongying took out the green red spider lily from her arms, squatted down, and gently buried it in the soil.

Her eyes were slightly red and her lips were tightly pursed, as if she was trying to hold back her tears.

Hongying stood up, wiped the tears from her eyes, looked up into the distance, and the breeze blew across the girl's temples, revealing a pair of determined eyes.

At this moment, that innocent girl...suddenly grew up.

"The captain is gone. From now on, I, Hongying, will be the captain of Team 136!" Hongying took a deep breath and shouted loudly towards the mountains in the distance.

Her voice echoed through the valley.

Wen Qimo stared at the girl's profile in a daze. After a moment, he smiled and shook his head.

"I really can't do anything about you... In that case, I'll just be the vice-captain reluctantly."

Hongying chuckled, "Deputy Captain Wen Qimo!"

"arrive!"

"Let's go back!"

Hongying carried the spear on her shoulder, her long black hair fluttering behind her, her fiery red clothes fluttering in the wind, and walked towards the distance.

Wen Qimo followed her with a smile.

"team leader."

"What's the matter?"

"What is our job?"

"...wait for them to come back!"

In the empty valley, the girl's voice echoed. In front of the lonely tombstone, a bunch of green red spider lilies danced gently...

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Volume One, "The Mortal Realm of Gods", is finished.

Next volume, "Crimson Night".

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