Chapter 33: Inscription
"Oh." Lin Qiye's expression was very calm.
Wen Qimo looked at him in surprise, "Oh? Gone? "
"What else is there?"
"Don't you feel excited, blood-boiling at all?"
"A little, but only a little." Lin Qiye replied lightly, "I'm interested in a promotion or something...... Not interested. "
Wen Qimo gave him a strange look, "I forgot that you are a 'heretic' who will betray the Night's Watch in ten years. "
Lin Qiye was noncommittal, and continued to ask: "According to your words, these four special teams are already the ceiling of Great Xia's combat power?" "
"Of course not, they may be the ceiling of the team's combat power among the Night's Watch, but they are definitely not the ceiling of Great Xia's combat power."
"You mean, in Great Xia, there are organizations like the Night's Watch?"
"No, there is only one night watchman in Great Xia, but above the night watchman, there are five human ceilings."
"Human ceiling?"
"As the name suggests, it is the pinnacle of combat power that humans can achieve, and they are also called 'demigods' because of their strength close to the ancient gods of mythology."
"In the body of a mortal, comparable to a god?"
"Although I know you're paraphrasing classic lines from film and television, that's exactly what it's all about." Wen Qimo looked up at the night sky, his eyes were full of worship,
"These five people are the pillars of mankind, and they are also the only hope that mankind can see in this vast fog."
"Who are they?"
"I don't know, they're so far away from us that few people have seen them in their faces, know their names, but ...... There are some interesting anecdotes. "
"What rumors?"
"These five human ceilings are called a sword, a horse, a statue, a void, and a master."
"Sword, Ride, Honor, Nothingness, Master...... What kind of rumor is this? There's no useful information at all, right? "
"It is said that the Supreme Commander of our Night's Watch is the 'one' of the five human ceilings, but ...... It's been a long, long time since anyone has seen him make a move. "
"I have a question."
"Just ask."
"Humanity has ...... so far Have you ever killed a god? Lin Qiye pointed to the sky, "It's not that kind of strange mythical creature, it's a really 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, we don't know when the end will come.
In this era when the existence of gods has been confirmed, if humans really kill a god, it will inevitably cause panic among all other gods, so they are likely to join forces to destroy humans first, and the situation faced by humans will be even more severe! "
Lin Qiye nodded, "I understand." "
"Anything else to ask?"
Lin Qiye pondered for a moment, "Do temporary team members have welfare subsidies?" "
"…… Yes. "
"Then there's nothing else to do."
"So you ask so many questions, only the last one is the most concerned?"
"Of course." Lin Qiye nodded as a matter of course, "What special squad, human ceiling...... Those things are so far away from me, and 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."
"...... in the middle of the night Is it serious? "
"…… Serious. The corners of Wen Qimo's mouth twitched.
"That's fine." Lin Qiye admonished, "Don't forget, I'm still underage." "
Wen Qimo: ......
……
A few minutes later, the car slowly stopped in a silent and uninhabited wilderness.
Lin Qiye opened the door and got out of the car, looked around, and looked at Wen Qimo's eyes full of vigilance.
"What are you bringing me here for?"
Wen Qimo silently rolled his eyes, stretched out his finger and pointed to a cemetery not far away, "There." "
Lin Qiye looked in the direction of his finger and fell silent.
He could vaguely guess what Wen Qimo had brought him here for.
The two of them followed the narrow path until they reached the perimeter of the cemetery.
This cemetery is not large, compared to the cemetery on the edge of the city, it is obviously a large circle smaller, but neither the workmanship of the tombstones nor the spacing between the monuments is far from being comparable to ordinary cemeteries.
The tombstones here seem to be more delicate and orderly.
"This is ......"
"The cemetery of the night watchman stationed in Cangnan City." Wen Qimo said calmly, "Since 1936, when the Great Xia Special Biological Response Team was officially transformed into the 'Night Watchman' and adopted the management form of one city and one team, this place was divided into the final destination of the night watchmen of Cangnan City after they died in battle.
Of course, this is only the default destination, and when everyone officially joins the Night's Watch team, they can explain whether they will enter the Night's Watch cemetery, be cremated, or bury themselves back to their hometown, etc......
Back then, Zhao Kongcheng chose to be buried in the night watchman's cemetery, he said that he had too much blood on his body, and if he returned to the ancestral cemetery, he was afraid of scaring the ancestors. "
As he spoke, the corners of Wen Qimo's mouth raised into a smile, as if he saw the scene when Zhao Kongcheng said this without heart or lungs.
Lin Qiye looked at the tombstones around him silently, his brows furrowed slightly: "So many ......"
There are at least sixty or seventy different headstones in this cemetery, and most of them are new.
"From 1936 to the present, there are also 85 years." Wen Qimo said with emotion, "At the beginning, our sacrifices were really not much, after all, there would not be a few mythical creatures in each city every year, and even if they appeared, the realm would not be high.
But as time goes by, the speed of the mythical creatures is getting faster and faster, and the strength is becoming more and more terrifying, and our casualties are ...... There are more and more of them.
Nearly half of these tombstones you see have been sacrificed in the last 20 years.
Before Captain Chen Muye came to Cangnan City to guard, it was said that two team members would die here every year, and it was not until the captain came that the mortality rate dropped significantly. "
Lin Qiye's mind saw the taciturn black-clothed figure, and he couldn't help but admire.
"But Zhao Kongcheng just died tonight, and his tombstone has already been prepared?" Lin Qiye suddenly thought of something and asked suspiciously.
"Nope."
"Then we're here ......"
Wen Qimo raised his hand and pointed into the distance, "Look at that." "
Lin Qiye looked at his hand, only to see a little glimmer of light in the dark cemetery.
Under the faint light, Hongying sat next to a clearing with red eyes, holding a wordless tablet in his hand, holding an engraving pen in his right hand, carving little by little.
Tears slid down her cheeks and fell onto the monument, and she hastily wiped them away.
At this moment, how can she still have half of her vitality before?
She ...... Didn't she say to go to gun practice? Lin Qiye looked at this scene blankly.
"She lied." Wen Qimo shook his head, "The tombstone of the night watchman was carved by the deceased's teammates, this is an unwritten rule, originally, this tablet should have been carved by me."
Although she didn't say it, I actually knew very well in my heart that she was actually the one who wanted to help Zhao Kongcheng carve the monument the most.
They have a good relationship, really good.
So even though she lied so nonsense, I still turned a blind eye and asked her to secretly engrave the monument. "
Lin Qiye and Wen Qimo stood there quietly, staring at the red tassel who was concentrating on carving the monument, and did not speak for a long time.
In the hazy moonlight,
In the dead graveyard,
Only the carving knife in Hongying's hand let out a slight mournful sound.
"Why don't you go up and say hello?" In the middle of the night, Lin Qiye asked Wen Qimo.
"Going to say hello now will embarrass her, she's too thin-skinned."
"But we ...... It feels like a pervert who peeks into other people's secrets. Lin Qiye felt a little awkward in his heart.
Wen Qimo turned his head to look at him, a smile appeared in his eyes,
"What do you think...... Are the 'perverts' who are peeping on the side just the two of us? "