Kamikyo City.

The warm winter sun is far above the gray sky, and the cold wind blows through the bustling streets, soothing the tide on the roadside with a thin layer of hoarfrost.

Next to the dark brown bare tree trunk, countless pedestrians wrapped in thick down jackets, bowed their heads to the frozen red palms, let out a breath of heat, complained about the weather, and hurried away with their hands in their pockets.

Zuo Qing held a cup of hot tea and stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, the hot air rising from the cup, condensing a white mist in front of the window.

His eyes stared at the sky in the distance, not knowing what to think.

"Heaven is born......

He paused and let out a long sigh, "This peaceful day is over after all...... This year, I can't have a good time. ”

On the sofa behind him, an old man in white held a black chess piece in his hand, gently placed it on the chessboard on the coffee table, and smiled slightly.

"Reluctant?"

"Of course, after all, who doesn't like to live a peaceful life?" Zuo Qing spoke slowly, "But since the war has taken the initiative to find us, we can't be beaten passively...... When we win the war, the peaceful days will still come back. ”

He turned around, walked to the old man in white and sat down, took out a white piece from the chessboard, and landed on the chessboard.

"Taigong, what are the odds of us winning?" Zuo Qing asked.

Jiang Ziya didn't rush to answer, but picked up a black spot and fell again, on the chessboard in front of him, there were a total of four black spots at this moment, surrounding the lonely white child.

"If it's just a passive defense, it's only one percent at most."

"What about taking the initiative?"

Jiang Ziya's eyes narrowed slightly, lifted the white seed, moved it to the side, and shook the nearest black spot in front of him out of the chessboard.

Bai Zi broke the game and fought three against one.

“…… Thirty percent. ”

"That doesn't sound like good news." Zuo Qing sighed.

"War is not a simple game of power, in addition to a head-to-head victory, there are many factors that can affect the situation of the war." Jiang Ziya spoke slowly.

He stretched out his hand and pointed at the three sunspots.

"Who can guarantee that there will be no other changes to these three sunspots?"

Zuo Qing looked at the three sunspots, as well as the sunspots that were shocked out of the game, and fell into deep thought.

"Taigong, how much time do we have left?"

"Ten days."

Ten days......

Zuo Qing nodded.

Just then, two knocks rang out, the office door was pushed open, and a night watchman walked in.

"What's the matter?"

"Commander Zuo, the [Nightfall] team is back."

Hearing this, Zuo Qing's eyebrows furrowed, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He picked up the teacup and took a sip of hot tea, his hanging heart relaxing slightly.

It's time for these little guys to come back......

"They also kidnapped back from Japan with a human ceiling with their own artifact." The night watchman then said.

Poof——!!

The hot tea that Zuo Qing held in his mouth squirted out violently and landed accurately on Jiang Ziya on the opposite side.

Jiang Ziya: ......?

"What did you say?!"

……

Night's Watch Cemetery.

The cold wind whipped up the snow-white petals, like the first snow of winter, flying among the cold tombstones.

A figure in a black suit, holding a bouquet of white flowers, is standing quietly in front of a brand-new tombstone.

On that tombstone, there are several big characters deeply engraved:

——[Blue Rain] squad member, deputy captain of the 136 squad stationed in Cangnan City, the tomb of Wu Xiangnan.

Lin Qiye stared at the tombstone for a long time, bent down, gently placed the white flower in his hand in front of the tombstone, and sighed.

The tombstone of the night watchman was carved by the deceased's teammates, which is an unwritten rule within the night watch, and the tombstone of Zhao Kongcheng was carved by Hongying himself.

And now that the [Blue Rain] squad has been wiped out, among the 136 squad stationed in Cangnan, only Lin Qiye knows that Wu Xiangnan has died in battle, so the tombstone of the deputy captain can only be engraved by Lin Qiye himself.

This is the first time that Lin Qiye has carved a monument for others.

Because Wu Xiangnan was incarnated in the flesh and did not leave a corpse, under the tombstone in front of him, it was just an empty tomb.

In the lonely night watchman's cemetery, he was the only figure, standing quietly in the cold wind.

A moment later, the second figure walked into the cemetery.

"Commander Left." Lin Qiye turned around and saw someone coming and took the initiative to speak.

"Hmm." Zuo Qing was beside him, his eyes fell on the tombstone, and a complicated color appeared in his eyes, "I heard about Wu Xiangnan's affairs on the way here...... To be honest, I still can't believe that the three of you killed a god. ”

"God, it was Deputy Wu who killed him." Lin Qiye glanced at the tombstone, "Wang Mian and I just tried our best to help him fulfill his long-cherished wish." ”

"It's amazing, every one of you is." Zuo Qing said, "In addition to posthumously sealing Wu Xiangnan, just with your and Wang Mian's achievements, everyone should get a personal Star Sea Medal, and now in a special period, I won't hold a ceremony for you, I'll find time for someone to send it over." ”

Zuo Qing bent down, put the flowers he brought next to Lin Qiye's flowers, and after paying tribute, he walked out of the cemetery with Lin Qiye.

"Commander Zuo, Heavenly Court has descended." Lin Qiye said.

"yes, I know."

"What's next?"

“…… I don't know the specifics. Zuo Qing was silent for a moment and said, "In this whirlpool of war between the gods, there is too little we can do, and our most important mission is to protect the ordinary people behind us and guard Great Xia."

If the Great Xia God is the first line of defense in Great Xia, then we, the Night Watchman, are the second and last line of defense standing in front of all living beings.

No matter what happens, we can't mess around. ”

Lin Qiye nodded silently.

Zuo Qing is right, if the all-out divine war is really launched, it will not be the ceiling of the human race, and there will be no qualifications to participate in it at all, although [Night] is a special team, but it is still too far from the war between the gods.

All they can do is defend this last line of defense.

"What do we need to do?" Lin Qiye asked.

Zuo Qing seemed to have made arrangements for this, and said calmly: "The big war is coming, and there is no time left for those rookies in the training camp to grow up slowly...... I'm giving you ten days, and after ten days, they'll have to finish their camp and be deployed to different Night's Watch squads, so that we can get enough veterans to go to the front.

For years to come, these recruits will be the backbone of maintaining internal stability in Bactria.

For these ten days, whatever method you use, make sure that they become qualified night watchmen.

Can it be done? ”

Ten days?

Hearing these two words, Lin Qiye's heart sank slightly, but he didn't hesitate for too long, so he nodded.

"Yes."

Since Zuo Qing said the number of ten days, it means that after that, there will definitely be some kind of change, and the sense of crisis that lingers in Lin Qiye's heart becomes stronger and stronger.

Their time is running out.