The Phoenix team put away their emblems and watched the battle between the black hound and Garm.
It was called a battle, but it was actually a one-sided massacre. Although they were both dogs, Gam was no match for the black vicious dog. In just one exchange, Garm had two bloody bite marks on his body.
"Just what is this vicious dog?" Kong Shang couldn't help but ask. "Gam and Kraken are already on the verge of becoming gods, yet it was able to completely suppress them?! Are there any mythical canine creatures of such terrifying power in existing mythological records?"
Xia Simeng frowned, remained silent for a moment, and then slowly said, "It's not that there isn't, it's just..."
"There really is one?" Kong Shang was taken aback. "Which one?"
"The mythology of the Great Xia Dynasty... the Celestial Hound."
As soon as Lin Xi Chen finished speaking, the entire [Phoenix] team froze on the spot.
"Howling... Howling Celestial Hound?!" Disbelief flashed in Kong Shang's eyes. Then, as if he had thought of something, he turned to look at the black hound that was fighting fiercely with Gam, and said uncertainly:
"Come to think of it, it did seem to have spoken Chinese just now..."
"But haven't all the myths of the Great Xia Dynasty disappeared?" the Third Brother couldn't help but ask.
Xia Simeng turned around, her gaze falling on the city, looking in the direction the vicious dog had come from, and muttered to herself:
"Since they're missing, they'll surely return someday, right?"
Xia Simeng glanced over at Lin Xi Chen, who was sitting on the ground, leaning against a pile of rubble. Lin Xi Chen did not look well, causing Xia Simeng to frown and step closer, "You can feel free to rest now."
Xia Simeng sat down and patted Lin Xi Chen on the shoulder; she immediately frowned upon sensing something, her expression turning serious as she grabbed Lin Xi Chen.
"Lin Xi Chen....!"
...
Lin Qiye's figure slowly descended from the sky, looking at the figure of the vicious dog in the distance, the look of doubt in his eyes grew stronger.
He seemed to have a vague idea of what was going on... but he immediately dismissed the thought.
How is that possible?
Just as Lin Qiye was deep in thought, a figure slowly walked over from a distance.
"Captain?" Lin Qiye was stunned when he saw the person who came.
Chen Muye, draped in a dark red cloak, hurried to Lin Qiye's side, his eyes filled with anxiety. He frowned, looked into Lin Qiye's eyes, and said:
"What are you still doing here?"
Captain, what brings you here?" Lin Qiye asked, a look of confusion in his eyes. "What happened?"
"Si Xiaonan has defected! Come with me and chase after her!" Chen Muye said with a grave expression.
"What?" Lin Qiye was stunned. "How is this possible?"
"No time to explain, hurry up and chase after them!" Chen Muye grabbed Lin Qiye's wrist and ran quickly into the distance at an incredible speed!
Just then, a brown magic circle suddenly appeared beneath his feet!In an instant, the ground beneath his feet seemed to come alive, transforming into more than a dozen giant rock hands that slammed down on Chen Muye's figure!
The giant rock hands piled up one after another, instantly sealing his figure inside.
A rock sphere with a diameter of several tens of meters is suspended above the ground.
At the same time, Lin Qiye did not hesitate at all. A spatial portal appeared behind him, and he quickly fell into the portal!
Boom—!!
The rock sphere on the ground exploded instantly, and a powerful and cold aura spread in an instant. The spatial teleportation behind Lin Qiye was interrupted instantly, and after his figure blurred for a moment, he remained in the same place.
Lin Qiye's expression was rather unpleasant.
From within the shattered rock formation, a tall, thin Western man slowly emerged. He squinted at Lin Qiye and spoke with some surprise:
"Interesting... How did you find out?"
Lin Qiye looked into his eyes and calmly said, "The captain would never use the word 'defection' to describe his team members."
"What if she really does defect?"
"Then he'll just say, 'Xiao Nan has left... but she'll come back.'"
Loki raised an eyebrow slightly. "I didn't expect her to hold such a high place in your hearts?"
"This isn't about status...this is Squad 136."
As Lin Qiye answered, his hands, which were behind his back, continued to try to open up spatial magic, causing white light to flash.
"A laughable trust." Loki scoffed. "Besides, there's no need to try to escape anymore. If I were to let a little guy like you, who's not even 'Klein' yet, get away, I wouldn't deserve to be the God of Mischief."
God of Deception...
Lin Qiye's heart skipped a beat. It really was Loki?When the fake Chen Muye first appeared, Lin Qiye realized that something was wrong. He tried to use his divination skills to identify the person in front of him, but found that he could not see through him at all.
From that moment on, he knew that the man before him was far beyond his ability to fight, so the instant he unleashed his rock magic, he also used spatial magic without hesitation to prepare to leave.
"You want to take me away from Cangnan?" After only a moment's thought, Lin Qiye saw through Loki's intentions.
The other party was a god. If he wanted to kill him, he wouldn't need to go through all the trouble of transforming into Chen Muye. He lied that Si Xiaonan had defected in order to lure him away.
The direction they left was outside Cangnan City.
Combined with the advice Master Chen had given him before, it's not hard to guess what bad things might happen if he left Cangnan.
"Oh?" Loki raised an eyebrow, seemingly surprised that Lin Qiye had seen through everything. "So, you already know everything?"
Lin Qiye did not deny it.
He certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to ask, "What do you know?" At this point, only by admitting his knowledge could he extract more information.
"Heh heh heh... If that's the case, then why are you unwilling to leave with me?" Loki squinted and spoke, "This city will only pointlessly hold you back. Don't you want to leave this cage and see the outside world?"
Lin Qiye appeared outwardly calm, but his mind was racing.
To slow him down? A cage? The outside world?
What is he saying?
Lin Qiye vaguely sensed that this matter was far more complicated than he had imagined... He had indeed never left Cangnan City since birth.
Even the previous recruit training camp was specially changed to Cangnan by the Night Watchmen... Now that he think about it, maybe it was because they didn't want him to leave the Cangnan area?
What exactly do they want to do?
What are they hiding?!
"This is my home, and I don't want to leave." Lin Qiye said calmly.
Loki looked at Lin Qiye and smiled; he smiled very happily.
"But...you've already left, haven't you?"
Lin Qiye was stunned. He looked around abruptly and found that the surrounding environment had rapidly faded away, replaced by a vast wilderness!
Unbeknownst to him, he had already left the area of Cangnan!
"Don't forget, I am the God of Mischief... Deceiving space, deceiving you... it couldn't be easier." Loki's smile grew even more arrogant as he gazed at the city behind Lin Qiye and burst into laughter.
"Look, look at that city! It's so beautiful now... isn't it?"
Lin Qiye suddenly turned his head and froze on the spot.
Golden rays of light emanated from the city, and the scattered skyscrapers gradually faded away...
Cities are disappearing.