"[No-Rule Airspace]?"
"It's a Forbidden Ruins that can isolate the area inside from the outside. It can prevent our battles with the enemy from affecting ordinary people. The Night Watchers in each city are equipped with three Notice Boards that can activate the [No-Rule Airspace], and one person is in charge of them. Since we generally don't participate in battles directly, people like us are also called 'Watchers'."
Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow. "So, you're just a lookout."
"…If you can't speak properly, then talk less." Zhao Kongcheng rolled his eyes.
"You just said there are three ways to obtain a Forbidden Ruins. What about the last one?"
"The last way is to be bestowed by a god, which is your situation." Zhao Kongcheng's expression became serious. "Some gods will give a part of their own power to the humans they choose, making them their agents on Earth. This kind of Forbidden Ruins given by a god is also called a 'Divine Ruins'.
However, correspondingly, while obtaining the power, the agent will also receive instructions from the god. Some are to destroy human society, some are to protect human society, and some are to help the god find something... In short, generally, there is only one agent for a god, and he represents the will of the god.
Among the dozen or so god agents that have emerged so far, most of them are agents of evil gods who are trying to destroy the new order of humanity and return the world to chaos. They have established an organization called the Ancient God Church.
There are also agents of good gods, but the number is extremely small. As for how many agents of neutral gods there are, we don't know."
Zhao Kongcheng stood up, walked in front of Lin Qiye, stared into his eyes, and said word by word:
"Lin Qiye, what instructions did Michael give you? Which side do you... belong to?"
Lin Qiye's eyes were full of confusion. "I don't know. He didn't say anything."
Lin Qiye was telling the truth. At that time, Michael just took a look at him from the Moon, and then he fainted. The other party really didn't say a word!
Zhao Kongcheng frowned. "He didn't say anything? Didn't you hear his voice in your heart either?"
"No, really not!"
Zhao Kongcheng scrutinized Lin Qiye suspiciously for a long time, as if trying to find signs of lying. After a while, he looked away and slowly sat down.
"According to our speculation, Michael should belong to the neutral or good camp. Otherwise, we would have killed you already. But... since he gave you the Divine Ruins, why didn't he say anything?
What on earth does he want to do?"
Lin Qiye frowned slightly. "I don't know what he wants to do, but even if he gave me instructions, I wouldn't follow them. I don't want to get involved in this messy business. I can just return these eyes to him if necessary."
As he said that, he stood up. "If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now."
Before Zhao Kongcheng could speak, he turned around and went to open the door.
"No! Wait a minute!!" Zhao Kongcheng suddenly stood up, blocked the door, and stared into Lin Qiye's eyes. "You ask the questions and then you want to leave? What about me?"
"You? You can enjoy yourself here alone." Lin Qiye replied seriously.
"No, I mean... don't you want to ask me? Who am I?" Zhao Kongcheng felt really tired of talking to this kid.
"Who you are has nothing to do with me." Lin Qiye continued to open the door.
Zhao Kongcheng pressed his hand on the doorknob. "Why do I know so much? What kind of organization is behind me? What are we doing... Aren't you curious about these things?"
"Not curious."
"Why?"
"According to the logic in movies and novels, once I know about your existence, I'm left with only two choices." Lin Qiye extended two fingers. "Either join you, or become someone who can never leak the secret, like being killed, imprisoned, or brainwashed..."
"…You should watch less TV!" Zhao Kongcheng was speechless. "Besides, you don't even know us. How do you know that joining us isn't a good choice?"
Lin Qiye raised his eyebrows. "So, even if I know about your affairs and choose not to join, I won't be in danger?"
"Of course not! We're soldiers. At most, we'll just ask you to sign a non-disclosure agreement. What you said is completely nonsense!"
"Then I can listen." Lin Qiye sat back down when he heard this.
Zhao Kongcheng let out a sigh. Chatting with this kid for a few minutes felt more tiring than waiting outside for a whole day!
"In 1922, after our exploration team discovered the first mythical creature, that is, the Leviathan, the dragon of chaos, the high-level of Daxia urgently established a military organization, always ready to deal with the invasion of mythical creatures. It was called the 139 Special Creature Response Team.
At that time, our technology was relatively backward, and we knew nothing about the world in front of us. So, the so-called Special Creature Response Team was just a formality and didn't have much use.
Later, as time passed, we observed more and more mythical creatures, tried to establish contact with some of them, and at the same time, we discovered the secret of the Forbidden Ruins and started training special combat talents.
As the number of Forbidden Ruins owners we discovered increased, we found that due to the random appearance of the Forbidden Ruins owners, we couldn't include everyone within the scope of the military. So, the 139 Special Creature Response Team gradually transformed into a semi-military and semi-civilian special form.
Now, we call this special organization... the 'Night Watchers'."
Lin Qiye thought thoughtfully. "So, your existence is to protect Daxia from the invasion of those evil gods?"
"To be precise, it's all mythical creatures."
"What's the difference?"
"Of course. I said before that the appearance of mythical creatures is random and has nothing to do with their strength. So, the mythical creatures that have descended aren't just the powerful gods that people are familiar with. There are also some weak creatures that only exist in rural legends or minor biographies. The Masked Man you encountered last night is one of the rural horror legends.
We collectively call these mythical creatures that don't have the power to destroy the world but will have an impact on human society'mysteries'."
"I see." Lin Qiye nodded. No wonder he felt that the appearance of the thing he encountered last night was a bit familiar. It turned out that it was originally born from rural stories.
"So, we're also soldiers, soldiers who defend our country! Our existence is to prevent the people of Daxia from suffering. Isn't that noble? Isn't that cool?!" Zhao Kongcheng began to persuade earnestly.
"It's very noble and cool. I respect you very much, really." Lin Qiye's expression became serious. He wasn't joking. From his eyes, one could really see a deep sense of respect.
A smile gradually appeared on Zhao Kongcheng's face. "Then you..."
"I'm not going."
"…" Zhao Kongcheng's smile suddenly froze. "Why?!"
"I can't leave." Lin Qiye's eyes were full of seriousness. "I still have a lot of things to do..."
"What could be more important than defending the country?!"
"I have an aunt and a cousin." Lin Qiye looked out the window, his expression very calm. "My aunt isn't old, but for the sake of A Jin and me, a useless person, she works day and night in the factory. She's been doing this for ten years. Now her health is almost failing...
She's a very stubborn person. Even though she was rubbing her cervical spine on the stool in the living room until tears came out, she still insisted that she was doing yoga and that it was good for her health...
I was sitting right across from her, and she thought I couldn't see.
She lives too carefully and is too tired.
My cousin is very smart and filial. Unfortunately... he's still too young to bear the burden of this family.
I still have a lot of things to do.
I want to earn money to support the family. I want to buy a big house for my aunt and cousin. I want to make sure my aunt never has to go back to that dark factory to suffer!
I want to send my cousin to college. I want to let him and my aunt live a good life together!
In the past ten years, they never gave up on me, a burden. Now that I'm finally better, how can I abandon them?
You are noble and great. If the conditions allowed, I might join you...
But right now, I just want to stay by their side steadily...
And protect this family."