Chapter 149: The Destruction of Blue Rain

Yuan Gang was momentarily stunned when he heard Lin QiYe's request, but soon a look of admiration appeared in his eyes.

"Some things, once they've happened, can't be changed. Even if you know about them, you can't do anything to change it."

"I know." Lin QiYe nodded calmly.

In the past, he hadn't found anything particularly odd about the captain and Wu Xiangnan, but after their battle with Han Shaoyun, he started to notice something unusual about the two of them.

Lin QiYe didn't catch every word in Chen Muye and Han Shaoyun's conversation, but he clearly heard keywords like "Shangjing City," "disappearance," "Black Wuchang," and "ten years." From this, it was clear that Chen Muye's identity was extraordinary.

As for the two scars on Wu Xiangnan's hands, they also puzzled him. What kind of wound could leave such marks, ones that even death and rebirth couldn't erase? And from the fragments of conversation left by Chen Muye, it seemed that Wu Xiangnan's past was far from simple.

Not only did he have these questions, but the other members of Squad 136 seemed to know nothing about these two, either. Lin QiYe wanted to learn more about them, not just to quell his curiosity, but more importantly, to be of help to them in the future.

He had always remembered how good the captain and Wu Xiangnan had been to him.

Most importantly, Lin QiYe's intuition told him that the story behind Chen Muye was definitely not simple—it likely involved core secrets of the Night Watchers. If that was the case, then the current peace... might only be temporary.

Only by uncovering the fog behind him could he prepare for the future.

"Forget it, their story isn't exactly a secret. Some of the older Night Watchers know a bit about it, so it's fine to tell you." Yuan Gang paused for a moment, as if considering where to begin.

"Let's talk about Wu Xiangnan first. There aren't many things involved in his past, so it's easier to explain... Do you know about the Blue Rain special team?"

"Blue Rain?" Lin QiYe shook his head. "No."

"Then I must have told you about the great disaster five years ago when the Eight-Headed Serpent invaded Donghai."

"I remember."

"Five years ago, after the Mask team fought the Eight-Headed Serpent, a human 'ceiling' arrived in time, and with him came a special team: Blue Rain. At the time, there were five special teams in the Great Xia, and Blue Rain was the fifth, number 005... Wu Xiangnan was one of them."

Lin QiYe was surprised. "He used to be a member of a special team?"

"That's right. At that time, the Blue Rain team was incredibly powerful. The Mask team had only just been formed, and their combat power wasn't a match for Blue Rain. When Blue Rain arrived, they took over the battle from the Mask team.

Together with the human 'ceiling,' Blue Rain's full team launched a joint attack and successfully wounded the Eight-Headed Serpent, forcing it to retreat. The human 'ceiling' was ordered to remain at the coastline, while Blue Rain was tasked with pursuing the Serpent into the Mist."

"Into the Mist? Isn't the Mist deadly?" Lin QiYe asked, puzzled.

"That's true," Yuan Gang replied, "but some special Forbidden Objects can grant a person the ability to walk in the Mist temporarily. When you reach that level, you'll understand.

Originally, the orders from the Night Watchers' upper brass were to try to hunt down the Eight-Headed Serpent. If that failed, they were to retreat immediately. That particular Forbidden Object could only ensure they could walk in the Mist for 24 hours, so everyone thought they'd come back after that.

But after 24 hours, they lost all contact.

It wasn't until about 80 hours later that Wu Xiangnan appeared alone, paddling a raft out of the Mist. When our people found him, he was unconscious. He seemed to have been knocked out for a full day before waking up. He was in a terrible state—weak, dispirited. After talking with him, we learned that the entire Blue Rain team... had been wiped out."

Upon hearing this, Lin QiYe furrowed his brows tightly.

Yuan Gang took a sip of tea and continued, "According to him, they had been chasing the Eight-Headed Serpent and, unable to catch up, they were about to return. But they got lost in the Mist and entered a strange world.

They suspected that the place... was Takamagahara."

"Takamagahara?" Lin QiYe was startled.

Takamagahara again? If he remembered correctly, the task the God of Time had given Wang Mian was to find Takamagahara and retrieve something from there...

"That's right. The reason Blue Rain was wiped out was because they encountered a god resembling Susanoo in Takamagahara. After a fierce battle with the Eight-Headed Serpent and a long pursuit through the Mist, the members of Blue Rain were completely exhausted. At that point, they encountered Susanoo..."

"In the end, the entire Blue Rain team... was annihilated!

Wu Xiangnan died three times in the battle due to the Forbidden Object's special nature, and only after an hour did he completely revive. When he awoke, all he could find were the bodies of his comrades.

It was also during that battle that Susanoo's sword, the Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi, struck Wu Xiangnan's hand, leaving him permanently unable to wield a sword. Even death and rebirth couldn't heal the wound. From that moment on, Blue Rain's immortal swordfighter was reduced to a cripple...

Later, as he fled Takamagahara, he was repeatedly attacked, dying four times in total. He also died three times in the Mist before finally making it back to Great Xia."

Lin QiYe was completely stunned. He never imagined that Wu Xiangnan had such a tragic past.

"Since only one member of Blue Rain survived, and this person was physically and mentally broken, the Night Watchers' upper brass decided to cancel the Blue Rain team's name. From then on, there were only four special teams in Great Xia...

As for Wu Xiangnan, about half a year after the incident, he disappeared from the hospital. What happened after that, how he ended up in Cangnan, and became the vice-captain of Squad 136... I don't know."

Yuan Gang sighed deeply. "He's a pitiful man..."

Lin QiYe lowered his head, the two red scars on Wu Xiangnan's hands flashing in his mind. His brow furrowed slightly.

So, Wu Xiangnan became a cripple because of the sword wound from the Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi. Since even rebirth couldn't heal it, what kind of method could possibly cure it?

Lin QiYe believed that when Wu Xiangnan was first rescued, the Night Watchers' high command must have tried every possible solution. Even then, they couldn't heal the wound.

Could it be that he'd have to go to Takamagahara himself, capture Susanoo, and ask him if there's any way to cure it? That would be utterly absurd!

Since humans couldn't solve it, perhaps...

The gods in the psychiatric hospital could have a way?