Abyssal Invasion, I Wield Dark Authority – Chapter 71

Ch 71: That’s the dream.

“Sir, you…”

The white-bearded old man’s voice trembled beneath his mask, as if he wanted to ask something, but didn’t seem to know what to ask.

“This sewer, does it lead to the inside of the Church of the End?”

Qin Jin-Nian repeated the question.

“Yes, yes, it does. It was a bit blocked before, but I’ve cleared everything out just now, it’s completely unobstructed now!”

The white-bearded mask finally came back to his senses, then nodded like he was pecking at rice, and after saying this, he quickly added: “Also, there’s this, these are all obtained from inside the Church of the End just now, I’ll give them to you together!”

He gestured weakly at the backpack on the ground.

Qin Jin-Nian: “…”

These people from the black market, why are they all the same?

Liu An was like this, Zhou Yuan was like this… and now this person is the same.

There must be a set of secret combo moves that no one knows about!

He glanced at the backpack on the ground, a layer of black mist rippling above it, most likely the ‘Holy Artifact’ that the headmistress and Teacher Wang had mentioned.

But he didn’t pay attention to it, and instead asked: “What’s the situation inside the Church of the End now?”

What’s the situation?

The white-bearded mask’s brain was spinning frantically, he of course knew that his life and death were now in the other party’s hands.

The other party was asking about the situation of the End, so it was obvious that he wasn’t a member of the End.

And he was dressed so mysteriously, obviously not a Night Watchman either.

He quickly went through some of the famous and named figures in the black market, but found that they didn’t seem to match up… The other party’s mysterious superpower was too eye-catching, if he had heard of it, it would be impossible not to remember.

Then he wasn’t a famous and named figure in the black market either.

So mysterious, and also concerned about the End…

Thinking about it, there were only those other figures from the churches that were similar to the End, right?

After all, the high-ranking members of the church were very mysterious, often only having a title, but rarely anyone had seen their true face. What methods the other party had were also little known…

These thoughts flashed through his mind quickly, but his mouth was very honest and quickly said: “Sir, the inside of the End is already in a mess, there are big figures who went to that battlefield at the back, and they are fighting fiercely with the Night Watch’s masters. The members inside seem to have all been possessed… uh, as if they were possessed by a god, each one of them was in a frenzied state, fighting desperately with the Night Watch.”

He almost forgot that this person might be someone similar to the End’s church, and ‘as if possessed’ was urgently changed to ‘as if they were possessed by a god’… it could be seen that he was also quick-witted.

“There are also some people who mysteriously went to a mysterious place, as if they were fiddling with something… but I didn’t dare to look at what it was specifically, I don’t know. Besides that, there’s nothing else… Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to sneak in and get these things.”

The white-bearded mask quickly answered.

“Mysterious place?”

Qin Jin-Nian, however, grasped the key element, his expression moved: “Where is it located?”

“The southeast corner of the gymnasium, there is a huge underground passage there, the area inside is very large, at least a few hundred meters of empty space… but the mental pollution inside is very heavy, I felt a headache just being close to it, I didn’t dare to go any further…”

The white-bearded mask quickly replied.

Southeast corner, huh?

Qin Jin-Nian looked up, gazing at the battlefield in the distance, and soon, he locked onto the location the other party was talking about.

Then he turned his head, silently looking at the white-bearded mask below.

The white-bearded mask’s whole body tensed up, his eyes, which were exposed, were full of nervousness, and finally couldn’t help but force a smile: “Sir, I really didn’t do anything, just, just a little too greedy. I know I was wrong, please give me another chance…”

Qin Jin-Nian was silent for a moment, then said: “Take off your mask.”

The white-bearded mask’s whole body trembled, but in the end, he forced a smile, and could only reluctantly use his hands, which were bound by shadow tentacles, to take off the mask, revealing a relatively young face.

This made Qin Jin-Nian a little surprised… This face, at most, looked to be around twenty-three or twenty-four years old. And he was also a handsome guy, with a slightly messy black hair, his features were very delicate, and he had a white earring in his ear, but it didn’t make him look effeminate, but rather added a few more points of elegance.

“Name.” Qin Jin-Nian asked.

“…Chen Jiangnian.” The other party forced a smile, and could only answer honestly.

Qin Jin-Nian thought for a moment, then suddenly took out his phone and took a picture of Chen Jiangnian.

Chen Jiangnian looked dumbfounded.

After taking several silly photos of Chen Jiangnian, Qin Jin-Nian said: “Don’t tell anyone about meeting me, otherwise… I will come find you.”

He raised his phone.

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Chen Jiangnian below was a little dumbfounded, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses… Did this mean he was letting him go?

“Yes, absolutely! I’ll keep my mouth shut! Hey, what was I doing here today?”

After Chen Jiangnian guaranteed this with an excited expression, he was instantly at a loss.

Qin Jin-Nian: “…”

You’re quite the drama queen.

He waved his hand lightly, and the shadow tentacles immediately released Chen Jiangnian below, and after Chen Jiangnian landed, he felt relieved.

He immediately cupped his hands towards Qin Jin-Nian, put on his mask and hood, turned his head and ran. He disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Looking at Chen Jiangnian’s back, Qin Jin-Nian shook his head.

He wasn’t a bloodthirsty person after all.

Yesterday, killing Liu An and Zhou Yuan’s good brothers, that was because those people were desperate people, and they were doing the business of killing people and taking treasures, and Qin Jin-Nian could kill as many of those people as came.

But this Chen Jiangnian… Qin Jin-Nian didn’t know his identity, and naturally couldn’t determine whether he had done anything evil…

At least from his appearance, he shouldn’t look like a person who has done a lot of evil…

Since there was no way to determine whether the other party should be killed, Qin Jin-Nian was more inclined not to kill him.

Anyway, with his current posture, the Church of the End and the Night Watch had already seen him, and it didn’t matter if there was one more person…

After some random thoughts, Qin Jin-Nian shook his head, now wasn’t the time to think about this.

A group of people entered a mysterious place… and that place had very heavy mental pollution…

No matter how you listen to it, it doesn’t sound like a good thing.

And from the situation described by Chen Jiangnian just now, although the End was attacked, it was obvious that the Night Watch hadn’t infiltrated the headquarters beforehand… otherwise, the inside would have been in a mess long ago, and it wouldn’t have been Chen Jiangnian’s turn to fish in troubled waters.

This made Qin Jin-Nian’s heart sink slightly… The Night Watch, still chose the most stable method.

Yes, compared to preventing the End’s so-called true god from descending… the life of a little girl, what does it even count for?

As long as the Church of the End is uprooted, then the true god won’t be able to descend either.

As for the life and death of the little girl… besides Lin Yun, who else cares?

Qin Jin-Nian couldn’t say that the Night Watch’s choice was wrong.

Standing from the Night Watch’s standpoint, sacrificing one person to save the majority, that was absolute justice.

Even if he changed his standpoint, Qin Jin-Nian was the Night Watch, and Ningning was someone who had nothing to do with him, he would also make this more rational decision.

But when the one being sacrificed was someone who was closer to him, this discomfort was still inevitable…

He shook his head and forced a smile: “I really can’t be a hero, I’m too lacking in the spirit of sacrifice and dedication…”

He muttered.

This was also one of the reasons why he, even if it was bitter and tiring, still had to find resources himself and hide his Esper identity.

Otherwise… the next time he encountered a situation where he had to sacrifice himself to save a large number of people…

What should he do?

Received resources, got benefits, and after growing up, wanted to pat his butt and talk about freedom?

That’s the dream.

Shaking his head, no longer lost in thought, Qin Jin-Nian’s figure moved, and the shadows enveloped him as he drilled into the sewer, heading towards the gymnasium.

There was still action inside the End, indicating that the situation hadn’t reached a one-sided situation, and as the Holy Seed that they valued so much, there was still a possibility of survival.

The key point, maybe, was in that so-called underground space.

He naturally had to go and take a look.

（Sorry, I was busy all day today, and it’s a bit late. There’s one more chapter, and I’m working hard to write it…）