Chapter 1810: Chapter 430: Divine Infant Resurrection Plan
Gu Castle Fortress, snowflakes swirling.
Apart from the sound of falling snow, there was silence.
Lin Lin stood atop the giant wall, extending his domain, gazing into the void beyond the line of umbrellas.
Beside him, Vice Officer Zou Hai silently held the dog’s leash, feeling quite tense inside.
Niuniu, the Labrador Retriever with spiritual wisdom, sensed the anxious atmosphere within this silence, and unusually obedient, lay by its owner’s feet, not daring to make a sound, waiting quietly.
"Death is not the end; death is the true rebirth."
Lin Lin suddenly uttered this sentence.
Zou Hai and Niuniu both didn’t quite understand what this meant, but neither dared to ask, so they could only keep waiting.
"...Gu Shen is dead."
Lin Lin suddenly spoke again.
And this sentence startled Zou Hai greatly.
"Gu Shen... is dead?!"
Vice Officer Zou’s mind went blank; too many things happened recently, and the news reaching Gu Castle was indeed shocking. The previous wanted order was shocking enough.
Lin Lin’s sudden news that Gu Shen had died directly caused his mind to freeze.
Niuniu also widened its eyes.
Every Transcendent in the North Continent knew the weight of the name Gu Shen.
The previous wanted order was already absurd, and this news of death was even more absurd...
Of course, Zou Hai wasn’t unfamiliar with it.
Because six years ago, this news had already spread once.
Now it had reappeared.
Zou Hai quickly came to his senses, and suddenly understood why Major General Lin was so silent. His master usually had no friends, and the garrison in Central City each had their own factions; Lin Lin never showed interest in interacting with those who introduced themselves as coming from such-and-such corps.
No matter how high their status, it wasn’t higher than his; no matter how great their background, it wasn’t greater than his.
For all these years stationed at Gu Castle, Major General Lin seemed to have only one friend.
And that was Gu Shen.
"Absurd!"
Thus Zou Hai angrily shouted, "Which bastard spread this news? It’s utterly unreliable!"
"Woof! Woof!"
Niuniu, having long learned to observe expressions, saw Zou Hai’s strong reaction and quickly barked twice in sycophantic agreement.
Absurd! This news is too absurd!
"...My sister told me."
After a moment of silence, Lin Lin spoke softly.
"Blegh blegh blegh! I’m the bastard!"
Hearing this, Zou Hai’s eyes widened, and he quickly gave himself a slap, then began, dazedly, "Major General, you mean Gu Shen really is dead?"
"I also... don’t know."
Lin Lin sighed softly, speaking with melancholy.
"The message my sister sent, aside from Gu Shen’s death notice, contained only a few words, one of which I just said..."
Death is not the end.
Death is the true rebirth.
A hopeful light sparked in Zou Hai’s eyes, and he murmured, "Then does Her Majesty mean Gu Shen isn’t dead?!"
Zou Hai also admired Mr. Xiao Gu greatly.
The Transcendents stationed at the Fortress almost all had their own scales in their hearts.
Zou Hai did not believe Deep Sea’s wanted order; in his heart, Gu Shen was absolutely the kind of person who wouldn’t betray humanity... A hero who could, amidst a Source Material Storm pursuit, lead the Investigation Corps elite to escape danger, a healer capable of resolving the threat to tens of thousands amidst a city-wide spread of mental virus—how could he betray humanity!
In Zou Hai’s scale, Gu Shen’s weight was greater than Deep Sea’s.
In everyone’s hearts, there is a similar scale. When two different things are placed on either side, a result will be determined... In fact, the side that issued the wanted order is not completely at ease; from the moment the order takes effect, it too is constantly measured, constantly placed on the scale.
Lin Lin whispered, "All we can do now is wait."
"Wait?"
Zou Hai asked nervously, "Wait for who?"
"My sister gave me a name."
There was a burning light in Lin Lin’s eyes as well.
He stared into the world beyond the giant wall, articulating each word.
"Gu Nanfeng."
...
...
Li Qingsui returned to Divine Temple Mountain. She did not find the desired answers at Qingzhong Cemetery.
But by now, answers no longer mattered.
She was well aware.
Mr. Bai Shu’s reason for having the five families return to gather their elite in preparation for war... definitely had elements of "Gu Shen’s" influence, having once gone through a death notice’s grim news six years back. That was an unpleasant experience, one she didn’t want to suffer again.
Thus she came here.
"Miss, we don’t have much time."
Uncle Gao parked the car under Divine Temple Mountain, gently reminding, "The Bai Shu Divine Throne advised the five families to make haste gathering their elite."
"I know..."
Li Qingsui spoke softly, adjusting her emotions before opening the car door, "I won’t stay here long."
In the past, she would spend a long time upon visiting Divine Temple Mountain.
But this time.
She only intended to say a few words to Chu Ling.
Just a few words would suffice.
Li Qingsui climbed to the top of Divine Temple Mountain on foot; she gazed at the quiet flower garden, at the drifting white petals, feeling a little downhearted; after all, by her calculations, the time of Chu Ling’s descent was near... She had hoped on this visit to meet Chu Ling directly, but though this hope failed, it didn’t matter; Li Qingsui knew each word she spoke from this mountaintop, Chu Ling could hear.
"Mr. Bai Shu just concluded a Divine War, his opponent was the Storm God’s Throne of the Southern Continent."
