Why Was the Intel on Lin Qiye Wrong?

"Stop swinging that hammer, sis! That mushroom was so huge. If it were still alive, you'd have spotted it at a glance. Would you need to be rummaging through these ruins?" Tianping said helplessly. "Besides, can you beat it?"

He was trying to use his ability to clear away some of the warehouse rubble and find Whirlpool beneath it.

Every member of the squad had seen the mushroom man send Rose and Whirlpool flying with those two punches.

Aside from Wang Mian, the others were all glad they had kept their distance, especially Moon Ghost. He had never valued his Forbidden Ruins as much as he did now. Otherwise, with his slight build, a single punch would have put him out of action for at least half a month.

At last, after they had searched for a while, there was movement beneath the rubble.

"What's that? Is it the mushroom? Take this!"

Rose, still furious, nearly brought her hammer down on it, but Wang Mian firmly stopped her.

With Tianping's help, Whirlpool finally crawled out of the rubble. His face was covered in blood, and his mask was barely hanging on, almost shattered to pieces.

"Sis, if you'd brought that hammer down, there wouldn't have been any need to keep fighting. My mask is already in such a sorry state that one more hit from you and I could've just admitted defeat. Good thing Chief Yuan had a batch of masks reinforced with special material custom-made for us beforehand." Whirlpool sounded a little weak, but he was still in good spirits, at least enough to joke around.

"After that punch and a whole warehouse full of explosives, I'm already damn lucky I haven't lost any limbs and still look like a person! This God's Agent is way too ruthless!"

"Besides, what the hell was that thing? Captain, have you heard of it? It's so strong, and it can teleport too? That kid Lin Qiye can summon things as well?" Whirlpool asked irritably as he quickly bandaged himself up.

Every member of the Masked Squad turned to their captain, Wang Mian, waiting for his answer.

Wang Mian's face twitched beneath his mask. Then he answered in an even voice, "I don't know. But this Lin Qiye is interesting. As expected of a God's Agent."

"Don't make yourself look good, Captain! If that mushroom hadn't been blown to bits, we should've sent you to try taking that punch!"

At that moment, in the underground base's command center for the training exercise, Yuan Gang and the instructors were watching the screens intently, keeping an eye on every corner of the training camp.

"Chief, was the intel we got before wrong? Is summoning also one of Lin Qiye's Mortal Divine Realm abilities?" Instructor Hong narrowed his eyes as he repeatedly reviewed the battle in the armory area on a nearby computer.

He wasn't surprised that Baili Pangpang could pull that wand or whatever it was out of his pocket.

Nor was he surprised that Mo Li could use a high-frequency vibrating katana to unleash astonishingly powerful sword qi.

But the mushroom man Lin Qiye had summoned left all the instructors, himself included, baffled.

Why could Lin Qiye use summoning techniques?

What the hell had he summoned?

Why was that thing so strong?

Questions kept popping into Instructor Hong's head, one after another.

Yuan Gang rested his chin on his crossed hands on the table and said thoughtfully, "The power of the Mortal Divine Realm may be beyond anything any of us imagined!"

Though he put on a profound air as he said it, those same questions were actually drifting through his mind one after another.

It was a good thing he had ordered new masks for the Masked Squad beforehand, using a recently developed material. Otherwise, with their old flimsy masks, this year's recruits really wouldn't have needed to stay here for a year!

The instructors could only assume that this was the influence of the Mortal Divine Realm.

"It really is the Mortal Divine Realm? As expected of a God's Agent, he really does have some tricks up his sleeve. Judging by the mushroom man's strength alone, perhaps only Wang Mian using his River Realm strength could fight it?" the instructors discussed among themselves.

"Sigh, I even made a point of telling the Masked Squad to put in some extra effort and see if they could force out Lin Qiye's second personality, Zhou Meng. Now it looks like that's going to take some doing!" Yuan Gang sighed softly.

"Stop reviewing the footage. There are other people with high-risk Forbidden Ruins. You lot, pay attention to them too! If Zhou Meng appears, the Masked Squad has permission to unleash their River Realm strength! I refuse to believe we can't test him!"

"Yes, Chief!"

Near the dormitory buildings, the fierce battle was still underway.

Clearly, the Masked Squad's assessment of the situation was the same as Lin Qiye's and that of most of the recruits still in the fight.

They had all set their sights on the dormitory area.

For the recruits, the dormitory area was the largest, had the most ambush points, and offered the best concealment. It was therefore the best place for them to make use of their advantages and ambush the Masked Squad.

The Masked Squad naturally knew there were people lying in ambush in the dormitory area, but they were happy to see it. Outnumbered as they were, they had to tackle the toughest target first. Since the armory had already been eliminated as a target, that left the dormitory area.

Thus, the area around the dormitory buildings had been divided into separate battlefields. Although the recruits had the advantage of numbers and were lying in ambush, the Masked Squad's strength and coordination were far superior.

In the end, however, Shen Qingzhu had used a stratagem to trap five members of the Masked Squad in a crossfire formed by three dormitory buildings.

"Great chance! That Shen Qingzhu is pretty clever! Now, no matter how skillfully the Masked Squad works together, they should have no choice but to surrender under the crossfire from all the remaining recruits! We should go help now!"

Lin Qiye felt that the chance to wipe out the Masked Squad in one go had arrived.

He had just used Random Summoning and couldn't use it again for the time being, but he still hadn't used the other ability Zhou Meng had given him.

That was [Gate of Babylon].

Unlike Random Summoning, which could bring out who knew what, Gate of Babylon was a powerful offensive ability. Its activation condition was a little bizarre, though: he had to laugh out loud, and the louder he laughed, the stronger it became.

Lin Qiye had tested it. Gate of Babylon would summon all kinds of weapons behind him—sabers, spears, swords, halberds, axes, battle-axes, hooks, and forks—and fire them at the enemy. Every weapon it fired was at least as powerful as a grenade.

He could maintain Gate of Babylon for at least half a minute, which meant he now had a warehouse that could supply him with an unlimited number of grenades for half a minute!

Even against the Masked Squad, Lin Qiye didn't believe those people could withstand that many grenades!

Just as he was preparing to lead Baili Pangpang and Mo Li around to attack the Masked Squad from behind, a voice suddenly rang out in his head.

"Qiye, if I were you, I wouldn't charge in just yet."

Zhou Meng spoke as he swirled a glass of wine he had stolen from the Dean's Office.

"Don't charge in yet? What do you mean?" Lin Qiye suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Zhou Meng often played pranks, but at critical moments, he would never lie to him, just as when he had pointed out that Li Yifei was the Nanda Snake Demon's true form.

"That Wang Mian hasn't made a move yet, has he? As the captain of this squad, why do you think they jumped into the dormitory area when they knew it was a trap, relying on those few guys who just got knocked flying by a mushroom?"

Lin Qiye suddenly had a flash of insight. "You mean Wang Mian still has a trump card he hasn't played? But they're surrounded on all sides, with no way out. Could his Forbidden Ruins let him fly his teammates out of there?"

Although Lin Qiye couldn't figure out Wang Mian's ability, he thought Zhou Meng's warning made perfect sense. The recruits might seem to have the advantage now, but if Wang Mian had some decisive ability, their numerical advantage would become a disadvantage, because they were packed far too close together.

"So when should I make my move?"

"Why, when the Masked Squad thinks it has already dealt with the recruits in these dormitory buildings, of course!"