Masked Squad
In Slay the Gods, I Can Steal Divine Traits
- Original Name:
- 假面小队 (jiǎ miàn xiǎo duì)
- Gender:
- Neutral
- Kind:
- Organization
- Scope:
- Novel-specific
- Status:
- Active
- Source:
- AI
- Occurrences:
- 103
- Chapters:
- 17
- Context Up To:
- Ch. 50
- Wiki Model:
- GPT-6.1 Terra
- Updated:
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Masked Squad (假面小队) |
| Affiliation | Nightwatchers; one of their four special squads 27 |
| Occupation/Role | Elite special squad; assisted with the new recruit camp’s combat exercise 25 27 |
| Captain | Wang Mian 27 |
| Membership | Seven members; five participated in the recruit exercise 38 |
Organization and Members
Special squads require their members to reach the Sea Realm. During the recruit exercise, however, the participants released restrictions that produced both River Realm and Sea Realm mental power 27 33.
| Member | Role and abilities |
|---|---|
| Wang Mian | Captain and Agent of Chronos, the god of time. He uses time-control abilities and wields Yiyuan 27 31. |
| Whirlpool | Uses Forbidden Ruins to create whirlpools; helped evacuate the recruits when the squad released its restrictions 27 33. |
| Rose | Controls the size of her weapons, including a giant hammer 27 29. |
| Tianping | Controls gravity and force fields within an area 27. |
| Moon Ghost | Can disperse his body into moonlight; wears a crescent-moon mask 27 28. |
| Two unnamed members | Attended the post-exercise meeting but did not take part in the fight 38. |
Equipment
- Masks — Each member wears a different mask. For the recruit exercise, Yuan Gang commissioned replacements reinforced with a newly developed material 27 30.
- Gray cloaks and black cases — Worn and carried by the seven members when they arrived at the camp 27.
- Yiyuan — Wang Mian’s black forbidden blade. It converts its wielder’s speed into Blade Aura, becoming more powerful as he moves faster 31.
- Rose’s hammer — A weapon she can enlarge; Zhou Meng took it from her and used it to knock her unconscious 29 34.
History
Recruit camp exercise
Yuan Gang summoned the Masked Squad to help control an unusually formidable group of recruits. Seven members arrived, but only five took the field against the 239 recruits, initially suppressing their realms to the Zhan Realm. Yuan Gang offered to let the recruits skip the year’s training if they removed the squad members’ masks before nine that night 25 27.
The recruits’ first charge was quickly repelled. At the armory, Lin Qiye summoned a giant Mushroom Man that punched Rose away and knocked Whirlpool into warehouse rubble containing explosives. Whirlpool survived, and his reinforced mask remained on 27 29 30.
Near the dormitories, Shen Qingzhu trapped the five fighters in crossfire. Wang Mian cut apart the buildings with Yiyuan, but Lin Qiye countered with Gate of Babylon, bombarding the squad with golden weapons. The squad survived and split into separate fights against the remaining recruits 30 31 32.
Zhou Meng’s emergence
Seeking to test Lin Qiye’s limits, Yuan Gang ordered all five squad members to attack him together. Their combined assault sent him into the rubble. Sensing a much stronger presence replace Lin Qiye’s aura, Wang Mian ordered the squad to release its realm restrictions; Whirlpool and Tianping evacuated the nearby recruits 33.
Zhou Meng took control of Lin Qiye’s body and defeated the five in turn. He took Rose’s hammer, countered Tianping’s gravity, stopped Moon Ghost from dispersing, and stole Whirlpool’s intent to attack. After Wang Mian deduced that Zhou Meng could steal abilities and intentions, Zhou Meng used time control to strike him. All five were temporarily unable to fight by nine o’clock 34 35.
Yuan Gang ended the exercise before the recruits could remove the incapacitated squad’s masks. He declared the recruits defeated because no mask had been removed before the deadline, despite Shen Qingzhu’s protest that the squad had been beaten 36 37.
Aftermath
At a meeting with the instructors and all seven squad members, Yuan Gang apologized for ordering the test. Wang Mian recommended continuing Lin Qiye’s training normally, strengthening camp security, and reporting Zhou Meng’s identity and abilities to headquarters. The group also agreed to keep Zhou Meng’s existence secret 38.
Wang Mian offered the squad a role in choosing Lin Qiye’s exercises and training intensity as compensation for the fight. Lin Qiye later complained that squad members laughed when he ran extra laps 38 39.
Trivia
- The other three Nightwatcher special squads are the Heroic Spirit Squad, the Medium Squad, and the Phoenix Squad 27.
- The stated victory condition varies: the initial account refers to removing the masks of the five fighters, while Shen Qingzhu later recalls that removing any member’s mask would have counted. In either account, no mask was removed before the deadline 27 37.