"As for Chen Muye..." Yuan Gang lightly tapped his knuckles against the tabletop. "To be honest, I don't know what happened back then either.
About twelve years ago, after Chen Muye left the New Recruit Training Camp, he and another genius were recruited into the Night Watchmen squad in Shangjing City. Their Forbidden Ruin sequences were exceptionally rare and complemented each other perfectly. Other Special Squads tried to recruit them at the time, but the Commander-in-Chief overruled all objections and placed them in the Shangjing City squad.
Chen Muye possessed Forbidden Ruin 037, Black Wuchang, while the other man—Shao Pingge, the current captain of the Shangjing City squad—possessed Forbidden Ruin 038, White Wuchang. Because of their Forbidden Ruins, outsiders called them the Black and White Wuchang of Shangjing City."
"Black Wuchang and White Wuchang?" A trace of confusion surfaced in Lin Qiye's eyes. "I've always been curious—who named these Forbidden Ruins? Are they related to the Black and White Wuchang from Great Xia mythology?"
"I don't know either. The origins of these two Forbidden Ruins go back too far, and the relevant files are top-secret even within the Night Watchmen. My clearance isn't high enough to access them." Yuan Gang shook his head and continued.
"They trained in the Shangjing City squad for two years. Then one day, Chen Muye seemed to receive some kind of special order, and he disappeared from Shangjing City the next day...
At the time, I hadn't joined the Shangjing City Night Watchmen yet. I heard that Shao Pingge and the others went to the Commander-in-Chief and asked what had happened, but he only replied, 'It's classified. I can't disclose it,' before turning them away.
Back then, everyone was overwhelmed by the so-called 'world-ending cataclysm.' It was only much later that they had the time