Chapter 20: Who Said Humans Don’t Have Emperors
Night Lan chose to stay silent.
The cheerful atmosphere in the group quickly dissipated.
She really didn’t want to be the center of attention.
If she spoke, she would be bombarded with questions.
There was a good chance she’d even get teased.
Night Lan, who already struggled with social anxiety, couldn’t handle that kind of situation.
Even if top dogs started paying attention to her, she would just deal with it.
She could always skip going to headquarters.
“d*mn it, our Sunlight isn’t talking anymore, you must have scared her off!”
“Bullcrap, it’s clearly because you were too enthusiastic.”
“Haven’t you seen her file? She seems like someone who is easily shy.”
“Forget it, everyone act normally, show some seniority and authority, don’t bring up all this nonsense.”
After a while,
The chat dynamics returned to normal.
Everyone stopped bringing up Night Lan’s name.
Hurray!
Night Lan exhaled in relief and decided to check what the big shots were chatting about.
“Tomorrow we move out for our mission, the Night Watchers supposed to join should all be there, right?”
“Probably everyone has shown up.”
“I hope this time we can complete the task smoothly.”
“Don’t worry, so far everything has gone according to plan, I am sure this time will be no exception.”
“On a side note, if you add them up, how many Ultra Star Eclipses do you think might be in the Hero Cemetery?”
“No clue, looking at the list of Night Watchers that sacrificed themselves around the nation, there were plenty of Sunlight Night Watchers, Ultra Star Eclipses should total over ten.”
“If these Ultra Star Eclipses ever break loose, ten or more… man, the capital would face a massive chaos and disorder.”
“Eh, whatever, I’ll take care of it.”
“F*ck, who said humans don’t have emperors!”
…
“Um…”
Night Lan remained silent, observing. Her expression turned strange.
The vibe in the group was becoming increasingly silly, almost like a bunch of goofy netizens chatting randomly.
Could it be that everyone in the group was young?
Based on their posts, they did seem quite young.
Or perhaps the old generation of Sunlights maintained youthful attitudes, which made them not sound like true elders?
Either way, they seemed impressive.
Night Lan found herself intrigued by their discussions.
She heard the term “Hero Cemetery” mentioned a lot.
Night Lan had no idea what it meant, so she went onto the Night Watcher official website for a search and found some details quickly.
Seemed like a huge cemetery for fallen Night Watchers, similar to a hero’s memorial.
Could it be that Mo Tu was sent to the capital for investigating this “Hero Cemetery”?
To Night Lan, a cemetery was just a place for burials and grave visits.
However, from the seniors’ chat logs, it wasn’t related to those activities at all.
Looks like he wasn’t going to visit graves.
Continuing to observe and digesting the information, Night Lan analyzed the snippets from the chat.
She learned one thing clearly:
Many Star Eclipses were sealed inside the Hero Cemetery. Most of those Star Eclipses were originally Night Watchers. Due to an unknown cause, they started appearing in the Hero Cemetery, and the numbers were multiplying, exceeding the tolerance of the higher-ups.
That surge of Star Eclipses was a tough problem, and they showed no signs of leaving the cemetery grounds nor causing any trouble outside.
Some Night Watchers had even spoken with conscious Star Eclipses. Those Star Eclipses mostly held a protective obsession, distinct from the erratic and vicious ones.
These Star Eclipses seemed more like Night Watchers in disguise, continuing their sacred missions.
Thus, the higher-ups still held compassion and didn’t go all-out against them.
But to prevent their contamination spreading beyond the cemetery, Headquarters had to seal the area annually.
Every year, reinforcements were gathered to reinforce the seals.
From a Sunlight Night Watcher’s comment, more than ten Ultra Star Eclipses were in there.
More than the numbers of Ultra Star Eclipses in the Rising Sun Theater Group.
Though the Rising Sun Theater Group also housed a Supernova and the most powerful Audience Performer,
Those weren’t too relevant to Night Lan.
She kept searching and found that info about the sealed Star Eclipses in the Hero Cemetery was classified—definitely a secret.
“Um… nothing much to worry about, surely everything will go smoothly with Mo here.”
Night Lan decided to stop thinking and not stress over it.
Though she officially belonged to the Headquarters Sunlight, the capital’s concerns were not hers.
Her superior stated she could come and go without caring for formalities, especially rules like those concerning Night Watchers.
Her position at Headquarters was special, so those restrictions did not apply.
Thus, she enjoyed immense freedom—a free-spirited Sunlight Night Watcher.
Even if actions related to the Hero Cemetery would be taken the next day, it was all irrelevant to her.
Mo would solve it anyway.
Even now, Night Lan had great faith in him, despite his mischievous nature.
Of course, this didn’t stop her from playing pranks on his other identities.
She hoped he’d return soon, back as the cute Mo Rabbit.
Lolmen~
Having prayed once in her heart, Night Lan dismissed the matter from her mind.
Meanwhile…
Headquarters in the Capital.
Mo Tu, who was organizing his thoughts in the rest area, suddenly sneezed.
“Ah-choo!”
What a jolt.
He rubbed his nose curiously, pondering deeply.
“Somebody is thinking of me?”
Even without divination, Mo Tu’s gut told him it was that cute loli messing with him.
She probably wished he would hurry back—
Not because she missed him, but to annoy him.
Talk about tragic.
Mo Tu shook away his fanciful thoughts, resuming with his work.
He spent the afternoon in the archives, reviewing records from the Hero Cemetery.
He picked out a few critical pieces of info.
Firstly, the powerful Watchers with unusual stars were vital.
Those who became Star Eclipses were probably even stronger. A conflict with them could end badly.
Although the probability was low, he didn’t dare risk it.
He’d memorized the Watcher’s names who could potentially turn into Ultra Star Eclipses.
Psychologically prepared for it, he thought.
Secondary importance was placed on uncertain elements that divinations couldn’t predict.
Existences in the Hero Cemetery affected Mo Tu’s readings.
Knowing that, Mo Tu naturally stayed alert.
He first considered Ultra Star Eclipses.
Immediately ruled out any Possibility of Exceptional Star Holders.
Within Ultra Star Eclipses,
The unforgettable ones were the powerful and quirky original Star Eclipses.
It was said there were nine total monsters of this caliber.
So far, Mo knew five, while four remained hidden.
Could it be possible?
Was an unknown original Star Eclipse recently dispatched to the capital before infiltrating the Hero Cemetery undetected?
