Chapter 4 : It Couldn't Possibly Be Today, Right
Yunzhang City.
Mo Tu was enjoying the breeze on the rooftop of the base building, his expression quite contented.
He seemed to have developed a liking for this feeling recently.
It was truly enjoyable.
Yunzhang City had been peaceful lately. Even when Star Eclipse incidents occurred, they were relatively minor, not requiring Radiant Sun Night Watchers to take action.
Apart from occasionally visiting the theater, Mo Tu had been quite idle.
Although being idle was nice, and Mo Tu enjoyed relaxing and slacking off, not wanting to deal with heavy workloads at all.
But he was a person who sought amusement.
The place where he was stationed was so peaceful, there was really nothing that interested him. It was truly too boring.
What Mo Tu wanted to see was a "rivers of blood," not trivial skirmishes that could be ignored.
However...
The city where a certain person was located wasn't so peaceful.
Although the capital city appeared prosperous, there were many strange things lurking beneath the surface.
That place had many Star holders, naturally attracting mobile Star Eclipse incarnations.
Stars and Star Eclipses were inherently of the same origin; their mutual attraction wasn't just talk.
Moreover, Star Eclipses appeared very frequently in the capital, also due to the abundance of Star holders.
Once a Star holder died there, the speed of transformation into a Star Eclipse was faster than in other cities, so fast that even Night Watchers might not be able to deal with it quickly.
Perhaps by the time Night Watchers discovered a Star holder's corpse, that body would have already transformed into a Star Eclipse and begun causing trouble.
This was one of the reasons for the frequent Star Eclipse outbreaks in the capital.
Thinking about it this way, the capital's citizens were truly disaster-prone, constantly caught up in unwarranted calamities. It was saddening to think about.
And in the near future, the capital might be visited by a certain mysterious Star Eclipse.
It might not be a newly emerged Star Eclipse, but one that had existed for a long time. Its level of bizarreness might be such that even the capital's Night Watchers couldn't quickly resolve it, perhaps only able to watch helplessly.
As for when that time would come.
It could be today, or perhaps tomorrow, or the day after, or a week, a month, or several months later.
In any case, Mo Tu couldn't divine the specific time; the information brought by his Star was just this much.
Even so, for others, this was already a substantial amount of information.
At least Mo Tu had fulfilled his duty as a Radiant Sun Night Watcher by conveying this information to the Leader.
As for how he would respond next, that was up to him.
Mo Tu was only responsible for watching the show unfold. After all, that's how Mo Tu as a Radiant Sun Night Watcher was.
He didn't know about the others.
......
Night Watchers Headquarters.
Leader Ling Feng was tapping his fingers on the desk, wearing a contemplative expression.
He was pondering the information transmitted by a certain Radiant Sun Night Watcher from Yunzhang City, his eyes full of gravity.
"A mysterious Star Eclipse will visit the capital? From what he's saying... it doesn't seem easy to deal with. With such a massive Night Watcher force in the capital, for him to make such a judgment, it might truly be very troublesome."
To be honest.
Having a subordinate who could obtain vast amounts of information out of thin air was truly comfortable. It was like foreseeing the future, allowing the Leader to make preparations to prevent ineffective responses when a real catastrophe arrived.
This was the capital, the lifeline of the country. Nothing could go wrong.
Originally, the Leader wanted Mo Tu to always serve as a Radiant Sun Night Watcher in the capital, but someone who knew about the effects of his Star feared he might learn unspeakable secrets.
So this news spread within a small circle, and they collectively decided to transfer Mo Tu to a more remote place, unable to access information about the capital.
The Leader couldn't make an autocratic decision on this matter and could only dispatch Mo Tu to a city that happened to lack a strategic Radiant Sun Night Watcher.
Thinking back now, the Leader strongly suspected this was Mo Tu's deliberate plan.
That guy clearly didn't want to stay in the capital with its massive workload, didn't want to get involved in various worthless troubles, so he used his Star to plan this.
Thinking carefully, it was obvious.
That guy's Star and wisdom could easily outmaneuver those self-important high officials, so how could he so easily let himself fall into a passive situation?
It was premeditated.
The Leader was generally tolerant of capable subordinates. As long as they fought for the country's order and safety, as long as they devoted their strength at critical moments, even if their personalities were deplorable, the Leader could accept it.
Even if someone's leadership ability surpassed his, could completely replace his role, or even do better than him, he could hand over the Leader's position to them.
Unfortunately, there was currently no such figure.
Back to the main topic.
What needed to be considered now was the impending unknown event.
When would that event arrive, and when would it end?
The Leader could only make limited preparations based on the limited information.
Let's see just how troublesome this so-called mysterious Star Eclipse would be.
Meanwhile.
A figure stood quietly at a high point, making no sound, naturally closing his eyes, breathing very steadily and evenly.
Looking at his state, one could easily discover that he didn't seem to be in a conscious state, but was sleeping.
Apart from this, there was nothing unusual about his behavior.
But the lack of unusualness was the greatest unusualness.
In this sleeping state, he stood upright here, appearing alone in this desolate place, with no one discovering his figure.
If one could see and understand that he was currently asleep, one could guess one thing.
That is, sleepwalking!
Yes, sleepwalking, an abnormal state during sleep. Many people suffer from this symptom; it could be said to be both common and uncommon.
If it were just this, it might not be a big problem.
But if a sufficiently sensitive Night Watcher stood here and saw this person's state, they would certainly discover that he was emitting an extremely weak Star Eclipse aura, so weak it could be ignored.
Why he appeared here, no one knew.
At this moment, he suddenly spoke, as if talking to himself.
"The gap between reality and dreams is separated by just a thin line. In reality, we suppress our true selves, living in a false world, wearing false expressions, speaking false words, doing false things. Then, upon entering the dream world, is it another kind of falsehood? No, that is reality. Everything in dreams is real—real expressions, real words, and real desires. Come, let us fall into dreams together, write a life story that truly belongs to oneself. I will witness your true appearance."
The mysterious figure suddenly vanished without a trace.
On the other side.
Ye Lan was eating and drinking casually at the headquarters, idly slacking off, planning to return to Yunzhang City tomorrow.
There was nothing left in the capital worth her attachment, neither people nor events.
So now Ye Lan just wanted to return to the safe and peaceful Yunzhang City to slack off.
Who knows when the big event Mo Tu mentioned would arrive?
It could be tomorrow, or it could be the day after tomorrow.
It couldn't possibly be today, right?