Chapter 327: Line Six
Chapter 327: Chapter 327: Line Six
Mirror Line Six appeared where no one expected.
Not deeper in the ridge.
Behind the cordon.
That was Mo Cangyan’s next move.
While Qin Yuheng’s teams focused on Northwest Broken Ridge’s outer paths, a minor village south-east of the cordon reported a "blessing mirror" discovered in an ancestral well. The village had no known Red Nursery routes. No Golden Bud affiliation. No Dawn Benevolence funding. No suspicious scholarship records.
That made it worse.
The mirror had likely been planted long ago.
A sleeper node.
The village elders believed it was an ancestral luck mirror. They had allowed children to look into it during coming-of-age games. Nothing happened at first. Then, after recent ridge activity, three children began dreaming of roads under the well.
Qin Yuheng responded immediately, but not alone.
This was Qin Yuze’s first controlled support mission.
Not inside the mirror zone.
Outer perimeter.
Qin Yuze’s role was to prevent hostile agents from entering or escaping while senior teams handled the mirror.
Qin Yuze accepted with visible effort.
"I will hold perimeter."
Qin Feng patted his shoulder.
"If you chase inward, I will tell Xue’er you lost to a well."
Qin Yuze looked horrified.
"I won’t."
At the village, the ancestral well stood beneath an old locust tree. Villagers gathered anxiously. Some believed the mirror was blessing their children. Others feared curse. The three affected children were awake but dazed.
Qin Yuheng used the Child Future Sovereignty Veil first.
No child would look into the well again.
Qin Mo lowered a detection lens.
A silver mirror sat at the bottom, embedded in stone. It was old. Older than Red Thread. But new markings had been added.
Layered corruption.
Jiang Yuexuan’s message confirmed:
Old local reflection object converted into false road mirror anchor.
This technique is older than Dawn Benevolence.
Likely used by hidden road cults before Blood Sun branches adopted it.
The enemy web deepened again.
Qin Mo identified the method.
"Memory-inheritance resonance. It uses village ancestry pride. Children think they are honoring ancestors."
The False Road Mirror Shattering Lamp had no charge remaining from previous use. They had to use different tools.
Good.
The enemy likely expected lamp dependency.
Qin Yuheng activated the Sovereign Countermeasure Signature Veil to hide their true method.
Then he used:
Memory Without Chain Tablet.
Honest Ancestor Memory Tablet.
Child Road Consent Mirror.
Guardian Bypass Detection Lens.
The mirror in the well resisted.
It showed villagers images of ancestors smiling.
"Let the children inherit."
The elders began crying.
Qin Yuheng did not call the ancestors false immediately.
That would break the village.
Instead, he used the Honest Ancestor Memory Tablet.
The smiling images changed.
The ancestors no longer smiled.
They stood solemnly and said:
"Remember us. Do not become us. Walk beyond us."
The village elders froze.
The mirror cracked.
Qin Mo shouted, "Now!"
Qin Yuheng used the False Key Measurement Severing Rod to cut the mirror’s measuring beam. Qin Lian’s shadow line pulled the mirror upward from the well. Qin Yuchen shattered its anchor stone.
The mirror broke.
No child harmed.
But at that moment, three hidden agents outside the village tried to escape.
Qin Yuze’s perimeter activated.
His spear moved like crimson thunder.
The first agent threw a provocation shard at him.
A week earlier, Qin Yuze might have chased it.
Now he ignored it and cut the agent’s escape path.
The second agent used a child voice lure.
Qin Yuze’s Trusted Voice Severing Bell rang.
False.
He struck the ground before the agent, forcing surrender.
The third agent tried to run into the woods.
Qin Feng appeared and blocked him.
"No."
Captured.
Qin Yuze stood breathing hard, spear steady.
He had not overchased.
He had not entered the mirror zone.
He had held perimeter.
Qin Yuheng walked over after the mirror was sealed.
"Well done."
Qin Yuze tried not to smile too broadly.
"I only held perimeter."
"That was the mission."
Qin Yuze understood the praise.
For him, restraint was victory.
Interrogation of the captured agents revealed a chilling detail.
Line Six was not meant to complete the seven-point echo. It was meant to test whether the coalition would leave the cordon to respond behind itself.
A distraction.
While they handled Line Six, something moved deeper in the north-west.
Qin Lian received Silent Heaven’s urgent signal.
Unknown teams had passed through an old ravine toward Kneeling Shadow Gate Outer Scar.
Not the true gate.
An outer scar.
Still dangerous.
Qin Yuheng’s eyes hardened.
Mo Cangyan had forced a split.
Line Six was stopped.
But the deeper movement had advanced.
Partial success again.
The game was becoming sharper.