Godslayer: At the start, the power of the Five Elements transforms into Iron Fist Tiger.

"I think I heard someone call my name?" Lin Qiye was in a good mood, after all, the danger at his aunt's place had been resolved, and only the enemy remained at their side.

'Besides... I have so many 'family members'.' Lin Qiye looked around. There was Chen Muye cooking in the kitchen, Si Xiaonan helping Chen Muye in a flurry of activity, and Wen Qimo and Wu Xiangnan chatting in the living room who had already noticed him.

Hongying, who was still protecting her roast duck leg, and Ling Yue, who was attacking, were the last to be seen, while Leng Xuan was cleaning his sniper rifle alone.

"Ahem, no, I don't think so. By the way, how are your grades at the training camp? You haven't been slacking off, have you?" Zhao Kongcheng was like an old father who had just given his child a holiday, urging Lin Qiye to improve his grades.

"You know, I was determined to risk my life to protect you and your family back then, but who knew Ling Yue would be such a monster..."

Perhaps it had been more than five months since they last met, or perhaps Zhao Kongcheng was homesick; in any case, he had recently taken to rambling on and on, and so Lin Qiye, who had just arrived, suffered the consequences.

As Lin Qiye listened to Zhao Kongcheng's constant urging, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly. He felt quite pleased with himself.

"Alright, dinner is ready."

The range hood in the kitchen was turned off. After a while, Chen Muye came out carrying a large basin of fish soup, followed by Si Xiaonan carrying bowls and chopsticks.

Finally, everyone took their seats. A long table, nine seats, eighteen delicious dishes, nine meat dishes, nine vegetable dishes, and a soup.

Each person had a meat dish and a vegetable dish in front of them. In order to ensure that everyone could eat their favorite dishes, Zhao Kongcheng even bought a rotating glass table from a restaurant and installed it on their long table.

Just as everyone was about to pick up their chopsticks, Ling Yue suddenly spoke up. "Don't you guys think something's missing?" he said, glancing at Leng Xuan's waist.

Leng Xuan remained silent for a moment, then took out a pistol from his waist... Leng Xuan quickly put the pistol away and took out a square camera from his pocket.

“Yes, I’ll take your pictures.” Leng Xuan said, getting up and walking away into the distance.

"The camera has a timer mode, and I can control it remotely." Ling Yue blocked him with golden light emanating from his hands, then controlled the camera to fly ten meters away.

"Come on, look at the camera!" Ling Yue took the lead and struck a pose like an eggplant, followed by Chen Muyi and the others.

"three!"

"two!"

"one!"

Click————

The camera captured the moment forever. Then it was automatically printed.

Ling Yue controlled the camera to prevent the photo from falling and held it in his hand.

In the scene, Chen Muye, Wu Xiangnan, Zhao Kongcheng, Hongying, Wen Qimo, Si Xiaonan, Leng Xuan, Ling Yue and Lin Qiye each made hand gestures and looked at the camera. In front of them were eighteen steaming dishes that had not yet been eaten, which looked warm and comfortable.

"Is this alright now?! I can't wait to start eating!" Hongying looked at Chen Muye with an impatient expression.

"Okay, eat up!" Chen Muyi nodded. He had never felt so relaxed in all these years.

"Yay!" Hongying quickly picked up her chopsticks and reached for the roast duck leg that she had been planning to eat for a long time.

"Give it to me!" Ling Yue couldn't stay serious for more than three seconds. He quickly handed the photos and camera to Leng Xuan and then reached for the duck leg.

As a result, Ling Yue was in a good mood today and didn't fight with Hong Ying for the only two duck legs. The two duck legs were each put into various bowls by Ling Yue and Hong Ying.

Chen Muyi slowly raised the glass in his hand, the orange-yellow beer shimmering faintly under the light, his gaze sweeping over everyone.

"Throughout this year, no one has sacrificed their lives. In fact, two more people have joined our 136th Squad family. Time and again, we have protected this city."

Once again, on behalf of the countless lives in Cangnan City that have been protected, I would like to express my gratitude to you all.

And I hope that this time next year, we will still be sitting here... not one less!

Happy New Year, everyone!

cheers! "

In an instant, everyone stood up from their seats, raised their glasses high, and clinked them together. Even Si Xiaonan was holding a half-full glass of beer.

A series of clinking sounds rang out from the dining table.

"Cheers!" Everyone smiled and said in unison.

........

The next morning, the living room was littered with empty wine bottles, and Zhao Kongcheng and Chen Muye were lying on the floor. The others were also lying haphazardly on the sofa, while Hongying and Si Xiaonan were nowhere to be seen.

"Holy crap!" Ling Yue had just woken up and opened his eyes when he saw Lin Qiye lying next to him. He was so scared that he quickly pushed Lin Qiye away.

Lin Qiye woke up with a start, glanced around briefly, and suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head.

"Hiss~" Lin Qiye scratched his head, somewhat bewildered. He remembered that he hadn't drunk anything last night, right? That's right!

Lin Qiye carefully recalled what happened last night. He didn't come because he was worried about possible enemy attacks or emergencies. In addition, he wasn't interested in drinking anyway, so he only had a few sips.

As a result, Ling Yue, that scoundrel, got drunk by Zhao Kongcheng and the others, who then forced him to drink as well. He couldn't resist Ling Yue's wicked methods and got drunk just like Ling Yue. As soon as he woke up, Ling Yue pushed him away.

"I've been flattered to death!" Ling Yue belatedly realized that last night, Chen Muye and Zhao Kongcheng, especially Zhao Kongcheng, kept praising how strong he was, saying that he must be number one in the training camp, and while they were talking, they were also pouring wine into Ling Yue's glass.

Ling Yue was so flattered by their praise that he almost floated on air. When Zhao Kongcheng replaced the orange-yellow beer with white liquor, Ling Yue didn't object. He thought his physical condition was good enough to handle it.

As a result, Ling Yue got Zhao Kongcheng and Chen Muye drunk by himself. Ling Yue was also in a daze at that time. He grabbed Lin Qiye, who was closest to him, and poured the liquor into his mouth.

When he woke up in the morning, he found the two of them lying together, with Zhao Kongcheng and Chen Muye, who had already passed out drunk, on the ground.

Not long after the two woke up, Chen Muyi got up from the ground, showing no signs of drunkenness on his face. Of course, Zhao Kongcheng was still lying quietly on the ground at his feet.

Taking advantage of the situation, Ling Yue pulled Lin Qiye into a corner.

"Let's go out for another stroll today. After all, we encountered more than one group of people yesterday." Ling Yue meant that he and Lin Qiye would go outside as bait to lure out the people similar to Mad Scorpions that they encountered yesterday.

"Okay." Lin Qiye's face darkened again after recalling what happened yesterday. Although Leng Xuan had explained to him after the phone call yesterday that the captain had bought teleportation artifacts for their family, it still did not change the fact that the Ancient God Church wanted to harm his family, nor did it change the fact that he wanted to retaliate against the Ancient God Church.

After they finished speaking, they walked outside together.

As soon as the two stepped outside, Wu Xiangnan, Wen Qimo, and Hong Ying, who were lying or sprawled in various positions inside the house, immediately stood up.

"Ugh, I'm so tired after pretending for so long." Wu Xiangnan rubbed her right hand, which was almost numb, and then gently kicked Zhao Kongcheng's leg, who was still lying on the ground.

"Hey, Lao Zhao, wake up, stop pretending."

"Hey, Lao Zhao??"

Seeing that Zhao Kongcheng did not respond for a long time, Wu Xiangnan kicked him again, but this time the force was a bit stronger.

Then came the voice of Chen Muye, who was making hangover soup in the kitchen next door.

"Stop calling him, we were just pretending to be drunk, he's really drunk!"

Wu Xiangnan looked embarrassed, but still didn't hold back: "This old Zhao is just a loser. He can't even outdrink Ling Yue."

Upon hearing this, Chen Muyi's lips twitched slightly; he felt he had been subtly insulted.