Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 876: 538, Long Time No See (Extra update for FFF, Golden League)

“Enemy troops are fleeing at three o’clock!”

“Encountered some resistance at five o’clock, the enemy hasn’t scattered yet!”

“Cover fire,” Lao Lee shouted, “First company, advance in tactical formation with me! Second company, you have ten minutes to flank them, this is your only chance!”

As Lao Lee spoke, he had already relied on the physical strength of the genetic soldiers to catch up, but he was merely trailing the prey and didn’t rush to give the attack order.

They were prisoners without modern communication systems, so they had to communicate by shouting.

Lao Lee was so excited that he didn’t even notice his voice was hoarse.

It wasn’t until the second company pierced through the snow forest and flanked the enemy that Lao Lee shouted, “First company, open fire!”

As soon as they attracted the enemy’s attention, Lao Lee led the retreat, moving out of the enemy’s effective range.

This extreme sense of distance was something only a veteran could have, like a seasoned fighter in the boxing ring.

As Lao Lee’s side retreated, the second company on the other side caught the Jindai soldiers off guard.

Lao Lee didn’t stay idle either, continuing to shout, “First company, follow me to advance at two o’clock, form a pincer attack.”

The two units intertwined like iron pincers, gripping the throats of the Jindai soldiers.

Everyone here used to be the most elite warriors of the Federal Group Army.

They had to undergo a full army competition to be selected into the intelligence agency.

Lao Lee hadn’t fought for nineteen years, but every night lying on that cold bed, he would recall everything he had learned.

Nineteen years, over six thousand nights, he had fought in his dreams more than six thousand times.

Today, Qing Chen’s appearance awakened everything that had been dormant in his soul.

Li Cheng felt like he had been sealed away, dead, for the past nineteen years, and today he finally came back to life.

At this moment, Qing Chen was clearing the battlefield in another direction, with Qing Ling beside him, witnessing the slaughter by someone who seemed like a god of war. He felt that this was truly a legendary emotionless war machine.

In fact, Qing Chen’s side was much easier.

After killing the three chosen ones from the Outer World, these ordinary soldiers couldn’t even ignite Qing Chen’s fighting spirit. He was merely completing the task of eradicating the enemy.

These Jindai soldiers came to hunt “unarmed people,” carrying only basic equipment like drones and automatic rifles, never expecting to encounter a monster in this desolate snowfield!

They thought the pigpen contained a pig waiting to be slaughtered, never imagining that if it wasn’t for wanting to bring everyone out, Qing Chen would have started a killing spree as soon as he returned.

Li Cheng still needed to control the effective shooting distance, but for Qing Chen, there was no such thing. The Jindai soldiers’ range was 250 meters, while his was 600 meters—it wasn’t even the same kind of battle.

It was a bit too unfair.

As they advanced, Qing Ling picked up a rifle next to a Jindai soldier’s corpse, wanting to shoot with them.

However, the distance was too great; he couldn’t even aim properly. Several times, he had just sighted a Jindai soldier and prepared to aim.

But before he could aim, the Jindai soldier had already fallen.

Qing Ling and his team couldn’t aim faster than Qing Chen could kill!

So, Qing Ling and others followed behind Qing Chen, like a bunch of cheerleaders shouting “666,” without having to do anything.

The more this happened, the more excited and vindicated Qing Ling felt.

He thought, surely this Qing Chen Inspector, just like Qing Mu back then, must have posed a significant threat to Jindai to be captured and brought here!

With this thought, Qing Ling suddenly wondered how many Qing intelligence personnel were supporting this Qing Chen Inspector, just like they had supported Qing Mu back then?

At this moment, Qing Chen stopped and calmly said, “Go take the clothes off these Jindai soldiers and wear them, take their individual rations and weapons.”

In his forties, Qing Ling quickly responded, “Alright, we can have it done in ten minutes!”

Qing Chen originally fought in close combat because it was more exhilarating. But he later discovered that close combat would shred the clothes off Jindai soldiers, and when worn, it would look as mismatched as Lao Lee’s current attire.

So Qing Chen switched to using firearms…

As a result, when Qing Ling and the Qing intelligence personnel stripped off the Jindai uniforms, they all gasped in shock.

They squatted in the snow, exchanging glances, their eyes filled with astonishment.

Because all the dead Jindai soldiers were either shot in the forehead or the back of the head.

At a 600-meter range, the bullet’s kinetic energy wasn’t very high, so the bullets were embedded in the brain, with just a tiny bit of blood oozing out.

The uniforms weren’t even dirtied!

Qing Ling was amazed. If they were merely hitting targets at a 600-meter distance, it would be impressive enough.

But this young Inspector, controlling two puppets while ensuring every shot hit its mark, was astonishing.

If this was the limit, it would be impressive enough. But for the other party to shoot each bullet into the head, leaving them with intact warm clothing, was extraordinary!

It was divine marksmanship!

Qing Ling sneaked a glance at Qing Chen. Somebody whispered, “What kind of shooting skills are these? We haven’t been back for over ten years. Could this be ‘Shadow’ training the next Military God in one of the army groups…?”

After the battle, Li Cheng led the Li Family troops to rejoin them.

When he saw the intact uniforms on Qing Ling, his eyes turned green. He looked at Qing Chen, “Sir, why are their clothes so intact?!”

It wasn’t just intact; each piece of clothing looked almost new!

Li Cheng glanced at himself; his uniform jacket was crooked, soaked with blood, and it didn’t keep the wind out very well!

Remember, the Jindai soldiers, in this minus-forty-degree weather, usually wore three layers: an outer coat, an inner liner, and warm underclothes.

But when Qing Chen split the Jindai soldiers, all three layers were torn together!

Qing Ling chuckled, “What are you talking about? Naturally, our Qing Family’s Military God left us intact clothing.”

Lao Lee’s eyes bulged like a bull, “Nonsense! This is our future Imperial Instructor, the current Independent Director of the Board, and the National Policy Advisor from the Li Family!”

Qing Ling tried to widen his eyes but couldn’t, “He’s from our Qing Family. Are you surnamed Qing?”

Qing Chen looked at Qing Ling, then at Li Cheng. Were these two getting into a rivalry?

He said, “Sorry, I didn’t consider it during the fight before, so just make do for now. Qing Ling, you keep your intact outer coats and distribute your warm underclothing to Li Cheng’s men. It will be hard work.”

Li Cheng was flustered when Qing Chen apologized, “You misunderstood, sir. I didn’t mean to complain. We’re doing fine, still wearing the winter clothes from the prison district.”

The Qing Family’s soldiers had already started undressing, “It’s our duty to follow the boss’s orders; hurry and put it on.”

At this moment, Qing Ling already saw Qing Chen as their boss deep down.

For the past nineteen years, no one had been able to replace Qing Mu’s position.

Now it had changed.

He believed Li Cheng probably felt the same. Although Qing Chen wasn’t surnamed Li, his status within the Li Family said it all.

Qing Chen said, “Right now, it’s all about getting out of here alive. Don’t be too sentimental.”

Qing Ling and Li Cheng probably understood Qing Chen’s ways by now. Li Cheng said, “Understood, boss.”

Qing Chen asked, “Do you have any knowledge about the military deployment behind Jindai?”

“I do,” Li Cheng raised his hand, “I’ve worked most closely with Jindai Yunzi, so I’ve heard some bits of intelligence. Within a 600-kilometer radius, there are two field divisions. Unlike the front-line units, these two divisions focus on wilderness eradication, training recruits by making them kill wild people.”

Qing Chen nodded after hearing this. He glanced at the landmarks around, confirmed his direction, and then led the way south.

Li Cheng and Qing Ling exchanged a glance; they didn’t know what the new boss was going to do.

Over a thousand warriors trudged south, heading straight for the Central Plains.

This time, Li Cheng didn’t say anyone falling behind would lose their life.

Previously, that was said for the sake of battle. But now, Qing Chen had made it clear that no one could be left behind.

It was very cold in the snow, but none of the warriors complained.

Seeing their difficult march, Qing Chen gave an extra instruction, “The weak can hang their weapons and burdens on Jindai Yunzi and Takahashi Izumi. They’re both skilled, they can handle it… oh right.”

As soon as he finished speaking, all the Li and Qing Family members saw Jindai Yunzi and Takahashi Izumi kneel down and kowtow nine times, seriously knocking their heads against the ground.

Almost as if making early New Year’s greetings.

Only after this did Qing Chen continue forward.

In this battle, Jindai Yunzi and Takahashi Izumi were the most shocked, terrified, and miserable.

Being controlled and losing their freedom was bad enough; they still had to be used as gun racks and kowtow to people!

Jindai Yunzi suspected that if Qing Chen wasn’t in a hurry, he might have made him kowtow all the way back to the Central Plains!

After a few hours of walking, Qing Ling and Li Cheng had eaten their individual rations. They couldn’t help but approach Qing Chen, “Boss, are we sure we’re going in the right direction?”

Qing Chen nodded, “Yes.”

Li Cheng said, “I’m not doubting your decision, boss. I just want to point out that the Jindai Consortium must have already known about the A02 base incident. Most likely, they’ll send those two field divisions to converge on us. If we head south, we’ll run right into them.”

Qing Chen nodded, “Hmm, I know. Of course, you can share your thoughts too.”

Qing Ling added, “Why don’t we head north? The Shenmu River in the north has already frozen over. We can go to the Polar Chill in the north. It’s said that some barbarians still live there, but very few. After crossing the Shenmu River, we could migrate west, skirting the edge of the 001 Taboo Land to return to the Central Plains. Although it’s a long route, our survival chances might be higher than facing the two field divisions head-on.”

Qing Chen gave Qing Ling a glance. If they took this route, it would be like a twenty-five-thousand-mile-long march…

But in terms of hardship and distance, it was about the same.

However, Qing Chen didn’t plan to take this route, as the people behind him had been imprisoned for over ten years and couldn’t endure such a long journey.

He continued southward, and Qing Ling and Li Cheng were puzzled, “Boss, shouldn’t we be concerned about the two field divisions?”

Qing Chen climbed a snow hill, looking south into the cold wind, “Actually, if Jindai Yunzi hadn’t changed the plan, I would have acted four days later. Now I can only bet that those people will come.”

He looked back again.

At those weather-beaten but hopeful faces.

These people could become Qing Chen’s first team one day.

Some were proficient in command, some in intelligence penetration, and others had built mature intelligence networks with their own hands.

In the future, wherever Qing Chen went, most of these people would become his backbone.

These people couldn’t die, couldn’t crash into those two field divisions, but Qing Chen chose to trust.

He believed some people had already come, though they hadn’t yet met.

Qing Chen continued, “No, it’s not a bet; I’m certain they’ll come. Let’s go, keep heading south.”

Qing Ling and Li Cheng exchanged glances, realizing that there must be some special people coming to rescue this Qing Chen Inspector, and ones he could trust unconditionally.

At that moment, Qing Chen seemed to sense something and suddenly looked up at the sky.

He suddenly smiled, a bright and radiant smile.

Because in the sky and clouds, a giant bird was spreading its wings, blocking out the sun.

Qing Shan Falcon, it’s been a long time.

…

Thanks to the Golden League’s FFF Big Brother, I know the debt isn’t fully paid, but I’ll repay it slowly once my leg heals…