Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 1208: Chapter 696: Taboo ACE-039, Beyond the Three Realms (Part 2)

Uncle Li Dong frowned, suddenly realizing… although Qing Chen’s analysis lacked some information, it aligned more closely with his understanding of Jindai Chika!

Moreover, this time Jindai Chika died way too easily.

You have to know that Uncle Li Dong had been lurking in the north for quite some time to kill Jindai Chika, yet the other party was so cautious that he wouldn’t even step out of the Divine Bridge.

And now? A reckless move, and then he died.

Uncle Li Dong solemnly said, “This time, I will dispatch couriers to thoroughly investigate the northern developments and attempt to find some clues to confirm your conjecture.”

Qing Chen nodded: “I will also order the Spy Bureau to investigate this matter secretly, hoping that he is truly dead. But if he’s really not dead, there may be an even bigger conspiracy… With City No. 10’s fall, who benefits the most?”

Uncle Li Dong thought for a moment and asked, “You?”

Qing Chen laughed bitterly, “Master, we’re discussing serious matters here.”

“I’m being serious too. Now that the city defenses are empty, soon Qing Wu’s father Qing Ji will hand over the city defense system to you,” Uncle Li Dong said. “By then, the whole city will be yours; the 6 million subjects are originally workers and can help you maintain normal factory operations. It can be said that if you were not my apprentice, I would suspect that you orchestrated this…”

Qing Chen thought about it, and it seemed indeed to be true…

“Who else, besides me, would want the Federation to fall into complete chaos?” Qing Chen asked in confusion. “Deer Island certainly wouldn’t, because their demigod just died. Chen Yu also wouldn’t, because he is in a period of weakness. So, it leaves Jindai, Li Family, Qing’s Family… No, there’s another party involved!”

Uncle Li Dong said gravely, “Overseas forces?”

“That’s right,” Qing Chen suddenly said, “We’ve long known that overseas tentacles are reaching for the Federation, and Jindai even opened the gate for them. If anyone wants the Federation in chaos now, it surely must be the overseas forces. If Jindai Chika had a hand in the disaster related to overseas forces, I guess he may very well be aboard their Air Force Fleet already, maybe they’ve reached the Federation!”

Qing Chen was dazed for a moment.

This war wasn’t over, for the main battlefield was never in City No. 10!

From the start, the disaster in City No. 10 was merely an introduction to the overall situation in the Federation.

“Master, what means do we have now to notify Qing’s Family and Li Family?” Qing Chen asked.

Uncle Li Dong raised his eyebrows, looking not far behind him: “Qing Ji, you’ve been eavesdropping long enough, come on out, let’s talk business.”

The middle-aged man in white linen clothes walked out, entirely devoid of any shame for eavesdropping, as if everything was meant to be. He handed a black hard drive to Qing Chen: “This is the key to the hub controlling the city defense system, keep it safe. It’s enough to fend off a field brigade, and if used well, it might even stop a field division. Although the Metal Storm needs maintenance, and the bullets need refilling. A few hours from now, Qing Ye and Qing Qu will arrive with reinforcements… If not for the Door of Shadow only allowing two people at a time, I could have brought them here right now.”

Qing Chen anxiously said, “Now’s not the time to count the spoils, please notify Qing’s Family and Li Family forces as soon as possible; there might be a fifth force on the battlefield!”

Qing Ji turned around and left, opening the Door of Shadow.

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In the Northern Battlefield, Qing Yu was sitting in the commander’s seat of the Scepter Sky Fortress, quietly watching the holographic sand table in front of him, overseeing the entire battlefield situation.

On the holographic sand table, the blue areas represented their occupied zones, while the red areas represented fallen zones.

The war had been going on for 8 days. As of today, although Deer Island and Jindai initiated the war, they were being beaten back progressively.

Yet Qing Yu, who graduated at the top of his class from Tinder Military Academy in the past 20 years and is the frontline commander of Qing’s Group Army, felt something was amiss: where did Jindai and Deer Island get the confidence to start a war?

Even if they wanted to rely on the Rat Tide of City No. 10, Qing Yu could obliterate it with a missile strike upon command.

He hasn’t launched the strike because he chose not to, but that doesn’t mean they’ve given up on that option.

Jindai and Deer Island should have thought this through, right? They shouldn’t be so foolish.

At this moment, in the communication channel, the frontline commander of Qing’s First Air Force Fleet appeared in the holographic channel: “Sir, we’ve already crushed Deer Island’s air forces. Should we pursue northward? Now’s the best time to turn our advantage into victory. I can pledge to destroy all Deer Island’s air bases within 72 hours. Once within range, their laser canopy can’t stop our missiles; the calculation time just isn’t enough.”

Qing Yu frowned: “The forward base is too far, advancing further would stretch the supply lines too thin. Come back, let’s proceed steadily and not rush.”

“Received,” the commander did not argue. Qing’s Group was a force of strict orders, with Qing Yu being the brain of the entire army; no one would defy his command.

Qing Yu lowered his head, pondering: “Where did it all start to go wrong?”

Just then, the Door of Shadow opened in the Scepter No., and Qing Ji emerged from it, saying: “Withdraw to the rear, be mindful of the appearance of a fifth force.”

Qing Yu asked in confusion: “Is that the Family Head’s order? Give me the digital command, and I’ll retreat immediately after verification.”

“No command,” Qing Yu shook his head: “This is Qing Chen’s decision, not the Family Head’s. He believes that an overseas fleet will appear in the northern sky, and it’s a premeditated combat plan.”