Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 1799: Chapter 943: Obeying Orders

The meeting room was quiet.

Everyone understood what it meant when Jindai Yunlo made a promise to Qing Chen in a soft voice.

Zero asked, ”Do you know how weighty this promise is?”

”I know,” Jindai Yunlo said with a smile, ”But isn’t this the reason we returned to the North? If I just took control of the Jindai Consortium and then got invaded by foreign enemies, wouldn’t I lose face? At that point, even when drinking with others, I couldn’t hold my head up.”

Qing Chen was silent.

Jindai Yunlo said with a smile, ”I must go and organize the defense, everyone please calmly plan the evacuation. After this battle, I’ll also join you in the Southwest.”

”Alright,” Qing Chen responded.

Zero said, ”There are still 311 airships remaining in the main forces of Silver City, with 81 A-Class airships. Among them, 7 are carrying ballistic missiles, all are campaign-level nuclear reserves. Moreover, the trajectory is no longer inertial-guided; it will undergo 97 ballistic micro-corrections before impact, and your current warning satellites will also be knocked down tonight... To put it simply, I don’t think the Eastern Continent Federation has the capability to intercept. Intercepting missiles has always been a technical headache for everyone. So once it is launched, it undoubtedly means the destruction of the military target... and this is just what’s left of Silver City.”

”Storm City’s forces are even more fierce than Silver City,” Zero looked at everyone. ”If the Eastern Continent Federation were united like a fortress, there might be a chance to intercept them, but now it’s definitely impossible.”

So-called missile defense systems consist of five components: warning satellites, warning radars, ground-based radars, ground-based intercept missiles, and operational management command control communication systems.

Above everyone’s heads, a network consisting of 24 low-orbit satellites and 6 high-orbit satellites built the infrared space-based systems, used to detect the infrared radiation emitted by missile exhaust flames.

If these satellites are gone, it will mean you don’t know when the enemy will launch the missiles.

Ordinary interception usually involves calculating the missile’s trajectory after entering inertia, and then colliding with it using ground-to-air missiles.

But if these ballistic missiles have active trajectory corrections throughout the entire flight, it means the trajectory is unpredictable.

This is why Zero said that as long as the missile is launched, it is bound to land.

Uninterceptable.

As they were speaking, there was a booming sound from the direction of Jindai Yunlo.

This nobleman dressed in white hunting clothes in the holographic projection turned his head to look somewhere unknown, even his projection was shaking, and dust was falling from above.

The next moment, flames burst outside the window suddenly, dyeing his clothes and face red.

Zero furrowed her brow and asked, ”Has the attack already begun?”

”Yes,” Jindai Yunlo nodded.

Qing Chen looked at Zero, ”Isn’t it supposed to start tonight?”

Zero looked at Qing Chen, ”Is war ever certain? The Storm City fleet arrived at Relay Island ahead of schedule, and from the sequence of attacks, we have roughly 37 seconds of communication time left, then the communication with the North will be cut off. I’ll be brief: the Western Continent fleet’s vanguard will be the first to land. They’ll go and raid the fuel and supplies from Jindai and Deer Island, then establish a defense system for the rear once it’s secure, until the entire fleet arrives. Once the full fleet arrives, they’ll head directly south. If they can’t be stopped, City 10 will become a wasteland... unless there are no Parent Association Members left in City 10 at that time.”

Zero said, ”They want an intact continent, not just their own remaining continent.”

Jindai Yunlo turned back with a smile, ”War is truly cruel, but this is the art of war. Ladies and gentlemen, see you after the war.”

After speaking, the communication was cut off, exactly 37 seconds, no more and no less.

Zero said, ”All military bases in the North should have become ruins. When the Kingdom organization and Future organization first arrived at the Eastern Continent Federation, their true mission was not to conquer, but to develop an intelligence network and gain strategic information.”

The terror of modern warfare lies in the fact that once your information and location are exposed, you face annihilation within minutes.

And Jindai and Deer Island were too incompetent, directly showing their trump cards to the enemy.

Originally, they could intercept the Roosevelt fleet outside the continental shelf, but now they’ve let the enemy pass unhindered.

At this moment, Qing Ye asked, ”Who are you really, and why are you so sure they’ll do this? You even know their order of attacking military targets.”

Zero thought for a moment and said, ”Because their operational plan is the one I devised.”

Qing Ye and Qing Qu were stunned for a moment, they exchanged glances, suddenly unsure of what to say.

Only Qing Chen found it natural, as if with an artificial intelligence like this by his side, he would subconsciously let the AI make the optimal decision.

Qing Ye asked curiously, ”Why attack the communication systems as the last step?”

Zero said, ”Because they need to give the Jindai Consortium a chance to send signals for help to the outside world, to pull your defensive forces to the North, making it easier to strike.”

Zero had not shown Qing Chen and the others just how powerful her computing abilities were, but she knew exactly how strong the Western Continent’s military power was, which was Qing Chen and his team’s greatest gain.

Qing Chen asked, ”If you were me, what would you do?”

”You want me to command but don’t dare to hand over the command authority?” Zero asked with a faint smile.

Qing Chen answered seriously and candidly, ”The responsibility is too great, I cannot hand it over yet. However, if it becomes clear that you are the optimal solution to command this battle, I will immediately entrust it to you.”

Qing Ye and Qing Qu felt a bit strange, because they didn’t know who Zero was.

But Qing Chen knew.

This ’woman’ almost destroyed all of humanity a millennium ago. Now, anyone who meets her should be on guard. She’s been imprisoned and exiled for so long. Even if she claims she’s reformed and wants to help humanity, can you believe her? Do you dare to trust her?

Moreover, up to this point, the results Qing Chen calculated were not much different from Zero’s, without seeing any essential difference.

Zero smiled indifferently: ”Doesn’t matter, I’m just helping her, not you. To be honest, I also have the urge to destroy all of this again, but I’m still restraining myself.”

After saying this, she told Qing Chen: ”If I were you, I might first talk to the Li Family to see what their attitude is. If you lose even the last ally, then there’s only one path left.”

Qing Chen nodded: ”I will.”

Zero pulled Yi and said: ”Let’s go, take a walk; soon we won’t have the chance to shop.”

Yi reluctantly looked back at Qing Chen, blinking as he was pulled away.

Qing Chen said to Qing Ye: ”Not everyone can rely on the Key of Gate to leave; the Key of Gate to the southwest isn’t enough. Half of the people should be separated and use transportation to migrate by land. And we can’t just evacuate the Parent Association Members, but also essential industrial talents and those scientists we’ve received. After everyone is evacuated, Parent Association Members from other cities, apart from intelligence personnel, should also gather here for evacuation.”

Qing Ye said: ”There aren’t enough vehicles, not many diesel vehicles can run in the wilderness.”

”Then walk over there,” Qing Chen said firmly: ”This time, those of higher rank give up the Key of Gate.”

”Understood.”

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Countdown to return 28:00:00.

On the long street, half of the families in line suddenly received a message. They were first bewildered, then silently picked up their luggage and stepped out of the queue.

They reorganized themselves by number and formation, quickly heading out of the city.

Some family members still in the Key of Gate queue asked in confusion: ”Where are you going?”

Someone turned back and smiled: ”We received orders, the evacuation pace with the Key of Gate is too slow, half of us need to walk to the Southwest Five Cities to report.”

”Wait, you’re the Purple Family, Blue Family, you should be the ones walking through the Key of Gate because your rank is high.”

The Purple Family members carrying their backpacks to the border checkpoint waved with a smile: ”Obeying orders.”

Over three hundred thousand people suddenly began a long migration. It was still the hot summer season, with the blazing sun; they would be soaked in sweat shortly after starting.

However, they didn’t complain but used the methods taught by the organization, taking out a short sleeve shirt to fold into a simple sun hat, continuing forward.

The residents of City 10 watched those leaving. Suddenly someone said: ”I don’t believe such a team would be cowardly and afraid to fight; they will surely return.”

Over three hundred thousand people divided into thousands of teams, each with a high-ranking family member leading. Each team of 330 people formed a long queue.

From high above, they looked like long dragons, winding across the earth as they advanced.

No one fell behind, and no one fled.

Headed southwest, the journey was a total of 2,300 kilometers. It was as if they were measuring with their legs the vast mountains and rivers they were about to lose, but would eventually reclaim.

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In the Jindai Consortium’s B19 military base in the North, Jindai Yunlo stood at the command center, looking at the devastation outside, and turned to ask Ryosuke Takahashi: ”Has all communication been cut off?”

Ryosuke Takahashi nodded gravely: ”Before communication was cut, we were able to tally 712 conventional long-range missile attacks, covering almost all our military facilities, with only a few managing to evacuate in time. Fortunately, all the airships have taken off, and we still have the strength for one more battle... but there won’t be any more supplies or reinforcements.”

Jindai Yunlo chuckled: ”I wonder who that woman in the holographic projection is, she didn’t warn us sooner, what a bother.”

”Sir, you can still laugh?” Ryosuke Takahashi asked in disbelief.

”Why,” Jindai Yunlo replied with a cheerful face, ”Will crying drive the people of the West Continent away? Let’s go, get on the airships, gather all airships, we’ll prepare to meet the enemy in the bay.”

Takeshi Wuteng, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke: ”Actually, we could escape southwest, cross the coastline there, and find an island at sea to recover. I think we don’t need to die with the Federation.”

”And then possess your descendants, living a long life?” Jindai Yunlo asked in return.

Takeshi Wuteng was taken aback.

Jindai Yunlo patted his shoulder: ”I can’t do that, Qing Chen entrusted this matter to me, so I must see it through. Also, I made a military pledge in front of so many people, and then ran away without a word? I’ve got my pride. If I really ran, how could I hold my head up during future drinking sessions? By then, people would point at me and say, see, there’s the deserter... How shameful.”