Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 1839: Chapter 964: Seven Golden Coffins

”Welcome to 78 Victor Avenue.”

With lingering fear, Xiao San looked around 78 Victor Avenue. The sunlight streaming through the window lay on the carpet, and in a moment, he felt as if he had traveled from midnight to daytime.

If he had been ten seconds later, the firepower of the war robots might have engulfed him in the dark alley.

When Xiao San looked around and saw Qing Chen, he exclaimed in delight, ”Boss, I thought I wouldn’t see you again. I must say, the Storm City Corp Army is much stronger than the Jindai and Deer Island. Back then, when Deer Island’s garrison forces tried to corner me, they needed to deploy an entire regiment and spend half an hour to do so. This time, Storm City took only three minutes, and I had no way out.”

Xiao San smiled at Qing Ji and said, ”Luckily, Uncle Qing Ji was there, or else I would have been done for.”

Qing Chen asked, ”Is the northern city already under tight lockdown?”

Upon hearing this question, Xiao San looked a bit dejected: ”Life for the Federation residents is miserable now, everyone is being forced to get tattooed. They have this special tattooing machine that fits over a person’s head, taking just over ten seconds to complete. In the entire city, everyone’s forehead is tattooed with the word ’slave,’ even children are not spared.”

Xiao San: ”I even saw them storm into a primary school this afternoon and tattoo all the students and teachers.”

Qing Chen asked, ”That’s a huge undertaking, did so many Storm City Land Group Army come?”

”It wasn’t the Storm City Army doing it, they did it under the names of Deer Island and Jindai, recruiting old soldiers from Jindai and Deer Island back to the army,” Xiao San explained. ”After those old soldiers returned to the army, they were even more ruthless than the West Avenue people. In City 23, Xiao Jing and I killed many, but it always felt like there was no end.”

Qing Chen nodded: ”There will come a day when they’re held accountable.”

”Boss, are we in a city on the West Continent now? What mission do we have this time?” Xiao San asked, filled with excitement.

”Blood for blood.”

If Qing Chen were to rank the places he had been to and liked the most, the first would be Prison No. 18.

The second would be the Taboo Land No. 002, where a group of old folks sincerely cherished him.

The third would be Dragon Lake outside the Baopu Pavilion.

He could sit on the broken bridge in the sunlight, chatting with the old man about the Federation, about life. The old man had never seen the future but genuinely treated him as one of his own.

Now, the old man was gone, and they couldn’t even defend the Li Family, with even Baopu Pavilion and Dragon Lake becoming history.

Coming to the Inner World brought a lot of joy and rewards, but amidst the great changes of the times, there was more regret.

The war continued.

Underneath the fireplace at 78 Victor Avenue, Qing Chen had already cut it open with the Black Knife, digging all the way to the underground.

Beneath it was a major underground pipeline.

Xiao San shone his flashlight and took a look, thrilled: ”Very suitable. Uncle Qing Ji, please open the Door of Shadow to City 23, Villa No. 12 on Mingguang Street, the one you’ve been to.”

Qing Ji nodded and opened the Door of Shadow.

Qing Chen took a glance through it and saw that the villa and 78 Victor Avenue were alike, both having broken through the sewage system.

Xiao San walked through the Door of Shadow and whistled. A giant golden cockroach poked its head out from the sewer, affectionately rubbing against Xiao San’s leg!

Xiao San chuckled, ”Only a day apart, don’t pretend you missed me. Call out your kids and get ready to work!”

Xiao Jing tilted its head and scrutinized Qing Chen, Xiao San tapped it on the head, ”Don’t stare at the boss like that.”

Xiao Jing shrank back a bit.

Xiao San commanded, ”First, explore all the underground of Central Royal City, leave no corner unchecked! The boss is here, don’t embarrass me!”

Xiao Jing turned back towards the sewer and squeaked.

The next moment, a dense swarm of cockroaches crawled out from the underground of City 23, forming neat and orderly lines as they passed through the Door of Shadow, entering the sewer beneath the fireplace like a human marching troupe.

These cockroaches had been intentionally cultivated by Xiao Jing, evolving into different types of combat units.

Some were huge, like calf, with incredibly sharp mandibles.

Some were tiny like ants, lacking attack capability but able to infiltrate anywhere.

The Black Spider, witnessing this sight, felt its scalp tingle!

The cockroach swarm had appeared in northern cities before, and when they did, Jindai’s core members were destroyed along with them. Now, this terrifying swarm had come to the West Continent through the Door of Shadow!

In fact, compared to the currently cultivating Giant Race, cockroaches were more suited for urban warfare.

Qing Chen kept them, intending to present them as a grand gift to the Roosevelt Royalty in Central Royal City.

He watched the cockroach march expressionlessly, waiting for them to disperse into every corner of the city.

The cockroach swarm was managed neatly by Xiao San, in such orderly lines, it looked like a troop waiting for Qing Chen’s inspection.

Qing Chen’s heart felt mixed emotions, thankful that he didn’t take the Taboo Ant Queen back then, otherwise who knew how much trouble it’d be.

The cockroach army marched several kilometers, just as they were about to weave into the city’s center directly, they found their path blocked by a metal web in the sewer.

Some large cockroaches attempted to bite through the net in front of them with their mouthparts but found it very difficult. It would take about two to three hours to break through a net.

Xiao San stood inside No. 78 Victor and said to Qing Chen, ”Boss, the West Continent seems to have already taken precautions against the cockroach swarm. Many sewer intersections have alloy mesh interceptors set up. The large cockroaches can’t get through and can’t directly infiltrate the core areas of the city from underground.”

Qing Chen was not surprised. The cockroach swarm had already emerged in Jindai, and as long as the Roosevelt Royalty wasn’t foolish, they would take precautions.

Black Spider explained from the side, ”The West Continent has experienced biological pollution many times. These metal meshes are not specifically against us; they’ve always been there to prevent the rapid spread of underground biological pollution in case a Transcendent dies.”

”In this regard, the West Continent is indeed more experienced than us,” Qing Chen said to Xiao San, ”First, use small cockroaches to scout the terrain. Leave the big ones to bite through the metal mesh. Black Spider, share your intelligence with Xiao San, let the cockroach army break through, and then head straight for those nobles’ residences.”

Xiao San: ”Got it!”

Black Spider: ”Understood.”

Time passed second by second.

The smallest batch of ’scouts’ in the cockroach army began infiltrating the city center, even making their way to the vicinity of the palace.

Here, even the sewers were equipped with monitors, observing everything underground.

Xiao San split up his forces, sending only a few scattered cockroaches to infiltrate, pretending as if nothing was amiss.

They were so small, resembling normal insects, that they were completely indistinguishable as biological pollution.

Nor did they attract the attention of the palace garrison.

At this moment, a small cockroach suddenly discovered a crack in the sewer wall, with gusts of cold wind blowing from inside.

It quickly crawled inside...

Escape countdown 00:20:00.

Escape countdown 00:10:00.

Initially, Xiao San thought this was just an ordinary architectural crack, and he sent a small cockroach inside merely by chance. However, the deeper the crack went, the more it surprised him.

This deep crack seemed bottomless, becoming increasingly colder.

The next moment, the scouting cockroach saw a light ahead, and it sped up, emerging from the crack, buzzing its wings in the air with astonishment, observing its surroundings.

Escape countdown 00:01:00.

Then, Xiao San suddenly turned to look at Qing Chen, ”Boss, the small cockroaches have infiltrated the city’s core and discovered a crack leading deep underground... There’s a vast military base down there, with many buildings erected. Among them, there’s a strange villa painted with red mysterious symbols, resembling a ghost house.”

Xiao San hesitated, ”Inside, there are seven golden coffins.”

Qing Chen abruptly turned to look at him!

Return.

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On Whale Island, Qing Chen walked through the long corridor within the War Fortress, while Xiao San also sprinted over to continue reporting.

Qing Chen confirmed, ”You’re sure there are seven golden coffins placed in the underground palace?”

”Absolutely sure,” Xiao San nodded. ”Boss, what do you think is inside those seven golden coffins?”

Of course, Qing Chen knew what those were!

In the memory of the third Black Knight, the Silver City Duke had mentioned the seven Demigod Drama Masters, who had fallen into slumber due to the Poison Cup, lying in the golden coffins awaiting awakening.

That military base, who knows how long it had been built, was extremely sealed off. But after hundreds of years, the earth’s crust would move, even houses would develop cracks in their walls, let alone a vast military base.

Now, finally, the cockroach swarm had found a way to infiltrate.

Qing Chen also knew that the Silver City Duke used feelings to steal the Taboo: Poison Cup from a princess of the Roosevelt Royalty.

In theory, at this time, the Silver City Duke was already dead, and the Poison Cup should have been completely submerged in history’s river, and the Roosevelt Kingdom would never be able to awaken these seven ancestors again.

But Qing Chen always had a vague unease, feeling that without completely killing off these seven old things, there was still a potential threat.

If the Roosevelt Kingdom truly managed to awaken those seven Demigod Drama Masters, the Eastern Continent would likely suffer a great loss.

Qing Chen looked at Xiao San, ”Can your cockroach swarm destroy that place directly? Or directly kill the people inside the golden coffins?”

Xiao San shook his head, ”That crack is very small, only the smallest scouting cockroaches can crawl in; they don’t have much strength and probably can’t open a golden coffin’s lid.”

Even if a golden coffin’s lid is crafted as thinly and intricately as possible, it weighs at least seven or eight tons, perhaps even up to a dozen tons, which is indeed not something cockroaches could pry open.

Qing Chen thought for a moment and said, ”Where is this underground base located?”

Xiao San pondered for a moment, ”It should be directly beneath the palace, but this underground base has more than one passage; I saw it leads to other places. Next time, during the crossover, I’ll use cockroaches to explore.”