Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 1916 - 990: The Last Journey (Part 2)

Qing Yi asked again: ”How long will it take from the barrier thawing and the war robots regaining operational capability to us detonating ’Greed’? Will it give them a chance to solve ’Greed’?”

”No, they won’t have any chance. Once the remote is pressed, it will detonate with a 0.01-second delay,” Song Niannian said. ”This Greed has very little yield. After completing the setup, we need only 12 minutes to retreat to a safe distance. The anti-electromagnetic pulse coating of the floating airship is enough to withstand radiation and aftershocks.”

Qing Yi loosened his tie: ”That’s good.”

At this moment, Qing Yi wore a black suit and white shirt, reminiscent of how Qing Chen dressed when he was in Intelligence Department One.

When not working, he’d switch to white sportswear.

Colleagues at the Spy Bureau occasionally felt that this new boss was subconsciously imitating the former boss Qing Chen, perhaps even Qing Yi himself hadn’t noticed.

Three floating airships arrived in the airspace on time, and Qing Yi boarded the airship carrying ’Greed’. He used his iris, fingerprint, and voiceprint to unlock the program, activating this mini nuclear bomb to a state ready for detonation.

Qing Yi suddenly smiled: ”My father just thought I was going to risk my life to detonate it, and he really panicked.”

Song Niannian nodded beside him: ”Yes.”

Qing Yi found it very interesting; when Qing Kun was young, he often told him: Don’t be too ambitious to participate in the Shadow’s struggle; the money dad earned is enough for you to be a playboy for life.

Other parents hope their children will excel, but Qing Kun hopes Qing Yi can eat, drink, and have fun.

The other heads of Qing’s Family are harsh with their children, but only Qing Kun encourages Qing Yi to play games every day.

Qing Yi had aspired to be different from his father ever since he was young. He swore never to be as sloppy, aimless, and calculating as his father.

But later he realized that his father Qing Kun was truly remarkable, surpassing him even if he grew older.

Qing Yi activated Greed and left without delay: ”Retreat.”

However, as they prepared to return to their floating airship, Song Niannian suddenly said: ”Wait, I think I saw a war robot inside the barrier move!”

Qing Yi suddenly looked up at the sky: ”Enlarge the holographic sand table for me!”

When the holographic sand table locked onto a war robot, everyone watched as the war robot’s body trembled, and the pulse engines in its back and palms attempted to reignite, spewing out blue energy!

Qing Yi took a deep breath; the worst-case scenario was happening. They had just brought Greed here, but hadn’t had time to leave when the barrier loosened!

Song Niannian rapidly modeled the trembling frequency of the war robot: ”They will probably unseal in 4 minutes and 31 seconds! We don’t have time to retreat to a safe distance!”

Qing Yi cursed with a laugh: ”Damn, what rotten luck!”

He was startled right after; although he always saw Qing Chen as a role model, at this critical moment, he cursed like Qing Kun.

”Boss, what do we do now?” Song Niannian asked.

Qing Yi looked at the loosening war robots: ”The old man said when he handed this Greed over to me that these twelve thousand war robots must stay here forever today. So there’s no reason to avoid it. We don’t have time to retreat to a safe area, and none of you have the chance to retreat either. So just wait here for them to loosen completely, and then detonate Greed.”

This was the worst-case scenario. They could’ve patiently waited dozens of kilometers away, but the timing unexpectedly aligned with this awkward moment.

It’s as if fate had everything arranged, no matter how well prepared you were, you couldn’t avoid it.

During the final moments, Qing Yi had Song Niannian bring over radio communication equipment to first connect to Yan Chunmi’s floating airship: ”Have the Qing’s Family troops at Jian Menguan continue evacuating and inform Ginkgo Mountain that I will complete the mission; the war robots here no longer need concern—they won’t escape today.”

Yan Chunmi was puzzled: ”Did something unexpected happen?”

Qing Yi replied: ”The barrier loosened early.”

Yan Chunmi was stunned; she clearly knew what this meant.

Qing Yi continued: ”Help me tell my father that he’s the best... Forget it, don’t tell him. Why say such things between men? I plan to detonate Greed in 1 minute and 12 seconds.”

Yan Chunmi hesitantly asked: ”Any other words to leave behind?”

”None, I have long been mentally prepared,” after saying this, Qing Yi was about to hang up the radio call.

But inside came Yang Yang’s calm voice: ”Don’t detonate Greed early, wait for me.”

Qing Yi was stunned.

Yang Yang seriously said: ”Trust me. If Qing Chen were here, he would choose to trust me too. Stay by Greed and delay for a while longer. If I can’t save you, then you detonate it.”

The next moment, Yang Yang ascended from Jian Menguan, and the ground where she took off suddenly revealed enormous magnetic field patterns, as if her unique power imprint.

With a rumbling roar, Yan Chunmi instinctively shrank her neck: ”Wait, has she already reached the speed of sound? Can an A-Class Force Field Awakener’s flying speed break the sound barrier?”