novelraw Chapter 902: Puppeteer's Provocation
Chapter 902: Puppeteer's Provocation
Qing Chen sat in the Kunlun bookstore in Zheng City, lost in thought.
The bookstore was closed, and the atmosphere was unusually heavy.
The several crew members opposite him were silent… These people also learned about the plane crash. A plane worth hundreds of millions, on its first passenger flight, was shot down. This is clearly not normal.
It's a conspiracy, a conspiracy against Qing Chen.
In the past, conspiracy theories were mostly baseless guesses, because most things in this world are not worth conspiring over.
But Qing Chen is worth it.
A flight attendant whispered, “It’s not our fault, we haven’t leaked any information to the outside world. Our only entertainment is the TV on the plane, watching news and variety shows.”
Qing Chen opened his eyes and smiled, “I can’t determine if you have any problems, but since this happened, I have to ask you all to disappear for a while… It’s hiding, not that I want to kill you. You will only be confined to a certain place, and then one day you will regain your freedom. I know this is unfair to the innocent, but the Hu Family Group will give you sufficient compensation and treat you well… Trust me, the day you regain your freedom will not be too long.”
The crew members were stunned. That’s all? They thought they were going to be killed!
In fact, Qing Chen really didn't intend to kill anyone, because this insider was likely controlled by the Puppeteer. To kill a puppet, would he kill the entire team that knew his itinerary? That’s dozens of lives. Moreover, he kept this puppet to prove something, but not now.
Of course, those accompanying personnel must be quarantined, because they can’t determine who the insider is. But the question is, who is the enemy?
Qing Yuan.
More accurately, it is the Zong Cheng behind Qing Yuan.
It has been proven that the other party already has the ability to travel back and forth between the Inner World. The puppet named Qing Yuan may have created hundreds of puppets.
The other party is like a virus, one replicating another, constantly spreading.
At this time, Qing Chen suddenly remembered something. He called Jiang Xue: “Aunt Jiang Xue, help me confirm if all Daybreak members are contactable.”
Soon, Jiang Xue called back: “Not good, Xiaonan is unreachable.” Qing Chen’s expression turned serious.
Did the Puppeteer really attack the Daybreak members?
Yes, if you want to maximize the puppet’s benefits, then directly infiltrating the core Daybreak is the most effective.
No… However, the next moment, Jiang Xue called again: “Found him, Xiaonan stayed up all night doing hacking, and is now sleeping.” Qing Chen laughed, “Let him sleep.”
After speaking, he stood up and looked at Lu Yuan: “Please open the Key Gate, I need to return to the Alps.” At this time, the flight attendant behind Qing Chen asked, “Wait…”
“Hmm?” Qing Chen turned his head: “If you are worried…
The flight attendant asked, “Can we see you again?”
Qing Chen thought for a moment and smiled, “Yes. We’ll meet again if we’re destined to. I hope the world will be peaceful by then.”
He turned and walked towards the depths of the bookstore with Lu Yuan. The crew members watched him leave decisively, as if this person had just passed through their lives hastily and would never be seen again.
But they thought it was reasonable. Such a person doesn’t belong to the mundane world.
Lu Yuan walked to the innermost dark room and pulled open the bookcase, revealing a small door behind it.
They walked for a full thirty minutes underground before it suddenly opened up.
Zheng Yuandong was already here. He was like the Old Shen under the Caramel Bar, now guarding the Key Gate here.
A Demi-God personally stationed, and so hidden, it’s difficult for anyone to destroy the Key Gate here, probably not even a missile strike.
However, Zheng Yuandong was not alone here. There were more than 130 Kunlun staff members. Their job was to open and close doors, and some were sitting in front of computers, constantly receiving various information from all over the world.
In the huge room, there were staircases on all sides sticking to the walls, dividing the walls into 12 floors. And on each floor of the walls, there were densely packed… doors.
Each door has a label: Tokyo, Osaka, Paris, London, Dubai, New York, Washington, Wuhan, Capital, Haicheng, Guangcheng, Angola…
Each floor has 8 doors, and 12 floors have 96 doors.
What Zheng Boss guarded here was not information, but the transportation hub of Kunlun, Guardians' Union, Daybreak, and Nine Provinces!
With such a transportation hub, they can appear almost anywhere at any time and quickly assemble everyone to win every war in the Outer World!
However, everyone who enters and exits here must be personally cast under a secrecy spell by Zheng Boss… To be honest, a spell cast by a Demi-God is like being put in a coffin.
At this time, a Kunlun member received a message. He asked loudly, “The one in charge of the Cape of Good Hope, open the door to receive someone!”
Someone immediately ran to the door marked ‘Cape of Good Hope’ on the sixth floor and opened the door.
Jiu Ran came out. After glancing at Qing Chen, she bowed slightly, “Hello, Dean.”
Zheng Yuandong looked at her, “All handled?”
“Yes,” Jiu Ran nodded, “Problem solved.”
Qing Chen asked, “What happened?”
“A local gang went to the Hu Family Group’s factory to demand Protection money,” Zheng Yuandong said. “Then, how was it solved?” Qing Chen asked.
Jiu Ran: “They will pay us Protection money every month from now on.”
Qing Chen couldn’t help but laugh. What did the gang want, they didn’t get the Protection money, and ended up trapped themselves.
Such things are happening all over the world. After the change in the equity structure of the Hu Family Group, the protective umbrella behind it has silently opened. This huge multinational group is growing at an astonishing speed.
Jiu Ran left. Zheng Yuandong looked at Qing Chen, “The one that attacked you was a fighter jet controlled by the Roosevelt Kingdom, but the news is still uncertain how it was passed to them.”
“Zong Cheng,” Qing Chen said, “This is a hidden danger.”
“What are you planning to do?”
“Find out more than half of his puppets and then kill them,” Qing Chen said solemnly, “This seems to be the only way to completely kill him.”
Zheng Yuandong said, “He Jinqiu once found some information. A Puppeteer once appeared in the West Continent, but before he rose, he was eliminated by the Fate Weaver. They seem to be very effective against Puppeteers.”
“How did they eliminate them?”
“It is said that when they watched the destiny fragments of all the puppets, they saw the same picture. In that destiny fragment, it was a battle between the Puppeteer and the Fate Weaver, and the puppets all died in that battle. When more than half of the puppets were killed, the remaining puppets also died. The sudden death of other puppets is the standard to determine whether the Puppeteer is really dead.”
“Understood, I’ll find a way,” Qing Chen nodded.
“What’s the next plan?” Zheng Yuandong asked, “After the Roosevelt Kingdom failed to kill the giants, the expedition to the East Continent has become a certainty. They will definitely not wait until the Forbidden Forest completely covers the West Continent. If the technological foundation is destroyed by the Forbidden Forest, they may not be the opponents of the Giant Dynasty… Maybe now they are, but the giants are still multiplying, and the Giant race will eventually unify that place.”
Qing Chen thought for a moment and said, “Internal stability first, external enemies later. It’s not that I want civil war, but before the Roosevelt Kingdom arrives in the East Continent, we must first solve the internal hidden dangers. Some people will never be able to help if they live. Once they are organized by the Roosevelt Kingdom, they will become bigger problems.”
Koshima, Shendai, Chen Family, and the Puppeteer hidden among the people must be dealt with.
Dealing with them now, at least the Roosevelt Kingdom is temporarily out of reach. Once Roosevelt arrives on the East Continent, all of these may become knives stabbing at them.
However, at this moment, Qing Chen suddenly felt uncomfortable and coughed.
Zheng Yuandong’s expression slightly tightened, “What’s wrong with you, are your wounds not healed yet?”
Qing Chen smiled, “I was kicked by the Silver Duke before and then my heart and lungs were injured by a shell, and there may be some small injuries that even the Restorative Shroud can’t handle. It should be fine. I’m leaving.”
Saying that, he walked to a door under the guidance of a staff member and went inside. The next moment, Alice, who was sitting in the living room of the training base, was startled, “Why did you suddenly appear?!”
Qing Chen smiled, “Magic.”
Alice didn’t delve into this. She curiously asked, “Are you in such a hurry to return to training?”
“Time waits for no one.”
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Countdown to crossing 00:10:00.
Qing Chen sat alone in the room looking at the intelligence from Whale Island. Everyone who knew his itinerary had been controlled.
What’s more surprising is that one of the puppets didn’t hide at all. The other party frankly confessed his identity.
Lu Yuan sent him a video showing the puppet sitting behind the interrogation table, looking slightly at the camera: “Qing Chen, I know you must not be dead. Of course, this is just a little gift I’m giving you. Are you ready? The game begins.”
Qing Chen turned off the video. This time, he finally felt that the Puppeteer was provoking him.
From a long time ago, when the other party suddenly started to reveal his identity, he had been declaring his presence and oppression, making Qing Chen feel a sense of crisis. The other party wants him to take action against him. This is the only answer Qing Chen could come up with.
But… what can the other party gain from this?
Qing Chen sent a message to Lu Yuan: “Try your best to control him, don’t let him die.”
Countdown to zero.
Crossing.
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At this moment, on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, an Air Fortress quietly floated at an altitude of 12,000 meters above the sky.
There is almost no airflow here, so everything seems particularly stable. The Air Fortress is painted with a few words: Storm.
The decommissioned Storm has crashed in the nuclear explosion. The real active Storm finally returned to the world from the sky, no longer hiding its whereabouts.
The Air Fortress slowly sailed towards the designated coordinates. Storm Duke had left the Royal Capital and arrived at this fortress at some point, personally stationed.
In a dark and vast room, the potions needed by the Arbiters have already been placed on the ground.
At this time, Storm Duke led more than 100 elite Arbiters into this dark room, handing each person a list: “We have approached a position 800 kilometers near the Royal Court. Everyone on the cursed list, they must be somewhere under our feet.”
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