Night’s Nomenclature

Chapter 930: Transversal Kill

The center of New York City at night is incredibly bustling; it has been completely renovated by the Royal Organization, and the night sky is filled with holographic neon lights, much like the Inner World.

Zheng Yuandong and Qing Chen walked down the street. At that moment, someone brushed past Qing Chen under the chaotic neon lights. After their figures crossed, Qing Chen found a small note in his hand.

He opened it and glanced at it twice. After confirming the contents, he crushed it with his fingers.

"Here it is," Zheng Yuandong said, pointing to a manhole cover. "Right here."

"Hmm," Zheng Yuandong sighed, "Back then, He Jinqiu raided the Kingdom's headquarters with us. In a fit of rage, he buried the deceased Metahumans in the underground pipes, supplying food for the creatures in the entire sewer system. He wanted to cause Biological Contamination in New York. Although the Metahumans he buried weren't high-level, there have been frequent incidents of rats and insects attacking people in New York recently."

Zheng Yuandong continued: "The last time He Jinqiu returned, he asked me to handle this matter. He said he was blinded by killing intent at the time. Although we were enemies, it was too cruel to involve tens of millions of people in a city. We have many ways to target the Kingdom, but he chose the simplest and most brutal one. In the last moments of his life, he asked me to make amends for this, to save the situation before it became a major disaster."

Qing Chen opened the manhole cover and took a look. A disgusting stench of corpses filled the air. The body in the sewer had been gnawed into a skeleton. When the light from above shone down, they saw a group of fat rats gnawing on the corpse.

He sighed, "It's a bit difficult to solve this; the disaster has already occurred. This needs Xiao San to use the Forbidden Artifact, the ant queen. But it's not possible right now; the war in Koshima hasn't ended yet, and the Guardians' Union needs his mantis swarm."

"Hmm, we can only wait," Zheng Yuandong said. "Let's start evacuating New York citizens."

"I'll remember this," Qing Chen closed the manhole cover. "Now, let's move on to the next matter."... At the entrance of a villa in the suburbs of New York, KG quietly opened the door, wearing a hooded jacket.

This once glorious leader of the Royal Organization now looked unassuming, like an ordinary white boy next door. Even if he said he was just a college student, people would believe him.

After disbanding the Royal Organization, KG didn't flee like other members; he stayed here. He went against the grain.

When opening the door, he cautiously glanced around, making sure no one was following him before entering the password. KG closed the door, ensuring that the lock hadn't been damaged or tampered with before he breathed a sigh of relief. However, before he could completely relax, he immediately sensed, through his sixth sense, that someone was staring at him in the darkness. The person was sitting on a single sofa by the window, smiling kindly in his direction. KG had no desire to fight; he immediately retreated, but found that a figure had appeared at the door, blocking him inside the house.

"You weren't as hard to find as I imagined," Qing Chen said, sitting on the sofa. Zheng Yuandong calmly said behind KG, "Sit down, let's talk."

KG took a deep breath, "It's an honor to have two Demi-Gods visit me."

He had given up hope. A Knight Demi-God and a wizard Demi-God, two Demi-Gods teaming up against an A-class—it was utterly unsportsmanlike!

In the entire Inner World, there was no precedent of Demi-Gods acting together. Yet these two Demi-Gods from the East Continent didn't follow any rules at all.

Against one, he might still be able to use some tricks and have a slight chance of escaping. But against two, there was absolutely no chance of escape.

Qing Chen looked at KG in the darkness, "Put your True Sight Eye on the coffee table; otherwise, I'll take it from your corpse later."

Qing Chen also needed the black True Sight Eye because it was one of the necessary conditions for the path to godhood. When his spirit and will began to merge with the world's will, he needed to temporarily store his own spirit and will within it.

The reason he generously exchanged the black knife with Zheng Boss was that he knew where another one was hidden. Thus, the three black True Sight Eyes had all been accounted for: Qing Chen, Yan Liuyuan, and Zheng Yuandong.

KG honestly took out the True Sight Eye. His face was gloomy as he asked, "Which person around me betrayed me?"

Qing Chen asked, "It's not exactly betrayal. You've always had Black Widow's informant around you."

Now that Black Widow had settled in City 10, she had completely handed over her intelligence network. This network wasn't large or small, just the right size to be useful.

Qing Chen asked, "The informant said you met the Puppeteer, and the Puppeteer told you that I lured Chen Yu to Forbidden Zone 001 to buy time for the Chen Family's Family Head to seize power." KG nodded, "Yes."

Zheng Yuandong looked at Qing Chen, "Not many people know about this, and they were all under a secrecy spell."

Qing Chen said, "Only two people could have leaked this information: Zard and Dayu. Neither of them are puppets, the Giant confirmed it. So the problem lies with the people around them. I suspect these two... might have gone to a den of thieves." Qing Chen closed his eyes. If he were the Puppeteer, what would he do? That's right, this inheritance is the most suitable for the Puppeteer to infiltrate! If he were the Puppeteer, the Qing Family wouldn't be his first choice for infiltration; the Chen Family would be! What's the point of controlling the Qing Family? Controlling the Chen Family is the key!

The Chen Family's painters are a very special inheritance. Once this Conglomerate is infiltrated by the Puppeteer, the Puppeteer, controlling an A-class painter who has dedicated himself to painting for sixty years, can still pose a threat to a Demi-God.

This is an inheritance that can mass-produce A-class fighters, even one person can be worth a million troops!

After the Puppeteer infiltrates the Chen Family, he doesn't even need to approach the core of power. He only needs to turn one Chen Family member after another into his puppets, then control them to cultivate day and night, paint day and night, and naturally, he can form a terrifying army!

Normal people have various chores and tasks, which prevent them from focusing on painting, but a puppet doesn't need to consider these things! Apart from eating and sleeping, puppets only paint, paint, paint.

Puppets are different; puppets even save the time of learning painting. An ordinary Chen Family painter needs about twenty years to learn to paint gods and Buddhas. Therefore, many Chen Family painters have no fighting ability because their painting career has just begun. Dayu is 27 years old and has only painted 27 paintings, averaging one painting per year.

They can share the experience gained by Zong Cheng; they know it from birth. The meaning of these puppets' existence is to fight one day! A B-class painter, dedicating himself to painting for sixty years, can create more than two hundred paintings, which is more than two hundred B-class warriors. An A-class painter lives longer and, dedicating himself to painting for one hundred and twenty years, can even produce more than four hundred paintings, which is more than four hundred A-class fighters.

If among these puppets there is someone with extraordinary talent like Chen Black Tortoise, capable of painting countless gods and Buddhas, it would be incredibly terrifying! Moreover, Qing Chen and the others have no way of judging how many puppets Zong Cheng has created within the Chen Family!

Currently, the Puppeteer's infiltration of the world is gradually approaching the core of power in various Conglomerates. More than ten years ago, he had the ability to infiltrate the Qing Family's Shadow candidates. After more than ten years, it's not particularly difficult to turn the Chen Family's family head into a puppet.

After all, this Chen Family head has always been marginalized by Chen Yu and is not the true person in power.

Qing Chen frowned. If it was as he guessed, then killing Chen Yu in Forbidden Zone 001 would be paving the way for others.

He looked at Zheng Yuandong, "Zheng Boss, we're in trouble."

Zheng Yuandong was also extremely intelligent; he quickly understood Qing Chen's meaning, "We need to tell Zard and Dayu about this as soon as possible. Those two need to leave the Chen Family."

KG said, "I can tell you the Puppeteer's location; you can go kill him."

Qing Chen shook his head, "We can't alert them; otherwise, Dayu and Zard will be in danger. They need a chance to escape."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qing Chen's figure disappeared from where he stood. When he reappeared, he had already pressed his palm against KG's chest. With a bang, KG fell backward like a painting, sliding slowly down the wall behind him.

Dead. He died so hastily and casually.

Qing Chen knelt down to check KG's body but found that the skull ring on his finger was gradually turning into nothingness and disappearing. "North America Forbidden Artifact, eternal love," Qing Chen said. "He used this Forbidden Artifact to control the Asian Arthur as his puppet, showing his face outside. It seems this KG is still not dead... but it's not a concern anymore."

Zheng Yuandong said, "With so many Forbidden Artifacts and Roosevelt Kingdom's strong support, I always suspected he was a member of a royal family who had completed reverse time travel. Now, it confirms my opinion."

Qing Chen picked up the black True Sight Eye and turned to leave, "Let's go, Zheng Boss, back to Whale Island."---

At night, the large dining hall on Whale Island was bustling with activity. Little Seven and the others hung red lanterns everywhere, and the entire Whale Island was filled with a festive atmosphere.

They couldn't drink alcohol tonight, so they could only drink some bread-brewed soda with an alcoholic taste to satisfy their cravings.

Qing Chen sat among the crowd, smiling as he watched everyone having a happy time, feeling a sense of fulfillment. Only Dayu looked worried and had no appetite.

Yang Yang pulled Qing Chen's hand and walked out, "It's time to fight; you need to leave some time to be alone with me."

The two flew into the sky, sitting on the force field created by Yang Yang, as if they were sitting on the edge of a tall building's rooftop, or directly on the crescent moon.

Without outsiders, Qing Chen finally couldn't help but cough.

Yang Yang calmly asked, "How long?"

Qing Chen turned to her, "You've known for a long time, haven't you?"

"Hmm, the force field of cancer cells is different from others. Their life force field is much stronger," Yang Yang said. "So that's why you said to leave no regrets," Qing Chen asked.

"Hmm." Yang Yang asked, "The disease shouldn't have progressed so quickly. When I saw you last time, you were fine. It's only been a little over a month. How could it have spread to your whole body?"

Qing Chen looked at the moon in the sky, "Restorative Shroud."

Hmm.

Qing Chen thought for a moment and said, "The body's own immune system will kill those mutated cells; only the mutated cells that escape will evolve into cancer cells. It wasn't until recently that I realized that using the Restorative Shroud to heal injuries comes at a cost. It will "revive' those killed cancer cells. As long as they have nutrients, they can live forever. And, they successfully escaped the immune system's search." This is the price of frequently using the Restorative Shroud. It turns out that it can only restore dead things, not living things; restoring living things will have consequences.

"Who could have thought?" Qing Chen smiled calmly. "When I first used it, I thought it was very convenient. But cancer cells have existed since I was exposed to radiation; it was only a matter of time. I was prepared."

Qing Chen had no choice. When he returned this time, he guessed the side effects of the Restorative Shroud on the human body, but he had to heal his injuries.

"What should we do?" Yang Yang asked.

"This is why I must go to Forbidden Zone 001," Qing Chen said. "I must follow Ren Xiaosu's path to becoming a god. I can't turn back. I'm not sure what it means to walk this path, whether it's like Boss He, becoming gray, or merging with the world to become part of the world's will. Ren Xiaosu opened all the gene locks; I still need two more to be fully unlocked."

"Will there be secrets about this in the amusement park?" Yang Yang asked.

"Who knows?" Qing Chen smiled.

At midnight, Qing Chen sat alone on Whale Island's Qingshan Cliff, closing his eyes to rest. The black knife was placed on his knees, its sharpness subdued.

The Demi-God battle.

This was Qing Chen's first real Demi-God battle in his life. The countdown returns to Ling.

The world falls into darkness. Qing Chen returns to the green corridor of the haunted house maze, looking at the winding path ahead. He looks at the flying God Woman descending from the sky.

And the flying God Woman looks at the sudden kiss mark on his neck...