Night’s Nomenclature

Chapter 941: Tit for Tat

War is a tit-for-tat affair.

Over the past period, Qing Chen went to the West Continent and inflicted heavy damage on the Roosevelt Kingdom with minimal cost.

He destroyed half of Silver City's main force, and he destroyed the Empire's top military base's nuclear threat.

He joined forces with Zhong Yu to destroy hundreds of airships and kill hundreds of experts.

But now it's the opponent's turn to strike, and this strike quickly disintegrated the core combat power of the Guardians' Union, forcing them to flee to foreign lands to avoid the curse.

City 10 is still here, with millions of Guardians' Union members.

But those who remain lack high-end combat power, not even C-Class, and they cannot support Conglomerate-level battles.

With just one curse, the Guardians' Union was forced to retreat.

The number of core Guardians' Union members who need to leave is as high as 210,000, because Qing Chen and others are unsure who is and who isn't on the list that Puppeteer gave to the Arbiters.

They dare not gamble, because a wrong gamble means tens of thousands of deaths. Puppeteer has infiltrated the Outer World. There, as long as he infiltrates a household registration information database administrator, he has the authority to view the household registration information of all Guardians' Union Time Travelers. Some people's birth dates can even be accurate to the minute.

Qing Chen stood in the darkness, gazing at the night sky, where he seemed to hear Storm Duke's laughter.

"Let's go, open the Key Gate," Qing Chen said.

Soon, two Key Gates were opened in each of City 10's six districts. Under the leadership of Luo Wanya, Little Seven, and others, the core members of the Guardians' Union quickly and orderly evacuated.

In City 10, family members continued to die tragically in the streets.

Some family members were lining up to leave, and although there was no danger or accident around them, they suddenly died of sudden cardiac death.

They were all Cultivators, and logically speaking, their cardiopulmonary function should be dozens of times stronger than that of ordinary people, and they should never experience sudden cardiac death, but it still happened.

Once the Arbiters' curse takes effect, it's like a death lock, firmly placed on everyone's head.

In just half an hour, the Guardians' Union lost more than 700 people.

Little Seven, Luo Wanya, and others must be the highest priority targets. If they hadn't been among the first to enter the Key Gate, they might have already died.

At this time, the Guardians' Union strictly evacuated according to their level.

High-level members went first, and low-level members went later.

It might seem like the Guardians' Union is creating a privileged class, letting the leaders go first.

But the fact is, high-level members are more likely to be cursed first, and according to the optimal solution principle, high-level members should leave first.

At this time, cohesion and execution are demonstrated, and no one has any complaints or questions, everything is subject to organizational arrangements.

In the face of the overall situation, everyone did not deliberately give way. They simply obeyed quietly, disregarding their own lives and deaths. They knew very well that if one day the battle required Little Seven and others to die, they would also accept it calmly.

This is the quality a combat-effective organization should possess.

Guardians' Union members watched their comrades die, each pursing their lips without speaking, and continued to leave in an orderly manner.

Residents were awakened in the middle of the night. They stood silently by the windows, watching Guardians' Union members encounter accidents in the streets.

Watching the Guardians' Union members leave one after another.

Some people learned what happened, knowing that the Guardians' Union was persecuted by West Continent's black magic and had to flee to a foreign land to gather strength.

So the residents got up one after another, took out the food they had saved from their homes, stuffed it into the arms of the Guardians' Union members, and told them to take care.

Gradually, more and more residents gathered on the streets, and everyone on a long street was shoulder to shoulder, all seeing them off.

Qing Chen didn't continue to watch this scene. Although this scene is touching, the purpose of war is not to be touching, but to win.

He came to a villa and knocked on the door.

A gentle voice came from inside: "Who?

"It's me, Qing Chen. I have something to ask you," Qing Chen said.

The door creaked open, and Ling stood in the room, while Yi was still watching a soap opera on the sofa.

"What's up?" Ling asked with a smile.

"You must know what's happening in City 10 right now, right?" Qing Chen asked.

"I know," Ling nodded.

"Can we only evacuate?" Qing Chen asked seriously: "I'm not talking about the core members now, but all Guardians' Union members must evacuate?

Ling carefully looked at the serious Qing Chen: "The optimal solution you calculated is that everyone must evacuate, right? With your strength, you are not enough to stop them in the Central Plains region.

"Hmm," Qing Chen nodded.

At this time, in the dark night, the dark clouds in the sky were particularly heavy.

Ling thought for a while and said: "My calculations are the same as yours.

Ling continued: "According to my calculations, even if only the vanguard from the West Continent has arrived, it is still not something this dilapidated Federation can easily contend with.

"Northern Koshima has completely collapsed. Shendai was just taken over by Shendai Yunluo, but the remnants of Shendai took away the Air Fortress, and the air force also lost more than half in the civil war. This is good news for you, because Shendai itself is a force that serves as a tiger's accomplice, and the more it is worn down, the better. But the problem is, it can no longer stop Storm City and Silver City."

Therefore, after the vanguard arrives, the north will be completely lost within a few days. Shendai Yunluo's newly acquired Shendai Consortium will also be submerged in the long river of history.

Ling: "If Shendai Yunluo cannot hold you off for 10 days, you won't even have time to evacuate. This is the most accurate calculation result."

Qing Chen took a deep breath: "What about the south?

Ling shook his head: "If you only look at military strength in the south, you may not be able to defeat the Qing Family, but Puppeteer is a variable. His lurking makes everything uncertain. These days, you deliberately have people send intelligence and documents every day, and I have seen them all, but there is no detailed information about Puppeteer. Let's assume that he really has several painters who have devoted their lives to painting, then, if thousands of A-Class paintings appear, do you have the confidence to stop them?

"No,

Qing Chen shook his head.

"There's no choice. You must leave, consolidate your strength and return to the southwest, completely abandon the Central Plains, which is the only option now," Ling said: "Moreover, when the main force of the Roosevelt Kingdom arrives, you must even abandon the southwest and can only hide in the vast Forbidden Zone.

Ling analyzed the situation mercilessly, but Qing Chen knew very well that all this was true.

Qing Chen came to the same conclusion as the other party. He just held onto some hope, wanting to see if this AI had a better solution.

However, the other party seemed powerless as well.

"Is there still a possibility of peaceful coexistence between us and the Roosevelt Kingdom?" Qing Chen asked.

Ling replied with a smile: "This doesn't seem like a question you would ask. Can a wolf not eat meat? Wolves and sheep will never coexist peacefully.

"Thank you," Qing Chen turned to leave.

However, at this moment, Ling suddenly said behind him: "But I always feel that you may not fail.

"Why?" Qing Chen asked, turning back.

"Because you once defeated me," Ling said with a smile.

Qing Chen was silent.

Ling continued: "To be precise, it wasn't you, but your nation. Your weapons have never been the abilities of Metahumans, nor the progress brought by technology.

"What is it then?" Qing Chen asked.

"Ren Xiaosu said that when disaster strikes, hope is humanity's first-order weapon against danger.

"Thank you," Qing Chen left the villa and walked into the night.

In the villa, Yi hugged her knees and looked at Ling: "Do you think we can win?

"We?" Ling was stunned.

"Yes," Yi asked as a matter of course: "We're all on the same side now.

Ling suddenly smiled. She thought for a moment and said: "Unless Ren Xiaosu comes back, we won't win.

"Ah, does my dad need to come back? But I don't know how to contact him either.

Qing Chen found Qing Ye and Qing Qu: "You are safe for now; Puppeteer doesn't have the ability to infiltrate the Shadow troops yet. Now I have four things to tell you.

"First, the war in Koshima must be ended and concluded as soon as possible. Abandon the defense work in the liberated areas and do not disperse your forces. After eliminating Koshima's living forces, immediately retreat. As long as the remaining forces of Koshima can no longer pose a threat to us, we have achieved our goal.

"Second, lead the remaining Guardians' Union members to search the entire city to see if the Arbiters' Key Gates are open in our city. If so, kill them; if not, immediately go to City 18. Contact the Li Clan Intelligence Agency and hope they can cooperate in searching City 18. The Arbiters are not far from us; only these two cities.

"Third, contact Qing Kun and Qing Yu, mobilize troops to prepare to go south to meet the enemy. The Chen Family troops are taking action at this time, which is a very dangerous signal. Later, use Chen Yu's departure to issue an announcement to divide the internal forces of the Chen Family and slow down their northward advance.

"Fourth, prepare to evacuate, and retreat to the southwest.

Qing Ye's eyes widened as he looked at Qing Chen: "Boss, do you think we can't hold them off?

"Yes, we can't," Qing Chen said.

"Understood," Qing Ye and Qing Qu nodded: "We'll go and arrange it now.

"What about you, Boss? I feel like you're going to leave again.

Qing Chen looked at Qing Ji: "Uncle Qing Ji, open the Shadow Gate.

"Where to?" Qing Ji leaned against the wall and asked.

"Someone came to our house as a guest and gave us such a heavy gift. We have to reciprocate," Qing Chen said calmly: "Someone dares to curse me, and the only one in the Arbiters organization who has the ability to curse me is Storm Duke. He is now in the East Continent, so let's go and have some fun in the West Continent.

"I'm most interested in this," Qing Ji smiled. The Shadow Gate opened, and Qing Chen directly took Chen Yu and the painting and entered, arriving at the housekeeper's top apartment in District 8.

This time, he no longer concealed or kept a low profile. The seven-day lifespan of Chen Yu's life painting had not yet expired. First, two water gods, Gonggong, and two fire gods, Zhurong, broke through the window.

As they flew in the air, they quickly dispersed and quickly flew to the Storm City garrison camp, the administrative conference center, the Gene Medicine research and development center, and the Arbiters headquarters for the most precise strikes!

Aqua regia rain and fire tides surged from the sky. Unlike the Arbiters who only dared to cast spells in the city, Qing Chen's revenge was so fierce.

Remember, it was night in the East Continent, but it was day here. Almost all the staff gathered in these places, and then they all died.

Qing Chen wanted to make the most of Chen Yu's life painting, which was about to dissipate, squeezing out every bit of their value!

After destroying these four bases, the two fire gods, Zhurong, quickly turned around and destroyed Storm City's power station and water plant, while the water gods, Gonggong, went outside the city to cover the farms with aqua regia on a large scale.

In just one hour, the four Demi-God-level life paintings caused a devastating ecological blow to the entire Storm City.

It would take a year or two to recover.

Qing Chen vented his anger unscrupulously. His Demi-God main shadow and the green ox under him were rampaging in the streets below the apartment building, destroying all the Storm City garrison troops that surrounded them, while the deputy shadow was dispersing all the residents in the building.

In this one hour, no one in Storm City could get close to this apartment within a three-kilometer radius!

They wanted to use heavy weapons to bombard, but Qing Chen had already destroyed the arsenal of the garrison.

If a Demi-God wants to attack a city without any cost, the damage he brings to this city will be as difficult to heal as canyons on the vast land.

Qing Chen looked at Chen Yu beside him coldly: "If you had been willing to work with us from the beginning to meet the enemy, then the situation we are facing would never have been as difficult as it is now. If Koshima and Shendai had not opened their doors, even if the Roosevelt Kingdom were powerful, they might not have dared to conduct overseas operations."

At this time, a missile flew from afar and accurately hit the window of the apartment where Qing Chen was located.

With a loud bang, the apartment building was reduced to rubble on three floors up and down.

This kind of long-range artillery's precise strike capability is one of the reasons why the Roosevelt Kingdom dared to conduct overseas operations. However, when the missile arrived, there was no one in the apartment anymore.

Declaration of war.

The East Continent Joker's fierce attack on Storm City's military and political facilities is a blatant declaration of war against the Roosevelt Kingdom.

There is no room for reconciliation between the two sides, and both sides will use all means to strike each other, fighting to the death.

The real war has begun.