Night’s Nomenclature

Chapter 944: Li Clan

The countdown: 18:00:00.

Yi walked down the street feeling a little gloomy. Ling glanced at her and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yi said, "This place has been developed so well by Qing Chen and the others. Did you see it before? The residents of City 10 are much happier than those in other places."

Ling nodded and said, "That's true. But this happiness is only because the class structure here has not yet solidified. Due to the disaster, too many opportunities are vacant, so everyone feels that life has a bright future. But this is only temporary. The positions and opportunities here will soon be filled. They will form a new power hierarchy, and then everyone will be caught up in involution and will no longer be happy. This will not change because of Qing Chen."

Yi "..." At this time, why talk about such depressing truths? "But this place is going to be gone," Yi said pitifully.

"No, this place won't disappear. What will disappear is only the Guardians' Union," Ling said calmly. "The Roosevelt Kingdom needs these Asian populations to fill their new industrial and agricultural systems. If they really kill everyone here, will the nobles work in the fields themselves?"

Yi "..." "But these residents will become slaves," Yi said, "Thinking about these things, I don't have the mood to go shopping. I'm so sad."

"Then how can I make you happier?" Ling said with a half-smile.

Yi's eyes lit up. She bargained like a child, "You go with me to the Garrison Troops camp, sincerely help them command, and I'll be happy immediately!"

"My command won't be much different from Qing Chen's," Ling said. "You shouldn't underestimate him. The first thing I did when I arrived here was to collect all his information from the civilian external network. In my opinion, he has almost reached the peak in the human category." Promoted from a special person to Demi-God in a short time. Developing an organization like the Guardians' Union in a short time. Almost every decision is correct in the long run. Of course, it's almost, not every time. But in Ling's opinion, if Qing Chen makes mistakes, if Qing Chen's intelligence is enough to control everything in the world and understands all the information, then Qing Chen should be the Emperor.

Just comparing this point, although Qing Chen is powerful, the Fate Weaver's God's perspective is clearly better. One is at the human level, and the other transcends the human level.

"But you know the most about the West Continent's strategy and military strength," Yi pulled Ling's arm. "Come on, come on!"

Ling was silent for a moment. "Yi, commanding a war destined to have many sacrifices, do you know what that means?"

"What does it mean?" Yi was puzzled.

"It means you have to decide the life and death of many people, not just the enemy's, but also your own," Ling said seriously.

Yi didn't speak.

"Shendai Yunluo can't last seven days," Ling said. "Even if he's willing to risk his life, even if he takes the lives of everyone around him, he can't stop the Silver City and Storm City fleets for seven days, or even a day. And, if the plan is correct, the kingdom's two landing fleets are also coming, which will crush the East Continent Federation."

Ling continued, "So what will happen next? Shendai Yunluo will die. And there will be many such things in the future."

"Isn't there any other choice?" Yi asked.

"War is a killing game. No matter how past people beautify it, its essence is that one side tries its best to kill the other side's living forces," Ling said. "This is a war with a 99.99% probability of victory. At the most frustrating and easiest moments, people will begin to question whether the commander's decision is correct. Commanders who have been questioned in history have no good ending, especially since I'm not human."

"No, no," Yi said. "Qing Chen is a reasonable person!"

"But what if I let Qing Chen make the sacrifice?" Ling asked.

Yi was stunned for a moment. "It's not necessarily such an extreme situation."

"He's a Demi-God with powerful strength," Ling said. "If this war is going to be very difficult, until the last moment, this situation will definitely occur."

Yi lowered her head in silence. She thought for a long time. "I'm sorry, then I can't hang out with you here. I can understand your concerns, and I can understand your prejudice against humans. In that past history, you saw many, many of the darkest and dirtiest moments in human history."

Ling said, "Your father protected you too well."

"Yes," Yi corrected her. "I'm in charge of 23 prisons in the Federation. Outside are vicious people. I've seen a lot of evil in human nature. But my father taught me from a young age to love life even after seeing the truth of life. Human nature has a dirty and ugly side, but it also has a beautiful side. He taught me to look more at the good side, instead of only looking at the evil."

Yi looked at Ling and said, "Actually, it's quite depressing to see you, because in the past thousand years, I've been imagining what you look like, so it's really depressing. But I can't be with you now. I need to be with Qing Chen. I'm sorry." Saying this, Yi turned and slowly ran towards the Garrison Troops camp. She ran to the entrance of the command room.

Qing Chen was staring at the Holographic Sand Table frowning in thought. When he heard the footsteps, he turned his head and saw her, and suddenly said with a smile, "Why are you here?"

"Why, unwelcome?" Yi asked with a smile.

"No," Qing Chen said. "I just think you and that person rarely meet, so you can spend more time together."

"No need," Yi said. "Is there anything that needs to be calculated? I'll help."

Qing Chen didn't ask where Ling was, and Yi didn't say. He nodded. "Then it's good. You have all the information about the Guardians' Union and the residents of City 10. Help me calculate the fastest evacuation method."

Before he finished speaking, Ling's voice sounded from the door, "Your thinking can't just be confined to this one place."

Qing Chen turned to look at the door, but saw that Ling had taken off the scarf around her neck, revealing the robot code under her neck.

Everyone outside the command room knew what that code meant—this was a robot! Ling smiled at Yi and said, "Good acting."

Yi was a little flustered. "Ah, this..."

Ling looked at them looking at each other, but didn't care. "You want to complete the evacuation as soon as possible, right?"

"Yes," Qing Chen said. "The sooner the evacuation is completed, the sooner Shendai Yunluo can get out of the battlefield. Every second is his life, and now the Key Gate has been opened to seventy-eight doors."

The more Key Gates are opened, the more Qing Chen and others are no longer limited to opening Key Gates in the southwest. As long as there is danger, they can evacuate people first and then slowly transfer them to the southwest.

Therefore, the evacuation time has been reduced from 12 days to 48 hours.

Ling walked to the Holographic Sand Table and said, "Actually, you also know that Shendai Yunluo can't even hold out for a day, right? The Shendai Consortium's air fleet was beaten into a sieve in the civil war, and the Patriarch's faction still firmly controls the Air Fortress. If he is given some time to regain the Air Fortress, he can block it for a while. Now, it's definitely impossible." Qing Chen remained silent.

"At this time, you want to solve this matter by yourself is impossible," Ling looked at Qing Chen and said. "Go, go to Li Clan, and persuade them. Qingshan Fortress is only 310 kilometers away from the northern battlefield. As long as it is willing to go, there is still hope." Ling said, "Of course, the hope I'm referring to is to use the entire Shendai Consortium and Qingshan Fortress as a price in exchange for 48 hours. Also, City 18 is currently still docked with 81 small transport ships. If they are willing to help, your evacuation will be faster."

Qing Chen shook his head. "Li Clan won't help."

Ling turned to Yi and said with a smile, "This is the evil of human nature. Li Clan is ambiguous. Once the Guardians' Union completes its evacuation, there will only be themselves left in the Central Plains, facing both the Chen Family and the Roosevelt Kingdom. Therefore, they will want to keep the Guardians' Union, forcing the Qing Family to send troops to the Central Plains instead of shrinking in the southwest.

If I'm not wrong, Li Clan should have already controlled the traffic arteries from the Central Plains to the southwest, prohibiting the group of Guardians' Union members who left on foot from retreating further. Am I right?"

Yi suddenly looked at Qing Chen. "Really?"

Qing Chen nodded. "Yes, now that group of family members is already stranded 210 kilometers away in the southwest direction. Li Clan has blocked the Mianchi Bridge under the Spring Thunder River, prohibiting passage. The two sides are currently in a stalemate, and there is a high probability of conflict."

This is something Yi never expected. She didn't expect that at this critical moment, Li Clan, as an ally, would stab the Guardians' Union in the back.

However, this is the choice of the Conglomerate. When faced with real conflicts of interest, the imperial teacher, the independent director, and everything else are false. Only interest is real.

Once the Guardians' Union evacuates, what will happen to Li Clan? The only outcome they face is destruction, no other options. And Ling had already thought of this happening.

Human nature is verifying her deduction step by step. Qing Chen turned and walked out. "I'll go to City 18. Wait for my news here."

When he reached the door, Qing Chen suddenly turned to look at Ling. "If I solve this matter, are you willing to take over the command?"

Ling smiled in response. "Okay."

"Good." Qing Chen walked out of the door and got on the Airship.

Chen Yu had already been untied from his Marionette by him and was temporarily bound by the vines of Baiye Plain, imprisoned in a secret prison. To be safe, four vines were wrapped around his arms, and eighty more under his body. He looked like a freshly wrapped rice dumpling.

The Airship would take at least two hours to reach City 18.