Night’s Nomenclature

Chapter 968: Even if it's just 1 last glance

78, Victor Avenue.

It was a sweltering summer afternoon.

Qing Ji watched Qing Chen, who was in a coma. His lips were bloodless, and even his hair was dry.

He looked at Yi and Xiao San: "What happened to Qing Chen in the Outer World?"

Xiao San said bitterly: "Boss was ambushed during the Trials of Life and Death. He forcibly opened his Gene Lock, giving us a chance to control the remnants of the Royal Organization, and also giving Boss Zheng a chance to find the Chen Family's hidden Time Traveler."

Qing Ji understood: "He was worried that he would fail this time, so he wanted to use his last light to help you solve future troubles and give you more time to grow."

Xiao San was silent: "We know."

"Let him sleep a little longer," Qing Ji said. "How's the Cockroach Swarm's investigation going? When will the Storm leave?"

Xiao San said: "Storm Duke plans to leave tomorrow. The seven Golden Coffins will be escorted to the Storm tonight."

Black Widow pondered: "I've checked history. The reigns of the Roosevelt Kings have all ended around their 59th month. Then they choose a successor and disappear. In other words, even if the Death's Cup can resurrect these old monsters, they can only live for two months at most, so the Roosevelt royal family must be careful." At this time, Black Widow received intelligence: "Multiple Time Traveler informants report that the Roosevelt Kingdom has issued a wartime mobilization order. They must complete assembly and distribution within 24 hours and prepare to march to the East Continent Federation. What should we do?"

Qing Ji said: "Let's wait until Qing Chen wakes up."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qing Chen coughed violently. He slowly opened his eyes: "How long have I been traveling?"

He had completed the last two Trials of Life and Death, but cancer wouldn't disappear because of opening his Gene Lock. His illness wouldn't be cured.

Cancer cells had attached to his lungs, kidneys, liver, and bones, affecting everything.

"Just 20 minutes," Xiao San asked. "Boss, where are your coordinates in the Outer World? Liu Dezhu said they were attacked, and you ordered the Key Gate to be shattered to evacuate them all."

Qing Chen thought for a long time: "I climbed out of the Mexican Swallow Cave, but I'm not sure if I'm still at the entrance."

Qing Ji's heart tightened. He knew how cautious and meticulous Qing Chen was, but now he had lost his sense of time and wasn't even sure where he was in the Outer World.

"Your body?" Qing Ji asked.

Qing Chen struggled to sit up: "I'm fine. I can still fight. Xiao San, can the Cockroach Swarm infiltrate the entire city now?"

Qing Ji said: "Why don't you inject yourself with the elixir first? Once you become a god, you'll naturally be able to deal with those seven old monsters."

Qing Chen remained silent for a moment: "Even Ren Xiaosu thinks the path to becoming a god is dangerous. I'm not completely sure I won't be assimilated by the world, and even after becoming a god, I'll lose my combat ability for a while. By then, it will be too late. These Fate Weaver old monsters are not only monsters when they're alive, but even after they are over sixty, they are dangerous."

Qing Ji asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"

Black Widow seemed to have thought of something: "Fate Weavers don't die naturally after 60. Instead, the will of the world will bring them misfortune. There was once a Fate Weaver who hid underground, but was killed by a meteorite, and an entire city was implicated."

Qing Chen nodded: "These old monsters will fight for Roosevelt when they are alive, and when they are about to die, they may still drag our troops along as a sacrifice. They want to squeeze out all their value before they are willing to die."

Qing Ji asked: "But Qing Chen, you're the best at calculating. Calculate your own body. Can you still support high-intensity combat? There are Storm Duke and King Roosevelt in the palace. Do you think attacking the palace is the wisest choice? And you're facing Fate Weavers. You've just been through a battle. Why don't you let Black Widow's intelligence network be launched? When the Golden Coffins are transported from underground, we'll intercept them on the way."

The atmosphere in the villa fell silent. Everyone was silently waiting for Qing Chen to make a decision.

Qing Chen sighed: "This is indeed the best plan. Yi, what do you think?"

Yi nodded: "My calculations are the same."

Qing Chen turned to Black Widow: "Go buy groceries and cook. We'll wait for the old monsters to come out of the ground."

Qing Ji asked: "I'm curious. You're already a Demi-God. After completing two Trials of Life and Death, have you had any new breakthroughs?"

"Yes."

Everyone looked at each other. Qing Chen was already a Demi-God. Could he still have breakthroughs after completing the Trials of Life and Death?

Qing Chen didn't seem to want to say much. He said: "I'm more worried about Dayu and Zard now. Judging by the time, they should have started breaking out. I wonder if they can make it out."

The secret prison in city 7 of the East Continent.

Dayu was closing his eyes to rest, while Zard pulled the crimson long sword from his wrist, singing to a Forbidden Artifact to fulfill today's containment condition: "You are Little Duck, Yiya Yiya Yo…"

Dayu calmly said: "Can you let me be quiet for a while?"

Zard said carelessly: "But I have to complete today's containment. I have to sing every day."

Dayu stopped talking completely. After Qing Chen gave Zard the crimson long sword, it was like a child had received his most favorite toy, but he had never been quiet since.

"Why do you know so many children's songs?" Dayu asked after a long time.

Zard recalled for a moment: "Xiaoyu liked to listen. When he was in the mental hospital, he would often be afraid and couldn't sleep, so I needed to sing children's songs to put him to sleep. Xiaoyu was as cute as he is now, but every time I think that he's cute because his life stopped at the age of six, I feel a little sad."

This usually unserious Zard was rarely serious, or perhaps, at the most dangerous moments, he would force himself to become a normal person again.

Dayu was silent for a long time: "Xiaoyu is lucky to have you. So you especially want this crimson long sword, actually because Xiaoyu would definitely like it, right?"

Zard thought for a moment and replied: "Mm."

Dayu: "Do you sympathize with Xiaoyu?"

Zard suddenly said: "I didn't play with him because I felt sorry for Xiaoyu, but because I was happy playing with him. Without Xiaoyu, I might have become someone like Zhong Yu long ago, taking revenge on those relatives who took away my family's property, killing them all."

The next moment, Dayu opened his eyes and looked ahead. In the darkness beyond the transparent glass prison door, a young man was slowly walking: "I'm curious, Chen Yu, don't you cherish your mother's life? She's in my hands, yet you're still cooperating with Qing Chen to plot against me. Humans should have special feelings for their mothers. Don't you have any humanity?"

Dayu sneered: "You're also qualified to talk to me about humanity? You're not even human. What are you talking about humanity? You don't have a mother, so you don't know my anger. But even if I want to save her, I can't ignore the sacrifices of so many people and ruin their hard-won short-lived victory."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zard's sword sang: "Only a mother is good in the world, children with mothers are like treasures, children without mothers are like grass…"

Dayu: …

Puppeteer: …

This thing can even be used to scold people!

Dayu stood up, looking at the Puppeteer through the prison glass: "This world will never belong to you. You will lose. Make your move!"

He took out bags of swallows from his Space Ring. Those pure white origami swallows, like bullets, fiercely struck the specially made glass door one by one.

Under the impact of the swallows, the glass prison door, which even A-level experts could hardly destroy, was quickly struck with spiderweb-like cracks!

Swallow after swallow struck the same spot until their bodies shattered and fell to the ground.

Puppeteer watched the cracks bloom like ice shards, but he wasn't panicked at all. He smiled and said: "These seven cities in the southeast are all mine. Do you really think you can break out?"

"How would I know without trying?" Dayu responded coldly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the glass finally shattered under repeated impacts. The remaining 600 or so swallows poured out from the hole, turning the Puppeteer outside into a bloody man.

But even at this moment, Puppeteer still smiled: "I hope you understand what awaits you, and also, your actions will make your mother pay the price. Since you can't cooperate with me, I'm more interested in the Forbidden Artifact in your hand that can restore paintings. I checked in North America. That Forbidden Artifact is called the Saint's Restorative Shroud, right?"

Having said that, Puppeteer fell straight backward, silent.

The swallows flew to the end of the secret prison corridor, hitting the switch of the prison cell. A hydraulic transmission sound rang out, and the prison cell opened.

Dayu didn't rush out. He crushed all 25 of his paintings in one breath, wrapped them in the Restorative Shroud, and put them into his Space Ring.

"Let's go, Zard." Dayu controlled Fumo Kongo, Flying God Woman, Qing Chen, and Li Shutong to walk out, using all his trump cards!

Guards, mechanical prison guards, were no match for them.

The secret prison was located underground. When they killed their way up from the bottom floor, they weren't in the suburbs, but in the bustling city of District 4, City 7.

People were coming and going in front of the door.

Zard curiously asked: "Where are we going? Are we going to rescue your mother, or are we going to kill our way out of the city?"

Dayu hesitated.

How many sons in this world can directly abandon their mothers? She's the one who raised you, who reminded you to add another layer of clothing when it was cold, and who worried that you were hungry when you were out.

Sometimes she would love you in a way you didn't like, she would nag you, she would dislike you while missing you.

Sometimes you would feel like you wanted to stay away from her, but when everything was gone, you would realize that this was the most precious family love.

However, Dayu knew that he couldn't rescue his mother, Chen Ningzhi. Puppeteer must have made full preparations.

Zard looked at Dayu: "Go save her."

Dayu: "Mm?"

Zard lowered his head and said: "When my parents returned to their hometown to sweep the graves during the Qingming Festival, they asked me if I wanted to go. I thought it was boring and didn't go. I even argued with my mother about it. When I heard the news of their car accident, I kept thinking, if I hadn't argued with her that day… her last memory of me was arguing… Every time I think about it, I feel so guilty."

Dayu suddenly realized that Zard's mental problems weren't because of his parents' departure, but because of this extreme guilt, which caused him to become abnormal!

Since then, Zard had used unseriousness to face the world. That attitude of not taking anything seriously was like his armor.

Zard said: "Sometimes I envy those of you who have parents, so go save her. Even if it's just one last glance, don't leave any regrets."

Dayu: "Thank you."

Fumo Kongo and Flying God Woman began to kill their way out of the city. They engaged in battle with Garrison Troops in the city.

At 1:34 AM, this was the busiest time in the Inner World city. The bustling crowds were scattered by gunfire, tearing the night apart.

In the chaos, the three-headed and six-armed Fumo Kongo held four heavy machine guns in four hands, with golden bullet chains hanging around his body. He looked exactly like a gangster.

The fleeing civilians were shocked when they saw this!

They weren't unfamiliar with the Chen Family's paintings of gods and Buddhas. Every festival, the Chen Family would have a City God Temple Fair, where the paintings of gods and Buddhas by Chen Family painters would be worshipped.

But the civilians of City 7 had never seen such gods and Buddhas!

At this moment, the City 7 garrison troops were frantically pursuing these "gangsters." Dayu and Zard secretly mixed into the crowd, quickly running toward the Chen Family Manor.

The direction they were heading was exactly opposite to the direction Fumo Kongo was charging!

The two of them walked extremely fast, gradually running on the long street. Dayu said: "Hopefully, the Puppeteer can be attracted by those gods and Buddhas, so the guards in the manor should be fewer."

Passing through eight streets from District 4, Dayu had already seen the outline of the Chen Family Manor in the distance.

He glanced at the time: "Wait, wait 8 more minutes."

When 8 minutes passed, when the first batch of gods and Buddhas were still fleeing, Dayu had already taken out the Restorative Shroud from his Space Ring. Inside were 25 newly restored scrolls!

He crushed them again!

On the other side of the city, the remaining three Flying God Women were shuttling through the steel jungle. They crashed into a huge holographic projection in the sky. The surging blue holographic waves beat against the nearby buildings, colliding with the dazzling purple light bands on the buildings, and they suddenly disappeared, like a drop of water merging into the waves.

The Chen Family painter's paintings connected their spiritual will. Each one was unique in the world, so when Dayu materialized new paintings on the other side, the previous ones no longer existed.

At this moment, a dense swarm of drones patrolled in the holographic image but lost their target.

…

At the same time, in Chen Yu's residence, 12 painters were sitting around an antique pendulum clock.

They were painting with all their attention. Puppets kept bringing in rare pigments: Qingshan Stone powder for green, Yun Ding Cinnabar for red, gold powder for yellow, and Zhongshan Jade ground into blue.

The antique pendulum clock was two meters tall and was once one of the most important Forbidden Artifacts in Chen Yu's hands. It didn't have containment conditions, only because it gave off negative "aura" within a ten-meter radius.

Within 10 meters, the flow of time was ten times faster than the outside world. Ordinary people would quickly age after approaching it. Even Chen Yu didn't use it often.

However, for Puppeteer, after Chen Yu left, this was the most suitable Forbidden Artifact for him.

As for whether the puppets would have shortened lifespans, this wasn't in his consideration at all.

The moment the drones lost their target, the 12 Chen Family painters stopped their painting at the same time. Everyone looked in the same direction and said in unison: "Trying to lure away the tiger and fish in troubled waters? It seems you're still unwilling to give up. Humans are always dragged down by useless family affection and love. Even very smart people make wrong choices."

The next second, a painter stood up, tidied his clothes, and walked outside. There were puppets waiting outside, driving a car. Inside the car were all the painter's scrolls.

His scrolls even needed a whole car to carry!

The remaining painters continued to paint, unaffected.

It seemed that no matter who Puppeteer's enemies were tonight, one painter would be enough.