Night’s Nomenclature

Chapter 982: Night Parade of a 100 Ghosts

At 2 AM, on the wasteland of Central Plains, Qingshan Fortress had its path blocked by countless Airships.

Li Shu stood on the deck, looking at his colleagues: "You are all young and promising officers in the Li Clan army. Do you know why you are still alive?"

Among these officers, some were brothers who had cultivated together in Autumn Leaf Manor. They had beaten up Qing Family's Shadow Candidate together, drank together, raced together, and walked together on the path bathed in the setting sun outside Autumn Leaf Manor.

Some other officers were the younger generation developed by Li Shu and others in the army, all under 35 years old.

Before the officers could answer, Li Shu continued: "Because even the Patriarch doesn't know what the future of the Li Clan will be like after he's gone, and you are the future of the Li Clan. He carefully selected you all and had me bring you here from City 18. He hopes you will live, but I think he would prefer that the people of the Li Clan live with dignity. Soldiers should die gloriously on the battlefield. Today is a good day."

The officers didn't speak, nor did the shipborne soldiers behind them.

Li Shu said calmly: "Board the ships, prepare for battle. Li Changqing and I are on Qingshan Fortress, with all of you, we will not retreat one step."

This was an unusually cruel pre-battle mobilization. Li Shu didn't deceive everyone by saying we still have hope, we still have reinforcements, we can win.

Because those standing here are the army's elite, everyone has the ability to judge the situation, so deception is meaningless.

So Li Shu chose to tell the truth: If everyone is going to die today, then let's die with some meaning. The alloy deck of the sky split open to both sides, and Airship after Airship rose into the air, guarding Qingshan Fortress.

Li Shu returned to the command room and reported to Li Changqing: "All Airships have taken off, only your Airship remains, Commander. Prepare to board, the Li Clan cannot be extinguished."

Li Changqing responded calmly: "Ordinary people can live, grow old, get sick, and die. The Li Clan is like a person, it can also die. There's nothing that cannot be extinguished. Recheck the satellite surveillance."

A soldier shouted: "Retrieving real-time satellite surveillance, no reinforcements are nearby, it's just us."

Li Changqing didn't speak, she just silently watched the radar, and the enemy forces on it were getting closer and closer.

There really were no reinforcements.

It seems that the significance of Qingshan Fortress is to come to the Central Plains, buy the Guardians' Union another dozen hours, and then be destroyed. Li Tongyun hesitated.

Li Changqing smiled at her: "We are all people who cannot see fate. So if those who can see fate think that our death here is the best, then let's die here."

She wasn't afraid of death, she was just a little regretful that she still didn't know Qing Chen's whereabouts.

Outside Forbidden Zone 002, she had piloted Qingshan Fortress to support Qing Chen. When she saw the vibrant young girl beside Qing Chen, she left without saying goodbye.

But that didn't mean she would forget the fireworks Qing Chen had shown her, or the night she rode a motorcycle with Qing Chen through the city.

"Old Wan, if you survive, how would you record me?" Li Changqing asked with interest.

Old Wan smiled: "I've already had my colleagues archive your records, to be declassified after 100 years. Your daily life, every decision, and preference from the age of 16 are all recorded inside. Miss, I have a high opinion of you, because you are the only excellent female general of this era."

Li Changqing didn't seem to care about this last comment, or how future generations would view her. She just wondered if, after a hundred years when the archives were opened, Qing Chen would go to the Observer to take a look at her file?

However, at this moment, a soldier shouted: "Commander, someone from Ginkgo Mountain is requesting communication."

"Open the communication."

In the holographic projection, Ling, wearing a black suit, said: "Please set Qingshan to automatic attack mode immediately, and the remaining personnel, including Commander Li Changqing, board the ship."

Li Changqing asked in confusion: "Isn't it a little late to have us evacuate now? We're surrounded on all sides, the Airships can't get out."

Ling replied: "This is an order."

Li Changqing pondered for a moment, but finally boarded the Airship and left before the Storm City fleet arrived.

Just as they left Qingshan Fortress, a white light suddenly shot from afar, piercing Qingshan Fortress and completely disabling it.

Only the anti-gravity system continued to operate, leaving Qingshan Fortress as an immobile island.

This white light had appeared before. When Qing Chen was smuggling to West Continent, it was this white light that pierced the Dominating Vessel...

West Continent's Air Fortress always had a trump card against Air Fortress, which is why the Duke of Blackwater said to Li Yunshou, "Even two Air Fortresses from East Continent may not be enough to replace me'.

Li Changqing sat on the Airship, staring blankly, but the next moment, they discovered a problem with the markings on the radar. Where Qingshan Fortress was, another Air Fortress had appeared out of nowhere.

It was slowly floating at an altitude of 16,000 meters, maintaining an almost vertical distance from Qingshan Fortress, hidden in the darkness.

This was the Zhutian that Qing Chen had seized from the Chen Family!

This Zhutian disappeared after the battle in the north, traveling at the limit altitude according to the predetermined coordinates, maintaining complete communication silence, until now.

Even if satellites passed overhead, West Continent would mistake Zhutian for Qingshan Fortress, because Zhutian's trajectory strictly calculated the angle of the satellites, blocking Qingshan Fortress.

The next moment, the main firepower cannons on Zhutian opened fire. Former Scepter soldiers operated this Chen Family Air Fortress, launching attacks from above on the Storm City fleet.

In Li Changqing's Airship, Nangeng Chen excitedly clenched his fist: "Why didn't we discover this sooner? The reinforcements were right above us all along!"

Li Changqing replied: "Someone tampered with our Holographic Sand Table, not wanting us to know in advance. Though I don't know why, it was unexpected."

"So are we saved?" Liu Dezhu curiously asked.

Li Changqing shook her head: "No, you underestimate West Continent's air force. Their air fleet is several times larger than ours, and an Air Fortress can fight two. Even with Zhutian here, we can only make them suffer heavy losses at best, but we will still die... but inflicting heavy losses on them is still pretty good."

At this time, Xiaotongyun said again: "No, aunt, the timing of Zhutian's attack is wrong. Ling wouldn't be unaware of the Fate Weaver's existence. Zhutian didn't even appear until 20 minutes after the battle began, so the Fate Weaver can see it."

How could Ling and the Old Master on Ginkgo Mountain not have thought of this?

Therefore, Zhutian and Qingshan Fortress are both bait.

The fish have taken the bait, but who will kill the fish?

In City 20, a group of puppet army officers had just come out of an Izakaya, drunk and drunk, discussing where to go next for fun.

Passersby, seeing them, dodged as if avoiding a plague god.

At this time, between the towering buildings that reached into the night sky, a huge flower boat sailed from the air. At the head of the flower boat stood a little girl, overlooking the entire ground.

The little girl wore a spotless white dress and held a well-behaved Foxfire.

Behind her were the tiered pavilions and towers on the Shenguji's hull.

The pavilions and towers were brightly lit, like a galaxy traveling through the city, like a dream.

The small figure stood alone at the head of the huge ship, the huge contrast making the little girl's figure look extraordinarily different.

The puppet army officers muttered as they watched this scene: "Which company's new holographic projection is this? It looks so realistic? I'll go check it out and see if I can get some oil."

This Shenguji is completely different from the specifications controlled by the Yin-Yang Master in the past, and it sailed so blatantly through the city that everyone thought it was a new type of holographic projection, not something real.

However, at this moment, a whale's cry suddenly came from above the Shenguji. The blue whale's fin, like a spread wing, flew above the buildings.

Everyone who saw it stopped in their tracks, shocked by this "extremely realistic holographic projection'.

Not only that, but the residents on the nearby buildings also saw the Great Heavenly Dog, Prajna, Wine Swallowing Child, and Tsuchimikotsubo, these famous Yin-Yang Master Shikigami standing behind the little girl, like servants, quietly waiting for something.

"What kind of new sound and light technology is this? Why does it look so real?"

"But it's not staying in one place. Doesn't it need to rely on a holographic device?"

As soon as the words fell, figures leaped from the Shenguji. They carried swords as tall as their bodies and slashed at the puppet soldiers on the ground.

With a loud bang, the huge blade light cut through the blue and purple neon lights, cutting a long crack in the ground. The puppet soldiers hit by the blade light were killed instantly!

Everyone was stunned. This is for real!

In the distance, West Continent's troops stationed in the city reacted. They used drones to attack Shinguji Maki.

However, Bing Zhu Bu behind little Maki took a step forward and said, "Master, I'll do it."

Little Maki nodded: "Please."

Bing Zhu Bu whispered: "Master, you're welcome."

Before this, Yin-Yang Masters had never been able to make Shikigami speak. In the past six hundred years, the only one who could do this, who could make Shikigami develop independent consciousness, was Shendai Yunluo's Hyakumegaki.

The next moment, Bing Zhu Bu manifested thousands of long halberds in the sky, smashing the drone swarm like rain.

The halberds continued their momentum, smashing the guard troops at the end of the street two kilometers away, causing a huge plume of smoke on the ground!!

Foxfire in little Maki's arms shrank. When it followed the Yin-Yang Master, it needed to fight, but now, following its true master, it only needed to be a quiet warm baby...

Shinguji Maki said to the Shikigami: "We don't have much time, so please go to the city and kill. Kill everyone who doesn't have the word "slave' on their heads."

"Understood, Master." Shadow Woman held the dagger in her hand, slowly retreated into the shadows, and moved into the shadowy corners of the city.

Lady Tamamo swayed her nine tails behind her, let out a charming laugh, and then jumped off the Shenguji and disappeared.

Red Leaf Hunt stepped on the red maple leaves and flew into the night sky. Tonight in City 20, a night parade of a hundred ghosts!

Airships in City 20 took off, with masters hidden in the dark waiting for an opportunity to strike.

Someone was adjusting an automatic sniper rifle from an ultra-long distance. The sniper was 3.6 kilometers away from Shinguji Maki, but he wasn't aiming himself. He used a professional motor track and an AI program to automatically adjust the angle. The war had truly arrived, and West Continent finally brought out their AI-assisted systems far superior to those of East Continent. West Continent's civilian AI technology was already advanced, and its military technology was even stronger.

For example, on the East Continent side, a soldier could Neural Link 36 drones at most, while West Continent soldiers, with the help of AI systems, could control 360 or even more.

At this time, the magnetic system had locked onto the little girl at the bow. The sniper had no sympathy for Shinguji Maki's cuteness, and he unhesitatingly pulled the trigger.

The bullet spun out of the barrel, and with a muzzle velocity far exceeding that of other firearms, it shot out!

However, two seconds later, the bullet hit Shinguji Maki, but it only caused a transparent ripple before disappearing.

The sniper was stunned. He clearly saw that he hit the target, but the bullet disappeared out of thin air, and the little girl was unharmed!

The Shenguji!

This Shikigami is best at creating illusions, so the position of Shinguji Maki seen by the outside world is not her real position. The counterattacks launched by West Continent's troops on the ground all hit the air.

As long as no one can break this huge illusion, no one can really hit her. Even if shells whizzed past, they only passed through the air.

The next second, the sniper noticed something was wrong and ducked, but Shadow Woman was already behind him, using her black dagger to wipe across his carotid artery.

On the rooftop where the sniper was, there were two Gene Soldiers guarding the sniper position. They watched helplessly as Shadow Woman appeared out of thin air, killing elegantly with a seductive and slender figure, but they couldn't stop her in time.

Two B-Class Gene Soldiers fought back, but Shadow Woman cleverly passed through the gap between the two and walked into the night.

When Shadow Woman disappeared, blood spurted from the carotid arteries of the two, but not a single drop splashed on Shadow Woman. They didn't even notice when they were killed!

Shinguji Maki's current strength is unfathomable, and the strength of her Shikigami corresponds to her.

What experts are not experts, as long as they are not Storm Duke and Fate Weaver in person, everything is a rabble.

Therefore, the terror of this night parade of a hundred ghosts is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

Now, City 20 is one of West Continent's largest forward bases, just like the forward base No. 9 where Qing Chen and Bolton were. Many nobles need to gather here and redistribute troops.

Shinguji Maki destroyed it in just three hours, directly reducing Roosevelt Kingdom's six forward bases in the north by one!

Qing Ji sat on the boat and silently watched. He found that he didn't seem to need to teach this little girl anything. She, like Qing Chen, is a natural killer.

However, he had concerns. There were at least 7 marquises and hundreds of barons in the forward base. These people must have been locked by Fate Weaver's vision, but there seemed to be no defense here.

Does Fate Weaver also think that no matter what method is used, it can't stop this little girl?

Or did the other side prepare other means?

Qing Ji glanced at the time: "Maki, it's almost time. Prepare to wrap up. I'll take you away through the Shadow Gate. Just be careful. I have some uneasiness. My hip bone hasn't healed yet, and I can't fight to help you."

Shinguji Maki responded sweetly: "Okay, Uncle Qing Ji."

Qing Ji frowned tightly. He had never seen fragments of fate. He just acted according to the Old Master's arrangement and precisely completed all the plans.

However, tonight, he expected to encounter the Fate Weaver's interception, but Fate Weaver hasn't appeared yet.

At this time, Shinguji Maki's Shikigami all returned to her Spiritual Bridge, and Qing Ji opened the Shadow Gate for her.