Chapter 785: Chapter 785

Puppet: “This puppet has been lurking for a month, but you only discovered me this morning because I destroyed the Neural Link machine. I guess the Celestial Chessboard still has some uncertainties and isn’t as convenient to use as imagined, otherwise my puppets should have been eliminated long ago.” Thıs text ıs hosted at 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩⁂𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾⁂𝔫𝔢𝔱

The old man laughed: “You’re too lonely. Hiding in the shadows all these years like a rat, you seize any opportunity to chatter like a chatterbox.”

The puppet nodded earnestly and honestly: “Yes, that’s right.”

“I’m curious. Since you’ve obtained such an important puppet, why expose yourself? Is a Neural Link machine that important?” the old man asked.

The puppet patiently explained: “The generals captured by Qing Yu on the front lines are being sent to City 5 today. If nothing unexpected happens, Qing Chen will likely plunder their memories again. When he was captured by Shendai Yunhe, he demonstrated the wonder of the Qing Family bloodline. Among those generals, there’s one I’m almost ready to turn into a puppet, but I’m still slightly short. If Qing Chen plunders their memories, he might uncover more clues.”

“You’re afraid of Qing Chen?” the old man asked.

“Yes, he’s much smarter than me. And you’re so recklessly giving him experience, what if he grows faster than me?” the puppet said, “I don’t want to see the birth of another all-rounder. I only managed to achieve this with great difficulty. The body-snatching machine you snatched from Shendai over a decade ago, there’s only one, destroying it makes me feel much better.”

“Anything else to say?” the old man said calmly.

“No,” the puppet said, lunging at the old man. But before he got close, a sound erupted from the rafters.

Someone had been guarding the rafters of this wooden house. Before, it was Qing Ji practicing there, now it’s Qing Wu.

Qing Wu turned to the old man: “Carry it away directly?”

“Yes, carry it away. Give it a proper burial.”

At this moment, the old man shared the same question as Qing Chen.

Why did this Puppeteer, who could even infiltrate Mute servants, choose to suddenly reveal himself instead of continuing to hide, attracting hatred without absolute certainty of victory?

The old man didn’t believe the puppet’s previous nonsense.

Either there was extremely crucial information in the memories of one of the captured generals.

Or, the puppet had begun a new plan.

Qing Chen and Qing Ji leisurely walked up the mountain. Qing Chen asked, “Old Master, are you alright?”

The old man said indifferently: “Even if something happened to me, you wouldn’t have been able to save me in time given your speed.”

Qing Chen smiled: “If anything happens to you, I’ll claim workers’ compensation. Our Qing Family doesn’t mistreat our workers.”

The old man was silent for two seconds: “Originally, I had 21 years added to my lifespan. If you upset me a few more times, it’ll become 20 years.”

Qing Chen put away his smile and seriously asked: “What do you think he’s planning? Why did a Puppeteer who could have hidden in the darkness reveal himself before he had an absolute advantage?”

The old man shook his head: “I can’t say.”

Qing Chen was stunned: “You’ve been alone in this wooden house all these years to guard against this Puppeteer. The reason you can’t say is because you can’t determine who the real puppet is, so you’re worried about your plan being leaked?”

“Yes,” the old man nodded.

In fact, the old man and Qing Chen had very similar thoughts. He had Little Seven and others hide their names and identities to maintain secrecy.

The old man changed the subject: “You have your plan, and I have mine. Don’t reveal them to each other. Whoever succeeds is good news. By the way, the appearance of those cockroaches in City 20, was it to force the Royal Organization’s airship to leave?”

“Yes,” Qing Chen nodded.

The entire plan began with the Shadow forces shelling the Heart Realm Dojo.

The battle between Shendai Yunluo and Yunxiu was to create an opportunity for the Shadow forces to shell.

The shelling by the Shadow forces was to ultimately give Xiao San and the cockroach swarm a chance to enter City 20.

However, for Qing Chen, this plan was far from over.

His ultimate goal was to destroy all municipal facilities in City 20, kill 80% of the Shendai members, and temporarily paralyze Shendai.

City 20 is the last place on the northern territory where the Air Fortress can be repaired.

Once the city falls and all the Shendai Consortium’s mechanics die, the Royal Organization will have to return to the other side of the Forbidden Sea to repair the Air Fortress.

Only then will his plan be complete:

To let the Kingdom take him to the other side.

After figuring these things out, the old man felt somewhat relieved. Qing Chen’s plan was already showing promise.

No, actually, he had been quite proud when the Shadow forces, Shendai Yunluo, and Xiao San, three forces without any communication, carried out exquisite cooperation.

He deserved to be his son.

Qing Chen asked, “Are there any more body-snatching machines in the southwest?”

“No,” Qing Ji shook her head.

Qing Ji and Qing Chen bid farewell to the old man and walked down the mountain.

He still had to say goodbye to Shendai Yunluo.

After all, the other party came here to find him, but he was leaving.

Shendai Yunluo and Yunxiu were waiting at the foot of the mountain. Seeing him come down, Shendai Yunluo exclaimed: “I didn’t expect that Xiao San under your command could cause such a stir. City 20 has been completely dealt with by you. Thinking that it’s my hometown, I still feel a little reluctant.”

Li Kerou, who had been standing quietly waiting, was stunned.

Xiao San? What Xiao San?

She thought, her boss was really two-faced, on the surface, he seriously advised people to be kind, but secretly, he even had Xiao San!

At this time, Qing Chen said: “This time, it’s also revenge for Little Six. I won’t stop until those Garrison Troops soldiers are defeated.”

Li Kerou was shocked. He even had Little Six, and there were so many future colleagues?

Qing Chen glanced at her and instantly understood. He explained impatiently: “The independent talents under the Guardians’ Union, Luo Wanya is the oldest, ranking all the way to Little Seven. Don’t overthink it, I’m not that kind of person.”

Li Kerou quickly nodded: “I understand, they’re all colleagues.”

What do you understand?!

Shendai Yunluo smiled and asked: “Leaving?”

“Yes,” Qing Chen nodded: “Once I’m familiar with the situation over there, I’ll call you to meet up. The other side of the Forbidden Sea is full of eyes, I think you’ll be very interested.”

Having experienced many battles, Qing Chen had chosen to trust Shendai Yunluo. If the other party wanted to betray him, he would have died more than ten times.

Qing Chen asked: “What are your plans next?”

Shendai Yunluo said: “Next, I’ll travel with Yunxiu to famous mountains and rivers, explore the Forbidden Zone. I’ve heard that the girls in Xiuzhu Prefecture are particularly good, and there are many secrets in Forbidden Zone 001. Before, I had obsessions and didn’t have the chance to experience the different styles of various places. Now is the time. In two months, I’ll wait for you in City 10.”

“It’s a deal,” Qing Chen nodded.

With that, Qing Ji opened the Shadow Gate for him: “Behind the gate is near the Air Fortress.”

Qing Chen walked in without looking back.

Since he couldn’t plunder the memories of white people, he had to forcibly infiltrate.

Xiao San, wearing a baseball cap, walked down the street with his head down, the golden Cockroach King following him like a dog.

Tonight, all Shendai members were in despair.

Xiao San’s cockroach swarm was not yet fully grown, not enough to cover the entire city. He used a fan-shaped driving method to drive the cockroaches and conduct a carpet search of the entire City 20, ultimately driving all Shendai members towards the Dominating Vessel Air Fortress.

Many Shendai members realized that this cockroach swarm was a targeted attack plan, targeting only them.

Therefore, many Shendai members changed into plain clothes, trying to hide in residential buildings.

However, they underestimated the Guardians’ Union’s foundation in City 20.

The video of Little Six being dragged to death in the street quickly spread across the northern internet. By the time Shendai cleaned up the video, it was too late.

The people were moved by the sacrifices and efforts made by the Guardians’ Union. Although they were pressured and dared not speak out, they had already understood what kind of organization the Guardians’ Union was.

But tonight was different.

The appearance of the cockroach swarm initially brought immense fear to the residents, but it was followed by a disgusting sense of security, and some even took the initiative to feed the cockroach swarm.

Now, Shendai members tried to hide in residential buildings, but found that the residents were opening windows and shouting: “Come quickly, there are Shendai people in our building!”

The cockroach swarm went in upon hearing the sound, and some residents even guided them…

“Yes, that room in front, it’s where an official keeps his mistress. He used to come often, we just saw him go in! He’s fat and oily!”

The way a group of people guided the little cockroaches looked extremely strange.

The Guardians’ Union’s status had actually allowed them to suppress their fear of the cockroaches!

When the people’s war began, Shendai members became enemies of the world, with nowhere to hide.

Many people, in desperation, could only desperately run towards the air base, hoping that the Air Fortress would help them escape, taking them away together.

In the airport, someone was piloting an airship. Just as they breathed a sigh of relief, they saw the swarm of cockroaches fluttering their wings, swarming up, entering through the airship’s air intakes…

Only a few smart people closed the cabin doors as soon as they got into the airship, and then turned on the internal airtight, pressurized system. This system was prepared for flights above 6000 meters, providing oxygen.

Therefore, even the air was sealed, and the cockroaches couldn’t get in.

However, the airship had only just taken off when someone looked back and found that several huge cockroaches were waiting behind them!

Xiao San looked at the airship in the sky and sneered. Since he had chosen to act, how could he leave Shendai a way out?

He didn’t attack the Air Fortress because the Leader didn’t allow it. Otherwise, he would have tried the Air Fortress now.

More and more people fled, Shendai members and white people mixed together, all running towards the Air Fortress.

This group of fleeing people numbered several thousand, densely packed.

There were officials who wanted to run away with their C-list actress mistresses and little fresh meat, but halfway through, the celebrities suddenly discovered… the cockroaches weren’t attacking them, why did they have to go to their deaths together.

So, as they ran, the celebrities stopped running, and instead, a feeling of schadenfreude arose in their hearts.

In City 10, it was the officials who abandoned the celebrities, but now it was the other way around, with the celebrities abandoning the officials.

Absurd and ironic enough.

At this moment, Qing Chen had changed into a white person’s combat uniform, put on a wig, raised his collar, and calmly hid in the shadows.

When this large group of fleeing people passed by, Qing Chen also pretended to be panicked and mixed in with them.

He silently calculated that there were about 300 white people alive in the group, because of the limited vision, he couldn’t count more accurately, but this was enough.

On the Air Fortress, the Royal Organization’s soldiers had already set up a cordon outside the fortress, even deploying 1600 drones from the hive, hovering in the air, making a buzzing sound, and sealing off the entire area.

The Air Fortress’s anti-gravity system and power engines were all activated, maintaining a low-speed operation mode, ready to take off at any time.

Nikita looked at the fleeing crowd on the Holographic Sand Table and said coldly, “Only let white people in, block all Shendai members outside, don’t let them in.”

A shipboard worker looked back at her: “Commander, Shendai sent a message earlier, hoping that we can help their staff evacuate…”

Nikita sneered: “A bunch of yellow monkeys want to be protected by me? What use are they? Useless. Appease them first, don’t let them disturb our personnel boarding. After our combat personnel board, immediately set sail and return to Storm City.”

The fleeing crowd approached the Air Fortress, and the Kingdom soldiers blocking the way fired warning shots into the sky: “All our combat personnel have priority passage, others wait!”

Although the Shendai members were anxious, they dared not continue to crowd, they could only let the foreigners go first.

However, after all the white people passed, the Kingdom soldiers suddenly opened fire, ruthlessly sweeping away a quarter of the Shendai members, causing the Shendai members to retreat and flee in shock.

Qing Chen didn’t look back. In fact, he had known the fate of those Shendai members from the beginning.

Before entering the Air Fortress, all white people underwent identity verification on the gangway.

Just as it was about to be Qing Chen’s turn, a dark cloud suddenly rose behind them, and the overwhelming cockroach swarm all flew up, like a large net towards the Dominating Vessel!

Nikita roared in the command seat: “Quickly close the cabin doors, activate all airtight systems, take off!”

The Air Fortress’s cabin doors closed with a rumble, and the soldiers at the door didn’t bother with identity verification, they hurriedly let people pass first, closing the door was the most important thing.

The gate closed with a rumble, and the multi-pulse engines under the fortress spewed flames, creating a huge heat wave below, vaporizing all the cockroaches on the ground.

The Air Fortress took off. In the sky, the dense cockroach swarm slapped against the protective deck, making a crackling sound, as if it were raining.

Even the glass at the front of the command room was covered with a thick layer of colorful insect body fluids.

The cockroach swarm’s suicide attack stunned all the soldiers in the Air Fortress. They watched silently, and many were so disgusted that they vomited…

A foul smell suddenly filled the fortress…

In the chaotic cabin, Qing Chen walked in expressionlessly, heading straight for the lowest level of the cabin.

Disguising himself as a white person wasn’t a long-term solution. He had to find the Asian servants on the lowest level. He knew they were there…