Night’s Nomenclature

Surviving the catastrophe.

Qing Chen stood in the center of the devastated battlefield, looking around. They had won, but no one was happy.

This was because nearly 10,000 people had died in this war. Even though Qing Chen was the victor, he didn't feel this was something to be happy about.

In this battle,

the Chen Family lost two Southern Fleets.

two A-Class Painters.

one Field Army and two Field Brigades.

seven Purple Orchid Stars, and one of Chen Yu's lives.

Most importantly, Chen Yu also lost more than fifty scrolls.

The loss of these fifty or so scrolls alone would keep Chen Yu confined to his home for two years.

This is the time Shadow bought for Qing Chen. As long as Chen Yu couldn't kill Qing Chen within two years, there would be no more opportunities. He believed in his brother.

As for Koshima, they lost one Demi-God.

two battalion-level land forces, and one Eternal Heaven Fruit.

That old fox Li Bingxi was really cunning. If Shadow's troops hadn't found his wife in time, he might have escaped death, but Qing Chen and Shadow would have been killed, and Chen Yu would have suffered heavy losses.

He could also exchange the most core technology related to the Air Fortress in the Qing Family's hands, helping Koshima complete the most crucial step before its rise.

Unfortunately, Li Bingxi not only lost his life, turned into a pair of mandarin ducks, becoming a laughingstock of the Federation, but also failed to obtain the core technology.

Without the Air Fortress, Koshima is destined to be beaten in the air in future wars.

Sometimes, wars between conglomerates don't start the moment smoke appears. Holding the core technology is the key to winning.

And Qing Chen obtained Whale Island and Purple Orchid Star. The magical effect produced by the combination of these two magical objects is destined to give the world a huge surprise one day.

This is a turning point of fate.

At this moment, Gu Dong sat on the man-killing bear's back and roared to the sky, and the surviving wild boars followed with grunts.

Gu Dong looked at Qing Chen and the others: "Gu Dong!"

Zard responded from the side: "Crack!"

Gu Dong: "?"

Yang Yang said speechlessly: "Can you understand what he's saying? You're even chatting now."

"I don't understand," Zard said, "but so what? He doesn't understand what I'm saying either."

It's fair.

Qing Chen couldn't help but laugh: "He wants us to climb onto the bear's back and go back to the Forbidden Zone with him. The man-killing bear's back is quite wide, and it can seat more than a dozen people."

He looked at Gu Dong: "I can't leave yet, someone else might come."

"Gu Dong?" Gu Dong's fighting spirit surged again.

Enemies?

Qing Chen shook his head: "Not enemies, friends."

Zard breathed a sigh of relief. He looked back at Huan Yu, who was still lying quietly on the sand he was supporting.

Qing Chen curiously asked: "Xiaoyu's intelligence is stuck at a child's level, is Dayu a normal person? I feel like he has some problems too."

Zard scratched his head: "He's indeed not quite normal, but that might be because I infected him."

Qing Chen was stunned: "You even know you're not quite normal."

Zard said: "But Dayu was fierce at first. When he first arrived in the Outer World, he wanted to establish his own kingdom here. Every time Xiaoyu wrote to him, he would gradually stop mentioning it. I don't know what he's thinking lately."

Qing Chen frowned. He felt that some details were wrong, but after the great battle, he hadn't had time to sort out all his memories and the clues behind them.

"What did Xiaoyu talk to him about?" Qing Chen curiously asked.

"I don't know. They both wouldn't let me see it. They're so stingy," Zard said, this guy effortlessly treated Xiaoyu and Dayu as two different individuals.

At this time, Yang Yang asked from the side: "Who else will come? Li Changqing?"

"Hey, look, there are flocks of birds flying back," Qing Chen suddenly looked into the distance. The bird flock of Forbidden Zone 00 was returning. More than half of them were dead or injured, but since they could return, it meant that the battle was won.

While pondering, Qing Chen saw Qingshan Falcon flap its wings and come to Vermillion Bird's side, opening and closing its beak as if saying something.

It was too far away to hear.

However, the beautiful Vermillion Bird didn't even bother to respond to it.

In an instant, Qingshan Falcon was made to look like a simp.

Qing Chen was stunned. He didn't expect Qingshan Falcon to have two faces.

On Qingshan Fortress,

Seeing that Vermillion Bird confirmed that the last Chen Family Airship had been shot down, it gracefully flew and led the flock back to Forbidden Zone 00.

In the command room, engine room, firepower room, and Phase-array Radar room, cheers erupted.

Li Changqing only relaxed her tense nerves at this moment.

However, as the commander, she didn't show much emotion, but calmly said: "Don't celebrate, return to your respective work posts, and check the status of all the Air Fortress."

In the Air Fortress, the soldiers suppressed their joy of victory.

"Power storage remaining 4%, reactor overheating, but controllable."

"Anti-gravity device normal, 1 anti-gravity cell damaged, 84 remaining."

"Drones remaining…"

"Carrier-based aircraft damaged 54, 6 remaining have all returned."

"Main firepower bay energy remaining, unable to continue fighting."

"Secondary firepower bay remaining ammunition 7, unable to effectively intercept anti-air missiles."

The main firepower bay of Qingshan Fortress is used for attack, while the secondary firepower bay is used to intercept all attacks on the Air Fortress.

At this time, Qingshan Fortress was already in a state of exhaustion and could not continue fighting.

Li Changqing listened to the reports from the communication channel. When it became quiet inside Qingshan Fortress, she opened the captain's channel: "Thank you all, the victory of this battle belongs to you. But now is not the time to be happy, we are now sailing to the ground battlefield, the battle there may not be over yet."

Qingshan Fortress slowly moved, heading north.

Old Twenty-One breathed a sigh of relief. It's finally over.

Moreover, in this battle, it seemed that Li Changqing found many reasons to save Qing Chen, but she did have strategic goals.

Now that Koshima and Shendai are eyeing the north, Chen Yu's participation in the Century War has exposed his ambition.

The alliance between the Li Clan and the Qing Family cannot be attacked from both sides.

When Shadow found Li Changqing, he made it clear: this battle would destroy more than half of the Chen Family's Southern main fleet, and the Chen Family would need at least two to five years to recover. This is to buy time for the Qing Family and the Li Clan.

Shadow fought with his brother, but the impact of this fight is far greater than anyone imagined.

Within two years, the Qing Family and the Li Clan won't have to worry about being attacked from both sides, unless Koshima, Shendai, and the Chen Family go crazy.

At this time, there was a communication request in Qingshan Fortress. Li Changqing asked the communicator to answer it.

Qing Kun and Qing Yu appeared on the holographic projections on both sides of the command room at the same time. Qing Kun said: "The cooperation this time was very pleasant. I heard that a woman was in charge of Qingshan Fortress before, and I thought the Li Clan was too childish. I didn't expect you to be really good at fighting."

Qing Yu spoke more clearly: "Major General Li Changqing, after this battle, the friendship between the Li Clan and the Qing Family will be unbreakable, for our future…"

"Just after winning a battle, some dog people come out to talk nonsense," Qing Kun said.

This sentence with gunpowder instantly silenced Qingshan Fortress.

The soldiers of the Li Clan looked at each other. What's going on? Why are the two Qing Family bigwigs arguing in Qingshan Fortress? Can't you argue in private?

Qing Yu's holographic projection frowned and looked at Qing Kun: "Are you crazy? We're connected to Qingshan Fortress now."

Qing Kun said: "And you got one thing wrong. It's not the entire Qing Family cooperating with the Li Clan. Some old guys will be dealt with sooner or later. So the Li Clan should also understand this. The Qing Family we represent is the Head of the Qingshi Clan's Qing Family, it has nothing to do with others."

Qing Yu got angry: "Don't you know what it means to keep family scandals private?"

Qing Kun sneered: "Someone wants to sell core technology, and you think this can be kept secret? Your cousin really has a brain eaten by a dog to do such a thing. Even if your cousin likes Chen Yu, she shouldn't do this. And does Chen Yu care about her? How old is Chen Yu? How old is she? I wonder if Qing Wen will be ashamed of his mother when he finds out about this."

The cousin Qing Kun referred to is Qing Wen's mother, and Qing Wen's father is a son-in-law who married into the Qing Family.

The soldiers in Qingshan Fortress were all stunned. Can you hear this kind of secret without paying?

And Li Changqing knew that Qing Kun had to reveal this matter in public and use it to disgust Qing Wen's mother, Qing Yun.

It's just that the method is a little too crude.

Qing Yu felt something was wrong: "Isn't my cousin your cousin?"

Qing Kun said: "No, I don't have this sister, I don't acknowledge her."

Qing Yu: "?"

If you don't acknowledge her, she's not your sister?!

Li Changqing interrupted their conversation: "Both of you, what are your plans next?"

Qing Yu: "Go to the land battlefield, see someone."

Qing Kun muttered: "We just won a battle, don't we have to go and flatter the future boss? You flatterer."

This time, Qing Yu was really angry: "Don't think I don't know, your Faceless Soldiers are on the front line preparing to steal the credit. What right do you have to say me?"

Qing Kun muttered: "Anyway, I'm not going, going home!"

After saying that, Qing Kun's figure disappeared from Qingshan Fortress. Qing Yu angrily closed the communication channel, and the two Qing Family fleets quickly headed north, and neither of them landed on the front line.

Li Changqing sighed: "What's going on?"

Old Twenty-One chuckled: "The Qing Family is really extreme. They're either crazy or as calm as a demon. I don't know how they were cultivated."

Li Changqing said: "Actually, the Qing Family was originally two branches. Hundreds of years ago, the Head of the Qingshi Clan and Qing Yun, etc., were one branch. They are descendants of Qing Zhen. Qing Kun and Qing Yu are another branch. Qing Kun's ancestors used to have the surname Luo. They are descendants of Luo Lan, the illegitimate son of the Qing Family."

Li Changqing: "In the last Ming Era, Luo Lan, the illegitimate son of the Qing Family, was Qing Zhen's Shadow, and the two brothers had a very good relationship, so the surnames Qing and Luo formed the complete Qing Family. However, more than 200 years later, Shendai has been trying to provoke the relationship between the Qing and Luo families, trying to split the huge Qing Family into two. At that time, the Luo descendants pretended to collude with Shendai to deal with the Qing descendants, and then secretly joined forces with Qing Xing to pit Shendai and Koshima together. After that, the Luo descendants returned to their ancestors and changed their surname to Qing."

Old Twenty-One nodded: "No wonder they are so polarized, the inherited personalities are different."

At this time, Qingshan Fortress was about to reach the land battlefield.

Li Changqing said: "Turn on the Holographic Sand Table."

The surrounding terrain appeared in front of her in a 360-degree holographic image, but the major general suddenly froze. She looked at Qing Chen, and Yang Yang, who was exceptionally young and energetic beside Qing Chen.

Li Changqing was silent for a long time: "Old Twenty-One, how many years have you been with me?"

Old Twenty-One chuckled: "From when the boss was 18 years old and started listening to the board meeting at the conference table to this year, 16 years."

Li Changqing smiled: "It's indeed a long time."

She suddenly said: "Turn on the anti-gravity device, and return."

"Huh?" Old Twenty-One was stunned: "Not going to see Qing Chen?"

"Not going."

After saying that, she left the command room. Qingshan Fortress suddenly rose to a high altitude, entered the stratosphere, and quickly flew north.

On land, Qing Chen and the others clearly saw Qingshan Fortress, but the next moment, Qingshan Fortress did not come over, but rose into the night sky clouds and disappeared.

Qing Chen looked at the clouds: "Let's go, to Forbidden Zone 00."

He was the first to climb onto the wide back of the man-killing bear, sitting on the bear's thick neck. At this time, Gu Dong, who had always fought against heaven and earth, actually moved back a little, giving Qing Chen the front position.

The man-killing bear seemed to be unhappy with so many people climbing onto its back, but Gu Dong punched it, and it became obedient again.

Qing Chen looked at Gu Dong and curiously asked: "How many Forbidden Zones do you control now?"

Gu Dong: "Gu Dong!"

Six, there's a particularly troublesome giant python in Forbidden Zone No. 40. My fighting methods are useless against it. I can't throw it down. Before, I spent two years with it. However, I don't know what happened some time ago, but it was killed by something terrifying, which gave me the opportunity to conquer that place.

Qing Chen was stunned.

Forbidden Zone No. 40?

Wasn't that the Forbidden Zone he passed through with Ma Jingjing and others when he was on the Steam Train? There was indeed a giant python trying to swallow the Steam Train, but it was pierced by the Steam Train.

Qing Chen looked at Gu Dong. Unexpectedly, Gu Dong was also in that Forbidden Zone at that time, and the Steam Train he was on happened to kill the king of beasts there.

Isn't that a coincidence?

Qing Chen calmly said: "I killed it."

This time, it was Gu Dong's turn to be stunned: "Gu Dong?"

You? I don't believe it! Such a big giant python, how could you kill it! I feel like it's almost become a spirit!

Speaking of which, Gu Dong opened his arms and gestured: "Gu Dong!"

So big!

Qing Chen calmly said half of the sentence again: "Wasn't its tail pierced, and it died from excessive bleeding in the end?"

Gu Dong immediately showed respect. If he hadn't really killed the giant python, how could he know the cause of its death, and accurately state the location of the wound?!

He looked at the next generation leader of the Knight Order again. To be honest, he was a little unconvinced at first, but he was also a member of Forbidden Zone 00, so he was naturally a subject of Qing Chen, so he couldn't be unconvinced on the surface.

But if you want him to truly admire Qing Chen sincerely, there is currently no basis for trust.

But now it's different. Gu Dong really thinks that the giant python was killed by Qing Chen!

How powerful is that?!

Yang Yang watched Qing Chen perform, and thought, should she personally guide Xiao Zhenji when she went back, so that she wouldn't learn bad habits from the Knight Order?

That little girl is the last conscience of the Knight Order.