Night's Nomenclature
Chapter 351: Friends and Family

On the wasteland, the speed of the two war machines was increasing.

The earth's mounds and ravines could not slow their movements in the slightest.

The precise mechanical parts of Qing Chen's ears were meshing together louder and louder.

The boy kept pulling the trigger, not to hit the opponent, but hoping that the opponent would slightly slow down while evading the trajectory, buying himself some time.

The old man watched silently from the side, he suddenly found this boy interesting.

Everyone actually knew that if no one came to support them, their only outcome would be to be caught up by the two war machines and then easily killed.

These were the Shendai Family's most expensive Tiger-01 type war machines, comparable to B-class Gene Soldiers.

Of all the people in their vehicle, Li Ke and Hu Xiaoniu were ordinary people, Qing Chen was only at the D-class peak, and the old man was completely helpless.

In this situation, no one could survive.

The old man believed Qing Chen could also think of this, but even so, the other party still had no intention of giving up, as if even if they were to die, they would maintain their fighting spirit until the last second.

This was a dignified death.

When the distance between the two sides was reduced to 200 meters, Qing Chen saw from afar that the two humanoid war machines raised their arms, and the palms at the front end of their arms suddenly disintegrated, revealing the dark muzzles on their wrists.

When Hu Xiaoniu saw this scene in the rearview mirror, he was completely shocked, and then he looked at Qing Chen...

But he found Qing Chen was still calm.

Why? He couldn't understand why Qing Chen could remain so calm.

With a loud bang, a miniature grenade launcher shot out, heading straight for Qing Chen's Off-road Vehicle.

The moment Hu Xiaoniu saw the war machine's muzzle flash, his heart turned to ashes.

He didn't expect that he had tried so hard to gain a foothold in the Inner World, but he was ultimately going to die here.

However, just when everyone thought the Off-road Vehicle would be blown to pieces by the grenade launcher, the grenade launcher, whose speed was too fast for the naked eye to capture, suddenly seemed to hit an invisible force in mid-air, changing its original trajectory.

The grenade launcher brushed past the Off-road Vehicle!

Qing Chen breathed a slight sigh of relief.

All his previous actions to buy time were worthwhile!

Before anyone could react, the two war machines, while running, suddenly took a step and flew diagonally into the sky.

Like astronauts in space in a vacuum environment, as if they were about to fly to a never-ending end.

This was not their intention, but something around them seemed to have disappeared.

Gravity had disappeared!

When everyone runs, each step is taken with great effort.

People take a step, then are pulled back to the ground by gravity, and then take another step.

But what if gravity suddenly disappears at some point?

Everything would be different.

Yang Yang arrived.

"Fire!"

As the two war machines flew diagonally into the sky, Yang Yang landed heavily on the Off-road Vehicle.

Gravity reappeared, and the speed of the two war machines in the air suddenly slowed down, then fell to the ground in a parabola.

At this time, the trajectories of the two war machines in the air could no longer be changed, and their falling speed was completely within Qing Chen's capture range.

Qing Chen pulled the trigger twice in succession, and saw the miniature reactors on the chests of the two war machines accurately hit by the sniper rifle.

They turned into huge fireworks in the night sky!

"Wow, awesome!" Hu Xiaoniu excitedly roared.

Qing Chen and Yang Yang had jointly resolved the biggest crisis, but the boy in the car was not overwhelmed by joy. He calmly lay on the seatback, firing shot after shot.

The Shendai convoy realized that the situation was not good, and they turned the steering wheel and left separately.

However, when they turned, they had already exposed their fuel tanks to Qing Chen's range.

Qing Chen changed to armor-piercing incendiary bombs and calmly pulled the trigger.

One by one, the vehicles of the Shendai Family turned into blazing fires in the night, illuminating the night.

Yang Yang jumped into the car from the open trunk and asked Qing Chen with a smile, "You've been waiting for me to appear, haven't you?"

After Qing Chen was told his thoughts, he didn't show any embarrassment. He smiled, "You came just in time. If you were two seconds later, we would have been gone. However, can you simultaneously control the force field around two B-class masters? That's a bit too amazing."

Yang Yang shook his head and smiled, "Perhaps they possess B-class strength and speed, but to me, they're just objects weighing over 200 kilograms. If they were real B-class masters, it would be impossible. A master's life force field would repel my force field, and it wouldn't be so easy for me to influence them."

"I see," Qing Chen nodded. "By the way, did you see a battle between two A-class masters on your way here?"

"I did, but I didn't dare to get close. And it wasn't two A-class masters fighting, it was three, two against one. Plus San Yue from the Forbidden Artifact Tribunal was watching from the side, so there were four A-class masters in total." Yang Yang thought for a moment and said.

"Two against one?" Qing Chen was stunned. "What's going on? Does Shendai have other A-class masters?"

"No, no," Yang Yang said with a smile, "It's two people fighting the one wearing the Japanese samurai uniform."

Qing Chen suddenly looked at the old man, "You prepared quite a few backup plans. You even had another A-class master in ambush? You probably moved the entire Li Clan's resources!"

He thought to himself, no wonder the old man was so calm the whole time.

When the other party said they were using him as bait, Qing Chen thought they were going fishing, but it turned out they were actually going bomb fishing!

But it wasn't particularly unexpected. As one of the five most powerful people in the Federation, personally setting traps, if there weren't enough A-class masters appearing, it would seem a bit stingy.

The background of the Conglomerate was far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Qing Chen looked at the old man, "Do you have any more backup plans?"

The old man looked at Qing Chen, "Should I have another drink? No, the doctor said my body can't handle it. You guys drink, escaping death is something to celebrate."

Qing Chen observed the old man's expression, unsure whether the other party was really deafened by the sniper shots or just pretending to be stupid.

Yang Yang suddenly said, "Old Master, will there be any more danger? If not, why don't you join us? There are many female classmates waiting to hear your stories."

The old man: "Okay."

Hu Xiaoniu: ...

Li Ke: ...

Qing Chen: ...

You heard that clearly!

The old man chuckled, "I don't know what's wrong, my tinnitus is suddenly gone, haha, look at this mess."

Qing Chen thought for a moment and said, "We won't rejoin them. You should be careful too. The crows are divided into two groups of cars, which probably hides a secret."

San Yue must have guessed that Qing Chen and the Masonic Lodge would part ways, so she let the little crows get on the Masonic Lodge's car.

Later, the two sides really separated, and the other party only calmly sat in the car and casually mentioned it, without calling the little crows to get off and regroup.

Therefore, from the beginning, the Forbidden Artifact Tribunal's target was not just one.

The Masonic Lodge would also Face^[-] danger.

The old man glanced at Qing Chen, "After a great battle, you can still think so meticulously? The Forbidden Artifact Tribunal always hits its targets. Little girl, Qing Chen is right. If you continue south, you might encounter danger."

Qing Chen looked at Yang Yang and said, "I won't go to help. Old Master's body can't take it anymore."

Today alone, Old Master has briefly fainted three times, and he is becoming increasingly drowsy and his breathing is weakening.

Perhaps this change is difficult for others to detect, but for Qing Chen, he only needs to compare slightly to clearly understand that the old man's condition today is much worse than yesterday.

Therefore, although Qing Chen knew that the Masonic Lodge would Face^[-] danger, he couldn't bet that the old man would be able to endure it.

At this moment, Old Master smiled and said, "They've come to help you, so you won't go help them? Don't worry, I'm fine. I'm very strong."

Saying this, Old Master, as if to prove something, patted his chest loudly, then fainted.

Qing Chen helplessly said, "You don't have to do this if you don't want to go. I've already decided not to go."

Yang Yang said, "He really fainted. The force field in his brain is almost completely stagnant."

"Wait, you can observe someone's mental fluctuations by observing the force field?" Qing Chen was stunned.

"A person's force field is very complex, composed of many small force fields intertwined to form a complete large force field," Yang Yang said. "Okay, I have to quickly regroup with the Masonic Lodge members. No matter what you're going to do in Forbidden Zone 002, be careful."

After saying this, Yang Yang flew out of the trunk again, and even helped close the door before leaving.

The car fell silent, and the old man remained unconscious.

They drove through the night and into dawn.

This night, the old man didn't wake up as quickly as before, but woke up drowsily and fainted several times.

Qing Chen understood that the intense battle at night, the roar of the sniper rifle, had ultimately affected the old man's mind.

Moreover, the cold wind in December was fierce, and the Off-road Vehicle's windshield was shattered, and the howling cold wind further aggravated the old man's already frail body.

Qing Chen took out a sleeping bag and put the old man in it, leaving only his Face^[-] exposed to prevent the low temperature from further harming him.

Qing Chen had always known that this moment would come for the old man, but he hadn't expected it to come so quickly.

This trip, the old man had two wishes hanging on his heart, one was to go to Forbidden Zone 002, and the other was to help Li Yunshou get rid of Shendai Tongshan.

Now that Shendai Tongshan was undoubtedly dead, the old man's life seemed to have been taken away by fate.

They didn't have time, they had to get to Forbidden Zone 002 as soon as possible.

As the sun rose, Hu Xiaoniu suddenly said, "Chen Ge, there's someone ahead."

Qing Chen looked, and suddenly saw an old man with white hair, wearing a samurai uniform, standing alone in the rising sun, smiling gently.

The vehicle slowly stopped, Qing Chen didn't reach for his gun, but got out of the car as if he had an epiphany and asked, "Are you Old Master's friend? He's unconscious, and I might not be able to wake him."

The old man slowly smiled, "No need to see each other again, young man. Please tell him for me, in this life, I'm ashamed that I became his friend for dirty reasons. If there is a next life, I hope I can still be his friend, a clean and pure friend."

After saying this, the old man knelt facing north, stabbed his abdomen with a short knife, and calmly cut across.

Helping the old man to lure Shendai Tongshan was his promise to his friend.

His death was a recompense to his family.