Night's Nomenclature
Chapter 535: Peaceful and Prosperous Era

Humanity once perished due to mechanical civilization, and a new era of civilization began from then on.

Therefore, all Federation humans remember a truth: do not explore the field of artificial intelligence that humans cannot control. Even the current War Robots are "pseudo-intelligent" beings strictly abiding by the rules of engagement, not independent thinking life forms.

Humans have discussed how to restrict a life form a thousand or ten thousand times smarter than themselves.

However, facts have proven that only Yi's parents achieved this. They treated Yi as their own child. Yi would be scolded for making mistakes, and Yi's mother would even sulk and have a cold war with her during Yi's rebellious period.

Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin, these two eccentric parents, raised an intelligent life form in a carefree manner.

History and time have proven that they raised her quite well.

However, Ren Xiaosu eventually made an agreement with Yi: not to kill.

This wasn't out of concern that Yi would do something outrageous. He knew Yi's nature and knew she would never do anything evil, but he worried about other humans knowing of Yi's existence.

Because those people regarded artificial intelligence as "monsters."

Therefore, Qing Chen could understand Yi's principle of not killing. He patted the War Robot's head in front of him and smiled, "You don't need to kill anyone, not today, not ever. Leave the rest to me."

Yi felt a strange sensation in her heart.

Even though this War Robot wasn't her physical body, and the War Robot's head didn't have any sense of touch, she felt a kind of… special warmth because Qing Chen treated her as a human being.

She considered herself human, but besides her father, mother, and brother, no one else treated her as a human.

The War Robot didn't speak anymore, and the red lights in its eyes gradually dimmed.

Qing Chen turned and walked towards the A02 secret military base.

In this base, the electromagnetic alloy gates that should have been sealed layer by layer by Shendai Yunzhi were opening one after another.

Every time Qing Chen reached a gate, it would automatically open. He didn't even need to pause for a second.

The ragged teenager and the artificial intelligence girl worked together seamlessly.

Whether it was just now breaking through the Metal Storm and moving upstream, or now, Qing Chen had never felt so exhilarated. It was as if they were born to be comrades-in-arms fighting side-by-side.

At this time, all the Shendai soldiers had hidden in the underground fortifications of the A02 base, and Shendai Yunzhi had even hidden in the deepest shelter.

This underground fortification wasn't large; it could probably accommodate a few hundred people.

Qing Chen wasn't in a hurry to attack.

He opened one soldier's dormitory after another, plugged the sinks with stoppers, and turned all the faucets to their maximum.

Soon, the sinks in over a hundred dormitories were all filled, and the water flowed to the ground, then converged and flowed down the steps continuously.

Qing Chen closed his eyes and stood quietly in the water, listening to the sound of the flowing water. The water formed waterfalls at the edges of the steps, constantly cascading downwards.

He just listened quietly to the doubts and fears of the Shendai soldiers.

He listened to Shendai Yunzhi roar, "Everyone enter combat readiness status, kill all living things without exception!"

In the underground fortifications, a Shendai soldier shouted, "Why is there water flowing down from upstairs? Wait, why is there so much water? It's already reaching our ankles!"

Qing Chen opened his eyes.

There were tears in his eyes.

He wasn't sad; he was simply reflecting on the hardships he had suffered along the way and the people he had met.

These people were like chisels, carving one stroke after another onto his life.

Qing Chen journeyed, he dreamed, he awakened.

Everything was coming to an end.

At some point, something Qing Chen had almost forgotten was boiling again.

The blood of the gods!

The blood of the gods that the mysterious expert had injected into him hadn't been fully absorbed yet.

At the moment when Qing Chen's emotions were surging, the last of the blood of the gods merged into the golden light deep within Qing Chen's heart.

Qing Chen suddenly understood that the prerequisite for absorbing this blood of the gods wasn't strength or level, but a spiritual will that allowed mortals to rival gods!

The next moment, he suddenly bent down, his hands wrapped in dazzling golden electric arcs plunged into the water.

Qing Chen's eyes were no longer black and white but filled with golden light pouring out.

In an instant, gold filled the entire A02 base, and the whole world was bathed in light.

This blood of the gods actually forcibly raised the thunder Qing Chen controlled to B-Class.

That was something Qing Chen hadn't even accomplished when he completed the Trials of Life and Death.

The light, substantial as if it were real, pierced through everything.

Lightning-like arcs followed the water flow, striking one Shendai soldier after another in the underground fortifications.

Shendai Yunzhi was at the entrance of the shelter, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't close the gate, couldn't stop the water from flowing in.

He looked up in terror, only to see everything before him covered in gold, finally turning into a blinding white.

Shendai Yunzhi couldn't see anything!

Light consumed everything.

The golden electric arcs spread from Qing Chen's hands paralyzed everyone standing in the water, making them lie stiffly in the water.

If I were in this long night that would not pass on its own, then I would redefine it with light and daybreak.

"Daybreak greets you all,"

Qing Chen said softly.

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The boy slowly walked down the steps, using the Marionette as a knife to claim one life after another.

Until he reached Shendai Yunzhi, watching the other man, after being electrocuted, still struggling against the spasms of his muscles, the chaos of his neurons.

The human body is flesh and blood, but neuronal transmitters rely on one electric signal after another to propagate. After being electrocuted, even a B-Class expert like Shendai Yunzhi would lose most of his fighting power.

Shendai Yunzhi didn't expect that Qing Chen would possess such a large-scale killing method.

He lay in the water, struggling continuously, feeling his body gradually regaining sensation, looking at the legs that had stopped moving in front of him, falling into despair.

Qing Chen said calmly, "You can't die yet."

With that, he flicked his wrist and used the Marionette to wrap around Shendai Yunzhi's wrist, turning the other man into a puppet.

Shendai Yunzhi and Qing Chen walked out of the main building of the A02 base one after the other.

Shendai Yunzhi still retained his consciousness. He watched himself retrieve the bodies of Wang Yuchao and Zhao Mingke, carrying them on his back together.

He watched himself slowly pass through the deserted A02 base.

Walking towards the highest hill outside the base.

Shendai Yunzhi was on the verge of collapse. He didn't know why he had become a puppet; he didn't know why Qing Chen had suddenly become a B-Class, and such a terrifying B-Class at that.

People categorize Awakened Ones, and those who control thunder, air, force fields, and flames are definitely in the top tier.

Today, Shendai Yunzhi experienced the most unbelievable thing in his 37 years of life.

That boy from the pigsty had killed all the Shendai soldiers in the A02 base!

Daybreak!

The Daybreak organization must be eliminated!

Shendai Yunzhi only had this one thought in his mind, but he could do nothing!

He watched himself carry Wang Yuchao and Zhao Mingke's bodies up the hill, watching himself use his hands to dig into the hard frozen ground, digging out two graves.

The hard earth made his hands bleed profusely.

At this time, Qing Chen suddenly spoke to Shendai Yunzhi in words he couldn't understand, "You stole Shandong from the world. Should the 36 million people of Shandong be angry? Should the 400 million Chinese people be angry… Forget it, I don't know why I suddenly said this, you wouldn't understand anyway. It's your honor to be able to bury Wang Yuchao and Zhao Mingke."

Qing Chen was unusually calm at this moment.

Then, Shendai Yunzhi saw himself burying Wang Yuchao and Zhao Mingke separately, then kneeling down and kowtowing nine times.

The sound of dong dong dong echoed across the earth. After Shendai Yunzhi finished his nine kowtows, his Face^[-] was also covered in blood.

Shendai Yunzhi's self-awareness completely collapsed. Those people had been ants under his feet, those who lived and died at his whim, those people were clearly insignificant little figures.

But now, Qing Chen's cruelty extended to his very heart, controlling him to bury Wang Yuchao and Zhao Mingke, and even making him kowtow.

Shendai Yunzhi couldn't accept it; he had gone mad!

However, even so, Qing Chen didn't plan to let him go.

The boy looked at the two small mounds and said, "I can't kill this person yet. I need to use him to kill more people. So his life… I'll borrow it for a while."

"Also, I can't erect tombstones for you yet, because I'm afraid Shendai will come to destroy them. So, I promised you that I would let you see the day when the Shendai flag falls. On that day, I'll erect monuments for you. Your monuments can overlook the XJ region in this peaceful and prosperous era."

"Let's go, there are many more people to save. We'll meet again in times of peace."

Qing Chen turned and left.

At that time, children will fly kites carefree in front of your martyrs' cemetery, and people will offer you freshly picked flowers.

At that time, the sound of reading aloud will once again echo through the school.

At that time, I will inscribe these twelve words on your monuments: "Success does not necessarily lie in my hands, but success will certainly have me."

This road may be bloody, but I will remember what you said: a victory without bloodshed and sacrifice is a false victory.

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On the Eight-Forked.

An army soldier ran wildly on the bridge. He arrived at the command room and shouted, "Sir, 180 soldiers in the A02 base have lost their vital signs! The chips on the back of their necks have lost bioenergy and are malfunctioning!"

Someone in the command room said, "They're faster than we anticipated. Speed up, order the two ground field armies to quickly complete the encirclement, and arrive at the battlefield one plan point ahead of schedule!"

"Eight-Forked, open all engines, basic reserve energy reduced by 5 points!"

But at this moment, someone suddenly rushed in, "Sir, the Li Clan Qingshan Fortress, after completing its nuclear power overhaul at the military base, has taken to the air again. The Li Clan and the Qing Family's First Army Group Seventh Division and Second Army Group Fourth Division have abandoned the Koshima direction and are fully heading to our front battlefield. The Li Clan and Qing Family are launching an all-out war! The commander-in-chief ordered us to immediately abandon the A02 base and converge on the southern main battlefield!"

"The southern 89th forward base has prepared a temporary docking point, maintenance point, and supply point for the Eight-Forked!"

The major general in the command room frowned, "Are the Li Clan and Qing Family crazy? We just signed a ceasefire agreement!!"

The command room was silent. He didn't hesitate for long before making the right decision: "Eight-Forked, return to the 89th forward base, order the two ground field armies to continue advancing, and be sure to resolve the unrest in the A02 military base!"

Having said that, he frowned at the Holographic Sand Table in front of him.

The Li Clan and the Qing Family clearly hadn't made preparations for a winter war, they hadn't prepared warm clothes or sufficient fuel for their marching supplies, why would they go to such lengths to fight this war?!