Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 892: 549, Taking you all home_4

“Skilled in strategy, not quite like your father,” Uncle Li Dong laughed, “However, it’s rather straightforward, no deceit, open scheming.”

“It can’t be called open scheming, but someone in the Chen Family has to do these things,” Chen Yu replied.

“What are your plans next?”

“Going home, cultivating, painting,” Chen Yu said.

“What do you plan to paint?”

“Painting a sky full of Buddhas,” Chen Yu smiled in response.

“Ambitious, go ahead,” Uncle Li Dong said.

With that, Chen Yu bowed again, he unfolded a painting scroll and released a Green Ox.

Then the young Demigod sat horizontally on the Green Ox, stepping on clouds and flew into the sky.

Qing Chen watched this scene in stunned silence; he hadn’t expected the Demigod of the Chen Family… to have a somewhat immortal aura.

Uncle Li Dong regretfully said, “Originally planned to kill Jindai Chika today, and plant him in Taboo Land 002 waiting for an S-Class Taboo Object, but didn’t expect the Chen Family didn’t want him dead. The affairs of the world are truly complex.”

Actually, Uncle Li Dong knew that the Northern Fleet of the Jindai Consortium was about to arrive; no Demigod would want to die under such firepower, so this battle was destined never to be satisfying.

That Jindai Family Master… was ultimately a bit too hasty.

If it weren’t for the arrival of this Northern Fleet Group, Uncle Li Dong might have continued chasing north, but now, had no choice but to retreat.

Knights enjoy ganging up on others, not being ganged up on themselves.

So the Jindai Family Master was too clever for his own good.

“Let’s go, leave before the Northern Fleet arrives,” Uncle Li Dong said.

But at this moment, he turned to look at his precious apprentice, only to find Qing Chen standing silently.

“Master, I have to go south; someone is waiting for me there,” Qing Chen said.

Uncle Li Dong pondered, “You mean the people you brought out from A02 base? If you go to find them, you will all be bombed to death by Susano’s Man missiles.”

Qing Chen calmly said, “I brought them out, and I told them to wait for me at the target location. I didn’t expect Jindai to send a fleet again, nor do I know if I can get them out before the fleet arrives. But I must go.”

“I’m curious, what method do you have to take over a thousand people away from under the watchful eyes of the Jindai Fleet?”

“Perform a magic trick.”

“Are you confident?”

“No.”

“Then why must you go?”

“Because I am a Knight.”

Uncle Li Dong smiled and said, “Then go ahead, maybe that’s the meaning of this journey.”

The young man turned and sprinted south; he ran across the snowfield, across the mountains, letting the wind scream by his side, letting the cold erode his skin.

The battle between Demigods had delayed too much time, he must reach his destination within 6 hours.

Faster!

Qing Chen only wished he could be faster!

As he sprinted, he lost balance due to the chest wound, but he fell to the ground, rolled, and then got up again to continue running.

Uncle Li Dong looked at the boy’s back; he’d always worried that Qing Chen carried too much weight, thus always mature beyond his years.

So he tried to send Qing Chen back to school, tried to let Qing Chen see the world outside, but none changed anything.

But now, he finally felt, that something inside his apprentice had come alive.

Never retreat half a step again.

…

…

As the sky darkened.

Li Cheng and Qing Ling walked at the front of the team, looking exhausted.

Their legs were already numb; even when their hands brushed across their faces, they couldn’t clearly feel it.

Along the way, people constantly fell behind; soldiers sat down beside the road, knowing they would never get up again.

Those exhausted soldiers wished they could keep up with the team, to see what miracle Qing Chen Inspector would bring them, but they couldn’t see it.

“You all go on; my soul will cross Chunlei River before you; I’ll be waiting for your triumph in my hometown,” someone sitting by the road said.

Li Cheng and Qing Ling dared not look at those fallen soldiers anymore; they had little time and could only keep moving forward.

Would Qing Chen be dead by the Onmyoji’s hunt by now?

If Qing Chen survived, would he bring this burden of a group with him to keep fleeing?

No one asked these questions; everyone kept their last hope quietly in their hearts, fearing asking would shatter even that thin hope.

Even if they really died here, they would only think it bad luck.

Escaping from A02 base was already good enough.

Just then, Li Cheng suddenly said at the forefront, “We’re here.”

Qing Ling paused and quickly surveyed the surroundings, “We’re here; we’ve arrived at where the boss instructed!”

The soldiers cheered and embraced each other, “We made it; we finally made it.”

But after the excitement came the disappointment.

This was a valley; there was nothing else besides them, no one to meet them, no miracle, and no Qing Chen.

Li Cheng scratched his head in confusion, “Maybe the boss is still on his way; how about we wait here?”

The soldiers sat down despondently.

Someone said, “The boss… maybe couldn’t outrun the Onmyoji.”

The implication being, Qing Chen might have died.

Someone said, “How about we go north again? Maybe a few people can survive this snowfield. Another month until spring; some will make it.”

Li Cheng shook his head, “My orders were to arrive here; the military command didn’t tell us to go elsewhere.”

“But…” someone wanted to argue, “But we’re already here; there’s nothing here; we can’t just wait to die.”