Nomenclature of Night

  Chapter 398 Bystander

   On the 112th floor of the Utopia Building, in Qing Chen's rented cabin.

   Just when Park Chang-ho was thinking 'everyone is here' and was planning to kill Qing Chen together, the shadow opened the gate of shadows and pulled Qing Chen in who was in the center of danger and chaos.

  Qing Chen looked at his room curiously.

   This is his first time passing through the Shadow Gate.

  One second he was still in the roadside shop on Fendou Road, and the next second he arrived at the Utopia Building. During this period, he did not have any abnormalities, as if he had simply passed through a small door.

   I don’t know how many people have imagined that it would be great if they had a way to travel through space, and they don’t need to go to some bank vault or such a magical place.

   You only need to wake up every day, and you can go directly to work and school without driving, riding an electric car, or squeezing the subway or bus.

   Or wherever you want to travel, you can reach it by opening a door.

   What a happy thing this is.

  Thinking of this, Qing Chen's eyes sparkled, and he looked at Mr. Shadow's neck. The taboo ACE-008 Shadow Gate Pendant should be hanging there.

  Shadow couldn't laugh or cry: "Should I praise you for your courage, or should I scold you for having the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard?"

  Qing Chen narrowed his gaze: "I'll just take a look."

  Shadow thought for a while: "It doesn't matter if you look at it."

   Speaking of this, he actually pulled out the Shadow Gate pendant from the neckline.

  At first, Qing Chen thought it would be an expensive object inlaid with sapphires, but he didn't expect that there was only a small silver button hanging from the end of the pendant.

   It is the kind of silver buckle used to store photos of relatives and lovers inside.

   "Whose picture is in it?" Qing Chen asked.

  Shade held it in his hand and opened the silver buckle, revealing the photo inside, which was a handsome young man.

   "Does it look familiar?" Shadow laughed.

  Qing Chen was silent, because the young man in the silver button was three points similar to him, especially between the eyebrows and eyes.

  This similarity gives people a sense of familiarity at a glance.

   "Who is in the photo?" Qing Chen raised his head and asked.

  Shadow smiled and said, "It doesn't have much to do with you, so don't be too suspicious. He is Qing Zhen, the founder of the Qing family in the new era of human civilization."

The shadow continued: "In the old era, there was also a Qing consortium, and at that time this Qing Zhen was also a shadow like me. But at that time, the status of the shadow was very low, and the power was not too great. It belonged to the consortium. A character who is killed when the internal use is exhausted. But when the Qing Consortium wanted to kill Qing Zhen, this old ancestor suddenly turned the table, and only then did the new Qing Clan come into being."

  Qing Chen was stunned for a moment: "Why is his photo hidden in the Shadow Gate pendant?"

"Because the owner of the Shadow Gate fell in love with him, but he didn't get it, and finally formed an obsession," Ying explained with a smile: "This is the secret of the Qing family. The transcendent who separated the Shadow Gate , loved Qing Zhen for 49 years, so in No. 071 Forbidden Land, there is a tombstone with only 49 engraved on it."

   "Forbidden place No. 071," Qing Chen was stunned for a moment, he had heard about this forbidden place from his master Li Shutong, it was the one with the rule "only singles can enter".

  Shadow smiled and asked, "Are you a little curious, why are you and Qing Zhen still somewhat similar after so many generations?"

  Qing Chen nodded: "According to genetics, very few dominant genes can be passed on for so many generations."

"Because of blood," Shadow said with a smile: "I want to ask you, do you have a good memory, and you can memorize even hundreds of digits behind the decimal point of pi? Are you usually very analytical, and you can add, subtract, multiply, and divide five-digit numbers in your head? Can you see it at a glance?"

  Qing Chen was stunned for a moment, wait, so this is the ability of Qing's bloodline, but what he can do is far more than that.

  Not to mention the hundreds of digits after pi, he can remember tens of thousands of digits.

At this time, the shadow said: "The Qing family is a very strange family. There will be such a monster every few generations, not only Qing Zhen, but also Qing Wu from seven hundred years ago, and Qing Xu from three hundred years ago. , are all very remarkable people. Of course, although there are three other people who also have monster-like talents, they just don't care about power."

Shadow continued: "But they all have one thing in common, that is, they look exactly like Qing Zhen, and the more evil they are, the better they look. Of course, this is just my little discovery. Few people will look through all the ancestors' records from time to time. Photos and resumes...Only when things go wrong do I think of digging out my ancestors and changing Feng Shui."

   "But I'm from the world, so I shouldn't inherit this bloodline," Qing Chen said, "It's an ordinary world there, with only ordinary people and no extraordinary people."

Shadow shook his head: "Not necessarily, I have always suspected that Ren He, the founder of the Knights, came from your world. Although I don't know what happened in detail, the appearance of Time Traveler confirmed my thoughts even more. For example, he created Your farewell comes from the outside world. There are so many overlapping people in the outside and inside worlds, so if the outside world and the inside world are parallel worlds, your ancestors may also have someone with the same DNA as Qing Zhen. Of course, There are other possibilities as well."

  Qing Chen was stunned, he didn't expect Ying Ying to even know that Ren He was a time traveler.

  He always felt that when Shadow said these things, he seemed to be missing something, but he couldn't be sure what the other party deliberately missed.

  Shadow closed the silver button and stuffed it back into the neckline.

   "What are the containment conditions of the Shadow Gate?" Qing Chen asked.

  Shadow said with a deep smile: "I'm still thinking about this taboo thing, but it's okay to tell you. Its containment condition is that it must be single forever."

  Qing Chen: "???"

  Is it such a strange containment condition? Doesn’t the shadow want to stay single forever?

  He asked curiously: "What will happen if the host of the Shadow Gate ends up being single? What is the definition of this? Marriage certificate, relationship, or intimacy?"

Shadow said with a smile: "I know what you are thinking. Taboos control the rules. It is not so easy to take advantage of the loopholes. Those who want to take advantage of the taboos will have no good end. You fall in love with others, have intimate relationships with others, fake Marriage, everything counts. As for what happens when the host ends being single... many of its previous hosts have disappeared, perhaps they were swallowed by the void in the Shadow Gate, and they may be buried in No. 071 Forbidden Land at this moment as fertilizer."

  Qing Chen pondered, although he has no lover now, it seems that he can't use this thing.

   Unexpectedly, this is still a very dangerous taboo.

  He looked at the shadow: "Don't you have anyone you like?"

  Shadow was silent for a while: "No."

   "If you have it in the future, aren't you worried?" Qing Chen wondered.

   "Anyway, my days are not long," Shadow said freely, "so there will most likely not be any changes in the remaining time."

   Someone said before that the shadow time is not long.

But…

   "You haven't coughed for a long time recently," Qing Chen said seriously.

Shadow waved his hand: "That's just pretending to be seen by outsiders. Many people think that I was injured in the shadow battle, so I will give an obvious feature to prove their thoughts. What else is better than coughing all the time and looking More like a patient."

   "So you still have a long life?" Qing Chen asked curiously.

   "No, there are still 3 years," Shadow said calmly, "I sold my destiny to a taboo for something."

  Qing Chen was stunned: "For what kind of thing, you are willing to sell your fate to a taboo?! And what kind of taboo, you can exchange someone else's fate?"

Shadow laughed loudly: "You won't take it seriously. Seriously, I gave you command this time, but you actually sold my subordinates to help you attract firepower to block mines. What should I do? At first I saw you complete the transaction in person, and thought you had the courage to be that bait. As a result, I secretly added the transaction condition of Qingzhou with Kashima, so that after seeing Qingzhou, Jindai directly used all the main forces to target Keino And celebrate."

  Qing Chen pondered for a moment and asked: "Aren't we going to trade Shendai Jingbian? The result is good."

  Shadow couldn't laugh or cry: "Aren't you afraid that if one day takes over the position of Shadow, Qing Ye and Qing Qu will not listen to you?"

   "Can't you tell them that this is your decision?" Qing Chen asked tentatively.

  However, at this moment, Qing's shadow took out his mobile phone, switched back the communication channel between him and Qing Ye, Qing Qu and others, and turned on the speakerphone.

  Qing's shadow asked: "How is it?"

Qingye gasped violently in the communication channel: "I'm convinced, Qingchen's grandson sold me so thoroughly, I feel that all the masters of the Age of Gods were on my side just now. Really, sir, you are the best in the near future!" Don't let me see that grandson, or I will kill him."

  Qing Chen fell silent...

The next moment, Qing Qu's heartbroken voice came from the communication channel again: "Sir, I strongly demand that the grandson be severely punished, the killer from the Generation of Gods chased me for ten blocks! The last time I felt so dangerous, it was the first time I met him." To that old boy Zheng Yuandong!"

  Qing Chen raised his eyebrows. He had heard of He Jinqiu in the other world, because the other party was one of the twelve directors of the Hu family, the largest neutral intelligence agency in the Federation, and Li Changqing was also one of them.

  However, he seemed to have never heard of Zheng Yuandong.

   This is the first time Qing Chen heard this name in the other world, right?

  However, before he could think about it, Shadow had already spoken: "Qing Chen, who sold you, is sitting next to me right now, and I'm using the speakerphone."

   There was a silence on the communication channel.

  Time seems to be frozen by the time ability of Qing's shadow.

   Qing Chen looked up at the shadow expressionlessly, but saw the other party smiling silently, leaning forward and backward.

   I don’t know how long it took before Qingye broke the deadlock. He smiled heartily: "Hahahahaha I didn’t say anything just now. By the way, Qingqu, where are you now? I’ll take you to a good place to drink!"

  Qing Qu: "Okay, okay!"

   After speaking, the two ended the communication directly.

  Shadow laughed loudly: "Look, they already know that you sold them, so you have to be careful in the future, and be careful that these two people will retaliate against you."

   "You can't see my peace, right?" Qing Chen said angrily, "I'm curious to ask a question, what is Zheng Yuandong's identity in the other world?"

  Kunlun is one of the largest time traveler organizations in the watch world, and the shadow must know that its leader is Zheng Yuandong, so there is nothing to hide about it.

  Shadow thought for a while and said: "He is one of the most mysterious bystanders in the Federation, and also the most expensive killer."

   "Bystander?" Qing Chen wondered, "Is this an organization?"

   "That's right, it's a very loose organization. All they have to do is to record the big and small events that have happened in the federation, and then aggregate them into the database of the same physically isolated network," Shadow said.

   "Then why is he still the most expensive killer?" Qing Chen was puzzled.

"I don't know about this either. Maybe it's because being a bystander doesn't make any money. You have to support your family." Shadow said with a smile: "The predecessor of this bystander organization was actually a reporter organization, which belonged to Hope Media and was dedicated to recording The truth of history. Later, a small group of people felt that it was too dangerous for ordinary people to be investigative reporters, so bystanders should also master force, so that they could have a fighting force in the face of evil forces. Later, bystanders separated from Hope Media Come out, there is a connection with each other, but there is also a difference.”

  Qing Chen knows that the profession of investigative journalism is really dangerous.

  It shows that many reporters in the world who investigate the laborers detained in black-hearted coal mines have been beaten and disabled, and reporters who exposed gutter oil may be run over to death on the street.

  He imagined that if investigative reporters were like Zheng Yuandong, they were undercover and lurking in the waste oil factory.

  Once a black-hearted boss finds him as an undercover reporter, then the undercover reporter will kill all the black-hearted bosses in the waste oil factory...

   That's pretty interesting...

   But what kind of strange organization is this? Qing Chen can't understand what happened in the other world, so that the stimulating reporters want to have their own armed forces? !

At this time, the shadow suddenly said: "I have always suspected that Zheng Yuandong and He Jinqiu actually came here a long time ago. It was earlier than when you entered Prison No. 18. Although I can't be sure, But it's my gut feeling."

  Qing Chen frowned, and had to say that he and Shadow thought of going together.

  At a certain moment, he also had such a guess.

Shadow smiled and said: "However, I don't like to be too suspicious about things without evidence. If they are really the first batch of independent time travelers, I will find evidence. Let's get back to business, I know you want to tear the Age of Gods and Deer apart." Island’s intelligence alliance, but what you played today...Kashima will definitely be able to respond after the replay after returning.”

Qing Chen shook his head: "It's too late when I realize it, I will tell the members of the Jindai in the intelligence department tonight that what Kashima traded to us was actually Jindai Yasube. The personnel carried out a precise purge, and the hatred was settled anyway."

Qing Chen continued: "Maybe they can still pretend that nothing happened, and continue to be friendly on the surface, but behind the scenes? Can this grudge really be forgotten? Mr. Shadow, what I want is not for them to announce the end of the alliance in a high-profile way. All it takes is for their intelligence officers to hate each other."

This is enough.

  What Qing Chen wanted from the very beginning was to let this intelligence alliance exist in name only.

  Shadow asked, "What are your plans for the future?"

   "Take Qing Mu home," Qing Chen asked, "Qing Zhun disappeared after receiving Shendai Jingbian. He must have sent him to you."

Shadow nodded: "It's not safe for Jindai Yasubian to be in your place, so I asked Qing Zhun to send him to a safe place. Besides, the secrecy can be lifted tonight, and I will tell everyone that Jindai Yasubian is in your hands." here, and all of this is to take Qingmu home."

   This is the first step in the psychological warfare. The Qing family is still unable to determine whether Shendai is willing to exchange Qing Mu for Shendai Jingbian.

   But if it is not changed, what will the intelligence personnel of the Jindai family think? Will there be people who will no longer be willing to work for the Shendai family with all their hearts?

   "Do you think the Age of Gods will change?"

  Shadow sneered: "They have to change, only in this way, you are qualified to take over Qing's intelligence system."

  Qing Chen was stunned for a moment: "You can directly designate me as a shadow."

The shadow glanced at Qing Chen: "The factional struggle within the Qing family is extremely complicated. I didn't say that if you become a shadow, you can become a shadow. Moreover, there is a patriarch above the shadow. He is keeping silent now, so you really Do you think he was made by someone? I am just a laborer."

   This was the first time Qing Chen heard Ying mention the patriarch, and it seemed that he was also a very powerful person, but the relationship between Ying and the other party did not seem to be harmonious.

  …

  …

  In the large office on the third floor of the Intelligence Division, a group of agents were happily discussing tonight's battle.

  Qinghua said with a smile, "Chen Lie, your acting skills are pretty good just now."

The detective named Chen Lie said, "I have to sneak around with people from other intelligence teams, and I have to pretend to be afraid of snipers. My acting skills can be considered supernatural. By the way, I feel so frightened." That kid almost hit me with several shots!"

Xu Ling was the sniper hidden in the sniper spot A4, who cooperated with Qing Chen's acting. He scratched his head and said, "Sorry, I only participated in the sniper selection in the army, but I didn't get selected. The level is almost the same as that of a real sniper."

  Qing Hua patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay, I performed very well this time. I was really worried that one of your bullets would really kill the boss and Park Chang-ho. As long as the boss is fine."

Xu Ling smiled shyly: "The boss can come up with such a routine, his heart is really dirty. When I saw Park Changhao's tactical team clean up the members of the Age of Gods, I felt very happy. By the way, you can watch Video recording, the boss asked me to put a camera next to the sniper rifle, so that it is convenient to take a panoramic view of the battlefield and replay it.”

  Qinghua's hand that had been patting him on the shoulder suddenly patted the back of Xu Ling's head: "What are you talking about, you dare to slander the boss."

  Xu Ling felt aggrieved: "I'm just praising him."

However, at this moment, Qing Hua received a message from Qing Chen. He was silent for two seconds and looked at the agents: "Didn't you always want to know what we are going to do tonight? I can tell you. What are we really going to do tonight?" The trader is Jindai Jingbian, and the boss wants to use him to make a deal with Jindai and take Qingmu home. If Jindai disagrees, we will copy all the humiliation Qingmu has suffered on Shendai Jingbian."

  Before this, the matter was kept secret from the agents, so no one knew about it.

  But at the moment when everyone knew the truth, the big office that had been playful suddenly fell silent, and the agents stood up involuntarily, with solemn expressions but unconcealable excitement.

  Actually, Qing Chen still couldn't imagine what the matter that Qing's shadow helped him bring about would bring him.

  …

  5,000-word chapter, there is another chapter at 11:00 p.m.

  (end of this chapter)