Nomenclature of Night

"I really want to know what the secret Mr. Shadow can tell me is, but I don't really like to weigh my life on a scale," Qing Chen said in the dark.

In this small room, Qing's contemporary shadow and shadow candidates are sitting opposite each other in the living room. There is no light, and each other's faces are shrouded in shadows.

The sitting postures of the two parties are so similar that they appear to be tit-for-tat in this room.

It was as if on a silent throne, two kings sitting opposite each other were examining each other.

But things are strange here, because one of them is the king who really holds the power and holds the power behind the Qing clan, while the other is just an unknown person.

Shadow suddenly laughed: "It's weird, you are obviously rejecting me, but I haven't been angry yet. For so many years, not many people have dared to reject me."

Qing Chen thought for a while and said: "Mr. Shadow seems to have killed a lot of people, so there is no awe in life. One life changes a secret. This kind of game may not be a big deal in your eyes, but in my opinion, it doesn’t. Necessary."

"Being a shadow, naturally you have to kill a lot of people," Shadow smiled and said, "Otherwise, what do you think shadow is?"

Qing Chen calmly explained: "In the eyes of the outside world, I have successfully suspended animation. At this time, I can hide in the dark and wait for the other candidates to kill each other, and then reap the benefits of the fisherman, right?"

The shadow smiled and said, "Yes."

"But you don't seem to see my peace, so you personally come to increase the bargaining chip for this shadow war," Qing Chen said: "Do you want me to be too relaxed in this shadow war?"

Before that, even if Qing Chen planned to exonerate Liu Dezhu, he was just trying to add some bargaining chips for self-protection.

In case there is a chance to pick up a leak, a C-level can also complete the harvest by his side.

However, he did not intend to take the initiative to set a game for the shadow candidates, because that would be too dangerous and unnecessary.

The most important thing is the three words ‘unnecessary’.

Now, Shadow seemed to be aware of this problem, so he made a special trip to solve this problem.

"Since you killed Qinghuai, then I will tell you the first secret. If there is no external intervention, a shadow fight will go on for several years," Shadow said slowly: "During these years, each The factions will constantly test each other, and then choose the most prudent time to take action. But I can't wait that long because I don't have time."

After all, the shadow coughed violently again in the dark.

In the darkness, Qing Chen vaguely saw the other party taking out a handkerchief and covering his mouth, and then, a strange **** smell filled the air.

Qing Chen suddenly realized what the other party meant by saying that there was no time.

"Mr. Shadow," Qing Chen said, "Is it worth it to suffer such a serious injury for the shadow war? Is power really that important?"

"Power?" The shadow said after a long time: "The Qing family's foundation is like a mountain, and you and I will be the foundation under this mountain.. Only when you truly stand in front of this mountain can you understand that you are neither honored nor disgraceful. Then there is a question worth thinking about. Power is nothing more than an accompanying product of a mission."

Qing Chen shook his head: "If you want me to take the initiative to participate in the shadow war, you should tell me how great the temptation of power is. I can use power to hold wealth and high positions instead of telling me what weird sense of mission is. . I don’t have the sense of mission that you have, so I can’t understand it.”

"It's okay, you will understand one day," Shadow thought for a while and said, "I don't have time to wait for a few years, and I don't see those people sluggishly vying for a championship, so I should. I hope someone can speed up this process. At the moment, you are the most suitable one."

"Did Mr. Shadow only play this game with me, or did he play this game with all shadow candidates?" Qing Chen asked.

Shadow laughed: "That's another secret. If you want to ask me the truth, go and kill a candidate. This world is cruel. If you don't kill, someone will want to kill you. Be the Qing clan You have to see the shadow of life and death. You are bloody, but the smell of blood is not enough. Without seeing you for so many years, you are still as smart and simple as before, but this is your strength and your weakness as well."

Qing Chen didn't need to ask other things redundantly. Under this kind of information asymmetry, asking one more question would just increase the other party's sense of superiority.

At this moment, Shadow stood up and smiled: "The game between us will always work."

As he spoke, he suddenly took out a palm-sized mirror, and then a shadowy door appeared out of thin air on the opposite side of the mirror.

Qing Chen's pupils suddenly narrowed, and he realized that the mirror in the other party's hand might be some hidden taboo, which could allow this Qing's shadow to shuttle in the space at will.

This surprised him a bit, because the ability to travel through space was far more shocking for a physics **** than when he got a puppet.

Taboos are more mysterious than he thought.

And this kind of method wants to go in and out at will, other people can't defend it!

However, this taboo should only go to the "known place", otherwise, why would the shadow come in through the front door?

The shadow seems to have noticed Qing Chen's reaction: "Otherwise, add another bargaining chip. If you become a shadow one day, I will give you this taboo."

Before Shadow walked into the door, Qing Chen asked, "In fact, Mr. Shadow was worried that I was really on the side of the knight, so he made this special trip. Are you worried that I will leave the Qing clan?"

"I'm just worried that you and Uncle Li are walking too close together, that you forget your identity as Qing clan," Shadow smiled.

Qing Chen was silent for two seconds and said: "Li Shutong has already given me a taboo, you haven't yet."

Shadow laughed: "It's interesting."

After speaking, he didn't respond again, turned around and disappeared into the shadow door.

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Qing Chen still sat quietly on the sofa, until the shadow door disappeared, he sighed slightly.

The oppression the shadow gave him far exceeded his imagination, and he was not as calm as he had imagined.

The other party just sat on the opposite side of the room casually, making him feel like he was talking with a tiger, the air in the room seemed to be drawn by some kind of force, prompting Qing Chen's spirit to tense all the time.

In the next second, the warm orange light in the room lit up.

Qing Chen curiously said: "Why didn't you turn on the light just now, so that I can see his looks clearly."

Yi said: "I don't want to provoke this kind of person easily."

Qing Chen was stunned for a moment, what kind of person could make everyone want to provoke him easily? He said in a bad mood: "Why don't you warn me in advance and tell me that someone is in the room?"

"He won't kill you," Yi Tuntun said slowly: "Your master asked me to warn you in advance if you are in danger, but aren't you not in danger?"

"So, is my master's trading partner?" Qing Chen wanted to ask after thinking about it.

"I don't know, don't ask me," Yi replied: "But...I'm curious, would you kill other candidates as he said?"

Qing Chen pondered for a moment: "No, I don't even believe his rhetoric at the moment."

"Huh," Yi seemed to breathe a sigh of relief: "If your master knows that you can think that way, you must be very happy."

"Why?" Qing Chen asked curiously.

"Because this shadow has never had a word of truth in his mouth," he said in a relaxed tone: "It may be nonsense to say that you participate in the shadow war. If you become a shadow and give you taboos, it may be nonsense. I even suspected him. I have never been seriously injured, and I often cough because of the containment conditions of a certain contraindication!"

"Then why does he want me to kill the other shadow candidates? What good is this for the Qing family?" Qing Chen wondered.

"He only cares about what is fun, and only what is interesting!" Yi said: "I can achieve my goal by playing with him often."

"Then why didn't you say it earlier," Qing Chen wondered: "I have to wait for me to deny him before talking about this kind of afterthought?"

"I don't trust your analytical ability, I know you won't believe him," Yi said.

Qing Chen thought for a while: "If he sent me a taboo just before he left, I might believe him for three points first."

Yi was silent for a few seconds: "You are really a real human being."

In fact, Qing Chen was not very interested in the secrets mentioned by Shadow.

Because of many things, he had already figured it out in the two minutes he stood outside the door.

First, on the day when the scepter of the gods fell from space, Qing Chen knew that Li Shu Tongding had made a deal with Qing, otherwise the master would never know the exact time when the tungsten rod fell.

The second point is that Master’s friend was detained jointly by Chen and Qing. Li Shutong has been searching for so many years and has not been able to find the place where his friend was secretly detained. However, as long as the transaction with Qing is completed, the secret is no longer a secret. .

The third point is that the taboo ACE-002 was extracted from a certain ancestor of the Qing family. That ancestor was an ordinary person, not an extraordinary person, so everyone did not expect that the other party could extract the taboo.

This is top secret among top secrets. If it weren't for Qing's notification, Li Shutong had no reason to know this information, let alone the containment conditions of taboos.

Qing Chen pondered: When did this transaction begin?

He believes that the transaction should have started a long time ago, even before he entered the 18th prison.

Because Li Shutong began to "collect" prisoners who had died before he entered the 18th prison. This was a condition for ACE-002.

At this time, he, one of the most marginal figures in the Qing clan, suddenly participated in the Shadow War, and was then assigned a mission to prison No. 18.

Qing Chen had to suspect that he was actually part of the transaction!

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