Night’s Nomenclature

"I really want to know what secrets Mr. Shadow can tell me, but I don't really like weighing my life on the scales," Qingchen said in the darkness.

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

The sitting postures of the two sides are so similar that they seem to be somewhat opposite in this room.

It was like two kings sitting opposite each other on a silent throne, looking at each other.

But the thing is strange here, because one of them is the king with real power and controls the power behind the scenes of the Qing family, while the other is just an unknown person.

Shadow suddenly laughed: "It's strange, you are obviously rejecting me, but I still don't feel angry. Over the years, not many people dare to reject me."

Qingchen thought for a while and said: "Mr. Shadow seems to have killed many people, so he has no respect for life. One life for one secret. This kind of game may not be a big deal in your eyes, but in my opinion it is nothing." necessary."

"When you are a shadow, you naturally have to kill a lot of people," the shadow said with a smile: "Otherwise, what do you think a shadow is?"

Qingchen calmly explained: "In the eyes of the outside world, I have successfully faked my death. At this time, I can hide in the dark and slowly plot it, waiting for other candidates to kill each other, and then reap the benefits, right?"

Shadow smiled and said, "Yes."

"But it seems that you don't want me to live in peace, so you came here in person to increase the chips in this shadow war," Qingchen said: "You don't want me to be too relaxed in this shadow war?"

Before that, even if Qingchen planned to exonerate Liu Dezhu, it was just to give himself some chips to protect himself.

If there is an opportunity to pick up missed items, having a C-level person by your side can help you complete the harvest.

However, he had no intention of taking the initiative to set up a trap for the shadow candidate, because that would be too dangerous and unnecessary.

The most important thing is the three words 'unnecessary'.

But now, Shadow seemed to be aware of this problem, so he came here to solve this problem.

"Since you killed Qinghuai, let me tell you the first secret. Without external intervention, a shadow war can last for several years," the shadow said slowly: "In these few years, various people have fought against each other. The factions will keep testing each other and then choose the most prudent moment to strike. But I can’t wait that long because I don’t have time.”

After saying that, Shadow coughed violently again in the darkness.

In the darkness, Qingchen vaguely saw the other party taking out a handkerchief and covering his mouth. Then, a strange smell of blood filled the air.

Qingchen suddenly realized what the other party meant when he said there was no time.

"Mr. Shadow," Qingchen said, "Is it worth suffering such serious injuries for the shadow fight? Is power really that important?"

"Power?" Shadow paused for a long time and said, "The foundation of the Qing family is like a high mountain. You and I will be the foundation under this high mountain. Only when you truly stand in front of this high mountain will you understand that personal honor and disgrace are not the same." Another question worth thinking about. Power is just a product that comes with shouldering a mission."

Qingchen shook his head: "If you want me to actively participate in the shadow war, you should tell me how tempting power is. I can use power to gain wealth and high status, instead of telling me some weird sense of mission." . I don’t have as strong a sense of mission as you, 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 several years, and I don't want to see those people slowly fighting for a championship, so I should I hope someone can speed up this process. At present, it seems that you are the most suitable one."

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

Shadow laughed: "That's another secret. If you want to ask me the truth, just kill a candidate. This world is very cruel. If you don't kill someone, someone will want to kill you. Be the Qing family You have to get used to seeing life and death. You have blood in you, but the smell of blood is not enough. I haven’t seen you for so many years, and you are still as smart and simple as before, but this is your advantage, and it is also your shortcoming. "

Qingchen did not ask any more unnecessary questions. In this situation of information asymmetry, asking one more question would only increase the other party's sense of superiority.

At this moment, Shadow stood up and said with a smile: "The game between us will always be effective."

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

Qingchen's pupils narrowed suddenly, and he realized that the mirror in the other person's hand might be a secret forbidden object that could allow the Qing family's shadow to travel through space at will.

This surprised him, because the ability to travel through space was far more shocking to a physics god than getting a puppet.

The forbidden object was more mysterious than he imagined.

And if you want to go in and out at will with this method, others will be hard-pressed to guard against it!

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

Shadow seemed to have noticed Qingchen's reaction: "Otherwise, if you add another bargaining chip, if you become Shadow one day, I will give you this forbidden object."

Before Shadow walked into the door, Qingchen asked: "Actually, Mr. Shadow is worried that I am really on the knight's side, so he made this trip. Are you worried about me leaving the Qing family?"

"I'm just worried that you and Uncle Li will get too close and forget your Qing family identity," Shadow smiled.

Qingchen was silent for two seconds and said, "Li Shutong has already given me a forbidden object, but you haven't."

Shadow laughed: "It's interesting."

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

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Qingchen still sat quietly on the sofa. It was not until the shadow door disappeared that he breathed a sigh of relief.

The oppressive feeling given to him by the shadow was far beyond imagination, and he was not as calm as he imagined.

The other person was just sitting across from him in a normal manner, which made him feel like he was talking to a tiger. The energy in the room seemed to be pulled by some force, making Qingchen's spirit tense all the time.

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

Qingchen asked curiously: "Why didn't you turn on the light just now so that I could see his face clearly?"

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

Qingchen was stunned for a moment, what kind of person could make Yi Wu not want to provoke him easily? He said angrily: "Why didn't you warn me in advance and tell me there was someone in the house?"

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

"So, my master's trading partner is him?" Qingchen thought for a moment and asked.

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

Qingchen thought for a moment: "No, I don't even believe what he said right now."

"Huh," Yi seemed relieved: "Your master would be very happy if he knew you could think so."

"Why?" Qingchen asked curiously.

"Because this shadow never tells the truth," Yi said in a relaxed tone: "It may be nonsense to ask you to participate in the shadow war. It may also be nonsense to give you taboo objects when you become a shadow. I once even doubted him. He has never been seriously injured, and he often coughs because of the containment conditions of a certain forbidden object!"

"Then why does he want me to kill other shadow candidates? What good will this do to the Qing family?" Qingchen wondered.

"He only cares about what's fun and what's interesting!" Yi said, "He can achieve his goal by just playing around."

"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?" Qingchen wondered: "You have to wait for me to deny him before you say this as an afterthought?"

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

Qingchen thought for a while: "If he had given me a forbidden object just before he left, I might have trusted him first."

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

In fact, Qingchen was not very interested in the secrets mentioned by the shadow.

Because there were many things that he had already thought about clearly in the two minutes he stood outside the door.

First, on the day the divine scepter fell from space, Qingchen knew that Li Shutong must have made some kind of deal with the Qing family, otherwise the master would never know the exact time when the tungsten rod fell.

The second point is that the master's friend was detained by the Chen family and the Qing family. Li Shutong has been searching for so many years but could not find the place where his friend was secretly detained. However, as long as he completes the transaction with the Qing family, the secret will no longer be a secret. .

The third point is that the forbidden object ACE-002 was extracted from an ancestor of the Qing family. That ancestor was an ordinary person, not an extraordinary person. Therefore, no one expected that the other party could extract the forbidden object.

This is the top secret among top secrets. If the Qing family hadn't told it, Li Shutong would have no reason to know this information, let alone the conditions for containing forbidden objects.

Qingchen pondered: When did this transaction begin?

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

Because Li Shutong began to "collect" innocent prisoners before he entered Prison No. 18, which was a condition for housing ACE-002.

At this time, he, the most marginalized figure in the Qing family, suddenly participated in the Shadow War, and was assigned the task of going to Prison No. 18.

Qingchen had to suspect that he was actually part of the deal!

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