Night’s Nomenclature-Chapter 472: Madness

Shadow called Qing Ye.

He walked alone in the night in Ginkgo Garden, but he didn't walk down the mountain, nor did he open the Shadow Gate.

Instead, he walked towards the top of the mountain.

There was no breathtaking scenery on the mountaintop, only a collection of tombstones of Qing Family ancestors.

Zhang Yuge.

Xu Man.

Qing Shen.

Luo Lan.

Qing Yi.

Some were well-known, such as Luo Lan, Qing Yi, and Xu Man, who were written into the history textbooks of various Conglomerates.

Others were unknown to the world. Zhang Yuge and Qing Shen. Few people knew what they had done, yet the Qing Family placed them at the highest point.

Each tombstone only had a solitary name and a simple sentence.

Achievements need not be attributed to me.

Some of them may not have been members of the Qing Family, but they had all made great contributions to the family.

The ancestor placed these people's tombstones on the mountaintop so that they could watch the bustling world with the Qing Family.

Shadow sat among the tombstones, looking at the glittering City 5 below.

He wasn't sure if this bustling world was what the ancestors wanted, or what they despised.

What sustains a family?

If the Li Clan uses internal order, then the Qing Family uses external ruthlessness.

The family heads born in each generation of the Shadow Succession are bound to be among the most ruthless people in the world.

Such people can naturally lead the family to survive in this ruthless world.

The Qing Family believes in one principle: the strongest person is always the one who fights their way to the top.

Each Shadow struggle is bound to be accompanied by the downfall of the other eight Shadow Candidates.

This downfall may not be death, but it may also be a setback that leads to depression and the loss of ambition.

But the one who survives, the one who wins in the end, is very likely to become a generation of heroes.

This era needs such people, doesn't it?

Shadow thought so too; he had never wavered.

But today, he felt somewhat desolate.

"I've seen enough," Shadow got up, glanced at City 5 below, then opened the Shadow Gate and returned to the secret prison.

His subordinates bowed their heads when they saw him return: "Boss, we failed this time."

However, Shadow no longer had the anger he had when he left. Instead, he smiled and said, "What does it have to do with you?"

His subordinates looked at each other, not knowing what he meant.

Shadow said with a smile, "The family head made his first move after two years of silence to influence the world. Isn't it normal for us to lose once?"

Shadow saw that everyone was silent and knew that they were doubtful, but he didn't explain anything.

He really thought so.

He was indeed a capable Shadow, but wasn't the family head also a Shadow?

Moreover, the other party not only survived the Shadow Succession, but also won the power of the Qing Family in the competition between Shadows.

Such a person, after two years, at the most critical moment, used the most ingenious force to achieve the result they wanted.

Who could stop them?

Therefore, Shadow didn't think there was anything to regret. Even if he and Qing Chen were as smart as they were, they couldn't guard against the most powerful person within the Qing Family.

"Boss, what should we do now? Should we rescue Qing Chen?" a subordinate asked.

Shadow shook his head: "Yan Chunmi and Qing Ye are rescuing Qing Chen. If they can't find him, it's useless for us to go."

He trusted Yan Chunmi and Qing Ye's abilities, absolutely and completely.

Shadow looked at his subordinates: "Li Changqing should have received the news. She is more convenient in the north than we are. Let's kill some people to relieve our boredom. My tea garden needs new fertilizer."

That night, Shadow's Secret Spy Agency, like a giant that had been sleeping, suddenly awakened.

In 12 southern cities, various factions within the Qing Family began to be purged.

Within the intelligence system, 219 people were secretly executed overnight. They were all internal informants planted in the intelligence system by various factions within the Qing Family.

Only at this moment did many Qing Family bigwigs realize that their so-called covert operations had been seen by Shadow.

He hadn't moved them before because he didn't think it was necessary.

Moreover, Shadow wiped out Shendai's 21 intelligence stations in the south overnight.

All members of Intelligence Bureau One from Shendai died at home.

Everyone thought Shadow had gone mad, as if he wanted to start a war again half a month after the Federation's ceasefire.

This behavior lacked necessary political wisdom and sufficient rationality.

Until dawn, Shadow called Qing Ye: "Have you found any clues?"

Qing Ye replied, "Boss, Yan Chunmi and I have tried everything, but the action was too hasty, and we still haven't found any clues. The other party was very well-prepared."

"Of course, they were well-prepared. After all, an A-level master made the move. If he wants to return to the north alive, he naturally needs to be well-prepared," Shadow said calmly.

"Boss, I heard you're killing people in the city?" Qing Ye asked cautiously.

"Yeah," Shadow responded.

Qing Ye mumbled, "You're being a bit irrational. Shouldn't we keep some people to use as bait? Besides, aren't you afraid they'll blame Qing Chen?"

Shadow said calmly, "At this point, Qing Chen's suffering is unavoidable. To keep him alive, I have to prove to the outside world that he's important enough. In this way, Shendai will keep him alive. Otherwise, what will Shendai use to negotiate with me?"

The people of the Qing Family are all crazy.

The family head and Shadow must be among the craziest.

The former wants to use extreme measures to give Qing Chen a legitimate identity to seize power.

The latter wants to use extreme retaliatory measures to tell Shendai that this person is important; keeping him alive will benefit them.

As long as Qing Chen doesn't die, he will always find a way to save him.

"Have you notified Li Changqing?" Shadow asked.

"Yes," Qing Ye replied, "She hung up without saying anything."

"Good."

"They're all crazy," Qing Ye muttered quietly and hung up.

Qing Ye looked at the black market intelligence agents kneeling in a row on the other side, shrugged, and said, "My Boss is crazy, and you guys don't want to talk about the Airship's information. If I don't kill some people, it might seem a bit out of place. It just so happens that none of you are good people anyway!"

The intelligence dealers panicked: "We really don't know anything about the Airship. Recently, no civilian Airships have left City 10 or City 18!"

"Oh," Qing Ye nodded, "Then I'm very sorry!"

With that, he waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to open fire.

After a burst of gunfire, the intelligence dealers who used to swagger through the black market all fell in the smoke and blood.

Many people couldn't sleep peacefully that night.

Some people hid in their safe houses overnight, only to be dragged out by the Secret Spy Agency.

Some people hid at home, shivering, but no one came to kill them when dawn broke.

Everyone felt that the world was about to change, but it hadn't been long since Qing Chen's incident, and most people still didn't know why all this happened.

They wondered what had made Shadow so crazy.

...

...

In City 19.

Outside the villa where Li Changqing stayed, six or seven city council members in suits were anxiously waiting.

The villa covers an area of 2100 square meters, the largest residential villa in City 19.

It was originally the mayor's mansion, but now it has been given to Li Changqing.

City residents joked that it was Li Changqing's palace in City 19, and the mayor was now her eunuch.

After the signing of the ceasefire agreement, Li Changqing came to this city, a place recently called the city of spies, which finally gradually returned to peace.

She didn't, as she did in City 1, massacre the intelligence personnel of various forces again.

In the past, she was only in charge of part of the intelligence system. Being domineering and arrogant made it easier for her to do many things and deter many evil spirits.

But now that she is the head of the Li Clan's intelligence agency, she can no longer always use cruel methods.

If she still does that, many people won't dare to cooperate with her.

Therefore, Li Changqing now uses a conciliatory policy. Even though she knows that intelligence personnel from various forces are everywhere in City 19, she still doesn't exterminate them.

After all, clear water has no fish. Everyone can cooperate more, get along well, and live in peace.

For a time, many influential figures in the city came to curry favor, hoping to get a share of the pie after the strong woman took over the city.

Tonight, there was supposed to be a small meeting.

City 19 will soon re-elect its council members, and everyone hopes to get support from the Li Clan Conglomerate.

It's just that, strangely enough, Li Changqing had just walked into the villa's meeting hall when she received a call.

Everyone could feel that the woman's aura had changed, becoming unusually fierce and unpredictable.

The usually smiling woman had a cold Face[-], and asked Lao Jiu, who had recently changed his name, to drive all outsiders out of the villa.

The council members were all left waiting in the cold wind.

All the city council members of City 19 felt baffled. What had happened to cause such a huge change in Li Changqing's attitude?

Someone mumbled, "Did we make a mistake?"

"No, everyone has been on tenterhooks recently. Who would dare to make a mistake..." someone muttered.

At this time, the villa's door opened.

The council members stopped talking and looked towards the entrance of the villa.

However, everyone was stunned when they saw Li Changqing. She had changed out of her usual formal attire and put on the lieutenant general's uniform of the Federation Army...

At this moment, everyone suddenly realized that the venomous woman seemed to be coming back...

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