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In City 21, Kamishiro Yunluo, still wearing his white hunting robe, sat at the memorial service.

At the memorial service, everyone was dressed in black suits, making him stand out conspicuously.

At this moment, one of the Ten Eunuchs, Kamishiro Seigan, came to him. The old man's hair had thinned so much that his scalp was visible. He looked Kamishiro Yunluo up and down and said without any attempt to hide his feelings, "He's quite a good prospect."

Kamishiro Yunluo replied with a smile, "Thank you for the compliment."

With a blank expression, Kamishiro Seigan turned and walked to the front row. "You deliberately let Xu Linsen go. The family will not forgive you for this easily. From today onwards, you will no longer be on the list of beneficiaries of the family trust."

Kamishiro Yunluo sat in her seat, her smile unchanged.

The memorial service began, and a large photograph of Shen Daichihachi was placed at the front of the mourning hall. The person in the photograph was kind and approachable, completely different from the person in real life.

Kamishiro Yunluo smiled at the person beside her and said, "Tell me, why is it that he was so sinister and terrifying in life, but was given such a kind-looking photo after his death? Is this the legendary yin-yang face...?"

A young member of the family sat next to him, and upon hearing this, he began to tremble and dared not say a word...

As Kamishiro Yunluo watched everyone feigning concern and playing their roles, she whispered, "It would have been better to go back to City 22 for drinks. I wonder if the floor-to-ceiling windows at the Black Swan Restaurant have been repaired yet... No, he should have left already and won't be coming back."

After he finished speaking, he saw Kamiyo Yun Cang hurry past, and behind this most beloved son of the ancestor was the entire faction belonging to the Onmyoji.

A force to be reckoned with within the family.

Although Shen Daichihachi is dead and the head of the family holds the greatest power, the Onmyoji will not disappear.

For nearly a thousand years, power has been shifting between these two systems, and everyone has gotten used to it.

The young Kamiyo Yun Cang walked past quickly, then turned back, looking down at Kamishiro Yunluo sitting in his seat. "Follow me, and I will give you everything you deserve."

Kamishiro Yunluo thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "I don't even know what I deserve, so how can you give it to me?"

Kamiyo Yun Cang nodded and continued walking towards the main seat.

Kamishiro Yunluo tucked her hands into the sleeves of her hunting robe, feeling a strange sensation, though she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

The memorial service was a long and complicated affair, and the young people could only endure it.

It started in the morning and didn't end until evening.

At sunset, Kamishiro Yunluo left first, returning to City 22 aboard his B-Class Airship, the "Yunluo".

Kamishiro Yunxiu and Kamishiro Kongxu were left behind and led to the backstage area of the memorial service.

They stopped in front of a black curtain and stood respectfully.

Behind the black curtain, someone whispered, "Kamishiro Yunxiu, would you be willing to temporarily assume the position of Kamishiro Seisho?"

Kamishiro Yunxiu lowered his head and said, "Although Director Jingcheng was kidnapped by villains, I believe he will definitely come back. Patriarch, let's keep this position for him."

Behind the black curtain, the other directors whispered, "That's right, Patriarch. We can use political leverage to get Director Jingcheng back. We can return the mineral distribution rights we got from the Qing family years ago."

But then the head of the family said, "This time it's different; he won't be coming back."

The patriarch's voice was aged yet steady, naturally conveying a touch of authority.

No one knows where he got the information to be so certain that Kamishiro Seisho would never return.

The patriarch said, "It's settled then. Kamishiro Yunxiu will take over Jingcheng's previous projects and affairs. Also, Kamishiro Seigan, you should step down. Your position will be given to Kamiyo Yun Cang."

Behind the black curtain, after a long silence, Kamishiro Seigan said, "I understand."

Kamishiro Yunxiu knelt down outside the curtain, performing a deep bow in the dogeza style. "Thank you for your grace, Master."

"Go, the Federation is in turmoil, and the family needs the help of young people like you."

In the wilderness, Yang Yang, holding Qing Chen and Zhang Mengqian's hands, landed in a production base.

Yang Yang asked curiously, "Is this the place that Kamiyo Yunhe took you through back then?"

"Yes," Qing Chen nodded.

The production base is abandoned, the buildings are damaged, and all the producers were killed by Kamiyo Yunhe and others. It is likely that the Federation will not send people to cultivate and repair it again until spring.

Qing Chen Kamiyo Yunhe on the wall, and then, together with Yang Yang and Xiao Mengqian, dug out the frozen bones from the soil and buried them in the distant wilderness, erecting a tombstone.

If they didn't do that, the people sent by the Federation would definitely clear them out and throw them into the wilderness to be eaten by wolves.

Kamiyo Yunhe, standing not far away, said, "Although I can't see, I can guess where we are. So you brought me all this way to use me as an apology to them?"

Qing Chen glanced at him but didn't say anything.

Kamiyo Yunhe continued, "Or perhaps you want to use these innocent, tragically deceased skeletons to make me repent from the bottom of my heart? To break my heart? Don't even think about it, my heart is as firm as a rock."

Qing Chen said, "Don't overthink it. I'm just asking you to pay for their lives."

Kamiyo Yunhe sneered, "Are you going to go to the lake where the film crew is stationed, and that cave where you hid, and bury all the remains in the ground? But do you remember, if you hadn't hidden in that film crew, they wouldn't have died?"

Qing Chen was silent for a moment. "I don't intend to avoid this issue. You're right, they were just ordinary people, and they didn't have any desire for power. I'm the one who killed them. If it were a group of people blinded by greed, I wouldn't feel guilty, but facing these people, I truly feel guilty."

"Then why not atone with your death? You and I will die together!" Kamiyo Yunhe laughed maniacally. "Otherwise, what makes you think you deserve their forgiveness? Just a casual 'I'm sorry'?"

Qing Chen calmly replied, "There's no need to waste my energy. I'm not that dramatic. I'll do what I can, change what I can change, and then look forward."

"Hypocritical," said Kamiyo Yunhe. "But don't worry, now that your identity has been exposed, you will definitely face relentless pursuit from the Kamishiro Corporation. The head of the Kamishiro family really dotes on his son, Kamishiro Seisho, and if they don't kill you, the face of the prestigious group won't be good."

Kamiyo Yunhe: "When you sit back in your PCA office, someone might suddenly plant a bomb on you and blow you to pieces. Or you might attend someone's banquet, accidentally drink a glass of wine, and be poisoned. There are countless poisons in this world that can kill an A-level superhuman."

Qing Chen laughed and said, "I don't need you to remind me."

As Kamiyo Yunhe said, Qing Chen's revenge was satisfying, and he even kidnapped the Ten Eunuchs, but the consequences were also severe: Bai Zhou would definitely face the mad revenge of a behemoth.

From now on, all members of the Daylight faction need to be more careful.

Qing Chen must devise a new strategy for daytime.

After burying the remains at the production base, Yang Yang took the two of them and flew to the cave where they had originally hidden.

Zhang Mengqian and Yang Yang offered to help dig the grave, but Qing Chen refused.

He personally buried one skeleton after another, devoured by wolves, in the ground and carved stone tablets for them.

Zhang Mengqian looked at her boss and asked curiously, "Boss, let me dig it for you."

Qing Chen shook his head. "You'll remember things better if you dig them out yourself, Mengqian. Everyone makes mistakes in life, but those mistakes should help us become better people. Remember that?"

"I've got it," Zhang Mengqian nodded.

Qing Chen said, "Go and help your Aunt Yang Yang start a fire and cook. Tonight I will teach you how to cultivate and give you an initiation."

Zhang Mengqian suddenly asked, "Boss, is it the Zhunti Method that Lao Luo and the others practice?"

"Yes," Qing Chen nodded.

Standing beside the grave Qing Chen had dug, Zhang Mengqian hesitated for a long time. "Can I not learn this?"

Qing Chen looked up at him. "You can't take the other path."

Zhang Mengqian stubbornly said, "Then I'd rather not take any other path."

Qing Chen shook his head. "Whatever you say."

"Okay," Zhang Mengqian said as she ran off into the sunset.

Qing Chen collected all the remains into the grave, then sat beside it and carved a tombstone in the sunset. The tombstone was engraved with the names of everyone in the film crew.

Kamiyo Yunhe lay on the cold ground not far away, and suddenly said, "Next, it's time to kill me, isn't it?"

Qing Chen nodded. "Yes."

Kamiyo Yunhe silent for a long while, then let out a long sigh, "This time, I don't want to waste the effort of killing you again. Even if I kill you, I still won't be able to deal with that girl. To be honest, all previous Force Field Awakened will become isolated. One day, their world will consist only of Force Fields, and they won't see you as a person. In their eyes, a person will no longer be a person, but just a Force Field. Are you prepared for that?"

Qing Chen stopped carving and glanced at Kamiyo Yunhe: "What kind of time is this to be thinking about destroying someone's heart?"

"This isn't about attacking someone's heart, it's just stating the facts," Kamiyo Yunhe calmly, the two bloody holes on his face making him look gruesome. "My mother was a servant of the Kamishiro Corporation. She signed a 999-year labor contract with Kamishiro. Who knows why the labor contract had to be for so long? Kamishiro Seigan raped her and then gave birth to me. Although I have the surname Kamishiro, I am always inferior to others no matter where I go."

Qing Chen said, "I'm not very interested in your background."

Kamiyo Yunhe: "Later, I volunteered to join the Federation Group Army, wanting to make a name for myself. I trained like crazy, always charging ahead in small-scale battles, killing the most Wilderness People, and then sending my salary back to my mother. I fawned over my superiors; he liked cherries, so I led my troops to the wasteland to pick them for him. He complained that there were no women in the barracks, so I went and robbed women from the wasteland for him, washed them, and brought them to his bed. I massaged his legs, rubbed his shoulders, washed his feet, and acted like a grandson to him. One day, someone called me and said my mother had hanged herself at home. When I got home and saw that the salary I had sent her was untouched, I suddenly had an epiphany... Isn't that strange?"

Kamiyo Yunhe: "I was lucky too. I awakened as B-Class at first, and after returning to Army Headquarters, I started to rise rapidly. Later, I found out that it was Kamishiro Seisho was working hard to promote me. I took advantage of a military exercise to kill my superior, and then I awakened again as an A-rank... Life is truly ironic."

As the setting sun shone on his skin, Kamiyo Yunhe, "It's evening now, isn't it? Sometimes I'm not sure what I've been living for. When I first joined the army, my greatest desire was to become a high-ranking officer. But then I realized that even at A-rank, I still had to pretend I didn't know that Kamishiro Seigan was my father, and I also had to pretend I didn't know what he had done to my mother."

Qing Chen: "Why are you telling me all this?"

Kamiyo Yunhe: "It's more like I'm talking to myself."

Qing Chen thought for a moment and said, "It is precisely because of these experiences of yours that your fighting instincts are destined to be stronger than theirs."

"What's the use?" Kamiyo Yunhe sighed. "Come on, I've said everything I need to say. Let's do it."

Without any hesitation, Qing Chen raised the Black Sniper from a distance.

Kamiyo Yunhe smiled wryly, "So cautious... I suppose you'll reach the highest position someday; only someone like you is qualified."

He had just said so much, but it was hard to tell whether he was trying to lower Qing Chen's guard or if he was really giving him his last words.

But it doesn't matter anymore, Qing Chen won't give him another chance.

Qing Chen shook his head. "Sorry, I'm not interested in that kind of power. I just want to change some things."

Boom!

Qing Chen pulled the trigger, piercing the heart of Kamiyo Yunhe.

The sun has set behind the distant mountains, and the winter's crimson glow still burns the clouds in the sky.

An eagle flew overhead, and Qing Chen wished to call Kamiyo Yunhe a hero, but this hero's life came to an end.

At midnight, on the long street of City No. 10, Qing Chen strolled by, holding a bouquet of lilies.

He arrived at a residential building in the District 6 and stopped in front of a door.

Qing Chen placed the flowers in the corridor and left five gold bars.

He knocked on the door, then turned and left.

This is Zhang Wenqi's mother's address.

Zhang Wenqi was the Qing clan intelligence agent they encountered on the airship while Qing Chen was being transported to A02 Base. He first attempted to destroy the power pod, and was later severely tortured by the soldiers of the God Era.

Finally, out of fear of endless interrogation, he shot himself.

At that time, Qing Chen asked Zhang Wenqi what regrets he had in his life.

The other person said that perhaps because they were too young, they hadn't had time to accumulate any regrets.

But Zhang Wenqi had a last wish: to have Qing Chen present a bouquet of flowers to his mother.

Inside the house, a middle-aged woman was lying on the bed in a daze. When she heard the knocking, she ran to the door as if she had gone mad.

However, the quiet corridor was completely empty.

She looked down at the pure white lilies and gold bars on the ground, covered her mouth, and sobbed uncontrollably.

At one point, she seemed to feel a light breeze passing by her and blowing into her home.

She turned to look at the swaying curtains, thinking it was her son returning home.

Downstairs, Qing Chen glanced at the time.

Reset to zero.

The world was plunged into darkness.