Proud of Qing Chen

The shadow had a sweet dream.

But he did not dream of Li Bingxi and Chen Yu.

Instead, she dreamed of Qing Chen and her father.

In my dream, he wasn't a shadow, but a worker on a construction team.

My father wasn't the head of the Qing family; he was a foreman for a renovation team.

Qing Chen was not Time Walker sent to the Outer World for internal testing, but a seventeen-year-old student with excellent grades who was preparing to apply to the Federal Qinghe University.

I heard that a girl wrote a love letter to Qing Chen the day before yesterday, but his father found the letter and tore it to shreds, telling him to focus on his studies and not think about anything else.

During the day, Shadow and her father would work as carpenters in the Upper Third District, making ceilings and wainscoting for the wealthy.

My father would eat a protein bar and say, "These rich people are so extravagant, nailing such expensive wooden boards to the wall."

They toiled on the construction site, covered in sawdust and dust, but they didn't have to think about power struggles.

During breaks, Shadow would sit on the construction site, counting on his fingers, trying to figure out when he could save enough for a down payment on a house in the District 5.

As his father chopped the planks, he looked at him and asked, "How much more money do you need?"

Shadow laughed, "We're still short over two hundred thousand. We'll save enough in two more years."

The father remained silent for a long time. "I'll lend you 200,000 yuan first, and then deduct it from your salary. Ning Xiu has had a hard life too. She could have earned so much money and married a rich man, but instead she chose to suffer with you. Buy a nice house and move in sooner rather than later, so the whole family of four won't have to squeeze into a small room. I'll still live in the District 7 with your younger brother, and you and Ning Xiu can move there. Give me a grandson as soon as possible, and I'll help you take care of him."

Shadow scratched his head a little embarrassedly. "It wasn't easy for you to save up 200,000 yuan. Your younger brother has to take the college entrance exam next year, and tutoring classes are very expensive."

After thinking for a moment, the father said, "Don't worry, I've worked hard for most of my life, so I still have some savings."

Shadow was a little worried. "Dad, don't sell my organs."

The father said irritably, "Don't worry, I'm not that stupid. Who would sell organs if they had a legitimate business to make a living?"

That evening, they returned home covered in dust, and Ning Xiu had already prepared dinner, urging them to wash their hands and eat.

The gentle wife, wearing an apron and beaming with smiles, recounted how she had just found an office job, which would help ease the family's mortgage burden and make Xiao Chen's tuition fees less of a concern.

Meanwhile, Qing Chen was still in his room, diligently studying for his exams...

This dream is ordinary and commonplace.

But everything is fine.

It was so wonderful that even the shadow wanted to relive his life in a dream, but unfortunately, the dream was too short.

Shadow clearly realized in his dream that it was a good dream, and... he had to wake up.

Return countdown: 4:00:00.

8 PM.

The moment the shadow awoke, Li Bingxi began to disintegrate his clones, and in the blink of an eye, he had created 24 clones.

Although his expression was calm, his actions showed the shadow sufficient respect.

Or perhaps it's fear.

Chen Yu also took out six Painting Scroll from the bamboo basket and twisted them into pieces.

But instead of divine figures leaping out of the Painting Scroll, six tiny suns rose in the sky.

The sun hung high above everyone's heads, releasing an unbearably hot temperature. The rays of light they cast intertwined, making the wilderness as bright as day, and all shadows disappeared.

This is Shadow Gate meant to restrain shadows.

It's important to know that the Shadow Gate must be opened in a shadowy place.

This time, Chen Yu was determined to win, and he cut off Shadow's retreat route with his first move.

At that very moment, 300 kilometers away, at Chen's first air force base, seven A-Class Airship suddenly took to the sky.

The huge air force base was brightly lit.

Eighteen escort aircraft had already been launched into the air, and around the seven A-Class Airship, there were dozens of B-Class Airship equipped with air-to-ground fire systems.

This is the true form of the Chen family's Southern Fleet, just as it should be.

Chen Yu was truly treating this hunt as a war.

The shadow chuckled and asked, "Six paintings just to cut off my escape route? What if I hadn't intended to leave?"

Chen Yu said calmly, "It's just a backup plan."

Qing Chen: "Brother, can you get off my back first?"

"Sorry, I forgot," Shadow jumped off Qing Chen's back and said with a smile, "You did a good job protecting me along the way. I didn't even have a scratch on me. To be honest, I was prepared to wake up missing an arm or a leg."

Qing Chen was both amused and exasperated. "What kind of time is this to be telling such utterly terrible jokes? Can't you at least improve your joke-telling skills?!"

"Huh? Isn't it funny?" Shadow grinned at Zard. "The Faceless Unit has arrived?"

Zard honestly replied, "I've already given you my Pledge of Allegiance."

"Very good," Shadow nodded, then looked at Zhang Mengqian: "Kid, are you scared?"

Zhang Mengqian calmly shook her head. "I'm not afraid, it's just death."

Shadow laughed loudly, "See? The kids around me are all much better than that old man, Li Bingxi."

The three demigods stood in a tripartite balance on the wilderness, and the outer forces did not approach any further without orders.

The situation is now beyond the reach of ordinary people; anyone getting involved will only add unnecessary variables.

If there were spies from the Secret Intelligence Department mixed in with the soldiers, the outcome might be different.

In the midst of this tense atmosphere, Zard suddenly looked worriedly in the direction of Forbidden Zone No. 002.

Qing Chen asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Zard looked at the ginseng and said, "Boss, I can't take this thing with me."

Qing Chen: "... Who said we came to Forbidden Zone No. 002 to take it away!"

The previously somber atmosphere suddenly dissipated for some unknown reason.

The shadow chuckled, "That's a good joke, Zard. I'm starting to like you a little."

At this moment, Chen Yu said with a hint of regret, "I have always admired Mr. Shadow. I have reviewed many of your plans, and they are truly as exquisite as a deer's horns hanging in the air, leaving no trace. I know you are prepared to die today, and I know that Senior Li Bingxi and I may perish here. You have been waiting for this opportunity, but I am curious, even if you can take us with you, you cannot take away this entire Group Army and its soldiers. After you die, Qing Chen and the others will become lambs to the slaughter. How will they leave?"

Chen Yu: "I don't know if the news of your impending death is true or false, but the Chen family's First Air Force is about to arrive on the battlefield. Regardless of whether the news is true or false, and regardless of whether Li Bingxi and I can defeat you, we must ask you to leave this world today."

Shadow paused for a moment. "You think you have victory in the bag? You only brought two divisions, didn't you?"

Li Bingxi sneered, "No need to bluff. There are already people within the Kyung Clan who have betrayed their shadows. The patriarch is sitting motionless in City No. 5, your Shadow Unit are tied up in the north and cannot reach us using the Shadow Gate, and your direct federal army is blocked on the way. They are currently fighting the 171st Field Division in the wilderness. You have no more trump cards left."

Shadow chuckled, "You've made very thorough preparations."

Yang Yang turned to look at Shadow, wanting to hear what other plans Shadow had. After all, just as Li Bingxi said, the Shadow Gate was now unusable. Even if Shadow could take away the two demigods, the rest of them would surely die.

At this moment, Shadow said, "I'm not very popular. Even within the Qing family, there are plenty of people who want to kill me, so I really don't have any trump cards left."

Yang Yang, Sun Chuci, Tuanzi and the others looked at the shadow in shock.

The next second, Shadow laughed and said, "But Qing Chen is one. Your attention is all focused on guarding against me, but my younger brother is the one you've underestimated."

Li Bingxi was stunned for a moment, wondering what it meant.

Before this, Li Bingxi- Reagan had no Qing Chen.

How powerful can a mere B-Class fighter be? Two A-rank experts could easily kill him.

No matter how powerful a Time Walker, can he be more powerful than a shadow?

Even if this kid has made friends in the Inner World, there are still two demigods here, two Field Division of the Chen family are here, and the Southern Fleet is on its way.

At this moment, even if someone in the Federation wanted to help him, how could they dare to take such a big risk to come over?

No one will come.

Shadow laughed and said, "Actually, from the moment he arrived in City No. 18, I was thinking of handing over the Shadow Unit to him, handing over the Secret Intelligence Department to him, handing over... everything of mine to him. I wanted to teach him what political maneuvering is, I wanted to teach him what humanity is. At that time, I was afraid that he was just a clueless kid, so I wanted to teach him everything."

So at that time, Yingzi often appeared in Qing Chen's apartment, lay down for a while, brewed a pot of tea, and waited for Qing Chen to come home.

So at that time, Shadow was teaching Qing Chen how to face this Inner World.

"But later I found out that my younger brother didn't need me to teach him at all. Even without my help, he made many friends."

For no apparent reason, he became a guest of honor of the Li family patriarch and the future tutor of the Li family.

"Later I realized that my younger brother didn't actually need anything from me."

He created Daylight himself and became the next leader of the Knights, and also had a potentially terrifying Parent's Association.

The shadow said softly, "I was quite anxious back then. If he was already this powerful, what else could I give him? So I taught him how to fight and how to win people's hearts. But before I could teach him, he learned it all on his own."

He single-handedly fought his way out of the A02 Secret Military Base, bringing back more than 900 intelligence agents from the Li and Qing families.

Shadow suddenly laughed, "What surprised me most was that he later actually killed Kamiyo Yunhe, and then dragged Kamishiro Seisho away like a dog. Everyone, whose brother is as powerful as mine?"

When Qing Chen first transmigrated, Shadow hoped that he could take on the role of a father and elder brother, so that Qing Chen could be proud of him.

To his astonishment, he found that he had started praising his younger brother to Qing Ye and Qing Qu, saying how amazing he was.

He was proud to have such a younger brother.

Qing Chen listened silently. He didn't know how long Shadow had been holding these words in, but now that the other party was speaking to the enemy, he was also speaking to himself. If he didn't speak now, it would be too late.

The shadow laughed loudly, "You've underestimated my brother, and that makes me very unhappy. You've almost seen all my cards, why don't you come and see his now? I've brought all his cards!"

Qing Chen was stunned for a moment.

The southern fleet swiftly traversed the sky.

Under the cover of dark clouds, the black airships and fighter jets looked like an army from hell.

On the bridge inside the main ship, the commander looked at the holographic sand table and listened to the combat staff's report, "We are still 30 kilometers away from the target location. Currently, the ship's power room, main fire room, and secondary fire room are all in normal condition. There are no suspicious targets within 300 kilometers."

The commander thought for a moment and said, "Upon arrival at the battlefield, the Southern Fleet will immediately surround the battlefield and lock onto all targets. If Shadow wins, we will use all our firepower to cover the battlefield. If Li Bingxi survives, we will kill him at all costs. Apart from Mr. Chen, we will ensure that no living being leaves alive."

"Received," the operations staff officer nodded.

The commander glanced at the holographic radar scan of the phased array radar again, and only breathed a slight sigh of relief after confirming that there were no suspicious targets in the vicinity.

He looked at the thick dark clouds in front of him, and for some reason, he felt uneasy.

But in the next moment, it seemed as if the base of a steel island was slowly breaking through the dark clouds and falling down.

It was as if a kingdom had fallen from the sky and appeared before everyone!

Its appearance came without any warning!

Even seven massive A-Class Airship looked incredibly small in comparison.

Suddenly, three soldiers in charge of radar roared into the communications channel, "Qingshan Hao! It's Qingshan Hao!"

Qingshan Aerial Fortress!

No one knows why it appeared here, nor when it arrived, and its location is precisely on the route that the Southern Fleet must take to reach the battlefield.

When the commander saw the full picture of the Qingshan Hao, he discovered that the carrier-based fighter jets and airships on the Aerial Fortress had all disappeared!

The commander roared, "Watch out! All of the Qingshan Hao's aircraft have taken off! Be aware of your surroundings! Why haven't our radars detected them? Why?!"

Just then, a soldier suddenly shouted, "Sir, our radar system has been hacked by an unknown hacker!"

The commander froze on the spot. The phased array radar of the military combat system had been hacked?! How could that be? All the ships in the sky were physically isolated combat systems!

Unless someone physically hacked into it from the inside! They accessed the intrusion data from within the airship!

"An anomaly has occurred in the escape pod; the hatch is open. Warning: the hatch is open."

As the system prompted this message, a young man with a black hard drive in his mouth resolutely destroyed the escape equipment one by one. Then, he put on his parachute, jumped out of the escape hatch, and landed in the wilderness.

On the Qingshan Hao, Li Changqing, dressed in a lieutenant general's uniform, stood quietly in front of the holographic sand table.

Someone in the fortress said, "Command, 1291 has arrived in the combat zone."

"1292 has arrived at the combat zone."

"1293..."

"Requesting battle!"

Li Changqing looked at the southern fleet on the holographic sand table and calmly said, "Allow the battle, annihilate the enemy without leaving any survivors, and return in triumph."

Everyone thought that this venomous woman, surnamed Li, was still balancing multiple spies in City No. 19, but no one expected her to appear here.

Unexpectedly, the Qingshan Aerial Fortress, which had disappeared for two months after rescuing Qing Chen, would appear here.

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