Night’s Nomenclature-Chapter 860: The Means of the Nested Fate Weaver

The Blackwater City troops arrived just in time, so timely as if their arrival was precisely calculated, knowing the giants would ambush the Third Division base at this very moment.

Roughly calculating the distance from Blackwater City to here, and the speed of A-class and B-class airships, Qing Chen felt the other side might not have stopped for even a minute on the way to arrive so promptly.

Fate Weaver!

It's the Fate Weavers who are watching over the Third Division's destiny; thus, when someone tries to attack the Third Division, they will sense it.

The abilities of these Fate Weavers are a bit too powerful. For example, the predictive objects of Forbidden Artifacts like the paper box can only be random; when the prediction appears also depends on luck.

Even the Giant Prophet randomly feels the future.

But Fate Weavers are different. They can actively choose a specific target and a specific direction to foresee the future.

A passive, random approach versus an active, targeted one—the effects are drastically different.

Qing Chen recalled a very insightful understanding from the first part of the general's memories he had seized:

How important is intelligence in war?

In modern warfare, battlefields often stretch across thousands of kilometers, and both warring sides employ all means to deceive their opponents.

Neither ammunition, personnel, nor experts are unlimited. Before a war begins, a competent general must lay out deceptive formations, causing the enemy to concentrate their strongest forces in the most wasteful places.

If you use a certain amount of ammunition to strike a target but miss, and there were no enemies at that position, then you have revealed a weakness to the enemy.

But Roosevelt Kingdom has Fate Weavers. They can always use their best resources effectively, without wasting a single soldier.

Therefore, the arrival of the Fate Weavers must have brought enough strength to deal with the giant's attack.

The only thing Qing Chen is unsure about is how long a segment of fate the Fate Weavers can see. If they only see a short segment, then his plan will work.

If they see the entire war, then it will be dangerous; everyone will be in danger.

It doesn't feel good to be at odds with fate.

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At this time.

The earth's fissures are still constantly collapsing, and one soldier after another falls into them, crushed by the grinding tectonic plates.

From the Forbidden Forest, hundreds of giants, under the cover of the earth's fissures, quickly launch a surprise attack.

Their attack methods are also more diverse than imagined. Some directly use enchanted weapons.

Through the dense forest, an iron-clad long arrow, like a cannonball, is seen roaring towards them. It passes through gaps in the trees, emitting a buzzing sound.

The tip of the iron-clad arrow is even shrouded in black energy. This is a weapon enhanced by the giants' innate abilities!

When it hits an armored vehicle with a loud bang, it penetrates the vehicle, piercing the soldiers who haven't had time to get out!

Others use beasts.

Hundreds of giants drive swarms of jackals to attack. The number of jackals is extremely large. Most soldiers don't even have the ability to resist before being disemboweled by the jackals, their intestines dragged out.

Still others manipulate plants.

Before the giants arrive, thick vines have already grown from the soil underground. Thorns cover the vines.

Countless vines, like a green tide, rush towards the Fate Weaver elder.

But strangely, the Fate Weaver only casually moves a few steps, easily avoiding all the vines.

It seems that the elder has nothing remarkable about him, no dazzling techniques, no earth-shattering abilities, yet he remains undefeated.

All attempts to attack him seem to be intentionally sparing him.

Qing Chen understands that only by personally experiencing this ability can one understand how terrifying and helpless it is.

The earth fissures continue to spread, accurately heading towards the Fate Weaver elder.

However, when the earth fissures sweep over, the Fate Weaver elder, clad in black robes, is not flustered.

As he steps aside, he glances behind him. The 17 armored vehicles simultaneously open, and an elite force emerges from within.

The first seven vehicles are Gene Soldiers.

The middle six are six fully armed war robots. These robots use miniature nuclear-powered mechanical hearts as their energy source, and under the control of war intelligence, they automatically lock onto the giants, flying through the air.

Simultaneously, they open numerous launch ports on their arms, revealing 25mm air-to-ground missiles.

With just one volley, the giants suffer greatly.

Qing Chen frowns. These six war robots are different from the ones on the East Continent. These are clearly six Iron Man Mark 20 suits.

Even an A-class facing two of these suits would probably suffer some losses.

When the doors of the last four vehicles open, everyone hears roaring from inside!

These are Roosevelt Kingdom's Orc warriors, all slaves injected with defective Gene Medicine, who have lost their minds and are kept like dogs in the Royal Capital's dungeons.

Fate Weaver takes a pipe from his sleeve, then a long match, and slowly lights the pipe.

The next moment, the instant he exhales smoke, the gray smoke, like a whirlwind, enters the nostrils of everyone in the elite force.

All the soldiers, including the Orc warriors, have bloodshot eyes, and their shouts of killing echo like they've been stimulated.

This is a Forbidden Artifact, a Forbidden Artifact specifically designed to stimulate the soldiers' potential!

With the remaining Third Division Gene Soldiers and these faraway monsters working together, the giants' offensive is suppressed.

The Blackwater City army's arrival is so sudden that the giants are once again caught off guard.

But Kacha, lurking in the Forbidden Forest, doesn't order a retreat.

He waits, constantly drawing his man-high longbow, shooting iron-clad arrows to buy time for his teammates.

His great friend said that time is the key to overcoming fate.

At this moment, the black-robed Fate Weaver seems to sense something is wrong. His frail body suddenly bursts forth with immense power. He raises his hand, anticipating the arrow, catches an incoming iron-clad arrow with his bare hand, and throws it back.

With a thud!

The iron-clad arrow, as if predicted, strikes a giant's heart!

This predictive ability is like a god on a high-mobility battlefield. He can completely predict all enemy actions and is invincible!

Moreover, the Fate Weaver's body seems stronger than imagined. These are not slow-moving mages but swift warriors!

Even a frail old man can unleash amazing power!

The Fate Weaver coldly says, "End the battle quickly; don't let them escape!"

In an instant, eight Orc warriors fearlessly jump into the earth fissures. The earth fissures, instead of closing, begin to slowly close, as if these Orc warriors have posed a significant threat to the underground giants.

The underground giant roars, "Ai ai!" (It's A-class Orcs. They're going all out. Come and help me!)

Hearing the call for help, the distant giants immediately realize, "Hehehe!" (Humans have an ambush. This is different from the Third Division we encountered last time. What do we do? Storm Duke's deal can't be completed!)

Kacha hesitates. He should retreat, but his friend hasn't signaled yet!

The next moment, Qing Chen, leading the remaining Third Division soldiers, settles Marquis Barton and rushes into the battlefield.

Kacha glances over, "Kacha!" (Forget Storm Duke's deal. This is a trap set by Storm Duke for us. Run! He must give us an explanation for this! Retreat!)

As he speaks, the giants rush towards the earth fissures, but the Fate Weaver has no intention of giving them this opportunity.

Airships have arrived above, and the main firepower is on standby, ready to launch at any time.

They've been hiding this trick to ensure the giants have no way out.

Despair appears on Kacha's face.

At this moment, Qing Chen uses his peripheral vision to intently observe the Fate Weaver's expression. When the wrinkles on the other side's brow relax, he suddenly shoots Kacha.

The bullet embeds itself in Kacha's shoulder.

At this moment, Kacha suddenly shouts in human language to the Blackwater City soldiers, "White Light says, it's your time to be tested. Why aren't you acting? You're so cowardly, how dare you work with him?"

A soldier wearing a helmet in the crowd looks down and laughs, "I'm cowardly? Someone actually says I'm cowardly! No one in this world has the right to say I'm cowardly, hehe!"

Before the words are finished, several crimson hands suddenly appear in the sky, tearing apart the airships that have just arrived above.

The huge crimson hands, with their sharp claws, scrape across the iron plates of the airships' armor, sparks flying as the claws tear through the iron plates, making a crunching sound!

Fate Weaver suddenly turns his head!

This is a scene he didn't see in the fragment of fate. He didn't expect that the army he brought actually hid the mysterious Demi-god who caused chaos in Blackwater City!

Qing Chen observes the Fate Weaver's reaction from a distance and knows he's gambled correctly.

Fate Weavers are not omnipotent; even if they can see fragments of fate, they only have 20 minutes.

The fragment of fate the Fate Weaver observes is like a movie without a premium membership; it blacks out at a certain point.

In those 20 minutes of omniscience, the Fate Weaver is invincible.

If Zhong Yu had appeared one minute earlier, the other party would have discovered Zhong Yu hiding in the ranks and prepared an even more vicious countermeasure.

Perhaps the Air Fortress would have directly flown above.

This is also why Qing Chen made Kacha forcibly delay time. At the start of the battle:

Kacha leads the giants' attack, and everything unfolds as the Fate Weaver has foreseen.

When the Fate Weaver frowns, it means the battle is nearing the end of the fragment of fate he's seen, and he must quickly end the battle as seen in the fragment.

When Qing Chen feels they're approaching the critical point of the fragment of fate, he signals Kacha to show their despair.

Therefore, at the end of the fate fragment, the Fate Weaver sees the giants' despair.

But the battle doesn't stop here, or rather, it truly begins.

Zhong Yu appears on the battlefield, but the Fate Weaver hasn't seen him appear in the fragment of fate.

This is Qing Chen's way of defeating fate—give him what he wants to see, then defeat him when he's not looking!

When you fight fate, time is the key to victory!

A look of surprise and uncertainty appears on the Fate Weaver's face; he knows what has happened: someone calculated the fate he could see.

Zhong Yu wreaks havoc among the Blackwater City army. Qing Chen sees his two classmates from the wingsuit base being held and flung about by crimson hands, clearly doomed.

Zhong Yu laughs wildly at Kacha, "Hurry up and go. Go back and tell White Light that I didn't back down in this battle, don't underestimate people! In the future, you will all be my people. How could I watch you die here? You must follow me to continue fighting!"

Qing Chen is speechless; Zhong Yu has already put himself in the role of ruler, before even succeeding…

His inner thoughts are quite rich.

The giants flee into the fissures.

Qing Chen roars at He Jinqiu, "Don't just stand there. Kill the enemy! That's the Demi-god who caused chaos in Blackwater City. If we don't work together, we'll all die!"

As Qing Chen continues his act, the Fate Weaver removes his hood, revealing his gray hair, "Interesting."

A sneer appears on the Fate Weaver's lips, still calm and collected.

Qing Chen suddenly feels something is wrong…

A shadow passes across the sky, everyone looks up in astonishment, and a black Air Fortress slowly flies into the sky. Without stopping, a dazzling white light appears in the main firepower cannon, striking down!

It's the Blackwater Air Fortress!

When Zhong Yu notices this, countless crimson hands open above him, with one largest hand, five fingers together, firmly pinning him to the ground!

A milky white beam pierces through the crimson hands, and those hands turn into red dust in the air.

Before the most magnificent war technology of humanity, the Demi-god's last-ditch struggle is futile; the white beam instantly shatters all the crimson hands, penetrates the ground, vaporizes and glazes the soil, leaving a deep black pit!

Qing Chen is dumbfounded. Did I kill Zhong Yu?

No wonder everyone says that once you're covered by the Air Fortress, even a Demi-god can't directly confront it. Although this evil Zhong Yu deserves to die, it's a pity that a Demi-god fell like this. He still planned to join forces with Zhong Yu to cause more trouble!

Qing Chen observes the sneer on the Fate Weaver's lips and immediately understands something: this Fate Weaver locked onto the Third Division's destiny, so he brought enough power to win in the fragment of fate.

Although I dragged out that time, Qing Chen is not the first, nor will he be the last, to try to trick a Fate Weaver.

This Fate Weaver saw the Third Division's destiny, and other Fate Weavers watched this Fate Weaver's destiny…

When a Fate Weaver fights, someone provides support behind the scenes, and once they discover the Fate Weaver is in danger, they prepare a more abundant force to face the change.

One layer after another, one destiny after another!

Qing Chen played them.

They also played Qing Chen.

And the reason the Fate Weaver played this game was for the Zhong Yu who appeared at the end. They had been disgusted by Zhong Yu for a long time and had to get rid of him!

In the millennium-long struggle, the Fate Weaver's combat system is well-established, with few flaws to exploit.

After understanding this, Qing Chen sighs, "Are you guys playing nested dolls? Who can win this?"

So, is absolute power or absolute speed really necessary?

It's good that I'm still acting and haven't been exposed, or else the Air Fortress's next target would probably be me.

Qing Chen looks at the spot where Zhong Yu was pierced, wanting to see if this Demi-god is truly dead under the main firepower cannon's attack.

However, there's nothing there.

"Dead?" Even Boss He is a little uncertain. In recent years, few Demi-gods are willing to directly confront the Air Fortress, so there are few instances of Demi-gods dying under the Air Fortress.

Now, Zhong Yu's death means another Demi-god has fallen.

In the battlefield, the Fate Weaver elder looks at the remaining soldiers, "Clean the battlefield, retreat to the rear in an hour; we can't stay here long."

After speaking, the Fate Weaver returns to his armored vehicle and connects to the royal family's encrypted communication.

Soon, a majestic voice comes from the other side of the communication, "Have you discovered anything?"

Fate Weaver rubs the ring on his index finger, "The Forbidden Artifact's telepathy did work, but the information obtained needs verification."

"What information?"

"The giant's attack…is a deal between Storm Duke and the Giant Dynasty."

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Deep in the Forbidden Forest, a deer is eating grass.

However, as it chews on the grass stems, silver liquid Nanobots seep from the ground.

The deer looks warily at the ground. In an instant, the silver liquid Nanobots, like an octopus spreading its tentacles, fiercely envelop the deer.

Soon, the Nanobots completely penetrate the deer's skin, and a trace of silver flashes in the deer's pupils.

The deer lowers its head and continues to chew the grass, as if it finds it unpalatable, spits out twice, and then hops and skips deeper into the Forbidden Forest.