Night’s Nomenclature-Chapter 881: The Secret of the Black Knights

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In the dimly lit dungeon, He Jinqiu slowly opened his eyes. He had a very long dream.

In the dream, he was still that green recruit, newly arrived at the recruit training camp, running his first five-kilometer cross-country, and vomiting directly on the way...

He also dreamed of the first time his squad leader took him to the shooting range. He thought he would finally be able to touch a gun, but all the new recruits held guns without bullets, standing in military posture at the shooting range for four hours.

The squad leader even called it training their patience, saying that soldiers shouldn't think about touching guns all day long, but should first hone their will.

At that time, everyone really wanted to die.

In the dream, He Jinqiu dreamt of all the things he hated the most back then. But strangely, these things are now as sweet as candy.

Strange.

At this time, his hands were still bound by vines, and someone used an iron hook to pierce through his clavicle, hanging him halfway in the air.

His entire body weight pressed on his two clavicles, and he felt a sharp, piercing pain...but it was nothing compared to the pain of cells constantly dividing and merging.

But what's even stranger is that the wound on his clavicle didn't bleed.

He hung his head in the air, looking at his gray body, then raised his head, revealing his fangs, and roared at Old Five sitting in front of him. But the sound was no longer human, more like a beast.

In He Jinqiu's brown eyes, his pupils had turned into the vertical pupils of a beast, and everything was heading for the worst.

Old Five sat in front of him, bored, and said: "I thought that after Nine Provinces' Boss He injected the medicine, he would give me some extraordinary surprises, but he also turned into this beast-like ghost, what a pity."

He Jinqiu continued to roar as if he didn't understand what he was saying, as if he had lost his memory.

Old Five smiled and said, "Someone, get him a dead mouse, let's see if he's like other gray-skinned monsters, eating any flesh and blood."

A soldier cautiously approached with a mouse, and he handed the mouse to He Jinqiu's mouth, but the next moment, He Jinqiu swung his legs hard in mid-air, quickly approaching the soldier and clamping him between his legs.

Old Five was stunned. He saw this gray-skinned monster clamp the soldier between his legs and bring him to his mouth, biting into the soldier's neck, tearing off a piece of flesh.

Old Five ignored the soldier's death and applauded: "Wonderful, wonderful, even with the vines holding him, he still has such strong limb strength, and he can even choose his food! Interesting!"

However, that's where it ends.

Old Five got up: "Since he's become a beast, he's useless, wasting my trip...If it weren't for catching you, Joker wouldn't have been taken over by Old Three."

Thinking of this, Old Five was furious. He raised his whip and lashed it at He Jinqiu.

The whip was made of soft metal wires, and each blow left a deep blood groove on He Jinqiu's body, except that the blood groove contained a transparent liquid, not red blood.

Old Five lashed out dozens of times to vent his anger, then turned and left.

With a loud bang, the dungeon door closed.

He Jinqiu was hanging in the air, slightly swaying. On his drooping face, the eyes that were originally vertical pupils had returned to normal.

He was still himself. Earlier, he simply didn't bother to deal with Old Five, allowing the other party to treat him as an unintelligent beast, so the other party would underestimate him. Boss He was still Boss He. At this moment, he wasn't thinking of waiting for death. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, he would kill his way out of here.

But why didn't he become a monster? He didn't even crave the feeling of flesh and blood.

Just like a normal human.

It seems that at the moment of coexisting with cancer cells, he entered some kind of magical realm...

In that dream, he was dangerous.

It felt like as long as someone in the dream told him to give up, to regret, he would sink into becoming a monster. But the old squad leader in the dream always had simple and brutal methods to pull him out of his despair.

Don't want to run five kilometers, ten kilometers? The old squad leader dragged him to run, not letting him stop.

Don't want to stand in military posture? Beat you up first.

Don't want to fold the quilt? Do one hundred squats first, then continue folding the quilt.

Don't want to practice on the horizontal bar? Then run ten kilometers!

He Jinqiu felt like he was trapped in a cycle in his dream, with the old squad leader lingering around him, refusing to let him give up.

Whenever he said he didn't want to be a soldier anymore, the other party would train him until he vomited, making him too busy to think about those things...

Eighty percent of the psychological shadow He Jinqiu left after enlisting came from Zheng Yuandong...

Finally, on the afternoon when He Jinqiu was going to the peacekeeping force, he was packing his bags to leave when Zheng Yuandong suddenly asked him, "Do you still regret it?" He Jinqiu said he didn't regret it anymore, he didn't dare to regret it.

The dream ended here.

The pain and beauty in the dream helped him maintain his composure.

Or rather, the old squad leader helped him maintain his composure. Amazing.

He Jinqiu examined the changes in his body: long and sharp nails, fangs in his mouth.

There was still a heartbeat in his body, but it was very faint.

He couldn't feel the presence of the Jade Heart Sword, but he felt the superhuman strength in his body. If he got rid of the ropes and the hook on his clavicle, he might be even stronger than before.

He saw the whip marks left by Old Five just a few minutes ago, and they had already healed quickly.

Is this the power of cancer cells?

At this time, He Jinqiu recalled what Old Five had said earlier.

Possessing Joker...

If he wasn't worried about surveillance here, he would have laughed out loud!

These Black Knights actually...possessed Qing Chen?!

The Black Knights didn't know that Qing Chen couldn't be possessed, but He Jinqiu had participated in the search and rescue operation back then, so how could he not know this characteristic of Qing Chen? So he was certain that Qing Chen's body still contained Qing Chen's soul, and Old Three had already vanished into thin air.

This is perhaps the only thing worth being happy about in the past two days.

So, the Old Three he met when he was escorted off the Airship two days ago was already Qing Chen in disguise.

If he saw him, he would definitely come to rescue him, and there is a Demi-God here, eleven Class A members. Not only that, but this is the Black Knights' headquarters, with ferocious War Robots, countless drones, armed helicopters, and Airships.

To rescue someone here, it would probably be a life-or-death struggle.

No, he can't wait for Qing Chen to rescue him, he has to save himself.

It's not that He Jinqiu is arrogant and thinks that he can definitely escape from here, but Qing Chen has already put himself in danger for him once, and he doesn't want to owe another favor. He's already become this ghost-like appearance, so he shouldn't implicate others.

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In the Black Knights headquarters above the dungeon.

Silver Duke sat in a soft leather sofa, holding a glass of amber whiskey, swirling it gently. Opposite him sat a Fate Weaver in a black robe. The Fate Weaver said, "Where's the Death's Cup? You've had it for so many years, it's time to return it, right?"

Silver Duke curiously asked, "What Death's Cup?" The Fate Weaver sneered, "Want to break the agreement?"

Silver Duke shook his head, "It's not that I want to break the agreement, but you broke it first. According to the agreement, you should hand Joker over to me personally, but a sudden change occurred, your royal Fate Weaver, the Fifth Princess, actually wanted to take Joker away!"

The Fate Weaver frowned. The disgusting part of this matter is that the king didn't explicitly say he wanted to kill Vera, so Vera is still a member of the royal family and a Fate Weaver.

Vera's actions are equivalent to the royal family's actions.

The Fate Weaver solemnly said, "The Death's Cup is very important, and Joker is already in your hands. I hope you can carefully consider this decision and don't bring trouble upon yourself."

Silver Duke laughed, "Threaten me? It's useless. You can kill me, and then let your seven ancestors lie down for a few hundred more years, maybe they'll wake up naturally."

The Death's Cup is impossible to give. You must know that once the Roosevelt royal family gets the Death's Cup, they can summon seven old monsters to fight to the death at any time.

Seven Fate Weaver Demi-Gods, who can withstand that?

Even if these old monsters come back to life, they can only fight one battle before dying.

But this thing is like nuclear deterrence. As long as it exists, Silver Duke's plan to establish a country in the East Continent cannot be implemented.

But how did this Death's Cup end up in Silver Duke's hands?

More than two hundred years ago, the royal family's Seventh Princess fell in love with Silver Duke. Silver Duke played along with her, taking the Seventh Princess to travel around, making her fall head over heels for him.

The royal family didn't agree to this marriage, so Silver Duke tricked the Seventh Princess, saying that as long as she stole the Death's Cup from her father's side, he would be forced to agree to the marriage. Afterwards, the Seventh Princess actually stole the Death's Cup for him.

After getting the Death's Cup, Silver Duke went back on his word, and the Seventh Princess, under the condemnation of the royal family, hanged herself.

The Fate Weaver sneered and stood up, "It seems that Silver Duke still doesn't intend to hand over the Death's Cup. Back then, you used despicable means to obtain this Forbidden Artifact, and you hid it like a treasure...The royal family knows all your real names."

Silver Duke drank the whiskey in one gulp, "Then use your real names to kill me. Let me take all the secrets into my anger...However, does the royal family know our birthdays? If not, I can only create some small troubles."

"Then let's wait and see," the Fate Weaver smiled, "That Joker, we can give him to you, and we can also destroy him. We know what you want to do,

but it's just wishful thinking."

Silver Duke frowned.

No, he suddenly got up and strode out, "Prepare the Airship, go find Old Three!"

He realized what the royal family was going to do. They were going to use all the forces they had ambushed in Silver City to destroy Old Three, which is to destroy Joker's body and memory. No, the secrets of Joker haven't been excavated yet, they haven't even mastered the Breathing Technique!

Old Three can't die!

The Fate Weaver slowly stood up, sneered, walked out of the Black Knights headquarters, got on his Airship, and left Silver City.

After Qing Chen left the Black Knights headquarters, he didn't go home, but sat in the motorcade, letting the motorcade drive around the city.

Doing this, on the one hand, is to remember the roads of Silver City, and on the other hand...Old Three's house still has more than seventy wives and more than two hundred beautiful female slaves waiting for Qing Chen. Although he won't be exposed when facing them, he might as well deal with as few as possible...

He searched Old Three's memories, which contained many secrets. For example, Old Two once slept with Old Nine's wife.

For example, Silver Duke once secretly ordered Old Three to kill Old Two and Old Five's disciple.

For example, Old Five once wanted to kill Old Three, and even wanted to kill Silver Duke when Silver Duke possessed his disciple, and in the end, Old Three saved Silver Duke.

Qing Chen reviewed these memories and felt that the Black Knights were really chaotic. Silver Duke had an iron fist and ruthless methods.

Old Two was vicious and good at obtaining resources, able to win over other Knights.

Old Three was reckless.

Old Four was obsessed with the Virtual Realm.

Old Five was like a hegemon, righteous, and loved by other Knights. Old Six was cowardly and sneaky.

Old Seven...

Among these Black Knights, the ones who basically carried the burden were the boss, Old Two, and Old Five, while the other Knights were just tagging along. Because the Black Knights possessed disciples generation after generation, each possession of a disciple was called a tribulation, which was the best time to kill. Only Silver Duke could stably become a Demi-God every generation. Old Two once suspected that the eldest brother had mastered a secret potion formula and didn't share it with everyone.

Qing Chen also confirmed this information in his memory. That's right, Silver Duke did hide his own potion formula.

There is much more information than this, but Qing Chen feels that it is not enough to shake the foundation of the entire Black Knights. Only one piece of information has sparked Qing Chen's interest: Old Three knows the real names of all the Black Knights.

It's not only Fate Weaver Arbiters who need real names, Marionettes do too!

In Roosevelt Continent, everyone is made to hide their names by Fate Weavers and Arbiters, using aliases instead of real names whenever possible.

This made Qing Chen's Marionette useless even though he grew a seventh thread.

Now, Qing Chen is willing to call this information the most valuable aspect of Old Three.

These people have been together for hundreds of years, starting from scratch, how could they not even know each other's names?

With their real names, there are so many things they can do!

However, just at this moment, a War Robot suddenly fell down, landing right on the hood of the vehicle where Qing Chen was.

With a bang, the long armored car was lifted off the ground by this foot!

Accompanied by several more bangs, more than ten War Robots fell, and further away, a civilian Airship was even shuttling through the steel forest, heading straight for Qing Chen's motorcade!

The roar continued, and the War Robots kept bombarding each vehicle in the motorcade with pulse cannons. Qing Chen was still worried that the people around Old Three would notice something unusual, but now, they were all dead...But the problem is, who wants to kill him?

Old Two and Old Five have the motive, because they also want to possess Joker and weaken Silver Duke.

The royal family also has a motive. They are unwilling to watch Silver City grow stronger, and maybe killing Joker after the transaction is their plan.

No, he can't stay in the car and wait to die. If the civilian Airship above launches a suicide attack, it will directly hit this car, and Qing Chen will undoubtedly die.

Taking advantage of the gap in the pulse cannon's energy accumulation, Qing Chen opened the car door and jumped out.

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