“Xiao San, you're a mature member of the Golden Family now. You need to learn to share the burden for the Leader,” Qing Chen patiently advised. “Although controlling cockroaches is a bit disgusting, think about it. With such a large group of cockroaches under your control, will the Guardians' Union be able to function without you in the future? Then you can use your abilities to take on more responsibilities and help more family members!”
“Leader, such an important task, shouldn't it be given to the Black Family members?” Xiao San tentatively asked.
Qing Chen said meaningfully, “Who says you can't become a Black Family member in the future?”
Xiao San: “”
Right now, this situation is like a gold nugget falling into a toilet. Although you feel sick, you definitely still have to get the gold out.
And it's not Qing Chen who will retrieve it himself.
Once these cockroaches can successfully reach City 20, the political center of Shendai, disperse and reproduce, then one day, if everyone turns against each other and fights to the death, the cockroach population can instantly destroy many buildings and kill many important figures.
Ordinary cockroaches certainly can't do this, but these have consumed part of a Demi-God's corpse.
At this moment, Xiao San said with a resolute expression, “I am willing to make such a contribution for the Guardians' Union!”
“What a great family member,” Qing Chen praised without hesitation. He forcefully grabbed Xiao San's hand, cut a slit with a Marionette, and dripped the blood onto the red rectangular piece of wood.When the blood seeped into the wood, the ant queen, who had been pretending to be dead, also came back to life.
Yan Chunmi observed from the rooftop and said, “Boss, there's a strange cockroach outside the Garrison Troops camp. It's completely golden. Could it be the cockroach king?”
Qing Chen looked over, “It seems it really is. That saves us trouble. As Boss He said, transferring the ant queen through the members of the colony would take several days. Wouldn't it be easier to find the cockroach king directly? Everyone else stay here on standby. The secret agents and I will advance towards the cockroach king. Action!”
More than thirty people rushed downstairs, came to the street, and locked onto the cockroach king's position.
The cockroach king was also cunning. As soon as it saw Qing Chen and the others rushing over, it ran for its life.
The surrounding cockroaches surged towards Qing Chen and the others, trying to stop them.
But they had only just evolved, and hadn't eaten as much as mice.
A team that even the Rat Tide couldn't catch or stop, how could they possibly stop them?
In less than a few minutes, Qing Chen stepped on the cockroach king, and no matter how its slender legs struggled, it couldn't escape.
Qing Chen placed the ant queen on its back.
In an instant, the ant queen extended hundreds of tentacles again, each one fiercely piercing into the cockroach king's body.
It was effortless.
On a tall building in the distance, Xiao San vomited on the spot.
The sacrifice was too great.
The Home Families beside him comforted him, “Bear with it, maybe you'll have a place among the Black Family members in the future.”
Xiao San suppressed his nausea and thought carefully. Currently, the only Black Family member is Luo Wanya, but now he does possess an unprecedented strategic position. Being a Black Family member is not so far-fetched. Moreover, the Leader even hinted at it.
Xiao San focused on controlling the cockroaches.
The next moment, Qing Chen saw all the cockroaches prostrate themselves and kowtowed to him.
Qing Chen and the others were stunned. Why did they start performing now?
But this kind of performance, they really couldn't appreciate!
Qing Chen quickly waved his hand, signaling Xiao San to quickly take the cockroaches away. Now they didn't need excavators or manpower anymore. Just let Xiao San take the cockroach army to excavate the Flying Bird Building, so they could find the Forbidden Artifact ACE039 Beyond the Three Realms underground earlier.
The cockroaches retreated, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the world had become much cleaner.
“Boss, what are the plans now?” Yan Chunmi said.
“Go to the Garrison Troops camp,” Qing Chen said, “I want to see if there are any important people still alive.”
For Qing Chen, this almost undamaged city is a valuable asset.
Firstly, in terms of economic tax revenue, it will provide substantial financial support for Qing Chen and the others' future endeavors.
Secondly, seizing assets from the Raid families. Qin Shuli needs to lead people to search the entire Upper Six Districts. All the city's assets will be nationalized.
Thirdly, Qing He University. At Qing Chen's instruction, Qing Yi first gathered the Secret Spy Agency and then took the teachers and students of Qing He University to the Lower Three Districts.
Unlike the gold content of universities in the Outer World, Qing He University, as one of the only seven universities within the Federation, has always ranked first. This will also become a source of talent and technology for Daybreak and the Guardians' Union.
Fourthly, the six million refugees. The Guardians' Union will lead everyone to start over and rebuild their homes.
Qing Chen plans to establish a strict points system similar to that of the Time Traveler Academy, and then motivate all refugees to regain their enthusiasm for life.
Finally, the most important resource is actually politics.
He knows that City 10 cannot exist independently from the Federation. It will still be the Federation's political center, otherwise, everyone can legitimately attack them.
Holding City 10, if he doesn't utilize the surviving “political resources,” Qing Chen would have wasted his time controlling this city.
Moreover, he needs to ensure that these political chips are on his side.
Interestingly, the people rescued from the Garrison Troops camp must all be high-ranking officials, maybe even several members of parliament.
At this point, Yan Chunmi and the others also became energetic. This is what a grand undertaking should look like.
Following this new Boss, these people will not just be secret agents in the future!
The cockroaches had just left when someone from the Garrison Troops camp immediately poked their head out of the wall, cautiously observing the outside world.
As they looked, the soldier who was quietly observing made eye contact with the arriving Qing Chen.
In comparison, the soldiers inside the wall were clean, while Qing Chen and the others outside the wall had been fighting for eight days and their faces were as black as refugees, their clothes tattered.
The soldier asked from across the wall, “What about the cockroaches? Have they all retreated?”
Qing Chen thought for a moment and said, “Yes, they have all retreated. They have been repelled by us!”
“What about the rats?” the soldier asked again.
Qing Chen heard the noisy sounds coming from inside the wall and directly said, “We are soldiers of the Federation Army. We are here to rescue you. Please open the gate!”
A voice inside exclaimed, “The Federation Army is finally here! Hurry, hurry, open the gate!”
As they spoke, the Garrison Troops camp gate opened, but these people were too timid to come out. They only poked out half their bodies, beckoning Qing Chen and the others to come in.
Qing Chen smiled and didn't mind. He directly stepped inside, and Yan Chunmi and the others followed closely behind.
After entering the camp, they were all dazzled.
The well-dressed City 10 political figures came out of their barracks one after another.
Qing Chen just glanced and was stunned. The president, vice president, and secretary of state were all there!
Qing Chen suddenly sighed inwardly.
He had just been lamenting that the old man on Ginkgo Mountain might not have expected so many people to survive.
It turns out it was all planned by him.
The other party was sitting withered on Ginkgo Mountain thousands of kilometers away, yet he had calculated everything and sent it to Qing Chen.
But the problem is that Qing Chen couldn't figure out that on the day of the banquet, Qing Chen only guessed that the Rat Tide was about to erupt when he returned at midnight.
If the old man wanted to use the banquet to gather these people and save their lives, this would require knowing 68 hours, or even more time in advance, that the Rat Tide would erupt.
Does the old man have the ability of a Prophet?
Did he detect the Rat Tide's movements in City 10 beforehand, or was it because of a certain Forbidden Artifact?
For some reason, Qing Chen suddenly felt like every step he took was arranged by the other party.
Even after his time travel, he hadn't met the other party, yet he always felt that the old man was in his life.
From Prison 18 to City 10, the old man never appeared, yet he was always there.
It's another open game. Using Qing Kun's name to invite these people, he had already made his intentions clear: you already know that this is the political capital I've given you. Do you want it or not?
This is why Qing Chen didn't answer Li Shutong's question, saying that he needed to think it over.
Now he understands, he wants it.
Why not take what's offered to you?
At this time, the vice president looked at Qing Chen and said, “Has the rat infestation been eliminated? Which unit are you from?”
“We are the 107th Field Army of the First Army, responsible for rescuing City 10. Please don't go out for now, and wait here for a few days. The city is still undergoing cleanup work,” Qing Chen said with a smile.
“The 107th Field Army?” Someone in the crowd exclaimed joyfully, “My brother is the brigade commander of this unit! Where is he?”
Qing Chen looked in the direction of the voice. The person speaking was none other than a famous middle-aged playboy of the Qing Family, Qing Hui.
He thought for two seconds and said, “The brigade commander is still leading the team to encircle and suppress the Rat Tide.”
Another female star complained, “Then can you send some fruits and vegetables? I've been eating canned meat in the camp, and it's made me get angry!”
Yan Chunmi, wearing a face mask, narrowed her eyes slightly.
Countless people in the Lower Three Districts, the Guardians' Union, and the gangs died, yet these so-called high-class people were still concerned about whether they could eat fruits and vegetables.
Qing Chen smiled, “There are no fruits and vegetables for the time being.”
An assemblyman said, “Then can you help go to my house in the Second District and get my whiskey and cigars?”
“Us? Risk our lives to get whiskey and cigars for you?” Qing Chen laughed.
People often say that capable big shots are smart people, but this is not necessarily true in the Federation.
These people are just actors paid for by various Conglomerates.
Last year, an assemblyman made a joke. It is said that this assemblyman went to the Lower Three Districts at 10 pm to experience the people's sentiments. Then he looked at the dark Lower Three Districts and praised the hard-working people of the Lower Three Districts for their simple and down-to-earth lives, not extravagant, and going to bed so early.
This assemblyman didn't even know that the Lower Three Districts had no electricity all year round, and the Cloud Flow Tower had long been scrapped.
Qing Hui shouted, “What nonsense are you talking about, a big soldier? If you ask you to get it, just get it. Otherwise, I'll tell your brigade commander and make sure you can't turn over for ten years. My house is in the Second District's Glorious Manor. Go get some medicine for me. Oh, and some dopamine chips.”
Everyone echoed.
These political figures and celebrities, in the Garrison Troops camp, saw that the Federation Army's rescue was imminent and gradually recovered their nature.
Moreover, whiskey and cigars are one thing, but the pills and dopamine chips that Qing Hui and the others needed are the most crucial. They would be uncomfortable without them for a day.
The human body is constantly wearing down. The wear and tear on your joints, ligaments, and muscles are accompanied by pain only because the human body secretes dopamine and endorphins, which have a pain-relieving effect, so you don't notice these subtle pains.
Those drugs, if used for a long time, will cause your brain to stop actively secreting endorphins and dopamine, and when you stop taking the drugs, you will feel like ten thousand ants are gnawing at you, so you need to continue using the drugs to relieve the pain.
This is why once people use these drugs, it is difficult to quit.
Moreover, once the human body stops secreting endorphins and dopamine, it becomes difficult to find joy in daily life. All your sources of joy come from drugs.
Therefore, these people are not only stupid but also puppets controlled by alcohol and drugs.
Thinking of this, Qing Chen was not so polite. He asked with a smile, “What if we don't go?”
“Don't go?” Qing Hui raised his eyebrows, “Don't go, and you'll be a big soldier for the rest of your life, cleaning toilets in the army camp every day!”
At this time, some celebrities and assemblymen among the crowd were watching coldly. They remained rational and did not lose their minds.
Among them, there was the first-line actress Song Niao Niao, who had interacted with Qing Chen before.
She recognized Qing Chen, and she also knew that this 30-person unit was definitely not simple.
Compared to Qing Chen's current status, the words Qing Hui said might cause him to be removed from the family trust beneficiary list even if he survived, and his life would be definitely harder than an ordinary person's.
In the Conglomerate, the treatment of influential figures and wastrels is worlds apart. Qing Hui's status compared to Qing Chen isn't even considered dirt.
The next moment, outside the Garrison Troops camp, there was the sound of orderly running footsteps, as neat as a giant precision machine running quickly.
The assemblymen and celebrities' eyes lit up. The Federation Army had arrived!
Qing Hui sneered at Qing Chen, “Don't worry, I'll tell my brother how to deal with you.”
Speaking, Qing Hui proactively pushed open the camp gate.
Then everyone was stunned.
It wasn't the Federation Army, but the field army under the Qing Family Shadow!
All the soldiers had a black background with a white ginkgo leaf embroidered on their shoulders.
The Qing Family army's armbands were yellow ginkgo leaves, only the Shadow army was white ginkgo leaves!
It was indeed the most elite Shadow army of the Qing Family!
Qing Ye chuckled and walked beside Qing Chen, “Boss, 4502 people were supposed to be here, and 4480 people arrived. 22 people were planted by other factions, and they have all been dealt with. The supplies will arrive in three hours, and the equipment for repairing the power plant has also arrived. What are your instructions?”
The Shadow army has two units, one is a special forces unit with an average of B-Class, totaling 300 people, and the other is the field army in front of them, with an average of E-Class.
At this moment, the politicians and celebrities looked at Qing Chen in horror, the words “Boss” echoing in their minds.
Boss? The new Boss of the Shadow army?!
Qing Hui's face turned ashen.
After the Shadow army arrived, they immediately walked past everyone.
The first battalion was responsible for sealing off various buildings to prevent anyone from escaping.
The second battalion was responsible for detaining and guarding the celebrities and politicians.
The third battalion was responsible for collecting the firearms from the Garrison Troops soldiers.
In just five minutes, this elite field army completed the control of the situation, bringing everything under control.
Some people in the Garrison Troops wanted to resist. These people were from the Chen Family, Shendai, and Koshima. They had realized that Qing Chen was preparing to take over the city. If they let City 10, such an important political center, become the Qing Family's private land, then everyone else would not be able to survive!
Those Garrison Troops officers and soldiers were whispering about something.
But what kind of people are the soldiers in the Shadow army?
Qing Ye spread his palm, and everyone's firearms flew out of their hands, suspended above their heads.
The Shadow troops surrounding everyone immediately controlled them, using finger locks to restrain the hands of these Garrison Troops soldiers behind their backs.
In just 10 minutes, the Garrison Troops had lost all ability to resist.
The celebrities and politicians didn't dare to speak. They were silent, watching Qing Ye and the secret agents protecting Qing Chen in the middle, like stars surrounding the moon.
Qing Ye took a step back and said, “Alright, now it's my Boss's turn to speak. Everyone, listen quietly.”
“Let me tell you all, the Rat Tide in City 10 has subsided,” Qing Chen said expressionlessly, “But I now suspect that you participated in this disaster and were accomplices. Therefore, the City 10 Temporary Management Committee has decided to investigate you all. Until the truth of this disaster is uncovered, no one is allowed to leave.”
Qing Chen looked at Qing Ye, “First, require each of them to record a video and issue a joint statement to the public, saying that this disaster was entirely caused by Shendai and Koshima, and they must bear the consequences.”
He wants to start a propaganda war first.
For the people of the Federation, a joint video statement from the president, vice president, and dozens of members of parliament is enough to prove all the crimes.
Once public opinion against Koshima and Shendai is formed, in the six cities controlled by these two Conglomerates, Black Spade can rightfully launch protest marches and strikes, making their city management systems overwhelmed.
Moreover, the Chen Family must also join the ranks of opposing Koshima and Shendai, otherwise, they will lose the hearts of the people.
It has to be said that Koshima was unlucky. They did nothing wrong, yet they took the blame.
But who told Qing Chen that he had a grudge against them?
Qing Chen said to Qing Ye, “Keep an eye on them. Don't be too extreme, but everyone must give me a token of their loyalty, otherwise, no one is allowed to leave the camp.”