Qing Chen felt a little uneasy.
He always felt that there were some omissions in all aspects.
"Master, what if the one who died was not Shendai Qianchi?" Qing Chen suddenly asked while squatting beside Shendai Qianchi's body: "When Shendai Qianchi died, everyone thought Shendai Yun Cang was beside him, so the one who was possessed was Shendai Yun Cang. But what if not?"
The shouts of Xiao San and others encircling the Rat Tide still surrounded them. After Shendai Qianchi's death, the Rat Tide became chaotic, as if returning to its nature, only caring about escaping and no longer biting people.
In this noisy environment, Qing Chen pondered.
What can be determined now is that the deceased is undoubtedly Shendai Yun Cang. First, the deceased is A-Class, and Shendai Yun Cang is also A-Class. Second, Never Fall and Flying Head Demon are Shikigami that Qing Chen has seen before, belonging to Shendai Yun Cang.
This is like buying a full-level account with equipment and pets.
There are two scenarios for Shendai's account rerolling. The first is that A and B are both Yin-Yang Masters, and A possesses B, directly owning B's Shikigami. For example, if the Shendai family head possessed Shendai Yunluo, they would directly own Hyakumegami, as well as the eyeball collection progress.
The second is that A is a Yin-Yang Master, and C is not a Yin-Yang Master. Then, after A possesses C, they inherit C's body, and there are no Shikigami in their body. They need to summon them again from the Shendai Spiritual Bridge, and whatever they summon is random.
This is a full-level blank account, almost the same as restarting the game.Therefore, regardless of whether Shendai Yun Cang was possessed or not, the person who died is definitely Shendai Yun Cang.
Li Shutong looked at Qing Chen: "What you want to say now is that he did not possess Shendai Yun Cang, but someone else? Shendai Qianchi may not be dead either?"
"According to the Secret Spy Agency's intelligence, after the Century War, the Airship on which Shendai Qianchi was riding landed at the Northern Air Force Base, and then Shendai Yun Cang came out and announced the death of Shendai Qianchi," Qing Chen said: "According to normal logic, it seems that Shendai Yun Cang is indeed the most likely to be possessed. He is A-Class, a direct blood relative, and has the orthodox status of inheriting the Shendai power. From the perspective of maximizing interests, possessing him is the most correct."
Qing Chen: "But conversely, since everyone thinks that Shendai Yun Cang was possessed, the Shendai family head would not let Shendai Yun Cang go. Shendai Qianchi, such a cautious person, why would he still do this? Isn't Shendai Qianchi putting himself in the spotlight as a target?"
Qing Chen continued: "I don't have any evidence either. It's just that when the answer is too easy to guess, it always makes people uneasy. Besides, there were quite a few people on that Airship. Strictly speaking, there is more than one person who can be possessed. Of course, I'm just guessing."
On Whale Island, Qing Chen once put himself in Shendai Qianchi's position to consider the problem. If he were Shendai Qianchi, he would definitely not possess Shendai Yun Cang because it is too easy to guess.
Moreover, when everyone thought that Shendai Yun Cang was Shendai Qianchi, Shendai Yun Cang died, and everyone would think that Shendai Qianchi had really fallen.
Feigning death, shedding their old skin!
Qing Chen himself had experienced feigning death to escape, so he quickly thought in this direction.
Therefore, the person Shendai Qianchi possessed was not Shendai Yun Cang.
Shendai Yun Cang, the direct grandson, was just used as a target by his grandfather.
Thinking further based on this conjecture, there are two possibilities:
The first possibility is that Shendai Yun Cang, as Shendai Qianchi's grandson, has very deep feelings for his grandfather and is willing to impersonate his grandfather to create a fake death to escape the pursuit of the Shendai family head.
It seems that the Shendai family head's pursuit of the ancestor is to kill him. Shendai Qianchi has lost his Demi-God power, and it's really hard to deal with such an opponent.
Feigning death to escape is a very good choice.
The second possibility is that Shendai Yun Cang is not willing to cooperate with this plan and is not so loyal to his grandfather. Then, Shendai Qianchi can completely use a trusted and loyal death squad member to possess his grandson, and then let this death squad member help complete the plan of feigning death to escape.
Before the Airship landed, there may have been two possession surgeries.
One is Shendai Qianchi possessing a certain shell, and the other is a death squad member possessing Shendai Yun Cang.
Previously, among the security personnel, 6 death squad members were used as pawns, and they didn't even question their ancestor's motives.
This level of loyalty is considered a legendary brainwashing master level. Even at this level, Shendai Qianchi can send a death squad member to secretly execute the feigning death plan and die, and there are people willing to die for him.
Anyway, if Qing Chen were to replace Shendai Qianchi, he would not possess Shendai Yun Cang.
The target is too big.
So, continuing to think along this line, if it's really a scapegoat, there will be three goals.
The first is to control the Rat Tide and make the Rat Tide Shendai Qianchi's greatest help.
The second is that the control fails, and the area is bombed by missiles. But no one knows that he is hiding underground, and everyone thinks that he died in the missile bombing. From then on, he can disappear and secretly plot.
The third is to be discovered hiding underground, and then the death squad member commits suicide by swallowing poison, so Shendai Qianchi can still disappear and secretly plot.
It's best if the most loyal death squad member doesn't die, but if he does die, there is no way, he still needs to disappear and recuperate.
Li Shutong frowned, and he suddenly found that although Qing Chen's analysis lacked some information, it was even more in line with his understanding of Shendai Qianchi!
Moreover, this time Shendai Qianchi died too easily.
You know, Li Shutong had been lurking in the north for a long time in order to kill Shendai Qianchi, but the other party was so cautious that he didn't even use the Spiritual Bridge.
Now?
Li Shutong solemnly said: "This time, I will send messengers to carefully investigate the situation in the north and try to find some clues to verify your conjecture."
Qing Chen nodded: "I will also order the Secret Spy Agency to secretly investigate this matter. I hope he really died. But if he really didn't die, there might be a bigger conspiracy. City 10 fell, who benefited the most?"
Li Shutong thought for a while and asked, "You?"
Qing Chen laughed and cried: "Master, we're talking about serious business."
"I'm serious. Now the city defense is empty, and soon Qing Wu's father, Qing Ji, will hand over the city defense system to you," Li Shutong said: "At that time, the whole city will be yours. The 6 million citizens are workers, and they can also help you maintain the normal operation of the factory. I can say that if you weren't my disciple, I would suspect that you planned this."
Qing Chen thought for a while, and it seems to be true.
"Then besides me, who would want the Federation to be completely chaotic?" Qing Chen wondered: "Koshima certainly doesn't want it, because their Demi-God just died, Chen Yu certainly doesn't want it either, because he is in a weak position. Then there are only Shendai, Li Clan, Qing Family... no, there is one more party!"
Li Shutong solemnly said: "Overseas forces?"
"That's right," Qing Chen suddenly said: "We have long known that overseas tentacles have begun to reach out to the Federation, and Shendai has even opened the country's doors for them. If it is said that who hopes the Federation is in chaos at this time, it must be the overseas forces. Then if Shendai Qianchi's disaster is related to overseas forces, I guess he is likely to be in the overseas forces' air fleet now, and they may have already arrived in the Federation!"
Qing Chen was stunned for a long time.
This war has not ended, because the main battlefield has never been in City 10!
Qing Chen anxiously said: "There's no time to check the spoils of war now. Please inform the Qing Family and the Li Clan troops as soon as possible, there may be a fifth force on the battlefield!"
Qing Ji turned around and opened the Shadow Gate and left.
In the northern battlefield, Qing Yu sat in the commander's seat of the Scepter Air Fortress, quietly looking at the Holographic Sand Table in front of him, overlooking the overall battlefield situation.
On the Holographic Sand Table, the blue area represents their occupied area, and the red area represents the fallen area.
The war has been going on for 8 days. As of today, although Koshima and Shendai launched the war proactively, they have been defeated repeatedly.
But Qing Yu, as the graduate with the number one ranking in the past 0 years of the Ember Military Academy and the front-line commander of Qing Corporation, always felt something was wrong: Where did Shendai and Koshima get the confidence to launch the war?
Even if they want to rely on the Rat Tide in City 10, as long as Qing Yu gives an order to drop missiles on City 10, the Rat Tide will be wiped out.
He didn't drop missiles because he made the choice not to drop them, but this doesn't mean that they gave up that choice.
Shendai and Koshima should be able to think of this, right? They shouldn't be so stupid.
At this time, the front-line commander of the Qing Family's first air fleet appeared on the holographic channel in the communication channel: "Commander, the Koshima air force has been defeated. Should we pursue it to the north? Now is the best time for us to turn our advantage into victory. I can make a military pledge to destroy all Koshima air bases within 7 hours. As long as I get into range, their laser curtain can't stop our missiles. There is simply not enough time to calculate."
Qing Yu frowned: "It's too far from the forward base. If we continue to advance, it will lengthen the supply line. Come back, let's proceed steadily and don't be rash."
"Received," the commander did not refute. The Qing Family is a well-disciplined army, and Qing Yu is the brain of the entire army. No one will resist his orders.
Qing Yu lowered his head and pondered: "Where did the problem go wrong?"
At this moment, the Shadow Gate opened in the Scepter, and Qing Ji came out and said, "Retreat to the rear, be careful of the appearance of a fifth force."
Qing Yu wondered: "Is it the family head's order? Give me the electronic secret order, and I will check it before retreating immediately."
"There is no secret order," Qing Ji shook his head: "This is Qing Chen's decision, not the family head's. He believes that an overseas fleet will appear in the northern sky, and it is a premeditated operational plan."
"Wait, even if he has taken power, he is only the head of the Secret Spy Agency now. I am the front-line commander, why can he order me? We are at the same level!" Qing Yu said: "So far, I only accept the orders of the family head."
It's not that Qing Yu couldn't distinguish the situation, nor that Qing Yu didn't recognize Qing Chen.
But Conglomerate and the army are not a house game. Even if you are the crown prince, you can't command all the troops, and maybe you can't even command the national policy advisors within the Qing Family.
Now the Qing Family hasn't even determined the Shadow.
Everyone gives a token of loyalty, that is to show their stance, but it doesn't mean that they lower their status.
Before the family head abdicates, the crown prince is always just the crown prince.
It's not that Qing Yu is disloyal, but the rules are like this, otherwise everything will be messed up.
Qing Ji thought for a while and said, "Just consider it an earnest suggestion. You are the front-line commander, you decide."
Qing Yu sat in the commander's seat and stared at the Holographic Sand Table.
After dozens of breaths, he suddenly said coldly: "Notify the Li Clan, we suspect there are suspicious troops beyond the Radar's range. We plan to retreat to the forward base for a brief rest and send out long-range unmanned aerial vehicles to investigate the enemy situation."
After speaking, he looked at Qing Ji: "This is my decision as a front-line commander after analysis, and it has nothing to do with him, Qing Chen."
"Understood," Qing Ji opened the Shadow Gate and left. City 10 is in ruins, and he still has some things to do.
However, an hour after Qing Ji left, the Qing Family fleet, which was retreating in the north, suddenly sent a message: "Commander, a large air fleet was encountered in the north, completely different from the Federation's standard Airship. It is suspected to be overseas participation. We have found two Air Fortresses! We are trying to escape their Radar lock. According to the evacuation plan, about 60 troops should be able to evacuate safely!"
A rumbling sound came from the communication, and everyone in the Scepter Air Fortress could imagine the magnificence of the Qing Family's first fleet encountering two Air Fortresses!
A new war has already broken out there!
Qing Yu was stunned. Two Air Fortresses arrived in the Federation silently? But now, the Qing Family and the Li Clan together only have one Scepter!
Fortunately, he ordered a retreat, otherwise the first air fleet might have been wiped out today!
No, it's not a matter of attacking or not attacking anymore. They must establish a new defense line at the forward base to prevent the fleet from going south.
This must rely on ground air defense facilities!
But Qing Yu is still a little puzzled. How did Qing Chen guess that there would be a fleet participating in the war? Before this, the Qing Family and the Li Clan had investigated countless times without discovering this newly emerged fleet, and the opponent's concealment work was extremely strong.
But Qing Chen didn't even go to the front line, so he guessed this result?
There's no time to think about it anymore, the war has just begun.
In City 10, the battle to wipe out the Rat Tide is nearing its end.
Members of the Secret Spy Agency, the Guardians' Union, and the gangs began to maintain the city's security and order.
You know, nearly six million people in the whole city returned here, and they faced an empty city, countless empty shops and banks. Some refugees would have bad intentions.
At this time, someone must use strong methods to stabilize the order.
The Guardians' Union did just that.
Qing Chen and Li Shutong were sitting on the rooftop of a tall building.
"We have no chance to intervene in the Northern War, so there's nothing we can do about it," Li Shutong said: "What we have to do now is our duty. You have already done enough in the disaster of City 10. You may feel that it is not enough, but in my opinion, you are only 17 years old. At least in my knowledge, no 17-year-old can be like you."
"I'll be 18 in two months," Qing Chen sighed.
"You're still very young," Li Shutong smiled.
"Master, planting that Shendai Yun Cang in Forbidden Zone 00, won't it create new rules? Isn't it a bit risky to do this?" Qing Chen thought for a while and said: "It is said that Forbidden Zone 17 is the Koshima Consortium's private land, with some rich products. It can also be planted in Forbidden Zone 17."
This is the same as when Knight messed with Forbidden Zone 10.
Qing Chen still felt that this would be more reliable.
Li Shutong smiled and said: "Forbidden Zone 001 and Forbidden Zone 00 are different. Whether new rules will be generated there must be decided by the old guys. Otherwise, there would have been hundreds of rules in Forbidden Zone 00."
Qing Chen was stunned. It seems to be true. There are hundreds of tombstones under the crown of the World Tree, but there are only more than ten rules there.
"The old guys can decide the rules themselves? It's so hasty," Qing Chen wondered.
"Forbidden Zone 001 is the same," Li Shutong said: "This matter may be related to a Forbidden Artifact, or it may be related to the permission of the gods. In short, these two Forbidden Zones are very special. Therefore, if Knight kills more important figures, they will take the body and run away before the Forbidden Artifact Tribunal comes, because they don't dare to enter Forbidden Zone 00 for containment. They don't have enough lives to play with the old guys."
Qing Chen had heard his brother say before that the Forbidden Artifact Tribunal wanted to contain the tea garden, but they never dared to go.
When he just crossed over, he thought that the Forbidden Artifact Tribunal was like a rule, and they could contain whomever they wanted. But now it seems that the containment target is also selective.
Too difficult, let's not accept it.
Qing Chen looked at the distant city wall. Shendai Qianchi died, but the Forbidden Artifact Tribunal did not appear, probably because it was blocked outside the city by the Metal Storm.
"This time, I actually got a Forbidden Artifact," Qing Chen said: "The search of the whole city is not yet complete. When it is completed, I can find the Rat King's location. That Forbidden Artifact Ant Queen ACE0, seems to be very useful... Wait, Forbidden Artifact ACE-039 Beyond the Three Realms, should it still be in this city?!"
Qing Chen's eyes lit up, it should be in the Fei Niao Building where the Rat King first appeared.
It can exempt all Forbidden Artifact judgments. This kind of thing may be Qing Chen's greatest gain in individual combat effectiveness!