The forbidden item ACE-015, the wooden fish of Fayun Temple, is used to sacrifice human lives and can interrogate the soul, which remains for 5 minutes.
In March, she asked, "What are the conditions for containing the porcelain doll?"
Duke Phoenix said blankly, "Marry it, and you must never betray it for the rest of your life."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone turned to look at Qing Ji. This thing seemed to suit Qing Ji!
Qing Ji raised an eyebrow: "What are you all looking at me for?! Are you trying to give me a single buff?! I possess the Shadow Gate and must remain single for life, even if my marriage partner is forbidden!"
Li Shutong said thoughtfully, "That seems to be true!"
March said coldly, "You only have five minutes. Don't chat."
The old man said, "Let me ask. What is the Western Continent doing outside of this battlefield?"
Duke Phoenix: "To cover the arrival of the Kingdom's land army in the Eastern Continent, the King was worried that the transport ships along the coastline would be destroyed, so he designed this trap to deceive people. At this time, the land army should have already arrived at the six northern cities of the Eastern Continent and is preparing to launch a surprise attack on the Qing Clan in the southwest."
The old man asked, "How many troops does the Western Continent still have?"
Duke Phoenix: "Apart from the garrison, there is nothing else. The Parents' Association possesses the Key Gate, and its mobility is too great. His Majesty the King intends to attack the Qing Clan in the Southwest, so the Parents' Association must give up its high mobility to protect the Southwest."
Everyone's hearts skipped a beat. The Roosevelt Kingdom was actually going to abandon its original foundation and replace defense with offense in the Eastern Continent!
This plan to hunt down Qing Chen was merely a prelude to a full-scale invasion.
The strangest thing about this battle is that even with their thorough preparations, they shouldn't have let the Fate Masters suffer such a huge loss: none of them died, but the Western Continent lost a Phoenix Duke.
This is below the standards of a fortune teller.
Just like in the Battle of Silver City, when everyone in the Eastern Continent thought they had won, the other side took away the key forbidden item, the Poisoned Wine Cup. The Fate Master always liked to hide the real target in the deep sea.
The old man asked in a deep voice, "Who exactly is the target of this hunt? What does the Fate Master want?"
Duke Phoenix: "Forbidden object, Queen Ant."
Qing Ji frowned: "The mistress is dangerous."
Chapter 974, The Mistress
What about the mistress?
Everyone has already evacuated through the key gate, but the mistress is still nowhere to be found.
Qing Ji shouted, "Who controls the key gate responsible for the mistress's escape? Smash it now!"
Li Kerou quickly replied, "It's Gate 127!"
The Kunlun members in charge of the Key Gate smashed the door frame, but nothing came back, not even Xiao San's body!
Everyone stood there, stunned.
Everyone evacuated safely, except for the mistress who was left behind.
Fate-teller is like a thief; they live parasitically in the river of fate, always stealing the most inconspicuous things from travelers without their knowledge.
Often, it is only after travelers have drifted far ahead that they look back and realize that the cause of their failure today was decided long ago.
"Don't waste time, squeeze this Phoenix Duke dry first!" Old Master Qing asked in a deep voice, "Why does the Roosevelt royal family need an ant queen?"
Duke Phoenix mechanically replied, "Some people see a swarm of cockroaches from God's perspective, and even a million-strong army is helpless against them. The Roosevelt royal family has been preparing to seize this queen ant for a long time, starting when the rat swarm appeared. They used the most costly wolf gene serum to cultivate an orc army capable of fighting against giants, but the orc army has lost its mind and lacks combat intelligence. They need the queen ant to complete the transformation of this orc army."
Improving gene-enhancing agents requires time and technological advancements, and the Roosevelt royal family didn't want to wait, so they planned to use forbidden substances to achieve control!
The old man then asked, "Does the Roosevelt royal family possess anything that can counter the Key Gate?"
Duke Phoenix shook his head: "I don't know."
The old man asked again, "What is the Roosevelt royal family's battle plan?"
Duke Phoenix shook his head: "I don't know."
Apart from what had already happened, the Duke of Phoenix knew absolutely nothing about it.
When the time came, the soul that had been floating in mid-air dissipated.
With his hands behind his back, Qingxun calmly said, "Why do I have a feeling that this Duke of Phoenix is also a pawn? The Roosevelt royal family wants to concentrate all power in their own hands and eliminate all hidden dangers before the expedition. Wait, there's something else wrong."
"What is it?" Qing Ji asked.
After pondering for a moment, Qing said, "They should already know what Qing Chen is doing. Is letting Qing Chen become a god less important than the forbidden queen ant? Definitely not. So, I guess they want to find Qing Chen through the cockroach swarm of the mistress."
From the moment Qingchen was injected with the medicine, his fate became unpredictable, and even Qingxun did not know what Qingchen would face.
“We are now returning to the Western Continent to meet Qingchen,” Li Shutong said calmly.
Qingxun shook his head: "No need. The fact that the Black Spider's intelligence network hasn't sent back any bad news yet is the best news we can get. If we can't find him, the Western Continent probably can't either. If we go there, it will only make things worse. This is his last step; he has to walk it himself."
Qingxun continued, "Moreover, everyone here must prepare for a fierce battle. We still have a lot to do before Qingchen returns."
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In an underground parking garage in the Central Royal City, the mistress was panting and hiding in a corner.
According to the plan, the parents' association should have already used the Key Gate to teleport him back to City 5, but the expected evacuation did not take place.
He was kept behind.
A swarm of cockroaches had spread throughout the city. Xiao San knew everything that was happening in the city. He saw the garrison troops approaching him, including a virtuoso dressed in a black robe.
Centered on him, four gargoyle sculptures, each 63 centimeters tall, were placed in four directions 3 kilometers away from him by the charlatan.
When a swarm of cockroaches enters this area, they die inexplicably.
Some rioting slaves have also wandered into this place, and they will die mysteriously as soon as they cross a certain boundary.
There are several forbidden items in the Western Continent, including barrier-like structures. The spider web barrier allows entry but not exit, while the gargoyle barrier allows exit but not entry, keeping the cockroach swarm completely out.
The other party had a clear objective, as if they knew exactly where he was hiding from the beginning.
Li Shutong has left.
Li Dongze has left.
Everyone else had evacuated, and in the end, he was the only one left in this vast city.
Xiao San knew very well that it wasn't that someone had forgotten him, but rather that this strange gargoyle barrier prevented him from passing through the Key Gate.
The cockroaches in the sewers saw the black spider carrying Qingchen to the safe house, so Xiaosan knew that Qingchen was safe for the time being.
That's good.
While he was thinking, Xiao Jin rubbed against his leg, as if to say, "You still have me with you."
The mistress laughed and scolded, "I'm not even married yet, why are you always trying to get close to me? Get lost... I need to think about why I'm the only one who was kept here."
As a member of the parent-teacher association, he didn't know much about the core secrets. Everyone in the organization had their own responsibilities. If the other party really wanted the secrets of the parent-teacher association, they should have arrested Xiao Qi and Luo Wanya instead.
His only unique feature is that he controls the forbidden queen ant and the terrifying swarms of cockroaches.
Therefore, the other party was after what he had.
“No way,” Xiao San muttered to herself, “If they use the Western Continent’s possession technology to steal my memories, then they’ll know where the boss’s safe house is, because I saw it through the cockroach. And we can’t let them control you either, because you know the boss’s location too…”
He seemed to have figured something out. The cockroach swarm in the city no longer converged on him or attacked the gargoyle barrier. Instead, it began to attack more recklessly, and all facilities related to the nobles fell within the cockroach swarm's attack range.
Regardless of the consequences or the cost, even if the target is a terrifying metal storm, the mistress will directly use a swarm of cockroaches to fill it.
Xiao Jin felt a little sorry for him, but the mistress didn't care that much.
He sat in a corner of the parking lot, controlling the swarm of cockroaches as he laughed and said, "I'm actually a very afraid person. I'm also afraid of rats, spiders, and cockroaches. I'm a coward. When I faced the rat swarm in City 10, I thought I was going to die there. I didn't expect to survive."
“During the rat infestation, our parents told us to act like fierce villains and drive away the residents,” Xiao San said. “My neighbor’s little girl said I was a bad person and wouldn’t even take her candy. I was so sad at that time, thinking that it was really unpleasant to be misunderstood. But when the battle was over, Xiao Xia came back and gave me her candy, and I felt that it was all worth it.”
"We were all people who didn't have any great ambitions back then. My biggest wish was to reach the Diamond rank in League of Legends. As soon as I entered an internet cafe, there would be an announcement saying, 'Welcome the Diamond God from the Ionia region in League of Legends.' Haha, that was so prestigious! Xiao Qi wasn't very ambitious either. When she first joined the parent-teacher association, she was busy doing tasks to earn money every day. As soon as she had a little money, she would buy a Porsche 911 to pick up girls."
"But it's us, a bunch of scoundrels, who suddenly say we want to change the world," the mistress asked with a smile. "Isn't life strange?"
These time travelers are just ordinary people in the real world; they have a girl they secretly love, they are afraid of death, and they are a little bit clever.
Their lives seemed to have never been related to great undertakings.
At that moment, the parking lot lights began to flash.
The mistress heard footsteps approaching; there were many footsteps, and they were fast and urgent.
The taboo ant queen was too late to hide, but he couldn't let anyone find Qingchen through his memories.
The mistress glanced at Xiao Jin and reached out to stroke his head.
Little Gold looked at Little San innocently. It seemed to have guessed what Little San was thinking, but it didn't blame her.
The mistress's nose suddenly stung with tears: "I'm sorry!"
After saying that, he pulled out a pistol from his waist, grabbed Xiao Jin's head, and pulled the trigger.
With a bang, Xiao Jin died without struggling.
"Those who are alive, let me see this new world," the mistress took a deep breath, pointed the gun at her chin, pulled the trigger again, and collapsed in the dimly lit parking lot.
it's all over.
A minute later, four Virtuosos arrived before Xiao San with hundreds of garrison soldiers. One of the Virtuosos said coldly, "It's too late. After his death, we can only obtain the forbidden object, but we can't find out the Joker's whereabouts. The fate associated with the Joker is becoming increasingly blurred, and I have a bad feeling."
If charlatans cannot see fate, they will lose their greatest advantage.
“Return to His Majesty the King; the final piece of the puzzle for the Imperial Expedition has been obtained,” said a Jhin.
Someone found the forbidden queen ant on the mistress's body. The white, plump worm under the little golden wings also retracted its tentacles and shrank into a ball.
Everyone left the parking lot, leaving only the mistress silently leaning against the wall.
No grand pronouncements, no final outbursts, just like everyone else in this era, ordinary yet stubborn.
After Xiao Jin died, the cockroach swarm went out of control and retreated underground. They didn't like attacking humans and were only interested in mixtures of oil and sugar.
However, the thought of a city harboring a swarm of hundreds of thousands of cockroaches is terrifying.
An hour later, hundreds of airships took off from the airport in the central capital, and the entire fleet completely abandoned this continent and headed to the Eastern Continent Federation.
City No. 5.
Although Black Spider has disappeared, her intelligence network continues to transmit information.