Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 1818: Chapter 952: Using Magic to Defeat Magic (2)

At this moment, Qing Chen stood in front of the fireplace, rubbing the dried bloodstains on it: "Black Spider..."

"Hmm?" Black Spider immediately looked over.

Qing Chen looked at her and said, "Let’s clean up the room first; we’ll be staying here for a while."

Black Spider: "...Okay."

"No need to go to so much trouble, just buy a few all-terrain cleaning robots. I’ve already placed the order, and someone will deliver them soon," Zero said.

Qing Chen was momentarily startled: "When did you place the order?"

Zero pointed to her head: "The functionality of the robots from the West Continent is more than you think."

Ten minutes later, a delivery robot arrived, bringing the all-terrain cleaning robots.

The spider-like robots with six claws scanned the room, then started climbing and thoroughly cleaning the walls, ceiling, floor, and fireplace. The dirt bags behind them gradually swelled, looking like a real spider.

It seemed like a strong squeeze could make them burst, spilling colorful juices everywhere.

Qing Chen sighed: "The designer’s perverse sense of humor, seeing this thing on the ceiling in the middle of the night would scare me too."

Zero smiled and said: "I think it’s quite nice."

Qing Chen looked at Zero: "This wasn’t your design, was it..."

Zero: "It was."

"..." Qing Chen: "Can I walk out on the streets now? Will I be recognized?"

"As long as the Roosevelt Kingdom hasn’t discovered I’m helping you, you can," Zero said, "But I still advise you not to walk around in public as yourself."

"Has the Roosevelt Kingdom already started a manhunt for me?" Qing Chen asked.

"No," Zero shook her head, "It’s just that you have quite a lot of fans now."

Qing Chen was taken aback; as an adversary, he actually had fans?

Zero returned to the God Ship Aerial Fortress behind the Key of Gate: "From now on, the Qing’s Family army is under my command, any regrets?"

Qing Chen seriously pondered for a moment: "No regrets."

Zero smiled as she walked through the door: "Of course, if you ever feel I’ve made a wrong decision, you can tell me directly, or revoke my command at any time. I understand humans, so I won’t find it surprising."

This Zero still distrusted humans; for her, it was more like a game: she’d choose her optimal solution, then wait for humans’ doubtful eyes to prove that humans were still the same as a thousand years ago, unchanged, and AI still couldn’t coexist with them.

Qing Ji also left, leaving just Yi, Qing Chen, and Black Spider in the room. Before leaving, he specially found Black Spider to warn: "Don’t entertain any thoughts, or I’ll hunt you to the ends of the earth."

Qing Chen approached Black Spider: "

Black Spider didn’t speak; she just returned to her childhood room, sitting on the now clean bed, staring lost out the window.

She saw that the photo frames in the room were also treated as trash by the cleaning robots and packed away, so she hurriedly stopped the robot, hugging the photo of her and her mother.

She continued daydreaming on the bed.

Qing Chen’s voice came from downstairs: "Yi, help me gather all the news interviews on the network, collect all the photos and information of people."

"Only on civilian networks," Yi said, "other places all have data fortresses, impossible to breach without a very powerful server."

"It’s fine, civilian networks will suffice," Qing Chen said, "This time, we’ll defeat magic with magic."

Yi connected the data cable in her hand to the LCD panel; as she browsed the civilian network news, the panel flashed rapidly with individual photos.

Qing Chen focused intently; the speed of those flashing photos was so fast that a normal person might only see a blur.

Yi suddenly asked: "Qing Chen, have you confirmed your relationship with Yangyang?"

The image on the LCD panel paused, and Qing Chen looked up at Yi: "Yes, why?"

"It’s nothing," Yi shook her head, and the images on the LCD panel started flashing again. Yi curled up on the sofa, gazing at the fireplace, lost in thought.

At night, while Black Spider was lost in thought on the bed, there was a knock on the door from outside.

She awoke suddenly, got out of bed, and opened the door to see Qing Chen standing outside.

Black Spider looked at Qing Chen’s smiling face, instinctively pressing her lips together. After two seconds, she said: "Can we not do it here? Let’s change the location. Also, I have scars; you might need to turn off the lights... Of course, if you like scars, then it’s not necessary."

Qing Chen was momentarily stunned: "What are you thinking? Just help me buy some groceries, make some food."

Black Spider’s face suddenly turned red: "Oh, sorry, I’ll go right away... Wait, can I go out alone?"

"Why not?" Qing Chen countered.

"Aren’t you worried I’ll snitch, maybe reveal your whereabouts to the Roosevelt Royalty," Black Spider asked.

Qing Chen shook his head: "Not worried, go ahead. By the way, buy a new outfit; I feel you don’t really like that black leather suit."

"Okay... sure," Black Spider brushed her hair and hurried down.

On the stairs behind her, Qing Chen suddenly said: "In the future, you won’t need to sell your body to please anyone; at least not with me."

Black Spider turned back at the bottom of the stairs, looking up at the young man above: "But it’s the quickest way to gain intelligence and trust, that’s my advantage... I’m very beautiful, aren’t I?"