Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 1411: Chapter 772: Tasting the Bitterness of Love

Zong Cheng chuckled, “You actually found the only two bombs in the entire building? Impressive.”

Qing Chen narrowed his eyes slightly. The Puppet Master, controlling the aunt’s body, seemed unsurprised that the bombs had been defused.

Zong Cheng showed no signs of disappointment; instead, he asked with interest, “I want to know, those two bombs were hidden in the walls, and this puppet checks the bomb’s signal source at 2 AM every night. Does that mean you infiltrated those two places at 2 AM and disarmed them? Could you really search the entire building in such a short time? I don’t think you could… So how did you find the bombs? I understand now; it was that Field System Awakeners, the girl beside you.”

The bombs were hidden in very secretive places; even the mute puppet couldn’t find them, as they couldn’t search every family’s load-bearing wall.

But Qing Chen was different; last night, he had a Field System Awakeners beside him.

The bomb’s field, along with the signal receivers tied to them, couldn’t escape Yangyang’s perception.

Moreover, the crucial point is that Yangyang could not only perceive the bombs, but also the aunt next door being a C-Class Superhuman…

If you think about it, Zong Cheng didn’t actually leave any flaws; unfortunately, he encountered Yangyang.

At this moment, according to Yangyang’s perception, there were no other bombs in this building, nor any other Transcendents.

However, Qing Chen still felt a bit uneasy; Zong Cheng was too calm, unlike someone who would be defeated after the plan completely failed.

Zong Cheng continued, “This is something I overlooked, clearly you had once teamed up to sink an A-Class Floating ship; how could I miss such an important clue? It seems my ability in initiating direct conflict is somewhat lacking.”

After speaking, Zong Cheng looked up and smiled at Qing Chen, “I’m sorry, I’m somewhat stupid, and even though the genetic modification by Tinder Company extended my lifespan, it sacrificed some intelligence. I’ve changed bodies several times, yet no matter how much I change, I’m still affected by the initial state, so I have to contemplate many things slowly. Fortunately, my ability gives me the opportunity for constant trial and error. I have made many mistakes in the past, but as long as I keep a life, I can always figure them out.”

At this moment, Zong Cheng’s tone was unexpectedly candid.

Qing Chen frowned; this Zong Cheng was not as arrogant as imagined. Facing failure, he was even summarizing his own gains and losses?

Moreover, the way he analyzed problems was very similar to a newly learning artificial intelligence.

If that’s the case, then the opponent has been improving himself by repeatedly finding and mending loopholes over the centuries.

No.

Qing Chen began to psychologically profile the Puppet Master anew.

Trying to use newly obtained and already known information to reconstruct a fuller image of the opponent:

This bionic being was initially very clumsy; even if he made puppets, he didn’t know how to use them well.

He relied on the old man’s pension and survived by having workers turn screws, like a parasite on hundreds of people without much mind.

Later, he began patching up his actions, actively removing all puppets that had exposed financial chain clues.

Afterwards, he took on the alias Liu Yue and began trying to control the army, almost succeeding, until he was blasted to oblivion.

But the Puppet Master did not die. Only then did he learn an important lesson: to bide time and nourish obscurity.

From that point onward, for hundreds of years, no one realized ‘Liu Yue’ was still alive!

He had been continuously learning over these centuries,

Until finally, a dozen years ago, the time was ripe, he completed his layout in the southwest, exploiting the Shadow Candidate status to seek a higher position.

He wanted to quietly grasp a consortium, but he didn’t attempt to directly turn the Family Head into a puppet, because once exposed, he might suffer disastrous consequences again.

Therefore, he chose the Shadow Candidate, a very safe choice.

The key point is, a dozen years ago, this Puppet Master managed to assassinate Ning Xiu without Shadows finding any traces!

Even the Qing Clan House Master only started investigating him 8 years ago!

Such an enemy, who was continuously learning, growing, and reflecting, warranted Qing Chen’s renewed attention.

Then another question arose, why would a Puppet Master so cautious and having been accumulating for centuries begin to expose himself?

Only one answer, he wanted to expose himself.

Excluding all impossibilities, the remaining answer, no matter how unbelievable, must be the sole truth.

Why.

Why.

Why?

Qing Chen’s mind was constantly churning; why would the opponent want to expose himself? After exposing, he would certainly be targeted, what benefit does this bring him?

There must be benefits, but Qing Chen couldn’t think of why just yet.

Qing Chen became alert.

Wait.

Let’s reorganize!

The very key piece of information here is that the opponent overlooked Yangyang’s ability, but couldn’t possibly overlook Qing Chen’s ability.