Qing Chen has encountered many bugs, but this is the first time he has discovered that when Shendai’s soul-seizing technique is in the hands of the Head of the Qingshi Clan,
it can create such an outrageous bug.
Compared to this bug, only the bug of the Restorative Shroud and Dayu working perfectly together can be compared.
A person’s energy is limited; it’s good enough if Yiqinzi can do one thing well.
To be a good quartermaster, you must first know where the supplies come from, what impact the collection of supplies will have on the finances,
how long it will take to transport them to the front line, and what difficulties there will be in the process.
To master the conglomerate economic operation mode, the best way is to be responsible for auditing. The best auditors
know all the tricks. They know how to check false accounts, how to check the real economic data, the gray areas of various projects,
and how various projects play tricks to deceive the family.
Qing Chen has no logistical experience? No problem.Qing Chen has no auditing experience? No problem either.
Qing Chen has no experience in managing cities and conglomerates? No problem.
Qing Chen has no experience in managing army internal affairs? No problem.
Qing Chen has no experience dealing with politicians? Even less of a problem.
There are several ready-made experience packages here for you. Their life experiences and memories are all left for you.
One life, in exchange for Qing Chen taking one less detour.
This is a birthday gift from the Head of the Qingshi Clan to his son.
In this world, is there a more ruthless birthday gift than these nine lives? Perhaps not.
Previously, Qing Chen was still thinking that after the Forbidden Zone 002 battle, the head of the family clearly knew that the family was already in internal chaos, yet
he did not take any action.
The head of the family clearly knew that when he was in seclusion in the mountains, some of his direct descendants were betrayed by other factions,
and the head of the family also knew who these people were, but this head of the family chose not to take action, instead letting the other party live comfortably.
The head of the family clearly knew that the other party would use “Qing Chen has been possessed” to attack Qing Chen, but he was not worried at all, instead
taking this matter as an opportunity to give Qing Chen the most ruthless birthday gift.
Only at this moment did Qing Chen understand that the other party had already planned everything and waited for him to arrive in City 5
before making the final move.
Keeping these people was simply because these people were still useful.
Qing Chen sighed: “Too ruthless.”
“Ruthless?” Qing Ji said indifferently: “These people have gone beyond betraying the head of the family; they are betraying the family.
Colluding with the Chen Family’s Chen Yu to kill their own Shadow, giving away their core technology to the enemy, and launching a civil war in the face of an external enemy – such people deserve to die. Old Master has been silent on Ginkgo Mountain for too long. They all thought the old man was senile. The more silent the old man was, the more they thought they had a chance, even thinking that this was an evenly matched struggle. Sure enough, those with the courage have all jumped out.”
Qing Ji continued: “Originally, Old Master wanted to personally teach you how to be the head of the family, but he didn’t have that much
time. What he can do is leave these people behind and then give them all to you.”
Just as Qing Ji and Qing Chen were talking, all nine people had been controlled.
Qing Ji said to Qing Chen: “Go and get these experience packs. No matter what, you must clear the suspicion that you might have been possessed today. The future head of the family cannot bear such a suspicion.”
“Will they become vegetative states?” Qing Chen asked calmly.
“That depends on whether you want them to become vegetative states,” Qing Ji laughed: “After the Neural Link, you
can choose the memories you want to keep, and the rest will be downloaded back into their brains. What you keep, what you return – you have the power to decide.”
The principle of soul seizing is to use Neural Link technology to upload the other party’s consciousness to the Nanobots,
and then use Nanobots to download and overwrite the consciousness into Qing Chen’s mind.
This technology is actually reversible. As long as Qing Chen remembers it and lets the Nanobots re-download the other party’s consciousness
to the cerebral cortex, the other party will not become a vegetative state.
Qing Ji said: “The head of the family suggests that you only keep their useful skills and experiences. As for useless emotional experiences,
return them to them. After the soul seizing is over, someone will naturally send them to court for a formal trial. The Head of the Qingshi Clan cannot
bear the stigma of killing people with evil methods.”
Qing Chen sighed: “You are so thoughtful.”
He walked over, and the mute servant attached two tubes to Qing Chen’s temples. On the other side, Qingshou’s head was also connected
to a tube injecting Nanobots.
The banquet hall was silent, everyone staring blankly at this scene, some even starting to tremble.
At the same time, some people wanted to report, but found that the communication signals here had all been blocked.
As the mute servant adjusted the data and pressed the start button, Nanobots, like mercury, were injected into the bodies of the two people.
Time passed minute by minute.
Qing Chen quickly categorized Qingshou’s memories, keeping only Qingshou’s quartermaster management experience and secrets, and returning all other emotional
memories as garbage.
Qing Chen opened his eyes. He had absorbed the quartermaster management experience that the other party had spent twenty years exploring in just a few minutes.
Qingshou on the other side also opened his eyes, looking bewildered.
At this moment, Qingshou only felt that something was missing from his mind, but he couldn’t remember what it was.
In the banquet hall, everyone was shocked. It turned out that Qing Chen really couldn’t be possessed! ?
Qing Ji calmly said: “Oh, right, you may also suspect that this machine is problematic, such as suspecting that it was not originally
used for soul seizing, and that Qing Chen and Qingshou standing here were just pretending, and we did not activate the soul-seizing program. Come,
bring up the two people who just questioned the loudest, and let’s activate the soul-seizing program for them.”
The two struggled, and one even wet his pants.
They were tied to the machine, watching helplessly as Nanobots were injected into their bodies.
After just five minutes, one person woke up, but the other became a vegetative state forever.
The possessed person stood there, looking at his hands incredulously: “I… I succeeded in soul seizing?”
Qing Ji said: “The soul seizing has been completed. Let’s go. Now, is there anyone who still disagrees with Qing Chen? You can raise your hand and let me see.”
No one dared to raise their hand.
No one objected.
By this time, everyone had realized that the head of the family, who had been in seclusion for many years, was not senile. He had long
been prepared to deal with tonight’s storm.
Qing Ji smiled: “So, tonight’s banquet is over. However, you can’t leave yet. You can only stay in the guest rooms of Ginkgo Manor.
I wish you all a good dream! Please leave!”
He didn’t want these people to watch Qing Chen seize memories, so the rest of the seizing process had to wait until everyone was gone before it could
proceed.
When the place was empty, Qing Chen stood in front of the machine again, waiting for the mute servant to bring people up one by one.
Shendai Yunluo watched silently, and after a long time, sighed: “I used to hear that the Head of the Qingshi Clan was ruthless, but I always felt
that he had been staying on Ginkgo Mountain without moving, which was a bit undeserved. Only today, after experiencing it myself, can I feel the terror of his
thoughts. Can this head of the family even abandon human emotions?”
Qing Ji scrutinized Shendai Yunluo: “Do you have any particularly powerful skills?”
Shendai Yunluo thoughtfully said: “I’m particularly good at attracting girls.”
Qing Ji’s eyes lit up: “Come on, pull him into the machine too. Our prince really needs this skill!
Qing Chen came out of the machine, laughing and crying: “Who’s being sarcastic here? I’ve read all their memories. Let’s start. There are still quite a few people to clean up tonight. Let’s start with the Garrison Troops in all cities. They are ready to rebel. The first is Commander Qingzhou of the City 5 Garrison, who has been secretly instigated. The second is Commander Qingbian of City 4, the third is…”
Qingshou, whose memories were seized, was a high-ranking official in charge of logistics and was one of the core figures in the opposing camp,
so he naturally knew many secrets.
As Qing Chen continuously mentioned several names, Qing Ji looked at Qing Chi, who immediately left after recording, and began
to launch the cleansing operation for tonight.
Qing Chen didn’t need to do anything else; he only needed to mention these names, and Qing Chi and Qing Yu would naturally handle the cleansing.
This is why Qing Yu stationed the troops at the front line and had Qing Chi bring the troops back for a rotation. The other party planned to act tomorrow,
but the head of the family didn’t plan to let certain people live past tonight.
When important people hold important meetings, they basically have a unified habit: any problem that can be solved must be solved before the
meeting. Those who should be killed are killed, those who should be talked to are talked to, and then when the formal meeting begins, it is always unanimously approved.
Only the winners can appear at the meeting.
The losers are not qualified to attend.
Qing Ji asked: “Are the memories all done?”
Qing Chen nodded.
Now that he has seized the memories of nine elite family members, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a political all-rounder.
He spent only one night walking a path that others would need a lifetime to complete.
The Head of the Qingshi Clan’s birthday gift was indeed very generous.
Qing Ji looked at Qing Chen: “Let’s go, let’s go see the head of the family. It’s time to meet.”
Qing Chen took a deep breath. This was the first time he had seen his biological father since he crossed over, and there was even a hint of nervousness in his heart.
Looking at Qing Ji and Qing Chen leaving, Shendai Yunluo sighed regretfully: “I thought there would be a fun banquet tonight, but it ended so hastily.”
Shendai Kongyu suddenly said: “It’s pretty good.”
Shendai Yunluo smiled: “It’s indeed pretty good to verify friendship.”
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Walking up the mountain path, Qing Chen followed behind Qing Ji and asked: “The head of the family doesn’t have much time left, does he? What illness does he have?”
“Nothing, it’s just mental exhaustion, leading to organ failure. Even if you want him to have an organ transplant, he won’t agree,” Qing Ji said indifferently: “We can’t persuade him either. If you want to persuade him, you can help persuade him. Consider it a favor I owe you.”
A man who has been in seclusion in the mountains for many years and avoids the world, is about to leave this world because of mental exhaustion. It shows that he wasn’t idle even when he was in seclusion.
Arriving at the middle of the mountain, Qing Chen looked at the lonely little wooden house: “He has been living here alone all these years?”
“Yes,” Qing Ji nodded: “Go ahead, he’s waiting for you.”
At this time, an old voice came from the room: “Qing Ji, come in and listen too.”
Two mute servants opened the door. When Qing Chen walked in, he saw the old man sitting on a meditation cushion with his back to them, with two more meditation cushions behind him,
apparently prepared for himself and Qing Ji.
Unlike in his dusty memories, the other party was much more stooped and thinner, no longer the same as he was many years ago.
Qing Chen did not sit down. He just stood at the door and asked: “Did my brother come to see you in his last moments?”
“Yes, he came to see me,” the old man replied.
“Did he say anything?” Qing Chen asked.
“He said, after he’s gone, he asked me to take care of you,” the old man said softly.
Qing Chen thoughtfully said: “So you have prepared so many plans, intending to give this huge Qing Family to me before you leave?
Even if you kill so many people and destroy the Shadow Succession system left by your ancestors, you don’t mind.”
The old man thought for a while and said: “Actually, even if I want to give it to you, you have to be able to handle it. Also, I didn’t plan the great cleansing for you; I did it for Xiaozhun.”
“Hmm?” Qing Chen was puzzled.
The old man recalled: “After Xiaozhun met Ning Xiu, he secretly hid it from me because he was afraid I wouldn’t accept Ning Xiu, a dancer.
To be honest, he didn’t really understand his father. Actually, I quite like this girl Ning Xiu. She is very good to Xiaozhun, and she is indeed sincere. As for the dancer’s identity, it’s not a big deal. For people like us, shouldn’t we just live happily? If the world accepts us, then we accept the world. If the world doesn’t accept us, then we change the world. That’s the mindset of a king.
The old man continued: “Later, someone wanted to kill Xiaozhun, but mistakenly killed Ning Xiu. What I didn’t expect was that Xiaozhun
wasted a hundred years because of this, which made me quite angry.”
“You blame him for being sentimental?” Qing Chen asked.
“No,” the old man shook his head: “Whether he is sentimental or not, that is his own choice, and it has nothing to do with me.
His own life is up to him; what could be wrong with that? I’m angry that someone wasted my son’s hundred years of life.”
Qing Chen was stunned; he didn’t expect such an answer.
“I investigated for a long time but couldn’t find out who did it, but I think the murderer must be the beneficiary of this matter.
Since I can’t find the culprit, I’ll just kill all the beneficiaries. So, the cleansing plan started from that time.” The old man said lightly: “But this cleansing plan can’t be too hasty because you haven’t come back yet. I can’t let you see a crippled Qing Family when you return; that would show how incompetent I am.”
Qing Chen was shocked: “Killed them all? If you do that, half of the Qing Family will die!”
The old man smiled: “So what?”