Doomsday Jigsaw Puzzle

Chapter 424: Chapter 41: Senior K and Junior Q

(For the Silver Covenant, random additions could not be used, progress 52/100.)

A battle that had been set up for four hours, prepared for who knows how many months, ended in less than seven minutes.

Members of the Card Sealing Group looked around at the continuously collapsing and rotting remnants of monsters, watched Tang Jing take away a man covered in mucus with blond hair, and remained unsettled for a long time.

It wasn’t until Tang Jing had left and Zhao issued the order to protect Xu Ling and move her to a safe place that everyone snapped back from their shock.

That monster, which seemed capable of destroying the world and plunging a city into despair... had been defeated.

It was defeated in the most domineering manner possible.

And outside of Pike Street in the distance, the exhilarating cheers gradually boiled over, as people who had survived the calamity completely forgot their fear, immersed in immense joy.

The joy was not solely for the monster being defeated, greater joy came from the hero who had defeated the monster.

It was foreseeable that this hero would be known throughout the world in the coming days.

Not only had the monster not brought fear, it had actually given this world a tremendous hope.

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Meinan, Sanchez.

As the youngest city, Sanchez was seen by many as a place that attracted young people and, at the same time, squeezed them dry.

It gathered the world’s most advanced information technology talents—geniuses from universities around the world converged here, controlling the core technology and wealth of the whole world.

When the enormous monster appeared in Manser City, the capital of Aulora Island, in Mil Emperor Building in Sanchez City of Meinan Country, two young people saw this scene.

"The opponent is strong, not like something that should appear at the beginning of an apocalypse," said the woman with the Queen of Spades tattooed on her wrist.

The Mil Emperor Building housed the strongest computational equipment.

The Queen of Spades’ outfit had changed slightly; she now had short hair and looked very capable in her black suit.

As a follower of the military leader of Meinan, she appeared to be handling trivial matters but, in fact, she was the one giving orders.

"Such a useless creature, causing more harm than good. He talked about igniting fear, but now, these people have found faith again. The effect of our efforts will probably be weakened a bit because of this guy who popped up out of nowhere."

The Queen of Spades’ eyes held disdain.

The young person beside her, playing with a computer, with dyed purple hair and a rather punk attire, said:

"Actually, I think we can’t blame him entirely; we should even thank him." ƒreewebɳovel.com

This was the Club Queen.

"What do you mean? Even if humanity loses the upcoming sea war, with the existence of a hero, these people won’t be afraid anymore, right? Thank him?"

"You know what I’m saying. The Queen of Hearts isn’t stupid. Although this person is annoying and too arrogant, we all know he can’t afford to lose. Once he fails, he gets furious.

But we must admit, he’s got skills.

Imagine, without this guy coming out of nowhere, the fear he could evoke would indeed be enough to ignite Aulora.

For humanity, this monster was already beyond their capacity."

Club Queen continued:

"Even to earn his father’s praise, he could merge himself with such a disgusting creature. You must admit, the sight of this ugly monster can evoke the deepest fears in people’s hearts. You can’t deny this."

The Queen of Spades did not respond; to her, the Queen of Hearts was nothing but a disruption of her rhythm.

Even what needed the most attention was the person who suddenly emerged.

"The Queen of Hearts reminded us of one thing with her own failure, that there is a powerful enemy in this world," Club Q pointed out the problem.

Spade Q also had to admit that the guy who suddenly came out was unbelievably strong.

"The opponent likely comes from Inside the Mist. We didn’t even notice him. Such a powerful being, if it weren’t for the Queen of Hearts making the first move, revealing him, then the ones embarrassed would be us. So in a sense, we should thank the Queen of Hearts."

Club Q was a relatively objective person.

He was not as eager for quick success and immediate benefits like Spade Q and the Queen of Hearts, although in various tests, his scores were close to those of the Queen of Hearts and Spade Q. However, Club Q was willing to spend more time thinking.

In Club Q’s view, there was no problem with the plan of the Queen of Hearts.

The appearance of this monster was definitely a fear source for humanity as significant as losing to that cruise ship.

But the mistake was... being in a hurry to prove oneself, not using enough bait to lure out the enemy, and directly throwing down a trump card.

In the end, the trump card was sealed by the enemy.

"Our current mission is to find this person who suddenly emerged and figure out a way to get rid of him."

"Such strength won’t be easy to deal with," Spade Q said.

"Indeed it won’t be easy, but the enemy is in the light, and we are in the dark. First, we just have to find him. If the enemy is too tricky, we can first contact Dad and ask for his help."

As soon as Club Q said this, he was immediately countered by Spade Q:

"How can we bother him just for this little thing..."

"Enough. The Queen of Hearts’s abilities are not weaker than yours. His mentality may not be good, but his abilities are there for all to see. He was overpowered and beaten by the opponent. You need to face up to this problem. As for human fear... I will complete it through Mechanical Descending God."

Spade Q also calmed down; now was indeed not the time to show off one’s capabilities.

Because of her dislike for the Queen of Hearts, she did not recognize the enemy’s strength at first, but now she had come to her senses.

"The emergence of heroes indeed ignited hope in humanity, but technology turning against humans will snuff out this hope. The Queen of Hearts failed, but I will not fail."

Club Q’s expression was one of utter confidence.

In the domain of information, he was far ahead of the human world for too many years; he was the absolute god.

Maybe this world had beings who could suppress Q-level individuals with strength, but how could they have imagined that they would be undone in the information domain, their human confidence shattered?

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In the villa area outside Aulora Shengxiang Academy. Eleven hours had passed since the monster in Manser was eliminated.

Online discussions about the savior defeating the apocalyptic beast were everywhere. Aulora’s various programs were also reporting.

Aulora Financial Channel:

"The great Aulora will be great once again! Let’s cheer for the hero!"

The host of the financial channel was excited, looking forward to continuing to talk about those nonsensical get-rich methods. He even prepared to discuss the future employment situation for humanity after the hero’s arrival.

Aulora Science and Exploration Channel:

"At present, it seems that this is a brand-new life form. We know that there are mutated humans everywhere, gaining tremendous power. This time, what we encountered is probably just one of them, and not even a particularly powerful one at that."

A certain scientist finished speaking with a calm face, and after the program ended, he left with a swagger.

He had talked nonsense about many things in his life, but what he just said in the program was the most preposterous in his opinion.

"Savior, forgive my sacrilege, the production team gave too much, screw ’not that powerful,’ Light Arrow Knight is the best in the world!" Chanting these words over and over, the scientist felt much better.

Aulora Entertainment Channel:

"Let us pray together, may the Heavenly Father bless Aulora! Let us call forth the hero with our singing once again! Summon the Light Arrow Knight!"

A certain singer was extremely excited, thinking that the days of lip-syncing for money were gone forever, but now they’ve returned! Praise the hero, praise the Savior!

In just a few short hours, someone with lightning-fast speed had used a singular but powerful method to take down the monster, like countless arrows of light piercing through the opponent, and hence... Tang Jing got the nickname Light Arrow Knight.

The Light Arrow Knight was now sitting on a sofa, looking at the somewhat weak Xu Ling.

Not long ago, following Bai Wu’s instructions, Xu Ling had found a way to link spiritually.

Essentially, it’s not about entering the other person’s Inner World. Without the support of the corresponding terms, it’s hard to do.

But with strong spiritual power and great skill, it’s possible to induce a short period of hypnosis.

In this hypnosis, Bai Yuan could make the other person enter a world constructed by the hypnotist’s words.

This had taken a toll on Xu Ling, draining much of her spiritual power, even causing a nosebleed.

However, Tang Jing knew that his mentor wanted to interrogate the Queen of Hearts, who carried many secrets.

He could only bear the heartache and endure.

It was only after the Queen of Hearts entered a kind of hypnotic state that Bai Wu gestured for Xu Ling and Tang Jing to leave.

Outside the house, feeling the distant cheers of the students, Xu Ling said:

"So, the person who gave you strength before was your mentor, the one in that house?"

"Yes, I’m sorry... I’m not as powerful as you thought," Tang Jing hung his head.

Xu Ling laughed happily:

"But it’s also because of you that he appeared, and you also saved me with your own power... Although I was in a blur at the time, I could feel that you, Tang Jing, really tried hard to rescue me. No matter which Tang Jing, as long as it’s Tang Jing, I like him."

The girl’s straightforwardness was something Tang Jing couldn’t resist. He really wanted to say that it wasn’t him who saved her.

But in that moment, he also understood that perhaps it was with the help of someone else’s power, but what Xu Ling wanted was that sentiment.

"About the Queen of Hearts, can you remember anything?"

"I can’t remember... but he must be someone very powerful."

Tang Jing also thought so, as on the card face, the Queen of Hearts is an absolute trump card.

Although he was easily defeated by the mentor, which really looked lame... it should be that the mentor was very powerful, not that the opponent was weak.

"It seems that for your secret, we can only hope that the mentor can pry some clues," Tang Jing said.

Tang Jing and Xu Ling fantasized together about the inside of the house. A short while ago, Tang Jing had left with the unconscious Queen of Hearts, and Zhao had arranged for someone to bring Xu Ling to the mansion to meet up with Tang Jing.

And Bai Wu also found Tang Jing’s mansion effortlessly, although the Angel Envoy had not extended to Manser City. But Bai Wu and Tang Jing shared a segment of memory.

Tang Jing finally understood why God Descent couldn’t find the mentor before. It turned out the mentor had indeed come outside the Mist.

The mentor and disciple had finally met in reality.

Inside the mansion, Bai Wu raised his hand.

In his hand, there was a needle.

Soon, Tang Jing and Xu Ling could hear the Queen of Hearts screaming like a slaughtered pig.

But the two didn’t ask what had happened, they just inexplicably felt that their master, who moved with swift precision, was somewhat terrifying.

The one who truly experienced this terror was the Queen of Hearts, who had ever suffered such torment?

At this moment, even though the Queen of Hearts had his eyes wide open, in his own consciousness, he was walking through a world constructed by Bai Yuan’s words.

Naturally, Bai Yuan couldn’t directly ask questions, everything had to be done through Bai Wu.

To Bai Wu, it seemed he was merely continually stimulating a person under deep hypnosis with needles, but in the eyes of the hypnotist, he was in a dimly lit room.

The light was weak, not strong enough to tear through the darkness, and Bai Yuan, or rather Bai Wu, stood in the shadows, watching the Queen of Hearts, who was on his last breath.

"Who... who are you? What do you want to do to me?"

"I am an old friend... of your daddy’s," the person in the dark, indiscernible to the Queen of Hearts.

But the voice seemed very warm, instinctively making one want to relax.

"Daddy’s... friend? No... Daddy doesn’t have friends... He only has us... I am daddy’s most outstanding child... I am the Queen of Hearts..."

"Yes, you are quite outstanding, though it’s a pity to me; the Queen of Hearts I knew before was a cute girl. She left the farm later, hmm, not as lucky as you, she left in another way, but I guess, you probably don’t know what another way of leaving means, do you?"

The Queen of Hearts was slightly invigorated:

"You... have been to the Land of Bliss?"

"Stayed for a while, found the people there not very interesting, so I left. By the way, I convinced someone ugly to leave with me."

"Impossible... for seven hundred years, those who left the Land of Bliss were arranged by daddy, no one could leave on their own. Those who left on their own... there was only... K..."

Mentioning K, the Queen of Hearts obviously felt quite indignant:

"They... they’re all traitors! A bunch of trash!"

"Tsk, saying that makes me uncomfortable, after all, I’m one of the traitors you’re talking about, and also the trash."

Realizing what was said, the Queen of Hearts was startled:

"What did you say?"

"I mean, actually, I also think K is trash, but since the Wild Cards were given to your ’daddy’ and ’mommy’ you mentioned, I had to demean myself and become the other ugly one, acting as old K."

Bai Yuan in the dark, sounded quite helpless.

The Queen of Hearts was both shocked and furious.

Was this person K? Was he insulting K? Or boasting about himself?

The Queen of Hearts took it that the other was insulting K, but he didn’t know that the person in the dark, claiming to be K, always found the letter K demeaning.

But Bai Yuan had gotten used to it, to make the Masked Strange Person’s game interesting, he was willing to be a K.

After all, the Ten of Spades, the Masked Strange Person, in his view, should not be described with a mere K character – they all had greater potential.

"You’re lying! Lying!"

"Calm down, calm down. May I ask, which number farm are you from?"

The Queen of Hearts couldn’t accept the claim that the other was K. Could it be... the K he always wanted to surpass was the person who had just utterly defeated him?

"K is not exactly a compliment, don’t be nervous. Let me start; I come from Farm Seven. But don’t get me wrong, at least I’m not your brother or sister, that would really mess up the family hierarchy."

In the darkness, Bai Yuan spoke calmly and unhurriedly, uttering what seemed to the Queen of Hearts almost blasphemous words:

"As for the ’daddy’ you keep thinking about, the ugly old K and I have always called him Mr. Jing, of course, that’s on the surface, more casually in private."