Night's Nomenclature
Chapter 313: Night Raid and the Killing Intent at the End of the Tunnel

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The evening of the first day of time travel.

“Sir, dinner is ready,” Li Ke walked to the stone table, carefully wiped it down with a cloth, and then served all the dishes.

Four dishes and one soup were placed before Qing Chen, while Li Ke only had a single Dragon Fish.

“Stop chewing on the fish bones, you really can’t chew them,” Qing Chen sighed, thinking to himself, why is this kid even more stubborn than I am?

Last night, Qing Chen, having been reborn, tried chewing on another fish bone, but still couldn’t chew it.

Even he couldn’t chew it, let alone Li Ke.

Seeing Li Ke’s somewhat dejected expression, Qing Chen asked, “You know there are only 17 Dragon Fish left in the lake, so you’re worried that by only eating eight, you won’t be able to be reborn, right?”

Therefore, this 14-year-old boy relentlessly gnawed on the fish bones, trying to make up for the last fish.

Li Ke hesitated: “Sir, that’s exactly what I was thinking.”

“Give it up,” Qing Chen said, “When we have the chance, I’ll take you to Forbidden Zone 010 and help you make up for the last one.”

Li Ke’s eyes lit up: “Thank you, Sir… By the way, I’m sorry for revealing your secret earlier… Grandpa said that he told me your secret, so I had this opportunity. Now I have to exchange one of your secrets with him, otherwise he’ll be mad at me.”

Qing Chen sighed: “Good-for-nothing old man.”

Li Ke said: “But I also told Grandpa that it was the last time.”

“It’s alright,” Qing Chen said, “Anyway, the Dragon Fish all belong to him. Letting him know the effect of eating them isn’t a big deal. You’re actually very clever, knowing what to say and what not to say.”

Li Ke lowered his head.

“Did your grandpa tell you what I do?” Qing Chen asked.

“No,” Li Ke said.

“It’s alright, you’ll find out eventually,” Qing Chen said.

With his sir's promise, Li Ke stopped gnawing on the fish bones.

Qing Chen glanced at Li Ke’s hands, which were chapped from the cold.

As a Knight, he was naturally unafraid of the cold, but Li Ke was. He was still just an ordinary person, sweeping, mopping, cooking, and even helping Qing Chen wash clothes every day. How could his hands not be affected?

Qing Chen instructed: “Use the washing machine to wash clothes in the future… Hand-washing really doesn’t clean them well.”

Li Ke blushed: “Yes, Sir.”

A short while later, after Li Ke finished his Dragon Fish and cleaned up the dishes, he said, “By the way, Sir, several trees next to your Autumn Leaf Manor have died. I’d like to replace them for you. What kind of trees do you like?”

Qing Chen waved his hand: “Anything’s fine.”

Having said that, he lay down on the recliner, closed his eyes, maintained his first Breathing Technique, and entered the mysterious world.

Li Ke watched as his sir began his ‘Cultivation’, involuntarily softening his movements as he washed the dishes, even turning down the faucet.

After washing the dishes, he took out some winter peaches, washed them clean, and gently placed them on the stone table beside Qing Chen.

Unbeknownst to them, both sir and student seemed to have grown accustomed to this way of getting along.

In the small courtyard of Autumn Leaf Manor, a sense of harmony prevailed.

At this time, Qing Chen had moved the sniper rifle target to 2550 meters, only 50 meters away from ‘graduation’.

However, his heart wasn’t filled with joy, but rather, after completing this Cultivation, he immediately started the next one.

People often define life as one stage after another. For example, after working hard for a while, they need to travel and relax to adjust their lives.

Qing Chen had never enjoyed such a life before. He always seemed to be racing against time, constantly chasing after something.

The ability of empowerment allows Daybreak to grow rapidly, and it also indirectly motivates Qing Chen’s desire to improve his Knight True Qi.

Night fell, Li Ke left, and before leaving, he carefully hung a ‘closed’ sign on the door of Autumn Leaf Manor.

Qing Chen turned and entered the tunnel, preparing to scout the area near where Luo Wanya was trapped to observe the situation.

He checked his firearm again before going out.

But before he could go out, the door of the house clicked open.

Qing Chen stood silently in the darkness of the room.

Could it be that Jiang Yichen suspected him and secretly opened the door to check the situation in his room?

No, he probably wouldn’t be that bold. After all, this is the upper three districts; once caught stealing, it’s a serious crime.

Previously, 90% of the thieves in Prison 18 were caught for stealing things from the upper three districts.

Only here would the pce security management committee investigators fully demonstrate their effectiveness. No matter where someone calls the police, they can arrive within 5 minutes at most.

Qing Chen raised his gun and slowly retreated into the shadows.

He didn’t know who they were, how many there were, or what level they were.

In this narrow terrain, with his rapid firing skills, as long as they didn’t have a C-class or above expert, they would all die.

At the C-class level, if Qing Chen failed to hit their vital point with one shot, then they would definitely have the ability to survive until they killed him.

But here’s the problem: if he really did that, the gunshot would inevitably attract the attention of the neighbors.

Then the police would be called, the pce investigators would come, and if they found out Qing Chen wasn’t the homeowner, the situation would be very delicate.

If Qing Chen said he was there to act bravely, the pce investigators would definitely not believe him…

Moreover, if the pce investigators subsequently searched the house, they might discover the tunnel.

“The life detection instrument just showed that there were no life signs coming from the room. Quickly find the tunnel,” a person said in the dark, “Put the firearms back, don’t misfire, attracting pce investigators to seal off the scene, then it’ll all be in vain.”

In fact, it wasn’t just Qing Chen who was worried about attracting pce investigators.

The man turned on his flashlight and quickly searched the room.

A total of four people entered the house this time, and they were very coordinated. No matter how they searched the house, everyone was always within the sight of another person.

“There are seven cell phones and seven car keys in the house,” a black-clad assassin whispered, “It looks like someone in Ban Shan Mountain Estate is using this place to enter and exit; the cars and keys are used to hide their identities. However, the phones are specially made and can’t be opened. It seems that the cars also use voice and iris recognition.”

“We didn’t come here for money,” one of them said coldly.

“What I mean is, if someone is using this place to enter and exit, can we wait in the house and catch a big fish?” an assassin suggested, “You also know that the person who has the ability to hire craftsmen to dig a tunnel to Ban Shan Mountain Estate must not be a small person.”

“Don’t think about it,” another person stood by the dining table and wiped some dust off the table with his hand, “This house hasn’t been used for at least a few years.”

At this time, a black-clad assassin kept tapping the floor with the handle of his flashlight.

Until he tapped the floor above the tunnel, the flashlight immediately made a hollow sound when it collided with the floor.

“That’s it, look for the mechanism around here,” the assassin said.

Less than ten minutes later, someone found where the mechanism was… the vase on the desk.

He gently turned the vase, and with a rattling sound, the floor above the tunnel sank, revealing the first step of the staircase leading to the tunnel.

“Go down?” an assassin asked.

“Don’t go down,” the leader said coldly, “We are only responsible for investigating the situation today. We’ll report this to the Boss and let him decide when to infiltrate Ban Shan Mountain Estate.”

However, at this moment, an assassin swept his flashlight beam towards the dining table. He was shocked to find some fingerprints on the other side of the dining table.

Just now, he used his finger to sweep across the tabletop to check the thickness of the dust.

But he was certain that the fingerprints he discovered were not his.

The fingerprints were fresh!

Someone else had been in the room recently!

“Careful!” he whispered a warning.

But as soon as he finished speaking, the flashlight of a companion a few meters away in the darkness fell to the ground with a clang.

The companion slowly knelt on the ground and fell to the floor.

The other three assassins, startled, shone their flashlights at the scene, but they only saw their companion’s body and the blood gushing out.

They didn’t see who was killing them!

It was eerie!

Extremely eerie!

By this time, Qing Chen had already hidden himself in the shadows before the flashlight shone over.

Not even anyone immediately found his figure!

Qing Chen was using a common human thought pattern: when there is movement in the darkness, people holding flashlights will instinctively shine the light on the source of the sound, ignoring other places.

The contrast between light and dark creates darkness. Dark places become even darker.

Thus, the assassins felt like they had entered a haunted house, a haunted house where a ghost was killing.

“No,” the assassin reacted swiftly; they swept their flashlight beams to one side.

However, when the three of them reacted, it was too late.

In an instant, Qing Chen forcefully waved his hand; three incredibly sharp playing cards flew out from between Qing Chen’s fingers, cutting through the light and darkness of the room.

Time seemed to slow down, the Black Spadea, the Red A, and the Diamond A on the cards kept spinning.

The three assassins tried to reach for their weapons at their waists, but the three playing cards cut across their necks, leaving a trail of blood.

They felt their strength being rapidly drained away.

Their ability to think was also rapidly fading.

In fact, the first injury caused by cutting the carotid artery is not blood loss, but hypoxia.

The brain will react quickly in the first second of hypoxia.

This is different from holding your breath. When a person takes a deep breath and holds it, the alveoli still have oxygen continuously entering the blood and then being transported to the brain.

Therefore, some people can hold their breath for a long time.

However, having your carotid artery completely clamped off is completely different and fatal.

In the darkness, Qing Chen calmly squatted down and groped for the belongings on the corpses.

However, nothing could prove their identities.

Qing Chen summarized tonight’s brief battle.

First, these people weren’t truly skilled fighters. One could tell from their reflexes that they were soldiers, but not experts.

If one were to define their identities, they were just scouts, trying to figure out the situation in the house before doing anything else.

Who would want to infiltrate Ban Shan Mountain Estate at this time? Shendai and Koshima were the most likely suspects.

The entire Ban Shan Mountain Estate was meticulously managed by the eldest son of the Li Clan’s main branch, making it impossible for the outside world to learn anything about the inside, and no one knew how Li Clan’s Old Master was doing.

Sending people to infiltrate and observe would also make sense.

However, what was puzzling was that they came for the tunnel, which meant that the secret of the tunnel had already been leaked!

He thought to himself, could Old Man be reliable anymore? How could such a secret be leaked? Wasn’t he afraid of being kidnapped when he was out and about?

No, no, why was it that Old Man had been around for decades, and the tunnel had never been discovered, but as soon as he started using it, it was discovered?

Could it be that Old Man deliberately leaked the information, wanting him to help guard the entrance!

Thinking of this, Qing Chen’s expression turned grim.

Secondly, these people suffered a great loss.

They obviously used a life sign detection device outside, making sure no one was inside before sneaking in.

However, they didn’t expect that a house that had no one in it a minute ago would suddenly have Qing Chen appear.

It was a coincidence, just at this time…

If they had discovered someone in the house earlier or hadn’t used a detection device and been more vigilant, they wouldn’t have been so easily ambushed by Qing Chen.

Thinking about this, Qing Chen used Marionette to sacrifice the assassins.

During the sacrifice, even the bloodstains on the ground turned to ashes.

Qing Chen stood in the room and suddenly felt that Marionette was really an indispensable tool for traveling, killing, and eliminating evidence. It really didn’t leave a trace.

After the Marionette finished the sacrifice, the room was as if nothing had happened.

But Qing Chen felt that this wasn’t enough. These assassins clearly had accomplices outside, and this seemed to be their only way to infiltrate Ban Shan Mountain Estate, and he was sleeping right on this path…

Qing Chen thought for a moment, turned into the bathroom, and used the mop and cloth to thoroughly clean the room, preventing anyone from observing the dust marks and inferring what had happened tonight.

After doing all this, he returned to the tunnel.

However, Qing Chen didn’t go back to the room to sleep but sat directly on the steps of the tunnel below Autumn Leaf Manor, closing his eyes and resting by entering the mysterious world Cultivation.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to sleep, it was that there was such a dangerous tunnel under his bed, and he couldn’t sleep!

At this moment, Jiang Yichen, opposite room 101, was secretly observing through the peephole.

He was a very cautious person, so as soon as he arrived, he installed several cameras outside his door.

Jiang Yichen had already discovered the four black-clad assassins entering the building. At first, he thought they were coming to get him, but then he discovered that they opened the door opposite and quietly sneaked in.

At that time, Jiang Yichen was a little puzzled. Could his ‘easy-to-fool’ neighbor have enemies outside?

But how did these people sneak in?

After all, this is a high-end residential area, although it looks a little old and dilapidated.

But the Inner World natives’ standard for luxury homes is not whether there is an elevator or if it is old and dilapidated, but the space.

Houses in the lower six districts generally have two elevators for 16 households, such as Luoshen Building. Every day during commuting and school hours, there are always disputes over grabbing elevators.

This community, however, only has two households per floor and only four floors total, making it luxurious.

Jiang Yichen stared through the peephole all night, but he didn’t see the four people come out again. The four assassins… disappeared without a trace.

In the morning, he rubbed his sore eyes and thought that his neighbor was a little weird!

Jiang Yichen thought about how he had almost been targeted last night and shuddered.

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…

In the morning, Qing Chen walked towards Dragon Lake with a dark Face^[-], but the old man didn’t come today!

At this time, Qing Chen wasn’t sure whether the old man was avoiding him or if it was a coincidence.

If he was avoiding him, it meant: you figure it out yourself.

Qing Chen strongly suspected that the Li Clan wanted to use this secret passage to find Shendai and Koshima hiding in City 18.

He had used this method himself: if you can’t find them, let them come to you.

But the problem is, if you want to use the law to catch criminals, why not send your own Li Clan experts? Why use me, Qing Chen!

The more Qing Chen thought about it, the angrier he became. After holding back for a long time, he simply put down the small stool, sat there, hooked a Dragon Fish with Marionette and left.

City 18, District 5, somewhere.

Several assassins in black combat uniforms were quietly sitting in a small apartment, waiting for something.

The apartment had heavy velvet curtains, and no light could penetrate from outside.

One of the burly men sitting on the sofa asked, “What has Li Changqing been doing recently?”

“She’s been frantically hunting spies, but after catching a few informants, she lost the trail,” an assassin replied.

The burly man seemed to be the leader of this group. He continued to ask, “Control the Time Traveler. After we’ve confirmed that Li Clan’s gone, immediately send the Substitution to Outer World Luo City and start the Substitution plan, throwing the Li Clan and Qing Family into chaos.”

“Received,” the assassin responded.

“By the way, where are the people who went to check the secret passage last night? Did they find anything?” the burly man asked.

The assassin hesitated: “No, our people went to check, and their cars are still parked at the entrance of the ‘Microcosm World’ community, but the people are gone, and we can’t contact them… I’m wondering if there was someone guarding the house and killed them all?”

The burly man frowned, “That’s possible, but our mission can’t be delayed. Above wants us to go in and confirm how Li Clan’s old man is doing. This can’t be delayed. Tonight, I’ll go with you. If there’s anyone guarding there, I’ll handle it.”

The assassin was stunned, “Boss, you’re a B-class. Rashly entering Ban Shan Mountain Estate will trigger the Forbidden Artifact - Heartless Bronze Bell 020.”

This group of people was well-prepared; they not only found the location of the secret passage but also knew the conditions for triggering the Heartless Bronze Bell.

“It’s fine,” the burly man said coldly, “I’ll just go in to deal with any possible Li Clan guards in the house and the tunnel. I won’t enter Ban Shan Mountain Estate, so it shouldn’t trigger the Heartless Bronze Bell.”

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