Night's Nomenclature
Chapter 317: Home Families

No one can survive a sniper bullet piercing their neck.

Even an A-Class expert can't.

Qing Chen walked through the corridor. When he passed a tritium lamp, his Face^[-] was illuminated by the light. As he walked further, he entered the darkness again.

At this time, he even put away the black sniper rifle ‘Conquer with Virtue’, because he was confident that there were absolutely no other living people in this corridor besides him.

The Marionette on his wrist danced. Wherever Qing Chen passed, the corpses and bloodstains disappeared.

When Qing Chen sacrificed the last B-Class expert's body, the Marionette, stained red by the absorbed blood, grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The second thread grew fifteen meters in one breath.

Qing Chen pondered, a B-Class could increase it by fifteen meters, then what about an A-Class? Could the second thread be completely formed?

However, A-Class experts are not so easy to kill.

Tonight, he had killed a B-Class expert, taking advantage of the terrain, which was already a great stroke of luck. If he continued to fantasize about killing an A-Class expert, it would be a bit too ambitious.

Moreover, without the heartless copper bell, he couldn't grasp the timing of the battle so well.

Qing Chen recalled the heartless copper bell hanging on his eaves. With his memory, he naturally knew that it was no longer the one that had been hanging on the eaves before.

Even the way the rope was tied was different.

Perhaps someone secretly changed it when he was accompanying the old man by Dragon Lake.

It seemed that the other party just wanted to play a small joke on him, and didn't want him to be really killed.

In that case, he wouldn't blame Old Master tomorrow.

After thinking it over, Qing Chen felt that since B-Class experts had died here, whether it was Shendai or Koshima's people, the other party would probably think that this place might be a trap.

No one else should come.

So, it was time to deal with Luo Wanya's matter.

Before, Qing Chen didn't save Luo Wanya because he wanted to see the ability of the Luo City boss, letting the bullets fly for a while.

To be honest, he didn't expect that the bullet would fly for three days. The time was indeed a bit long...

He didn't know if this Luo boss could hold on.

However, even if he wanted to save Luo Wanya, it couldn't be today. His strongest state had just been consumed.

Qing Chen needed to rest and recuperate.

He turned around and walked back into the corridor.

When Qing Chen returned to Autumn Leaf Manor from the corridor, he suddenly found something wrong.

There was an extra person in the room.

Li Changqing, with long black hair, was sleeping in Qing Chen's bed, wearing a black leather jacket. She looked tired, no longer as radiant as usual.

The woman's eyelashes trembled slightly, clearly pretending to be asleep.

Qing Chen looked at the table. The sign with the words ‘Thank you for your visit’ carved on it had been thrown there by Li Changqing.

He couldn't help but laugh. This strong woman didn't follow any rules. The rules he had painstakingly established for the Li Clan were useless in front of Li Changqing.

At this time, Li Changqing heard the noise and slowly opened her eyes.

She looked at Qing Chen not far away and chuckled, “You're back?”

“Hmm,” Qing Chen nodded and asked casually, “Were you asleep?”

Li Changqing also nodded, “Your bed smells good. I fell asleep immediately. I've had severe insomnia lately. How about I live here from now on?”

Qing Chen calmly said, “If you think the smell is good, you can take the quilt away. I'll have Li Ke send a new set tomorrow.”

“No fun,” Li Changqing lay on the bed, propping herself up with her arm. She curiously looked at Qing Chen, “I vaguely heard gunshots just now. You must have been killing people in the secret passage, right? But you look fine. Were the killers that weak?”

“Do you know about this secret passage?” Qing Chen asked, without mentioning the B-Class killers.

“I just found out today,” Li Changqing smiled, “Old Master told me to keep an eye outside the Microcosm World community to see if there's a chance to follow the clues and catch more people. But don't worry, although my people are guarding outside the Microcosm World community, they don't know there's a secret passage inside. By the way, are all the killers in the secret passage dead? I wanted to keep a few for interrogation.”

Qing Chen frowned, “You should have said so earlier. I could have left some alive.”

“It's okay,” Li Changqing got up, sat cross-legged on Qing Chen's bed and smiled, “Whether they're alive or dead doesn't matter. It's fine as long as you're okay.”

Qing Chen suddenly realized that the woman coming to Autumn Leaf Manor late at night was not accidental, nor was it to treat her insomnia.

She knew that the killers might act tonight, so she came to Autumn Leaf Manor to protect him!

But later, seeing that Qing Chen was not in danger, she didn't take action!

It must be said that Li Changqing was indeed very good to him. She gave him Gene Medicine and came to protect him in the middle of the night. Although Qing Chen didn't say it, he kept it in mind.

However, Qing Chen pointed to the ‘Thank you for your visit’ wooden sign on the table, “Can you understand the two words on it?”

Li Changqing feigned anger, “Hey, I was the one who brought you into Ban Shan Mountain Estate. I'm so nice to you. Can't I have some privileges? Do you have any conscience! Do you know that I personally tied the heartless copper bell on your eaves!”

Qing Chen was stunned, so that's how it was.

“You can certainly have privileges,” Qing Chen sighed, “But you should at least put the ‘Thank you for your visit’ sign back on the door. What if other people come to visit?”

“What, are you worried that others will see me here?” Li Changqing put away her feigned anger and asked with a smile, “What's there to fear? A clear conscience fears no Shadow... Okay, okay, don't be angry. I'll put the ‘Thank you for your visit’ sign back next time.”

“I'm not angry,” Qing Chen shook his head, “If you really sleep better lying here, I don't mind. I can rest on the recliner outside.”

Li Changqing thought carefully. Actually, she was lying. There was nothing unique about the smell of the bed, just the dry smell of being washed and often aired.

But when she lay on this bed, she really felt a strange sense of security.

This sense of security was not an illusion. It seemed to have started when Qing Chen pulled her into the building desperately when she was attacked.

Li Changqing smiled, “Then I won't be polite. I'll come here next time I have insomnia.”

“You look very tired. Have a lot of things happened in City 18 recently?” Qing Chen asked.

“Hmm,” Li Changqing said, “Shendai and Koshima are not very honest. Even the Shadow Candidates of the Qing Family are joining in the fun. A few people are likely to die in the next few days. Now City 18 has become a city of spies. Everyone wants to gain something from the power transition of the Li Clan. Yesterday, even the Qing Family Shadow appeared.”

Qing Chen curiously asked, “Who is the Qing Family Shadow? What's their name?”

Li Changqing shook her head, “I don't know.”

Qing Chen didn't know how to describe his mood. He knew that the Qing Family Shadow didn't just arrive in this city yesterday. They had been here for a long time.

And, maybe they're drinking tea on the 132nd floor of Luoshen Building right now.

“What is the purpose of the Qing Family Shadow coming to City 18?” Qing Chen was puzzled.

“That's the strangest part. You know that he came here with a purpose, but you can't guess what it is,” Li Changqing frowned, “He's like an Observer. He doesn't participate in anything, just observing. But you don't know what he's observing.”

Qing Chen asked, “How much longer will you be busy?”

Li Changqing thought for a while, “Soon. Maybe it won't be so busy soon.”

Qing Chen felt a chill in his heart. The dark clouds hanging over City 18 seemed to finally fall.

This also meant that the Time Travelers controlled by Shendai and Koshima in the Outer World should also act.

Li Changqing didn't want to talk about this anymore. She looked at Qing Chen with a smile, “Don't let me have to talk about work when I come to your place. Tell me, what's the deal with the huanxi sect? Old Master gave so many outstanding young people of the Li Clan to you, and you teach them this kind of thing?”

Qing Chen: …

He knew that Li Changqing would definitely ask about this tonight.

His damned reputation!

“Forget it, I'm not joking with you. I know you're a serious person,” Li Changqing sat on the bed and said with a smile, “But you're quite good at hiding things. You actually lied to me that you're a Gene Soldier.”

Qing Chen patiently explained, “Old Master secretly gave me that cultivation method a few days ago. I just got it. And it's really a formal cultivation method. I didn't expect this kind of turn either.”

“Huh?” Li Changqing curiously asked, “Why is Old Master so nice to you?”

“Then you have to ask him,” Qing Chen said.

“If you're his illegitimate child outside, tell me early,” Li Changqing said.

Qing Chen changed the subject, “You look very tired. You should also pay attention to rest.”

“I can't rest,” Li Changqing sighed, “With my identity, no matter where I go, I have to maintain my composure. It's not that I want to, but that people in my position need to, to make subordinates respect me and enemies fear me. Over the years, when my convoy leaves Ban Shan Mountain Estate, it will be followed. I haven't even been able to take a good look at the changes in City 18, unless one day I'm no longer a member of the Li Clan. Maybe I can be carefree then.”

“You've worked hard,” Qing Chen said sincerely.

At this time, Li Changqing's eyes suddenly lit up, “Tomorrow night, take me out of this corridor to City 18 to play, okay?”

Qing Chen hurriedly said, “No, no. City 18 is very dangerous now. I can't let you do such a reckless thing.”

To be honest, Qing Chen felt that Li Changqing was quite pitiful in this aspect. Even going out for a walk would be followed, and every move would be over-interpreted.

“No conscience,” Li Changqing pouted, “I can wrap myself up tightly. As long as I don't leave Ban Shan Mountain Estate through the front door, who would think I'm Li Changqing? I just want to wander around City 18 as an ordinary person. Just consider it as thanks for my help these days!”

Qing Chen thought for a while and finally sighed, “Okay.”

Li Changqing's eyes lit up. She jumped off the bed and walked to Qing Chen, “It's a deal. I'll come to you tomorrow night. Hook your pinky finger!”

The woman stretched out her slender pinky finger.

Qing Chen hesitated and didn't reach out, but saw Li Changqing grab his arm and forcefully hook his pinky finger, “Don't go back on your word.”

After saying this, Li Changqing walked out energetically, her fatigue seemingly gone, “Don't hide from me tomorrow. I'll follow you wherever you go.”

She opened the small door of Autumn Leaf Manor, and Little Eagle and others were waiting silently outside. Lao Jiu, who had been recovering from his injuries, had also returned to the team.

At this time, there was more of an inexplicable admiration in Little Eagle's gaze at Qing Chen.

Qing Chen thought that this must be because he had heard some strange rumors, so he had this kind of look. Now, Little Eagle should want to join Daybreak even more...

Li Changqing turned back and said, “There may be a family high-level internal meeting tomorrow morning. All Li Clan members who are qualified to enter the ancestral hall must attend. Let's sit together then.”

Qing Chen was stunned, “A family high-level meeting? They want me to go?”

“Of course,” Li Changqing smiled, “Your identity and status are very high now. Alright, I'm going.”

The woman left decisively.

However, Qing Chen suddenly thought of a question.

Li Changqing didn't really mind where she went. She just wanted to temporarily leave her identity as a member of the Li Clan and enjoy the time when no one was watching her.

So, I wonder if she would mind saving Luo Wanya.

Before, Qing Chen was a little worried that there might be experts among those who were detaining Luo Wanya. He might not be able to handle it alone.

Now, with Li Changqing, a master, there should be no problem...

Autumn Leaf Manor became quiet again, but there was still a faint fragrance in the courtyard, seemingly the perfume from Li Changqing.

……

……

Jiang Yichen in Room 102, with dark circles under his eyes, secretly watched from the cat's eye.

He waited from midnight to 3 a.m., but he didn't wait for the killers to come out again.

In addition to the four who went in before, the sixteen killers who entered the house disappeared without a trace as if they were swallowed by a terrifying creature.

Jiang Yichen didn't know there was a secret passage in the house, nor did he know who was in the house. He only felt that the location of his new house was extremely terrifying.

What kind of feeling is this? It's like you finally bought a house, but just two days after moving in, someone reminds you that this house is a haunted house, and the previous three owners all hanged themselves.

Now, Jiang Yichen felt that he was living in a haunted house, and he was extremely afraid.

At this moment, Luo Wanya was lying quietly on the floor of a small room. Six Time Travelers were trapped here with him.

He didn't sleep.

He couldn't sleep.

Luo Wanya roughly calculated the time. Since he became a Time Traveler, he had been confined for more than a month.

During this month, these Time Travelers ate and slept, and were brainwashed every day to extract their real information in the Outer World.

The windows of the small room were nailed shut, and they couldn't see the outside scene.

The stuffy and humid air in the room made people particularly irritable.

Before this crossing, Luo Wanya was full of confidence. After all, Daybreak had the previous record of saving Zhang Chengze. They seemed much more powerful than the previous Time Travelers.

Moreover, the other party had accepted the two cars he had sent.

However, three days had passed, and Luo Wanya hadn't seen anyone from Daybreak.

Did they fail to find his location, just like other Time Travelers?

Or were they not powerful enough and dared not come to save him?

This made him worry and toss and turn.

“Old Luo, can you stop turning over?” A Time Traveler complained, “With your size, turning over is like an earthquake. Can't you let others sleep?”

Luo Wanya didn't respond. He never told these people that he had asked for help.

After mixing in the underworld for so many years, the deepest thing he had learned was not to easily trust anyone. Who knows if there are any Time Travelers among them who have already betrayed?

He wasn't brainwashed, but some people were.

At this moment, two men in black combat uniforms walked in from outside. One of them smiled and said, “Home Families, how was your rest today? Is there anything you need to improve in terms of food?”

The other man also smiled and said, “Everyone has been asking when they can regain their freedom, right? Our answer has always been soon. Some Home Families may be wondering why we have to keep everyone here. Actually, we also have our difficulties. City 18 is too dangerous now. The Li Clan and the Qing Family are carrying out large-scale searches for Time Travelers in the city. It will be very dangerous for you to go out.”

Luo Wanya hurriedly turned over, looking loyal, “Officer, I understand your difficulties. I understand completely.”

The supervisor was very satisfied. The most successful case of their brainwashing in this period was Luo Wanya. Not only was he very cooperative, but he even helped brainwash others.

However, he didn't know how Luo Wanya despised their brainwashing techniques.

At this time, a supervisor smiled and said, “Home Families, the superiors have assigned a task. The Home Families in the Outer World urgently need a sum of money for their operations. Would you like to donate voluntarily? This is a rare opportunity. The superiors said that only family members who donate voluntarily can integrate into a larger family and have more opportunities for promotion in the organization...”

Luo Wanya said excitedly, “I'll donate! Home Families, don't compete with me. I have a lot of cash, hidden under my bed. Where do you want me to send it?”

The man unfolded a small note, glanced at it and said, “Under the King City Bridge at midnight on the second day after returning. Someone will naturally contact you when you get there.”

Luo Wanya was excited. In this way, wouldn't he be able to catch these people's scouts in the Outer World?

However, he hasn't regained his personal freedom yet. If he makes trouble in the Outer World, he'll probably be killed when he comes back.

The man looked at Luo Wanya, then smiled at the others, “Home Families, look at Luo Wanya's awareness. This is the attitude a family should have. Does anyone else want to contribute to the organization?”

Under Luo Wanya's leadership, the Home Families donated enthusiastically.

“Okay, go to sleep,” the man said contentedly when he finished collecting the funds, “Tomorrow you don't have to sleep on the floor. I'll send the Home Families to another place tonight. It's safer and more comfortable there.”

The ‘Home Families’ looked at each other, their faces showing joy.

Luo Wanya felt uneasy in his heart. The place where he was confined was already hard to find. What if Daybreak just found a clue, but he was transferred? Wouldn't it be a waste of effort?

This time Luo Wanya was really anxious!

Daybreak's big brothers, where are you!

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