Night's Nomenclature
Chapter 335: The Peak of the Mathematical Competition Qing Chen

"I'm curious, which candidate does the Shadow Master think has the best chance of becoming the next Shadow?" He Jinqiu asked with a smile.

"The Shadow Master wouldn't tell us such things," the young woman responded with a smile. "However, the Shadow Succession is fair and just; whoever wins will naturally be the next Shadow."

He Jinqiu looked at Ji Guanya, then at the young woman, and suddenly said, "It's been less than two months since you two became Time Travelers, yet you've gained the trust of the Inner World's Conglomerate to be chosen as representatives of the Outer World. Moreover, you seem quite willing to work for the Inner World's Conglomerate. I wonder, are you truly Outer World humans... To put it more bluntly, has the Conglomerate mastered a true reverse time-travel method?"

In the past, reverse time travel referred to finding people in the Outer World who corresponded to important figures in the Conglomerate, and then substituting them.

But He Jinqiu clearly didn't mean that; he meant Inner World natives reverse time-traveling to the Outer World!

It's not surprising that he suspects this, as the two of them don't act like they're being controlled.

As they spoke, the golden coin between He Jinqiu's slender fingers spun faster and faster, like a flickering flame and light.

Ji Guanya shook his head: "Boss He is overthinking it. I am a native of the Outer World. However, in my opinion, the two worlds may have a grudge of body-snatching, but what can ultimately exist eternally is profit. Moreover, I don't think there's anything wrong with helping the natives of the Inner World. Apart from Shendai and Koshima, the other three Conglomerates have no difference in ethnic attributes from my Outer World."

He Jinqiu looked at the young woman from the Qing Family: "What about you?"

The young woman smiled: "I'm also from the Outer World. To my knowledge, there's no true reverse time-travel method. Even if someone could use a Forbidden Artifact to bring a human back, the person being carried would die."

"I know that. Forbidden Artifact ace-038 is a coffin called "The Secret's End." The owner can put others inside and make them forget one of the owner's secrets. As far as I know, it's in the hands of the Qing Family," He Jinqiu said with a smile. "People often say that only the dead keep secrets. This Forbidden Artifact is quite appropriate. However, has the Qing Family ever tried this?"

"I don't know about that," the young woman said with a smile.

For example, container-type Forbidden Artifacts like ace-038; the Inner World has some more, which is why some Time Travelers can bring large equipment back from the Inner World.

However, He Jinqiu didn't know before that Forbidden Artifacts could only carry inanimate objects, not living things.

He hasn't had a chance to try it yet.

"By the way, this young lady hasn't introduced herself yet," He Jinqiu said with a smile. "What's your name? I'd like to know how to address you next time we meet."

"Boss He wants to directly investigate my household registration," the young woman laughed. "It's okay; my name is Si Nianhua."

"Does the Qing Family have any deals they want to make with my Nine Provinces? We Nine Provinces are open to all comers," He Jinqiu laughed.

"No," Si Nianhua shook her head. "It's the same as before; the Qing Family has no intentions at present."

"Alright, then I won't waste your time," He Jinqiu stood up. "If our positions are opposed in the future, I won't show mercy."

"Neither will we," Ji Guanya responded with a smile.

Currently, the three organizations are in balance, and no one will act at this time because dealing with Shendai and Koshima is the top priority.

However, the future is uncertain.

He Jinqiu picked up his deer head cane and calmly walked out of the Otaru restaurant.

After getting into the Nine Provinces' business car, he took out two 100-gram gold bars from his pocket.

The Truth Coin was already whispering.

The wheat ears ring on the front was constantly intertwined, while the two crossed swords on the back emitted a sound of gold and iron clashing.

He Jinqiu melted the first gold bar into the Forbidden Artifact ace-099 Truth Coin to test whether Ji Guanya's words were correct.

"My debt is repaid."

Finally, the flowing ripples of the coin solidified again, becoming a wheat ears ring.

He Jinqiu melted the other gold bar into it as well; it was still a wheat ears ring.

This shows that neither of them was lying; the natives of the Inner World can't reverse time-travel to the Outer World.

Of course, it's also possible that true reverse time travel exists, but these two people just don't know about it.

The Truth Coin can test lies and truths, but it can't directly test the truth and rules of this world.

He Jinqiu sat quietly in the back seat of the business car, not knowing what he was thinking.

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At Luo City Foreign Language School.

Mathematics teacher Tian Hailong was writing math problems on the blackboard.

The head teacher of Class 3, Grade 2, had obviously lost a lot of weight; the incident of Zhou Xuan Ying's death seemed to have had a significant impact on him.

Fortunately, after returning to Luo City, Xu Zimo and several other students helped him testify, proving that Zhou Xuan Ying's death had nothing to do with him, thus eliminating more negative impacts.

At this time, Nangeng Chen passed a small note to Qing Chen: "Brother Chen, I've thought of a way to expand Daybreak. Let Luo Wanya's group develop members. For every four loyal members they develop, they can receive an enlightenment. In this way, a pyramid-shaped organizational structure can be quickly established, and you, Brother Chen, will be at the top of the pyramid…"

Qing Chen raised an eyebrow; he didn't expect Nangeng Chen to have a little talent for doing shady things.

But if he really did this, his Daybreak organization would really be infamous for "pyramid scheme' and "Happy Sect'.

Qing Chen asked on the note: "Are you serious?"

Nangeng Chen: "I was just thinking casually when I was bored…"

When school was dismissed in the morning, Qiduo and Zhang Lanjin walked out. Wang Jiale had been waiting on the playground early, and the three of them went to a small restaurant outside the school, each ordering a plate of covered rice.

Zhang Lanjin looked at Wang Jiale: "By the way, you also went to the Xian City ac10 math competition, right? Representing your school? Qiduo and I went too."

Unlike Luo City Foreign Language School, Wang Jiale's school only sent five people, while Luo Yi High School sent over 200 people in four buses, all of whom had a chance to qualify.

This is the difference in strength between the two schools.

Wang Jiale scooped a large spoonful of rice into his mouth: "Now it's our school; you're also students of Luo City Foreign Language School now."

Zhang Lanjin was stunned: "It's a bit hard to get used to; it doesn't matter… I remember after that math competition, you said in our junior high school classmates' group chat that your school had a particularly powerful Time Traveler? Who is it?"

"Have you heard of a title?" Wang Jiale looked at Zhang Lanjin. "The strongest student ever?"

"I've heard of it. It's the student who was sick and in a wheelchair but still went to take the exam," Zhang Lanjin said. "It was even on the news at the time."

Wang Jiale tapped his covered rice plate with a spoon: "It's him."

"Ah?" Zhang Lanjin and Qiduo were stunned.

"He wasn't in a wheelchair because he was sick," Wang Jiale said. "He was in a fight between Time Travelers the night before, and someone shot him in the abdomen with a firearm. The media wanted to interview him at the time, but they couldn't find his contact information. It was said that they went to his house to block him, and it was also said that he had just moved."

Qiduo and Zhang Lanjin looked at each other. In their minds, Luo Yi High School's Masonic Lodge should be one of the best Time Traveler organizations for students nationwide. Although they heard that Beijing No. 4 Middle School, Renmin University High School, and Haicheng No. 1 High School also had powerful Time Traveler organizations, they had never actually seen them.

Presumably, they are similar, right? The Time Travelers in those top high schools might be stronger, but they are all students after all, so their strength is limited.

Therefore, the members of the Masonic Lodge are proud. When they came to Luo City Foreign Language School, they also had a slightly reserved sense of superiority, not very obvious, but it was there.

For example, in their view, they are helping other student Time Travelers.

However, no matter how powerful they are, they have never participated in firearms-level conflicts; those are things for adults.

Wang Jiale continued, "You know Kunlun, right?"

"Yes," Qiduo nodded.

"Although I don't know what Qing Chen did that night, I know that Kunlun was responsible for cleaning up after him," Wang Jiale glanced at the two of them.

Usually, Zhang Lanjin would occasionally post about life at Luo Yi High School in the junior high school classmates' group chat, such as student unions, clubs, competitions…

As for Luo City Foreign Language School, where are there clubs like that…

Wang Jiale always felt a little resentful at that time.

Now, he suddenly found a new pleasure. He is indeed not as good as Zhang Lanjin, but his classmate Qing Chen is better.

However, he didn't mention what happened on the way back to Luo City, because Tian Hailong had reminded everyone not to spread this, otherwise Zhou Xuan Ying's parents might cause trouble for Qing Chen.

Zhang Lanjin asked: "Since he was injured, why did he still participate in the ac10 math competition?"

Wang Jiale said: "Don't you understand the spirit of never giving up! He's the school's top student; it's not something normal people can understand!"

"No," Qiduo said. "A classmate of mine was in the same examination room as him at the time, and he said that the student in the wheelchair had blank scratch paper and didn't answer the questions seriously."

Wang Jiale's breath hitched, then he said, "Being injured to that extent, it's good enough that he was able to take the exam."

However, at this moment, Zhang Lanjin suddenly said, "The ac10 results will be released today."

Generally, the ac10 results are released 10-16 days after the exam.

Zhang Lanjin said: "Ask the team leader, ask this Qing Chen student how many points he got at that time."

Wang Jiale was a little unwilling: "Didn't I say that he was injured at that time? What score can you expect him to get?"

"Just ask," Zhang Lanjin looked forward to Wang Jiale.

"Alright," Wang Jiale sighed.

At this time, the covered rice in front of Qiduo and Zhang Lanjin had gone cold, but they had no appetite to eat.

Wang Jiale took out his phone and called Tian Hailong to ask about Qing Chen's ac10 competition results.

However, after just two seconds, his expression had completely fallen into a daze: "Okay, teacher, I understand…"

The teacher's voice was faintly heard on the phone: "You don't need to compare with him; his situation was special… Your score this time was also very good, you qualified…"

After Wang Jiale hung up the phone, he stared silently at the covered rice in front of him, suddenly feeling that he couldn't eat it anymore.

"How many points did he get?" Zhang Lanjin pressed.

Wang Jiale slowly looked up at the two of them: "Full marks."

Qing Chen, while seriously injured, used mental calculation to get a perfect score of 150 in the ac10!

Under normal circumstances, the ac10's gold content is not high and cannot be used as a decisive factor for admission or studying abroad; it's at most an additional factor.

But if it's a perfect score, it's completely different.

Full marks and qualification are completely different concepts!

Probably, the admissions offices of major universities across the country are already calling Qing Chen, right?

Even if they can't admit him on the spot, they will privately promise independent enrollment, additional points for the college entrance examination, etc.; at least they have to get acquainted with Qing Chen first.

He, Wang Jiale, got 127 points because he could only get 127 points.

Qing Chen could get 150 points because the test only had 150 points.

At this moment, Wang Jiale recalled the legend in the school about Qing Chen's precise score control and finally believed it.

He sent a message in the competition's small group chat: "Xiao Ran, Zimo, do you know the ac10 results? Guess how many points Qing Chen got."

However, no one in the group replied to him, obviously they all knew what was going on.

Qiduo and Zhang Lanjin looked at each other in the small restaurant, and they also checked their own scores; one got 121, and the other got 129; there was still a huge gap between them and the full score.

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Qing Chen spent the whole afternoon answering calls.

Unknown number: "Hello, is this Qing Chen?"

Qing Chen: "Yes, it is."

"This is the admissions office of Fudan University. We want to know if you are interested in participating in our spring independent enrollment? Yes, yes, because you got a perfect score in the ac10 math competition, so we can consider giving you extra points."

The whole afternoon, such calls never stopped.

In the end, when an unknown number called again: "Hello, is this Qing Chen?"

Qing Chen: "No."

The person on the other end of the phone was obviously surprised: "Isn't this Qing Chen's phone number? Who are you?"

Qing Chen: "I'm Ultraman."

The other side: "…"

Qing Chen doesn't plan to go to university early, or to be precise, he doesn't plan to leave Luo City now.

He is the foundation of Daybreak; if he goes elsewhere, others might have to leave with him; it's too troublesome.

Afternoon class.

Qing Chen suddenly frowned.

In one class, Qiduo turned to look at him more than 40 times, Zhang Lanjin looked at him more than 50 times. He thought, what's wrong with these two people? Did someone leak the news?!

During the first break, Qing Chen sat in his seat and waited for the two of them to come to him, but they didn't come.

In the second class, Qiduo looked back at him more than 50 times, Zhang Lanjin looked at him more than 60 times. Even someone with Qing Chen's temperament was a little dumbfounded.

Until after school in the afternoon, when Qing Chen and others were packing up to leave, they finally came over.

Qiduo looked at Qing Chen sincerely: "Qing Chen, we want to invite you…"

Qing Chen: "Okay, I'll join."

Qiduo and Zhang Lanjin were both stunned; they hadn't finished speaking yet!

Qing Chen simply said: "I'm willing to join your Masonic Lodge, but I have something to do now, so I'll go first. Let's talk about other things tomorrow. By the way, remember to add me to your Masonic Lodge group chat."

After saying that, he left with Nangeng Chen and others.

Qiduo and Zhang Lanjin looked at the figures quickly leaving, suddenly feeling that Qing Chen seemed to have joined but hadn't completely joined…

Although Qing Chen said he would join, Qiduo and Zhang Lanjin felt that the distance between them hadn't been shortened.

What they didn't know was that Qing Chen joined all kinds of organizations; Kunlun, Nine Provinces, he was in all of them.

In Qing Chen's view, simply agreeing to join can obtain some information; why not?

Anyway, these people didn't stipulate that he had to perform any obligations; if someone really asked him to perform the obligations of an organization member in the future, he would quit…

Moreover, Qing Chen also needs to go to Forbidden Zone 002 recently; he has a very important thing to do.

An hour after Daybreak left school, Lu Yuan called Little Eagle: "Did Qing Chen return to the Daybreak villa?"

Little Eagle was sitting idly in the car, the seat reclined, his feet on the steering wheel: "No, they are high school students; they have evening self-study^[-]."

Lu Yuan said: "Informants say they left school an hour ago!"

"Ah?" Little Eagle sat up straight: "But they didn't go back to the villa."

Lu Yuan frowned on the other end of the phone.

The last time Daybreak disappeared collectively, four Time Travelers from the Shendai Family were caught.

The time before that, Daybreak disappeared collectively and set a trap for the Shendai Family in the Borui Building.

What will happen this time when Daybreak disappears collectively?

The next second, "Bingtang's voice came from beside him: "Lu team, the Boss asked us to advance to the border of the f6 and f7 areas. He requires us to arrive within one hour and form a pincer attack with another special operations team to prevent them from entering Luo City."

"Okay, I understand," Lu Yuan nodded. "What about Ni Ergou?"

"They are still following those people," Bingtang responded.

"Nine Provinces?" Lu Yuan asked.

"We go north, they go south. We intercept Shendai in the north, they intercept Koshima in the south. This should be what the two Bosses discussed," Bingtang responded.

At this time, all the Kunlun Members had changed into khaki jackets. Taking advantage of the night, they abandoned the main road and walked into the northern mountains and fields.

Kunlun has marked the target area with tactical numbers; the vast mountains and fields are divided into 150 areas for precise positioning.

Meanwhile.

In the southern mountains and fields.

"Check your firearms," Nine Provinces Yu Cheng said in a low voice.

In the mountains and fields, the sound of pulling the bolts of guns could be heard. Everyone carefully removed the magazines and reinstalled them.

Hundreds of people quickly advanced northward in assault formation.

However, at this moment, Yu Cheng suddenly sensed something unusual. He looked up and found someone quietly watching them on the hillside at 11 o'clock under the moonlight.

He took out his binoculars to look, but the figure on the hillside disappeared the next moment.

Yu Cheng's heart tightened; the oppressive feeling, as if substantial, hit him.

This is the feeling of prey being targeted by a hunter.

But he said calmly, "Keep moving."

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