Night's Nomenclature
Chapter 420: The Ring and the Departure

“What do you want me to do for you?” Qing Chen asked.

Abi said, “I know it’s useless to ask for your promise, so I hope that after you’ve done the last thing for me, I’ll tell you its containment conditions.”

Qing Chen asked, “Do you think you have the right to negotiate with me?”

Abi asked back, “Do you dare to try it slowly yourself?”

Qing Chen chuckled. He had searched online for a long time, but he couldn’t find any information about the Forbidden Artifact in Capri’s hands.

Because this Forbidden Artifact originated in North America, Qing Chen couldn’t return to the Inner World to find information related to it. After all, the continents were cut off, and information wasn’t shared.

So if Qing Chen didn’t want to slowly explore back home, he’d better figure this out before the end of his European trip.

Slowly exploring a Forbidden Artifact sometimes takes generations to discover a little bit of the rules.

It may even cost lives to find out.

It’s better if you know who exuded it. Generally, Forbidden Artifacts will exude from the burial places of deceased Metahumans, and there will be some strange phenomena before exuding.

If you know whose tomb it is, you can speculate based on the deceased’s preferences.

For example, the Forbidden Artifact ACE005Da Fu. Li Shutong said that it was exuded by a cat lover. That Metahuman raised a total of seven cats, and they were all quite famous, so the first-generation holder found the containment conditions and usage in a month.

For example, Marionette. This thing appeared a long, long time ago, but no one knew what it was used for back then.

People only knew that it was a Forbidden Artifact, but for over a hundred years, no one knew what it was used for, or what its containment conditions were.

Some used it as fishing line, some used it to hang clothes. Who would have thought that it requires the host to wrap their wrists with the enemy’s?

So gay.

Qing Chen couldn’t even imagine how the first generation that discovered its usage did it.

and because of its characteristics, it’s particularly draining on the host.

The complete containment rules of Marionette are that a batch of people must be sacrificed every month. If the sacrifice fails, the number of sacrifices for the next time needs to be doubled.

If it hasn’t been completed by the ninth time, it will sacrifice the host.

On average, it sacrifices a host every nine months. Who can stand that? It’s almost faster than reincarnation.

Someone once calculated that Marionette had killed more than thirty hosts, making it the most wasteful Forbidden Artifact in history.

There are also some Forbidden Artifacts similar to Marionette.

For example, Truth Coin. If you ask a question and get an answer, but don’t feed it a gold bar, it will make the host blind and deaf for seven days.

And the Forbidden Artifact ACE038 “The End of Secrets.” The host can tell a secret about themselves that no one knows, in exchange for a secret from someone else.

But if the secret the host tells the Forbidden Artifact is thought by the host to be unknown to everyone, but someone actually knows it, then 4999 hairs will fall out.

The hosts of Forbidden Artifact ACE038 have all been bald.

So, Forbidden Artifacts are always a double-edged sword.

Now, Qing Chen didn’t know what the containment conditions of the ring were, or what the consequences would be if the containment failed.

If he accidentally touched some backlash rule while trying, there would probably be big problems.

Even if Abi and Capri were willing to tell Qing Chen about the function and containment conditions of this Forbidden Artifact, Qing Chen had to find someone to try it before he dared to use it himself.

For example, the Forbidden Artifact ACE089 Song Slayer in Tribunal’s hands, no one knows what the containment conditions are, so it can only be temporarily sealed in a metal box.

This thing, as soon as it hears singing, will chase the singer to the ends of the earth.

If Capri’s thing is similar to the Song Slayer, but Abi tells Qing Chen that the containment condition is singing, then Qing Chen might be in big trouble.

But he needs a reference direction.

That’s probably Abi’s confidence. He’s certain that Qing Chen doesn’t want to try slowly, so he confidently proposed his conditions.

However, Qing Chen wasn’t worried about this. As long as one person was willing to speak up, things would be easy.

It’s not like only Abi knew the function and containment conditions of this ring.

Too many humans have died because of an old saying, “It’s not about being few, but about not being equal.”

The Chinese have used tricks like “the story of Er Tao killing three warriors” countless times.

He controlled Abi from speaking, then looked at Capri with a smile and said, “You’re unwilling to say it, but someone else is. It’s clearly your Forbidden Artifact, yet he’s making conditions with me. If I were you, I wouldn’t be able to stand it! Can you tolerate him?! How about this, I’ll give you the same condition. Tell me the function of the Forbidden Artifact, and I’ll do the last thing for you before you die.”

Qing Chen smiled at Abi. Such a person can become the number three figure in the future European branch. He wondered what the real power holders in North America were like.

Capri sensed that his restraint had loosened. He coldly glared at Abi, then said to Qing Chen, “Help me delete all the private messages on my social media, and delete everything in my cloud drive, and I’ll tell you.”

Qing Chen: “”

Abi: “”

Qing Chen sighed, “You’re really fearless even in death, wanting to leave a clear name behind. The last thing before death is to ask me to help destroy the evidence of your social death. Such noble character is truly touching.”

Abi felt a wave of sadness in his heart. He was still thinking about how to use this to dig a pit for Qing Chen, so that the Future Organization would discover their whereabouts and come to rescue them, but Capri wasn’t cooperating at all, and actually only entrusted him with such a small matter.

Qing Chen said with a smile, “I can do this for you, but you have to tell me the containment conditions first.”

Capri shook his head, “No, you have to help me first.”

Qing Chen said, “Then I’ll ask Abi? Maybe he’s more willing to complete this transaction with me. Of course, you can also choose to believe that I’m trustworthy, and I’m willing to do this small thing for you, after all, it’s a simple matter.”

Capri was stunned, “This ring is called Power, implying that it can take you anywhere.”

Qing Chen was also stunned, “Teleportation ability?!”

“No,” Capri shook his head, “As long as you have it, you can open any door, even if it has mechanical locks or password locks, you only need to turn the handle, and it will help you remove all obstacles and open the door. Safes can also be opened.”

Capri was afraid that Qing Chen would think this thing was useless, so he quickly added another sentence.

Qing Chen said impatiently, “With just this ability, you gave it such a powerful name?! You even said it could go anywhere!”

It’s better to call it a universal key!

Wait, Qing Chen suddenly thought of something. It was said that the carriage of Forbidden Artifact ACE012 Steam Train was full of gold coins. If someone tried to steal the gold coins, the Steam Train would lock the door and trap them to death inside.

Could this ring called “Power” reopen the locked door after stealing the gold coins?!

Isn’t this the legendary method of using rules to fight against rules, using magic to defeat magic?

Of course, Qing Chen wasn’t really going to try.

After all, he didn’t know if this bug-exploiting method worked well. If the Western rules didn’t work in the East, and the ring’s power couldn’t beat the Steam Train, then he’d be dead.

Qing Chen looked at Capri, “What are the containment rules? How can you become its host?”

Capri explained, “Its containment conditions are very simple. The host must steal something every month, anything will do. The stolen item must be given to the ring to eat before the owner realizes it’s missing.”

Qing Chen thought, this might be a Forbidden Artifact exuded by a North American thief saint, it actually has this kind of quirk.

If he returned to China, he might not be able to figure out the rules of this Forbidden Artifact, because he didn’t have the habit of stealing anything.

Abi sighed inwardly when he heard Capri reveal all the details. Two C-Class masters were reduced to vying for a “dying wish.” Abi wanted to kill Capri.

At this time, Qing Chen re-controlled Capri, and then put the ring on Abi’s little finger, “You try it.”

Abi said, “You want me to help you try this ring to see if Capri is cheating you? Okay, but you must delete the contents of my cloud drive as well.”

He made a final attempt.

Abi could have had a better plan, but now he could only pray that some clues he left behind would make W think of something.

Qing Chen smiled, “Okay.”

Then, Abi said to Qing Chen, “I need to steal something first, and the owner can’t know. Should I go to the street and steal something?”

“No, it’s not that complicated,” Qing Chen shook his head. He released Capri’s restraint, and with a hand knife, knocked Capri unconscious.

Then Qing Chen said to Abi, “Take off his coat, that counts as stealing. Don’t worry, he’s unconscious.”

Abi was shocked. So “the stolen item must be given to the ring before the owner realizes it’s missing” can be done this way.

Qing Chen saw his doubts and said seriously, “He’s really unconscious.”

Abi sighed. His idea of passing on information to the outside world was also dashed, “But this is just grabbing, not stealing at all.”

“Let’s try it first,” Qing Chen remained noncommittal.

Abi took off Capri’s coat and put the ring next to the coat.

Capri’s coat seemed to burn and instantly turned to ashes.

Abi was stunned, This works?!

In Frederick Hospital, W was lying on the bed, wrapped in a large amount of bandages. More than ten subordinates were sitting in the spacious, high-class ward.

According to the doctor, he had a mild concussion and 31% burns all over his body, with internal bleeding.

If it were an ordinary person who suffered that explosion, even if they weren’t killed on the spot, the 31% burns would be enough to cause organ failure and death.

Fortunately, W, being a B-Class master, had strong self-healing abilities.

W calmly said, “Train station, highway, expressway, airport, port, send people to watch them. Don’t give Abi and Capri a chance to leave. Invade the network, lock their bank accounts, social media accounts, all accounts, and track their information from usage traces. Don’t give them a chance to leave Amsterdam alive, otherwise, the future will become a laughingstock for North American Time Travelers.”

However, at this moment, a subordinate said, “Boss, Capri’s social media account has logged in!”

W was stunned, “He actually dares to log into social media at this time? What is he doing?”

The subordinate stared at the computer, “He’s deleting private messages.”

W frowned, What the hell is he deleting private messages for?

This is not the time to be deleting private messages, is it the kind of thing a person being chased would do?

Why would he do this now?

“No,” W frowned, “This isn’t that simple. Under what circumstances would someone want to delete their private messages?”

Another subordinate said, “Boss, Abi’s cloud drive account has also logged in and is deleting his selfies and videos.”

W suddenly remembered that he once joked with Abi, asking what he would do if he only had five minutes left to live.

Abi’s answer was: Delete the things in his cloud drive to avoid being exposed and losing Face^[-].

W suddenly sat up from the bed and roared at his subordinates, “Quickly check their login IP address! Find it quickly!”

“Found it, Boss. The IP address is at B156, Danrak Street. They forged several IP protocols and used more than 30 jump servers, but they were all cracked by the decoder we brought back from the Inner World,” said the subordinate.

“Go, surround that place!” W said, “Abi… If there’s resistance, kill them all, don’t hold back. Let Mike go too!”

At this time, W suddenly realized that Abi might be dead, and there might be another hidden story behind the Abi undercover case.

However, whether Abi had really betrayed the future or was coerced, W didn’t want anything unexpected to happen in this matter.

15 minutes later, Mike had arrived at the door of B156, Danrak Street. He looked coldly at the shabby door and asked a Future member next to him, “Is there any movement from those accounts?”

The Future member said, “They are still deleting their online traces, they haven’t stopped.”

Mike sneered. He raised his arm, spread his five fingers, and red laser beams instantly cut the door of B156 to pieces.

However, when the door was cut open, everyone was stunned because there was no one inside.

Mike quickly walked in, but saw a mobile phone on the dining table, which was automatically deleting all the online accounts of Abi and Capri.

New messages kept popping up on the phone.

When it finished deleting all the online information, a Big Rich Man game interface suddenly appeared on the phone screen, starting a new game.

Next to the phone, someone had placed a playing card, Face^[-] down on the table.

Mike picked up the playing card with an iron-blue Face^[-], it was a colorful Joker, silently smiling.

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