Seeking Refuge

Countdown: 168:00:00.

Qing Chen opened his eyes in the farmhouse cabin on Laojun Mountain.

During those seven days, he experienced so many sights and met so many people that upon returning, he felt as if he had been through another world.

Suddenly, I was pulled out of that bizarre and fantastical world.

However, before he could even start thinking, WeChat started buzzing with messages.

Qing Chen opened his phone and saw that it was full of messages from Nan Gengchen.

"Brother Chen, are you there? Are you there? Are you there? Are you there?"

"Brother Chen, let me explain!"

"Brother Chen, would you believe me if I told you there's another twin brother over there? What you saw was actually him, not me!"

Qing Chen sighed, thinking that Nan Gengchen's greatest skill was probably using a bunch of nonsensical, rubbish lies to fool himself.

You can't fool anyone else.

However, Qing Chen ignored him and went out of the room to borrow the landline phone in the courtyard of the farmhouse, preparing to call Nan Gengchen.

However, halfway there, he suddenly turned back into the room.

Qing Chen replied via WeChat: "Thank you for your hard work."

Nan Gengchen's expression changed drastically on the other end of the phone. "What's so hard about it? Brother Chen, what are you saying? I don't understand!"

Qing Chen asked, "So, what you said before about the pimp who introduced the rich woman was true, because he introduced you to Li Yinuo?"

"No, Brother Chen, Li Yinuo and I are just ordinary friends!" Nan Gengchen shouted desperately on WeChat.

However, Qing Chen did not dwell on the matter, and simply replied lightly, "Take seven days back to make up for it."

At that moment, Nan Gengchen knew that any further explanation would be futile.

Qing Chen had already seen Li Yinuo carry him into the tent, and he also saw...

Nan Gengchen asked weakly, "Brother Chen, why were you there?"

Both of them experienced the Laojun Mountain incident during their last return.

Qing Chen also saved him.

From that time on, Nan Gengchen felt that he had a tendency to commit suicide, after all, he kept saying that he was not Time Walker, and then he boasted every day that "only people with extraordinary talent can become Time Walker".

After returning to downtown Luocheng, he didn't dare send Qing Chen a single word.

It's as if if I don't say anything, this matter will just pass.

Nan Gengchen thought that perhaps this matter would gradually subside and be forgotten by Qing Chen.

But to his dismay, he ran into Qing Chen again in the wilderness.

Completely dead.

Fortunately, only Qing Chen knew!

At this moment, Qing Chen replied, "I am a hunter from the wilderness. Isn't it normal for me to be there? Our hunting team was tasked with capturing Kite Falcon and Golden Snub-nosed Monkey, but we couldn't find any in the north, so we can only try our luck in the south."

Nan Gengchen was unaware that the person beside him was Li Shutong, nor did he know that he had just joined the hunting team.

Therefore, the other party had no way to verify or doubt Qing Chen's explanation.

However, this identity was not fabricated for Nan Gengchen's benefit, but rather to monitor his or Nan Gengchen's WeChat accounts if anyone became suspicious of him.

Then the other party will discover from the content of the two people's chat that Qing Chen is not in City No. 18, nor in Prison No. 18, but just an ordinary hunter in the wilderness.

That's enough.

As people travel back and forth more frequently, more and more organizations will mature and acquire stronger reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance capabilities.

At times like this, it might be difficult for Qing Chen to remain an ordinary person and stay out of it.

Complete invisibility is not as good as living a life of quiet seclusion in the city.

But if he ever needs to be exposed, then his identity as a hunter today will be his second layer of firewall.

At least, an ordinary wilderness hunter doesn't have much value to be coveted.

Nan Gengchen asked on WeChat: "Brother Chen, you looked really disheveled back then. Your face was covered in dust, and your clothes were torn. I heard from them that it's tough in the wilderness, and it gets even more dangerous further south. Why don't you come back to City No. 18 with me later? As long as I have food to eat, you definitely won't starve."

Qing Chen replied, "No need, I still prefer to earn my own living. Food earned through my own labor tastes better..."

"Brother Chen, that hurts," Nan Gengchen replied bitterly. "However, the wilderness will be very dangerous this time. Brother Chen, your wilderness hunter team is very weak, so you must be careful and make sure you don't get caught in the crossfire."

From Nan Gengchen's perspective, in the conflict between the Shindai and the Li clan, a small hunting party is too powerless and may become cannon fodder before the war between the two sides.

It has to be said that Qin Cheng, Qing Chen, Qin Tong looked terrible; they were all dressed like refugees.

It's normal for Nan Gengchen to think this way.

Qing Chen asked, "Speaking of which, you seem to have a lot of contact with important figures. I'd like to know what the Kamishiro Family and the Autumn Hunting Team are planning? Has Li Yinuo told you?"

Currently, Li Yinuo is likely the leader of the Autumn Hunting Team, and Nan Gengchen, as Li Yinuo's husband, should know quite a bit...

Nan Gengchen replied, "Li Yinuo originally had no intention of participating in the autumn hunt. In her words, given her status in the family, it was not worth it for her to hang out with a bunch of hopeless playboys."

"Then why did she participate again?" Qing Chen asked curiously.

"It seems that she obtained information about the Kamishiro Family at the last minute and wanted to secretly sabotage the Kamishiro family's marriage alliance. She even wanted to join forces with Qing Huai of the Qing Clan Fourth Branch to massacre the Kamishiro Family members in the wilderness. In this marriage alliance, the Kamishiro Family formed alliances with the Qing family and the Chen family, but not with the Li family. Li Yinuo wanted to drag the younger generation of the Qing family who advocated war into the mess," Nan Gengchen said.

Qing Chen sighed, this guy really knows a lot of details.

If it weren't for your spouse, you wouldn't know so much.

Nan Gengchen continued, "However, it seems the Qing Clan Fourth Branch is unwilling to join forces with her. She is Shadow Candidate and only wants to go to Forbidden Zone No. 002 to complete her mission. Li Yinuo said that for Qing Huai, becoming Shadow first would definitely be more beneficial, so she doesn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble. But Li Yinuo plans to help Qing Huai compete for Shadow as a condition for another secret meeting with Qing Huai."

Qing Chen pondered, "Does the Li family know about this?"

"She probably doesn't know, but she's doing it secretly, trying to force the issue," Nan Gengchen replied.

He felt that Li Yinuo's actions seemed reckless and not as if they were authorized by the Li family.

A top conglomerate wouldn't make such a hasty decision.

Nan Gengchen asked, "Brother Chen, are you really unwilling to hang out with me in City No. 18? It's definitely better than you staying in the wilderness."

Qing Chen replied, "If I ever find myself unable to survive in the wilderness, I will come to you for help. I know you still have some doubts, but we can discuss them when we meet."

Nan Gengchen replied, "Okay."