Purge Plan

Countdown.

When the darkness ended, Qing Chen was still standing quietly in the green belt.

Seven days ago, he was the one who stood here to report Qing Guozhong, and then watched as the other party was helped into a police car by the police.

The time travel mechanism is truly amazing.

At this moment, the police cars hadn't even left yet.

Qing Chen watched silently in the darkness as the police car started its engine and drove away. He could even see Qing Guozhong inside the car with his head down, looking extremely dejected.

It's amazing that I could experience the same thing twice, several days apart...

However, after this report, it will probably be difficult for Qing Chen to report again.

Because Qing Guozhong is no longer facing detention, but criminal prosecution.

In this report, there is actually a very crucial point: Qing Chen agreed to the transfer of the house without hesitation, so Qing Guozhong completed the transfer on the same day and received hundreds of thousands of yuan from the sale.

This means that Qing Guozhong has sufficient gambling funds, constituting Article 303 of the Criminal Law, which stipulates that organizing gambling involving three or more people, with a total gambling amount exceeding 50,000 yuan, is punishable by imprisonment of up to three years, probation, or detention.

So when he knocked down Qing Guozhong in the dark, he didn't steal the gamblers' money. He even emphasized this to the police officer at the 110 emergency call center.

Now that Qing Chen has become Time Walker and the next successor of the Knight Organization, he no longer cares about 50,000 yuan.

These tens of thousands of yuan would obviously have a greater impact on Qing Guozhong.

However, after watching the police car drive away, Qing Chen suddenly felt that he wasn't so happy anymore.

It wasn't that he regretted sending Qing Guozhong in, but rather that he suddenly felt that he no longer needed to consider such things in his life.

Qing Chen has started a new life.

At that moment, the communicator in his pocket was vibrating incessantly; Liu Dezhu was frantically sending messages. "Boss, when are you coming back?!"

"Boss, please come back and do something about Lin Xiaoxiao! If you don't take care of him, I might die!"

Qing Chen was puzzled. "Lin Xiaoxiao wants to kill you? Why would he want to kill you?"

Liu Dezhu said anxiously, "We all agreed to cooperate in acting during the day, but he takes revenge at night, and he's giving me nightmares every night!"

Qing Chen had experienced nightmares before, and he knew very well what Liu Dezhu had gone through.

But he didn't seem to care, and instead asked about other things, "Has anything unusual happened in prison these past few days? Have there been any new Time Walker?"

Liu Dezhu answered honestly, "Yes! And it's a big deal! After you left, over three hundred people were suddenly transferred from other prisons to Prison No. 18 within seven days. They were all fierce-looking and extremely terrifying!"

Qing Chen frowned. "Did Lin Xiaoxiao say what they came here for?"

Liu Dezhu said, "I told her, Lin Xiaoxiao they came here to die..."

Qing Chen: "..."

However, if Lin Xiaoxiao said that, Qing Chen would probably understand.

There must be a powerful force that has already discovered Li Shutong's departure and then transferred hundreds of people from other prisons to prepare for trouble.

And they're probably after the Forbidden Item ACE-005.

"I understand," Qing Chen said, then put the communicator back in his pocket.

He had already been promoted to knight, and the next step was to follow Li Shutong back to Prison No. 18.

It looks like something big will happen next time I travel through time.

Remembering that he had another promise, Qing Chen pulled up his hood and turned to walk into the darkness.

Los Angeles Foreign Language School.

The campus was very quiet at midnight; there were no food stalls or bustling students.

Grandpa Qin, the security guard at the gate, was also sitting in the guardhouse, half asleep.

A dark figure silently leaped over the wall, moving as nimbly as a tabby cat.

Qing Chen walked through the familiar path and, in front of the high school teaching building, actually used both his hands and feet to climb up the wall to the top floor.

The walls of the teaching building are much easier to climb than the Green Mountain Cliff.

Sitting on the edge of the rooftop terrace, not long after, the small iron door behind me creaked open as someone forcefully pushed it open.

It was the thin and small Nan Gengchen.

The small door was originally locked, but later, when couples in the school had nowhere to meet in secret, someone secretly broke the lock. From the outside, it looked fine, but the lock cylinder was broken.

To be honest, this is the first time these two miserable young men, who have been single their whole lives, have ever been on this rooftop...

When Nan Gengchen pushed open the door, he seemed a little hesitant.

Qing Chen said, "Remove the SIM card from the phone."

"Oh..." Nan Gengchen did as instructed.

Qing Chen said, "When we talk about the Inner World again, let's find a secluded place like this until I get Data Fortress to protect our privacy."

Nan Gengchen glanced at Qing Chen sitting on the edge of the rooftop. He originally wanted to sit down as well, but then he looked down and immediately shivered.

"Ahem, Brother Chen," Nan Gengchen hesitated for a long time before saying, "Let me tell you about my situation first. First of all, Li Yinuo already knows that I am Time Walker..."

Qing Chen asked expressionlessly, "Didn't you say before that she didn't know?"

Nan Gengchen recalled that Li Yinuo asked him several times if he was Time Walker, and he always said no.

Then the other person would look at him with a doting gaze, as if he were an idiot, and say, "Okay, you're not."

He hadn't thought about it much at the time, but now he felt a little embarrassed...

Qing Chen thought for a moment and asked, "Did she ask you to say anything to me, or mention me to you?"

"No," Nan Gengchen said, pausing for a moment.

"It seems she doesn't know about our relationship, nor does she know that I am Time Walker," Qing Chen speculated.

He asked that question because he was worried that Nan Gengchen might leak this information.

If Li Yinuo guesses his relationship with Nan Gengchen, and given that he is Li Shutong's student and the next successor of the Knights, then the other party will definitely want to say or do something through Nan Gengchen, or at least test Nan Gengchen.

Now, if you want to ask Nan Gengchen something, you absolutely cannot ask him directly. You don't know what kind of answer he will give you in his inexplicably confident state.

Therefore, Qing Chen had to ask questions indirectly and then make his own judgment...

Qing Chen asked, "After she found out you were Time Walker, didn't she react at all?"

Nan Gengchen said, "She told me to keep it a secret and not to make a fuss, because the conglomerate has been formulating Purge Plan one after another."

"The Purge Plan?!" Qing Chen was taken aback. "What's that for?"

"The plan to influence the Inner World in reverse," Nan Gengchen explained, "Actually, the people in the Inner World are quite resentful of the Time Walker, especially the big shots. They've now confirmed one thing: the Inner World humans who are replaced are practically dead; their entire consciousness dissipates and they don't know where it went. Just thinking about it is terrifying. Brother Chen, I can understand them. If the world we live in is the Inner World, and one day my dad is replaced, thinking about it... it doesn't seem so bad, does it?"

Qing Chen: "..."

"This example isn't quite right," Nan Gengchen said after a moment of thought. "You're my only friend. If you were to be replaced one day, Brother Chen, and you didn't recognize me or consider me a friend anymore, how scared would I be? In the Inner World, many people face this situation: friends become strangers, sons disappear, and fathers become other people. It's not much different from the sci-fi movies we used to watch where aliens control Earthlings."

Therefore, the Time Walker and the Indigenous People of the Inner World are actually in a naturally hostile relationship.

No one wants to be controlled by an alien species.

Then came the "Purge Plan".

"I heard from Li Yinuo that various forces in the Inner World have now controlled a number of Time Walker," Nan Gengchen continued. "According to her calculations, the Li family alone has already controlled more than three hundred Time Walker, and these people are the key to the Purge Plan."

"What are they trying to do by controlling these Time Walker?" Qing Chen frowned.

"They want to control these Time Walker that, after returning to the Outer World, they can hunt down all the Outer World humans who share their names," Nan Gengchen said.

"This is the Purge Plan."

A gust of cold wind blew by, Qing Chen suddenly felt that the late autumn night was a bit chilly.

The Time Walker's time travel mechanism: If people with the same name and appearance appear in roughly the same location, they will gain "public beta access".

The rule is actually not complicated, so it is easy for people in the Inner World to find out.

How could those important figures, who have worked hard for half their lives, tolerate being replaced by someone else just when they are enjoying their lives?

Therefore, they all devised Purge Plan, intending to eliminate the possibility of being replaced from the root: killing those with the same name.

This is the simplest and most effective way.

As long as there are no replacements for them in the Outer World, they can rest easy.

The journey is one-way. Although the people in the Inner World seem to be in a passive and defensive state, they don't necessarily have to do what they want to do themselves.

When those intelligent and powerful figures discovered the Time Walker, they did not kill them directly to avenge their families and relatives, but instead chose to use them.

Qing Chen asked, "When do they plan to carry out the Purge Plan?"

"There shouldn't be any rush for now," Nan Gengchen said. "Li Yinuo said that the Li family has grand ambitions. They even use the Time Walker as valuable tools. They not only have Purge Plan, but also Transmigration Plan!"

"What the heck?" Qing Chen was confused. "They actually want to travel through time on their own?"

"Hmm," Nan Gengchen nodded, "This is just a concept. Let me give you an example. The head of the Kashima Family is named Lee Byung-chul, and he lives in one of the Kashima Family's cities, corresponding to Seoul. In the Outer World, there's actually someone with the same name and appearance, but he doesn't live in Seoul, so the time travel mechanism between the two Lee Byung-chuls isn't triggered. If the Lee family could find this Lee Byung-chul living in the countryside and send him to Seoul in the Outer World, corresponding to the other Inner World, then the head of the Kashima family might suddenly become a Time Walker!"

Qing Chen was shocked. "What are they after?"

"Oh, the Lee family doesn't have a good relationship with the Kashima and Kamishiro Family, it's purely to annoy them. Assassinating Lee Byung-cheol in the Inner World would definitely be very difficult, and there would be unknown consequences. But if Lee Byung-cheol is replaced by himself, then there's nothing that can be done, it's a natural disaster or a man-made one! Li Yinuo was very excited when she talked about this," Nan Gengchen said.

If Qing Chen had some idea about the previous Purge Plan, he had never thought of this proactive Transmigration Plan.

That's absolutely disgusting.

To disgust the most powerful person with minimal cost?!

Qing Chen sighed. Despite how clever and resourceful he had been in several battles, his heart was still not as wicked as those who had spent their lives playing tactics.

He was somewhat Qing Xing that he had been transported to a prison and had encountered Li Shutong.

If he had traveled into the Qing Clan, he would probably be under control by now.

Nan Gengchen added, "I was just giving an example. Lee Byung-chul is over a hundred years old, so it's impossible to find a replacement in the Outer World, but this method can be used on other people."

Wait a minute, Qing Chen suddenly thought of a question: Could Li Shutong and Lin Xiaoxiao be transported to another world?!

This is a very serious problem.

If there is also a Li Shutong in the Outer World, and the forces in the Inner World deliberately find him and send him to Luo City, wouldn't Li Shutong also be in danger?

At one point, even Qing Chen considered carrying out the Purge Plan. He had finally met a good master, but the master had been transmigrated by someone else, and he couldn't accept this outcome.

But then another question arises: if there really is a Li Shutong in the Outer World, what wrong has he done? Just because they share the same name and look the same, should he be killed?

He suddenly asked Nan Gengchen, "Among those Time Walker controlled by the Li family, are there any extraordinary individuals? Will the extraordinary individuals be replaced?"

"There really is a superhuman," Nan Gengchen said. "Li Yinuo complained that the superhuman's abilities seem a bit unreliable..."

Upon hearing that even extraordinary individuals could be transmigrated, Qing Chen frowned immediately.

Doesn't this mean that Li Shutong will really be replaced?

Moreover, the friends I make in the Inner World might be replaced!

He then asked, "Among these people, were any injected with gene-editing agents?"

"No one has been injected with the gene serum," Nan Gengchen said. "Li Yinuo even complained that among the Time Walker these past few days, not a single one has been injected with the gene serum. She suspects that those who have received the gene serum have had their genes altered, which is why the two sides cannot meet the conditions for time travel."

Qing Chen breathed a sigh of relief, but then he immediately thought of something else, "Wait, wouldn't it be better to just inject all the Li family members with gene-enhancing drugs? Why bother with the Purge Plan?"

Nan Gengchen looked at Qing Chen: "Brother Chen, don't you know that gene serums have side effects..."

"Aftereffects?" Qing Chen was stunned. "What do you mean?"

"It's not quite the same as becoming a superhuman. Those who inject gene-enhancing drugs have a very low chance of having offspring," Nan Gengchen said. "During the reproductive process, it's difficult for the embryo to develop. Therefore, the conglomerate searches for various lineages and tries to make its Tuanzi superhuman, rather than directly injecting gene-enhancing drugs. For example, Li Yinuo has a teacher who specifically teaches her cultivation."

Nan Gengchen continued, "Li Yinuo said that currently only a certain gene serum sequence from the Tribunal of Taboos does not affect fertility, but its effect on enhancing strength is not very good, and it is also very difficult to find on the market. Moreover, the conglomerate is worried that if someone really finds someone identical to themselves and then injects the same gene serum into the 'substitute' in the Outer World, they might still be able to travel through time. Therefore, the Purge Plan is still more reliable."

Qing Chen was shocked; he had no idea that gene serums could have such side effects.

So if my genes are altered, does that mean I won't be able to have offspring?!

Master never mentioned such a thing!

No, if it were something that serious, Li Shutong would definitely have told him. Since the other party didn't mention it, it means there won't be such a big aftereffect.

Next time he travels through time, he'll definitely have to ask his master first...

It's quite important after all...

Of course, there's also good news: according to the current logic, the teacher shouldn't be replaced, because the genes change the moment one is promoted to knight.

However, there are still risks for extraordinary individuals like Lin Xiaoxiao and Ye Wan!

Nan Gengchen said, "Brother Chen, do you have any way to stop the time travel? Li Yinuo has been very good to me. What if she gets replaced? Wouldn't that be the same as being dead?"

To be honest, it's not just people in the Inner World who worry about being replaced.

Even people like Lian Qing Chen and Nan Gengchen, who are from the Outer World, worry about their friends in the Inner World being replaced.

Qing Chen thought for a moment and said, "I might have thought of a way. I'll let you know after I confirm it."

At that moment, he suddenly thought of something else:

Almost everyone in the Kunlun organization has physical abilities far beyond those of ordinary people. This must be related to the gene-enhancing drugs, right? Aren't they worried about the side effects?

Or perhaps they knew about the consequences, but still made the choice.

"When does the Li family plan to carry out the Purge Plan?" Qing Chen asked.

Nan Gengchen said, "All I know is that the Li family isn't in a hurry right now. They want those Time Walker to become stronger, and they'll make plans when they're less likely to be lost."

Finding Time Walker is becoming increasingly difficult, and more Time Walker have learned to hide. Therefore, after the Li family came up with an even more ingenious plan, they have come to regard Time Walker as a precious strategic resource.

Conglomerates are the most profit-driven people in the world; they will find ways to turn every unfavorable factor into an advantageous one.

Nan Gengchen said, "Brother Chen, I've told you everything I know. I'm just Li Yinuo's... friend, so I can't possibly know that much. If you want to know more, you'll probably have to ask the core members of the Li family. We don't know anyone like that in the Outer World."

Nan Gengchen didn't recognize him, but Qing Chen did recognize a core member of the Li family!

Li Tongyun!

It seems I can go back and ask the girl about this. Even if she doesn't know now, she can keep an eye out for it the next time she travels through time.

Of course, this is all on the premise that the girl's identity Time Walker is not revealed.

Qing Chen suppressed his thoughts for the moment and asked, "How are you in the Forbidden Zone? Are you safe?"

Nan Gengchen recalled the somewhat exhausting interrogation and replied, "The rules we know now include: no urinating or defecating anywhere, no singing with others, no killing, no swearing... Brother Chen, you must know a lot of rules, right? Can you tell me?"

Qing Chen shook his head. "No, if it were any other Forbidden Zone, I would tell you, but I swore to my master to keep the rules of Forbidden Zone No. 002 a secret. However, my master said that as long as you stay close to Li Yinuo, nothing will happen."

Nan Gengchen thought for a moment and said, "Brother Chen, a lot has happened in the Forbidden Zone. They say there was a young man who single-handedly killed an entire field army company. But I don't think those people deserve any sympathy, after all, they used living people to experiment with the rules."

"Hmm," Qing Chen replied calmly.

"Also, they said a C-Class expert went to hunt down the boy, but he hasn't returned."

"Um."

"And another thing, that boy forced Qing Huai to run away. Li Yinuo once said that Qing Huai was one of the strongest contenders in the Shadow Struggle, and was highly anticipated with a limitless future. In the end, he was still completely fooled by that boy."

Qing Chen laughed and asked, "What exactly are you trying to say?"

"Brother Chen," Nan Gengchen suddenly looked at Qing Chen and asked, "The boy they were talking about is you, right? You're Li Shutong's student, aren't you?"

Qing Chen smiled and asked, "Why do you say that?"

"Ever since I met Li Yinuo, she has often said that her dream is to become a knight, and the person she admires most is her Uncle Qi Li Shutong," Nan Gengchen said. "She rarely shows respect to anyone, but she used the formal 'you' to address your master. When I thought about it, the only person I could think of who was so respected by her and so powerful was Li Shutong, the one who held her when she was little."

"That's not enough to support your guess. I think Li Yinuo definitely respects more than just Li Shutong," Qing Chen said.

Nan Gengchen scratched his head. "That night at Laojun Mountain, Liu Dezhu said his men were nearby, and then you, Brother Chen, showed up and killed all the thugs. I always felt that Liu Dezhu, such a coward, how could he become Li Shutong's favorite and even be able to command you? But then I thought about it, and if you two switched roles, I think everything makes sense. I don't have any logic or evidence, it's just my intuition."

Qing Chen was amused. He thought Nan Gengchen would forget what happened that night at Laojun Mountain, but he didn't expect that the other party had remembered it.

"Am I right, Brother Chen? Your master is Li Shutong?" Nan Gengchen asked. "Don't worry, you only revealed the clues because you saved me. I, Nan Gengchen, would rather give my life than let it slip!"

On the rooftop, the howling autumn wind suddenly stopped, and the world suddenly became quiet, as if waiting for an answer.

"Yes, my master is Li Shutong."

On the rooftop of the campus at night.

A secret was suddenly revealed.

Nan Gengchen suddenly became excited. "I knew it! Why would Liu Dezhu command you? Someone as smart as you would never be a subordinate to someone like that! Besides, someone like you would definitely be incredibly powerful in the Inner World, how could you just be an ordinary wilderness hunter!"

Qing Chen turned to look at his deskmate, who was gesturing wildly.

Nan Gengchen was so happy simply because he had truly gained a promising future in the Inner World.

Friendships formed during student days are the purest. Many people don't realize this until they leave school and enter a treacherous society, only then do they realize that they once possessed friendship, one of the most precious things in the world.

Friends will be happy for you, will do anything for you, and in that unbridled era, you'll chase the wind and dream together.

Nothing could be better than this.

"Brother Chen, you've become a knight now, right?"

"Um."

"Brother Chen, you actually managed to control that soldier named Wang Qiang, forcing Qing Huai to trigger the rules! That's so cool! How did you control him? Never mind, that's your trump card, I won't ask!"

"Um."

Qing Chen sat on the edge of the rooftop, propping himself up with one hand and looking back at his classmate. The night wind was blowing again, but it wasn't so cold anymore.

At this moment, Nan Gengchen said, "Brother Chen, there's one more thing. Later, we encountered the Federation Group Army. When they were interrogating Qing Huai's soldiers, Li Yinuo shifted the blame to Huotang for you. Now I reckon everyone thinks Huotang was hunting Qing Huai, and it has nothing to do with you."

Qing Chen's eyes lit up. He had worried about this before, but he didn't expect Li Yinuo to relieve him of his worries.

He deliberately left an Autumn Leaf Blade next to the landfill pit, intending for Li Yinuo to act as an inside agent.

But all he was thinking about was preventing Wang Bingxu from hunting him down.

Unexpectedly, Li Yinuo gave her a pleasant surprise. This sister-in-law is really nice!

"Here you go," Qing Chen handed Nan Gengchen's SIM card back to him. "Remember one thing, before I get my hands on the Data Fortress, don't talk about anything related to the Time Walker on WeChat."

Nan Gengchen opened his phone and casually browsed the news.

After all, they've only been back for a few hours, so there's bound to be anonymous posts from people about events in the Inner World.

He and Qing Chen were both in the wilderness, and it was necessary for them to catch up on the major events that had occurred in the Federation.

But at that moment, Nan Gengchen was stunned. "Brother Chen, look, the Chuang Wang posted on Weibo, and it's related to us!"

Qing Chen frowned as he looked at the Weibo, which clearly referred to Forbidden Zone No. 002.

"As of the end of the last time travel, there has been a new development in the Shadow Struggle expansion pack announced by He Xiaoxiao: Qing Huai, the most popular candidate, was ambushed and killed while carrying out a mission in Forbidden Zone No. 002. After the mission failed, he was on his way to leave the Forbidden Zone when he was killed."

"Currently, the Federation Group Army has located Qing Huai's body. The candidate's fatal wound was a ruptured carotid artery in his neck, and it has been ruled a homicide. Shadow Struggle expansion update: 8/9."

"The murderer who ambushed Qing Huai is suspected to be the son of an elder from Huotang. This murderer is suspected to possess Forbidden Item, is extremely powerful, and has exceptional intelligence. He almost single-handedly wiped out Qing Huai's entire team, making him extremely dangerous."

Chuang Wang and He Xiaoxiao haven't released any important news for a long time. Previously, everyone thought that the Shadow Struggle would take a long time to make progress, but unexpectedly, one of them died so quickly!

This matter has quickly climbed to the top of the trending topics list, but Chuang Wang's analysis was also the result of being misled by Li Yinuo!

This time, Qing Chen, as a firsthand witness or the protagonist of the event, finally learned the whole truth!

However, Qing Chen Nan Gengchen were more concerned about who this Chuang Wang was!

Qing Chen looked up at Nan Gengchen: "I'll ask you a question, and you answer it. I need to analyze the clues about this person."

"Okay, Brother Chen, go ahead and ask," Nan Gengchen said.

"Who knows about the fire pit incident?" Qing Chen asked.

"Very few people know about this, only me, Li Yinuo, Qing Huai's uncle Zhang Yang, a deputy officer Wang, and Ning Shun, the platoon leader of the 7th platoon of the field company," Nan Gengchen said. "Everyone else has been sidelined."

"After your discussion, did anyone inform the others about this?" Qing Chen asked.

"No," Nan Gengchen said, "Before I returned, Li Yinuo asked me to go to the toilet to avoid arousing suspicion from others due to the strangeness before and after my time travel. But I'm sure that during the time I took the sealed bag to the toilet, those people didn't leave."

Okay, for now, we can focus on these few people.

Qing Chen continued, "Has the Federation Group Army informed Li Yinuo of the cause of Qing Huai's death?"

"No," Nan Gengchen shook his head, "Federal soldiers all wear communication headsets, so we can't hear the conversations."

"Ning Shun, as the person being interrogated, shouldn't be wearing an earpiece, right?" Qing Chen asked.

"No."

Qing Chen relaxed. "Qing Huai's death is true, because I killed him with my own hands. Currently, based on the clues, we believe the Chuang Wang is either Deputy Commander Wang or Zhang Yang!"

Qing Chen said, "Next time I travel through time, I'll try to get photos of these two people and remember what they look like."

To his surprise, the Chuang Wang revealed his identity to him directly in order to gain popularity.

Qing Chen was a little puzzled. Was this guy really so sure that there wasn't Time Walker among the people present at the time?

The fact that the progress of the Shadow Struggle was exposed so openly makes the objective all too clear for the parties involved.

Or, what other tricks do they have up their sleeve?

One of the two seemingly prescient Time Walker on the internet has already been exposed.

He Xiaoxiao is the only one missing.

It's strange, though. He Xiaoxiao said she wanted to use the Data Fortress to create a group chat, but why hasn't anything happened for so long?

When Qing Chen got home, he tiptoed in and out of the door, afraid of waking Jiang Xue and Li Tongyun, who were fast asleep inside.

To my surprise, when I opened the door, I saw untouched food on the dining table.

It seems that Jiang Xue did not go to sleep immediately after returning, but guessed that Qing Chen must not have eaten after finishing his work, so she made a new meal before going to sleep again.

Qing Chen sat down at the table and touched the plate; the food was still warm.

Just as he was feeling a little touched, the bedroom door was quietly opened a crack.

Li Tongyun, wearing a nightgown and carrying a plush toy about half her height, tiptoed out of the room.

She came to Qing Chen's side and said pitifully, "Brother Qing Chen, save me!"

Qing Chen refused without even thinking, "You haven't finished your homework? I'm not going to do it for you."

"It's not about the homework!" Li Tongyun muttered to herself, "It's about my Time Walker identity; it might be exposed at the Li Corporation soon!"

"Is the Li family about to discover your Time Walker identity?" Qing Chen realized the seriousness of the situation; the little girl wouldn't joke about something like this. "Tell me, what's going on?"

Li Tongyun lowered her voice and said, "In the Inner World this time, I overheard the adults talking. They said they have controlled more than three hundred Time Walker and are preparing to carry out a 'Purge Plan'."

This was consistent with the information Qing Chen had received. He had originally intended to ask Li Tongyun about it, but he hadn't expected that she had obtained the relevant information first.

"Then why did this Purge Plan lead to your identity being exposed?" Qing Chen asked.

Li Tongyun thought for a moment and asked, "Brother Qing Chen, you didn't ask me what the Purge Plan was right away, so you already know what the plan entails, right?"

Qing Chen was both amused and exasperated. "You're quite quick-witted!"

The little girl had previously deduced that Qing Chen was Time Walker simply by observing his reaction to secretly glancing at Kunlun.

Now, by seizing on a loophole in a sentence, they deduced that Qing Chen already knew about the Purge Plan.

This level of logical reasoning and attention to detail is something even a high school student like Liu Dezhu probably couldn't achieve.

Qing Chen said, "I know about the Purge Plan and its general contents. You can continue."

"Yes," Li Tongyun nodded obediently, "The Li Corporation's Purge Plan won't be launched anytime soon because the Time Walker are too weak; they're basically just ordinary people. Also, brainwashing the Time Walker will take time, possibly training them into an army, which will take several months. They say that without training, these Time Walker won't have any loyalty; even if they're forcibly promoted, they'll still be leveled-up trash, easily killed."

Qing Chen nodded. This did fit the positioning of "strategic resources". If these Time Walker were used rashly and the loss rate was too high, some of the Li family's disgusting plans would probably not succeed.

"Doesn't the Li family plan to equip them with mechanical limbs? That would be the fastest way to improve their strength," Qing Chen said.

"No," Li Tongyun shook her head, "Equipping them with mechanical limbs would make them too conspicuous. They wouldn't be able to pass through security checks smoothly in the Outer World, and they would be forced to register. Their activities in other locations would be monitored, which doesn't meet the Li family's expectations."

"That's very thoughtful," Qing Chen remarked. "So, they chose the gene serum?"

"The annual production of gene serum is very limited, and it also needs to be allocated to the core troops and core members, so for the time being, only a few dozen Time Walker can be injected. However, they have decided to complete the injection of all Time Walker within three months," Li Tongyun said.

"The injection has always been at F-Class. What level do they plan to upgrade it to?" Qing Chen asked.

"Upgrade to D-Class," Li Tongyun said. "That's the average level for special forces in the Inner World."

"That's still a long way off," Qing Chen said. "The interval between gene injections must be one month, and the Purge Plan won't begin for another three months."

"But before the Purge Plan, they will have a preliminary plan," Li Tongyun said. "The Li family will send several Time Walker to steal household registration information in the Outer World in the near future, in order to search for information and identify the assassination targets of the Purge Plan."

Qing Chen frowned.

Yes, if you want to carry out the Purge Plan and kill those people with the same name, you first need to know how many people with the same name there are and where they are.

All this information is available in the nationwide online household registration system!

Moreover, with the Household Registration Database, the assassination targets of the Purge Plan will be much clearer!

There are many people in this world with the same name. If someone in the Li family is named Li Xiang, then it would probably take killing hundreds or even thousands of people to complete the mission.

But with the Household Registration Database, it's not so troublesome anymore; you can just compare the photos.

Qing Chen knew very well that with the technological level of the Inner World, those people could easily crack the Household Registration Database of the public security department of the Outer World by bringing back any small device.

It's not that the security level of this Household Registration Database is not high enough, but that the other party has technology that is ahead of its time!

"Wait, are the Time Walker really that obedient?" Qing Chen asked, puzzled, but he quickly realized, "That makes sense. There will always be people who willingly defect to use the Li family's power to strengthen themselves. It's a way of currying favor, but the benefits come at the cost of innocent lives."

Li Tongyun said, "However, those Time Walker don't understand hacking techniques, nor do they really understand how this database works. They can only use a clumsy method: they take the equipment that the Li family gave them, find the access point to the Household Registration Database, and blindly copy information using the automated equipment."

The young girl continued, "If the Li family gets hold of this household registration information, they will probably screen the entire Li family immediately. If my name, age, and photo all match, I'll probably be exposed."

Qing Chen sighed; he hadn't expected to encounter such a thorny issue upon his return. "When will this plan to steal household registration information be implemented?"

"It's coming soon, but I don't know the exact time. It could be this time or the next time," Li Tongyun explained. "I'm too young. The advantage is that they won't deliberately avoid talking to me, but the disadvantage is that I can't ask them questions on my own initiative."

He asked, "Where in the Inner World are you now?"

Li Tongyun said, "Before my return, I made an excuse to go out and am currently strolling through the night streets of District 1 City No. 18. There are students protesting there, and the crowd is huge. I could easily blend into the crowd. But I have two bodyguards with me, and I'm not sure if I can shake them off."

Qing Chen breathed a sigh of relief, "I didn't expect you to be so quick-witted, knowing how to save yourself. It's alright, if they succeed, you should get rid of the bodyguards first, and then I'll find someone to pick you up. At least you won't fall into the hands of the Li family and suffer."

But it's best to resolve this matter in the Outer World before it gets exposed!

After all, the leak of the information database concerns the entire Outer World Time Walker.

If the Li family gets their hands on this, they will be able to quickly verify the entire Inner World!

"Brother Qing Chen, what do we do now?" Li Tongyun asked in a low voice.

After the Outer World invaded the Inner World, the time travel incident finally took its biggest turn.

The conglomerate's reaction came too suddenly. They are showing everyone through their actions that the Inner World is not a lamb to be slaughtered.

However, these are the real conglomerates; when they encounter danger, they will open their bloody maws and reveal their sharp fangs.

Qing Chen looked at Li Tongyun and said, "This matter is beyond our control. I need to find a way to get the message to Kunlun."

Always complained about being too short, so today I'll give you a long chapter of 10,000 words...

Suddenly I realized my update frequency had skyrocketed...

I'm so tired, I need a monthly pass to comfort me.

In addition, I just attended the Yuewen Ceremony and won the annual honorary author award. Thank you to all the book lovers who voted for me!

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