The Naming of the Night
Chapter 302

The First Reverse Transmigration Plan Concluded

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In He Xiaoxiao's group chat, everyone was staying up all night waiting.

Chuang Wang: "Was anyone even here today? Tell me what happened! That Zard guy, you said last night that the show was about to start, and then you just disappeared without a trace. Were you deliberately keeping everyone in suspense? When have you ever seen me share information as stammering as you?"

Li Si guessed, "When he said 'the show is about to begin,' he probably meant the operation against the Time Walker of Kashima. Otherwise, I can't imagine what else could have happened in Xiancheng. Are Bai Zhou and Huan Yu at war again? Probably not. So many people died in one night; Huan Yu must be severely weakened as well."

At 3 a. m., Zard finally appeared. "Let me tell you what happened. Tonight, the Kashima Time Walker and their group took advantage of the darkness to head towards the Lianhuo Expressway. While they were driving, experts from the Kunlun Organization suddenly rushed out from the roadside, and a fierce battle ensued."

The Chuang Wang asked in disbelief, "Did you see all of this with your own eyes?"

Zard: "I guessed."

The Chuang Wang: "You son of a bitch...???"

Zard said impatiently, "Are you kidding me? I knew Kunlun would attack them on the way before the Deer Island group even got on the highway. You don't know Kunlun, but I know they're cunning. What if they mistake me for one of the Deer Island people? There's nowhere to hide in this desolate wilderness. What am I supposed to say if the Kunlun people find me? Will they believe me if I sleepwalked here?"

The Chuang Wang scoffed, "Then what nonsense are you spouting about 'the show is about to begin'? You can't even see it."

Zard: "Go ahead and try to get yourself killed, I'm not going... All I know is that Kunlun has definitely won this battle. Just now, Kunlun's people returned to Xiancheng and started a new round of arrests to capture those small fry still hiding in the city and wipe them all out."

Forbidden Item ACE-999: "Were there any casualties in Kunlun?"

Zard: "That's the most chilling part. From what I've seen, Kunlun only suffered injuries, no deaths. That means Kunlun wiped out this group of Kashima Time Walker with zero casualties. You should know that there was also a Chosen One sent by Kashima among them. I don't know his exact strength because I haven't seen him make a move, but he's a master in the Inner World."

The people in the group thought that since he was an expert, he must be at least C-Class, or even B-Class.

Otherwise, how could they be worthy of being called the Chosen One?

Forbidden Item ACE-999: "There are no more than ten such people among the hundreds of thousands of Time Walker in the East and West. Of course, there are also those who are relatively low-key and have not yet appeared. As for ordinary Time Walker, they can only make up for the gap at the starting line through their own efforts."

Zard probed, "Boss He, your organization's He Xiaoxiao must also be one of these Chosen One, right? I suspect you are too."

This time, the Forbidden Item ACE-999 remained silent.

Liu Dezhu, who had been keeping an eye on the group chat, suddenly realized that his boss was probably just like him, an ordinary prisoner when he first entered the prison. He wasn't the Chosen One; rather, he had a hellish start.

However, through his own efforts, he not only narrowed the gap with the chosen one, but has now become a pivotal figure in the entire Time Walker circle.

What kind of person is this?

Chosen One of the Planes?

Liu Dezhu has no other ideas now. If the boss is awesome, he'll just follow him and live a life of luxury!

"By the way, everyone says that Kashima is carrying out a reverse Transmigration Plan. Who exactly is the person they want to replace?" Chuang Wang asked.

"I don't know about that. Just look at the map. The Lianhuo Expressway leads east to Luocheng and Zhengcheng. Maybe it's a big shot from one of those two cities," Zard replied, leaving everyone wondering if he was telling the truth.

The Chuang Wang, "Where is this person now?"

Zard: "Do you even need to ask? It's definitely in Kunlun's hands. Don't ask me anymore. My mom really won't let me play with idiots."

In Zard's mind, the Chuang Wang had gone from being illiterate to being a fool...

However, this time, he was wrong again.

Qing Chen looked at his phone. It seemed that apart from Kunlun, no one knew that Lushima had actually split its forces into two groups, and that the replacement was not in Kunlun's hands at the moment, but in Bai Zhou's hands.

Of course, after seeing in the group that the battle was over, he waited for Zheng Yuandong to ask him, "Where are you?"

But the owner of Kunlun is quite interesting; he hasn't asked a single question yet.

As if tacitly agreeing to let daytime handle Li Dongze's Outer World, they stopped interfering.

At this moment, Qing Chen really couldn't figure out what kind of behavior Zheng Yuandong had.

At this time, Qing Chen and his group had arrived at the hotel in Miancheng. Jiang Xue was in a double room next door, while he and Li Dongze, the Outer World, were in a single room with twin beds.

Li Dongze hadn't slept in who knows how long; he collapsed the moment his head hit the bed.

Qing Chen glanced at him, lay flat on the bed and entered the mysterious world of "Conquer by Virtue", continuing to move the target from 1360 meters to 1460 meters.

He didn't know how much time had passed when he heard rustling sounds in the mysterious world. When he opened his eyes, he was shocked to see Li Dongze from the Outer World tiptoeing out...

Qing Chen sighed, "If I wanted to kill you, I would have done it already. I'm genuinely protecting you right now, so please cooperate a little, okay?"

"Haha, I just went to the bathroom," Li Dongze laughed awkwardly when he realized he'd been caught sneaking away. "You're still awake?"

He was a little surprised, thinking to himself, "How come this boy doesn't need to sleep?"

Qing Chen was thinking that it was only the third day since he returned, and he still had to fight wits and courage with this cowardly Li Dongze from the Outer World for another four days...

Just thinking about it makes his teeth ache.

Fortunately, he had finished what needed to be done after his return, and he had plenty of time to waste with this guy.

Countdown: 1:00:00.

There's only one hour left before we cross over.

Li Dongze, sporting panda eyes, looked at Qing Chen from the Outer World: "Dude, don't you ever need to sleep?"

During those four days, he tried to sneak away countless times, but Qing Chen was always able to detect the slightest movement he made.

No matter how loud the noise or how late at night, without exception.

At first, Qing Chen was a little unaccustomed to this feeling of being ready to grab someone at any time.

But he gradually got used to it and simply spent all his free time practicing anti-material sniper rifles in the mysterious world.

In four days, Qing Chen did almost nothing but catch Li Dongze and practice his shooting. His sniping skills improved by leaps and bounds, and his target range had increased from 1,460 meters to 1,800 meters.

This is the distance at which Qing Chen can achieve precise firing range across all wind speed levels.

Now, it wouldn't be an exaggeration for him to call himself a god among snipers.

Qing Chen glanced at Li Dongze: "If you hadn't run around, and had just slept and waited An Xin, you wouldn't have such dark circles under your eyes. I already promised to give you your freedom after tomorrow, and everything would be over. What are you worried about?"

Li Dongze said helplessly, "I asked you to show me Kunlun's work ID, but you didn't have one. How can I trust you?"

"The fact that you're still alive is the best proof of that," Qing Chen said irritably.

To be honest, Qing Chen suspected that the old man already knew that he had gone to the Inner World to replace a big shot, so after he was completely safe, he had some other ideas.

Once people are no longer under direct threat, they start thinking about how to gain some benefits for themselves.

Over the next four days, Qing Chen gradually figured out what was going on with this guy.

Li Dongze, a company employee Outer World Xiancheng, works hard every day but can't compete with those who only know how to make PPTs and boast about their achievements. He works from 9 am to 9 pm every day, six days a week, and has to work overtime at home on Sundays.

The typical 996 working class.

But not only was it hard work, there was no overtime pay, and the boss kept telling them that this was a blessing.

Having such a group of employees working so hard is not a blessing for the employees, but clearly a blessing for the bosses.

Sometimes Qing Chen felt that the Outer World was starting to resemble the Inner World in some ways. Fortunately, the authorities were still keeping things under control, otherwise it would be even more serious.

Given Li Dongze's miserable situation, wouldn't he be tempted by the idea of transmigrating and taking his place as a powerful figure in the underworld of the Inner World? He definitely would be.

Just then, someone knocked on the door. "Brother Chen, Brother Chen, it's Nan Gengchen, open the door quickly."

Qing Chen went to open the door. "Did you bring everything?"

Nan Gengchen patted his backpack. "I brought it with me, a laptop and a USB drive."

"Come in," Qing Chen said.

Li Dongze, who had been sitting on the Outer World aggrieved, stood up. "And who is this?"

"Oh, I'm Chen-ge's classmate... colleague in Kunlun," Nan Gengchen said.

Li Dongze said with great distress, "Look, you let it slip! You're all still in school, how could you possibly be from Kunlun!"

"There are plenty of people in Kunlun, who says they can't still be in school?" Nan Gengchen muttered.

At this moment, Qing Chen glanced at the remaining countdown timer, then sat down next to Li Dongze and forced Li Dongze to take a photo with him.

"What are you doing?" Li Dongze was stunned for a moment.

Nan Gengchen, holding his phone, said, "Come on, smile and say... cheese!"

With a click, the group photo was preserved.

Li Dongze looked completely bewildered, having no idea what was going on. "Why are you taking pictures?"

Qing Chen glanced at the photo. "No, no, you're not smiling at all. If you do this, Li Dongze will think that I kidnapped you."

Li Dongze in the Outer World was startled. He then realized that the two people in front of him were taking a photo with him to show Li Dongze in the Inner World.

"I won't film!" Li Dongze backed away.

Qing Chen pulled out a pistol and pointed it at him. "Cooperate a little, thank you."

A moment later, there was another click, this time with a hint of a smile on Li Dongze's face.

Nan Gengchen opened his laptop, saved the photos to a USB drive, and handed it to Qing Chen: "Okay."

"You also have an adapter there. When you get to the Inner World, you'll need to connect it to the adapter and link it to your phone. You stay here and watch him. Get ready to travel through time," Qing Chen said, taking Nan Gengchen's backpack instead of the USB drive and heading to Jiang Xue's room next door.

He took out a syringe from his backpack. Inside the syringe, a deep blue liquid swayed slightly. This was the switched gene serum No. 003, now just a harmless saline solution.

Jiang Xue asked curiously, "Xiao Chen, are you going to inject yourself with a gene serum?"

"No," Qing Chen smiled, "This one has been replaced."

As he spoke, Qing Chen suddenly changed his posture, raising his hand high, which looked particularly strange.

"What are you doing now?" Jiang Xue asked.

"Because someone in the Inner World is watching me, I can't make the slightest mistake in my actions after I cross over."

Jiang Xue stared blankly at Qing Chen, not expecting that his situation in the Inner World required such caution.

This is completely different from her life of learning how to assemble and disassemble mechanical limbs every day and easily earning a lot of money.

Actually, the reason Jiang Xue felt that Qing Chen was like her younger brother was because Qing Chen was too mature.

Xu Zimo's students might regard Qing Chen as their peer, but only people like Jiang Xue and Li Shutong who know him well can understand that this young man has suffered too much, so that beneath his youthful body lies an aging heart.

Jiang Xue recalled the fiery spirit that erupted in Qing Chen when she was at Laojun Mountain; perhaps at that moment, Qing Chen was his true self.

All of this was quietly opened up by Li Shutong. The paths he took Qing Chen to Forbidden Zone No. 002, to the Green Mountain Cliff, to the boxing gym, and to the school were all his attempts to help his disciple slowly awaken the closed-off heart of the young man.

Girls like Xu Zimo would be amazed by Qing Chen, but only those who are closer to him would feel a genuine sigh upon seeing Qing Chen like this.

However, Jiang Xue felt that everything was getting better.

If it were in the past, Qing Chen probably wouldn't have made that trip to Weiyang Lake.

Qing Chen looked at the countdown on his arm.

In his mind, time seemed to slow down, and the invisible substance of time began to thicken.

At the last second, Qing Chen held the syringe and dropped it onto his leg.

Without hesitation, without delay.

Not fast, not slow.

Everything is just right.

At the instant time reaches zero, the Inner World completely overlap.

The world went dark, and then it became bright again.

Only Qing Chen's eyes remained bright.

After transmigrating, Qing Chen's arm did not stop, and the trajectory of the syringe falling completely overlapped with that of seven days ago.

Qing Chen used his powerful memory to smooth out the sense of disconnect caused by the passage of time.

In the living room of Feiyun Courtyard, the woman, still wearing a long black dress, sat quietly opposite Qing Chen, her eyes unblinking.

It felt as if blinking would mean missing something.

Li Changqing silently watched Qing Chen until the needle actually landed on his leg, but she didn't notice anything unusual.

The woman noticed that Qing Chen's expression had never changed.

So he wasn't Time Walker after all, Li Changqing thought to himself.

She had seen many Time Walker, and her intelligence agency had even produced a report specifically on the time travel mechanism, so she knew very well what changes Time Walker would undergo in that instant:

Their facial expressions will become stiff, their movements will become stiff, and they may even feel at a loss.

In the process of world transformation, Time Walker will forget what they were doing or what posture they were in seven days ago.

Therefore, most smart Time Walker have learned to hide in places where others cannot see them at midnight, or in blind spots of others' perspectives.

But Li Changqing discovered that Qing Chen did not do that. The other party calmly inserted the needle in front of him, and during the insertion, he crossed dimensions without any hindrance.

Even if Li Changqing had a thousand doubts, they were dispelled at this moment.

She looked at Qing Chen.

The expected groans did not come. Instead, Qing Chen sat on the sofa with his teeth clenched and eyes closed, the veins on his neck bulging.

I was sweating profusely.

"If it hurts, just scream. I've chased everyone away from Feiyun Courtyard. I know that getting the gene serum hurts a lot, but no one will laugh at you," Li Changqing said.

She hadn't expected that the boy was so resilient that he could even withstand the pain caused by the gene serum.

How much perseverance does that require?

However, Qing Chen's restrained demeanor actually aligned with Li Changqing's perception.

However, she knew how painful the gene serum was.

So the more Qing Chen remained silent, the more heartbroken she became.

"Shout it out," Li Changqing said tenderly, wiping away Qing Chen's sweat.

But Qing Chen couldn't shout. He was still silently counting down the seconds in his mind, thinking about how to get through these five hours.

This was probably the longest five hours of my life; it was exhausting to act in.

Therefore, he specifically asked Nan Gengchen to privately inquire with Liu Dezhu about the reaction to gene injection.

If it weren't for the fact that there was someone in the organization who had received gene-enhancing drugs, Qing Chen would have had a really hard time acting.

I wonder how Li Changqing will react when he finds out he was acting today...

Slowly, five hours finally passed. Li Changqing went to change the towel again and again, without any servants to help. He personally wet the towel with hot water and wiped it on Qing Chen's forehead.

In Li Changqing's memory, it seemed that she had never done such trivial things herself since leaving the Li Clan Academy.

Qing Chen opened his eyes and said weakly, "Much better, thank you."

Li Changqing subconsciously checked the time; it was indeed five hours.

During this time, Qing Chen didn't open his eyes once, nor did he check the time.

She thought to herself, if Qing Chen was faking it, he couldn't possibly be so punctual.

The gene serum did indeed work; by the end of the five-hour period, the patient had immediately returned to normal without any lingering effects.

In fact, Li Changqing was still wary of Qing Chen.

Moreover, this sense of defensiveness did not just arise recently.

For someone in her position, she would consider the motives of anyone who suddenly appeared in her field of vision.

So when the Heart Arsonist chatted with her online, Li Changqing took notice. Later, when they met, she was eager to see what this Heart Arsonist was up to.

However, for some reason, when she first saw Qing Chen, she felt that the boy was too clean, almost unrealistically so.

It doesn't seem like the kind of spies that Kashima, the Kamishiro family, the Chen family, and the Kei family usually use.

Later, during the attack in the Fourth District, Qing Chen pulled her into the building. Li Changqing also guessed that the boy might be from Kashima and wanted to lure her into the building to behead her.

However, she was skilled and daring, and relying on her status as a cultivator, she followed them inside.

Unexpectedly, Qing Chen didn't intend to lead her into a trap to be beheaded, but instead took him along to behead Kashima...

This is so unexpected.

Later, she brought Qing Chen back to the Li family's Banshan Manor, and the young man suddenly gained the old man's favor, which was even more surprising.

Li Xiurui, the current head of the Li family in the Central Plains, is a powerful figure in the Federation known as the "Old Fox." The old man has dominated the Federation for decades and has a keen eye for people, so why would he casually give away Dragon Fish?

Li Changqing seemed to have thought of something, but then felt it didn't make much sense.

She smiled at Qing Chen and said, "You've finally made it through! Stay here tonight. Don't worry, there are plenty of guest rooms at Feiyun Courtyard."

"Okay," Qing Chen nodded, "Thank you, the dormitory is indeed a bit small."

"Huh?" Li Changqing was taken aback for a moment, then covered his mouth and laughed, "You've improved."

Qing Chen glanced at her. This woman was just a glib talker. He had been in the back of the hovercar and had reached over her to open the car door. The woman's subconscious reaction was undeniable.

His decision to stay at Feiyun Courtyard wasn't because he disliked the small size of the dormitory. Rather, in the eyes of the Time Walker, he should have a gunshot wound in his abdomen, and with Xiao Ying in the dormitory, the other party would definitely help Kunlun gather intelligence.

So he decided to stay at Feiyun Courtyard for a week to avoid being seen by outsiders.

He also taught Xiao Tongyun the Breathing Technique he had just learned.

According to the booklet, the Buddha Lord of all dynasties had extremely long lifespans. The earliest Buddha Lord even lived to be 180 or 190 years old, while some of the later Buddha Lord lived to be over 100 years old.

Although it's not as good as the Knight, it's enough to meet Xiao Tongyun's needs.

Furthermore, Qing Chen wondered if the later generations of Buddha Lord had short lifespans because the organization was severely damaged, preventing them from learning the true fourth-stage Breathing Technique...

At this moment, Li Dongze sat quietly in the Unending Club.

The once bustling and noisy clubhouse has become deserted.

All the staff in the club have been replaced by people from Heng Society, because Li Dongze liked the place and turned the Unending Club into his private property.

He slowly placed his glass on the bar, frowning as he looked at the photo Yi had just sent him on his phone.

Up there, he was sitting on a sofa in an unknown hotel with that small business owner.

The young boss was all smiles, while Li Dongze himself looked more like he was crying in the photo.

Li Dongze typed a question to Yi: "Is this me in the Outer World?"

One: "That's right. He was kidnapped by the Time Walker controlled by Kashima, who intended to take your place. It was Qing Chen who saved him, otherwise you might have already been replaced."

Li Dongze: "His smile seemed so forced; it felt like the small business owner had kidnapped him..."

One: "That's not entirely impossible. To prevent him from escaping and deliberately impersonating you, Qing Chen kept him under control for four days."

"It seems I owe you a favor, a life," Li Dongze said thoughtfully. "Why didn't the young boss just kill him in the Outer World?"

One: "He is a person with principles and does not harm the innocent."

"I see," Li Dongze nodded, "He's very similar to the boss back then."

One: "No, he's not as merciful to his enemies as your boss was back then; he's much more ruthless."

"That's good."

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