Seeking a New Cultivation Inheritance

Ma Jingjing and the others whispered among themselves, while Qing Ye, Qing Qu, and Zard discussed going to hunt wild game.

Qing Chen sat by the campfire and said in a low voice, "Brother, I have something else to tell you."

Shadow poked at the firewood with a twig with interest. "So, what do you need from me? You used to refuse to believe me no matter what, but now you're asking me for help without any hesitation. That's good."

Qing Chen's eyes lit up. "Does the Qing family still have any written materials that you can't understand?"

"Huh?" Shadow paused for a moment. "Why are you asking this?"

Qing Chen replied, "Actually, that's how the Zhunti Method came about. The script it records belongs to a minority group in the Outer World, and people in the Inner World don't recognize it, but the Outer World has a way to translate it."

Shadow nodded. "I understand. There are people on the black market who specialize in selling these things, and they're quite valuable, sold as antiques. Various conglomerates also keep similar documents, and some even have dedicated teams of experts to decipher them, trying to find out what's written on them. Although no one knows what's written on them, they all treat them like treasures, hoping that if they can decipher them one day, they might be able to grasp some secrets and trump cards. However, this deciphering work is very slow because there's absolutely no reference range."

Qing Chen thought to himself, isn't this just like the efforts of the Outer World to decipher the writing systems of some ancient lost civilizations...?

The shadow continued, "These things don't come from the previous civilization era, but from the one before that."

The continent where the Federation is located has experienced two catastrophes.

The first was nuclear winter. After nuclear winter, humanity built barriers on the wasteland to protect itself.

Therefore, the federal order prohibits all research and development of nuclear weapons; whoever develops them will be attacked by everyone else.

Although everyone is secretly developing it.

The second civilization's collapse was the AI crisis, so the Federation now prohibits the development of true Artificial Intelligence life.

Therefore, the information that Shadow mentioned all existed before the nuclear winter, that is, during the era of Ren He, the founder of Knights.

The materials date back more than 1,200 years, equivalent to Tang Dynasty artifacts in the Outer World.

In the black market, there is even a group of people who specialize in forging cultural relics, and their fakes are almost indistinguishable from the real thing.

Even the forgers couldn't understand the meaning of the inscriptions on those cultural relics...

Qing Chen looked at Yingzi expectantly. "Brother, could you get me some?"

His deal with Kunlun was a path of cultivation and inheritance, regardless of whether it was the Zhunti Method or not.

Qing Chen's backup plan was to use the Zhunti Method to exchange for the Forbidden Item ACE-004 Black True Sight Eye, but this was a last resort. If possible, he wanted to find a new legacy for Zheng Yuandong from those cultural relics.

Of course, it's a matter of luck, and it's hard to say whether you can get your hands on one.

Therefore, Qing Chen did not give Zheng Yuandong a definite answer.

At this moment, Shadow pondered, "Now all the conglomerates have realized that there are more writing systems in your Outer World, so they've recruited Time Walker to translate them. As far as I know, the Chen family is doing this; they break down a text into hundreds of independent characters and assign them to different Time Walker to translate in the Outer World to avoid leaks. The Qing family has just formed such a team, and Si Nianhua is in charge of it."

Qing Chen frowned. Sure enough, the conglomerates weren't stupid. The methods he could think of, others could naturally think of as well.

At this moment, Shadow changed the subject. "But if you want... the Qing family still has some trump cards they haven't started deciphering yet. I'll go find them for you."

Shadow thought to himself, "My precious little brother finally asked for a favor, so I have to make sure it gets done."

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With that thought in mind, he entered the forest and opened the Shadow Gate.

A short while later, Shadow returned with two artifacts framed in glass.

The artifact was beautifully framed and even numbered. The glass frame was filled with inert gas to prevent it from oxidizing over time.

The first piece of text was a handwritten document, which Qing Chen recognized immediately—it was English...

Qing Chen looked at the glass frame for a moment and said, "This is a letter."

The shadow asked curiously, "Nian Nian."

Shadows rarely show curiosity about anything.

For someone caught in the vortex, there is no danger without curiosity.

There's little he doesn't know about the Inner World, but now that these artifacts are being deciphered, he's genuinely curious about what's written on them.

Qing Chen read aloud, "My dear brother..."

Shadow: "Hmm?"

Qing Chen: "... It was written in the letter. People over there like to add this kind of phrase at the beginning of their letters."

"Oh," the shadow nodded, "Keep reading, read it again..."

Qing Chen said, "Dear brother, I'm doing very well here. Life in China is very convenient. The Didi Chuxing service under Qinghe Group is very convenient and cheap. I don't even need to carry cash when I go out. Life here is very safe. I don't have to worry about being robbed at gunpoint when I walk on the street at night. Don't believe the rumors in the media over there anymore. Everything is great here. I've picked out two gifts for you and my niece. I hope you like them, and I hope you can come here to experience it soon."

Communication must have been very advanced in that era.

This letter was likely wrapped in a gift and sent abroad. However, it seems that it encountered a nuclear winter en route, the gift was lost, and the letter was left behind and has been preserved to this day.

Shadow was listening intently when Qing Chen stopped and looked up. "Read it?"

Qing Chen shrugged. "That's all."

The shadow muttered, "Our ancestors preserved these artifacts for so long, and all they wrote was such a short letter? Isn't that ridiculous?"

When he presented this to his younger brother, he thought it would be very useful.

It turns out it was just a worthless letter, and I felt a little embarrassed.

The shadow pointed to another framed glass. "Look at that one, what's written on it? It looks like there are many different languages."

Qing Chen glanced at it; it was a piece of white coated paper that was in relatively good condition. The original seemed to be a large sheet, but now only a small piece remained.

He noticed something was wrong after just one glance: German?

Just then, Yang Yang, while picking out fish bones, leaned over for a glance and casually remarked, "Headphone instruction manual."

Qing Chen asked in surprise, "You speak German?"

Holding the grilled fish in her hand, Yang Yang said proudly, "Of course."

Qing Chen handed the instruction manual to Yingzi, both amused and exasperated. "Brother, this is pretty useless, it's just an instruction manual for headphones."

Shadow was completely embarrassed. "You wait here, I'll be right back!"

As he spoke, he walked into the woods and opened the Shadow Gate, a hint of murderous intent on his face.

City No. 10, Caramel Bar basement.

Old Shen was taking a small sip of baijiu when he looked up and saw a shadow suddenly walk in. "Hey, didn't you go out with Qing Chen? What brings you back to visit this old man?"

Shadow picked up the wine bottle on the table, poured himself a glass, and said, "Bring me all the decipherable and undeciphered files in the archives."

Qing Shen's eyes widened. "What are you going to do? Are you trying to ruin your life? Si Nianhua's translation has only just begun, and they haven't found anything useful yet."

"Don't worry about that," Shadow said. "Also, tell all the spies to use their best Kite Falcon and informants to turn the federal black market upside down. Nothing else matters, but find all the cryptic documents!"

Old Shen stared in astonishment at the shadowy figure, wondering what had gotten into him in the middle of the night.

He said, "I can give you the Qing family's money now, but the black market... you should at least give the spies some time, after all, raiding a property takes time. I'll give you the Qing family's own savings first, and in 24 hours, I'll give you the summaries from the spies."

Shadow thought for a moment, "I can wait, but tell them I'll only wait 24 hours."

Old Shen curled his lip. "It must be Qing Chen who needs it. As soon as he's mentioned, you start acting unreasonable and disregarding the rules."

Lakeside Forbidden Zone No. 10.

Qing Ye and his group returned from hunting, each carrying a wild boar.

Qing Qu explained to Qing Chen, "Young boss, we haven't ventured deep into the heart of the territory, so for now we can only find this kind of common wild game. Maybe we can get some better food in a few days."

Qing Chen smiled and said, "It's already very good."

At this moment, Zard, having somehow found another Oil Refining Fruit, placed it on his head and fiddled with it, asking Qing Chen, "Does it look good?"

Qing Chen recalled the rules of Forbidden Zone No. 10: "So beautiful, so beautiful, so beautiful..."

In Forbidden Zone No. 10, even when answering questions normally, try not to refute anything; it's always best to agree with whatever others say.

After all, the rules of this Forbidden Zone are "approximate" estimates derived from countless lives, rather than the Forbidden Zone telling you exactly what you are not allowed to do.

Therefore, even rules that have become written down may not encompass all rules.

No one knows whether the predictions made by those people earlier were accurate or not.

Looking at Zard, Qing Chen suddenly realized how dangerous it was to enter such a Forbidden Zone with a lunatic by your side.

Or rather, how dangerous it is to complete the journey and return in Forbidden Zone.

Before the return, everyone was cautiously aware of the rules, but after the return, the time span is 7 or 30 days, and people might easily forget about the rules.

Saying the wrong thing could mean you could die here.

Zard chuckled and said, "A 7-day free limited-edition skin, how cool!"

Qing Chen: "..."

On the other side.

Actually, Ma Jingjing felt a little numb when she saw Zard.

Especially when I saw the saplings on the other person's head, I immediately recalled the fear of being dominated by saplings on the ski slopes more than three days ago.

Xiao Yu and the others weren't on the playground at that time.

Ma Jingjing was the only one who was pulled into the snow.

Everything happened so fast that by the time Ma Jingjing saw Zard's little sapling, it was too late.

Before he could react, Zard pulled him into the snow pit.

After that day, countless people on the college forum condemned the sapling. Zard replied with a single sentence that enraged everyone, plunging them into an even more irritable state.

"Are you sore losers?"

This skill for attracting hatred is practically maxed out.

So, when someone advised Ma Jingjing to curry favor with a powerful figure...

Ma Jingjing had just stood up when she saw Zard and sat down again...

Her thighs are too thick, I can't lift her up.

Anyone under the Lord of Daybreak can walk sideways in the school; they can't just cling to his coattails.

When she first returned a few days ago, Ma Jingjing even enjoyed the secret thrill of "we know who Qing Chen is, but Qing Chen doesn't know that we are also Time Walker."

The thought of this information advantage gave the four of them a slight thrill.

But now...

"Do you think... he might already know that we're using him to gain traffic at school? That Zard guy is very active on the forums," Ma Jingjing asked cautiously.

"Principal Zheng's Secret Keeping Technique," Yi Wenbo calmly analyzed, "I guess Principal Zheng must be an expert of at least A-level. As long as the level doesn't exceed his, no one inside the academy can reveal any information about that place to the outside world. Even the members of the Daylight Academy can't be A-level. Qing Chen hasn't reported to the academy yet, so the members of the Daylight Academy can't reveal anything about that place to Qing Chen either."

Ma Jingjing: "That makes sense."

This analysis is actually quite logically sound.

Following this logic, even if Zard knew they were Time Walker, he couldn't tell Qing Chen right now.

But after thinking it over, Ma Jingjing still felt something was off. "He'll find out sooner or later. You can't hide forever. We tried to ride the wave and show off back then, but now we need to make things clear. If he wants us to follow along, that's a good thing. If he gets upset, we should apologize early to avoid getting ourselves into trouble... You guys didn't see the scene of that little sapling turning into a 'big kid' and smashing the elementary school students. It was terrifying."

He finally stood up and led the other three to Qing Chen and the others by the campfire. "I'm sorry..."

His attitude was extremely sincere; he was practically kneeling before Qing Chen.

Qing Chen smiled and glanced at them, "It's alright, it's fine for you to post things on the academy forum. You're both smart, and you haven't touched on any secrets. You can continue posting, just be mindful of the limits."

Ma Jingjing was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized. "Big boss, you're at the academy?! Everyone said you haven't reported for duty yet."

"I'm here," Qing Chen nodded with a smile.

Yi Wenbo, replied, "Disguise."

Ma Jingjing understood, and asked curiously, "What's your status at school... Oh, no, you probably can't say, but can I ask which college you were assigned to? Which college do you think is good?"

Qing Chen thought for a moment and replied, "I went to the Technology Academy."

Chen Sui went to the Technology Academy.

At this moment, Qing Chen wanted to use Ma Jingjing and the others to confirm some people's suspicions about his identity.

Let Chen Sui take the blame more steadily.

As they spoke, Shadow emerged from the woods again, carrying a thick stack of documents in his arms.

There will be another chapter before 11 PM.