Naming Technique of the Night

"No," Nan Gengchen was taken aback.

"Then it seems she doesn't know about our relationship or that I'm a Time Traveler," Qing Chen speculated.

His question just now stemmed from the concern that Nan Gengchen might inadvertently leak such information.

If Li Yinuo had guessed the relationship between him and Nan Gengchen, and he also possessed the identity of a student of Uncle Li Dong and the successor of the next generation of Knights, she would definitely try to say or do something through Nan Gengchen—at least she would try to probe him.

Now, when asking Nan Gengchen about certain matters, one absolutely couldn't ask directly, since one couldn't know what answer they might give you under their mysterious self-confidence.

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

Qing Chen asked, "Did she have no reaction after knowing you are a Time Traveler?"

"She told me to be very careful to keep it secret and not to publicize it because consortia have now successively devised elimination plans," Nan Gengchen replied.

"Elimination plans?!" Qing Chen was stunned, "What are those for?"

"Plans to counteract the Inner World," Nan Gengchen explained. "Actually, people from the Inner World are quite resentful towards Time Travelers, especially those big shots.

They've now confirmed one thing, that Inner World humans who have been replaced are almost no different from being dead, with their entire consciousness dissipated, not knowing where it's gone—just thinking about it is terrifying. Dust Brother, I can understand them; if our world were the Inner World, and one day my dad were replaced by someone else, just thinking about it feels like...

it might actually be quite nice?"

Qing Chen: "..."

"That example isn't quite right, haha," after pondering for a moment, Nan Gengchen continued, "You're the only friend I have, so if one day you, Dust Brother, suddenly get replaced and you no longer recognize me or consider me a friend, wouldn't I be terrified?

In the Inner World, many people face this situation: friends become strangers, sons disappear, fathers turn into someone else—it's no different from those science fiction films where aliens control Earth humans."

So, Time Travelers and natives of the Inner World are in fact naturally hostile towards each other.

No one wants to be controlled by an alien species.

That's why the "elimination plan" came about.

"I heard from Li Yinuo that the various powers of the Inner World now control a number of Time Travelers," Nan Gengchen continued. "According to her calculations, the Li Clan alone controls over three hundred Time Travelers, and these people are key to the elimination plan."

"What do they want to do with these Time Travelers they control?" Qing Chen frowned.

"They want to use these Time Travelers, once back in the Outer World, to help them hunt down all Outer World humans with the same name and surname as theirs," said Nan Gengchen.

"That's the elimination plan."

A gust of cold wind blew, leaving Qing Chen suddenly feeling that the autumn night had grown cold.

...

The Time Traveler's traversal mechanism: those with the same name and surname, and identical appearances, appearing in roughly the corresponding locations, would be granted "public testing qualification."

This rule was actually not complicated, so it was easy for people from the Inner World to interrogate and uncover.

Why would those big shots, with their hard-fought half a life of struggle, tolerate being replaced while enjoying their lives?

Thus, they set about crafting elimination plans, planning to eradicate the possibility of being replaced from the root: to kill those with the same name and surname.

This was the simplest and most effective method.

As long as there was no one in the Outer World that could replace them, they would naturally be able to sleep easy.

Traversing was one-way, and although people of the Inner World seemed to be in a passive position, what they wanted to do didn't necessarily have to be done by themselves.

Those clever big shots, upon discovering Time Travelers, did not directly kill them to avenge their families and loved ones, but chose to take advantage of them instead.

Qing Chen asked, "When do they plan to execute this elimination plan?"

"It shouldn't be urgent for now," Nan Gengchen said. "Li Yinuo said that the Li Clan has grand designs. They even treat Time Travelers as valuable tools. Not only do they have the elimination plan, but they also have a traversing plan!"

"What's that all about?" Qing Chen was puzzled. "Do they want to actively travel through time?"

"Mm-hmm," Nan Gengchen nodded. "That's still just a concept. Let me give you an example. The Family Head of the Deer Island clan is Li Bingzhe, and he resides year-round in a city on Deer Island, corresponding to Seoul.

There actually exists a person in the Outer World with the same name and appearance, but he's not living in Seoul, so the traversal mechanism for the two Li Bingzhes hasn't been triggered. Read latest stories on empire

If the Li Clan could find this Li Bingzhe living in the countryside and then bring him to Seoul, corresponding to the location in the Inner World, then the Family Head of Deer Island might suddenly become a Time Traveler!"

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

"Oh, the Li Clan doesn't have a very good relationship with Deer Island or the Jindai family, they're just intentionally disgusting them. It would be very difficult to assassinate Li Bingzhe in the Inner World, and it might lead to unforeseen consequences. But if Li Bingzhe were replaced by someone else, then there's no helping it—it's a natural catastrophe or disaster, right!

When Li Yinuo talked about this plan, she was really excited," Nan Gengchen said.

If Qing Chen had previously had speculations about the elimination plan, this proactive traversal plan was truly beyond anything he had ever imagined.

It was disgustingly clever.

To disgust the most powerful person with the smallest cost?!