Night’s Nomenclature

Countdown 168:00:00.

When the darkness subsided, Qing Chen was still quietly standing on the road verge.

Seven days ago, he had stood in this place and reported Qing Guozhong to the police, watching with his own eyes as the man was led into a police car.

Right at this moment, the car hadn't even started moving.

In the dark, Qing Chen silently watched as the police started the car before eventually driving it away. Through the window, he could even see Qing Guozhong with his head down low, looking thoroughly defeated.

How fantastic—one week had passed by, yet he could actually enjoy this sense of satisfaction twice…

Before making this report, Qing Chen made sure to do one crucial thing, and that was to give his consent to sell the house. And so, within the same day, Qing Guozhong successfully sold the house and received several hundred thousands from the sale.

With the amount of money Qing Guozhong was gambling, he had violated Article 303, which stipulated that when three or more people participated in group gambling with a total bet amounting to 50,000¥ and above, they would be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment, supervision, and criminal detention for up to three years…

Hence, after Qing Chen knocked him and other gamblers down, he didn't take any of the money they were betting and made sure to specifically emphasize this point to the police lady who received his call.

Qing Chen had become a time traveler, and furthermore, he now had the mantle of the new successor of the Knights. Fifty thousand had long since become a trivial amount in his eyes.

Using this amount of money to put Qing Guozhong in jail was certainly well worth it.

However, when he watched the police car drive away, the feeling of gratification suddenly ebbed away.

It wasn't that he regretted sending Qing Guozhong into prison, but he felt that he no longer needed to concern himself with such matters.

Because Qing Chen already obtained a new life.

At this moment, the communication device in his pocket started vibrating non-stop. Liu Dezhu was frantically sending him messages.

‘Boss, when are you coming back!'

‘Boss, please come back and tell Lin Xiaoxiao to cut it down, if you don't, I might just die soon!'

Qing Chen was a little confused. He typed, ‘Lin Xiaoxiao's going to kill you? Why would he want to kill you?'

Liu Dezhu anxiously replied, ‘During the day, they all agreed to cooperate and play along with the act, but he keeps taking revenge on me at night, he's making me have nightmares every time I sleep!'

As someone who had been on the receiving end of Lin Xiaoxiao's power, he knew exactly what Liu Dezhu had gone through.

But he didn't care about this, and instead asked him about other things, ‘Did anything happen in the prison these days? Any new time traveler?'

Liu Dezhu answered honestly, ‘Yes! And it's a big mess! After you left, continuously over seven days, they suddenly transferred more than 300 people from other prisons into Prison 18. All of them look so vicious and terrifying!'

Qing Chen frowned. ‘Did Lin Xiaoxiao say anything about why they came?'

Liu Dezhu said, ‘He did, Lin Xiaoxiao said they came here to seek death…'

Qing Chen, "…"

But Qing Chen could roughly infer what Lin Xiaoxiao meant by saying that.

Some higher-ups must have heard the news of Li Shutong's departure and transferred these prisoners over to stir up trouble.

There was a very high probability that they came for Forbidden Item ACE-005.

‘Got it.' After sending the reply, Qing Chen put the device back into his pocket.

Since he had successfully become a Knight, the next step was to follow Li Shutong back to Prison 18.

It seemed like something big would happen the next time he transmigrated.

Remembering the appointment he had made, Qing Chen pulled up his hood and walked into the darkness.

…

Luo City Foreign Language School.

Without the hustle and bustle of students, the school grounds at midnight were very quiet,

Uncle Qin, the security guard stationed at the gate, was nodding off inside his post.

A dark figure soundlessly leaped over the fence, movements light and agile as a cat.

Qing Chen walked through the familiar path and stopped in front of the high school classroom building. Then, he started climbing to the rooftop with his hands and feet.

The walls of this building were much easier to climb on than the Great Cliff of Qingshan.

He sat on the edge of the rooftop. Not long after, the small iron door behind him creaked in agony as someone pushed it open.

It was the thin and small Nan Gengchen.

The door to the rooftop was originally locked, but because there wasn't any secret dating spot the students could use, someone eventually broke the lock. It might look fine on the outside, but the lock had already lost its function.

To be honest, it was the first time the two struggling teenagers who had been single until now came to this rooftop…

Nan Gengchen was even looking rather embarrassed.

Qing Chen told him, "Turn off your phone and deactivate the SIM card."

"Oh…" Nan Gengchen followed his instructions.

"Before I can get my hands on a data fortress to protect our privacy, we have to find a secluded place like this if we want to talk about the Inner World," Qing Chen said.

Nan Gengchen glanced at the way Qing Chen was sitting on the edge of the rooftop. He initially wanted to sit beside him, but the moment he looked down, he instantly shivered and stepped back.

"Ahem, Brother Chen," Nan Gengchen hesitated for a long time and finally said, "Let me talk about my side first. First of all, Li Yinuo already knows that I'm a time traveler…"

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

Nan Gengchen recalled how he would always refute Li Yinuo whenever she asked him if he was a time traveler.

Each time, she would look at him with a gaze full of compassion for the mentally handicapped and said as if to placate him, "Okay, I got it, you're not a time traveler."

Qing Chen thought for a moment before asking, "Did she ask you to say something to me or mention about me to you?"

"No," Nan Gengchen was taken aback.

"Then it seems like she doesn't know I'm also a time traveler and that we actually know each other," Qing Chen concluded. "How did she react when she found out that you're a time traveler?"

Nan Gengchen answered, "She told me to keep it a secret and never to tell anyone else, because the corporations have started formulating plans to eradicate time travelers."

"Eradicate?!" Qing Chen was shocked, "What are they going to do?"

"They want to stop them from affecting the Inner World," Nan Gengchen explained, "Actually, most people in the Inner World, especially those bigwigs, loathe the existence of time travelers. When someone gets replaced by a time traveler, nobody knows where their original consciousness disappeared to—they're practically dead to the world. It's really scary when you think about it. Brother Chen, I can understand how they feel. If the situation is reversed and the world we live in is the Inner World, if one day my dad's suddenly replaced by someone else, just thinking about it makes me feel like… it actually doesn't seem all that bad?" 1Nan Gengchen's dad is abusive 😂

Qing Chen, "…"

"Wait a second, I chose the wrong example." Nan Gengchen pondered it over and started again, "I only have one friend like you, if one day you're suddenly replaced by another person who doesn't recognize me or regard me as a friend, I can't imagine how I'd feel. Many people in the Inner World are stuck in this situation; their friends, their lovers, their families have all turned into strangers. It's honestly pretty much like that sci-fi movie we watched before, about how aliens invaded earth and controlled the humans."

It was natural for the natives of the Inner World to feel enmity towards time travelers.

Nobody wanted to be controlled by another species.

For that reason, they started thinking of ways to purge them.

"I heard from Li Yinuo that various forces in the Inner World have captured a lot of time travelers under their control," Nan Gengchen continued, "According to her calculations, the Li Family alone has already gathered 300 time travelers as key personnel for their eradication plan."

"What exactly are they going to do with them?" Qing Chen frowned.

"They're going to dispatch the time travelers they've captured to kill all the Outer World people who have the same name and appearance as them," Nan Gengchen answered. "That's how they plan to eradicate future time travelers."

A gust of cold wind blew past the rooftop. All of a sudden, the late autumn night felt rather chilly to Qing Chen.

…

The mechanism of time travelers' transmigration still remained a mystery. So far, the only thing they could deduce was that those with the same name, same appearance, and also happen to be in the corresponding locations, would gain the ‘qualification' for transmigration.

This criteria was actually very clear-cut, so the people in the Inner World easily figured it out after interrogating the time travelers.

For the first half of their lives, those bigwigs had worked hard in order to get to where they were. Now that they were finally enjoying their success, how could they be willing to be replaced by others?

Therefore, they worked out an eradication plan to completely eliminate this risk: Kill their counterparts in the Outer World.

This was the easiest and most fail-safe method.

The transmigration was strictly one-way. Although the people of the Inner World were seemingly disadvantaged, they didn't have to carry out this plan with their own hands.

When those intelligent bigwigs discovered the existence of time travelers, they didn't immediately kill them to avenge their friends and families, but opted to make use of them.

Qing Chen asked, "When are they going to carry out this plan?"

"They shouldn't be in a hurry to do it for the time being," Nan Gengchen replied, "Li Yinuo told me that the Li Family was building a grand plan for this. They're treating the time travelers as valuable tools. Not only do they plan to eradicate the Li Family's counterparts in the Outer World, they're even cooking up a plan to forcibly transmigrate some people."

"What the hell?" Qing Chen felt perplexed, "They want to forcibly trigger the transmigration?"

"Yes," Nan Gengchen nodded. "It's still an idea for now. Let me use an example to explain it. Let's say the head of the Kashima Family. His name is Lee Byunghee, and in the Inner World, the city he lives in corresponds to Seoul. Simultaneously, there's actually a person with the same name and appearance as him in the Outer World, but because this person doesn't live in Seoul, the two Lee Byunghees have yet to trigger the mechanism of the transmigration. If the Li Family can find the Outer World's Lee Byunghee and send him to Seoul, then the head of the Kashima family may suddenly become a time traveler!"

Qing Chen was completely flabbergasted.

"It's extremely difficult to assassinate Lee Byunghee in the Inner World, and nobody can tell what unforeseen complications might arise from it. But if Lee Byunghee is replaced by a time traveler, then the Kashima Family will collapse on its own! Li Yinuo always gets really excited whenever she talks about this," Nan Gengchen explained.

The eradication plan was something Qing Chen had previously thought about, but not even his wildest imagination could come up with this forced transmigration.

To take out the most powerful people with the lowest cost…

What an evil method!

Qing Chen felt a little pensive; despite how witty and clever he might have been in his previous battles, compared to those who had spent their whole lives in this field, there was still a huge gap in the level of wickedness to their tricks.

Nan Gengchen added, "This is just an example. Lee Byunghee seems to be over a hundred years old, so it's impossible to find his counterpart in the Outer World, but this plan can still work for other people."

Wait—Qing Chen suddenly thought of a problem. Would Li Shutong, Lin Xiaoxiao and the others be implicated!?

This was a very serious problem.

If Li Shutong had a counterpart in the Outer World, and his enemies in the Inner World found and sent him to Luo City, then wouldn't Li Shutong be in danger?

For a moment, Qing Chen even felt like carrying out the eradication plan himself. He had gone through such hardships to finally meet a good master. If Li Shutong were to be replaced by someone else, he wouldn't be able to come to terms with it.

But on the other hand, if there really was a counterpart to Li Shutong in the Outer World, then what wrong did he commit? Was it justified to kill him just because he had the same name and appearance as Li Shutong?

He hurriedly asked Nan Gengchen, "Is there any superhuman among the time travelers the Li Family has captured? Can superhumans be replaced?"

"There really is," Nan Gengchen answered, "Li Yinuo complained about it before, the ability of that superhuman seems rather unreliable…"

Qing Chen frowned when he heard this.

Did this mean that Li Shutong was truly at a risk of being replaced?

Moreover, any friend from the Inner World he might make in the future were also at risk!

He asked again, "Among these people, have any of them been injected with genetic medicine?"

"No one," Nan Gengchen said, "Li Yinuo suspects that since the genetic medicine changes your genes, anyone who's been injected will not meet the qualification for transmigration."

Qing Chen breathed a sigh of relief, but he immediately thought of another thing, "Wait, then why don't they just inject everyone from the Li Family with genetic medicine? Then they don't even need to carry out the eradication plan."

Nan Gengchen looked at Qing Chen, "Brother Chen, are you not aware of the side effect of genetic medicine…"

"Side effect?" Qing Chen was stunned, "What do you mean?"

"It's very difficult for those who have been injected with genetic medicine to have children. They'll lose the ability to conceive," Nan Gengchen said. "That's why the corporations are all searching for cultivation methods, it's so that their descendants could naturally become superhumans instead of using genetic medicine."

Nan Gengchen continued, "Li Yinuo said that currently, there's only one type of genetic medicine that won't affect fertility. It's produced by the Taboo Tribunal and is very hard to find on the market. Aside from the side effect, the corporations are worried that even if they've taken the genetic medicine, someone might just give their Outer World counterpart the same type of genetic medicine. So the eradication plan is still the most reliable method."

Qing Chen was shocked, he really didn't know that genetic medicine could produce such a side effect.

But his own genes had also changed, wouldn't this mean that he was also unable to have a child!?

Master never mentioned this kind of effect!

No, it shouldn't be; if this was really the case, then Li Shutong would definitely tell him about it. If he didn't mention it, then the effects of his genetic mutation shouldn't be that serious.

The next time he transmigrated, he must make sure to ask his master…

This was, after all, quite an important matter…

But this was a good news. According to this logic, Li Shutong could never be replaced because his genes had already changed the moment he became a Knight.

However, other superhumans like Lin Xiaoxiao and Ye Wan were still at risk!

Nan Gengchen asked, "Brother Chen, do you have any way to prevent this? Li Yinuo is very kind to me. If she gets replaced, in a sense, wouldn't it be the same as dying?"

Qing Chen thought for a moment and said, "There might be a way. I'll tell you once I can confirm it."

He suddenly remembered another thing. Almost everyone from Kun Lun had physical abilities that were far superior to ordinary people. This certainly had to do with genetic medicine. Were they not aware of the side effect?

Or perhaps they knew about it, yet they still made the choice to take it.

"When does the Li Family plan to carry out the eradication plan?" Qing Chen asked.

Nan Gengchen answered, "I only know that it won't be anytime soon. Their current priority is to strengthen the time travelers they've managed to capture, then carry out the plan after those time travelers get stronger to raise the probability of success."

Because most time travelers had now learned how to hide their identity, it was becoming increasingly difficult for the corporations to find them. After they came up with this plan, the Li Family had begun to regard time travelers as valuable strategic resources.

The corporations were made up of people who understood best how to make profits. They were able to find ways to turn all sorts of unfavorable elements into favorable conditions.

Nan Gengchen said, "Brother Chen, I've told you everything I know. I'm only Li Yinuo's… friend, so this is the limit of what I can hear. If you want to know more information, I'm afraid you have to directly ask the core members of the Li Family. But we don't know any such person in the Outer World."

That might be the case for Nan Gengchen, but Qing Chen just so happened to know a core member of the Li Family!

Li Tongyun!

Staying quiet about it for the time being, Qing Chen asked, "How are you faring in the Forbidden Land? Did you encounter a lot of danger?"

Nan Gengchen recalled that time-consuming interrogation he went through and replied, "The rules we've found out so far are that you can't defecate or urinate without a container, can't swear, can't kill people, and when someone's singing, you can't sing along with them… Brother Chen, I'm sure you know way more than we do, can you tell me about it?"

Qing Chen shook his head. "No. If it's another Forbidden Land, I've already told you the rules, but I can't tell you the rules of Forbidden Land No. 002 because I've vowed to my master to keep it a secret."

After a short silence, Nan Gengchen continued, "Brother Chen, many things happened in the Forbidden Land. They said a boy killed an entire field operations company by himself. But I don't think those soldiers deserve any sympathy, because they used actual living people just to test out the rules."

"Yeah," Qing Chen calmly replied.

"They also said that a C-level master went to hunt down that boy, but he never came back."

"Uh-huh."

"And, and, that boy actually forced Qing Huai to flee from him. Before this, Li Yinuo told me that Qing Huai was one of the most powerful contenders in the Fight for the Shadow. The Qing Family placed high hopes on him, and his future prospects were limitless. But in the end, he was played around by that boy."

Qing Chen chuckled, "What exactly do you want to say?"

"Brother Chen," Nan Gengchen turned to look at him and said, "I always thought it didn't make sense that someone as cowardly as Liu Dezhu managed to catch Li Shutong's attention and become such an influential time traveler that even you became his underling. Later on, I thought it over and found that if the two of you were to switch identities, then everything would make sense. The boy they're talking about is you, right? You're Li Shutong's real student."

The howling autumn wind abruptly stopped. The whole world turned quiet, as if waiting for an answer.

"Yes, Li Shutong is my master."

…

On the rooftop of the school at night.

A secret was suddenly revealed.

Nan Gengchen was instantly brimming with excitement, "I thought so! Liu Dezhu really doesn't have the qualifications to order you around, how can someone as smart as you become his underling! You're the type of person who'll definitely excel in the Inner World, there's no way you're just an ordinary wilderness hunter!"

Qing Chen looked back at his deskmate, watching him flapping around with joy.

Nan Gengchen was genuinely happy for him, happy that he had such a promising life in the Inner World.

Friendship formed in the student days was of the purest kind. Most people wouldn't realize this truth until they left school and experienced the wickedness of society. Only then would they understand that the friendship they once had was the most priceless thing in the world…

Friends would give their all to help when you were in need and would share your joy when you were happy, running together and dreaming together at your most unbridled age.

There was nothing more beautiful than this.

"Brother Chen, have you become a Knight?"

"Yeah."

"Brother Chen, you actually controlled that soldier to make Qing Huai break the rules, that's so cool! How did you control him? Wait, forget it, that's your trump card, I won't ask! Pretend you didn't hear me!"

"Okay."

Qing Chen sat on the edge of the roof, propping his chin on his hand as he looked at Nan Gengchen. The night wind blew past him once again, but it wasn't so cold anymore.

Nan Gengchen said, "Brother Chen, there's one more thing. We came across the federal army. They started interrogating Qing Huai's soldiers, but Li Yinuo helped you to shift the blame to the Firepit. Now, everyone thinks that the one who killed Qing Huai was someone from the Firepit, so nobody will suspect you."

Qing Chen's eyes lit up. He had been worried about this before, but he didn't expect that Li Yinuo would actually help him solve this matter.

At that time, he deliberately left an Autumn Leaf Blade beside the landfill pit precisely to ask for Li Yinuo's follow-up assistance.

But all he hoped was for her not to let Wang Bingxu chase after him.

He never thought she would help him to such an extent!

"Here." Qing Chen returned Nan Gengchen's phone card to him, "Remember, before I get the data fortress, never talk about anything related to transmigration on WeChat."

Nan Gengchen turned on his phone and checked the news.

It had been a few hours since they returned, so posts about the happenings in the Inner World must have popped up by now.

But what Nan Gengchen saw had him stunned, "Brother Chen, look, Roaming King posted on Weibo, and it's about something related to us!"

Qing Chen frowned as he looked over. It was a post about Forbidden Land No. 002.

Roaming King: ‘There has been a new development in the Fight for the Shadow that student He Xiaoxiao previously divulged about. Someone had intercepted the most popular candidate, Qing Huai, during his mission in Forbidden Land No. 002. He was then killed while preparing to evacuate out of the Forbidden Land after failing his mission.

Currently, the federal army has already found Qing Huai's body. The candidate's fatal injury was a ruptured carotid artery in the neck, and his death has been classified as a homicide. Remaining candidates of the Fight for the Shadow: 8/9.

The murderer is suspected to be the son of one of the elders of Firepit. It is likely that he possesses a Forbidden Item, and is extraordinarily intelligent and powerful. He is a highly dangerous young man capable of wiping out nearly Qing Huai's entire team all by himself.'

It had been quite some time since Roaming King and He Xiaoxiao released any important news. Previously, everyone thought it would take a long time before there was any significant progress in the Fight for the Shadow, but nobody could've imagined that one of the candidates would die so early on!

Roaming King's post quickly trended. However, the analysis he wrote had obviously been influenced by Li Yinuo's misdirection!

Qing Chen looked at Nan Gengchen, "I ask and you'll answer, I need to deduce who this person is."

"Alright, go ahead," Nan Gengchen nodded.

"Who knows about the Firepit's involvement?" Qing Chen asked.

"Me, Li Yinuo, Qing Huai's uncle Zhang Yang, Adjutant Wang, and Ning Shun, the leader of Platoon 7 from the field operations company," Nan Gengchen said. "Only the five of us. The others had all been dismissed to the side."

"After you finished the discussion, did any one of you inform other people about this matter?"

"No," Nan Gengchen answered, "Right before transmigrating, because she's afraid I won't be able to control my facial expressions the next time I come back, Li Yinuo told me to go and pee so that I won't look suspicious. Up to the moment I took the sealed pouch and went to pee, I can attest that none of them had left their positions."

Alright, for the time being, the search could be narrowed down to these few people.

Qing Chen continued to ask, "Has the federal army notified Li Yinuo of the cause of Qing Huai's death?"

"No," Nan Gengchen shook his head, "All of the federal soldiers were wearing headsets, we couldn't hear the content of their conversation."

"Was Ning Shun also wearing a headset? Since he was being interrogated, he shouldn't be, right?"

"He wasn't."

Qing Chen relaxed a little. "The cause of Qing Huai's death is true, I know because I personally killed him. Based on the clues we have for now, Roaming King is either Adjutant Wang or Zhang Yang!"

For the sake of clout, Roaming King had inadvertently exposed his identity to Qing Chen. This was something Qing Chen could've never predicted.

But he felt a little puzzled — how could Roaming King be so sure that there wouldn't be any other time traveler among the few people who were present during the discussion?

Such blatant exposure of the Fight for the Shadow would make him a clear target for the parties involved.

Could there perhaps be other tricks up his sleeve?

…

When he returned home, Qing Chen moved as lightly as he could for fear of waking up Jiang Xue and Li Tongyun from their sleep.

Upon opening the door, what greeted him was the food left on the dining table.

After transmigrating, Jiang Xue must have guessed that Qing Chen had yet to eat, so instead of resting, she cooked a meal for him before going to sleep.

Qing Chen sat down at the dining table and touched the plate — the food was still hot.

Just as he was feeling warm inside, someone quietly opened the bedroom door.

Dressed in a nightgown, Li Tongyun tiptoed out of the room, hugging a rag doll that was almost as tall as she was.

She walked to Qing Chen's side and pitifully begged, "Brother Qing Chen, save me!"

Qing Chen refused without a second thought, "Not done with your homework? I won't help you with it."

"It's not about homework!" Li Tongyun murmured, "It's about my identity. Soon, the Li Family will probably find out that I'm a time traveler!"

"They're going to figure out your identity?" Qing Chen sensed that she was being serious. The little girl wouldn't joke about something like this. "Tell me what's going on."

Li Tongyun spoke in a low voice, "I accidentally overheard them talking in the Inner World. They said they had captured more than 300 time travelers and were preparing for the ‘eradication plan'."

"How would the plan expose your identity?" Qing Chen asked.

Li Tongyun paused and asked back, "Brother Qing Chen, you're not even asking me what the eradication plan is, that means you already know about it, right?"

Qing Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "You're really sharp, aren't you!"

Previously, the girl accurately concluded that he was a time traveler just by observing his reaction towards the Kun Lun members.

Now, she actually figured out that Qing Qing Chen already knew about the eradication plan merely because there was a tiny loophole in his sentence.

Even a high school student like Liu Dezhu would not be her match when it came to logical reasoning and perceptiveness.

Qing Chen said, "Yes, I do know about it. You can go on."

"Okay," Li Tongyun obediently nodded, "Most of the time travelers are ordinary people, so currently, the Li Family won't start with the plan because they're still far too weak. Moreover, they also need some time to brainwash the time travelers, and might even train them as soldiers later on. They said that even if they could turn all the time travelers into superhumans with genetic medicine, without proper training, those time travelers will still be useless since they'll easily get killed during the mission. That's why they intend to train them first. All this would take at least several months to complete."

Qing Chen nodded, this was in line with what Nan Gengchen said about the Li Family treating them as ‘strategic resources'. If they rashly used these time travelers and treated them as expendables, the Li Family wouldn't be able to carry out their wicked plans.

Li Tongyun continued, "For now, they plan to inject the time travelers with the lowest level of genetic medicine first."

"What level are they upgrading them to before starting the eradication plan?" Qing Chen asked.

"Level D," Li Tongyun answered, "This is the average level of the special forces in the Inner World."

"Then it's still some time away," Qing Chen said, "Each genetic medicine injection requires an interval of at least one month, so their plan will only start three months later."

"But they're already making preparations for it," Li Tongyun said, "Soon, the Li Family will dispatch a few time travelers to steal the household registration information of the Outer World citizens so that they could search for matching data and determine the assassination targets for the eradication plan."

Qing Chen's mouth set into a grim line.

Indeed, in order to execute the plan, they needed to know the identities and locations of their Outer World counterparts.

And all this data could be found in the household registration information stored on the national network!

If they obtained the database, they could easily pick out the assassination targets for the eradication plan!

There were many people who shared the same name in the Outer World. If the Li Family targeted every single person with the same name, they might have to kill hundreds or even thousands of people just to eliminate one counterpart.

But with the household registration information, they only needed to match up the age and appearance to find the right targets.

Qing Chen was well aware that with the level of technology the Inner World possessed, infiltrating the national security system and stealing the household registration information data was of no challenge to them.

It wasn't that the national security system was lacking, but because the development of Inner World's technology was far beyond their times!

The little girl continued, "If the Li Family manage to get their hands on it, they'll definitely do a screening for all of their family members. They'll see that my name, age, and ID photo all match up with the Li Tongyun of the Inner World, and then my identity will be exposed."

Qing Chen sighed, he didn't expect to encounter such a thorny problem as soon as he came back. "Do you know when they're going to do this?"

"They only said soon, so I don't know the exact time. Maybe they'll do it the next time we transmigrate, or maybe they're already doing it now," Li Tongyun explained, "Because I'm still a child, they won't deliberately avoid me when they talk about these things, but I also can't ask them to elaborate or they'll get suspicious."

He asked, "What's your current location in the Inner World?"

Li Tongyun said, "Before the transmigration, I told them I wanted to go out and play, so I went to the shopping street in City 18's District 1. There's a student protest happening in that place, so it's even more crowded than usual. I can blend into the crowd anytime I want. But I'm not sure if I can get rid of the two bodyguards following me around."

Qing Chen sighed in relief, "That's great, you're more vigilant than I thought, you know how to give yourself a way out. It's fine then, even if they succeed, you try your best to shake off the bodyguards and I'll find a way to get someone to pick you up. At least the Li Family won't be able to harm you."

However, it would be better if they could solve this problem before Li Tongyun's identity was exposed.

The leak of database would affect all the time travelers in this country.

If the Li Family succeeded in stealing it, they would be able to find countless existing counterparts of the Inner World citizens!

"Brother Qing Chen, what should we do now?" Li Tongyun worriedly asked.

This was about to be the biggest turning point after the Outer World invaded the Inner World.

The corporations had started to launch their counterattack. Through their actions, they were declaring that the Inner World would not sit back and allow themselves to be trampled on.

This was the true nature of the corporations. When faced with danger, they would open their bloody jaws and show just how sharp their fangs were.

Qing Chen looked at Li Tongyun and said, "This matter isn't something we can handle on our own. I'll find a way to relay the news to Kun Lun."

Translator: Zee

• 1Nan Gengchen's dad is abusive 😂