Night’s Nomenclature

Chen Zhuoqu stood beneath the neon lights, waiting for her team members to quickly assemble.

Qing Chen and Kunlun's seven days of hard work had not been in vain; no one had taken this matter lightly.

In the Time Traveler Academy, so many people had given them encouragement and support; if anyone still didn't take this seriously, then they were truly foolish.

However, just as Chen Zhuoqu was waiting, the lights of the entire city went out.

Explosions could be heard in the distance—the sound of someone destroying the power plants.

Her expression turned grave. Everything happening before her was confirming the little headmaster's prediction.

But the power outage was too sudden, not even giving them enough time to assemble completely.

Chen Zhuoqu observed quietly. She was surprised to find that the city had not fallen into chaos due to the power outage. The pedestrians on the road merely muttered a few curses, guessing that perhaps a transformer had exploded somewhere.

The citizens of the Federation had enjoyed peace for too long. Even the small-scale wars between conglomerates had never affected the city's interior.

Soon, her deputy captain and team members gathered. Chen Zhuoqu solemnly said, "Starting now, gather supplies. Our mission is to procure medicine."

After speaking, Chen Zhuoqu recorded a message on her phone, then played it on maximum volume in a loop: "City 10 is about to experience a disaster. Shendai Consortium's missiles have locked onto this location, and the power plants have been destroyed by the Shendai Consortium. Everyone, please evacuate to the outskirts of the city or District 3 as quickly as possible!"

She didn't mention the Biological Contamination because it had been too long since the Federation had experienced such an event. The residents here wouldn't understand what Biological Contamination meant.

It was better to use more direct means to frighten the passersby, causing them to panic and flee immediately, rather than wasting time explaining.

At this time, a Time Traveler said, "The power is out now. The pharmacies won't be able to process payments, so they won't sell the medicine to us."

"Then we'll take it. Remember not to hurt anyone; we'll only take the antibiotics and leave," Chen Zhuoqu resolutely said.

"Take it?! That's not good. We're good people; how can we do such a thing?!" a Time Traveler said.

Chen Zhuoqu hesitated, then became resolute again: "If anyone asks, tell them I ordered it. I'm the captain; I'll take responsibility. Remember, be sure to tell the shop owner that a disaster is coming; this is the only thing we can do."

Although robbing a pharmacy was wrong, Chen Zhuoqu didn't want to waste any more time making other choices.

Speaking, she grabbed a trash can from the roadside and smashed it against the glass window of a nearby pharmacy, leading the charge inside.

The shop assistant was terrified; the phone hanging around Chen Zhuoqu's chest continued to play the voice message on a loop.

At this time, the passersby stared at them in shock. No one knew what had happened, and no one took Chen Zhuoqu's warning to heart.

They only thought that someone was taking advantage of the power outage to rob them.

However, this was District 3; robbery would be severely punished by the PCE Security Committee. Many passersby stood there waiting for the PCE to arrive.

A Time Traveler shouted at the people who had stopped: "Run! Go to District 3 or the immigration checkpoint! Don't wait here!"

But the people remained unmoved. Seeing that they hadn't produced any weapons, they gathered around, whispering among themselves.

However, the PCE investigators didn't arrive on time; no one knew what had happened.

At this time, over forty people looted the antibiotics from the pharmacy. A team member said, "Let's go. We've completed the little headmaster's task. Let's go to the immigration checkpoint."

Chen Zhuoqu firmly shook her head: "Not there. We're heading straight to District 3! Initiate Plan B!"

The Time Travelers were stunned. They didn't know that Qing Chen had spent two days arranging Plan A and Plan B. Then, in the remaining five days, the headmaster of the Agricultural Academy had been racking his brains, thinking about all the loopholes.

One of the loopholes was raised by Chen Zhuoqu: "What if they act faster than we do, giving us no time to react, and they start acting directly after we time travel?"

At that time, Qing Chen asked her, "Why would Shendai do this?"

Chen Zhuoqu's answer was: "If Shendai Qianchi knows that Boss you are in City 10? You've already ruined countless of their plans. If they know you're there, any extreme actions would be reasonable. At the very least, if I knew that you, this variable, had returned to City 10, I would certainly crush all your struggles in the cradle, and I would certainly kill you, the one who trampled the dignity of Shendai underfoot, in this city. Perhaps, they are waiting for your return, and then your time travel, using their well-prepared plan to shatter your information-disadvantaged plan."

Qing Chen was silent for a long time, so there was an additional condition to Plan B: "All team captains and deputy captains, attention! If the city loses power, it means Shendai Qianchi is fully prepared, and the immigration checkpoint will certainly be sealed off. All teams must immediately change course and head to District 3! Chen Zhuoqu, extra 0 points."

The battle plan was a variable; it would constantly change due to various emerging factors.

What Qing Chen had to do in the remaining five days was to consider as many variables as possible.

At this time, gathering the elites from the Time Traveler Academy and brainstorming was his best choice.

One by one, the Time Traveler teams had all replaced Plan A with Plan B.

In the city, 99% of the vehicles were new energy vehicles that relied on the Cloud Flow Tower for power. At this time, the city's traffic had completely paralyzed. After getting out of their cars, people stood beside their cars, cursing and complaining.

The Time Travelers weaved through the traffic, constantly reminding people that City 10 had been attacked by the Shendai Consortium.

Even if no one believed them.

However, before they had gone far, they discovered that rats had already appeared on the streets.

The Rat Tide had taken to the streets.

Chen Zhuoqu looked at the team members behind her and coldly said, "Anyone who hasn't eaten an Eternal Heaven Fruit, give me your backpack! Everyone who has eaten an Eternal Heaven Fruit, undergone Cultivation, or taken Gene Medicine, actively help your teammates with Weight training. Don't let children under the age of one carry anything. We must quickly move out of the city center!"

A team member looked at the rats that had suddenly appeared and muttered, "Is it already too late?"

Inside the PCA Federation Intelligence Bureau.

The building, which had been brightly lit due to overtime work, was now dark.

However, the intelligence bureau was special. Its backup generator would automatically turn on in five minutes, at which point order would be restored here.

Qing Yi sat alone in the dark office, quietly listening to the commotion caused by the power outage in the large office outside.

The former watermelon-headed boy had cut his watermelon-head hairstyle, now sporting a crew cut like Li Ke's, looking much more capable.

At this time, a PCE investigator walked in: "Boss, a woman named Si Nianhua has come. She says she has an appointment with you."

Qing Yi looked up in the darkness; the moonlight cast a shadow on the corners of his eyes.

The young man stood up: "Bring her in. Quickly."

Si Nianhua, in high heels, walked with a graceful cat-like gait, her expensive handbag tucked under her arm.

Qing Yi laughed when he saw her: "How has the gentleman been lately?"

Si Nianhua said, "No time for pleasantries. The power outage was caused by Shendai. They placed Shendai Qianchi's corpse in a sewer somewhere, causing Biological Contamination in City 10. Now, they plan to destroy the city. Please act quickly; he will be waiting for you in District 3."

Qing Yi nodded and decisively said to the PCA investigator: "Qing Hua, go and notify the Li Clan's investigators to come with us. Tell them it's the independent director's order. Yang Xuyang, go get that thing."

Speaking, he turned and walked toward the door: "Everyone, follow me."

In just five minutes, this team, trained by Qing Chen, quickly left the PCA building under Qing Yi's leadership.

Immediately afterward, the Li Clan's investigators also came out.

Qing Yi walked into the night, Si Nianhua following behind him with a smile on her lips.

Qing Yi pressed the remote control in his hand; the building behind him suddenly turned into a ball of fire, engulfing the Chen Family, Shendai, and Koshima investigators in the inferno.

The thing he had Yang Xuyang go get was a high-performance explosive in a sealed metal box.

It was originally intended for Qing Yi to die with others if he had no other choice; now, it was used to destroy all life in that building.

Qing Yi smiled at Si Nianhua: "Did the gentleman say anything else?"

Si Nianhua was somewhat surprised. The young man's methods were indeed worthy of the title of the living Yama of Intelligence Bureau One, but when he mentioned Qing Chen, his smile was so innocent and carefree.

"Boss said to let me notify you to evacuate immediately and to find a way to notify all Secret Spy Agency members."

"Immediately?" Qing Yi's smile became even brighter.

City 10.

District 3 also fell into darkness due to the damaged power system.

It was as if it had never been bright here.

"Let me do it! Lao Luo said that as long as I can open the Key Gate to that place, he'll introduce me to a partner," Xiao San took out the recently obtained golden True Sight Eye: "Don't worry, I haven't been in a relationship yet. I can definitely get there."

"Don't open it to the Forbidden Zone," someone said in the dark.

"I won't," Xiao San chuckled: "I'm afraid of death. I definitely won't open it there."

Key Gate, one of the most widely used spells in the wizarding lineage, was the foundation of wizards.

Its principle was to press a Ferrero-sized True Sight Eye onto a door, turn it clockwise ten times, and the door would take you to anywhere you wanted to go.

It would definitely be the place you most wanted to go in your heart, without any concealment.

This was originally a spell for wizards to directly verify their hearts. When you are lost and don't know where to go in life, the Key Gate will tell you the answer.

A person can only open the Key Gate once in their lifetime.

However, after nearly a thousand years of circulation, the Key Gate had been ruined by the Observer Organization.

Luo Wanya promised all these energetic, strong young men that as long as they opened it in the wilderness, no matter where, they would definitely be introduced to a partner.

As Xiao San gently turned the True Sight Eye, the iron door in front of him seemed to be melted by the True Sight Eye, burning red marks like molten iron.

The True Sight Eye slowly embedded itself into the door, and with a click, the Key Gate opened.

Xiao San took a deep breath and stepped through.

In front of him was an empty wilderness and stars, the vast starry sky above him exceptionally bright and magnificent.

Xiao San retreated back inside the door: "Mission accomplished. I was really afraid that I would open the Key Gate to District 4's Red-light District. Next!"

The Kunlun Organization gave the Guardians' Union five True Sight Eyes, so they would have five chances to open the Key Gate.

Ten minutes passed, and four of the five doors opened in the same place, which meant they had succeeded!

All the Home Families were under immense pressure because they knew they were carrying the lives of countless people.

At this time, more than forty Home Families filed out of the Key Gate, seeming to be making preparations over there.

Xiao San used a knife to remove the iron door: "Alright, let's carry the door downstairs and start arranging the evacuation of the residents of District 3."

"How should we persuade them?" Qin Shuli curiously asked: "Should I prepare a script?"

Although Qin Shuli had become a member of the Golden Family and was in City 10, Luo Wanya hadn't taken him to the island, so Qin Shuli didn't know the specific arrangements.

In the darkness, someone was lighting torches in the corridor. Xiao San laughed: "I asked Leader the same question. I still remember clearly that Leader looked at me with disdain and asked: Are you a good citizen? Have you forgotten your identity?"

Xiao San continued: "That's when I realized, yes, I'm a gang member. Although we're doing good deeds, we collect Protection money and clean up District 3, but it's because of our deterrence that we can push these good deeds forward, isn't it? Now, we have to continue being brutal gang members!"

Frightening the residents into leaving was better than letting them stay and die.

Gang identity was the camouflage the Guardians' Union used when facing ordinary residents. Maybe the residents wouldn't understand what the Guardians' Union was doing, but as long as they feared the Guardians' Union, it would be enough.

At this time, ten Guardians' Union liaisons had already taken advantage of the darkness, roaring out on diesel motorcycles to gather the Home Families scattered in various corners of City 10.

If it weren't for the fact that they had expanded too much, the Guardians' Union would be even larger now.

It's important to know that City 10 and City 18 were the bases of the Guardians' Union, the heart of the entire Guardians' Union's outward expansion and blood transfusion.

The Guardians' Union's desire to bloom everywhere depended on the talent supply from these two cities.

The Home Families here were not ordinary families; they were no different from coaches.

The Home Families who went out from these two cities would have higher status.

Now, some Home Families were quickly building sandbag fortifications on the edge of District 3 and using quick-drying construction concrete to quickly fill all the sewers.

Some Home Families were moving out the military supplies and medicines they had been stockpiling.

The remaining group, including Xiao San, carried four Key Gates, divided into four groups, and aggressively stormed into four buildings, driving everyone downstairs.

Xiao San fired several shots into the sky downstairs, scaring the residents who had been driven downstairs.

Xiao San laughed wildly: "No one is allowed to sleep! Search every house and bring all the food you have into this door."

The residents were surprised. Xiao San and the members of the Home Families were completely different from their usual selves.

In the past, the Home Families, though fierce, were still polite to ordinary residents. Now, they all had ferocious expressions.

In the crowd, someone whispered: "I said the gang couldn't be that good. They were pretending before. Now they're showing their true colors!"

"What are they doing? Why are they going into that door? Are they going to sell us somewhere?"

Xiao San heard their words, but his expression didn't change: "Don't mess around! Line up in two long lines, two people abreast, and walk into the door. If anyone walks slowly, I'll break their legs! Hurry up!"

The Guardians' Union members waved their short knives ferociously, forcing the residents to walk in one by one, as if the knives and guns would strike if anyone hesitated.

And the Home Families were not at all polite. Whenever they encountered grumbling men, they would kick them.

At this time, a middle-aged couple led a little girl and walked tremblingly. Xiao San's eyes lit up, and he reached into his pocket and took out a few candies: "Xiao Xia, here's some candy."

This was a little girl he had just met in District 3. She was very cute, and at such a young age, she said that she wanted to join the Home Families to help the residents of District 3 and punish evil.

But Xiao Xia, who would usually smile sweetly when she saw him, started crying at once. As she walked into the Key Gate, she said, "Uncle is so annoying."

Xiao San's movements froze. He slowly clasped his hands together, watching the girl's tears fall one by one, making his heart ache.

Xiao Xia's parents quickly covered her mouth, trying to take the girl away before Xiao San got angry.

But Xiao San watched their backs disappear into the Key Gate and softly said, "I'm sorry."

The next moment, he turned ferocious again towards the residents: "All of you, hurry up! I'll see who is dawdling, who wants to die!"

Behind the Key Gate, the residents of District 3 originally thought they would see a scene of hell.

As a result, after entering, they slid down a slide on a hillside. At the end of the hillside, Home Families were responsible for helping them up one by one, then helping the next person out of the Key Gate.

What the Home Families who had previously entered the Key Gate had to do was dig a slide on the hillside outside the Key Gate to receive the residents.

This was also Qing Chen's method, which greatly improved efficiency.

At the end of the slide, there was a sign: "Hello to all residents. We are the Home Families. We apologize for disturbing you in the middle of the night. But there is no way. City 10 is about to experience a terrible disaster. It is a Biological Contamination event planned by the Shendai Consortium, causing all the rats in the city to mutate. Tonight's power outage and explosions are also related to this matter. Therefore, we have no choice but to transfer you out. Everything will be clear in 4 hours. Please be patient and wait here briefly; someone will transport water and supplies later. Announcement from the Home Families."

Under the explanatory text, someone had drawn a heart and a smiley face.

The residents were stunned for a moment.

There were no black market merchants here to buy them, no Home Families members with weapons to continue coercing them, only boundless wilderness.

Four doors, four slides, continuously transporting residents out without stopping.

The Home Families on the Key Gate side didn't care about them after receiving them; there were too few people.

This was completely different from the scene they had imagined!

Some residents wanted to escape, but at this time, they remembered their recent interactions with the Home Families and involuntarily stopped.

This was the foundation of trust.

This was the return that the Guardians' Union received after their efforts.

Xiao Xia couldn't read, so her parents read the words on the sign to her. The little girl immediately started crying and wanted to go back to find her uncle.

Her parents comforted her: "It's okay. After this is over, we'll apologize to uncle, okay?"

Xiao Xia nodded vigorously: "Okay."

In District 3, a Home Family member looked at the street outside and suddenly shouted: "The Rat Tide is here!"

Before their eyes, countless rats crawled out of the sewers outside District 3. They pushed open the manhole covers and gushed out like a tide.