Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 146 Rule 002 of Taboo Land

”I always feel like youʼre coming back home when you come to Taboo Land 002,” Qing Chen asked, ”but do you also need to search for the Mimosa Plant to check if any rules have been added?”

Uncle Li Dong explained, ”Taboo Land didnʼt just appear immediately after a Transcendent died. Decades ago, a Senior Knight was buried here, and his rules havenʼt appeared yet.”

”What would his rules be if they were to appear?” Qing Chen asked, ”Are you familiar with him?”

Uncle Li Dong thought for a moment, ”His rule might be that no one named Uncle Li Dong or Chen Jiazhang can enter...”

Qing Chen: ”???”

”That senior uncle was often harassed by me in his lifetime,” Uncle Li Dong said with a hint of reminiscence, ”When we were young, he always followed behind me and my senior brother to clean up our messes. My brother and I were quite mischievous back then, and it really troubled him.” Explore new worlds at empire

”That still doesnʼt justify banning you and your senior brother from entering,” Qing Chen sighed, ”Can you give me a serious answer, please?”

”These rules are hard to predict,” Uncle Li Dong shook his head, ”Perhaps only he himself knows what he disliked the most. Honestly, after Taboo Land 002 was formed, many of its rules have left us younger generations both crying and laughing. Compared to other Taboo Lands, this place is too down to earth.”

”So, teacher, what exactly are the rules of Taboo Land 002... wait, you canʼt actually tell me its rules, can you?” Qing Chen asked.

Uncle Li Dong looked at Qing Chen seriously, ”I need you to swear not to tell anyone else about the rules of Taboo Land 002 and to keep it secret.”

Qing Chen was startled, noticing how incredibly serious his teacher was.

Unprecedentedly serious.

”Teacher, I swear not to reveal the rules here to anyone and to keep them secret,” Qing Chen also spoke seriously, ”But teacher, telling me the rules inside Taboo Land wouldnʼt cause any problems, would it?”

Uncle Li Dong shook his head, ”No.”

”Why?” Qing Chen exclaimed.

”This involves another general rule of Taboo Land that many people still donʼt know about,” Uncle Li Dong smiled mysteriously, ”Donʼt worry, youʼll understand in a few days. Letʼs talk about the rules of Taboo Land 002 for now.”

”First, no relieving yourself indiscriminately.”

Qing Chen: ”...”

”Second, no swearing.”

Qing Chen: ”...”

”Third, no spitting anywhere.”

Suddenly, Qing Chen held his forehead, ”Wait, teacher, give me a moment to catch my breath.”

Uncle Li Dong looked at his student with a bemused expression, seemingly anticipating the young manʼs reaction.

The young man looked at his teacher, puzzled, ”Does Taboo Land 002 have such upright principles?!”

Qing Chen even felt as if he was attending a ”civilization lecture” class in the Outer World, being a disciplined and civilized good youth.

”Rather than saying Taboo Land 002 has upright principles, itʼs more accurate to say that those Senior Knights had upright principles,” Uncle Li Dong chuckled.

”More like they had a cleanness obsession,” Qing Chen weakly commented...

”Fourth, you canʼt pick flowers in the Taboo Land.”

”Fifth, no drone usage allowed.”

”Sixth, no firearms allowed.”

”Seventh, no killing.”

Qing Chen raised his hand, ”Hey? No killing, then why did you bring me here?”

Uncle Li Dong glanced at him, ”Not directly.”

That is, only using rules.

”Eighth, no jumping rope.”

”Wait a minute,” Qing Chen stopped his teacher again, ”Seriously, the eighth rule is no jumping rope? What kind of rule is that, and why is that even a thing?”

Uncle Li Dong continued, ”Ninth, you cannot say beef tastes bad.”

”Tenth, you canʼt sing along when others are singing.”

Qing Chen questioned, ”Was this Senior Knight a Mic Hog?”

”No,” Uncle Li Dong shook his head, ”He was actually a very introverted person. Every time he mustered up the courage to sing, no matter what song, his senior brother would sing along and even join in, which annoyed him.”

”Eleventh, you canʼt lose at rock-paper-scissors.”

”Twelfth, you must be punctual.”

”Rule Thirteen, do not steal bird eggs.”

”Rule Fourteen...”

At this moment, Qing Chen was truly bewildered—the rules of Taboo Land No. 002 were indeed numerous, but they differed from what he had expected.

Typically, Taboo Lands would require you to spill 1 liter of blood upon entering or sacrifice a teammate each day.

How had it become so... eccentric at the Knight Organizationʼs home ground?

However, Uncle Li Dong suddenly looked at Qing Chen and smiled, ”You probably think these rules are a joke, right? But actually, these rules have killed the most people. Taboo Land No. 002 is also one of the deadliest Taboo Lands recognized.”

Qing Chen suddenly fell into deep contemplation.

Indeed, people cannot avoid eating, drinking, and relieving themselves. According to the rules of the Taboo Land, even a drop of urine on the ground would lead to being hunted down by the entire Taboo Land.

The methods by which a Taboo Land could kill were far too numerous.

Not just through physiological needs, but also regulations like prohibiting swearing—something quite normal to blurt out in a rush, but doing so here could lead to death.

Being unable to use firearms means that humans canʼt use conventional weapons to confront wild beasts.

Uncle Li Dong looked at Qing Chen and said, ”Once you know the rules of a Taboo Land, killing becomes very easy.”

”How do you kill?”

”No rush, let me familiarize you with the environment for a couple of days. Once you have most of the terrain memorized, Iʼll demonstrate for you,” Uncle Li Dong said.

However, Qing Chen suddenly said, ”Teacher, in two days, I want to try it on my own first.”

”Hmm?” Uncle Li Dong raised his eyebrows, ”Your teacher agreed to help you; you donʼt need to be polite with me.”

”Itʼs not about being polite with the teacher. I suddenly have some ideas,” Qing Chen thought for a moment and said, ”When I canʼt handle it myself, then Iʼll ask the teacher to take action.”

After speaking, the young man walked forward, and Uncle Li Dong, looking towards the woods, lamented, ”Suddenly, it feels really uninteresting being this kind of teacher. But you know what? I actually like this stubborn streak in him.”

As they walked, Qing Chen suddenly turned back and asked, ”Teacher, whatʼs the most popular song in the Inner World?”

Uncle Li Dong thought for a moment: ”Oh, I just remembered something else I need to settle with you. Iʼve seen the scores you gave me. They started off fine with classical music scores, but later you began fooling me with nursery rhymes.”

Qing Chen was taken aback, ”How did teacher know I gave nursery rhyme scores...”

Uncle Li Dong said expressionlessly, ”Because those nursery rhymes also exist in the Inner World, carried over from a long time ago, just like farewells.”

”Hahahaha, how awkward.”

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Countdown 66:00:00.

Another early morning, two days later.

In the deep parts of Taboo Land, at the frontier between the edge and the hinterland.

A well-trained team moved slowly, the more than a hundred people stepping on the soft, decaying leaves making only faint sounds.

They had turned off all communication channels because once inside the Taboo Land, maintaining communication silence was necessary.

To avoid misspeaking.

They wore black operational suits and sturdy combat boots, and each had the tiger head insignia of the Federal Second Group Army on their shoulders, each looking fiercely formidable.

At the very front, four Mechanical Hunting Dogs led, while someone in the back monitored the scanning information relayed by the dogs with a display.

In the woods, someone at the front of the battle line suddenly stopped walking.

It only took an instant for everyone to come to a neat halt.

The atmosphere was tense.

At this time, an army officer in his early thirties at the front of the line took a deep look at the tree line ahead, realizing that he could no longer proceed; stepping further would mean entering the hinterland of the Taboo Land.

He said to the soldiers behind him, ”Tell Commander Qing Huai to come here.”

ʼHinterlandʼ and ʼedge,ʼ usually vague terms.

However, for the Taboo Land, this dividing line suddenly became clear.

Because looking ahead meant encountering fauna and flora that you barely recognized, as if entering another bizarre world.

At that moment, a stern-faced young man came from the rear of the group.

The youngster wore a black beret, his face gaunt and sharply contoured, appearing almost like a perfectly proportioned sculpture.