Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 466: 313. Night Attack and the Murderous Intent at the End of the Corridor_3

However, the puzzling part was that the enemies were heading towards the secret passage, which meant the secret had been leaked!

He thought to himself, could the old man not be reliable anymore? How could such a secretive thing be leaked? Weren’t the enemies afraid of being kidnapped once they went out too freely?

No, no, why had the secret passage remained undiscovered for decades when the old man was using it, yet it was found out as soon as he started using it?

Could it be that the old man deliberately leaked the information, wanting him to help guard the door?

Thinking of this, Qing Chen’s expression turned a bit grim.

Secondly, these people had suffered a big loss.

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Clearly, they had used a life-sign detector outside, confirming no one was in the house before sneaking in.

However, they hadn’t expected that one minute there was no one in the room, and the next minute, Qing Chen would emerge.

It was indeed a coincidence to be at this point…

If the enemies had discovered someone in the room earlier, or had not used the detector, being more vigilant wouldn’t have allowed Qing Chen to ambush them so easily.

As Qing Chen thought this, he used the Puppeteer to sacrifice the assassins one by one.

During the sacrifice, even the bloodstains on the ground turned to ashes.

Standing in the room, Qing Chen suddenly felt that the Puppeteer was indeed a must-have divine artifact for killing and erasing traces while traveling or being at home; not a single trace was left.

When the Puppeteer had finished the sacrifice, the room looked as if nothing had happened.

But Qing Chen still felt uneasy. The assassins clearly had accomplices outside, and this seemed to be the only path the intruders took to infiltrate the manor, while he slept right on this path…

After thinking, Qing Chen turned and entered the bathroom and thoroughly cleaned the room with a mop and cloth, in case someone could infer something from the dust traces.

After doing all this, he turned back to the secret passage.

However, Qing Chen didn’t go back to sleep in his room but sat on the steps under the Autumn Leaf Courtyard in the passageway and closed his eyes in meditation to practice entering the Mysterious World.

It’s not that he didn’t want to sleep; it was just that he couldn’t sleep with such a dangerous passage under his bed!

At this moment, Jiang Yichen in room 101 opposite was silently observing through the peephole.

He was a very cautious person, so he had installed several cameras outside his own room as soon as he arrived here.

When the four black-clad assassins entered the building, Jiang Yichen noticed immediately. At first, he thought they were coming for him but later realized they quietly sneaked into the room across from him.

At that time, Jiang Yichen wondered if his ‘easy-to-fool’ neighbor had enemies outside?

But how did these people sneak in?

You see, this was a high-end community, albeit looking a bit old and worn.

For the Inner World Natives, the standard of a mansion isn’t about having elevators or being old but about space.

The houses in District Six usually had two elevators for 16 households, like the Luo Shen Building, where everyone always ended up in disputes over the elevators during their commutes to and from work and school.

But in this community, there are only two households per floor, with only four floors in total, truly luxurious.

Jiang Yichen watched through the peephole all night but didn’t see those four people come out again; the four assassins… just vanished into thin air.

The next morning, he rubbed his sore eyes and muttered that his neighbor was rather mysterious!

Jiang Yichen shuddered at the thought that he might have been targeted last night.

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In the morning, Qing Chen walked towards Dragon Lake with a darkened expression; today, the old man didn’t turn up at all!

At this point, Qing Chen wasn’t sure if the old man was avoiding him or if it was a coincidence.

If he was avoiding him, it meant: Figure it out yourself.

Qing Chen highly suspected that the Li Clan wanted to use this secret passage to find the Jindai and Deer Island hidden in City #18.

He had used this method himself before: If you can’t find your opponent, let them come to you.

But the problem was, if you Li Clan want to fish for law enforcement, send your own experts over. Why use me, Qing Chen?

The more Qing Chen thought about it, the angrier he got. He finally set down a small stool with a thump, sat on it, hooked a Dragon Fish with the Puppeteer, and left.

In a certain area of District Five of City #18.

Several assassins dressed in Black Combat Uniforms quietly sat in a small apartment, waiting for something.

The apartment had thick velvet curtains drawn, not letting any light seep in from outside.

One of the muscular men sitting on the coach asked, “What is Li Changqing up to recently?”

“She’s been cracking down on spies heavily, caught a few informants, but then the leads went cold,” an assassin answered.

The muscular man, apparently the leader of this group, continued, “Control the Time Traveler, and after we confirm that the person from the Li Clan has left, immediately send the substitute to Outer World Los Angeles to start the replacement plan, stirring up chaos within the Li Clan and Qing Clan.”

“Received,” the assassin responded.

“By the way, were the people who went to check the secret passage last night found? Are they found yet?” the burly man asked.

The assassin hesitated a bit, “No, our people went there; their cars were still parked in front of the ‘Microscopic World’ community, but they’ve vanished without a trace and can’t be contacted… I wonder, could it be that someone was guarding in that room, and they were all killed?”

The burly man frowned, “That’s possible, but we can’t delay our mission any longer. The higher-ups told us to go in and check what’s happening with that old man from the Li Clan; we can’t put this off. Tonight, I’ll go with you. If someone is guarding there, I’ll handle it.”

The assassin looked puzzled, “Boss, you’re B-Class, rashly entering the mansion could trigger the Taboo Divine Artifact ACE-020 Heartless Bronze Bell.”

This group had come well prepared; they not only found the location of the secret passage but even knew the conditions to trigger the Heartless Bronze Bell.

“No matter,” the burly man coldly said, “I’m just going in to clear any potential guards from the Li Clan in the house and passage, not entering the mansion. That should not trigger the Heartless Bronze Bell.”

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