Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 736: 431, Melee_3

During the commotion, some were shouting, “Stop him! Kill him! Beat him up! Down with the traitor!”

The scene boiled over like hot water, and the journalists were boiling over too!

This was big news, and they already had their headlines ready.

“Time Traveler stays up late for a collective manhunt!”

“Conference Center shock, a traitor emerges!”

“Pikachu and Slime join forces!”

“DC’s Batman and Marvel’s Spiderman share a rare frame!”

The journalists were trembling with excitement deep inside, unable to contain themselves.

One journalist yelled, “Driver, bring the car around, catch up with them!”

Finally, the scene evolved into an even more astonishing sight.

Li Yi was running fifty meters ahead of the crowd, chased by a bunch of cartoon characters, followed by journalists in their cars, poking their cameras and other long and short guns out the windows.

The pedestrians on the streets of Zheng City were dumbfounded, having no clue what was happening.

They watched Pikachu sprint by and wondered what was going on. Are they shooting a movie?!

At that moment, Qing Yuan blended into the crowd, his gaze fixated on Li Yi ahead.

He could no longer attempt to kill Li Yi, because he needed to keep Li Yi and Wang Zhenbei alive to explain to Kunlun and the Time Travelers what exactly had happened.

If Li Yi and Wang Zhenbei died in the chaos, the mess pinned on Bright Commune could never be washed clean.

With that thought, Qing Yuan suddenly sped up and ran to the front of the pack.

Those from the Matrix thought their comrade was going strong, but to their surprise, after Qing Yuan got to the front, he seemed to lose stamina and unwittingly slowed down, holding back the chasing speed.

Wait, Qing Yuan looked at Li Yi’s escape route.

Isn’t this the way to the Bright Commune headquarters in Zheng City? After the merger with Longhu Commune, they rented a whole floor of an office building!

And, they were just two streets away from it!

With no other choice, Qing Yuan pulled out his phone while running and sent a text to his father, Qing Yu, afraid that his father might be implicated at the headquarters.

At this moment, Qing Yuan had not noticed Luo Wanya not far behind him, staring tensely at his figure, not daring to blink.

Qing Chen turned back and saw Luo Wanya; they exchanged a swift glance in the crowd.

Following Luo Wanya’s indication, Qing Chen turned his head and saw Qing Yuan at the front of the group.

All this happened so fast that no other Time Travelers noticed that there were those in the crowd harboring ulterior motives.

Just as Qing Yuan was looking down to text, a young man wearing a black mask seemed to accidentally bump into Qing Yuan’s arm.

With a clang, the phone fell to the ground.

Qing Yuan was about to turn back to pick it up when he saw a Slime stamp firmly on the phone…

Crushing the phone to pieces.

Qing Yuan glared furiously, wanting to see who had bumped him, but in the chaos, he couldn’t tell anyone apart.

In the blink of an eye, Li Yi had run to the front of the Central State Building. Instead of taking the elevator, he ran up the emergency staircase to the 13th floor.

The staircase echoed with the pounding of footsteps. Only because the Time Travelers were physically fit could they run two kilometers and still climb to the 13th floor; anyone else might have dropped dead by now.

On the 13th floor, the Bright Commune’s headquarters were still brightly lit.

However, Qing Yuan’s father Qing Yu wasn’t there, just a few members of the Bright Commune and Wang Zhenbei.

When Wang Zhenbei saw Li Yi rush into the headquarters, he let out an irate curse, “Li Yi, what the hell are you up to? The big boss called me, saying I was with you tonight?! When have I seen you tonight? And what’s this about teaming up with Jindai and Deer Island, explain yourself… BURP!”

Before he could finish speaking, hundreds of Time Travelers charged in following Li Yi’s lead, each one shouting, “Let’s see where you can run now.”

Wang Zhenbei was so startled he burped on the spot!

Wang Zhenbei addressed the Time Travelers, “Everyone, listen to me…”

Before he could finish, Li Yi suddenly turned to look at the Time Travelers with a cold smirk, “After chasing me for three streets, now my boss Wang Zhenbei is right behind me. He’s one of the top fighters, I’d like to see who dares to touch me!”

The Green Little Dinosaur didn’t care for any of that, “Let’s all get them together, take them down!”

Leading the charge, the Little Dinosaur surged forward.

Seeing the swarm of Time Travelers approaching, Wang Zhenbei felt utterly hopeless, “Damn it…”

He was no expert; he had merely taken the place of a D-Class Awakener from the Inner World by chance.

Wang Zhenbei had always falsely claimed to be C-Class and had never really fought. He had gotten to his current position through a series of bluffs and deceit.

So, he panicked at the sight of so many Time Travelers.

“Everybody, let me explain…”

Chen Sui from the Matrix confronted him, “Explain to your mom!”

A solid punch landed on his eye socket.

The next moment, Wang Zhenbei was swamped within the crowd of Time Travelers…

By then, Lu Yuan had also arrived, and as he observed this one-sided mass brawl, he thought to himself since his crossing over, this must be the biggest brawl among Outer World Time Travelers…

If Qing Chen was behind all this, then damn he could really stir up trouble!

Right, where’s Qing Chen?!

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As Li Yi stood there taking a beating, a young man with a black mask maneuvered to his side and punched him squarely in the spleen.

In an instant, Li Yi’s eyes filled with red blood vessels.

But this was an internal injury, imperceptible from the outside.

After a mere ten seconds or so.

A shocking scene unfolded; Li Yi turned into a clump of black ashes and dissipated amidst the crowd.

That was the sight of a sacrifice by the Puppeteer.

As for the instigator Qing Chen, he turned and left the battle circle.

He couldn’t linger here to fight because Qing Yuan had already silently slipped away.

From start to finish, Qing Chen never forgot his original intention. He had aimed to lure out Qing Yuan through Longhu Commune.

As for Longhu Commune, it was just an incidental casualty.

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