Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 957: 593, Taboo ACE-004, Eye of Truth

Although the curtains were drawn in the Daylight Villa, the inside was brightly lit, music was playing, and shadows were moving behind the curtains, making it look extraordinarily lively.

At this moment, two drones buzzed quietly, flying over the garden walls of the National Treasure Garden Villa District, heading deep into the villa area.

One of them flew over the Daylight Villa, while the other hovered above Luo Wanya’s villa.

Unlike the drones in the Outer World, these used turbine engines, flying faster and capable of carrying heavier loads.

Both drones had a black box attached underneath, which they dropped once they confirmed reaching the airspace overhead.

With two loud booms, both villas erupted into raging fires, the massive flames illuminating the sky.

The tiles on the rooftops blasted away, and the glass of surrounding villas shattered one after another.

The two drones quickly ascended and then flew north under the cover of night, only to slowly descend on Mang Mountain.

In the mountain, an Asian young man with wheat-colored skin took off his holographic glasses, opened the metal box beside him, preparing to pack the drones away.

However, at this moment, Yangyang descended from the night and spoke into her Bluetooth earphone, “I found him, should I kill him?”

“Yes, kill him,” Qing Chen said.

“Aren’t we going to interrogate him, see where he’s from?” Yangyang asked curiously.

Qing Chen replied, “We don’t have time for interrogation; we’re about to traverse. If he goes to the Inner World, he might be silenced there too. Besides, there aren’t many organizations targeting us, so it’s not hard to guess: the Future Organization in North America, Jindai from the Island Country, or the domestic Huan Yu. Whoever it is, they are all adversaries.”

“How did you know someone would definitely attack the Daylight Villa?” Yangyang asked.

“I didn’t know for sure, I was just being cautious. People in history who planned flawlessly only did so by making more preparations than others,” Qing Chen said, standing on the street outside the National Treasure Villa District, calmly watching the raging fire.

Yangyang wrapped in a force field descended rapidly, and even before she touched the ground, the immense force field had bent the weeds and branches on the ground.

The young man preparing to retreat on the ground bent under the heavy pressure, as if a mountain were crushing his spine!

The hard earth on the surface collapsed into a massive pit.

But at this moment, the young man suddenly looked up at Yangyang and smiled, then turned into a flash of glowing blue light and vanished into the night.

With the disappearance of the figure, a blue pentagram appeared on the ground, surrounded by strange tadpole-like patterns, mysterious and eerie.

“Huh, a trap!” Yangyang found it odd as the box that had contained the drone fell to the ground, suddenly emanating immense energy fluctuations.

Yangyang shielded herself with her hands, her whole body rapidly rising again.

With a loud boom, it was as if a sun exploded from the box, unleashing a massive burst of light!

The intense heat waves churned the midnight air, but fortunately, Yangyang reacted swiftly and dodged in time; otherwise, she would have died right there.

“Qing Chen, which of your enemies can disappear in a flash of blue light? And leave a pentagram after disappearing,” Yangyang curiously asked in the sky, taking out her phone to photograph the blue symbol.

Qing Chen said, “There was exposure from North America; it’s a taboo item belonging to the ‘Future’ organization’s boss. It’s said that the method of use is to see the eyes of an enemy with murderous intent, and it will instantly teleport. Hence, this Future organization boss is known as the undying Phoenix.”

“The boss of the Future organization?” Yangyang said strangely, “That can’t be right, I saw an Asian young man, looked like a Southeast Asian descent; isn’t the boss of the Future organization a Caucasian?”

“That’s unclear, but the way of disappearing you described matches the legend,” Qing Chen said, “Retreat, let’s not complicate things… Oh right, are you coming to meet me?”

“No,” Yangyang said with a smile, “we’ll see each other right after we traverse.”

“See you in a bit then,” Qing Chen said.

He turned to Luo Wanya beside him, “The insurance I asked you to buy for the house, it’s effective, right?”

“Yes, it covers structural damage, floods, fires, and accidents,” Luo Wanya nodded. This boss certainly wasn’t one to take a loss.

Qing Chen said, “Then go file a report and extinguish the fire. The insured is obligated to cooperate with the investigation and mitigation of losses. After you report, start evacuating separately, and I’ll follow behind to clear any trackers.”

“Understood,” Luo Wanya nodded, “I just feel a bit reluctant about the two villas; it’s a pity. Everyone was so happy when gathered.”

Qing Chen looked at the flames, “Lao Luo, for Daylight to move from behind the scenes to the forefront, it inevitably has to go through all this. We’re going to school; I’ll leave the outside matters to you.”

“Rest assured, Boss.”

As they spoke, inside a certain villa, Zhang Wanfang and Qing Shuli watched the soaring flames in horror.

Qing Shuli picked up his coat and said, “I’ll go take a look; it seems like it’s Daylight’s villa over there.”

In fact, there were only five villas in the central location of the villa area, two of which belonged to Daylight, so even a fool knew the source of the explosion was undoubtedly related to Daylight.

And judging by the intensity of the explosion, it was unlikely that anyone inside the villa would survive.

Just as Qing Shuli was about to leave, Zhang Wanfang suddenly grabbed him, silent.

Qing Shuli was puzzled for a moment, “I’ve started cultivating now too. If Qing Chen is injured in the villa, I might be able to help a little.”

During the last time travel, Qing Shuli, a member of the Blue Family, also received the transmission of the quasi-Ti method, and even had a team help him get empowered to D-Class, now considered to have just crossed the threshold as a cultivator.

However, Zhang Wanfang still held onto him, saying nothing, not even daring to meet Qing Shuli’s gaze.

Qing Shuli asked in confusion, “Aren’t you worried about Qing Chen?”

Zhang Wanfang suddenly said, “What if there’s still danger there, and you get attacked too? What would Hao Hao and I do? You’re all I have.”

Qing Shuli was stunned for a moment, finally sighing, “Wanfang, you stay at home with Hao Hao. I must go and see. If help is really needed, after all, he is your son, and he has secretly helped me too.”

Saying this, Qing Shuli went out.

He arrived at the explosion site, inquiring with the firefighter, “Hello, what happened to these two villas, were there any casualties?”

“No casualties, fortunately no one was inside,” the firefighter said, “Please move aside, clear the fire lane.”

“Okay, okay,” Qing Shuli stepped aside, feeling relieved in his heart.

Daylight disappeared, Qing Shuli knew that the bond of kinship between Zhang Wanfang and Qing Chen was now completely severed.

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Countdown 00:30:00.

Liu Dezhu and others stood at the entrance of Kunlun Bookstore; inside the small bookstore of several dozen square meters was already empty, leaving only Xiao Ying sitting idly at the counter, frowning at messages.

Jiang Xue walked up to the counter and knocked, “Hello, I want to ask, how do I get to Kunlun’s school?”

Xiao Ying looked up, his eyes brightened, “Wow, how did you guys suddenly appear here? I was just worried something might happen to you since the Daylight Villa was just attacked.”

“Attack?” Jiang Xue asked in confusion.

“It seems you aren’t aware yet, come, come, I’ll send you to school first,” Xiao Ying said, “Students have reported in large numbers, I’ll get you a good dormitory. We are acquaintances after all, I’m really fond of our Daylight, just leave this to me, I promise you’ll be satisfied!”

Liu Dezhu and others looked at each other, bewildered by this chatterbox’s situation, as if he particularly wanted to join Daylight?

Then Xiao Ying led the way to a bookcase placed against the wall.

He pulled open the bookcase, then dug out a red stone from his pocket and pressed it against a hidden iron door behind the bookcase.

The red stone seemed to meld into the iron door as if by magic, and the wall rippled with transparent waves.

“This is…” Li Tongyun hesitated, “A forbidden object ACE-004, the Eye of Truth?”

“Oh, good eyes, even Hu’s Information Agency only recorded the name but not its function and appearance, how did you know?” Xiao Ying asked curiously.

“It is recorded in the top-secret files of the Li’s Financial Group’s archive, but this thing… doesn’t belong to the Federation, does it? It should be in the possession of a group of wizards,” Li Tongyun asked.

Jiang Xue watched coldly from the side, she now also knew that Li Tongyun was from the Li’s Financial Group.

Therefore, she also realized that the person who helped her back then was actually her own daughter.

Her precocious daughter used the loophole of her ignorance about past memories to fabricate a “savior” tale, making Jiang Xue believe she had really saved some prominent figure…

Every time she thought of this, she wanted to put Xiao Tongyun over her knee for a spanking…

Jinguji Maki sensed the odd atmosphere and immediately hugged Jiang Xue’s arm, warming up with a smile.

Only then did Jiang Xue’s mood settle down; indeed, Xiao Zhenji is much more obedient!

Xiao Ying then said, “What I hold isn’t the real forbidden object ACE-004, the real forbidden object ACE-004 isn’t singular, which isn’t a secret in Kunlun, but I can’t say more about what else there is. If truly curious, you can have Qing Chen ask Boss Zheng, who’s also considered a Kunlun member.”

Li Tongyun suddenly said, “You’re using the Eye of Truth in front of us purposely, aren’t you? You want to bait my brother Qing Chen with this thing, right?”

“Hahaha, is that so?” Xiao Ying awkwardly walked into the wall.

The transparent ripples on the wall spread like waves, Xiao Ying’s silhouette vanished into thin air.

Jiang Xue and others exchanged glances, and also took a step past.

Everyone was stunned; they looked at the vast starry sky above them and listened to the sound of the waves lapping at the shore… They had stepped through a city door and arrived on a sea island!

The countdown reached zero.

Crossing.

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