Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 968: 604, Rule-based Killing

Taboo Land No. 10 stretches for nearly a hundred miles, starting from Yunjin Lake in the west and ending at Folding Screen River in the east.

Right by Yunjin Lake, three B-Class Floating Ships with erased military combat configurations quietly docked on the shore.

Droplet-shaped drones flew out from the Hive, quickly guarding a kilometer around.

Close to a hundred well-trained soldiers lined up and walked out of the floating ships.

The first soldier was holding an Explosion-proof Shield.

And every soldier behind him had their left hand on the shoulder of the comrade in front, holding guns with their right hand, the barrel pointing in all directions.

This was a standard special forces cover advance formation, where everyone was equipped with a semi-enclosed, single-soldier Exoskeleton Armor.

This was a high-cost special forces unit generally used for front-line infiltration, elite rescue operations, or decapitation missions.

Two Genetic Potions cost 4 million, single-soldier Exoskeleton Armor costs 1.3 million, and their communication devices, Tactical Helmets, tactical vests, weapons, firearms, training expenses, etc., cost roughly 700,000.

In other words, the death of each soldier would cost this combat squad 6 million Federation currency, not including compensation.

Therefore, this operation named “Extreme Night” had a very high specification.

After confirming no ambush around, a few officers walked out from the floating ship cabin, one holding a LCD panel, checking the data: “Unknown rules within Taboo Land No. 10 will take effect 24 hours after entering it, so the battle must end within 24 hours.”

The officer continued: “According to intelligence, Master of Daytime should have already entered Taboo Land No. 10 by now. We shall advance to the position of the Dragon Fish and release Reconnaissance Spiders for a carpet search. The target is suspected to include two B-Class individuals, and Qing Zhun suspected as A-Class Bodyguard, immediately initiate A-tactics upon contact.”

Officer: “Remember, the target is extremely brutal. In case of a skirmish, immediately cover the War Robots to advance within 100 meters of the target, avoid long-distance combat.”

“Received,” a lieutenant said.

The officer said: “The Clan will not acknowledge this operation, once anyone is captured, remember that this is your personal action, unrelated to the Clan. If separated from the team, figure out a way to return to the base on your own.”

“Understood!” the soldiers responded loudly.

With that, 36 War Robots emerged from the floating ships and, together with the soldiers, fiercely invaded Taboo Land No. 10.

The sounds of soldiers’ panting while running, hydraulic axis movement’s mechanical sound, cold firearms clashing with Exoskeleton Armor’s metallic sounds intertwined.

Nearly a hundred ‘beasts’ entered the battlefield just like that, with the help of single-soldier Exoskeleton Armor, everyone leapfrogging as if on the moon.

A mechanical spider tide flowed out from the boxes, accompanying them.

They must find the prey before the fourth unknown rule takes effect and kill it.

They only have 24 hours.

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“Remember the rules?” Qing Ye stood at the edge of Taboo Land No. 10, reminding Ma Jingjing: “Always remember these three rules; if you accidentally break one, run to my side immediately. Of course, I can assure that if there’s special danger, you won’t be harmed, but if you foolishly court death, no one can help.”

Ma Jingjing quickly nodded, having bought the second rule from the black market, aligning it with the three rules Qing Ye mentioned.

At least for now, the guide seemed reliable.

This adventure was partly for finding a financial path, and partly to satisfy their craving for exploration. These four university students were hiking enthusiasts, having previously attempted to walk through Kekexili during summer breaks, albeit without finishing.

Before entering Taboo Land No. 10, their hearts were mixed with fear and excitement.

This is the Taboo Land.

It’s known that among all Time Travelers, few have entered a Taboo Land.

After this return, the experience in Taboo Land No. 10 would become a rich topic among their classmates.

All their classmates would gather around to hear them tell this story.

Qing Ye glanced at the four: “Let’s go, stay safe.”

He led the way into the dense forest, as soon as they entered, the air temperature dropped sharply, it felt like a cold, chilling wind swept over everyone.

This was a mark of entering the Taboo Land.

Qing Chen hung his hiking backpack on Zhang Mengchan: “I gave you a path you didn’t want, so if you want to choose another path, you’ll have to pay more. Honestly, I don’t recommend this attempt, but life is yours; you choose.”

“Hmm, I know,” Zhang Mengchan nodded.

With that, the little boy struggled along behind Qing Chen due to the heavy backpack, losing his balance now and then and falling.

But after falling, he said nothing, only climbing back up with difficulty.

Xiao Yu and Li Mengyun, seeing this, couldn’t help but say to Qing Chen: “How old is he? Why are you letting such a small child carry something so heavy? Can’t you carry it yourself?”

Qing Chen fell silent for a moment: “Yes, yes, yes…”

Shadow laughed; he particularly enjoyed seeing others berate Qing Chen, who couldn’t talk back.

Rule one, no arguing.

At this moment, Zhang Mengchan picked up a large thigh bone scattered among the bushes: “Boss, a human leg bone, there’s another pile on the ground.”

As he said this, he casually picked up a skull.

Xiao Yu and others were almost scared out of their minds, screaming in horror.

They couldn’t understand how a seemingly innocent little boy could so nonchalantly hold human bones.

This little boy wasn’t as fragile as they imagined!

In truth, Qing Chen sometimes overlooked that Zhang Mengchan was a child who could survive alone in the slums, having possibly seen more darkness than even Qing Chen.

“Yes, they are all human remains,” Qing Chen said, looking into the distance, spotting several skeletons with just a glance.

Trunks bore scratches from human nails.

The biggest feature of Taboo Land No. 10 is that it never lacks ambitious individuals and gold hunters, nor ghosts and dead souls.

Although Taboo Land No. 001 is more dangerous, relatively fewer people go there; if 50,000 people visit No. 10 daily, then annually only about one or two thousand go to No. 001.

Therefore, although No. 001 is the most dangerous, it doesn’t have the highest death toll.

Distinguished by people types, those who died in Taboo Land No. 001 are mostly skilled and daring experts.

In contrast, those who died in Taboo Land No. 010 are mostly ordinary gold hunters and low-level Transcendents.

Qing Chen looked at Ma Jingjing: “You four just take care of yourselves, don’t meddle, okay?”

Ma Jingjing hesitated for a moment, but quickly understood: “Got it, got it…”

Shadow laughed even louder.

Qing Chen suddenly turned to him: “Are you stupid?”

Shadow raised an eyebrow: “Right, right, right…”

Although Shadow was unafraid of the Taboo Land, once a rule was triggered, at worst he could just open the Door of Shadow and leave.

But the problem is, once a rule is triggered, to shake off this negative effect and return here without being attacked, you have to wait 24 hours.

That would mean missing out on a lot of interesting things.

Shadow looked at Qing Chen: “Do you really admire me?”

Qing Chen raised an eyebrow: “Right, right, right…”

Shadow: “Do you really respect me as your brother?”

Qing Chen: “Right, right, right…”

Shadow beamed: “Am I the best brother in the world?”

Qing Chen: “Right, right, right… Do you have some serious illness?”

Shadow: “Right, right, right…”

Qing Ye and Qing Qu on the side were nearly laughing themselves to death, it was the first time they saw their boss Shadow being messed with like that.

However, just as the two were laughing too hard, Zard put an arm around their shoulders from behind and laughed: “Did you two eat shit? Laughing so happily.”

Qing Ye and Qing Qu had an expression like they’d swallowed a fly: “Right, right, right…”

The mutual vendetta could go on forever; once the rules start being played with, no one can stop!

Everyone, exchanging words back and forth, ended up standing around until 11 o’clock at night.

They entered Taboo Land No. 10 at 6 o’clock in the evening, and by 11 o’clock they were still standing at the edge, barely having moved.

In the end, everyone stubbornly sat on the ground, racking their brains for crooked ideas.

They almost forgot what they were even there for.

Ma Jingjing and their group looked at each other, wondering how they ended up playing around in such a serious place like the Taboo Land?!

Could everyone please be serious for a moment? This is the deadly Taboo Land No. 10!

Can anyone even take this seriously?

In this team, apart from the four of them, there wasn’t a single serious person left!

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On the other side, the mysterious combat team was rapidly advancing towards the lake where the Dragon Fish resided.

They gradually slowed down, approaching with a stealthy posture.

Everyone held their breath, maintaining communication silence.

According to intelligence, the Master of Daytime’s objective was the Dragon Fish and should be heading directly here.

At this point, the captain in front of the team raised his arm, and instantly all soldiers half-kneeled on the ground, raising their guns into alert mode.

Around them, a dense mass of mechanical spiders crawled past, making a rustling sound on the ground.

After a while, when the mechanical spiders reached the lakeside, the soldier controlling them suddenly froze.

There was nothing at the lakeside, not even a trace of recent human habitation, absolutely nothing!

The soldier made a tactical gesture, indicating no targets found.

The captain was momentarily stunned, why was there no one? Shouldn’t they be here?

Could they have encountered some danger, causing a delay in their schedule?

Or had they caught wind of their decapitation mission beforehand?

Impossible.

The captain made a tactical gesture, raising two fingers: Plan B, if no target is seen near the Dragon Fish, then they most likely went to the Realm Camellia first.

But they were running out of time; in a few hours, the fourth unknown rule would take effect, and by then they might all die here.

The Dragon Fish habitat was outside the heart of the Taboo Land, while the Realm Camellia was inside; instead of going in to search, it was better to wait outside for the target to appear.

Therefore, what the captain needed to do was to retreat first, then re-enter tomorrow.

The target would certainly come for the Dragon Fish, they just needed to come check daily.

At this moment, the adjutant revealed his watch, pointing at the time, meaning: midnight was approaching, they needed to complete the second rule first.

Rule two: Before the first midnight in the Taboo Land, you need to tell the Taboo Land a secret that only you know.

In fact, reaching the Dragon Fish’s habitat here wasn’t very dangerous,

The captain nodded, made a tactical gesture, and everyone instantly dispersed, whispering something to the air.

Another soldier whispered: “I stole my neighbor’s underwear.”

He suddenly felt a piercing pain in his ankle, as if bitten by some poisonous insect.

Soldier: “???”

He thought this was a secret no one knew!

Soldier down.

A soldier softly said: “I’ve cheated.”

Soldier down.

Yet another soldier murmured: “I like men.”

Soldier down.

The captain was stunned for quite a while. Before setting out for this mission, he had confirmed several times with the soldiers whether they had secrets no one else knew.

Only those with confirmed secrets entered the Taboo Land, while those without stayed on the floating ship.

As a result, they hadn’t even seen the target, yet already lost seven men on the retreat!? The attrition rate was a tenth!

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There is another chapter at 11 o’clock at night