Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 988: 620. Seeking New Cultivation Lineage

Ma Jingjing and the others whispered among themselves while Qing Ye, Qing Qu, and Zard discussed going hunting for wild game.

Qing Chen sat by the campfire and said in a low voice, “Bro, I have another matter.”

Shadow, with great interest, poked at the firewood with a stick, “Go ahead, what do you need from me? You used to be so unwilling to believe me, but now you speak to me without any reservations. It’s good.”

Qing Chen’s eyes lit up, “In Qing’s Family, do you still have some written materials that you don’t understand?”

“Hmm?” Shadow was taken aback, “Why are you asking about this?”

Qing Chen replied, “Actually, the method of Quanzhen came from this. The text recorded belongs to a minority in the Outer World; people in the Inner World can’t understand it, but the Outer World has ways to translate it.”

Shadow nodded, “I understand that. There are people on the black market who specialize in selling these things. They’re quite valuable, all sold as antiques. In fact, the major conglomerates also have similar documents preserved, even with expert teams dedicated to deciphering them, trying to figure out what’s recorded in those texts. Although no one knows what they say, they treat them like treasures, just in case they get decoded one day and reveal some secrets or trump cards. However, the deciphering work is very slow because there’s no reference point at all.”

Qing Chen thought, isn’t this similar to how the Outer World strives to decipher the language of some ancient lost civilizations?

Shadow continued, “These things don’t come from the last era of civilization, but the one before that.”

The continent where the Federation is located has experienced two cataclysms.

The first was the nuclear winter. After the nuclear winter, humans established barriers on the wasteland to protect themselves.

So the Federation ordered a ban on all nuclear weapons development. Anyone developing them would be attacked by others together.

Though everyone was secretly developing them.

The second collapse of civilization was the crisis of intelligent machines, so now the Federation also prohibits the development of true artificial intelligent life.

So, the materials Shadow mentioned were all in existence before the nuclear winter, which was the era of the Knight’s founder, Ren He.

The materials are over twelve hundred years old, equivalent to Tang dynasty artifacts in the Outer World.

On the black market, there’s even a group of people specialized in forging artifacts that can almost pass as authentic.

Even though the forgers can’t understand what the writing on those artifacts means…

Qing Chen looked at Shadow with anticipation, “Bro, can you get some for me?”

His deal with Kunlun was a path of practice inheritance, regardless if it was the method of Quanzhen or something else.

Qing Chen’s backup plan was to exchange the method of Quanzhen for the Taboo ACE-004 Black Eye of Truth, but that’s a last resort. If possible, he wanted to find a new inheritance for Zheng Yuandong from those artifacts.

Of course, this was a matter of luck, and it was uncertain whether it could be achieved.

So, Qing Chen had not given Zheng Yuandong a definite answer.

At this moment, Shadow pondered, “Now all the conglomerates have also realized, knowing that your Outer World has a more diverse writing system, so they’ve captured Time Travelers to translate texts for them. As far as I know, the Chen Clan is doing this. They break a text into hundreds of individual characters, handing them out to different Time Travelers to translate in the Outer World to avoid leaks. Qing’s Family has just formed such a team, with Si Nianhua in charge.”

Qing Chen frowned. As expected, the conglomerates weren’t foolish; what he thought of, others could naturally think of too.

Then, Shadow changed the subject, “But if you want, Qing’s Family still has some precious things that haven’t started to be deciphered. I’ll go and find them for you.”

Shadow thought, my precious little brother has finally asked for help. This matter must be settled.

With that thought, he entered the forest and opened the Door of Shadow.

After a while, Shadow returned with two glass-framed artifacts.

The artifacts were beautifully mounted, and there were even serial numbers on them. The glass frames were filled with inert gas to prevent long-term oxidation.

The first piece of text was a handwritten document. Qing Chen immediately recognized, isn’t this English…

Qing Chen looked at the glass frame for a couple of seconds, “It’s a letter.”

Shadow asked curiously, “Read it.”

Shadow was rarely curious about anything.

For someone in the midst of a vortex, without curiosity, there was no danger.

There were few things in this world that Shadow didn’t know, but now, with these artifacts starting to be deciphered, he was genuinely curious about what was written on them.

Qing Chen read aloud, “Dear Brother…”

Shadow: “Hmm?”

Qing Chen: “…That’s what the letter says. People over there like to add this at the beginning of letters.”

“Oh,” Shadow nodded, “Continue reading, start again…”

Qing Chen said, “Dear Brother, I am doing well here. Life in China is very convenient. Qinghe Group’s Didi rides are convenient and cheap. You don’t even need to carry cash when going out. Life here is safe; you don’t have to worry about being robbed by someone with a gun when walking on the street late at night. Don’t believe the rumors from the media over there anymore. Everything is great here. I’ve chosen two gifts for you and my niece, hoping you will like them and hoping you can come here sooner to experience for yourselves.”

At that time, communications should have been very advanced.

This letter should have been packed with a gift sent overseas. But it probably encountered the nuclear winter during delivery, and the gift was lost, leaving the letter preserved to this day.