Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 1309: Chapter 730: Exploiting the Taboo Land’s Bug

At this moment, in the dim cave.

The Great Elder was pouring some water from a water pouch onto his eyes, then he shook his head, indicating that this shouldn’t be done.

Qing Chen knew that the Great Elder was using gestures to tell them the rules.

It’s important to know that in the Taboo Land, discussing the rules is prohibited, judged by coherent language.

Once, someone illustrated the rules to a companion using drawings in the Taboo Land and wasn’t punished, but anyone attempting to write them down got judged as having triggered the rules.

Even erroneous guesses were not allowed; if the rules judged you as guessing the rules, the entire Taboo Land would immediately become hostile towards you.

This is also one reason why Qing Chen learned to draw; previously, he had drawn on the ground to ambiguously convey the rules to Zard, Da Yu, and Chen Jiazhang, relying on everyone’s understanding.

At one moment, Qing Chen pondered if this coherent language ruling could be more specific, like… not being able to discuss the rules in Chinese?

Take the old fellows in Taboo Land No. 002 as an example. The consciousness of Transcendents after death might not reincarnate or disappear but instead be trapped in some form in this Taboo Land, becoming its master.

Transcendents while alive merge with the world’s will, and after death, the degree of fusion varies, with consciousness retained by the world’s will, becoming a sort of ‘lord’.

The master consciousness of some Taboo Lands is vague, holding onto principles and using their preferences to restrict all who enter, like No. 008.

Others have clear master consciousness, retaining their previous thoughts, able to think normally, and even having immunity, like No. 002.

The old fellows can selectively grant immunity to Knights.

Taboo Land No. 001 seemed similar; Ren Xiaosu and Qing Zhen could establish rules because the Transcendents forming Taboo Land No. 001 were once their subordinates.

Thus, if these lands are managed by the Transcendents’ consciousness, then, in the Taboo Land, could discussing rules in English, Japanese, or German be permissible?

After all, the consciousness in the Taboo Land doesn’t understand…

Now, Qing Chen not only wanted to exploit the bug of the Taboo but also the bug of the Taboo Land itself.

If not for the wrong moment, he might just stand at the edge of Taboo Land No. 008 and speak the rules in English, to see if he’d be attacked…

Qing Chen found it feasible.

At this moment, the rule the Great Elder wanted to convey was already known to him: no crying.

Even if someone beats you to tears or sunlight stings your eyes to tears, it’s not allowed.

Previously, when rescuing some refugees, more than a few secretly cried, triggering the rules, rendering rescue impossible.

However, Zard excitedly speculated from the side, “Is it that we can’t wash our face?”

Qing Chen’s expression changed, and so did the Great Elder’s.

Qing Chen could never have guessed that Zard would just blurt it out.

Not good!

The next second, Qing Chen heard the hissing of a viper, and a viper suddenly lunged from the dark corner towards Zard, biting his neck.

Immediately after, Zard nonchalantly tore the viper off, broke its two fangs, and continued guessing, “Is it that we can’t use eye drops?”

Qing Chen saw the little snake at Zard’s feet, looking pitiful and not attacking Zard again, but fled in panic.

Looking back at this madman, nothing happened to him; the two holes on his neck from the viper bite smoothed out quickly.

Qing Chen and the Great Elder were both equally shocked; Zard was totally unharmed!

Wait a moment.

The Taboo Land was indeed hostile towards Zard, sending vipers and venomous insects to bite him, but his whole body was made of sand and soil. Not to mention the immunity to physical attacks, he didn’t even have blood vessels; biting him was futile!

Unless burnt with fire, Zard was virtually immortal, and the Taboo Land’s attacks were mostly physical, unless encountering magical creatures like the Vermilion Bird!

Yet, Taboo Lands with such creatures were rare!

Which means, could Zard just swagger around in the Taboo Land?

Qing Chen painstakingly sought to exploit bugs, yet an A-Class Earth Element Awakener was inherently a bug in the Taboo Land.

Suddenly, he had a bold idea.

The Great Elder was also shocked, vaguely feeling that a Knight paired with such a bug capable of strutting in the Taboo Land would lead to significant chaos!

Zard excitedly continued, “Is it that we can’t cry?”

A large swarm of bats suddenly flew through the cave, biting Zard multiple times, but ended up breaking their teeth, leaving Zard unharmed.

The Great Elder could neither nod nor shake his head.

Zard could state the rules, but he couldn’t respond!

The serious rules of the Taboo Land ended up being treated by Zard as a guessing game…

And he was thoroughly enjoying it.

The Great Elder could only refrain from responding and move on to indicate the next rule.

He pulled out a strand of hair and stuffed it into his nostril, half inside and half out.

Qing Chen knew this rule too: nose hair can’t protrude past the nostrils.

Yet Zard enthusiastically guessed, “Is it that we can’t play dumb?!”

The Great Elder: “???”

He felt that the troubles he’d faced in his entire life weren’t as many as in these two days.

Qing Chen said, “Forget it… I have a new plan. Let me first memorize the entire route, and then I can create trouble for the Chen Corporation army.”