Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 95: 95, Keywords

On the mountain path of Laojun Mountain, Zheng Yuandong, dressed in a black Zhongshan suit, was slowly walking on the path.

The ground had one blood footprint after another, guiding him to replay the events of that night.

Scattered on the highway were 9 subsonic bullet casings and bullet holes in the ears of the gang leader, evidence of a gunfight that had occurred there between the chaser and the shooter.

Kunlun had also collected two blood-stained bullets, but blood samples showed that the blood on these bullets came from different individuals.

This indicated that the masked man who killed the gangsters had also been injured.

Zheng Yuandong stood where Qing Chen had thrown the stone and said to Lu Yuan behind him, “He was injured on the highway, then knew he couldn’t catch up to the gangsters on the highway, so he crossed the forest we just passed to get here and threw the boulder.”

Lu Yuan frowned, “And then it hit the van driven by the gangsters? That throw was too precise, a height difference of over ten meters, how accurate must one be to predict that?”

“Hmm, compared to the ability to precisely stab into the spleen, this is his most impressive skill: calculation,” Zheng Yuandong said. “Has the DNA comparison result from the blood come back yet?”

Lu Yuan shook his head, “The results are back, but there isn’t a DNA sample from the same person in the database.”

“Check for a similar type then, we might find his relatives,” Zheng Yuandong suggested.

“Alright,” Lu Yuan nodded. “It might take a bit longer, but we should have an answer in three days at most.”

Zheng Yuandong said, “If we find him, be courteous, Kunlun now needs such people, those who can stand on their own.”

…

Qing Chen and his two companions settled down on Laojun Mountain and weren’t in a rush to return to the city.

On one hand, Qing Chen’s foot still couldn’t endure long walks; on the other, after such a major event, Jiang Xue also wanted the young man to relax here and avoid the hustle and bustle.

As for tutoring classes, following the events of the night, Jiang Xue felt they seemed less important now.

Everything could wait until Qing Chen’s injuries healed.

Jiang Xue re-applied the medicine for Qing Chen, “If I had known you would be injured, I would’ve bought some special trauma medicine from the Inner World; the medicine there is definitely better than in the Outer World. I could put the medicine in a small bottle and carry it back in my mouth.”

“It’s okay, Aunt Jiang Xue,” Qing Chen smiled. “It doesn’t hurt that much anymore.”

“Moreover,” Jiang Xue suddenly worried aloud. “You left so many blood footprints at the scene, someone could definitely use a DNA match to find you. Although your DNA hasn’t been registered, your father has been detained…”

Nowadays, blood samples are collected from those detained.

However, Qing Chen shook his head, “No, I’m sure of it.”

Jiang Xue looked at Qing Chen, surprised. She sensed there was more to the story, but the young man in front of her wasn’t willing to say much.

In the whole incident, there were two key factors that might expose Qing Chen’s identity, one was Nan Gengchen, and the other was the blood sample.

However, regarding the former, Qing Chen believed that Nan Gengchen would at least not blunder in this matter and would certainly mislead Kunlun.

As for the latter, Kunlun would not be able to find a matching genetic sample for comparison, as it involved some old secrets.

Otherwise, Qing Chen wouldn’t dare to chase a killer barefoot.

Qing Chen said, “Aunt Jiang Xue, I’d like to be alone for a while, I have something to deal with.”

“Okay, then I’ll take Xiao Yun out for a walk. Call me if you need anything, I won’t go far,” Jiang Xue said.

Once Li Tongyun and Jiang Xue had left the room, Qing Chen finally took out his mobile phone and communication equipment.

He first unlocked the communication device, which was full of messages from Liu Dezhu:

“Boss, your men are too awesome, they completely wiped out the gangsters!”

“Boss, thank you for the timely reminder, thanks for your men saving me, I, Liu Dezhu, am definitely ready to go through fire and water for you, without hesitation!”

“Boss, after this night, I am truly devoted to you. From now on, any danger others dare not face, I will face it for you, just upon your command, even if it’s a place where birds don’t poop, I’ll go poop there!”

“Boss, why aren’t you talking?”

“By the way, boss, we have already returned to Los Angeles City. In the morning, my classmates might visit Hu Xiaoniu and Zhang Tianzhen together. Then, I’ll help you collect the money!”

Qing Chen glanced at the time, 9:00 in the morning.

Countdown 39:00:00.

Only nine hours had passed since the last return.

This time travel was so hasty that he didn’t check the countdown after returning and just took a knife and went out to kill.

With a little more than a day left, plus the two days or seven days of traveling, by the time school started, his wounds should be no issue.

Qing Chen replied to Liu Dezhu, “Just woke up, let me check with my people about what happened first.”

On the other side of the communication device, Liu Dezhu was respectful. The boss was truly the boss, he could sleep even after such a major event, but that’s expected, a figure at the boss’s level naturally stays calm, not carried away by external joy or sorrow…

In this incident, Liu Dezhu noticed a few details:

First, the boss didn’t know that he was coming to Laojun Mountain, nor did he know that he needed to come early, because when the boss gave instructions in the Inner World, it really didn’t seem like an act.

So, temporarily ruling out the guess that the boss is next to him, the boss must be an alumnus from the school, possibly a senior from the third year.

Second, could the masked murderer from last night be the boss himself?

Starting from a personality analysis, it doesn’t seem likely, because the impression the boss always gave was of a scheming, cunning character.

Dark, very dark.

However, the person last night seemed to act out of a desire for vengeance for the Kunlun members, displaying a very bloody aspect.

This is not quite the image of the boss Liu Dezhu had in mind.

So all in all, Liu Dezhu tentatively decided, although not ruling out suspicion, that the masked murderer from last night was probably not the boss himself.

So, it seems that the boss has already developed his own forces and subordinates in the Outer World, that’s too terrifying.

…

At this moment, Qing Chen did not rush to reply to Liu Dezhu, but decided to pretend to be gathering information and hung him up to dry for a while.

He opened his phone and found that his class chat group was already blowing up.

Many classmates were saying that Liu Dezhu and his mysterious companion had saved everyone.

Although Liu Dezhu himself did not admit it, nobody believed his denial.

Class delegate Yu Junyi said with emotion, “Back then, before the criminal appeared, Liu Dezhu had already perceived it from the Inner World and told everyone to run fast, but at that time, nobody believed him. I even thought he was crazy, now, thinking about it, I feel ashamed.”

A female classmate said excitedly, “That criminal leader even pointed a gun at his head, asking where his companion was, but Liu Dezhu was really tough and didn’t reveal any information to the other party.”

In fact, she did not know that at that time Liu Dezhu really had no idea where the mysterious boss and his mysterious subordinate were; even if he wanted to say, he couldn’t!

Later, Bai Waner spoke up in the class group about what happened, pushing the discussion to a climax: the criminals originally planned to take four of them away amid the chaos, but Liu Dezhu’s subordinate arrived just in time.

The subordinate first secretly killed the criminal escorting them and then killed the one escorting Liu Dezhu.

She had been with Hu Xiaoniu and Zhang Tianzhen all along.

Bai Waner said, in the middle of the night, Hu Xiaoniu had regained consciousness briefly and kept mentioning wanting to thank Liu Dezhu and his subordinate.

Not only had they saved lives, but they also avenged the two Kunlun members.

Suddenly, when she mentioned the two sacrificed Kunlun members, everyone involved went silent.

Even though everyone had survived a disaster, it was not a moment to express joy.

Qing Chen suddenly thought that actually, Hu Xiaoniu had a very good nature.

Now that Liu Dezhu was becoming increasingly well-known, could he use this guy to rope in some reliable Time Travelers?

Whether it was to conduct business with them or help each other out, it might be useful at some point.

He closed WeChat and opened other platforms.

Last night, right when the fire began spreading, the incident at Laojun Mountain had already spread nationwide.

Weibo, TikTok, Bilibili, videos, and news of the fire at Laojun Mountain were everywhere.

But in this incident, most were describing the scene after the fire, and no one stepped forward to reveal what had happened.

They only knew from an ID named “Kunlun Lu Yuan” that all the arson criminals had been killed and the case of the Time Traveler’s abduction was also temporarily concluded.

Only then did everyone realize that the arsonists committing the crime were actually the culprits behind the much-discussed Time Traveler abduction case.

No one mentioned the masked murderer, nor who had killed the criminals, because Qing Chen hid too well, and the few people in the know seemingly had no intention of exposing it on the internet.

Such as Nan Gengchen, the mysterious girl in the parking lot, Li Tongyun, Jiang Xue…

Today is the first day of the National Day, and tourists who originally planned to visit Laojun Mountain all canceled their tickets upon hearing the news.

Many tourists, without even watching the sunrise from the summit, hurriedly left the scenic area on buses.

Apparently, the first morning bus from Laojun Mountain was already packed to capacity, and the area’s transportation system was temporarily paralyzed.

As Qing Chen reviewed everything that happened last night in his memory, confirming that no one but Li Tongyun and Jiang Xue could identify him,

he suddenly remembered something very important—the gold bars.

Last night, amid the chaos, Hu Xiaoniu had said something very important.

Someone else might forget or overlook it due to the tension.

But Qing Chen wouldn’t.

Now in his mind, the gold bars were an extremely special keyword.