Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 308: 240, Encounter between two Time Travelers!

“Is there no condition for the exchange?” Qing Chen asked curiously, “Like helping you materialize again? Or doing something else for you?”

“Not this time,” One replied.

Qing Chen felt something was off: “How about I help you materialize again? Otherwise, holding onto this taboo feels a bit unsteady…”

The forbidden artifact ACE-011 was a sniper rifle once used by Yang Xiaojun, and it was currently in One’s possession.

But Qing Chen truly couldn’t understand why One would be willing to give him his mother’s belongings for nothing in return?

If it were before, wouldn’t One always play some tricks?

“I said no exchange conditions are necessary this time,” One answered, “Annoying.”

“Alright then,” Qing Chen asked, “But why give it to me?”

“Because you met the conditions for the gift,” One said calmly, “Mother said if someone is sufficiently discreet, resilient, calm, and has a talent for using firearms, then I can decide to give the sniper rifle to them. However, the sniper rifle is not currently in the 18th City; it will be a while before I can give it to you. I hope by then you won’t let down the reputation of the sniper rifle or tarnish its name.”

Qing Chen nodded: “I see, I will cherish it.”

However, he couldn’t shake the feeling that things weren’t that simple. After all, there were many people in the Federation who met the sniper criteria, yet One chose not to give it to anyone else but him?

There must be a special reason.

“By the way, what’s special about the forbidden artifact ACE-011?” Qing Chen asked.

“I haven’t seen it in use, so I only know some technical specifications. After all, after I was born, my mother Yang Xiaojun never used it again,” One said after thinking for a bit: “The only thing I am quite clear about is some shooting data. Besides, it can be retracted into the body for carrying.”

“Wait, this sniper rifle can be retracted into the body?” Qing Chen was shocked.

“Yes,” One answered calmly.

Qing Chen knew very well how formidable a sniper rifle that could be carried with you, without taking up space or weight, would be.

A typical anti-material sniper rifle often weighs around 12 kilograms and is over 1.2 meters in length, making it very inconvenient to carry and move around.

But if the rifle could be retracted into the body, this issue would be immediately resolved.

At this time, One continued: “The total length of the forbidden artifact ACE-011 is 1.4 meters, the caliber is 12.7 millimeters, it doesn’t require an additional flash suppressor, and has an effective range of 2600 meters.”

Qing Chen was truly shocked this time. A typical 12.7mm caliber anti-material sniper rifle’s effective range is only 1600 meters, but this taboo could reach 2600 meters?

That was completely against common sense.

However, when Qing Chen remembered that this item was taboo, he thought, well then, it’s nothing strange.

“Speaking of,” Qing Chen thought for a moment and asked, “Your parents are still alive, aren’t they? If Ren Xiaosu were dead, then this sniper rifle should also vanish.”

“Hmm,” One replied calmly.

Qing Chen inwardly exclaimed, as expected: “Are they still inside the Federation?”

“Not anymore, they went on a trip,” One said somewhat aggrievedly.

Qing Chen suddenly felt that the “going on a trip” mentioned by One was not that simple…

“The taboo ACE-005 is called ‘Da Fu,’ so what is the name of the forbidden artifact ACE-011?” Qing Chen asked.

“It’s called ‘Winning People Over with Virtue,ʼ” One replied.

“Ah?” Qing Chen paused for a moment.

“Apparently, my father told my mother not to be so fond of fighting and killing, to win people over with virtue,” One explained, “So mother engraved the character ‘virtue’ on the stock of the rifle, and henceforth, to shoot and kill was to ‘win people over with virtue.’

To be honest, Qing Chen wasn’t as shocked when One was describing the forbidden artifact as he was now.

“Your parents, they’re always surprising, aren’t they,” Qing Chen said, stunned, “But then again, thinking of their affinity with the Knights, I’m not that surprised anymore.”

“You get used to it,” One said calmly, “I feel like I’m the most normal person in our family.”

“So, where is the sniper rifle now?” Qing Chen asked.

“It’s hidden beneath Prison No. 10,” One said, “You’re about to help Liu Dezhu clear his crime record, so it’s a logical step for him to bring this forbidden artifact back into the light of day when he gets out. Don’t worry, I won’t tell him what it is when he’s released.”

Being friends with a little rich girl indeed has its perks, look, I just got a forbidden artifact for nothing.

Qing Chen thought to himself, so these prisons all have forbidden artifacts hidden beneath them? With 26 prisons in the Federation, could it be…

One suddenly said, “Don’t overthink, the other prisons don’t have any, don’t get any funny ideas with me.”

“Alright then,” Qing Chen was somewhat reluctant, but his brow quickly furrowed again: “What if the taboo is lost on its way to the 18th City?”

“Don’t worry, it won’t be lost,” One stated calmly.

This is an absolute confidence.

At that moment, a knock at the door echoed outside Qing Chen’s single dormitory room, with someone calling out, “Hey, the newbie inside, there’s a task for you, hurry up, pack up and follow the boss.”

Qing Chen’s gaze shifted ever so slightly because that voice… was very familiar.

Furthermore, the voice came as a great surprise to him; he hadn’t expected the other person to show up here!

While speaking, the person outside the door muttered, “I just got back from a vacation, and now I have to deal with this annoying stuff. I still have to carry out a mission late at night… *hiccup*!”

The door opened, and when Kunlun Little Falcon outside saw Qing Chen in the room, he immediately cut off his words in shock.

Kunlun Little Falcon looked at Qing Chen, his mouth agape as if in fright, while Qing Chen looked back at him expressionlessly. Two “old acquaintances” from the Outer World had encountered each other abruptly…

To Qing Chen, the only three people he knew best in the entire Kunlun were Zheng Yuandong, Lu Yuan, and Xiao Ying. Zheng Yuandong, the boss, had a calm and wise personality with possibly very high hidden strength; Lu Yuan was the head of the Special Operations Group, bold yet careful; and Xiao Ying was known for his daredevil driving, willing to crash any vehicle.

In the corridor outside the dormitory, the footsteps of other security personnel leaving could be heard.

Qing Chen asked softly, “Is there a mission?”

“Yes, yes, yes, hurry up and follow me downstairs to gather; the vehicles are already waiting in the Feiyun Courtyard,” Xiao Ying came back to his senses as he spoke. He knew Qing Chen was reminding him not to expose the Time Traveler’s identity or else no one would see a good outcome.

A group descended the stairs, with Qing Chen following among them. Security personnel occasionally looked at him with surprise.

Half of these security members had followed Li Changqing and seen Qing Chen’s matches, so they had all seen how the young man managed to defeat Miao Qifeng in the Octagon cage beyond his class.

No one looked down on the identity of an underground boxer; on the contrary, some admired Qing Chen’s fighting skills, speculating that if they were only E-Class, they would have surely died in the Octagon cage facing Miao Qifeng.

However, everyone also knew why Qing Chen was recruited into Li Changqing’s special operations team… what a pity…

The group downstairs received the firearms distributed by Brother Six, most unexpectedly, the vehicle team was changed to off-road ground vehicles instead of the hover cars Li Changqing usually rode.

Moreover, these off-road vehicles bore no identifying marks at all.

Qing Chen observed in silence; this time, the special operations team that was heading out consisted of 26 people, distributed among 7 off-road vehicles.

The off-road vehicles looked rugged, resembling restless wild beasts, clearly designed for wilderness travel.

Not only that, but Xiao Gong and Wang Bingxu were also among them.

If you count Brother Six as well, this team now had two B-Class Experts. What exactly did Li Changqing have in mind? If it was just to interfere with gang disputes, he wouldn’t need such a high-level personnel arrangement.Upd@te by n0vgo .c0

At that moment, Wang Bingxu’s gaze scanned over the crowd, never noticing the familiar Qing Chen.

Before, Qing Chen had appeared as a Wilderness Hunter with his face covered in dust with Uncle Li Dong, Wang Bingxu’s attention then was on the Jindai family, so he hadn’t taken a close look at Qing Chen, who now went unrecognized.

Brother Six gave a brief order, “Tonight, your task is to ensure the boss’s safety. Remember your mission; the current Fourth District is even more dangerous than the First District. Get in the cars.”

In the next moment, everyone boarded the vehicles, and seeing Xiao Ying get into the second off-road vehicle, Qing Chen immediately walked backward to avoid sharing a ride with this daredevil.

However, before he had taken two steps, Li Changqing in the second off-road vehicle rolled down the window and beckoned to him, “Qing Chen, get in my car.”

The security members of the special operations team looked at each other with odd expressions, thinking, so it really is like that…

There was something even more puzzling; Brother Six had someone bring a gun bag with a sniper rifle which was stuffed into the enormous trunk of the second off-road vehicle.

This was strange; there was a sniper in the special operations team, but at the moment, the sniper was in the sixth vehicle, and the sniper’s gear was already loaded into the sixth vehicle.

If so, why prepare a second sniper rifle?

Seeing Qing Chen standing still, Li Changqing urged, “Hurry up, don’t waste time.”

Reluctantly, Qing Chen got into the back seat of the second vehicle, while Brother Six took the co-pilot’s seat, commanding via walkie-talkie, “Depart.”

The seven off-road vehicles roared out of the half-mountain estate, speeding towards the Fourth District.

Xiao Ying peered cautiously at the rear seats through the rearview mirror inside the vehicle.

But he heard Li Changqing seriously instructing Qing Chen, “This second vehicle is bulletproof; if we encounter any danger later, you stay inside and don’t move; others will handle the situation.”

Xiao Ying thought to himself, is this even a proper security duty? What kind of boss would remind a genuine security member to sit still in the car if danger arises?

He was profoundly shocked inside…

Due to the identity relationship between the Inner and Outer Worlds, he knew of Nan Gengchen’s existence and the role Nan Gengchen played beside Li Yinuo, but he never imagined that even a tough character like Qing Chen would take this path!

Moreover, Qing Chen and Nan Gengchen should belong to the same organization in the Outer World, right? What kind of organizational culture was this?

At this thought, Xiao Ying actually felt a bit envious.

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