Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 550 344, the deception limps

Qing Chen once said when she left Los Angeles City that she was going to the south to do some things.

Now that I think about it, it must also be related to the wilderness clans in the south, right?

Although they were flying northward.

But calculating the time, even if they really circled the Earth, they should have already arrived in the south.

Qing Chen is different from other Daytime Members; she doesnʼt need to depend on anyone to exist and has her own goals. Sometimes Qing Chen felt that the force field ability was the most suitable for this girl, allowing her to fly freely.

Thatʼs not the point, though. The important question is, among those in the south receiving the goods, will Qing Chen be there?

Thinking this, Qing Chen felt somewhat relieved.

At this moment, Qing Chen looked at Guo Huchan. This bald man was here to rendezvous with the Freemasonry, tasked with transporting the goods they were shipping out to the south.

This plan was supposed to be confidential; otherwise, Mr. Shadow wouldnʼt have bothered using a group of students as cover.

So, seeing Qing Chen and the other three outsiders, Guo Huchan should have, by all logic, either tried to kill them to silence them or led his group away from them.

Qing Chen looked at Guo Huchan, who was also sizing him up.

Guo Huchan tried to offer Qing Chen a friendly smile, but with his fierce build, face covered in wild tattoos, and a shiny bald head,

he looked more like a menacing wilderness bandit.

Qing Chen also smiled, not allowing this man to recognize him; otherwise, if he brought up old grievances with ”Xu Linsen,” it could lead to a vendetta.

Everything would wait until he saw Qing Chen again.

The next moment, Guo Huchan got back into his own vehicle, apparently preparing to lead the group.

Qing Chen said to the old man, ”Letʼs be cautious. If it really comes down to it, weʼll distance ourselves from the Freemasonry; otherwise, to hide their secret …”

He hadnʼt finished his sentence when he saw the old man walk over to an SUV. He spoke cheerfully, ”The vehicle is quite spacious. It shouldnʼt be a problem if I sit here, right?”

Qing Chen: ”...”

He suddenly felt that this old man was really carefree.

It was one thing when there were only the Freemasonry students before, but now that Spade had shown up, the man dared to mingle with the Freemasonry crowd. Was this the so-called courage born from exceptional skill?

Qing Chen glanced around, pondering where Li Yunjing could be hiding, hoping the old man wouldnʼt stir up too much trouble.

At that moment, the old man, slightly troubled by his legs and feet, smiled at a student in the vehicle: ”This SUV is too high off the ground. Could you give me a hand?”

”Of course, of course,” the female students hurriedly responded.

But before they could lend a hand, they saw Qing Chen step up behind the old man, hoist him up, and carry him off.

The old man, caught between laughter and tears, said, ”You just canʼt stand to see me happy, can you?”

Qing Chen said expressionlessly, ”Thereʼs a proper time for fun, isnʼt there?”

He took the old man back to his own car. The old man looked at Li Ke and Hu Xiaoniu: ”You guys tell me, what is the harm in me sharing stories of the Upper Three Districts with these young Time Traveler students who have never seen it? Donʼt they need to hear it?”

Li Ke and Hu Xiaoniu kept their eyes fixed out the window, pretending not to hear.

The pair had been in the wilderness for more than a day by now and had understood one thing: never get involved in the squabbles between these two powerful figures in the back seat.

Qing Chen patiently explained, ”Youʼve also noticed, this operation of the Freemasonry to Taboo Land no. 002 isnʼt simple and is likely meant to transport goods through the wilderness on behalf of Qingʼs Family. In such a case, for Spade to eliminate witnesses to safeguard the secret wouldnʼt be excessive.”

The old man laughed, ”My boy, why are you always so tense? Weʼre supposed to be on vacation, yet youʼre still on edge. I advise you to relax and enjoy life like me.”

Qing Chen grimaced, ”You donʼt have many days left, but we still have a long life ahead of us.”

Li Ke felt a twinge of unease when he heard this, but looking in the rearview mirror, he saw that his grandfather didnʼt seem upset.

The old man, still smiling, said, ”Let me analyze this for you: most likely, they are transporting pharmaceuticals. The Li Family Intelligence Department has long held this intelligence that every early winter, there suddenly appears a surplus of medicines in the wilderness to help the people there survive the winter. It used to be delivered through Wilderness Hunters and smugglers but, in recent years, after being discovered, they switched to other methods. However, itʼs strange that now, with Li Changqing taking over the intelligence, export controls are very strict. How could they transport these medicines out?”

”It might be something else, right? Is it Qingʼs Family who sends the medicines to the wilderness?” Qing Chen asked curiously.

”Yes,” the old man thought for a moment and then added, ”98% yes.”

Qing Chen calmly said, ”Youʼre not usually very precise, so thereʼs no need to add such percentages.”

The old man chuckled, ”The goods are sent to the wilderness by Qingʼs Family. Our vehicleʼs insignia is also of Qingʼs Family. Donʼt you think Spade, seeing the four of us, would be suspicious? What if our appearance in the wilderness is to supervise Freemasonryʼs students in delivering the goods to their destination? So donʼt worry, Guo Huchan wonʼt do anything drastic.”

Though the factions within the conglomerate were numerous and some were at odds with each other, to outsiders, Qingʼs Family appeared as one entity.

And now, the ginkgo leaf symbol on their vehicle probably had Guo Huchan quite puzzled.

The old man laughed, ”Just watch; that big, foolish fellow will figure it out and try to confirm it.”

After finishing, he turned on the SUVʼs stereo, and rhythmic music began to play. The old man, sitting in the back, swayed to the rhythm and eventually dozed off.

After leaving the mid-mountain estate, the old manʼs mental state was clearly deteriorating rapidly.

Or perhaps, it was because Qing Chen and the others had not lived with the old man day and night before, so they had only seen his vigorous side and not his weak side.

Sitting in the front passenger seat, Li Ke turned off the music and looked worriedly at the old man, ”Master, I see that grandfatherʼs health is rapidly failing. Should we invite two female classmates to come and chat with him? Our SUV is big, and there are three seats in the third row.”

Qing Chen glanced at the old man. He was somewhat afraid that upon hearing the words ”female classmates,” the old man would suddenly open his eyes and say ”alright.”

However, that did not happen.

The old manʼs breathing had become much weaker.

Qing Chen knew that the old man really did not have much time left. His usually spirited appearance was all forced, a true manifestation of optimism until death, determined to leave this world with dignity.

By noon, the convoy made a brief stop by the road for a rest.

As the old man had said, Guo Huchan found an opportunity to come over to Qing Chenʼs side and inquire, ”Everyone, what are the plans going south?”

Before Qing Chen could answer, the old man in the back suddenly opened his eyes and smiled, ”We are conveying Mr. Shadowʼs regards to Spade. Rest assured, we are just ensuring that the supplies are successfully handed over to Spade, with no ill intentions.”

Qing Chen: ”???”

Li Ke: ”???”

Hu Xiaoniu: ”???”

Old man, even if your guess is completely right, isnʼt it a bit too much for a former Li Family Head to impersonate a messenger of Qingʼs Shadow here?

Frankly, the old man was probably one of the people who had seen the biggest storms in the Federation in his lifetime. His mental strength was truly extraordinary; when it came to telling untruths, he did not falter at all, with neither a flushed face nor a racing heart.

Guo Huchan hesitated for a moment, ”Qingʼs Family has never sent someone to supervise the transportation of supplies before; why this time?”

The old man smiled, ”I have been following this route for seven years; itʼs just that it had been unnoticed by you before.”

Hearing the number seven, Guo Huchan immediately believed him.

Indeed, it had been seven years since Qingʼs Shadow began transporting medicines to the wilderness.

At this moment, the old man suddenly seemed mysterious in his mind. Guo Huchan was a B-Class Expert, and earlier he had been a C-Class, but during his past travels along this route, he had never detected the old manʼs presence.

That meant that the opponentʼs strength was far above his own.

Guo Huchan was still a bit puzzled, ”Why hide all this time and reveal yourself now?”

The old man calmly replied, ”The Federation is currently unstable, and Mr. Shadow has matters to discuss with Spade.”

”Understood,” Guo Huchan nodded. ”Then you rest well, weʼll discuss more once we arrive.”

The old man instructed, ”Remember to keep this confidential; those Time Travelers of Freemasonry do not know my identity.”

Though Guo Huchan always remained somewhat skeptical, when the old man disclosed the Time Travelers of Freemasonryʼs identity, Guo Huchan believed him a little more.

The method of transporting medicine this time was different from before; City 18 had already become a city of spies, and the immigration bureau was always watching.

They also wanted to find out who was constantly supplying medicines to the people in the wilderness.

Therefore, when Nangong Yuanyu and the others set out, they did not carry much medicine in the vehicle, which was the only way they could pass the inspections.

However, the clever part this time was that Shadow had Freemasonry come to the wilderness, as the members of Freemasonry were themselves the medicine.

They didnʼt need to take medicine across the border; instead, they just needed to pack antibiotics into sealed bags and then stuff them into their mouths every seven days, then bring them back from the Outer World.

These nearly one hundred people were a mobile medicinal supply station.

As each person carried only a limited amount of drugs, Freemasonry had wanted to bring as many students as possible on this trip beforehand.

Antibiotics are essentially the same in both the Inner and Outer World; they just need to be usable.

The human population on the wilderness was already low, and Time Travelers were even rarer, so they could not use this method.

After Guo Huchan left, Qing Chen looked helplessly at the old man, ”You really know how to stir things up. Now that Guo Huchan has gone back to his vehicle, he will definitely immediately send a signal to the other members of Spade to inform them that Qingʼs Shadowʼs representative wants to negotiate with Spade. What will you do then, what are you planning to discuss?”

The old man smiled chummily, ”There are plenty of things to discuss, such as revealing Li Familyʼs wilderness purification plan for next year, or perhaps revealing Chen Clanʼs wilderness purification plan next year as well? Donʼt worry, for an old man like me, these are small matters.”

Qing Chen calmly said, ”As long as youʼre happy...”

This old man, in the name of fun, was planning to sell the Federal Group armyʼs wilderness purification plans.

The old man chuckled merrily, ”Donʼt you think this is very interesting? That mysterious Shadow couldnʼt have imagined his plans encountering such twists!”

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The next chapter is at 11 p.m. tonight.