Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 1236: Chapter 705: Key of Gate

Countdown 68:00:00.

At 4 AM, Huan Yu woke up from his sleep.

He only felt that he had the longest dream of his life, dreaming of spring flowers and summer trees, of distant seas and skies, of playing in the mud with Zard...

If it weren’t for the content of the last part of the dream, this sleep experience would have been great.

Huan Yu quietly got up and saw Zard snoring loudly on the bed.

Finally, I’ve caught this guy awake once.

He felt under his pillow, but the anticipation in his heart sank. There was no letter from Xiao Yu.

Strange, why didn’t Xiao Yu write to me?

Huan Yu got up, picked up the pillow, incredulous as he stared at the empty bed, feeling a bit lost.

Could it be that Xiao Yu has found new friends and forgotten about me?

”Well, it’s understandable,” Huan Yu murmured to himself, explaining for Xiao Yu: ”Kids love to play. Finding new friends and getting lost in play is normal.”

But as he was talking to himself, he was startled to see a carefully wrapped gift box on the desk in the dormitory, inside were eight letters!

Huan Yu’s lips curled slightly: ”I knew the little one would never forget to write to me.”

He opened the first letter:

”Brother, Brother Zard said you passed out on the battlefield. It’s because you didn’t want me to get involved in the battle, so you forced yourself to stay awake and drained your energy. I don’t know how you are now, but I want to learn how to fight with Brother Zard, so you won’t have to do that in the future. But he refused to teach me, saying you wouldn’t agree, and also covered my eyes on the battlefield... I actually know what happened, but he didn’t want me to see the brutal scenes.”

Huan Yu coldly sneered at the still-snoring Zard: ”You finally did something decent!”

He opened the second letter:

”Brother, we are visiting Taboo Land 002. It’s so interesting here, there’s a World Tree, many little animals live under it, and little monkeys even bring me food. There’s also a giant named Ding Dong, but I can’t understand what he says, nor can Brother Zard, although he pretends he can...”

The third letter:

”Brother, we have arrived at the wilderness dwellers’ settlement south of Taboo Land 002. There are tens of thousands of wilderness dwellers and Time Travelers living here, and they live such hard lives. Their houses are temporary thatched huts, leaking all over when it rains. Brother Zard took me to help them build houses...”

Huan Yu raised an eyebrow, turns out Zard really did take me to play in the mud!

Fourth letter:

”Brother, the people there are quite nice. Brother Nangong Yuanyu and the others are very nice to me. I’ve met them in the Outer World too, and the brothers and sisters give me what little they have for themselves. There are also some very good wilderness dwellers who go hunting and then bring us roast meat. They teach me how to identify animal tracks and droppings, and how to mimic bird calls to attract colorful birds to perch on my hand, it’s so much fun. The wilderness dwellers say thanks to me and Brother Zard for helping them.”

Huan Yu, looking at these trivial matters, gradually relaxed his expression, as if warmed by the sentiment.

Fifth letter:

”Brother, there are also some bad people in the wilderness who don’t belong to this settlement. Sister Yang Yang said they are from various clans in the wilderness, accustomed to plundering others and not engaging in farming or labor themselves. They attacked yesterday, killing several villagers, but Brother Zard and Sister Yang Yang fought back and led the wilderness dwellers to drive them away.”

Huan Yu frowned. As someone from the Inner World integrated into this body’s consciousness, and a core member of the Chen Clan, he naturally knew the truth about the wilderness, the Federation’s most brutal place.

Due to issues of trust and survival, powerful wilderness dwellers mostly operate as clans. Each year, when spring transitions to summer, clans would swap women among themselves for marriage and procreation.

The wilderness dwellers vary in strength, and though they lack a cultivation tradition, the harsh environment occasionally produces a few relatively powerful Awakeners.

Whenever such an Awakener appears, the clans in the wilderness merge, much like the historical merging of nomadic tribes on the grasslands.

This is nature’s choice.

Now, for a wilderness clan to dare attack a settlement of thousands, it indicates the emergence of a powerful Awakener in the clan, uniting several wilderness clans together.

Moreover, Zard’s intervention was only able to drive them away, which speaks volumes.

Those wilderness dwellers will stop at nothing for gain, yet Xiao Yu is supposed to stay in such a place? Huan Yu shook his head, no, next time they return, he must have Zard leave with him.

For Huan Yu, reaching the Inner World is true return.

Sixth letter:

”Brother, many sisters in the wilderness say they like me, saying I look fair and handsome and better than the men in the wilderness.”

Huan Yu’s anger flared up at this. Xiao Yu may not understand, but he surely does. This isn’t the affection of a sister for a brother; they’re taking advantage!

Wilderness dwellers, toiling away day and night, naturally can’t compare in looks to city dwellers! The wilderness culture is open-minded, and he even worries Xiao Yu might suddenly be dragged into a thatched hut by some woman one day!