Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 80: 80, there is an insider.

The term “insider” was so far removed from his life as a student that even Liu Dezhu dared not believe it.

Qing Chen pulled up a chair and sat down opposite him, saying, “The words I’m about to say, I hope you remember them exactly as they are because they concern your life.”

“Right now, my people are telling me that those five fugitives are surrounding the Cloud Inn. They are armed with firearms, seemingly preparing to take hostage everyone inside. He is only watching from a distance and isn’t aware that you are also inside.”

Liu Dezhu was shocked. Just a second ago, he was prepared to deal casually with Qing Chen, and then to test him to see if the boss knew that he had actually accepted two gold bars.

But a second later, he realized that he might not even be able to ensure his own safety.

Liu Dezhu got up from the bed, nearly bursting into tears, “Boss, are your men nearby? Please, have them save me! People from Kunlun have said those men are particularly cruel and ruthless!”

Qing Chen looked at him with disdain, “Calm down. At least you can live for another two days, and if they capture you, they’ll want to use your identity in the Inner World to their advantage, they won’t kill you.”

Liu Dezhu said, “But that’s not good enough, boss. Being used as a mule is still dangerous. Moreover, people from Kunlun said these criminals would kill any ordinary people who know too much, to get rid of the witnesses. There are over forty of my classmates here, that’s over forty lives!”

Qing Chen paused, ‘Kill ordinary people to silence them?’

That’s bad.

Nan Gengchen is in danger!

The criminals do not know that Nan Gengchen is also a Time Traveler.

After a moment of silence, Qing Chen said, “When you get back, I need you to do two things.”

“Boss, you say,” Liu Dezhu sat up straight.

Qing Chen said, “First, the moment you return, have all your classmates scatter and run immediately. That way, they can avoid being trapped and wiped out by the criminals at the entrances. Also, don’t seek help from other tourists in a panic; it would involve innocent people. The criminals have guns. Their targets are you Time Travelers, not ordinary people.”

Liu Dezhu asked blankly, “Boss, can we really get away?”

Qing Chen said, “You only have to bet they haven’t completed their encirclement yet, you have no other choice.”

Liu Dezhu silently remembered the first thing.

Qing Chen continued, “Second, if you all can’t escape and end up being held together, I need you to find a chance to ask separately those transfer students from Haicheng about the night they were captured; if any of them were taken aside alone. Also, you must remember during these two days of time travel, if anyone had left during the party or was constantly sending messages on their phone.”

Liu Dezhu thought for a moment, “Are you suggesting that the mole might be among them?”

“As far-fetched as it sounds, that’s the most likely scenario,” Qing Chen replied.

Because, over these days, the only known people who had contact with the criminals were these four.

Even though the criminals who had contacted them had been captured and presumably cut off from the others, who knew what had happened after everything concluded?

“Of course, other classmates can’t be completely ruled out either. You don’t have anything else to do in these two days, just focus on thinking about how to save yourself,” he added.

After saying all this, Qing Chen turned and left the cell.

There were two days left before the return countdown; he needed to think carefully about what he could do.

But just as he was about to leave, he suddenly turned around and stared intently at Liu Dezhu.

Qing Chen always felt like he had overlooked something.

An essential piece of information!

Suddenly, Qing Chen’s pupils changed, and his blood seemed to boil.

He wandered in his memories.

There must be a clue there wanting to betray.

Footsteps, explosions, gunshots, fragmented yet tense.

Qing Chen seemed to arrive at Jiang Xue’s destroyed home, quietly observing everything around him and thinking: After the criminals came to Los Angeles City, they had sequentially kidnapped three Time Travelers, Jiang Xue was the fourth.

The criminals had never intended to go after Liu Dezhu!

Because they didn’t dare, and it wasn’t worth it.

They thought Liu Dezhu was a student of Uncle Li Dong.

If they captured Liu Dezhu, they’d have to gamble that during everyone’s transition to the Inner World, Uncle Li Dong wouldn’t find them first and kill them there.

Should they lose the gamble, they’d lose their lives too.

Moreover, these criminals always controlled the mules in both the Outer and Inner Worlds before they could securely transport items. Liu Dezhu being in prison meant that they couldn’t control him there.

Therefore, their real target was not Liu Dezhu, but Hu Xiaoniu and the others.

This group of Haicheng students couldn’t just be mules to transport items; they could even be directly extorted for ransom from their families.

And the reason they hadn’t made a move before midnight was probably to avoid this transition period, so Liu Dezhu would cross over and return without knowing.

This way, they’d have at least two days to calmly handle him before the next transition.

Liu Dezhu would be their first target to silence.

Qing Chen opened his eyes and asked Liu Dezhu, “Who suggested changing the itinerary?”

Liu Dezhu weakly replied, “It seems to be the transfer student from the next class, named Bai Waner.”

Qing Chen was stunned for a moment, Bai Waner?

This didn’t make sense.

He didn’t ask any more and left the solitary confinement room.

In the dim corridor, Ye Wan curiously said, “It seems a lot has happened these past two days?”

“Yes,” Qing Chen nodded, “Someone wants to kidnap a group of Time Travelers to transport items for them, ruthless and brutal. Nine people were caught, and now, the remaining five have surrounded the guesthouse where Liu Dezhu is staying.”

“What is a guesthouse?” Lin Xiaoxiao asked.

“Oh, it’s a hotel on the mountain,” Qing Chen explained.

“Are you in danger yourself?” Ye Wan asked.

“I’m not yet sure if this will affect me,” Qing Chen said as he took off the Cat Mask, “I don’t care whether Liu Dezhu is dead or alive.”

He spread out the gold bars in his hand. Now that Liu Dezhu had established a presence, he had just started making money, and his own revenue stream was about to end.

But that was not important.

What mattered was that Nan Gengchen might die.

“Let’s go,” Qing Chen said to Ye Wan.

Ye Wan was stunned for a moment, “Go where?”

“To train, of course,” Qing Chen said matter-of-factly.

Ye Wan and Lin Xiaoxiao exchanged glances. They hadn’t expected Qing Chen to be so mentally strong.

One moment he was dealing with a crisis.

The next, he could continue his training as if nothing had happened.

Seeing their surprised expressions, Qing Chen calmly said, “Even if I don’t train, I can only anxiously wait for the return. I might as well use the time to become stronger, so that I don’t feel so powerless when facing such situations in the future.”

Lin Xiaoxiao felt internally moved; this young man was indeed the most suitable person to take over the boss’s mantle.

Although he hadn’t faced much life and death, he could suppress his panic with absolute calm.

Then, at a complex, chaotic crossroads, he would choose the most correct path to advance.