Naming Technique of the Night

But why, when Nan Gengchen explained he was just a normal friend of Li Yinuo, did Qing Chen tell Nan Gengchen to take a good rest during the seven days of his return?

"Boss, this seems to suggest," Xiao Ying muttered, "that Nan Gengchen might be kept by Li Yinuo, that wealthy lady, right?!"

Zheng Yuandong was stunned for a moment, and indeed, it did seem that way.

Looking back, he naturally noticed that it was Nan Gengchen who had Qing Chen come over for help, with Qing Chen saying that food earned by one's own efforts tastes better.

Well, that echoes with the previous part...

Xiao Ying was a little envious, "If only I could be kept by a rich lady too, I have even taken the Genetic Potion, not only do I have good stamina, but I don't need to be sterilized..."

Under Zheng Yuandong's gaze, Xiao Ying shut up.

Zheng Yuandong said, "This Qing Chen is a Wilderness Hunter, and Nan Gengchen, being close to Li Yinuo, has revealed a lot to Qing Chen about the Li Family."

That explains it, it was Nan Gengchen who learned about the purge plan from Li Yinuo!

And told everything to Qing Chen!

Xiao Ying said, "Boss, could Nan Gengchen be the person behind the scenes? Look, he is present in almost every event."

Zheng Yuandong looked at him slowly, as if looking at an idiot...

In fact, he felt some regret that, despite going through such great lengths to organize the blood collection today, Kunlun merely confirmed Qing Chen's identity as a Wilderness Hunter.

Based on the current clues, both Qing Chen and Liu Dezhu have been injected with the Genetic Potion, so they are probably not that most central figure.

The most important point is, Qing Chen is not in Prison 18!

In fact, what Zheng Yuandong and Xiao Ying didn't know was that the so-called Wilderness Hunter identity didn't matter at all.

Qing Chen left that chat log in order to prove to everyone that he was not in Prison 18.

If he was not in Prison 18, then he could not be the person hidden there.

That way, he could hide in plain sight.

Who would've thought that he was already able to freely come and go from the prison?

Qing Chen could expose his own identity as a Time Traveler, or he could let people think he was someone's pawn.

This was his second firewall.

In fact, Qing Chen was already aware that with the crisis events following one after the other, it would be impossible to stay completely invisible.

So he opted for the next best thing, and deliberately chose for himself an identity that wouldn't attract much attention.

However, Zheng Yuandong thought, although both Qing Chen and Liu Dezhu were pawns, Qing Chen's status was definitely not beneath Liu Dezhu's. Explore more at empire

In such situations, whose side Liu Dezhu was on could not be solely determined; in fact, the deeper someone hid, the higher their status.

If Liu Dezhu was a pawn at the front, then Qing Chen was at least a cannon leading the charge.

Based on the clues and information obtained by Zheng Yuandong.

Qing Chen was indeed much stronger than Liu Dezhu.

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"Boss," Xiao Ying asked, "to tell you the truth, we still don't understand why you're so certain that Qing Chen is that assassin from Laojun Mountain, even arranging this blood collection specifically for him."

Zheng Yuandong said, "These clues are linked through many events."

"At the beginning of the time travel incident, Lu Yuan discovered a suspicious youth outside the residential area where Huang Jixian lived, secretly observing us. Huang Jixian was that high school student from Los Angeles Foreign Language who went crazy."

"At that time, Lu Yuan and Gourd tracked the youth crosswise. Initially, they weren't certain if the youth's appearance there was a coincidence, until the moment he shook them off—that's when Lu Yuan was certain the other party was definitely a Time Traveler."

And a Time Traveler who had powerful anti-surveillance capabilities.

Xiao Ying was somewhat startled as it was the first time he had heard about this; Lu Yuan might appear carefree but was also an experienced criminal investigator.

Lu Yuan and Gourd working together to track someone, how could they lose a high school student?

Zheng Yuandong said, "Lu Yuan, due to pride, didn't tell you guys this, but he later secretly checked the surveillance for several days and finally found footage of the other person, disappearing in the area around Los Angeles Foreign Language School, Xingshu Road."

This was the first clue.

Zheng Yuandong continued, "Later, a Time Traveler named Jiang Xue was attacked at home, and two thugs, one was knocked unconscious after falling down the stairs, one escaped. But during the escape, the thug's leg was broken by a blunt object. The weirdest thing is, that thug didn't even get a clear look at the good Samaritan."

The person was extremely careful, disappearing into the shadows immediately after landing a hit, so that by the time neighbors opened their windows to see what was happening, they could only see the thug with a broken leg.

It was as if the thug had managed to break his own leg.

"I know about this," Xiao Ying said.

Zheng Yuandong said, "Qing Chen is Jiang Xue's neighbor, living just below her apartment, and some neighbors say he has a good relationship with Jiang Xue's daughter."

This was the second clue.

Zheng Yuandong said, "When students like Hu Xiaoniu and Zhang Tianzhen were kidnapped at Jiang Xue's home, Liu Dezhu led you to Xingshu Road. But how did Liu Dezhu find out? Who discovered the incident and passed the message to the outside world?"

"It was after this incident that both Lu Yuan and I realized that someone was pulling the strings behind the scenes, playing Puppeteer and staging a drama with everyone."

Indeed, it was only at this point that Zheng Yuandong began to notice a person who appeared frequently in the related clues: Qing Chen.