Naming Technique of the Night

The sound of electric current buzzed as the light rail started.

The light rail in the afternoon was no longer as crowded as in the morning.

Qing Chen, Yang Yang, and Zheng Yi sat in the empty carriage, where the atmosphere began to change gradually.

Yang Yang, who had originally sat beside Qing Chen, now sat next to the silver-haired girl, a movement somewhat abrupt, making the silver-haired girl look a bit timid, as if she could not guess what Yang Yang intended to do.

Yang Yang sat down with a smile and asked, "Zheng Yi, we have been classmates for so long, yet I still don't know where you live?"

Zheng Yi clutched her bag strap tighter, "Luo Shen Building 132nd floor, but that's a rented place. My actual home is in the Ninth District. It's too chaotic there and lacks a study environment, so my mom had me rent a place."

Yang Yang suddenly asked, "Do you mind having a roommate?"

"Ah?" Zheng Yi gripped her strap tighter, "But, I rented a one-bedroom apartment."

Of course, she would prefer to have a roommate—if she could share the rent, she'd have more money saved for college.

Now, she worked part-time every afternoon and attended cram school at night, but no matter how much she saved, it never seemed enough for tuition; it was still short.

If Yang Yang could share the rent with her, especially since she was a girl Yang Yang admired, it would be the best scenario.

Yang Yang smiled, "A one-bedroom is fine. We'll discuss this more tonight."

Then she sat back next to Qing Chen, "By the way, how are you feeling about joining the protest?"

"It's only been about two months since I traveled through time," Qing Chen slowly analyzed, "I don't believe you can empathize with the suffering in the Inner World just yet. Even if you can, I don't believe you'd dare to quickly initiate a protest."

"So?" Yang Yang tilted her head and asked.

"So, there's another reason behind this protest," Qing Chen continued, "or shall I say, your organization has another agenda."

"You guessed right," Yang Yang chuckled, "but it's not entirely correct."

Qing Chen thought for a moment and said, "Although I cannot agree with some of the students' methods, seeing those bright smiles, even those mocked or gritting their teeth while handing out flyers, I hope your organization won't exploit these people."

"I said not entirely correct because before we helped them launch the protest, they had already taken action. We just gave them a little push," Yang Yang said seriously, "Moreover, the plans we have will not harm them. The goals of the organization pursue the same ends as theirs."

Yang Yang continued, "Qing Chen, have you ever thought about who brought us here and why? At first, I couldn't understand it myself, and many others couldn't either. But I'm thinking, perhaps this journey through time is meant for us to help change this world."

Qing Chen pondered; there had been a question on an app: If ten thousand modern people went back to ancient times, could they overthrow feudal rule?

What Yang Yang was saying now seemed similar to that question.

Why had these Time Travelers come here?

There's really no definitive answer to that question—ten thousand Time Travelers, ten thousand answers. Yet, Yang Yang had found hers, while Qing Chen had not found his yet.

"Yang Yang, those students won't succeed," Qing Chen said.

Yang Yang tilted her head and asked, "Qing Chen, do you believe in miracles?"

Qing Chen hesitated for two seconds, "I believe."

"Those students believe too," Yang Yang said with a smile, "Those who believe in miracles are miracles themselves."

Just then, the afternoon sunlight streamed through the window, but the light rail soon entered the shadow of the Steel Forest.

When the light rail arrived at the 66th floor of the Luo Shen Building, Yang Yang was the first to leave the platform, even turning back to wave at Qing Chen behind her, "What are you staring at, let's go home!"

"You really don't see yourself as an outsider at all," Qing Chen remarked.

Zheng Yi quietly followed them, suddenly noticing something—the distance between the young man and woman fluctuated.

Normally, there's a safe distance when people walk side by side; for most, it's about a meter. If a man and a woman are more than a meter apart while walking, there's likely nothing romantic between them.

But Zheng Yi was puzzled, as the distance between Qing Chen and Yang Yang was utterly erratic, making it hard to grasp.

Like a couple, yet not.

When they reached the 132nd floor, the silver-haired girl watched as the two entered the same room.

She stood dumbly at the door, even forgetting to unlock her own.

Is that the kind of relationship they have?

Zheng Yi silently opened her door, took out a protein bar from the fridge, poured two multivitamins from the bottle, and swallowed them down with some water.

Since the protein bars she bought were cheap, they were nutritionally unbalanced, so she had to take the multivitamins to meet her daily needs.

She silently counted the protein bars left in the fridge, calculating how many days they would last.

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Meanwhile, Yang Yang was taking in the room, "This Luo Shen Building is an old apartment block from way back. The decor here really doesn't match the outside at all. I never imagined you'd be so poor in the Outer World and yet so rich in the Inner World."

Qing Chen completely ignored the other party's teasing, "Help me build a Gravity Chamber, I'm starting my training."

As he spoke, he walked straight into the bedroom.

Yang Yang followed behind and said, "Hey, you're not going to let anyone watch while you train, are you?"

With a clatter, the bedroom door was unexpectedly locked from the inside by Qing Chen.

Yang Yang frowned; she originally wanted to observe Qing Chen's training method to determine which organization he belonged to, but she hadn't expected him to be so cautious, refusing to let her watch even though she had followed him home.

As she worked on constructing the Gravity Chamber, she asked from outside, "Is training under the enhancement of a Gravity Chamber really that useful?"

Qing Chen didn't respond from inside the bedroom, as doing so would interrupt his Breathing Technique.

In fact, up to today, the Gravity Chamber combined with the Breathing Technique still played a colossal role.

Just yesterday, he had even asked Uncle Li Dong about his level after reverting to an Ordinary Person following the use of the Reverse Breathing Technique.

The result Uncle Li Dong gave after a serious test was rather shocking: he was already close to the edge of F-Class.

In the Inner World, entering F-Class was the category of the Transcendent, and Qing Chen, using the training methods of an Ordinary Person, had approached this rating standard.

Of course, this included Qing Chen's persistent efforts, but more importantly, it was the combination of the Breathing Technique and the Gravity Chamber. Discover more content at My Virtual Library Empire

Now, Qing Chen's rating was infinitely approaching the E-Class bottleneck, and the power he would gain during his next life-and-death experience might be even more astonishing.

Even Uncle Li Dong could not be sure what choices the young man's potential would make by itself if, after several life-and-death experiences, it still couldn't be fully unleashed.

This touched on Uncle Li Dong's areas of ignorance...

Outside the bedroom, Yang Yang, noticing that Qing Chen was ignoring her, felt a bit bored. She sat on the sofa, fiddling with her phone, checking out the news updates.

However, just then, someone entered the code on the door in the outer hallway and came in.

Yang Yang looked at the middle-aged man in front of her, somewhat at a loss; the man also looked quite surprised to see her.

Realizing her sitting posture was a bit improper, Yang Yang quickly sat up straight, her knees together, her hands placed honestly on her lap, politely saying, "Hello, Uncle."

Uncle Li Dong smiled: "You must be Xiao Chen's classmate. I'm his dad."

"Yes, I'm his classmate," Yang Yang replied politely: "I came to his house for him to help me with some homework."

At this moment, Yang Yang didn't know Uncle Li Dong's identity or whether he knew about Qing Chen's Time Traveler status, so she quickly made up an excuse.

In fact, Yang Yang was very puzzled; she had thought that Qing Chen lived alone, only to find out that he apparently had a father in the Inner World.

Wait, Qing Chen had just moved here, so this middle-aged man was definitely not just Qing Chen's father.

But at that moment, Yang Yang suddenly felt an inexplicable unease inside, preventing her from considering more clues.

Even the continuously supported Gravity Chamber suddenly stopped.

Uncle Li Dong said with a smile, "Don't be so nervous, consider this your own home. I'll cook something for both of you."

Hearing the noise, Qing Chen came out and looked at the somewhat unfamiliar Uncle Li Dong: his voice and demeanor were the same, but his appearance was completely different.

He wondered how his master managed to do that.

Seeing Qing Chen stand up to greet him, Yang Yang then said to Uncle Li, "No need to bother, Uncle, I have something else to attend to, I better go."

As she spoke, Yang Yang quickly rushed out of the room.

"Stay for the meal!" Uncle Li Dong cheerfully called out, watching Yang Yang's retreating figure with a smile.

Qing Chen said helplessly, "Don't stir up trouble, Uncle. I've been in the Inner World for so long and I've never seen you cook a meal. Don't poison everyone."

"Why do you say that?" Uncle Li Dong objected: "As a bona fide Knight, there's no knight in this world who can't cook or survive in the wild. We are all very capable of self-sufficiency!"

As he finished speaking, Uncle Li Dong's face suddenly changed, returning to its original appearance in the blink of an eye.

Curious, Qing Chen asked, "What ability is this?"

Uncle Li Dong explained with a smile, "Don't be too curious; you'll know soon enough."

"With your ability, you must have known that Yang Yang was coming over," Qing Chen pondered then asked, "So you came back just to enjoy the spectacle, didn't you?"

"Exactly," Uncle Li Dong said as a matter of course: "I was actually busy, but when Zheng Yi told me a girl had come over, I dropped everything and rushed back!"

Qing Chen felt he had completely underestimated Uncle Li Dong's enthusiasm for excitement; his master really took enjoying Qing Chen's situations as a prime matter in life.

And not only was his master gossipy, but why was Zheng Yi also involved in the gossip?!

This household even had a snitch!

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