Naming Technique of the Night

"The Time Travelers controlled by the Deer Island Financial Group shouldn't be too impressive, but that's in comparison to me," Li Dongze asked Yi, "The young boss has only just completed one life-and-death challenge. To snatch me from the Outer World out of their hands isn't easy, right?"

"He's already completed the second one," Yi said.

Li Dongze's status, as well as his relationship with Uncle Li Dong, allowed Yi to forego secrecy.

"So soon?" Li Dongze was somewhat astonished. "He just started climbing the sheer cliff not long ago."

"Did you forget? Time Travelers have double the time," Yi said.

"That's still too fast. Which one did he complete this time?" Li Dongze was genuinely curious now.

"Ultimate Trust," Yi answered.

"That thing looks simple, but it's actually very dangerous. When the boss challenged it, he almost never resurfaced from the water, right? How's the young boss?" Li Dongze asked.

"He's fine. The night he completed Ultimate Trust, he also killed over ninety Assassins in one go," Yi replied.

"Just him alone?"

"Yes, just him alone."

Li Dongze was stunned.

He picked up the glass of amber whiskey from the bar and downed it in one gulp.

Yi had just told him that the young boss was still pretty ruthless against enemies, and at that time, Li Dongze thought, how vicious could the young boss be now that he's so weak.

Moreover, he knew Qing Chen had fought so many bouts in the Octagon cage, yet had only killed one person.

But only now did he realize what that ruthlessness truly meant.

"Wait a minute!" Li Dongze suddenly grasped a key point. "The young boss can complete life-and-death challenges in the Outer World?! Does the Outer World have a Forbidden Sea?!"

"Let's not discuss that for now," Yi said.

"Okay," Li Dongze calmed his emotions.

He knew the Knights too well, so he was very clear about what the Knights needed!

Yi said, "However, when he went to save the Outer World you, he did so while injured. Given his usual temperament, he definitely wouldn't have interfered."

Yi began to sell Qing Chen favors.

"Did the young boss say how I should repay this favor?" Li Dongze typed on his phone.

"He didn't mention it," Yi replied.

Li Dongze thought for a moment and then typed, "Does the young boss lack anything, or should I personally make a trip to the Taboo Land to find something for him?"

"No."

"Then, should I give him my Taboo?" Li Dongze typed. "Although it's only useful for checking the weather forecast."
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"No need," Yi replied. "He said, since you've already called him the young boss, it's only right for him to help you."

Li Dongze raised an eyebrow, as if that made perfect sense.

But for those elders like him who had followed Uncle Li Dong for many years, knowing Qing Chen was the future successor was one thing.

Wholeheartedly accepting him was another.

So, when Li Dongze realized that Qing Chen had inadvertently saved him once, he subconsciously wanted to repay the favor.

After all, he still didn't truly consider Qing Chen his boss.

And Qing Chen needed to complete this process himself; Uncle Li couldn't help him with it.

Li Dongze thought for a moment, "Then let's not talk about owing a favor for now."

Yi, "However, he knows you took a batch of Genetic Potions from Su Xingzhi, so he wants one FDE-005 Genetic Potion from you. This is to help you eliminate future troubles, so you will have to provide it yourself."

"Eliminate future troubles? How so?" Li Dongze didn't understand.

"A Genetic Warrior cannot be replaced, you know that, right?" Yi said.

"Of course," Li Dongze nodded.

"So, a Genetic Warrior also can't travel through others," Yi said.

Li Dongze immediately understood what Qing Chen wanted to do. He plans to turn the Outer World Li Dongze into a Genetic Warrior, so that the genes of the two Li Dongzes can never match again.

Nobody could then exploit the Li Dongze from the Outer World anymore.

Changing names and plastic surgery—some had tried these, but they failed to prevent replacement incidents.

Many citizens of the Federation thought of modifying their names at the Federal Citizenship Bureau after learning of the replacement mechanisms, to make them longer and less likely to coincide with those of the Outer World.

Someone even posted an analysis, stating that names of five characters or fewer could potentially be duplicated, especially since names of up to five characters exist in Jindai.

So, if one wanted to change their name, six characters would be the safest option.

For a time, long queues formed at Federal Citizenship Bureaus everywhere, but before everyone could change their names, the news broke out that a man with the surname Ju, who changed his name to 'Ju Ran Shi Ge Tian Cai' (literally 'Actually a Genius'), was still replaced.

Just last week, the news reported a wealthy individual who had undergone plastic surgery only to be replaced the day after the procedure.

Only then did people realize that changing one's genetic makeup was the only way to stop replacement.

Many started to suspect that identical genes were the only true condition for replacement; all other factors were just superficial.

Of course, for Li Dongze, it would be better if the young boss could just directly kill the other off and save a Genetic Potion in the process.

Here, the fundamental differences in thinking between the Inner World and the Outer World were truly evident.

Even for someone like Li Dongze, who had followed Uncle Li for many years, reverence for life was equally scarce.

They had witnessed too many things and had grown up in such an environment.

"The young boss has quite an expansive way of thinking," Li Dongze considered. "Alright, I will have everything ready before his next return, and anyone can come to collect it."