Naming Technique of the Night

The sudden death startled everyone.

Along with Jindai Yasuhito and Jindai Ori, nearly a hundred people watched in silence as the victim fell to the ground.

No one even dared to step forward to offer aid.

Because the manner of death was too bizarre.

In the dense, dim forest, where hardly any sunlight could penetrate despite it being early morning.

The leaves rustled as if anyone could be the murderer, including every blade of grass and tree.

"Miss Yino is from a collateral branch of the Chen Clan," Wang Bingxu squatted down beside the corpse and observed softly, "There are no external injuries, and there are marks on the neck from being strangled by hands, but it's not yet certain if she strangled herself to death."

Everyone knew that the member of the Chen Clan had died from breaking a rule, but no one knew what the rule was.

At that moment, a girl couldn't help but blurt out quickly, "I know, this Taboo Land with the code 002 probably doesn't allow..."

Just as Li Yino was about to raise her hand to stop her from continuing, she found that the girl, like the member of the Chen Clan, started to turn red in the cheeks. She struggled to say something, to call for help, but couldn't utter a word.

The girl's hands were around her neck, as though she wanted to pull something out from within, but she could only struggle weakly.

Li Yino slowly lowered the arm she had raised, "There's no saving her, don't bother. She brought it on herself by being foolish."

Keep secrets, remember what you've discovered, but never, in Taboo Land, reveal its rules to others.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

It will kill the snitch.

The passage rules of Taboo Land are as if gods slumber within all forbidden places, having agreed to keep their secrets safe; any betrayer must die.

Li Yino looked at everyone, "I trust that all present are fully aware of where we are; if you haven't figured out what to say, then shut your mouth."

Sometimes that's how it is. You might clearly remember there's something you shouldn't say, but your mouth acts faster than your brain.

The girl definitely knew the passage rule of Taboo Land, but she couldn't hold back.

In fact, though everyone didn't know what exactly killed the first member of the Chen Clan, they had all vaguely guessed one of the rules of Taboo Land 002.

Li Yino didn't say anything, she was silently contemplating what rule the first person had broken to die.

Nan Gengchen stood beside her in silence; he knew he couldn't be of any help at that moment, so he best not make things worse.

Just then, a dandy started to unbuckle his belt and turned around, wanting to urinate; he couldn't hold it any longer but also dared not stray too far from the group.

This stout girl looked at the dandy's back and suddenly realized, she shouted at the man turning around to pee, "Stop! Put it back!"

In an instant, the dandy's urge to urinate was forcefully retracted.

Li Yino turned around; she saw many people struggling to hold their pee, legs twisting, clearly unable to hold on much longer.

They had been fleeing since last night; many people had been holding in their need to urinate for the whole journey. With both men and women in the car, none could attend to their physiological needs and had to keep holding it while fleeing for their lives.

The crowd looked at her with bewilderment, but Li Yino hesitated several times and didn't explain anything.

She knew what the rule was now!

Li Yino walked with Wang Bingxu behind a tree, where the first victim had come from.

Wang Bingxu saw the wet marks on the root, clearly urine.

He looked at her in astonishment, "Miss Yino..."

"Shut up," Li Yino said coldly, "Don't be the second one to die of stupidity."

It was at this moment that she was sure why the first person had died.

Who could have thought, one of the rules of such a Taboo Land with the code 002 was you cannot urinate or defecate anywhere?!

The Transcendent who laid down that rule must have been an extreme clean freak.

How unjust would it be to die because of urinating in the Taboo Land?

She took Wang Bingxu with her, braved the risk to go back, and found the vehicle of the Jindai family that had crashed into a tree. From the trunk, they retrieved two canisters filled with diesel.

Fortunately, the wilderness people really hadn't entered, they were still watching from outside.

Li Yinuo spilled all the diesel on the ground, then returned to the group with the empty canisters in hand, "Girls get priority in line to pee in here. Remember to pee thoroughly, and then don't drink a drop of water before we leave."

She didn't even dare to say "Don't pee on the ground," for fear of the rules' backlash.

But up until now, they still couldn't be certain what caused the first person's death. The rules wouldn't just directly eradicate someone, they would only make the plants and animals attack anyone who breached the rules.

Li Yinuo looked around. The dandies were lining up one by one behind the big trees next to the diesel canisters to pee. As for anything bigger, they would just have to hold it in, no matter how unbearable it was.

Wait, the robust girl suddenly noticed that not a sign could be seen of Qin Cheng, Qin Yiyi, and the others.

These wilderness Hunters had somehow left the group without notice.

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Under the dense canopy in Taboo Land No. 002, Qin Cheng was dragging Qin Yiyi by the wrist, leading the family eastward.

Even though everyone was already very tired from running, Qin Cheng had no intention of stopping.

That was because this place, known as one of the areas with the most rules, was too dangerous. It meant that staying here an extra minute, doing one unnecessary thing, could trigger the bizarre rules.

So if you were forced into the Taboo Land, the best choice was to leave as quickly as possible!

The reason they chose this path was because, before Uncle Li Dong took Qing Chen and left, he had personally told Qin Yiyi: head east, find a stream, and follow the stream further east to find a way out. The route was only three kilometers long; leave this place and you would live.

At that time, Qin Yiyi had not realized that Uncle Li Dong and Qing Chen were planning to split from the group.

It was only after they disappeared from sight that she felt somewhat desolated.

The girl followed her father, sprinting through the dim woods, until at some point they heard the sound of a stream and continued to follow it east.

After an indiscernible distance, suddenly they all felt warmth enveloping them, and the sensation of being watched by some terrifying presence finally vanished like smoke.

Qin Cheng bent over to support his knees. He was of an age that even running such a short distance left him struggling to catch his breath.

He looked at his somewhat bewildered daughter and sighed in his heart.

Suddenly, her brother said to the girl, "Remember what the middle-aged man said, telling us to find someone called Su Xingzhi in city No. 18?"

Qin Cheng was hinting that if they could find that person's subordinate, they would naturally be able to meet up again eventually.

But Qin Yiyi suddenly shook her head stubbornly, "Mom, Dad, Brother, I don't want to go back to city No. 18. I want to find the Fire Pit; I know I can gain power there."

Qin Cheng was puzzled, "We could find this Su Xingzhi, and maybe he could get you the Genetic Potion, too. I think that middle-aged man seemed quite fond of you."

Qin Yiyi pursed her lips and shook her head, "No, I want to go to the Fire Pit."

The girl kept her thoughts to herself, telling no one.

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