Night’s Nomenclature - Chapter 173: The Unfathomable Boss

“What level are you now?” Qing Chen asked.

He and Yangyang walked side by side on the sidewalk. The ground was covered with fallen leaves that had been knocked down by the heavy rain and were stuck tightly to the ground.

Qing Chen suddenly found that the girl was really tall. He was 1.82 meters1around 5’11” and could just look her straight in the eye when he turned his head, without looking down at all.

Yangyang put the hood of her coat on her head and replied, “I don’t know what level I am myself.”

“How do you not know your own level?!” Qing Chen was surprised.

“I was on the high-speed rail coming to Luo City, and a countdown suddenly appeared on my arm,” Yangyang explained, “When I got to the other world, I was alone in the wilderness, with my federal ID card in my luggage along with some daily necessities. When I return to the city, I am not familiar with anything, and I didn’t dare to ask around.”

Qing Chen didn’t believe what the girl said.

But still, replacing such a powerful superhuman, the girl had been extraordinarily lucky.

Qing Chen asked, “Then do you know how you cultivate?”

“I’m an awakener, I don’t need to cultivate,” Yangyang replied in confusion, “Don’t you know the difference between an awakener and a cultivator? Although they are both superhumans and they both develop the potential of the human body, they are completely different.”

“For example, Li Shutong is a cultivator. The Knights organization has its own inheritance, and their successors can follow the path validated by their predecessors and release their potential step by step.”

“I, on the other hand, am an awakener. I don’t need to cultivate from day to day but can reach a higher level if I get greatly stimulated. The Inner World had a saying: When a disaster comes, one’s mental will becomes the highest caliber weapon humanity has in the face of danger.”

Qing Chen exclaimed, “Awakeners must have gotten it easy. They don’t need to cultivate at all.”

“But an awakener is entirely dependent on luck,” Yangyang explained, “The ability of a cultivator will always be on the combat side, yet an awakener is not necessarily the same. When I did some research, I found that there was an awakener whose ability was actually blowing bubbles… very big bubbles! There is also an awakener who has the ability to make people around him touch snot or chewing gum every time they touch the bottom of a table! And there is another awakener whose ability is to heal others.”

Yangyang concluded, “After a cultivator succeeds, he can be a top laner, a mid laner, or an ADC, while an awakener is less certain. One may be a core player like me or may become a support or jungler2Top, Jungle, Mid, Bot/ADC, and Support are the five roles/lanes in League of Legends… or even become wild monsters and cannon carts.”

Qing Chen nodded: “Well, this explanation is very easy to understand…”

He even felt sorry for those awakeners that end up becoming wild monsters.

“By the way, which city in the Inner World are you in?” Qing Chen asked.

Yangyang glanced at him, “Like what I’ve said. Come and ask me about my secrets when you’re ready to exchange secrets.”

Qing Chen asked again, “Then can you tell me why you can’t even find your home, but you can still find me? I don’t believe that you happen to see me in the sky.”

“Everyone has their own force field. Although it will be constantly changed by the environment, a person’s general format is unique,” Yangyang said: “I remembered your force field and sensed it. Simple as that.”

Qing Chen took a deep look at the girl and said, “So, you know which one was the real me just now.”

“Ah,” Yangyang exclaimed, “It slipped out. I still want to pretend I don’t know!”

In the rainstorm, both Qing Chen and Xu Yicheng were wearing raincoats.

To others, Xu Yicheng was “Qing Chen”, but to Yangyang, she could see something more essential beyond the appearance: the force field.

She didn’t need to look at the raincoats or the fighting style. She just needed to look at Qing Chen’s force field.

Now it was Qing Chen’s turn to be a little embarrassed. It turned out that his carefully-planned operations didn’t fool the girl at all.

Yangyang comforted, “Don’t worry, I won’t tell others about your secret. Everyone wants to hide their strength, I understand. Your teammate is quite cooperative though, even acting along with you.”

“Stop pretending,” Qing Chen sighed, “If you can feel the force field, then you can definitely feel the connection between us.”

“Ah, you guessed that as well?” Yangyang said, “I’m really curious, what is the wire connecting both of you? Are you manipulating him?”

“I won’t tell you,” Qing Chen said dishearteningly. With this girl’s special ability, she had gotten to know most of his secrets.

However, she still only knows that he was a fighter and cannot prove that he was Liu Dezhu’s boss.

He changed the topic and said, “If you can feel the force field and fly, why can’t you find the force field coordinates of your home?”

“Because it’s too far,” Yangyang said, “Xingshu Road is beyond my range of detection. I can only sense about 200 meters.”

“Then you can still track using the geomagnetic clues along the road,” said Qing Chen.

“There are too many of them, I can’t remember them all,” Yangyang replied, “Also, I’m not used to converting between my ‘visual’ and ‘force field’ senses yet.”

Qing Chen understood what she meant. This girl had only been a superhuman for a short time, so she wasn’t used to this method of force field sense yet.

It was like a person who has just learned English. Although he could understand it, he will first subconsciously translate the English he hears into Chinese, before interpreting the words with his brain.

But now, Yangyang was facing a situation where there were two people in front of her, one speaking Chinese and the other speaking English, both speaking at the same time.

This led to massive confusion in her perception.

This was also the reason why she kept getting lost!

It was not that Yangyang wanted to be lost all the time, but that she was born to be abnormal. Her “visual sense” was diluted by her “force field sense”.

Qing Chen suddenly thought of another question, “Could you sense the force field before you time-traveled? Because your perception of the force field is constantly conflicting with your perception of vision, it’s very difficult for you to have a normal spatial orientation and spatial association ability.”

“I haven’t felt any force field before,” Yangyang said strangely, “I just always feel that I tend to wander off when I walk as if being disturbed by unknown factors. But now that you mention it, the feeling is quite similar.”

The original Yangyang in the Inner World has the same body and talent, so Yangyangin the Inner World has awakened the ability to control the force field.

Yangyang in the Outer World, however, has not yet encountered the opportunity to awaken, so she could only continue to live like a normal person who frequently gets lost.

However, once she could get used to the new way of cognition, she would no longer have any trouble finding direction.

Just like for most Chinese people, when they hear “Sorry” or “Fuck”, they would immediately know what it meant without translating it into Chinese in their mind.

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Qing Chen was thinking about a problem. Yangyang also encountered intense situations, such as the battle with pirates in the Indian Ocean.

He believed that Yangyang, who had not killed anyone before, must have been very scared at that time.

But she didn’t awaken.

Could this be the difference between the rules of the Inner World and the Outer World? Is that why the Outer World had never seen an awakener nor a superhuman before?

Because of some restrictions, Yangyang in the Outer World didn’t awaken, but Yangyang in the Inner World had been awakened for a long time.

That was very possible!

“Wow, you are indeed a top student,” Yangyang said pleasantly, “You just explained the problem that had plagued me for so many years. Does that mean that I will gradually get better in the future?”

“At least that’s what I think,” Qing Chen nodded.

“Then in order to celebrate this amazing discovery. You should make me a delicious meal tomorrow!” Yangyang said happily.

“What kind of logic is this?!” Qing Chen was shocked, “Do you really not blush when you say such things?”

“Why would I?” said Yangyang confidently.

Glancing at her, Qing Chen thought, bringing such a powerful superhuman into the group might not be a bad idea…

This girl could tell his true identity through his force field every time. This was so unfair to him, at least he has to find a way to prevent her from revealing it to others.

Yangyang looked at Qing Chen and said, “I’m quite surprised tonight. At first, I was a bit disappointed knowing that you took the genetic injection route. After all, the upper limit of genetic injection is a bit low, but now it seems that you have other trump cards. Did you take the genetic injection after becoming a superhuman just to avoid a DNA match with your previous self?”

Qing Chen changed the subject, “We’re home. Let’s talk about this tomorrow.”

After returning to his room, Qing Chen lay on the bed and took out the communication device, which was already full of Liu Dezhu’s messages.

Boss, my mother has been successfully rescued. The doctor said she only had a mild concussion!

Boss, thank you so much for what you did tonight. Thank you for letting your subordinates take action. I, Liu Dezhu, will be forever grateful!

The next dozen or so messages were all similar expressions of gratitude, and Qing Chen could even picture Liu Dezhu’s excitement while typing.

Liu Dezhu: Thank you for still thinking of me even today, truly.

Qing Chen looked at these words of appreciation and remained silent for a long time.

In fact, his action in public was very risky tonight, but at that moment when he saw Liu Dezhu carrying his mother on his back and saw Liu Youcai urging his son to leave, he just couldn’t hold back in the end.

Qing Chen felt a little emotional in his heart. In the stories he read, people met lifelong friends and vowed to be faithful and loyal at the very beginning, but when it came to him, it was very difficult for him to win Liu Dezhu alone.

But he thought about it and realized that it was because Liu Dezhu was a real person, not a tool.

Qing Chen replied simply, Rest well.

The next moment, Liu Dezhu’s messages flooded in again, Boss, I feel so hot all over my body right now. 

It started when I was fighting in the rainstorm. I keep feeling a fire burning in my heart that I want to release, but it is being stopped as if something is suppressing it in the body. 

Do you know what’s going on?

Qing Chen speculated. Perhaps the rules of this world do not allow awakening, preventing Liu Dezhu and Yangyang from awakening despite reaching a limit!

But, will he be able to unlock the genetic lock after completing the challenge in the Outer World? Qing Chen was not sure, he would only know after trying it.

Of course, Qing Chen couldn’t say that he didn’t know the answer, otherwise, the “boss’s” avatar would collapse.

In a firm and unfathomable tone, he typed the conclusion of his speculation: You have reached the threshold of awakening. If you can keep this fire in your heart until the next time you time travel, you will directly awaken in the Inner World and become an awakener.

Liu Dezhu thought to himself, his boss really is knowledgeable. He knows just about everything.

Excitement erupted in his heart. Would he become an awakener soon?

Boss, what should I do to keep the fire in my heart? Liu Dezhu asked humbly.

Qing Chen pondered for a moment, Recall your emotions when this fire appeared.

At that time, I saw the huge waves controlled by the superhuman, and my heart was filled with incomparable anger. Liu Dezhu typed.

Keep that feeling. Qing Chen replied.

If next time you get to the Outer World and you become a superhuman, then it’ll be great. If not, then it means you didn’t maintain your emotions.

No one has ever experienced anything like this anyway.

“Okay, boss, I will not disappoint you!” After Liu Dezhu sent the message, he angrily pushed open the door and walked out of the hospital’s public restroom.

The next moment, one of his rich playboy classmates sent Liu Dezhu a WeChat voice message, “Brother Zhu, I heard that something happened at your house. What’s going on?”

Liu Dezhu pressed the speak button and roared, “I DON’T KNOW EITHER!”

His classmate listening to the voice message were shocked. What the hell are you shouting about… He thought

Before he could react, Liu Dezhu sent another roaring voice message, “I’M SORRY!”

His classmate, “???”

Is this what a powerful person being mad is like? So polite…

• 1around 5’11”
• 2Top, Jungle, Mid, Bot/ADC, and Support are the five roles/lanes in League of Legends