Night’s Nomenclature

"Every Forbidden Land has a different set and number of rules, but there's one rule that prevails in each land — you can't talk about its rules when you're inside it."

Otherwise, you would die.

Not in the sense that you would be obliterated on the spot, but the entire Forbidden Land would treat you as an enemy.

Of course, if you didn't violate its rules, then it would take you as no more than an ordinary guest, and you could hunt in it. It was said that in one Forbidden Land, there were lovely six-legged pangolins and six-armed golden-haired monkeys favored by bigwigs, often caught to be kept as pets.

But at the same time, you would also be hunted by the strange and powerful monsters of the Forbidden Land.

Qing Chen asked, "What kind of rules are they?"

Li Shutong thought and mentioned, "There's a Forbidden Land that requires humans to sacrifice one of their companions each night in order to remain safe."

"What if a person goes in alone and has no companion to sacrifice?"

"Then that person himself will be the sacrifice."

"What other rules are there?"

"There's also this Forbidden Land where you have to sacrifice 1 liter of fresh blood for each kilometer you travel. It doesn't have to be human blood, any type of blood will do."

Qing Chen frowned, these rules were abnormal and extremely bloody.

But just like Li Shutong said, Forbidden Lands shared many similarities with Forbidden Items. They both required ‘containment conditions', a prerequisite for one to coexist peacefully with them.

He asked with some doubts, "Are all the rules so bloody?"

"There are weird ones as well," Li Shutong said, "For example, there's this Forbidden Land with only one rule — those with the surname Wang cannot enter. Nobody knows how, but it can identify anyone whose surname is Wang, so telling other people to call you by another name won't work either."

"Huh?" Qing Chen's eyes widened, "What a weird rule, how did you know about it?"

"It's the rule of Forbidden Land No. 082. A lot of people know about this, because the Chen Family once mobilized a team from the First Army to explore that place. As a result, as soon as they entered, all the soldiers surnamed Wang were attacked by the strange creatures and plants inside the land," Li Shutong laughed.

Qing Chen was momentarily speechless.

Who exactly did this person surnamed Wang offend?

"But you don't need to make it too complicated, as long as you know the rules and don't approach the hinterland, the level of danger won't be extreme," Li Shutong explained, "I won't take you to the hinterland this time, we'll just take a look at the borders."

Qing Chen inquired again, "Are there anymore strange rules?"

"Yes," Li Shutong answered smilingly, "In a particular Forbidden Land, you can't spill blood on the ground."

Li Yinuo casually asked, "Which Forbidden Land are you talking about?"

Li Shutong glanced at her with a smile, "If you want to know, don't ask me, go explore by yourself."

Li Shutong looked at Qing Chen and said, "99% of the people who broke the rules of the Forbidden Land are dead. After improving my strength some years ago, I was finally able to discover a few of them by risking death, but what I've explored is merely a tiny amount out of all the rules."

Qing Chen sucked in a breath of cold air. So Li Shutong meant he was able to escape alive from the Forbidden Land only after he became a demigod?!

It was no wonder that any news about the rules of the Forbidden Land was incredibly precious.

It could even fetch sky-high prices on the black market.

He asked, "Generally, aside from the common rule of not talking about its rules in its land, how many rules will there be in a Forbidden Land?"

"It depends on the number of deaths," Li Shutong patiently explained, "The number of deaths I'm referring to is the amount of superhumans who died in the Forbidden Land."

"Huh?" Qing Chen was puzzled.

Li Shutong showed his intrigue as he talked about this point, "Usually, the number of rules a Forbidden Land has is equal to the amount of B-level and above superhumans who died in it, and it's highly likely that each rule is related to the superhuman's respective ability or personality."

"However, only one unique rule exists in most Forbidden Lands," added Li Yinuo added, "After all, unless both sides died after battling it out, it's rare for superhumans to perish together."

"Which Forbidden Land has the most rules?" Qing Chen asked.

"Forbidden Land 001, 002 and 009 are acknowledged as the lands with the most rules," Li Shutong continued, "You don't need to worry about Forbidden Land 001 for now. It's located in the northwest, and because the area is too large, barely anyone dares to step foot in it."

But Forbidden Land No. 002 was Qing Chen's next destination.

Li Yinuo looked at Li Shutong, "You're surely the one who knows Forbidden Land No. 002 the best. It's fine if you'd like to keep the other rules as secrets, but would you disclose a little bit about this land's rules?"

"No," Li Shutong rejected. "On the contrary, this place is the most important to me, so I can't reveal it. Knowing about those two rules is enough for you to stay alive."

At this moment, at their rear, only one car from the Kamidai Family convoy managed to break away from the pursuit of the Firepit and wilderness people. Despite that, the Firepit and wilderness people were still hot on their tails, unwilling to let them go.

But Li Yinuo was not too worried about it.

She spoke on the walkie-talkie, "Continue to move forward at full speed, we'll rest after reaching the border of Forbidden Land No. 002!"

Wang Bingxu and Xiao Gong replied, "Received."

Unable to hold back her curiosity this time, Qin Yiyi asked, "What did you and that boy quarrel about? I saw you guys arguing by the bonfire."

After thinking for a while, Li Yinuo said, "Baby is too kind, he wants me to let you guys go so that you won't get involved in this mess. But I know that… ‘this gentleman' is in your team, so I want to keep you guys by our side. This way, we can at least stay alive when danger comes. Alas, my baby is so kind, he's truly different from everyone else."

Qin Yiyi shuddered, unable to stand the nickname…

Nan Gengchen's face turned red again, and Li Yinuo emotionally cooed, "Look, praise him a little and he'll get shy."

Nan Gengchen and Li Yinuo were indeed arguing about letting them leave, but only Qing Chen knew that Nan Gengchen did it for his sake.

It had to be said that Qing Chen had now achieved a new understanding of their revolutionary friendship. He was even seriously considering the feasibility of setting up a "Protective Father Alliance" for Nan Gengchen.

Translator: Zee