180: Chapter 180 Safety Buckle
The mouth of the well fell silent for a moment.
Jiang Feng's words, "As if you're worthy," fell to the bottom of the well.
The eyes on the stone coffin opened completely.
Grayish-white light surged from the well water like a cold tide, spreading through the ground toward the entirety of Dongjiang City.
Above ground.
Everyone's names began to fade once more.
This time, it wasn't just names.
Even titles and forms of address were disappearing.
"Mom!"
A child lunged toward the woman in front of him.
But the word got stuck in his throat.
He stood with his mouth agape, his face filled with bewilderment.
The woman was also stunned.
She clearly knew that the child before her was important.
But that title felt as if it had been forcibly snatched from her throat.
Tianshu Dragon Garden.
Liu Cuilan was carrying a freshly cooked dish, about to call Jiang Feng back for dinner.
"Xiao..."
She suddenly stopped.
Her brow furrowed instantly.
Jiang Jianguo's expression changed.
"Cuilan?"
Liu Cuilan looked up, her eyes blazing with anger.
"Who's trying to yank my son's name away?"
On the doorframe, a colorless light suddenly flared up.
It was the household rule Jiang Feng had left behind earlier.
[Entry forbidden without family permission.]
The gray mist slammed against the door and was forcibly blocked.
Liu Cuilan finally caught her breath and cursed directly.
"Wicked bastard, got nothing better to do."
Underground.
Jiang Feng heard her.
He didn't smile.
He simply raised his foot and crushed the edge of the well with a single step.
Boom!
The entire Nameless Well sank thirty feet into the ground.
The stone coffin at the bottom of the well shook open.
A gray palm reached out from the coffin.
The hand was enormous.
Densely packed characters were carved into the palm.
However, those characters had all been crossed out.
A voice rang out from within the stone coffin.
"Names are the source of conflict."
"Kinship is the source of favoritism."
"Belonging is the source of chaos."
"Erasing these for all living beings is an act of mercy."
Li Yan cursed out loud on the spot.
"What's the difference between your 'mercy' and just slaughtering everyone?"
The Dragon Girl nodded earnestly.
"The bad old man is too lazy to care, so he just wants to wipe everything away."
The voice in the stone coffin ignored them.
It stared only at Jiang Feng.
"Jiang Feng."
"If you step aside, I can preserve the names of Liu Cuilan and Jiang Jianguo."
"The rest of the Blue Star people shall fall into the nameless."
Jiang Feng looked down at the bottom of the well.
"You're trying to negotiate using my parents against an entire planet?"
The voice from the stone coffin was calm.
"You care about them."
"Therefore, this is the optimal exchange."
Jiang Feng nodded.
"You're quite the calculator."
In the next second.
He reached out and directly grabbed the gray palm.
"But you miscalculated one thing."
The voice from the stone coffin paused.
Jiang Feng's fingers tightened.
"I'm protective."
"And not just of my own family."
Boom!
The gray palm exploded on the spot.
The System notification blared.
[Touch: Nameless Exchange Covenant.]
[Effect: Exchange a few reality anchors for large-scale deprivation of naming rights.]
[Plunderable.]
Jiang Feng said, "Plunder."
[Secret Art: Pangu Plunder activated.]
[Plundered Nameless Exchange Covenant.]
[Obtained All Attributes: 60 ganges sand.]
[Current Basic Six-Dimensional Attributes: 550 ganges sand.]
The gray tide was severed.
Above Dongjiang City, the names of countless people lit up once more.
Someone hugged their child and finally cried out, "Son!"
Someone knelt on the ground, gasping for air.
It wasn't just about getting their life back.
It was about reclaiming "who they are."
Huaxia Supreme Command Center.
Xiao Zhenjiang pressed his hands firmly against the table.
Before him, those two pages of black and gold paper were glowing.
The new Awakening Array covered the entire country.
Colorless array patterns emerged above city after city.
Those were the Blue Star native rules recast by Jiang Feng.
Xiao Zhenjiang gave the order in a low voice.
"Synchronize nationwide."
"Birth records, name files, and Awakening registers—connect them all to the new array."
"From now on, the names of Blue Star people will only be recognized by Blue Star itself."
The technician's voice trembled.
"Commander, the external rules are still impacting us!"
Xiao Zhenjiang looked toward Dongjiang City.
"Hold the line."
"Jiang Feng is down there."
Once these words were spoken, the command center actually fell quiet.
Jiang Feng was there.
Then there was still hope.
Beneath the Nameless Well.
The stone coffin opened completely.
A shadow sat up from within.
It had no physical body, only a gray robe.
The gray robe was covered in blank wooden plaques.
Each plaque should have had a name written on it.
But now, they were all scraped clean.
Zero Seven's voice tightened.
"It's a projection of The Name Writer's true body."
"Wait... it's not the complete true body."
"It's more like the shadow cast by a single finger."
Li Yan's eye twitched.
"Even a single finger can act this pretentious?"
Zhang Changlin said solemnly, "Its status is indeed very high."
Jiang Feng looked at the gray-robed shadow.
"Where is your true body?"
The gray-robed shadow raised its hand.
The well water swirled upward.
A broken stone tablet flew up from the chest of the nameless one and landed in its palm.
One more stroke of the unfinished ancient character on the stone tablet was forcibly scraped off by it.
the nameless one knelt on the ground, its body becoming transparent.
Zero Seven's expression changed.
"It's erasing a fragment of Blue Star's ancient name!"
Jiang Feng reached out and grabbed.
The gray-robed shadow's fingertips paused.
The stone tablet was caught between two opposing forces.
The gray-robed shadow looked directly at Jiang Feng for the first time.
"This name should not be returned."
Jiang Feng said, "It's not your place to keep Blue Star's belongings."
The gray-robed shadow's voice lowered.
"This planet was not always Blue Star."
"Its original name will awaken the Old Master."
"When the Old Master awakens, all Nine Realms will be overturned."
Jiang Feng's gaze didn't waver.
"That is still Blue Star's own business."
The gray-robed shadow raised its hand.
The black water at the bottom of the well exploded.
Thousands upon thousands of Nameless Chains rushed out.
Every chain was entwined with an afterimage whose name had been erased.
There were soldiers.
There were elderly people.
There were children.
There were professionals.
And countless otherworld beings Jiang Feng had never seen before.
None of them had faces.
The gray-robed shadow said indifferently, "Do you see?"
"Names bring pain."
"Only by being nameless can one be free of obsession."
Jiang Feng looked up.
"Did you ask them?"
The gray-robed shadow was silent.
Jiang Feng had already moved.
He didn't go to smash the stone coffin.
Instead, he grabbed the first chain.
"Plunder."
[Secret Art: Pangu Plunder activated.]
[Plundered Nameless Chain.]
[Obtained All Attributes: 20 ganges sand.]
[Current Basic Six-Dimensional Attributes: 570 ganges sand.]
The chain snapped.
A blurry name lit up on the chest of that afterimage.
He looked up at Jiang Feng.
Then he dissipated into light and flew toward the surface.
The second.
The third.
The tenth.
The hundredth.
Jiang Feng stood at the mouth of the well, ripping them out one by one.
The Nameless Well began to collapse.
System notifications scrolled by in a blur.
[Plundering Nameless Chain...]
[Obtained All Attributes: 20 ganges sand.]
[Plundering Title Stripping Fragmented Rule...]
[Obtained All Attributes: 35 ganges sand.]
[Plundering Belonging Elimination Rule...]
[Obtained All Attributes: 45 ganges sand.]
[Current Basic Six-Dimensional Attributes: 670 ganges sand.]
Li Yan's scalp tingled at the sight.
"This well is finished."
The Dragon Girl said seriously, "Master is very fast at pulling up radishes."
Zhang Changlin nodded.
"And he gets stronger the more he pulls."
The gray-robed shadow finally stood up.
It pressed its hand toward the bottom of the well.
"The Nameless Well must not be empty."
From the depths of the well water, a black millstone emerged.
The millstone turned slowly.
The names Jiang Feng had just liberated were about to be crushed once again.
Zero Seven cried out.
"That's the Nameless Mill!"
"It's going to grind all the returned names back into blanks!"
Jiang Feng looked up.
"You've got quite the collection of tools."
He stepped into the well.
The black water parted automatically.
The Nameless Mill pressed down toward him.
A line of ancient characters lit up on the millstone.
[Ten Thousand Names Return to Emptiness.]
Jiang Feng raised his hand to support the millstone.
The ground beneath his feet cracked and shook.
The entire Dongjiang City swayed slightly.
Inside Tianshu Dragon Garden.
Liu Cuilan steadied herself against the table and glanced out the window.
"Pulling up radishes again?"
The Dragon Girl Clone nodded.
"This time it's more like pulling up potatoes."
Liu Cuilan sighed.
"By the time he gets back, the food will be cold."
At the bottom of the well.
Jiang Feng's fingers dug into the millstone.
[Touch: Nameless Mill Core.]
[Function: Grinds names, titles, genealogies, and world ancient names.]
[Plunderable.]
Jiang Feng said, "Plunder."
Boom!
The Nameless Mill cracked apart.
The gray-robed shadow finally took a step forward.
"Stop."
Jiang Feng didn't stop.
[Secret Art: Pangu Plunder activated.]
[Plundered Nameless Mill Core.]
[Obtained All Attributes: 100 ganges sand.]
[Current Basic Six-Dimensional Attributes: 770 ganges sand.]
[Obtained Special Divine Authority Fragment: Return of Ten Thousand Names.]
[Effect: Can partially return names, titles, genealogies, and world ancient names erased by external rules to their original owners.]
The well water was completely gone.
The stone coffin was mostly cracked open.
The stone tablet from the nameless one's chest flew in front of Jiang Feng.
The ancient characters on it were finally nearly half-completed.
It wasn't a complete name.
But it already possessed an aura.
Heavy.
Ancient.
Like a star that had been called by name a long time ago.
A System notification popped up.
[Obtained: Blue Star Real Ancient Name Fragment 1/3.]
[Fragments can currently be fused to enhance Blue Star Native Naming Rights.]
[Fuse?]
Jiang Feng took a look.
"Fuse."
The stone tablet turned into light and shot out from underground.
In the next second.
The new Awakening Arrays across all of Huaxia lit up.
Everyone's names were traced over once again by colorless light.
It wasn't an external registration.
It was Blue Star's own recognition.
The large screen in front of Xiao Zhenjiang flickered back to life.
The technician's voice was distorted with excitement.
"Commander!"
"The name fields have stabilized!"
"National household registration, military records, and Awakening files have all been restored!"
"And there's an additional layer of native authority!"
Xiao Zhenjiang looked at the prompt on the screen and slowly exhaled.
[Blue Star Native Naming Rights: Initially established.]
He whispered, "Good."
Underground.
System notifications continued to ring out.
[Blue Star Native Naming Rights established.]
[Huaxia Lifeline feedback.]
[All Attributes increased: 30 ganges sand.]
[Current Basic Six-Dimensional Attributes: 800 ganges sand.]
Li Yan grinned.
"Eight hundred ganges sand."
"Who would believe this leveling speed if you told them?"
The Dragon Girl's eyes were bright.
"Master is getting better and better at carrying the load."
Li Yan was taken aback.
"That's a novel way to praise someone."
The gray-robed shadow stood before the shattered stone coffin.
It wasn't angry.
Instead, it grew quiet.
"Jiang Feng."
"You have returned the first fragment."
"Therefore, the Old Master has already heard."
Jiang Feng looked at it.
"Who is the Old Master?"
The gray-robed shadow raised its hand, pointing deeper into the bottom of the well.
A second well appeared there.
It was even older than the Nameless Well.
The mouth of the well was suppressed by three Seals.
The first Seal was a closed-eye symbol.
The second Seal was a Pangu axe mark.
The third Seal was a small red peace buckle.
Jiang Feng's gaze froze for the first time.
That peace buckle.
It was identical to the one Liu Cuilan always kept in her old wooden chest.
The gray-robed shadow said, "Blue Star's ancient name has three fragments."
"The first fragment was in the Nameless Well."
"The second fragment is in the remains of the Eye of Eternity."
"The third fragment..."
It paused.
Its voice became very soft.
"...is in the peace buckle Liu Cuilan once put on you."
Li Yan's expression changed drastically.
"It circles back to Auntie again?"
The Dragon Girl's small face turned cold.
"This bad thing just won't quit."
Jiang Feng raised his hand.
The light of the Zero-er pressed down.
The gray-robed shadow's body began to disintegrate.
Yet, it let out a laugh.
"You cannot kill the true body."
"I will wait for you further up."
"When you have gathered all three fragments of the ancient name, Blue Star will remember who it is."
"At that time, you will understand."
"The hometown you are protecting might not just be a hometown."
Jiang Feng was expressionless.
"You talk too much."
[Zero-er triggered.]
[The Name Writer true body projection erased.]
[Nameless Well residual authority erased.]
The gray-robed shadow dissipated into ash.
The second well at the bottom did not disappear.
The three Seals lit up simultaneously.
The System notification turned crimson.
[Detected: Blue Star Ancient Name Second Fragment coordinates.]
[Location: Blue Star underground, deepest part of the Eye of Eternity remains.]
[Detected: Blue Star Ancient Name Third Fragment coordinates.]
[Location: Tianshu Dragon Garden, Liu Cuilan's old wooden chest, peace buckle.]
[Warning: The peace buckle is being awakened by an unknown power.]
At the same time.
Tianshu Dragon Garden.
Liu Cuilan had just finished setting the table.
A soft sound suddenly came from the old wooden chest in the bedroom.
She walked over and opened the chest.
The red peace buckle was glowing on its own.
From within the peace buckle, a strange man's voice emerged.
"Cuilan."
"Call Jiang Feng back."
"Blue Star... is about to wake up."