Origin of the Code Name

Chen Miemie had successfully graduated. The Jiang family, who had been keeping a close eye on the situation, sent a congratulatory message the very next day. Today, they invited Chen Miemie over to take away the porcelain he hadn't picked up previously.

Qinghua's current Mystery level in her normal state was 5.9. If there was a sufficient amount of ancient porcelain, she might be able to break through to level 6, which would be an entirely new stage.

Although it was currently a period of martial law and there were very few vehicles on the road, in places without the fog, there were still quite a few people taking short walks downstairs like Madam Jin.

On the main road, the sight of two sedan bearers in yellow clothes carrying a yellow sedan chair and sprinting past drew gasps of surprise all along the way.

At the entrance of the Jiang family villa.

Chen Miemie stepped down from the sedan chair.

He went up to the main gate and knocked. Soon, Elder Jiang's granddaughter, Jiang Gui, came out to welcome him alongside the butler.

Today, only Elder Jiang and Jiang Gui were at home. Jiang Li and his wife, Gui Yuan, were both busy outside.

"Little friend Chen, I saw you were full of confidence before the exam, and it turns out you had a well-thought-out plan." Elder Jiang really liked Chen Miemie, and the smile on his face was impossible to hide when he saw him.

"Senior, congratulations," Jiang Gui said as she took the teapot from the butler and poured a cup of tea for Chen Miemie.

Chen Miemie was like a cow chewing on peonies; he didn't care about tea etiquette and just gulped it down the moment he received it.

Eating roast chicken every day at home, it felt really comfortable to drink some tea to wash down the grease.

"Thank you, another cup please."

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, they got down to business.

"Little friend Chen, I called you here today partly to hand the porcelain over to you, and partly because I have something to ask for your advice on."

"No problem, Elder Jiang, just speak your mind."

Jiang Gui picked up the conversation: "It's like this. After that bizarre porcelain vase was dealt with, my grandfather and father freed up some energy to start tracing its origins. After all, it almost wiped out our entire family. We have to figure out whether it was an accident or a deliberate setup."

Chen Miemie nodded continuously as he listened.

Just like how he wanted to investigate who sent the assassin to kill him, the Jiang family had a massive business and estate. Having suffered such a huge loss this time, they definitely wouldn't be at peace without getting to the bottom of the situation.

Jiang Gui continued, "That porcelain vase was bought by my grandfather from a fellow collector. However, not long ago, that collector also died after undergoing porcelainization and cracking under the same circumstances. Tracing further back, we found that the previous person to handle it was the Archeologist Vera."

"The Archeologist Vera? Is Archeologist his profession?"

"It's a profession, and also a code name."

Chen Miemie took the opportunity to catch up on his knowledge: "I've heard a lot of code names all this time. How do these code names come about?"

Elder Jiang helped clear his confusion.

"Little friend Chen, it works like this. When you step into the Mystery circle, moving from Mystery level 1 to 1.9 is the stage of familiarizing yourself with and mastering your abilities. From 2 to 2.9 is the stage of deeply tapping into your ability's potential and forming a tactical system.

And when a person's Mystery reaches level 3, it is basically like an ordinary person becoming established at the age of thirty. They can already be considered an elite capable of holding their own, and at this point, they get a code name.

There are three ways a code name is generated.

The first is naming yourself;

The second is others naming you;

The third is through inheritance or other niche methods.

Basically, over 95 percent fall into the first two categories."

Chen Miemie said, "I don't quite understand the first two."

"Naming yourself generally serves two purposes. One situation is directly using your title or profession as a substitute, such as Dean or Officer.

The other situation is deliberately picking a name unrelated to your abilities to confuse others. For example, someone who clearly has the ability to control metal might name themselves Baboon."

"You can do that! I think I just got some inspiration," Chen Miemie's eyes lit up.

"Hehe, but others aren't fools either. So when a person has achieved some battle records and deeds, the outside world will give them a name based on the traits they display. Just like the Chef from a while ago.

Once the name given by the outside world spreads, the name chosen by the individual themselves is basically forcibly overwritten."

"Oh, what about inheritance then?"

"This has nothing to do with ordinary people. Inheritance is not linked by bloodline, but rather a continuation on the mystical level. For example, the Nan Jun Society. Every generation of their president is called Nan Jun."

"I've learned a lot. I'll have to come up with a majestic code name for myself in the future."

"Haha. I look forward to that day coming soon. Back to the Archeologist, he is currently fine, so right now I cannot be sure if it was his special ability that blocked the vase's harm, or if he intentionally released the vase to harm people."

"What do you mean, Elder Jiang?"

"The Archeologist is also a veteran in the circle. I can't just capture and interrogate him based on a suspicion. So I want to acquire a few more items from him to see if there are any similar situations."

Chen Miemie understood. They were asking him to appraise the items.

"I only know how to appraise porcelain."

"I guessed as much. We currently have a piece of porcelain obtained from his hands."

"Alright then, set up a room for me, and I'll take a good look."

"Jiang Gui, take little friend Chen there."

Jiang Gui led Chen Miemie to an empty secret room. There was a table in the center of the room, and on the table sat a porcelain vase half a meter tall.

After Jiang Gui left, Qinghua jumped out from the front of Chen Miemie's neck.

Qinghua stepped forward and lifted the porcelain vase with both hands.

"From the shape, this is a bluish-white glazed double-eared vase with applied floral decorations. This is no ordinary vase; it is a Mystery Item, the Paradox Double-Eared Vase."

Chen Miemie sighed. He had considered himself a reasonably smart person, but since coming to this world, his knowledge reserves were truly lacking. When chatting with others, he always ended up being the one asking questions.

"Elaborate, please."

"This is the Paradox Double-Eared Vase, Both Full and Empty. It simultaneously exists in a superimposed state of being fully loaded and completely empty. If someone reaches their hand into the mouth of the vase, they might pull out aged fine wine, putrid water, gold, venomous snakes, or absolutely nothing."

"You should have heard our conversation just now. With Elder Jiang's discerning eyes, he definitely knows this is a Mystery Item too. What he wants to know is whether this vase has the same kind of porcelainization curse as the last one."

"It doesn't. Actually, the porcelainization from last time was a side effect of that vase. It's just that the previous vase had dual side effects. Once people's attention was drawn to the obvious side effect on the surface, they failed to notice the hidden one."

"So to speak, last time was just an accident, and that Archeologist is fine?"

"No, this vase also has dual side effects. On the surface, it simply causes people to be bitten by venomous snakes.

But the hidden one is that it will cause the human body to undergo a partitioned mutation, the left half tends to grow cold, while the right half easily boils, eventually splitting the person into two."