I Kidnapped the Timeline
Chapter 15

Scavenger - Mu Qing

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After understanding Mu Qing's situation, Feng Qi suddenly understood why she reacted that way.

In her eyes, he was a freak. It was only natural for the students of Star City Academy to be afraid of her; it would be abnormal if they weren't.

Through the posts on the forum, he also learned that Mu Qing was a Scavenger before entering Star City Academy.

Scavengers are people who escaped from cities covered by Domains. Due to the large population base, many cities were unable to accommodate them in large numbers, so they became wanderers outside the cities.

Their living environment is extremely harsh compared to the residents within the cities, and there is no trust between them. Sometimes, for food, they will even kill their companions.

Their descendants also grew up in such an environment, always following the survival rule of the strong preying on the weak.

Star City once accepted a group of Scavengers, gave them a resettlement area, and arranged jobs for them. But soon, the public order in Star City became chaotic, and the crime rate soared. Out of necessity, Star City eventually canceled the work related to Scavenger resettlement.

Other cities, like Star City, generally adopted measures to help Scavengers, but they all failed.

Although they are also Human, in the eyes of many people, Scavengers are unteachable outsiders.

Feng Qi's impression of Scavengers was not bad.

He first learned about the existence of Scavengers in Wang Jinsheng's history class.

Wang Jinsheng's evaluation of Scavengers was not as extreme as many people's.

He believed that since they were all Human, they should live in harmony. There were also Cultivators among the Scavengers, and on the long road of resisting Domain invasion in the future, they would also be an important force. Only with the concerted efforts of all Human could there be hope for the future.

Wang Jinsheng believed that the reason why residents within the cities could not understand the behavior of Scavengers was related to the difference in their living environments.

The living environment of Scavengers is in resource-scarce areas outside the cities, while residents within the cities do not need to worry about food and safety. This caused a huge difference in behavior and thinking. This problem could be solved with effort; the important thing was communication and lack of prejudice.

During this time, Wang Jinsheng also listed several deeds of Scavengers helping Domain Battle Squads dispel Domain fields, which deepened Feng Qi's impression of Scavengers.

Therefore, Feng Qi did not have any negative feelings towards Mu Qing.

But what puzzled him was that the Rune Modifier plan had been shelved long ago due to serious hidden dangers. Why did Mu Qing still become a Rune Modifier? And why could she enter Star City Academy?

Puzzled, Feng Qi tried to find the answer on the Star City Academy forum.

While searching, a post on the forum's hot topic list caught Feng Qi's attention.

[Incredible, the new exchange student Lin Ran is too amazing. After listening to one class, I am completely convinced.]

Poster: Star City Academy Little Tyrant

Content:

I'm sure everyone has heard of junior student Lin Ran from Winter Academy, and you must also know that he has been pre-admitted by the Tiger Soul Research Institute. At that time, I was quite unconvinced, thinking that he just proposed some ideas for Technique research, and he didn't research a new Technique himself, so why did he get such preferential treatment? I could do it too.

It wasn't until I personally experienced it that I realized that the gap between people is real.

He is very young, but his research on cultivation Techniques has already taken a different path, walking a completely different road. After listening to the class, I went to the training room to practice junior student Lin Ran's theory, and I was shocked again.

Junior student Lin Ran's theory can already be combined with practice, and it is not just theoretical assumptions. I seem to see a rising new star of Human.

"Where was the class? Is there a video recording? I want to listen too."

"The first class was in our Combat Class One. I'm not sure if there will be more classes later, but I have to say his class is really interesting. After listening, I benefited a lot. It's not just limited to theoretical knowledge research as everyone thinks. Now I'm a fan. He really deserves to be a talented student pre-admitted by the Tiger Soul Research Institute."

"Is it that mysterious? How amazing can he be? We are all Human. Can he have three heads and six arms? (Black man with question mark face) Who took a video? Let me see."

Below this post, many students had already replied.

In addition to the students' discussion about student Lin Ran, a reply from a teacher made Feng Qi curious about Lin Ran.

"As a teacher in the combat department of the academy, I have personally experienced how ridiculous the talent gap between people can be, even greater than the gap between a person and a pig. When I was studying at Future Academy, I studied 'Cultivation Research Studies'. I can say without hesitation that I was the most hardworking in our class, but in a class of 100 people, my grades couldn't even rank in the top 50. The most outrageous thing was one of my roommates. He copied my homework every day and was always sloppy and never serious when studying. As a result, he scored 489 points in the final exam, while I scored 271 points. Later, I understood that if you can't do it, you just can't. I honestly transferred to study combat, and the road ahead was very smooth. Whether it was entering the Domain Battle Squad or being recruited by Star City Academy to become a teacher in Combat Class Three later, I was no longer frustrated. In fact, even now I still envy those classmates who continued on the path of Technique research. Many of them later entered major Technique Research Institutes. That was a dream I could never reach. Everyone of them is a shining existence in my eyes. Student Lin Ran might be the type of talented student similar to them."

The junior student Lin Ran praised by everyone on the forum reminded Feng Qi of someone.

Wang Jinsheng.

He was an excellent graduate of Star City Academy. Like Lin Ran, he was pre-recruited by the Tiger Soul Research Institute before graduation.

The only regret was that Wang Jinsheng chose to be a history teacher at that time, and his talent was thus buried.

Fortunately, Old Wang has now awakened early and has the idea of giving up teaching and working at the Tiger Soul Research Institute.

Otherwise, if the jade bead is covered in dust, it will be a loss for all Human.

Realizing that Lin Ran might be a talent with extremely high talent like Wang Jinsheng, Feng Qi had the idea of getting to know him.

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