A New Time Walker

Countdown: 159:00:00.

The prisoners remained locked in their cells.

Because Qing Chen still had an important thing to do:

More than thirty new recruits arrived at once in the early hours of this morning, and Ye Wan had just finished reviewing them one by one.

This was originally Lu Guangyi's job, but now, in order to prevent the outside world from knowing that Qing Chen has become Li Shutong's student, Lu Guangyi can only stay obediently in the prison cell.

Ye Wan returned to the dining table and said, "There seem to be quite a few Time Walker among this batch of newcomers. Out of 37 people, 5 of them couldn't answer questions about their origins in the outside world. Two of them tried to bluff their way out; they said they lived in District 7 of City No. 18 and could name all the landmarks there, but when it came to their family relationships, they stammered."

Qing Chen sighed, "Time Walker have all become smarter now. After discovering the countdown on their arms, everyone rushes to rely on information online to fabricate an identity for themselves, so as not to be discovered as soon as they travel through time."

Today, organizations around the Inner World have begun to investigate "Time Walker," and most organizations do not treat Time Walker with kindness.

For example, in the two cities controlled by the Kamishiro Group, the Time Walker are very unlucky.

Because they all came from island nations, almost none of them speak Mandarin.

Every single one of the Time Walker has been identified and placed under centralized surveillance.

According to news reports, a craze for learning Chinese has swept Outer World nation, with a single Chinese lesson costing as much as hundreds of thousands of yen.

The situation is similar in the area where the Kashima Group is located; only the Lee family of Kajima speaks Korean.

Lee Byung-cheol, the head of the Kashima Lee family, Li Xiurui, the head of the Central Plains Lee family, are two completely unrelated families. Li Tongyun is from the Central Plains Lee family.

At this moment, the Time Walker are not safe, whether in the Outer World or the Inner World.

As a result, every Time Walker acted as if they were a spy, trying their best to hide their identity, fearing that it would bring disaster upon them.

"What should we do with these five Time Walker?" Ye Wan asked. "They can be transferred to other prisons."

Qing Chen thought for a moment, "Let's take them to the interrogation room. I'll ask them a few questions one by one. Maybe we'll find someone we can cooperate with. Besides, we all live in the same city in the Outer World, so it'll be easier to recognize each other if we run into each other again."

The interrogation room was a drab, gray room with alloy walls and a blindingly bright white LED light fixture overhead, which would instinctively instill fear in the prisoners inside.

On one of the walls, there is also a huge metal one-way mirror.

Qing Chen stood calmly next door. From his perspective, the mirror was completely transparent, and he could see the restless Time Walker sitting inside.

However, this mirror is somewhat different from the one-way mirror in the Outer World.

It even displays the Time Walker's body temperature, heart rate, and breathing rate, with those fluctuating numbers changing every second.

This helps the interrogator observe the prisoner's condition.

Ye Wan led a Time Walker into the interrogation room. Qing Chen burst out laughing the moment he saw the person. Wasn't this Yu Junyi, the class's academic representative?!

Through the one-way mirror, Qing Chen used his Breathing Technique to alter his voice and asked, "Name?"

Yu Junyi sat in the chair and said cautiously, "Yu Junyi."

"Gender."

"Male."

"What is your identity in the Outer World?"

"Sir, I'm just an ordinary student over there," Yu Junyi said fearfully, "A second-year high school student."

He mistook the interrogator for a prison guard, hence addressing him as "sir." After all, he never imagined that prisoners would be interrogating each other here.

Qing Chen suddenly asked, "Are there any other Time Walker with you?"

Yu Junyi replied, "Yes, there are six, one of them is named Nan..."

At this point, Yu Junyi suddenly fell silent.

"Why did you stop talking?" Qing Chen asked, thinking to himself that the six people Yu Junyi mentioned must be Nan Gengchen, Liu Dezhu, Hu Xiaoniu, Wang Yun, Bai Wan'er, and Zhang Tianzhen.

Sure enough, probably only Nan Gengchen himself believes he's hidden it very well...

Yu Junyi replied, "I don't have Time Walker with me, sir."

"You want to protect them, right? Are you afraid that if you reveal their names, their Time Walker identities will be exposed?" Qing Chen asked.

Yu Junyi fell silent; that was indeed what he thought.

As Outer World in the news these days, most of the Time Walker met a bad end after their identities were exposed.

Therefore, he didn't want to implicate his classmates.

Qing Chen asked, "Aren't you afraid I'll interrogate you about your words and actions? This is a prison; killing one or two people won't have any impact."

Yu Junyi's mind raced. He definitely didn't want to be tortured; he knew how terrifying torture was. But he also didn't want to betray his classmate.

Suddenly, Yu Junyi looked up and asked, "Excuse me, is this Prison No. 18?"

Qing Chen calmly replied, "Yes."

Yu Junyi recalled the boasts Liu Dezhu had made on the bus. Liu had said that Li Shutong was no different from the warden here, and that Liu Dezhu was now a favorite of this important figure!

Moreover, a classmate once asked Liu Dezhu: Did Li Shutong know your identity as Time Walker?

Liu Dezhu's answer was: I know, but the other party doesn't care!

At that moment, Yu Junyi clung to the straw, shouting, "Sir! I'm Liu Dezhu's classmate, one of us!"

Lin Xiaoxiao at Qing Chen, whose expression turned strange...

To be honest, he didn't expect such a turn of events. How much of a show-off must Liu Dezhu have put on to make Yu Junyi think that he could get away with anything by mentioning that guy's name in this prison...?

After a moment of contemplation, Qing Chen suddenly had a new plan.

Liu Dezhu's status in prison has always been based on his own boasting, so it's just one side of the story.

Now, Qing Chen can find someone to corroborate this.

He had Ye Wan take Yu Junyi back to the cell, and then interrogated the other four Time Walker.

Disappointingly, the remaining four were just ordinary private company employees and didn't have much value to them.

"They're still useful now. I'll transfer them to other prisons after I've finished my business," Qing Chen said to Lin Xiaoxiao.

Lin Xiaoxiao and replied, "I really want to know what kind of expressions those people in the Outer World will have when they find out about your role in all this. I really want to travel back in time and see."

Qing Chen asked, "By the way, how is Liu Dezhu?"

"Oh, this guy is even less spineless than I thought. He's on the verge of collapse after only 9 hours," Lin Xiaoxiao replied. "I'll send him back to his previous solitary confinement cell later."

Qing Chen was speechless for a moment. If he hadn't been worried that using Nan Gengchen as a proxy would bring danger to that kid, he would have made sure Liu Dezhu spent his life in jail.

However, now that Nan Gengchen knows his true identity, he is no longer suitable to be his agent, because he is likely to be exposed if he is interrogated.

It wasn't that Qing Chen didn't trust Nan Gengchen, but rather that interrogation itself was a very cruel process, and very few people could withstand it.

Unlike Liu Dezhu, even if someone catches him, they can only know that there is someone behind the scenes, but they can't know who that person is.