Reunion in the Inner World

The middle-aged man earnestly advised, "You young people don't know the gravity of the situation. The protest needs to be reported. Once that happens, all of your IDs will be recorded, making it difficult to find a job within a corporation."

One of the male students laughed and said, "Uncle, we don't plan to work for conglomerates anyway. Capital comes into this world with dirty blood; we must resist it!"

The middle-aged man sighed, but said nothing more.

Qing Chen watched all this silently. The students were full of enthusiasm, their enthusiasm wrapped in ideals and youthful impulsiveness.

These students, who are probably high schoolers, want to change the world by organizing a legal march.

Whether this action is right or wrong, it is not easy for a high school student to do this.

At this moment, the four students, undeterred by the ridicule, rallied and began explaining the Sunday parade to the other passengers.

Qing Chen pondered that the disorderly expansion of educational institutions also existed in the Outer World, but the Outer World had just introduced policies and people were already managing these situations, while the disorderly expansion in the Inner World was left unmanaged.

Capital is a terrible thing. Like an artificial womb, it was originally a good thing that could alleviate women's suffering, but when it was used by capital, it created new suffering for families.

At this moment, four classmates walked over to Qing Chen, but he lowered his head and looked indifferent.

"Hey classmate, why don't you take a look at the flyers too?" the male student said.

Qing Chen shook his head. "No need, thank you."

As soon as she finished speaking, the silver-haired girl from next door squeezed through the crowd and said to the group of students, "I'm from the No. 1 High School in District 6. I want to participate in your activity. Where do I register?"

Seeing that someone responded, the male student excitedly took out a tablet computer and said, "Just tell me your student ID and name. This event is not only being held in our District 6, but also in Districts 5 and 4. We will meet at Cloud Square and then head to Upper Third District together! We have also secured sponsorship, so there will be free breakfast, lunch and dinner provided for this parade."

"Have your parade permits been approved?" the silver-haired girl asked.

"Of course," the male student said enthusiastically, "It starts at 7 a. m. and ends at 10 p. m., these are all legal times for a march. But please don't bring weapons, that's not allowed."

"Okay, I understand. Please write down my student ID and name. My name is Zheng Yi, and my student ID is 192..." the silver-haired girl said.

Four male students excitedly headed to the next carriage, tirelessly handing out flyers.

Silver-haired Zheng Yi, holding onto the handrail on the crossbeam of the carriage, stood in front of Qing Chen and swayed as she dialed a phone. "Hello, Mom, I'm not going home this weekend, I'm going to participate in the parade..."

After hanging up the phone, she glanced at Qing Chen, seemingly casually.

But then she saw the young man in front of her fiddling with the latest transparent phone from the Orange brand under the Qing family. This one phone alone was enough to cover her living expenses for half a year.

Zheng Yi thought to herself, "That middle-aged man from last night must be the boy's father, right? He said he used to have a driver."

In fact, after thinking about it carefully, she realized that the middle-aged man and the boy did indeed have extraordinary bearing and did not look like people from the District 6 at all.

Why would a rich person come to District 6? Shouldn't they be in Upper Third District?

Or perhaps the other party's family has fallen on hard times and their business has gone bankrupt?

When the light rail train arrived at "First High School Station", Zheng Yi turned around and got off. However, she suddenly realized that the boy was following behind her.

Wait, are these their classmates? Why have I never seen them before?

"Excuse me, how do I get to the Academic Affairs Office?" Qing Chen asked Zheng Yi.

The silver-haired girl paused for a moment, then pointed in a direction. "The third floor of that building."

"Thank you," Qing Chen nodded and turned to leave.

Zheng Yi said that the boy didn't even know where the academic affairs office was, and it seemed like it was his first time here.

Could he be a transfer student?

Zheng Yi walked alone through the lush campus toward her classroom.

In the Federation today, outside of the Upper Third District of each city, it seems that only public schools still have their own independent grounds, unlike other parts of the city that are crowded.

It is said that this was also a result of the protest, achieved by a company called Hope Media under pressure.

After entering the classroom, Zheng Yi sat down quietly and put on her headphones to begin previewing today's lessons.

While preparing for class, she would occasionally glance to her left, where a quiet, tall, and somewhat eccentric girl sat by the window.

She was the most famous girl in the school—beautiful, academically excellent, with a great figure, and multi-talented.

Such a girl attracts a lot of attention no matter what she does at school. It is said that she was one of the initiators of this grand student march.

Some people also said that the other person had already received an invitation from a public university in City No. 10 while still in their second year of high school.

That's so enviable.

Just then, the head of the grade suddenly came into the classroom... followed by her new neighbor.

The head of the grade walked to the podium and said, "Classmates, this is your new student in Class 3 of Grade 11. Let's welcome him."

Zheng Yi was stunned. She never expected that her new neighbor would be her classmate!

But what surprised her even more was that when the new classmate walked into the classroom, Zheng Yi suddenly noticed that the female classmate she admired, Yu Guangli, suddenly sat up straight.

The silver-haired girl turned her head and was surprised to find that the female classmate's expression was filled with surprise and confusion.

She then looked at the transfer student, whose gaze was also fixed on the female student.

The two know each other.

Zheng Yi made a judgment in her mind.

"Hello everyone, my name is Qing Chen. Please take care of me," Qing Chen said, then continued to stare at the female student in the audience...

To be honest, he was as surprised as anyone else.

Because he never imagined that he would meet Yang Yang so soon in the Inner World!

At one point, Qing Chen even thought that this was deliberately arranged by Li Shutong, but that master clearly did not know about Yang Yang's existence, so it was really just a coincidence.

In the Outer World, Yang Yang is a transfer student.

In the Inner World, the transfer student became him.

This feeling is amazing.

Qing Chen's gaze swept over Zheng Yi again; he hadn't expected this neighbor to be in the classroom.

"Alright, Qing Chen, please find a seat," the grade head said kindly. "Now that the new student is here, please help him get to know the place!"

Zheng Yi dared to swear that she had never seen such a kind and approachable grade director before. Moreover, when a transfer student arrives, the homeroom teacher should lead them into the classroom, not the grade director himself.

At that moment, Qing Chen slowly walked to the empty seat next to Yang Yang and sat down, casually asking, "If I remember correctly, you should be a desolate girl with no relatives or friends?"

Yang Yang said expressionlessly, "As far as I know, you should also be a wandering, homeless wilderness hunter?"

The two exchanged a strange smile, both knowing the other wasn't telling the truth, and their identities once again became a mystery!

Sure enough, after the time travel incident, there was no truth among the Time Walker!

Logically, this should have been a major deadlock for both sides, but the problem is that they both exposed their lies, so they argued back and forth, and neither side could say anything about the other.

Yang Yang asked casually, "Which school did you transfer from?"

Qing Chen said with a forced smile, "Guess?"

Yang Yang pondered to herself, judging from the grade head's attitude, it seemed that Qing Chen's identity in the Inner World was at least from a wealthy family, right?

However, this dispelled some of her suspicions; she had always guessed that the other party might be the mastermind behind the scenes in Prison No. 18.

No, some organizations have even given that Time Walker in Prison No. 18 a special code name: the Chess Player.

It means someone who plays chess behind the scenes, with many pieces in their hand.

Even from the perspective of those organizations, Yang Yang was considered a pawn in the other side's hands.

Yang Yang pondered, it seems Qing Chen really isn't the Chess Player? Otherwise, no matter how powerful that the Chess Player, it's impossible for him to suddenly escape from Prison No. 18 to go to school.

Even if someone had the ability to sneak out, how could an inmate easily change their student status?

That's strange, who exactly is the Chess Player?

The two fell silent. Qing Chen was also thinking: First of all, he was certain that Yang Yang had not told the truth before. Of course, he had expected this from the beginning, so it was not surprising.

Secondly, Yang Yang should have originally lived in the District 6, and her family background was not particularly prominent.

Furthermore, the fact that the other party can still sit quietly in the school and attend classes indicates that their identity Awakened has not been exposed.

Otherwise, how could the conglomerate allow the other party to sit comfortably in the classroom?

As they each thought of this, they suddenly looked at each other and smiled, their smiles revealing a great deal of meaning.

Yang Yang suddenly said, "You live in District 6, so you must have heard about the weekend's parade, right?"

"Yes," Qing Chen said, "I saw students handing out flyers on the light rail."

"I started this march, why don't you join us?" Yang Yang encouraged.

Qing Chen thought to himself, "Just as I expected..."

No wonder the students felt such a strong sense of familiarity when they presented their proposal.

For example, schools should resume their teaching responsibilities and not push students' time to society.

For example, preventing the disorderly expansion of capital in the education sector.

For example, teachers are strictly prohibited from running schools outside of school, and from teaching content that should be taught in the classroom outside of class.

This is a collaborative work, and it's what Yang Yang brought from the Outer World!

"I'm not participating," Qing Chen said expressionlessly. "I'm a little curious, aren't you afraid of being too flamboyant and attracting attention?"

Yang Yang glanced at Qing Chen: "You're still as cautious as ever... By the way, where do you live? I'd like to see if it's close to my house."

At this moment, Zheng Yi, a silver-haired girl not far away, was quietly observing the two classmates.

Looking at the expressions on their faces as they talked, she suddenly realized that they were more than just acquaintances.