Future's Gift

Countdown 15:00:00.

The Luocheng Education Bureau has repeatedly emphasized that schools are not allowed to hold extra classes, but the college entrance examination in Yuzhou is extremely competitive, and no high school dares to give students a holiday before the Spring Festival, for fear that the students' minds will become too wild.

In Yuzhou, the college entrance examination is no different from a battlefield. To get into a decent second-tier undergraduate university, you need to score above 550.

So even though it's almost the end of the year and decorations are everywhere, the second and third year high school students haven't gone home for the holidays yet.

Today, Luocheng Foreign Language School was exceptionally lively, with students crowding around the main teaching building like fans of celebrities.

Xu Zimo, who had once gone to Xiancheng with Qing Chen to participate in a math competition, stood outside the crowd and watched silently.

After returning from Xiancheng, she took a long leave and traveled to 19 cities where the open beta was being held, wanting to see if she was qualified to become an open beta player.

However, she failed; even after traveling to 19 cities, a countdown timer never appeared on her arm.

In life, it's as if an invisible guillotine suddenly separates the worlds of one group of people from another, making it difficult for them to have any further interaction.

That's life. The process of becoming an adult is probably about understanding that the world doesn't actually revolve around you.

"What's wrong, Zimo?" a female classmate asked.

"It's nothing," Xu Zimo smiled and continued walking towards the classroom.

Just like she said, it's enough to have seen someone so amazing; you don't necessarily have to have them.

In the crowd, someone whispered, "So many Time Walker are going back to school today to process their transfers. I just saw Liu Dezhu Nan Gengchen from Bai Zhou going into the Academic Affairs Office too!"

"That kid Liu Dezhu used to copy my math tests all the time..."

"Nan Gengchen used to be very poor and often asked me for money."

When it comes to the matter of "a celebrity emerging from their circle," friends who were once familiar with that celebrity often like to talk about the celebrity's embarrassing moments, which makes them seem very impressive in comparison.

At this moment, a long queue had formed at the entrance of the Academic Affairs Office. The Time Walker usually skipped classes every day were now queuing up to complete their transfer procedures.

The school can't manage them, so Kunlun has to take care of them.

When Nan Gengchen and Liu Dezhu arrived, the Time Walker quietly stepped aside, making way for them to complete their procedures first.

The students watching were stunned; this sense of order and hierarchy was something they had never experienced before.

In fact, no matter how good you are at school, you still have to queue up; there's no hierarchy involved.

Wearing Nike won't give you any more privileges than wearing Warrior.

Even if your parents are government officials, they won't be particularly respected by their classmates at school.

This is a relatively clean environment, and everyone is still learning about social etiquette.

But the Time Walker are different; they have all been tempered in the complex society of the Inner World.

The Time Walker knew very well what the word "daylight" meant now, and they also knew what Qing Chen, as the next generation leader of the knights, meant.

Having been toughened up by society early on, they learned everything that society should and shouldn't have taught them.

Liu Dezhu glanced at the Time Walker and said softly, "No need to make way for us. Everyone can line up as they wish. We'll just wait."

Only after he said that did the queue return to normal order.

This scene was still somewhat touching for high school students who hadn't yet left the ivory tower.

While queuing, a student suddenly asked in confusion, "Liu Dezhu and Nan Gengchen are both here, why isn't Qing Chen here?"

These people didn't know much about Nan Gengchen and Liu Dezhu; they were simply the focus of everyone's attention because of their daytime fame.

But the halo of daytime ultimately comes from Qing Chen, so everyone is curious about where Qing Chen went.

At this moment, Qing Chen is riding a shared electric scooter at the school gate, wearing a baseball cap and a mask, watching the passing vehicles and silently recording the license plate number of each car.

"No duplicate license plates, you can leave," Qing Chen said in the communication channel.

"Received," Luo Wanyai said.

The plainclothes agents at the entrance sprang into action, while Qing Chen glanced at Luocheng Foreign Language School one last time, like someone about to embark on a long journey looking back at an old friend.

At the school, Liu Dezhu Nan Gengchen left immediately after completing the transfer procedures.

As soon as they arrived at the school gate, a taxi stopped and took them to another secluded spot where another car was waiting to pick them up.

After the two got into the car, Qing Chen rode away on his electric scooter. He said in the communication channel, "After meeting up with Jiang Xue, Xiao Tongyun, Xiao Zhenji, I will go directly to Zhengcheng to report to Kunlun. You guys wait for me at that school."

Liu Dezhu asked, "Boss, aren't you leaving?"

"I still have some finishing touches to make," Qing Chen said. "Remember, don't skip classes when you get to the new school. Kunlun was right about one thing: students do need to learn. It's a process of cultivating a way of thinking."

Nan Gengchen asked in confusion, "Brother Chen, you are so anxious to let us leave Luo City. What are you guarding against?"

"Better safe than sorry."

Liu Dezhu and Nan Gengchen drove further and further away in the car, and what awaited them was a new campus life.

Countdown 01:00:00.

The North American headquarters of the "Future" organization is located next to New York Times Square.

This place was once the most prosperous place in the world, known as the crossroads of the world.

The Future Organization bought an entire building here and brought the holographic neon technology from the Inner World to the Outer World.

At night, once the holographic neon lights are activated, a massive A-Class Airship will float in the air, as if an alien civilization has descended.

Not only in this building, they also sell holographic neon equipment to other companies, so much so that at night, New York is more dazzling than the fireworks at Disneyland.

Hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world flock here to admire the beauty of this place that belongs to the Inner World.

These things, which are commonplace to people Inner World, are impacting the minds of people Outer World.

This city is probably the closest place in the Outer World to the inner Inner World.

It refers not only to the scenery, but also to the cultural and living environment to which it belongs.

It was 11 p. m. in China, but it was still 10 a. m. here.

W, who was formerly in charge of the European branch, has been transferred back to headquarters to hold a senior position.

He was wearing a gray trench coat and carrying a cup of coffee as he strode into the Future Building.

The building has strict security checks; even W must go through three identity verification processes.

Upon arriving at the 42nd floor in the elevator, Mike, the A-level Awakened, was sleeping with his legs propped up on his desk and a Playboy magazine covering his face.

W ripped the magazine off Mike's face, looking at his drunken, womanizing state. "Did you take drugs again last night?"

Mike opened his eyes, looked at W, and laughed, "Stop acting like the world is about to end, okay? We were transferred back from the European branch together to enjoy life."

W sneered, "Perhaps you've forgotten that it was because we messed up the European branch, allowing the 'Kingdom' organization to take advantage of the situation, that we were transferred back to headquarters. You and I may seem to have high positions, but we have no real power. What's the difference between that and being sidelined?"

Mike shrugged. "Friend, times have changed. You're B-Class Awakened, and I'm an A-level Awakened. As long as we have the strength, no one can really sideline us. Don't worry."

"Have you been following the news from the East? The Joker's identity has been exposed!" W said gravely.

In fact, the biggest accident the two men encountered was that they were caught off guard and a bomb on the streets of Amsterdam was detonated. In addition, Mike's laser beam also caused huge damage to Amsterdam.

That battle led to widespread resistance towards the Future Organization throughout Europe.

No matter how the Future Organization, it won't change anything.

To avoid further escalation of the conflict, the Future Organization chose to temporarily withdraw W and Mike.

The person who started this whole thing was the Joker.

Mike laughed and said, "The intelligence came back last night, and the boss saw it too."

"What did the boss say?" W asked, frowning. "Ignore him?"

"How could we ignore him?" Mike smiled and glanced at the countdown on his arm. "We'll be crossing over in an hour. The gift the boss gave to Daylight should already be on its way."