Little Things After Returning

The world is bright again.

Countdown 168:00:00.

Ma Jingjing sat in her double room, looking at the countdown timer on her arm, then at Yi Wenbo across from her, who was also looking somewhat bewildered...

The two of them simultaneously uttered a question from the depths of their souls, "Was that man by the lake just now, Qing Chen, the boss of Bai Zhou?"

That's right, it's Qing Chen.

The other party's appearance has been made public, and their ability to instantly change their appearance perfectly matches the title of "Thousand-Faced Divine Lord" given to them by the Kamishiro Corporation...

However, Ma Jingjing Yi Wenbo are still a little slow to react.

To be precise, I can't believe it.

Their encounter with Qing Chen was somewhat coincidental; they met on Steam Train. At first, they thought he was a spirit, but later they realized he was shamelessly trying to freeload off the tour guide.

But then, just before the return was scheduled, everything suddenly took a turn for the worse...

The figure at the very top of the Time Walker pyramid was right beside them.

Ma Jingjing stood up, opened the curtains, and looked out the window at the surging black waves of the midnight sea.

The dormitories at Time Walker Academy are luxurious, with two people sharing a 42-square-meter room, much like a standard room in a five-star hotel in a big city.

The two small beds in the dormitory were even intelligently adjustable, allowing the legs to be raised above the heart level to help blood flow back to the heart.

On the bedside table, there is also a smart switch that controls the lights and curtains throughout the room.

Once the curtains are opened, the dormitory's floor-to-ceiling windows reveal a cliff and the vast ocean. If the windows are opened inside, you can hear the sound of waves crashing against the cliffs.

It's exhilarating.

If you look down from the vast sea towards the cliffs, you can see rows of well-arranged dormitories, their floor-to-ceiling windows brightly lit.

Throughout the entire Time Walker Academy had more than 60,000 students. Elementary school students shared dormitories with 8 students per room, junior high and high school students shared dormitories with 4 students per room, and university students shared dormitories with 2 students per room.

The island is as big as a city, with more than 20,000 dormitories lit by soft yellow lights.

Like glass boxes, they are set in a staggered pattern on this long coastline and the black cliffs.

It is like a beautiful galaxy.

If someone who doesn't know the truth came here, they would definitely think this is a top-notch cliffside hotel.

Exquisite and magnificent.

This academy was built jointly by Jiuzhou and Kunlun.

Every student who comes here can't help but be amazed.

At this moment, Ma Jingjing said, "I've heard that Bai Zhou is powerful, but without seeing it with my own eyes, I have no clear idea... If he is the Lord of Daybreak, then it makes sense that someone from the Forbidden Zone is chasing after him."

Yi Wenbo nodded heavily. "But it's not what the outside world imagined. Everyone thought he was going to flee for his life to avoid being hunted down, but he still had the leisure to go and steal our Dragon Fish."

After Qing Chen captured the Ten Eunuchs Kamishiro Seisho.

Everyone thought that the Kamishiro Corporation would launch a frenzied revenge, and that Qing Chen would live in the shadow of being hunted down from then on.

Although the Lord of Daybreak is powerful, he is certainly no match for an entire conglomerate.

However, the Qing Chen Ma Jingjing saw was not what they imagined at all. He hadn't panicked at all; instead, he was playing cards and singing on the Steam Train.

They acted as if nothing had happened.

Even as intense gunfire erupted in Forbidden Zone No. 10, the boy remained by the lake, seemingly oblivious to everything.

This calm and composed attitude alone was enough to shock Ma Jingjing and the others after they learned the truth.

In fact, Qing Chen did not do anything to demonstrate his strength in the Forbidden Zone.

However, Yang Yang's laser guidance ability and Zard and Qing Ye's ability to easily thwart assassinations speak for themselves.

Unconsciously, the identity of the Lord of Daybreak became even more mysterious.

They knew that Qing Chen and his group were very capable, but their limited perspective meant they couldn't even guess just how capable they were.

They recalled how easily the other party entered the Forbidden Zone, and the other party's mysterious subordinates. Their days of smug satisfaction seemed insignificant in comparison.

Knock, knock, knock—there was a knock on the door.

Ma Jingjing opened the door, and there stood Xiao Yu and Li Mengyun in the hallway.

The corridor was bustling with activity as newly enrolled students introduced themselves and exchanged contact information.

But then Li Mengyun said anxiously, "Ma Jingjing, I didn't see wrong, did I? The one in the Inner World just now... was that Qing Chen?"

The moment Qing Chen uttered those two words, the entire corridor fell silent.

The dormitory corridors of Time Walker Academy are like a maze, but even so, they cannot resist the allure of the word "daylight," and everyone gathers there.

Ma Jingjing immediately sensed something was wrong. He glanced around and whispered, "Let's talk inside. Don't shout outside."

Before he could even close the door, all the students in the hallway had already gathered around. "Wait, were you just talking about Qing Chen? The Qing Chen from during the day? Are you with him?"

Ma Jingjing sighed. It's over.

In the crowd, someone's eyes lit up when they saw Ma Jingjing: "Hey, Ma Jingjing! I've followed your Douyin account! In your last video, you said you were going to the Forbidden Zone No. 10. Did you meet Qing Chen there?"

Ma Jingjing is a Douyin (TikTok) influencer who specializes in making videos of her Inner World. She takes photos and videos in the Inner World and then returns to the Outer World to gain traffic.

They already have 700,000 followers.

During his last time travel, he said he was going to the Forbidden Zone No. 10, and many fans are still waiting for his updates.

At this moment, Xiao Yu whispered from the side, "If you said we went to Forbidden Zone No. 10 with Qing Chen, our fan base might break ten million..."

After thinking it over, Ma Jingjing looked at the dark mass of people around her and said, "We did indeed encounter Qing Chen, the Lord of Daybreak. As for what happened, we will include it in the video. You can follow my Douyin account in advance."

He was wondering if he could just make a video called "Journey Through the Day"?

He can do everything that the "Monopoly" Weibo can do.

At that moment, Ma Jingjing's gaze suddenly swept across the crowd and she saw a person with a sapling on their head, staggering as they walked outside.

Because there were too many people, he could only see the swaying little sapling.

He hurriedly pushed through the crowd, rushing towards the sapling amidst the sea of heads, calling out, "Hey, Zard!"

Zard turned around in surprise and said, "You've mistaken me for someone else!"

Ma Jingjing's expression changed. "Big brother, how could the sapling on your head be fake?"

Zard pondered for two seconds, "Ah, right, right, right..."

"We're no longer in Forbidden Zone No. 10!" Ma Jingjing pulled him aside and whispered, "The person in Forbidden Zone No. 10 was indeed Qing Chen, wasn't he?"

Zard stared at the ceiling. "I don't know."

As they were talking, Xiao Ying led Li Tongyun, Jingūji Maki, Nan Gengchen, Liu Dezhu, Jiang Xue and others over.

Zard beamed, "Finally, you're here! I have something the boss asked me to bring back; I need to give it to you!"

Xiao Tongyun and the others were stunned. Who was this person?

Suddenly, Zard reached into his chest and pulled Dragon Fish from his sandy abdomen. "Here, Qing Chen said this is for a little girl!"

The Dragon Fish had a mouthful of sand stuck in its mouth, and it looked like it was choking.

The fish were dead, so Zard couldn't bring back any live ones.

In fact, it wasn't until he was about to return that Qing Chen realized that Huan Yu's ability to bring back items from the Inner World did not come from any Forbidden Item.

It was Zard's body.

At this moment, the crowd gathered again, and Li Tongyun looked at the students expressionlessly. "Make way."

The sound had an invisible, strange, and intimidating power. The students who had excitedly gathered around were startled and involuntarily made way for it.

Someone whispered, "That's Bai Zhou Li Tongyun... and Liu Dezhu and the others. The Bai Zhou members have arrived!"

Early in the morning, Luo Wanyai rode his bicycle to Los Angeles Institute of Technology.

Now, he is the only one left in the entire city of Los Angeles, and his life remains peaceful, seemingly unchanged.

It's just that I no longer attend international relations classes.

He wanted to recharge his batteries. This big brother in the world felt that he had never been so hungry for knowledge.

At first, Luo Wanyai had some reading difficulties and couldn't concentrate on reading. But now he has no problem at all, and he can't even eat if he doesn't read for a day.

At this very moment, Luo Wanyai was sitting in the library reading materials on modern Chinese history when the sound of high heels approached from afar.

He looked up and was surprised to see the female teacher standing right in front of him.

The female teacher didn't scold him; she simply stood opposite him with a smile and asked, "Why did you delete me?"

Luo Wanyai thought for a moment and then smiled, "How did you find me?"

"You're a celebrity at school now, it's not hard to find you," the female teacher said. "Why are you avoiding me and not going to class?"

Luo Wanyai said earnestly, "Those who walk different paths cannot make plans together."

The female teacher was somewhat surprised. "What's the difference between our paths? I'm curious, why would someone almost fifty years old like you be so loyal to a high school student?"

"It's not loyalty," Luo Wanyai shook his head. "We are fellow travelers."

He recalled the midnight before his last time travel, Qing Chen's promise to him, "We are changing this world now, and I hope there will be more and more fellow travelers on this path, where we only need to be loyal to that common ideal. If one day I compromise with reality, like a fragile loser, then I will no longer be myself. At that time, I hope you will leave me, or kill me."

Until that moment, Luo Wanyai finally felt a sense of identification with Qing Chen.

Regardless of what the future holds, for now, to be loyal to Qing Chen is to be loyal to our ideals.

The female teacher was somewhat incredulous; she hadn't expected that Luo Wanyai, this rough and unrefined man, would resist her charm. "You're fellow travelers, so what about me?"

Luo Wanyai calmly said, "You and I are different. You strive to become someone superior, while what we are striving for now is to eliminate the possibility of being inferior. Please leave and don't disturb my reading, thank you."

The female teacher's expression turned cold. "I saw online that all the members of Daylight have left, and now you're the only one left to look after the house. I don't think they consider you one of their own."

Luo Wanyai laughed nonchalantly, "You're wrong. Get out of here before I lose my temper. I'm already starting to dislike you; you're all show and no substance."

Luo Wanyai did not feel that he was the one who was abandoned.

Qing Chen had been silently protecting Luo Wanyai in Luocheng to prevent anyone from assassinating him when he was alone.

Only after he had dealt with the fire and moved to the new secret base did he board the high-speed train to Zhengcheng.

Now... that boss should have arrived in Zhengzhou by now.

Going to school—what an enviable word! Luo Wanyai smiled. If he had the chance, he would love to go to school like Qing Chen and the others.

However, he now hopes that the children in the slums of the Inner World can have the same right to go to school as the children in the Outer World.

There will be one more chapter before 11 PM Beijing time on February 11, 2022.