Board Member, Qing Chen

Inside the command center on the main office building.

Lu Yuan said to Ni Ergou, "Shut down all the signal jamming machines. The boss has already found the people who are taking over Whale Island. They're not spies."

Ni Ergou was stunned for a moment. "Who? Who did this?"

"Bai Zhou," Lu Yuan sighed, "I told you a long time ago not to let those troublemakers come to school, but the boss wouldn't listen. Now look what's happened, Whale Island has become someone else's territory."

Ni Ergou asked, "What conditions were set for daytime?"

Lu Yuan shook his head and said, "No conditions were set; they're providing free support for us to run a school on Whale Island..."

"Could they really be that kind?" Ni Ergou asked suspiciously. "I heard that Bai Zhou's boss Qing Chen, is a ruthless character who takes every penny he can get. My men said that he guessed that someone would attack Bai Zhou's villa, so he actually bought a huge insurance policy in advance. The Luo Cheng general manager of that insurance company was almost brought to tears by him."

Lu Yuan amused and exasperated. "Don't worry, the boss has confirmed it."

"That's quite impressive."

"Oh right, the boss told us to release an announcement right away."

10 minutes later...

Chen Sui sat at his desk in his dormitory, his fingers flying across the keyboard of his laptop, writing code.

This is the technology that Matrix is most proud of.

Chen Sui said to Tang Wei, "The signal has been restored. Tell all members of the matrix to prepare to start work. The new project must be launched for trial operation within a week. This time, we're going to bring the technology from the Inner World here to make big money."

Hongye Liu Ning sat up and asked curiously, "What project is your Matrix going to launch this time?"

Chen Sui glanced at him. "Trying to pry into our secrets? This is a trade secret."

Liu Ning pouted. "We at Hongye don't have that kind of business."

Chen Sui said nonchalantly, "The Matrix's contributions to the field of computer science in the Outer World will eventually be remembered by the world. You Red Leaf will just have to wait and see. By then, when the Matrix becomes an organization on par with the Daylight, you'll still be playing in the mud."

Liu Ning raised an eyebrow. "You want to fight, don't you?"

"Afraid of you?" Chen Sui said, "You're a C-Class -C-Class, and so am I."

At this moment, Tang Wei suddenly said, "Boss, Kunlun suddenly posted an announcement about personnel changes in the academy on the school forum..."

Chen Sui was taken aback. "What, a new teacher has arrived at the academy?"

"Ah, no, see for yourself," Tang Wei said softly.

Chen Sui opened the forum app and immediately panicked. "Wait a minute! How did Qing Chen become a board member of the academy?! Huh?!"

Chen Sui looked at the announcement over and over again. "I'm totally freaked out!"

The strangest thing happened in that announcement just now.

While other students were diligently attending school, Chen Sui was still preoccupied with catching up with Bai Zhou.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Sui was still an ordinary student at the academy, while Qing Chen had become a member of the academy's board of directors...

Liu Ning was delighted. He looked at Chen Sui's almost shattered expression and suddenly felt extremely relieved.

It was from this announcement that Qing Chen's status in the academy became fundamentally different from that of his classmates.

"How did you guess that Jingūji Maki was the one who took in Whale Island?" Qing Chen asked as he walked on the island.

Zheng Yuandong said, "During your battle in the island nation, Kamishiro Unichi sent back a message to the Mysterious Affairs Department that someone was able to subdue shikigami. So I was thinking, who exactly has the ability to subdue shikigami with natural bloodline power? Apart from the descendants of the Genji Clan, there seems to be no other explanation, because the shikigami currently used by the Kamishiro Corporation are actually all signed by the Genji Clan with their bloodline."

As the contemporary leader of the Bystander Organization, Zheng Yuandong clearly knows more secrets than others.

The so-called "signature" refers to the Genji Clan signing a contract with their shikigami using their own blood.

Each shikigami is a demon that Genji Clan defeated.

After the disappearance of the Genji Clan, the number of shikigami in the Shinto Bridge, the lineage of Onmyoji, has decreased rather than increased over the past few hundred years.

The Kamishiro Family itself does not possess the ability to sign shikigami.

From this point on, Zheng Yuandong began to suspect that there were descendants of the Genji Clan in the Outer World.

He might be a beta tester, just like him and He Jinqiu.

Zheng Yuandong continued, "Whale Island can be considered Forbidden Item for the Genji Clan, a fact I've already confirmed. So after it was taken in, I wondered if it was the descendant of the Genji Clan once intimidated shikigami in the island nation who came to the island. In that case, the only person in the entire Time Walker Academy who matches up is Jingūji Maki. Although you've taken the blame, you can only fool unsuspecting outsiders. The head of the Kamishiro family must know that the little girl is their target."

Zheng Yuandong: "We must protect the little girl. The Gods will go crazy for her. If the Onmyoji tradition doesn't increase the number of shikigami, it may disappear in a few hundred years."

Qing Chen said innocently, "She's a student at the academy now, so you have a responsibility to protect her."

Zheng Yuandong laughed, "So that's what you were planning to do by sending her in here."

"The members of Daylight have all come in, we can't leave her outside alone," Qing Chen said matter-of-factly.

"It's alright. No one can hurt her on this Whale Island. Since you've decided to have Jingūji Maki cooperate without compensation, Kunlun thanks you in advance," Zheng Yuandong said as he walked. "To be honest, I thought you would offer some terms in the deal, but I didn't expect you to be so principled."

Qing Chen said calmly, "You're all doing good deeds, and I'm here to collect rent? What would that make me, a bad person?"

Just as Qing Chen once said.

At some point in his life, his biggest mistake was that he didn't want to be a good person, but he wasn't bad enough either.

But since I can't be a bad person, I'll try to be a good one.

"However, there's a condition: you and she don't speak the same language, so I have to be the translator. No one else can do it," Qing Chen said.

Zheng Yuandong gave a half-smile, "You're afraid I'll steal her away, so you want to keep an eye on her?"

"You can't take her away," Qing Chen shook his head, absolutely confident of that. "I'm just worried that you'll take advantage of her. She's still young and doesn't understand the wickedness of people. By the way, she helped Kunlun so much. It doesn't matter if you don't pay me, but giving her a True Sight Eye without any rank is only right."

Zheng Yuandong smiled and said, "True Sight Eye without a grade has a lot of problems. When you have a White True Sight Eye, your meditation speed is very slow, and you can't cast many high-level spells. If you really want it, we can discuss another deal. If we reach an agreement, I'll even give you my only Black True Sight Eye."

Qing Chen was stunned for a moment. He knew that the Forbidden Item ACE-004 True Sight Eye actually referred specifically to the Black True Sight Eye, and the other grades were just accessories.

He never expected that Zheng Yuandong would be willing to hand over the black stone.

What the other party wants must be very important.

Qing Chen became alert.

However, driven by his desire for the black stone, he casually probed, "The Black True Sight Eye? You're willing to part with it? I know that thing is very important."

Zheng Yuandong laughed and said, "It's alright. In business, you have to give up something for every gain, and you have to lose something for every profit."

Qing Chen quickly said, "How could doing business with Bai Zhou make you lose out? It's those who didn't do business with Bai Zhou who are the ones who lose out."

The group arrived at a deserted cliff on the island.

Zheng Yuandong looked at Jingūji Maki and said, "You'll need to work hard in the days to come."

Qing Chen translated to Xiao Zhenji in Japanese: "Xiao Zhenji, please bear with us. Let's learn how to control Whale Island first."

Zheng Yuandong looked at Qing Chen: "Are you sure you're translating properly, right?"

Gu: "Absolutely," Qing Chen nodded. "Don't worry."

Zheng Yuandong nodded. "The first thing is to control the course. It's not easy to distinguish the position and direction at sea, so you need to come to Kunlun to plan a navigation route for Whale Island by referring to the map, navigation marks, and GPS positioning. It can't stay in one place for too long, or it will be found, nor can it be on the route of other ships that come and go frequently, so the course needs to be adjusted every day."

Translated by Qing Chen.

Jingūji Maki suddenly said, "Master, I'm just lost right now, but once I design a route for it, it will follow that route every day, and I won't have to command it every day anymore."

Qing Chen told Zheng Yuandong what Jingūji Maki meant, but Zheng Yuandong was somewhat surprised, as this was completely different from the Whale Island operation method he had figured out.

To give an analogy, it's like controlling a drone in the Outer World. You need to turn it on, take off, control the joystick to steer, and then control it to land.

The process requires caution and care.

Jingūji Maki controls Whale Island like a combat drone connected by neurons in the Inner World; with just a thought, everything is accomplished.

This is much simpler than Zheng Yuandong having to control Whale Island himself every day!

Zheng Yuandong thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll get straight to how to carry out the basic construction on the island. This requires you to look at the design drawings, then have Whale Island produce the necessary building materials, and then our people will build it up..."

As Qing Chen translated, Jingūji Maki suddenly said, "Master, it seems unnecessary to go to such lengths."

As they were talking, a thatched hut suddenly rose from the ground in a deserted spot on the island, transforming from two-dimensional to three-dimensional, extremely simple.

That was where Jingūji Maki lived for eight years, and it was the place she knew best.

This time, both Qing Chen and Zheng Yuandong were stunned.

They witnessed a house come into existence from nothing in just one second.

Within the territory of Whale Island, the inhabitants are like omnipotent creators, playing a game of building a city, with all production resources readily available.

Zheng Yuandong suddenly turned around and looked at Jingūji Maki, as if he had found a treasure.

This is the true master of Whale Island!

Qing Chen quickly shielded Xiao Zhenji behind him, then found a picture of a nuclear missile silo on his phone. "Come on, Maki, build this. If anyone bullies us, we'll bomb them."

Zheng Yuandong: "???"

Kunlun only wanted to do some basic infrastructure work, but Qing Chen actually wanted to pull out nuclear weapons?!

Jingūji Maki shook her head in embarrassment. "Master, I don't know the structure inside."

Zheng Yuandong said to Qing Chen irritably, "What are you thinking? All supplies on Whale Island will be annihilated if they move more than one meter away from the island. The same goes for nuclear bombs and howitzers."

As he spoke, Zheng Yuandong picked up a stone from the ground and threw it over the cliff.

In an instant, the stone turned into gray dust and dissipated into the air.

This means that the idea of building ultra-long-range artillery on Whale Island is simply impossible to realize.

Unless it's something that doesn't belong to Whale Island to begin with.

Qing Chen glanced at Zheng Yuandong thoughtfully. There was a flaw here...

He told Xiao Zhenji that he was building nuclear missile silos, but he said it in Japanese, and Zheng Yuandong didn't need him to translate.

At this moment, Zheng Yuandong looked at Jingūji Maki and suddenly realized that what he had to work so hard to accomplish on Whale Island, the other party could do with just a thought.

He smiled and said to Xiao Zhenji, "You're welcome to come to the office building anytime. Kunlun's doors are always open for you."

Qing Chen translated with a smile, "He said that your master is a very capable and kind person."

Jingūji Maki looked up and smiled sweetly, "I also think Master is a very amazing and kind person!"

Qing Chen looked at Zheng Yuandong: "Zhenji can cooperate with Kunlun to do some construction on the island, and can also be in charge of the Whale Island shipping route, which we agreed on before. Now let's talk about the deal. What does Boss Zheng want? Or rather, what do I need to give up to get the True Sight Eye?"

Zheng Yuandong said earnestly and frankly, "The Zhunti Method."

Qing Chen fell silent.

No wonder the other party was willing to bring out even the Forbidden Item ACE-004 Black True Sight Eye; it turns out they wanted the Zhunti Method.

No wonder the other party kept deliberately showing off the magic of witchcraft to me; it turned out that it was planned all along, just waiting for me to make a move on the True Sight Eye.

However, the Zhunti Method is too important; it is the foundation of the Parent's Association.

Currently, Luo Wanyai is the only one in the entire Parent's Association to have obtained the third stage of Breathing Technique, which allows him to advance from C-Class to B-Class.

During the daytime, only Li Tongyun, Nan Gengchen, Liu Dezhu, and others possess the third stage of Breathing Technique, and it is impossible for these people to leak the secret.

The second stage of Breathing Technique for advancing from D-Class to C-Class can only be obtained by reaching the Golden Family.

Therefore, it seems that outsiders cannot obtain the complete three-stage Zhunti Method Breathing Technique at present.

If you want it, you have to find Qing Chen.

Zheng Yuandong added, "One Black True Sight Eye and six White True Sight Eye. With this, Luo Wanyai can cast the Secret Keeping Technique on the Parent's Association members. This is what you need most right now."

Qing Chen suddenly asked, "What Kunlun actually needs is a proper cultivation method, right? It doesn't necessarily have to be the Zhunti Method; as long as it allows most people in Kunlun to cultivate it, and the students in the academy to cultivate it, that's fine, right?"

Zheng Yuandong thought for a moment and said, "That's right."

"I need to consider whether this deal is feasible, and I will give you an answer when I return next time."

It's a deal.

On the way back to the dormitory, Qing Chen asked Xiao Zhenji in a low voice, "Maki, can you accelerate plant growth?"

Jingūji Maki hesitated for a moment. "I'll give it a try."

As she spoke, a weed in front of her suddenly grew to be more than a person tall.

Qing Chen pondered for a moment and said, "You should have already eaten Dragon Fish. Can you materialize it?"

Jingūji Maki closed her eyes, then opened them again after two seconds. "No..."

Qing Chen seemed to be deep in thought. He searched on his phone and found a photo of an ordinary plant from the Inner World taken by the Time Walker: "Can it be materialized?"

Two seconds after closing her Jingūji Maki, Jinguji Maki said in a pitiful voice, "Master, no..."

Qing Chen roughly understood that after Whale Island came to the Outer World, it seemed that it could no longer materialize things from the Inner World.

But what if he manages to bring the saplings of the Jingshan Tea to the Outer World? Even if he can't materialize them, could he use Whale Island to encourage their growth?

When he transplants all sorts of Forbidden Zone plants, could he create a private vegetable garden on Whale Island?

Mass-producing Jingshan Tea is even more efficient than the efficiency of the Shadow Species' extraordinary individuals.

There will be another chapter before 11 PM.