The Agricultural Academy's First Batch of Labor

Midnight.

Countdown: 168:00:00...

Seven days.

Ma Jingjing sat up in bed as if in a dream. He and his roommate Yi Wenbo exchanged a glance, and both of them turned on their phones to check the news online.

Unfortunately, they couldn't find what they were looking for online.

The most active Time Walker these days have almost all been gathered at the academy by Kunlun, so if you really want to see information, you'll have to wait for someone to leak it on the academy forum.

Just then, there was a knock on the door. Xiao Yu and Li Mengyun pushed the door open and entered, each pulling up a chair to sit down. The four of them looked at each other in bewilderment.

This time travel incident led them to many new speculations.

It's not really speculation, since the Lord of Daybreak and his mysterious experts are no longer hiding their discussions from others.

They seem completely unconcerned about the potential consequences of their leaks...

"Who do you think is the person next to Qing Chen?" Li Mengyun broke the silence.

Yi Wenbo said in a deep voice, "I do have a guess, but I think it's a bit too bold..."

As they were talking, Xiao Yu looked at her phone and said, "That Zard just posted a thread that charges 88 yuan per view."

"What are you waiting for? Pay up!" Ma Jingjing said.

Now that Zard's identity is clear, Ma Jingjing guesses that he is probably a secret member of Daylight, a master of mastery.

How could I not read this post?

Xiao Yu linked her bank card to pay the fees, but the first sentence of the post was completely devoid of substance yet brimming with hatred: Do you all still remember the fear of being dominated by me at the ski resort?

"Are you crazy?" Ma Jingjing said, both amused and exasperated. She had tricked everyone into paying 88 yuan, only to receive a sarcastic remark in return.

"There's more to come, we'll get down to business later," Li Mengyun said.

Zard wrote in the post, "According to reliable sources, the Qing Clan's Shadow Unit attacked all the black markets in the Federation on the first night of their transmigration, seizing all the ancient documents and books from the civilization two generations ago. Using this as bait, the Shadow Force also located the locations of the materials hidden by the Kamishiro, Kashima, and Chen Clan, and seized them from them. As for why they seized these materials, there is no accurate answer at the moment."

This matter was not a secret to begin with, so Zard made up his mind to make a fortune before others could.

Ma Jingjing and the others fell silent after reading the post.

Shadow...

It really is a shadow of the Qing family!

There are already quite a few replies to the post.

An ID named "Flamboyance Isn't Wrong" commented. "Holy crap, it was the Qing Clan who made their move! I was working in the black market in City No. 19 when suddenly a few powerful figures stormed in and beat my boss to a pulp. They were searching for ancient texts and documents. Now my boss has run off with his mistress, and I'm the new boss. Thanks to the Qing Clan's shadow..."

An ID called "Seven Thousand Yasuo Unrivaled" commented. "This incident caused a huge sensation in the Federation. The black market, which the entire Federation had been trying to manage for hundreds of years without success, was almost wiped out overnight... The Qing Clan's shadow is too ruthless."

An ID called "There's Always an Idiot Playing Yasuo" commented. "The key point is, even conglomerates like Kamishiro and Kashima got robbed... Don't these conglomerates have any way to counter Shadow?"

Although the black market is deeply entrenched, it is still far inferior to the reputation of conglomerates.

This shadowy figure of the Qing family hasn't even spared the conglomerates, so what's the black market compared to that?

Ma Jingjing and the others remained silent in their dormitory.

So, the four of them went on a trip with the Lord of Daybreak and the Shadow of the Qing Clan?!

Is he the man standing at the top of the federal power pyramid?

But that's not important. What's important is that they know very well that the reason the Qing family's shadowy organization made such a big fuss is simply to find some information for Qing Chen.

Ultimately, this whole thing was caused by Qing Chen!

A Time Walker has already wielded such influence in the Inner World?!

Fear.

Shocking.

Ma Jingjing said in a low voice, "Now that we've been sent back to City No. 10, can anyone tell me what to do next to get back on their good side?"

As they were talking, Yi Wenbo, looking at his phone, suddenly said, "It seems like the opportunity to curry favor with someone powerful has come..."

Everyone looked at their phones, and there was a new pinned post on the forum, an official post highlighted in red. "The Agricultural Academy is now open for enrollment. All students in their second year of high school and above are welcome to apply."

"College Introduction: Students who farm and cultivate land will provide some supplies and agricultural products to the college. All students who love labor are welcome to volunteer."

The admission materials were extremely simple.

There was no mention of what the Agricultural Academy would grow, making it seem like they were going to become farmers.

Xiao Yu looked up blankly. "Wenbo, you're saying this is the chance to latch onto someone powerful? What does this have to do with latching onto someone powerful?"

Yi Wenbo nodded. "Do you remember what Qing Chen did in the Inner World?"

Ma Jingjing said, "Dig up the saplings."

"Yes!" Yi Wenbo nodded again, sitting up straight on the bed. "Back then, Ma Jingjing, when you asked him why he was digging up the saplings, his answer was, 'We'll find out soon.' Do you think this Agricultural Academy might be something he set up?"

Li Mengyun was stunned. "He founded an academy?! Just to cultivate those saplings? But why would the academy allow him to establish an academy on his own?"

"Don't forget, he's a school board member. I'm convinced this is related to him. If you want to keep currying favor, hurry up and sign up," Yi Wenbo said, then clicked on the registration form on his phone and started registering directly through the program included in the post. The others followed suit.

Ma Jingjing was even a little excited when she filled out the registration form.

Xiao Yu said worriedly, "But there are thousands of students in a college, how can we find someone to rely on?"

"What's there to be afraid of? We've already become familiar with each other," Ma Jingjing said. "We definitely have an advantage over others."

But after they filled out the registration form, they were stunned to see that the current number of registrants in the post was "4".

What's going on? Only those four people signed up?

"What's wrong? Is the webpage frozen?" Yi Wenbo asked, puzzled.

Yi Wenbo stared at the post for a long time before the number 4 finally jumped to the number 6, and finally settled on the number 7.

The Time Walker Academy has four colleges in total. The smallest college, the Technology Academy, has more than 3,000 students, while the Agricultural Academy... has only 7 students?

Perhaps everyone is asleep now, so many people haven't seen the post yet?

Ma Jingjing closed the thread and took another look outside. She was stunned to find hundreds of threads and tens of thousands of comments, all discussing this newly emerged Agricultural Academy.

Ma Jingjing exclaimed, "That's not right! Only we know that the academy was founded by Qing Chen. The others don't know. In their eyes, going to the Agricultural Academy is just about farming. Kunlun has already said that students in the Foundation Academy will also have opportunities for cultivation, just without the preferential guidance and support of the Supernatural Academy. Under these circumstances, everyone will become Time Walker. Who would want to be a farmer?"

Yi Wenbo nodded. "That's right, that's our information advantage."

On the forum, "That Mage" posted a joking comment. "After finally getting into the Time Walker Academy, it's one thing to only make it to the Foundation Academy, but now we have to go farming. I don't know what those seven people who signed up were thinking."

Someone replied, "Maybe they like farming? Anyway, I don't want to do any hard labor. I'm fine staying in the Foundation Academy; I heard you can cultivate there too."

A user named "That Warrior" posted, "Isn't this Agricultural Academy just a psychological tactic orchestrated by Principal Zheng? The students who were assigned to the Foundation Academy were all making a fuss; everyone felt like they'd suddenly become underachievers and were resentful. Now, with an Agricultural Academy that's even lower than the Foundation Academy, the Foundation Academy students aren't the worst anymore. Brilliant!"

Modern students don't even wash dishes at home.

At this time, if you ask them to go to the fields to plant, weed, kill pests, and fertilize, regardless of winter or summer, they will have to endure wind, sun, and snow. Which student would be willing to do such a thing?

Even if you don't learn any advanced skills at the Foundation Academy, it's still better than doing hard labor.

Especially the girls, the thought of getting a dark tan under the sun made them hesitate.

Ma Jingjing and the others looked at the posts on the forum and laughed happily.

It felt like the joy of being the only one sober while everyone else was drunk.

Agricultural Academy is low-end? When you find out what Agricultural Academy grow there, and who the dean is, it'll be too late for regrets.

Gradually, people on the college forum began to speculate about the identities of the seven idiots who had signed up, but you can't guess them just by guessing.

At this moment, Zard was sitting alone in his dorm room, frantically clicking the sign-up button.

No matter how he tried, the system kept displaying the message "You have been rejected".

Zard: "?"

He called Qing Chen in grief and anger, "What's going on, boss? Are you kicking me while I'm down? I've done so much for Bai Zhou! I've shed blood for him! You can't treat me like this!"

Qing Chen replied calmly, "You're a specially appointed teacher at the Agricultural Academy, what are you doing getting involved with the students?"

Zard immediately went from sad to happy. "The boss is so generous!"

The commotion at the Agricultural Academy gradually subsided, and the students gradually fell asleep. Tomorrow was the first day of class, and going to class with panda eyes was not an option.

It was at 4 a. m.

The number of applicants suddenly jumped from 7 to 8.

Even late at night, some people still can't sleep.

Lying in bed, Ma Jingjing asked, "By the way, Wenbo, why is the admission requirement for the Agricultural Academy set at the second year of high school or above?"

Without hesitation, Yi Wenbo replied, "In the second year of high school, the basic subjects are basically finished. Generally, the third year is mostly about reviewing and rarely introduces new material. So, the student who wants to join the Agricultural Academy probably already has a solid foundation of knowledge."

Ma Jingjing nodded. "It should be."

On the other side, Nan Gengchen was also asking Qing Chen on his phone, "Brother Chen, why did you set up the second year of high school as a threshold? Was it to get us in?"

Qing Chen: "No, you shouldn't join. Just focus on your studies at the Supernatural Academy. You can't put all your eggs in one basket. I set it up this way because students below the second year of high school are not even 17 or 18 years old yet. How could they have the energy to work?"

Nan Gengchen: "..."

At this moment, Qing Chen, with the sleepy Jingūji Maki and Li Tongyun by his side, stood not far from the main teaching building, planning the blueprints for the famous Agricultural Academy.

He sat on the rocks, took out a sketchbook, and began sketching with a pencil. "This is a watchtower... this is a crenellation tower, this is the city wall..."

Xiao Tongyun stood beside her, nodding her head repeatedly, her eyes opening and closing intermittently.

Fortunately, Jingūji Maki listened and diligently helped Qing Chen build the draft of the Agricultural Academy: a home on Whale Island during the day.

However, the members of Daylight will not be going to the Agricultural Academy for the time being, as Qing Chen does not want the academy to become particularly conspicuous.

Lu Yuan was awakened by a phone call early in the morning.

On the phone, Ni Ergou said in a voice that sounded like he had a toothache, "Hurry up, look out the window!"

Lu Yuan inexplicably pulled back the curtains and stood blankly in front of the French windows.

Before them stood a magnificent War Fortress, surrounded by a black wall.

The walls reflected a metallic sheen, as if a celestial giant had descended to earth last night to cast the fortress entirely from black cast iron and then polished the outer walls smooth.

On the wall, there were locked windows, which anyone familiar with war would immediately recognize as prime machine gun positions on high ground.

At the top of the high walls, there are watchtowers and crenellations like those of the Great Wall.

Right below the wall, there is a huge hydraulic gate and a small door with a small sign hanging on it: Agricultural Academy.

Lu Yuan was about to vomit blood on the spot! What on earth was going on? What was Qing Chen doing? Why was he building a fortress on Whale Island?!

You're insane!

Boss Zheng, you should do something about him!

At this very moment, thousands of students shared the same reaction as Lu Yuan. They had just finished breakfast and were standing in the square outside the dormitory area, staring blankly at the magnificent fortress in the distance and the sign for the "Agricultural Academy".

Under the guidance of Jingūji Maki, Whale Island has begun to drift along the northern monsoon belt, with temperatures remaining between 23 and 28 degrees Celsius, and the students have all changed into summer clothes.

The boys were all wearing white short-sleeved shirts and dark blue pants.

The girls wore navy blue tops and navy blue knee-length pleated skirts, looking youthful, energetic, and elegant.

One student muttered, "Is this supposed to be the Agricultural Academy? Are you sure it's not the War College?"

With an Agricultural Academy out like this, the students are starting to wonder what they're actually learning...

Besides, your Agricultural Academy just grows some crops, why are you guarding it so tightly?!

It's been turned into War Fortress!

Is it planted with gold?!

If the Allies had encountered this thing during the Normandy landings, it's questionable whether they would have been able to successfully land...

"Agricultural Academy has appeared! Where are its students? Let's take a look and see who has enrolled in the Agricultural Academy!" someone said.

At this moment, Ma Jingjing and the others gritted their teeth and walked towards the fortress amidst the questioning, puzzled, and absurd gazes of their classmates.

Upon reaching the gate, the small iron gate under the fortress was raised, and after they went in, it slammed shut again with a loud bang.

It was as if a monster had devoured them.

"Wait a minute, isn't that the team of internet Ma Jingjing? How did those four get into the Agricultural Academy?"

"Huh, that's strange."

"Eh? Kamishiro Kono!"

Among the crowd, Kamishiro Kono walked towards the fortress and disappeared on the other side of the gate.

Upon arriving at the academy, the girl immediately became the center of attention due to her unique identity.

Everyone knows the story of her falling out with the Kamishiro Corporation, so she was given the nickname "Kamishiro's runaway princess".

But now, a princess has actually gone to farm?

Can a princess who farms still be a princess?

No one could have imagined that Kamishiro Kono would make such a choice!

Before they could finish their surprise, Nangong Yuanyu of the Freemasons came out and told the Freemasons, "I received a message from Mr. Shadow, telling me to enter the Agricultural Academy. I don't know why, but since it's Mr. Shadow's order, I have to go and see."

The Freemasons nodded, noticing that these men, weathered by life, possessed a more resolute and stoic expression than their classmates.

All the Freemasons had sunburn marks on their faces and thick calluses on their hands, looking like people struggling to make a living in the wilderness.

Silent, low-key, organized and disciplined.

This is how all students perceive Freemasonry.

If the Matrix is like a group of hackers, and Red Leaf is like a group of ascetics, then the Freemasons, having been tempered in the wilderness for several months, are more like a team of soldiers.

These were Time Walker personally sent by Shadow to be forged in the wilderness. Even Qing Chen didn't know what they had experienced in the wilderness afterward.

Nangong Yuanyu walked toward the agricultural fortress, and the students looked at him.

"They're Freemasons."

For the other students, Freemasonry is a recently emerged organization. Strangely, this Los Angeles high school Time Walker group did not hide in the city and eke out a living like the other students.

With great courage, Nangong Yuanyu led everyone out, crossed the Forbidden Zone No. 002, and settled down in the settlement of the Wilderness People.

These Freemasons practiced the Zhunti Method and practiced in the backyard of Luo Wanyai's villa when they returned. They were all incredibly strong on average, and there were even two C-Class masters among the dozens of them.

Such an organization can even be considered on par with Hongye.

But because they went to the wilderness, no one knows anything about these students now.

They were like a knife, guided by the shadows to the wilderness, where they were honed to a sharp edge.

It was only after I entered the academy that I gradually became known to others.

At this moment, Sun Chuci and Tuanzi also stepped out from the crowd and silently walked into the fortress.

All eight students from the Agricultural Academy have arrived.

There will be another chapter before 11 PM.