Imperial Crown's Whereabouts, Setting Out for the North (I)

To this day, Zhou Zhi still remembered that night in Ultimate Bliss.

Standing beside the Agate River, Twenty-Three had quietly waited for him to wake up.

Then she told him that she would die, and gave him Reverse Transcription as her final gift.

Looking at it now... how was that a final gift? It was clearly the very first gift.

A new system, genetic techniques, a scabbard...

Miss Twenty-Three, you were so gentle!

As Zhou Zhi thought this, Miss Twenty-Three nodded very seriously through the neurons, indicating that she had received his thanks.

At this moment, Ji Tianren seemed to have finished saying everything he needed to say. He spoke somewhat dejectedly. "I have been tainted by the power of titles and connected to the Medical Department. I can sense that in at most one year, the Medical Department's lockdown will end. When that happens, Banquet's End Continent will begin anew. Whether it is a new Selection Tournament or a great number of title-class beings, they will come flooding in like snowflakes."

"Before then..."

Ji Tianren did not continue.

Nor did Zhou Zhi ask.

Before Ji Tianren went to the Dark Continent, he had not reached title class. Now that he had returned, it was already too late for him.

"Then, thank you, Heavenly Being Dean."

With that, Zhou Zhi rose and left with the haughty scabbard.

Outside.

Hearing sounds from within, Jiang Wulong hurried over to ask, "Dean, are you all right?"

This afternoon was Ji Tianren's rest period. He normally would not make any noise.

That worried Jiang Wulong somewhat.

But soon, he saw Zhou Zhi emerge from inside.

Zhou Zhi met Jiang Wulong's gaze. The two nodded slightly to each other, bringing this meeting to an end.

Jiang Wulong watched Zhou Zhi's receding back, vigilance in his