Chapter 2807
Resonance Chamber
"Couldn't they just cross my name off?"
That was the first thought that flashed through Zheng Qing's mind after hearing Zhang Yu's explanation. He was already busy preparing for graduation assessments and keeping watch for those sneaky crows, so he naturally wanted nothing to do with this kind of trouble.
"No."
Zhang Yu shook his head slightly, then suddenly dragged Zheng Qing into a pavilion—so abruptly that Zheng Qing did not even see its issue number. At the same time, he explained a little more quickly, "Every wizard who makes it onto the candidate list is extremely valuable. Even if they cannot become the final executor, they will retain reserve status... Besides, for certain reasons, the Academy strongly supports your participation in this review."
His tone was exceedingly tactful in that final sentence.
After all, the acting leader of the Teaching Assistant Group could be considered part of First University's middle-level core. He certainly could not speak or act with the same slight recklessness as Hilda.
Zheng Qing was not some naïve scholar who paid no attention to the world outside his window.
He only needed to think a little more deeply before immediately grasping the unfinished meaning behind the leader's words—Edge Academy was a brand-new force that the entire Alliance cared deeply about, and this special project was extremely important to Edge Academy. Without a doubt, becoming the final executor of this project would give him "special influence" over the new academy.
With First University's internal distribution of power in such a delicate state, the entry of any third party would seriously upset the balance at the table. Zheng Qing even suspected that Old Yao had personally arranged this trip.
Hadn't he agreed so readily when Zhang Yu wanted to take him away?
Besides, he