But eventually, the system notification sounds came to a stop.
Bai Zhou finally drifted off to sleep as he wished.
To be honest, Bai Zhou did not sleep very comfortably.
After all, before transmigrating, he had slept on nothing but hard plank beds.
Suddenly switching to such a soft mattress naturally took some getting used to.
Fortunately, no one was there to wake Bai Zhou up.
He slept until noon before walking out of the bedroom with a yawn.
If he could have, he would not have wanted to get out of bed at all.
Because he remembered the plot from the original novel.
The day after Chu Yun completed his class advancement awakening was the enrollment fair for the major academies.
Especially since Chu Yun had awakened an unprecedented SSS-Class super talent.
That made this enrollment fair exceptionally lively and grand.
Quite a few people had even come specifically to catch a glimpse of someone with SSS-Class aptitude.
Of course...
Precisely because this enrollment fair was so grand,
Chu Yun naturally got to show off in a big way at it.
And as the villain, Bai Zhou naturally became a perfectly fitting background prop.
But now...
Bai Zhou was genuinely curious how Chu Yun could possibly show off today!
So after getting up, Bai Zhou casually ate something and headed straight to the hospital to find Lin Wei.
Lin Wei's father was still unconscious, but the private doctor at the Bai Family's private hospital told Lin Wei that her father's condition had improved.
He believed her father would wake up before long.
That had kept the little girl's smile from leaving her face all morning.
When she saw Bai Zhou arrive,
the little girl excitedly spread her arms and threw herself into Bai Zhou's embrace, saying in her clear, sweet voice,
"Thank you, Brother Bai Zhou!"
The way little Lin Wei called him "Brother Bai Zhou" was becoming more and more natural!
Naturally, that was a good thing for Bai Zhou!
Lin Wei also knew that Bai Zhou had come to find her because of the enrollment fair.
So after making simple arrangements for her father, she took Bai Zhou's hand and headed outside.
But Bai Zhou and Lin Wei had not even made it out of the hospital entrance
when the leader of the bodyguards from before blocked Bai Zhou's path.
He told Bai Zhou that the enrollment fair had been canceled!
Bai Zhou was slightly stunned upon hearing the news.
After all, according to the original novel's setting,
the enrollment fair had always begun the day after Awakening Day for so many years. Why had it been canceled this year?
But after hearing the reason his subordinate gave him, Bai Zhou understood.
"They said it was because Chu Yun's physical condition was inconvenient, so..."
Of course Chu Yun's body was inconvenient.
He was basically a chicken tender now. How could that possibly be convenient?
But Bai Zhou's gaze narrowed slightly.
"Looks like Chu Yun's status in their eyes is truly important!"
That was right.
No SSS-Class super-talented Spirit Master had appeared in previous years.
Did that mean the enrollment fair should not be held?
There was no way this year's fair would deny other Spirit Masters and Divine Weapon Maidens their chance at enrollment just because of Chu Yun.
That left only one possibility!
"Building momentum!"
That was right. After Doctor Li sent him that video yesterday,
Bai Zhou immediately came to that conclusion.
Since those people wanted to use Chu Yun's SSS-Class talent to deal with the Four Great Families,
the most crucial first step was to build momentum for Chu Yun!
They had to let more people see just how powerful a Spirit Master with an SSS-Class talent could be!
On the other hand, once Chu Yun entered everyone's field of vision, if the Four Great Families realized what was happening and wanted to make a move against him, they would have to consider public opinion.
Though the Four Great Families did not care about that.
Faced with pressure from multiple sides, however, the Four Great Families could only endure it.
That would provide Chu Yun with a degree of protection.
Moreover, under their protection, Chu Yun could use his SSS-Class talent to improve at an astonishing rate!
Then they would move on to the next stage.
"Creating a god!"
Once Chu Yun, with his SSS-Class talent, became powerful beyond comparison,
the Ten Great Masters would instantly become nothing more than empty titles!
They were using all kinds of methods to weaken the Four Great Families' influence!
Looking at it this way, Chu Yun's appearance seemed like part of those people's plan all along!
But...
Those were not matters Bai Zhou needed to consider yet.
What he needed to do now was...
"Aren't you trying to build momentum for Chu Yun?"
"Aren't you trying to turn Chu Yun into a god?"
"Then I'll take away every one of Chu Yun's opportunities. Let's see how this young master becomes a god!"
Thus, Bai Zhou directly said to the leader of the bodyguards,
"Take me to the Border Wall!"
The bodyguard leader froze when he heard that, then instinctively asked,
"Young Master, you just completed your class advancement. Are you already going to take on missions?"
Bai Zhou merely turned and gave the bodyguard leader a calm glance.
The bodyguard leader instantly shut his mouth!
It was as though Bai Zhou's words from yesterday—Are you teaching me how to do things?—had appeared in his mind.
He immediately did not dare say another word and could only lower his head, repeatedly saying,
"Yes, yes, yes..."
"Young Master, please follow me. The car is ready!"
The Border Wall Bai Zhou spoke of
protected the region humanity currently relied on for survival.
On the other side of the Border Wall lay the bloody, terrifying battlefield against the otherworlders.
But that did not mean the city-state Bai Zhou was in directly bordered the battlefield.
Rather, every city-state within human territory had walls of its own.
They served the same purpose as the Border Wall, but in terms of scale and every other aspect, they were far smaller than the true Border Wall.
However, that did not mean the area outside a city-state's Border Wall was entirely safe.
The uninhabited areas between city-states and within the battlefield Border Wall had a name: the Otherworlder Forest.
As the name suggested, large numbers of otherworlders also existed within it.
Of course, they were far inferior to the otherworlders outside the battlefield Border Wall.
Most were low-level otherworlders, and humanity's current methods were more than enough to wipe them out completely.
But there was no need to do that.
Leaving them alive provided newly advanced Spirit Masters and Divine Weapon Maidens with opportunities to gain practical combat experience!
For that very reason, at the base of every city-state Border Wall stood a Mission Hall!
And that was Bai Zhou's destination this time.
For Spirit Masters and Divine Weapon Maidens like Bai Zhou and Lin Wei, who had yet to grow stronger, aside from studying and training at school,
they could take on the missions arranged by the Mission Hall and participate in various kinds of battles, thereby raising their levels and strength.
They could also earn mission points in the process.
Mission points could then be exchanged at the Mission Hall for identity badges or equipment and items for Spirit Masters and Divine Weapon Maidens.
However, the reason Bai Zhou was taking Lin Wei to the Mission Hall so soon
had nothing to do with mission points.
After all, the Bai Family truly did not care about something like that.
Naturally, he had come here because of Chu Yun!
He knew the original novel's plot well and remembered that after Chu Yun made a huge splash at the enrollment fair,
he did not choose to enroll early right away.
Instead, following the old man in his mind's advice, he came to the Border Wall to train!
As a Level 1 Spirit Master, the only missions Chu Yun could complete alone were Level 1 exploration missions.
Yet because of an error by the Mission Hall staff, that simple Level 1 exploration mission drove Chu Yun into a desperate situation!
Of course, Chu Yun was the Protagonist!
Every desperate situation was an opportunity for him!
And Bai Zhou had come this time precisely to seize that opportunity from Chu Yun.
Chu Yun could not even leave the hospital now, much less come to the Border Wall to train!
At that moment, Bai Zhou had already led Lin Wei into the Mission Hall.
The hall was smoky and chaotic, filled with burly Spirit Masters and flamboyantly dressed Divine Weapon Maidens chattering away.
It frightened Lin Wei so much that she kept shrinking behind Bai Zhou.
But Bai Zhou did not care about any of that.
After quickly registering at the Mission Hall, he immediately began searching for the Level 1 mission from his memories.
But after searching all around, Bai Zhou could not find his target at all.
Bai Zhou frowned slightly. "Could it be because I came too early? Has that mission not been posted yet?"
Just then, the electronic display in the Mission Hall suddenly changed.
Bai Zhou's eyes instantly lit up as he looked at a brand-new Level 1 exploration mission displayed on it.
Bai Zhou could not help smacking his forehead. "Better early than late—what timing! Here it is!"
But unbeknownst to him, among the crowd was a woman wearing a cloak and hood. When she saw that mission, a flash of delight actually appeared in her eyes.
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