The countdown: 15:00:00.

The Luo City Education Bureau repeatedly emphasized that schools are not allowed to hold supplementary classes, but the college entrance examination in Yu Prefecture is like thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge. No high school dares to have a holiday before the Spring Festival, fearing that students’ minds will be spoiled.

In Yu Prefecture, the college entrance examination is no different from a battlefield. To get into a decent second-tier undergraduate school, you need more than 550 points.

Therefore, even though it is approaching the New Year, and places are beginning to be decorated with lanterns and festoons, high school students in their second and third years have not yet gone home for the holiday.

Today, Luo City Foreign Language School is unusually lively, with students flocking around the main teaching building like they are chasing stars.

Xu Zimo, who once went to Xian City with Qing Chen to participate in the mathematics competition, stood outside the crowd, watching silently.

After returning from Xian City, she took a long leave, going to 19 public beta cities in turn to see if she had the qualifications to become a public beta player.

However, she failed. Even after visiting 19 cities, no countdown appeared on her arm.

In life, it’s as if a sudden invisible guillotine has split the world of one group of people from another, making it difficult for them to have any further interaction.

Life is like that. The process of growing up is probably about understanding that the world doesn’t actually revolve around you.

"What’s wrong, Zimo?" a female classmate asked.

"Nothing," Xu Zimo smiled and continued walking towards the classroom.

As she said herself, it’s good to have seen those stunning people; you don’t necessarily need to possess them.

In the crowd, someone whispered, "There are so many Time Travelers returning to school today to handle transfer procedures. I just saw Liu Dezhu and Nangeng Chen from Daybreak go into the general office!"

"Liu Dezhu used to always raid my math papers…"

"Nangeng Chen used to be so poor; he often borrowed money from me."

Regarding the matter of ‘having a celebrity as a friend,’ those who were once familiar with this celebrity like to talk most about the celebrity’s embarrassing moments. This makes them stand out.

At this time, there is a long queue at the entrance of the general office. The Time Travelers who used to skip class every day are now queuing up to handle transfer procedures.

The school can’t control them, so they can only let Kunlun take care of it.

When Nangeng Chen and Liu Dezhu arrived, the Time Travelers silently stepped aside, making way for the two to go to the front of the line to process their procedures.

The students watching were stunned. This sense of order and hierarchy is something they have never experienced.

Actually, in school, no matter how capable you are, you still need to queue up. There is no difference in status.

Even if you wear Nike, you won’t have any more privileges than those wearing K-Swiss.

Even if your parents are officials, you won’t be particularly respected by your classmates at school.

This is a relatively clean environment; everyone has not yet learned the ways of the world.

But Time Travelers are different. They have all been honed in the complex society of the Inner World.

Time Travelers are very clear about what the two words "Daybreak" mean now, and what Qing Chen, as the next leader of Knight, means.

They have experienced the harshness of society ahead of time; society has taught them everything it should and shouldn’t have.

Liu Dezhu glanced at the Time Travelers and said softly, "You don’t need to make way for us. Everyone should queue up in their own place. We’ll just wait."

After he said this, the order of the queue was restored.

This scene was still quite touching for high school students who had not yet stepped out of the ivory tower.

While queuing up, a student suddenly wondered, "Liu Dezhu and Nangeng Chen are here, but where is Qing Chen?"

These people don’t know much about Nangeng Chen and Liu Dezhu, but they have the halo of Daybreak around them, so everyone’s focus is on them.

But the halo of Daybreak ultimately comes from Qing Chen, so everyone is curious about where Qing Chen has gone.

At this moment, Qing Chen is riding a shared electric scooter at the school gate, wearing a baseball cap and a mask, his eyes looking at the passing vehicles, silently recording the license plate number of each vehicle.

"No repeated license plates, we can leave," Qing Chen said in the communication channel.

"Received," Luo Wanya said.

The plainclothes agents at the gate began to act. Qing Chen looked at Luo City Foreign Language School one more time, like someone about to leave on a journey, taking one last look at an old friend.

At school, after Liu Dezhu and Nangeng Chen finished processing their transfer procedures, they immediately left.

As soon as they reached the school gate, a taxi stopped and took them to another hidden location, where another car was waiting for them to transfer.

After the two got into the car, Qing Chen rode away on his small electric scooter. He said in the communication channel, "After meeting up with Jiang Xue, Xiao Tongyun, and Xiao Zhenji, go straight to Zheng City to report to Kunlun. Wait for me at that school."

Liu Dezhu asked, "Boss, aren’t you leaving?"

"I still have some finishing work to do," Qing Chen said. "Remember, don’t skip class at the new school. One thing Kunlun didn’t get wrong is that students do need to study. This is the process of cultivating a way of thinking."

Nangeng Chen wondered, "Chen, why are you so eager to have us leave Luo City? What are you guarding against?"

"Better safe than sorry."

Liu Dezhu and Nangeng Chen sat in the car, getting further and further away, and waiting for them is a new school life.

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The countdown: 01:00:00.

The headquarters of the North America ‘Future’ Organization is located next to Times Square in New York.

This used to be the most prosperous place in the world, known as the crossroads of the world.

The Future Organization bought an entire building here and moved the holographic neon technology of the Inner World to the Outer World.

At night, when the holographic neon lights are turned on, a huge Class A Airship will cruise in the air, as if an alien civilization has arrived.

Not only this building, but they also sell holographic neon equipment to other companies, so that at night, New York is even more dazzling than the fireworks at Disneyland.

Hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world come here to enjoy this beautiful scenery that originally belonged to the Inner World.

These things that are commonplace to the people of the Inner World are shocking to the people of the Outer World.

This city is probably the place in the Outer World that is closest to the Inner World.

This refers not only to the scenery but also to its cultural and living environment.

It’s 11 pm in China, but it’s still 10 am here.

W, who was once in charge of the European branch, has been transferred back to headquarters and holds an important position.

He is wearing a gray trench coat and quickly walks into the ‘Future Building’ with a cup of coffee in his hand.

The building has strict security checks, and even W must go through three levels of identity verification.

He takes the elevator to the 42nd floor, where Mike, an A-Class Awakened One, is sleeping with his legs on the desk, covering his Face[-] with a Playboy magazine.

W lifted the magazine from Mike’s Face[-] and looked at his debauched appearance, "Did you take drugs again last night?"

Mike opened his eyes and smiled at W, "Don’t always look like the world is about to end. We were transferred back from the European branch together so that we can enjoy life."

W sneered, "Perhaps you’ve forgotten that it was because we messed up the European branch and let the Kingdom Organization take advantage of the situation that we were transferred back to headquarters. Our positions seem high, but we have no power at all. What’s the difference between this and being sidelined?"

Mike shrugged, "Friend, times have changed. You’re a B-Class Awakened One, and I’m an A-Class Awakened One. As long as our strength is there, no one can really sideline us. Don’t worry."

"Have you been paying attention to the news from the East? The Joker’s identity has been revealed!" W said gravely.

In fact, the biggest accident the two of them encountered was the unprepared explosion of the bomb on the streets of Amsterdam. In addition, Mike’s laser beam also caused huge losses to Amsterdam.

That battle caused the whole of Europe to have negative feelings towards the Future Organization.

No matter how much public relations the Future Organization did, it couldn’t change this.

In order to prevent the conflict from further escalating, the Future Organization chose to temporarily withdraw W and Mike.

The culprit behind this was the Joker.

Mike smiled, "The intelligence came back last night, and the Boss also saw it."

"What did the Boss say?" W frowned, "Ignore him?"

"How could he ignore him," Mike smiled, glancing at the countdown on his arm, "There’s only one hour left until the time travel. The Boss’s gift to Daybreak should be on its way."