Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 956: 592. The Gift of the Future

Countdown 15:00:00.

The Los Angeles Education Bureau has repeatedly emphasized that schools are not allowed to hold extra classes. However, the college entrance examination in Henan is like thousands of troops crossing a single-log bridge, and no high school dares to take a holiday before the Spring Festival, fearing that students will lose their focus.

In Henan, the college entrance examination is akin to a battlefield. To get into a decent second-tier university, one needs to score at least 550 points.

So even though the New Year is approaching and decorations are everywhere, students in junior and senior years still haven’t gone home for the holiday.

Today, Los Angeles Foreign Language School is especially lively, with students crowding around the main teaching building like they’re chasing celebrities.

Xu Zimo, who once went to Xian City with Qing Chen for a math competition, stood silently outside the crowd watching.

After returning from Xian City, she took a long leave and sequentially visited 19 public test cities, hoping to see if she could qualify as a Public Test Player.

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

In life, it’s like an invisible guillotine suddenly severed one group of people from another, making it hard to intersect again.

That’s life; the process of growing up is probably about understanding that the world doesn’t revolve around oneself.

“What’s wrong, Zi Mo?” a female classmate asked.

“Nothing,” Xu Zimo smiled and continued to walk towards the classroom.

Just like she said, it’s enough to have seen those stunning people; there’s no need to possess them.

In the crowd, someone whispered, “So many Time Travelers returned to school today to handle transfer procedures. I just saw Liu Dezhu and Nan Gengchen from Daylight go into the admin office!”

“That kid Liu Dezhu used to copy my math test…”

“Nan Gengchen used to be so poor, he often borrowed money from me.”

When a ‘celebrity emerged amongst our midst,’ those who were once familiar with this celebrity loved to talk about their embarrassing moments to make themselves look significant.

At this time, a long line formed outside the admin office as Time Travelers, who usually skipped class, queued up for transfer procedures.

The school couldn’t control them, so only Kunlun could manage.

When Nan Gengchen and Liu Dezhu arrived, the Time Travelers silently stepped aside, giving them a path to process their paperwork first.

The watching students were stunned. This sense of order and hierarchy was something they hadn’t experienced before.

In school, no matter how capable you are, you have to queue up; there’s no concept of superiority or inferiority.

Wearing Nike doesn’t give you more privilege than wearing Warrior shoes.

Your parents being officials doesn’t make you particularly respected among classmates.

It’s a relatively clean environment where no one has learned the ways of the world yet.

But Time Travelers are different; they’ve all been honed in the complex society of the Inner World.

Time Travelers know very well what “Daylight” represents nowadays and what it means for Qing Chen to be the next-generation leader of the Knights.

Having already been tempered by society’s blows, it’s taught them all their lessons, whether they should have learned them or not.

Liu Dezhu glanced at the Time Travelers and softly said, “No need to make way for us; everyone queue up separately, and we’ll wait.”

With that, the order of the queue returned to normal.

This scene was somewhat touching for the high school students who had yet to step out of the ivory tower.

While waiting in line, a student suddenly wondered, “Liu Dezhu and Nan Gengchen are here, but why hasn’t Qing Chen come?”

These people didn’t know much about Nan Gengchen and Liu Dezhu; it was only because they had the Daylight aura, which made them the center of attention.

But the aura of Daylight ultimately came from Qing Chen, so people were curious about where he was.

At this moment, Qing Chen was at the school gate, riding a shared electric scooter, wearing a baseball cap and mask, his eyes on the passing vehicles, quietly recording each license plate.

“No multiple repeated plates, we can evacuate,” Qing Chen said on the communication channel.

“Received,” Luo Wanya replied.

The plainclothes operatives at the gate began to move, while Qing Chen looked at Los Angeles Foreign Language School one more time, as if a traveler looking back at old friends before setting off.

Inside the school, after Liu Dezhu and Nan Gengchen completed their transfer procedures, they left immediately.

As soon as they arrived at the school gate, a taxi stopped to take them to another concealed location where another vehicle was waiting for a transfer.

After they boarded the car, Qing Chen then left on his electric scooter, saying on the communication channel, “After you meet up with Jiang Xue, XiaoTongyun, and Xiao Zhenji, head directly to Zheng City to report to Kunlun. I’ll meet you at that school.”

Liu Dezhu asked, “Boss, aren’t you leaving?”

“I still have some finishing work,” Qing Chen said. “Remember, don’t skip classes at the new school. Kunlun is right about one thing: students do need to study. It’s a process to cultivate thinking.”

Nan Gengchen was puzzled and asked, “Brother Chen, why are you so eager for us to leave Los Angeles City? What are you guarding against?”

“Better safe than sorry.”

Liu Dezhu and Nan Gengchen sat in the car, gradually moving away, and what awaited them was a new chapter in school life.

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Countdown 01:00:00.

The Future Organization’s North American headquarters is located beside Times Square, New York.

This place was once the most bustling in the world, known as the crossroads of the world.

The Future Organization bought an entire building here and brought the Holographic Neon technology from the Inner World to the Outer World.

At night, when the holographic neon is activated, a massive A-Class Floating ship sails through the air, as if an alien civilization has arrived.

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

Tens of thousands of tourists from all around the world flock here to admire this beauty that originally belonged to the Inner World.

These things, commonplace to people of the Inner World, leave a deep impression on people of the Outer World.

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

It’s not just about the scenery but also its cultural and living environment.

In the domestic timezone, it’s already 11 PM, but here, it’s still 10 AM.

W, who used to be in charge of the Europe Branch, has been recalled to the headquarters with a prominent position.

He was wearing a gray trench coat, holding a cup of coffee as he briskly walked into the “Future Building.”

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

After taking the elevator to the 42nd floor, the A-Class Awakener Mike was reclining with his legs propped on a desk, using a Playboy magazine to cover his face while sleeping.

W lifted the magazine off Mike’s face and looked at his indulgent appearance: “Did you do drugs again last night?”

Mike opened his eyes and smiled at W, saying, “Why do you always look like the world is about to end? We were transferred back from the Europe Branch to enjoy life.”

W sneered, “Maybe you forgot, it was because we screwed up the Europe Branch operations, allowing the Kingdom organization to take advantage, leading to us being transferred back to headquarters. We may seem to hold high positions, but we don’t have any real power, isn’t this a kind of marginalization?”

Mike shrugged, “My friend, times have changed. You’re a B-Class Awakener, I’m an A-Class Awakener. As long as we have strength, no one can truly marginalize us. Don’t worry.”

“Have you been paying attention to the Eastern news? Joker’s identity has been exposed!” W said heavily.

In fact, the biggest unexpected event they encountered was allowing a bomb to be triggered on Amsterdam’s streets without any defense, and additionally, Mike’s laser ray caused massive damage there.

That battle led to strong resistance against the Future Organization throughout Europe.

No matter how the Future Organization did PR, it couldn’t change the situation.

To prevent further escalation of conflict, the Future Organization chose to temporarily recall W and Mike.

And the instigator of this event was Joker.

Mike laughed, “The intelligence was reported last night, and the boss saw it too.”

“What did the boss say?” W frowned, “Will it be ignored?”

“How could they ignore it,” Mike glanced at the countdown on his arm with a smile, “There’s just one hour until the crossing, and the boss’s gift to Daylight should already be on the way.”