Chapter 973: 609. Breathing Heaven and Earth

In the academy dormitory.

Jiang Xue went to the academy to handle the onboarding procedures.

Li Tongyun hurriedly took Jinguji Maki, Nan Gengchen, and Liu Dezhu, and left the dormitory, wandering through the long corridor labyrinth.

By rights, they should be arranged in the 8-person or 4-person dormitory areas, but thanks to Daytime’s privileges, everyone got a double room.

Li Tongyun complained while walking: “Little Zhenji and I are both people, we should be arranged to stay together, how could they put me with my mom? Making me squeeze into one bed with little Zhenji, how can we move freely like this?!”

Nan Gengchen laughed cheerily: “You should be content. If they had arranged for you in the elementary school dormitory, living with so many people, I fear you’d be even more uncomfortable. This isn’t so bad now… By the way, where are you taking us?”

“You’ll know when we get there,” Li Tongyun said.

The dormitory corridor also seemed like a hotel, room doors lined up one after the other, there’s even a soft carpet laid down, and the wall lamps emit a soft glow.

At a certain moment, they felt like they were here on a vacation, not to study.

Ten minutes later, Li Tongyun precisely found the bar at the end of the corridor.

Inside the bar, students were sitting in scattered groups, with huge floor-to-ceiling windows showing the azure sea, and seagulls could be seen flitting up and down.

Li Tongyun smiled as she came to the bar counter, glancing at the drink menu: “Eh? They’re all free? Give each of us a Long Island Iced Tea!”

Originally, Li Tongyun had taken out her wallet, but upon seeing this, she was suddenly excited.

In the dormitory area of Time Traveler’s Academy, it’s not dull like Outer World schools, here there are internet cafes, bars, billiard halls, tennis courts, badminton courts, basketball courts, soccer fields, ping-pong rooms, indoor ski areas, concert halls, practice rooms, and table game bars.

Basically, anything you can think of, they have here.

However, the female server behind the bar laughed: “Little sister, Long Island Iced Tea contains alcohol. Drinks here are free, but you need to use an ID card to order. Students under 18 can’t drink here, and even if you’re of age, each person is limited to three drinks per day.”

Li Tongyun was stunned for a moment, then her face scrunched up.

Today she sneaked out specifically to secretly buy some alcohol, but they wouldn’t sell it to her!

The beautiful dazzling world just slammed its door shut on her.

At this moment, some university students saw her and little Zhenji and suddenly laughed aloud: “So young and buying alcohol already? Where are your mom and dad, doesn’t anyone watch over you?”

Li Tongyun turned her head expressionlessly and glanced around.

Her inexplicable aura suddenly silenced the entire bar.

Liu Dezhu and Nan Gengchen looked at the ceiling; they had experienced this aura before. It’s unclear what happened to this little girl, but ever since the crossing, her aura has grown stronger.

After surveying, Li Tongyun coldly smirked: “Are there still people laughing at Daytime members in this academy? Is having the privilege to drink here that impressive?”

Only at this moment did the university students in the bar suddenly recognize that she’s part of Daytime from the news!

No one knew how to respond.

Li Tongyun pulled little Zhenji and left. She begrudgingly said to Nan Gengchen: “A kind person is easily bullied. Daytime can’t be bullied in this school. Why didn’t you and Pillar speak up earlier?”

Nan Gengchen stammered for a while…

“Forget it, I didn’t expect much from you two,” Li Tongyun said, acting all mature: “I’ll fund a youth group in this academy, and in a few years, the future of all Time Travelers will be ours, Daytime’s.”

Liu Dezhu felt a bit toothache; who knows what the little girl is planning now.

If she really rallies the elementary group Time Travelers, the future might indeed be Li Tongyun’s domain.

Li Tongyun turned to look at the two: “Sneakily go order two drinks, I want a Long Island Iced Tea.”

Liu Dezhu was helpless: “But neither Nan Gengchen nor I are adults yet…”

Li Tongyun sighed: “If brother Qing Chen were here, he’d surely find a way to steal drinks.”

“Right, considering the time, Brother Chen should be arriving soon,” Nan Gengchen said: “Shall we go to the island to meet him?”

Li Tongyun gave him a sideways glance: “Are you an idiot? Brother Qing Chen said he wants to arrive anonymously. If you go meet him, the whole school will know he’s Qing Chen!”

“Oh, right…”

Li Tongyun sighed: “I really worry about Daytime’s future…”

Nan Gengchen: “…”

Yet at this time, Jinguji Maki suddenly turned around, looking behind her.

For some reason, she heard someone calling her with a warm and deep voice in the void.

The little girl could at times even hear the immense breathing reverberating in the air.

Not like a human, more like some grand, imposing presence.

The breathing rose and fell with the sound of the tide, seemingly breathing along with the island.

The corridor behind was empty, but she wasn’t afraid because that voice harbored no malice.

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Zheng City, Kunlun Bookstore.

Though it appears small, the bookstore has three floors: the first floor houses popular books, the second floor offers educational materials, and the third floor features a small cafe.

However, it’s pretty quiet here, without many people.

Lu Yuan is lounging behind the counter at the entrance, legs crossed, playing League of Legends on his phone, while several Kunlun members are busy cleaning.

A young boy stands at the entrance, observing it all. Lu Yuan merely glances up, then continues focusing on his game.

The boy smiles and approaches the counter, saying, “All is well in the world.”

Lu Yuan’s eyes lit up: “You’ve finally come, big brother. But your disguise is really impressive. How did you do it? I couldn’t tell it was a disguise at all.”

The only condition for Qing Chen to come to the school was that he had to come anonymously.

And the phrase “all is well” was the signal Zheng Yuandong gave him. Once the signal was matched, Lu Yuan would naturally take care of everything for him.

Lu Yuan looked at Qing Chen and curiously asked, “Why do you have to stay anonymous? There are a lot of fangirls waiting for you at school.”

Qing Chen asked back, “You also sent a letter of acceptance to Qing Yuan, right? Has he reported yet?”

Lu Yuan pursed his lips: “Kunlun doesn’t get involved in the feuds of your Qing’s Family. Whoever causes trouble in the academy will be punished.”

“It’s okay, I was just asking,” Qing Chen said with a smile. “I’m more curious about the school itself; the internet says it’s the Hogwarts of the East with all kinds of strange happenings.”

“You’ll find out once you go. This academy has cost Boss Zheng countless efforts, it won’t disappoint you,” Lu Yuan said. “Even for a Time Traveler like you, there are things there that will attract you.”

Qing Chen asked, “A bar? I’m curious if the bar staff are Time Travelers.”

“No, they’re all ordinary people,” Lu Yuan said with a mysterious smile. “They’re all natives of the Inner World, life over there is too harsh, they volunteered to come to the Outer World and settle on the island. The boss promised them regular jobs, and as long as they work hard, they could build their own homes on the island.”

“Wait a minute!” Qing Chen was stunned: “People from the Inner World!?”

This means that this Whale Island was brought over by Zheng Yuandong after taking them in from the Inner World.

Moreover, this Whale Island is the only known means to bring living people from the Inner World, a taboo object!

If that’s the case, then Zheng Yuandong could even bring an A-Class Floating ship from the Inner World!

Could it be that this Whale Island shrinks after being taken in?!

Lu Yuan laughed: “I know what you’re thinking, Boss Zheng thought about it too. But I can tell you one thing, people who cross worlds through Whale Island can never leave this island again. They live under the rules of the island. We call those who come to the Outer World through the island stowaways, and items are smuggled goods, enemies of the Outer World that will vanish if they leave the island.”

Lu Yuan laughed: “You probably guessed it’s Whale Island, but it has many more secrets, and the things on the island that can attract you aren’t just these.”

Qing Chen was pensive: “Eye of Truth, and the Observer organization’s archive?”

Lu Yuan smiled meaningfully: “You’ll know when the time is right.”

Qing Chen asked, “I’m really curious. Can the taboo object ACE-004, the Eye of Truth, open any door…”

Lu Yuan corrected: “Not just any door, it’s called the Key of Gate. That’s the true name left by the Wizard legacy.”

“Yes, the Key of Gate. It’s opened to the place where the holder most wants to go. So can it cross the two worlds?” Qing Chen asked.

“No, at least not the known Eye of Truth,” Lu Yuan glanced at Qing Chen. “I know what you’re thinking. We don’t have the ability to freely travel between two worlds yet. The Time Traveler’s Academy is on the high seas, but no one can find it.”

Qing Chen asked with a bit of confusion: “There are only five locations nationwide. Wouldn’t five people need to all set their ‘most desired location’ to the academy? How is that done?”

You see, the Key of Gate follows human subconscious, not just because you say you want to go somewhere, that it will open a portal there.

This is not up to you to say.

But Kunlun is amazing, opening five Keys of Gate, and all of them went to the island.

At this point, Lu Yuan laughed happily: “It’s nothing difficult. Boss Zheng told Xiao Ying and the others that the year-end bonus must be collected on the academy island, otherwise they won’t get it. So these little guys opened their Keys of Gate, and all went to the island.”

Qing Chen burst into laughter. That was simply how straightforward the principle was.

While talking, a mother and son suddenly walked into the bookstore, pulling luggage, and straightforwardly asked: “Is this the place for the Time Traveler’s Academy registration?”

Lu Yuan smiled and said, “Auntie, this is the place.”

The woman nodded, looking around the bookstore: “This school is too simple. It looks like a tutoring class.”

Lu Yuan chuckled: “The real school is not here.”

After saying that, he led Qing Chen and the others behind the iron door and said: “Just go through this door.”

Qing Chen tried to reach out, and even though it was an iron door, his hand went through without any resistance, only spreading a ring of transparent ripples on the iron door.

The woman was amazed: “That’s quite magical. Let’s go, son.”

As she said this, she was about to lead her fifteen or sixteen-year-old son in.

Lu Yuan stopped them: “Sorry, auntie, but parents can’t go any further.”

“Why?” The woman raised her eyebrows: “What school doesn’t have parents taking their kids to register? I need to make his bed and tidy his dorm room.”

Lu Yuan smiled politely: “That’s really not possible. You could make his bed at the school, but could you make his bed in the Inner World? He should learn to be independent.”

“Which unit are you from, and who is your leader? I want to call them,” the woman said.

Lu Yuan was stunned, his expression slowly turning serious: “It won’t help to talk to anyone. Kunlun gathered the students to teach them to survive. Without the ability to care for themselves, it’ll be a dead end in the Inner World sooner or later.”

The woman was angry: “What are you talking about? Are you cursing my son or something?”

The student beside the woman suddenly spoke up: “Do you know who my dad is?”

Qing Chen pondered for a moment: “Why are you asking us? Didn’t your mom tell you? Auntie, such a kid won’t last long in the Inner World, you better tell him any secrets you have now.”

Student: “???”

After saying this, he turned around and walked into the Key of Gate, leaving Lu Yuan to clean up the mess in the bookstore.

They could even hear the woman’s roars from behind the door.

Qing Chen nodded. It seemed the two ends of the Key of Gate were completely connected, even allowing sound to be transmitted.

Test complete.

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