Chapter 651: 399, Qing Shuli Chapter 651: 399, Qing Shuli A long-awaited return.
Sun Chu Ci quietly sat in the library of Zheng City University.
He looked down at his arm.
In the white countdown pattern, tiny machine parts meshed together, driving the time forward.
As expected, the time-travel mechanism was relatively balanced. They had entered the Inner World for 30 days, so the return also granted them 30 days.
Of course, this balance wasn’t absolute; there had been instances where the travel lasted 7 days, and the return only 2 days.
The library at midnight was still brightly lit, surrounded by fellow students who were diligently studying and preparing for graduate studies, still striving.
Initially, Sun Chu Ci also wanted to continue with graduate studies. Zheng City University, as the top university in the province, gathered more than half of the elites from the province.
Zheng City University wasn’t ranked very high nationally, but its academic credentials were highly recognized within the province, and the influence of its alumni association was also very strong within the province.
Generally, students graduating from Zheng City University didn’t have to worry about finding jobs.
In many companies, alumni from Zheng City University had their own factions, just like the “classmates” in the old official system.
But such a life seemed very distant to Sun Chu Ci ever since he became a Time Traveler. Many things had changed.
He had grown to love a more adventurous life and paid little attention to student council matters.
Sun Chu Ci looked up at his companions. All seven members of the Wilderness Hunting Team were sitting with him at a long table in the library.
They had agreed to meet here before traveling to the Inner World, so they could easily communicate with each other upon returning.
At that moment, a phone call came through. Sun Chu Ci picked it up and glanced at it. The caller ID read “Senior Li Yi.”
He took a deep breath and answered the phone, “Hello, senior.”
Li Yi asked calmly, “How have you considered?”
Sun Chu Ci glanced at his companions and then said to Li Yi, “Senior, after careful consideration, we have decided not to join your ‘Longhu Commune.'”
Li Yi said, “Your days in the Inner World must have been tough, unwilling to work in the city, not an Awakener and unable to practice, nor can you afford Genetic Potion. A bunch of Outer World people ran to the wilderness to be Hunters, and the business barely makes ends meet. Sun Chu Ci, what are you still holding on to?”
Sun Chu Ci thought for a moment and said, “We just don’t quite agree with the ideals of Longhu Commune; we prefer freedom.”
“No one is restricting your freedom, we just need to strive for a common goal,” Li Yi said, “Our Longhu Commune has already drawn support from our local enterprises in the Outer World, and the seniors from the alumni association will also invest. Given time, we won’t be inferior to Los Angeles City’s Daylight. I promise you, joining would make you a level 2 member. You have to understand, level 1 members in the Inner World have special statuses, you are just a Wilderness Hunter, having level 2 is already great.”
Li Yi continued, “Sun Chu Ci, you are smart, I believe that you joining Longhu Commune will definitely have a broader future.”
Sun Chu Ci sighed, “Senior, no need, I don’t like turning life into a business.”
He had told Qing Chen earlier that he didn’t like the local Time Traveler Organization in Zheng City.
Because the organization here was extremely bureaucratic and also very aggressive.
Within Longhu Commune, all Time Travelers were divided into five levels, level 1 being the highest and level 5 the lowest. A level 5 member had to bow and salute upon seeing a level 4 member.
Despite all being Time Travelers, the hierarchy was so severe.
Sun Chu Ci did not like it there.
Moreover, he knew that those level 1 members in Longhu Commune, at most, held minor official positions in the Inner World, the best among them was but a branch of Li Family on the outskirts of City 10.
Sun Chu Ci recalled how respectfully Li Menglin bowed to Qing Chen.
The scene at the barbecue restaurant, those standing solemnly and subtly protecting Qing Chen, and the young man who sat unflinchingly stable.
The level 1 members of Longhu Commune, no matter how capable, couldn’t possibly compare to him, could they?
Of course, if he hadn’t met Qing Chen this time on the wilderness, he might have already died at the hands of wilderness dwellers, or if by luck returned to City 10, he would have been so poor it would be impossible to leave the city again.
By then, Sun Chu Ci might really have had to rely on Longhu Commune.
After all, one must survive, right?
At that moment, Li Yi was silent for a moment, “Let me disclose a secret. Longhu Commune has now connected with a Shadow Candidate who is a Time Traveler. Do you know what this means? If he wins the Shadow Contest, then our Longhu Commune will become one of the strongest Time Traveler Organizations in the country, that’s Qing’s Family.”
Sun Chu Ci was momentarily stunned; this piece of news was somewhat unexpected. He hadn’t thought that Longhu Commune had actually established a connection with a Shadow Candidate.
And, among the famous Shadow Candidates, there was actually a Time Traveler?!
Still, he hesitated for a long while before finally saying, “Sorry, senior.”
Li Yi paused and then said, “Since you refuse to join Longhu Commune, then from now on, Longhu Commune will not provide any assistance to you. Think it over.”
Sun Chu Ci said, “Senior, I have thought it over.”
Li Yi harshly dropped a line, “Look out for yourself.”
After hanging up the phone, Sun Chu Ci breathed a long sigh of relief.
Tuan Zi said worriedly, “Now that we have completely refused Senior Li Yi, won’t they suppress us?”