Chapter 15

Originally, Qingchen just wanted to fish for some information, but he didn't expect Nangengchen's mindset to change so quickly.

Just a moment ago, he was still worried and fearful, but after one class, he was already planning to become the protagonist of the world.

What could Qingchen say? As long as you're happy, that's fine.

At this moment, Nangengchen was already seriously discussing with Qingchen: "I mean, what if I could travel there, then I could bring some high-tech stuff back to sell, right?"

"I don't know," Qingchen said, "it might not work."

"Look, they all brought back things like robotic arms," Nangengchen said, "don't worry, if I really get rich, I'll treat you to a good meal."

Qingchen knew that world was dangerous. As a friend, although there should be some secrets, he still hoped the other person would return safely, so he kindly advised, "You see, many travelers say they encountered danger, so you should be careful and not always think about getting rich."

Nangengchen was silent for a few seconds, then asked, "Where do you want to eat when the time comes?"

Qingchen: "……"

Nangengchen was silently calculating his dreams of getting rich, but only Qingchen knew that you couldn't bring things back casually when you returned.

When Nangengchen invites him to eat, and then takes off his arm and slaps it on the counter to order two bowls of dan dan noodles, that scene would be truly festive.

Suddenly, someone in the class asked, "What exactly is the rule for traveling? So many people have traveled, why haven't we?"

Nangengchen muttered quietly, "Maybe only those with true talent can do it..."

Qingchen raised his eyebrows at this.

News about travelers was becoming more and more common, both domestically and internationally.

Gradually, Qingchen summarized two rules:

First, all travelers' previous countdowns were 6 hours, and the return countdown was 48 hours.

This means that everyone traveled at the same time and returned at the same time.

Then, someone who saw the travel event came forward and said that although they hadn't traveled, they also had a 48-hour countdown on their arm after midnight.

This should be the second batch.

The next time, the first and second batches will travel simultaneously.

The second rule is that all travelers are young, ranging from 10 to 35 years old.

Suddenly, a girl said, "A streamer claims to be a traveler and is live-streaming his robotic arm, I'll send the link to the group."

These days, students all have phones, making communication easier.

Everyone clicked on the link and saw a certain outdoor streamer displaying his robotic arm.

Qingchen felt something was off, as he had never seen such a plastic-looking mechanical limb...

Before the streamer could display it for two minutes, the robotic arm fell to the ground with a snap...

"This is just a model trying to ride the wave of popularity!"

Qingchen was somewhat amused and frustrated. Whenever something exciting happened, some strange people would come out.

At this moment, he guessed that Nangengchen was not part of the batch that appeared at midnight yesterday, but rather a new countdown that appeared in the early morning, otherwise, he wouldn't have been so shocked by Jacob's news conference.

So now there are two possibilities: one is that the number of travelers is fixed, and if someone dies, a new traveler will enter.

The other possibility is that the number of travelers is continuously expanding and will increase in the future.

Currently, Qingchen couldn't estimate how many travelers there were nationwide.

Gradually, all the classmates gathered, and someone exclaimed, "Travelers have also appeared on the streets of Luocheng, I saw it on my social media, someone took a video!"

Hearing this, all the classmates gathered around.

In the video, a young man was in a hurry, with strange mechanical patterns on his cheeks, giving a unique technological beauty.

At this moment, someone noticed that the man's gray steel ankle was exposed as he moved.

Clearly, the young man's legs had also been replaced with mechanical prosthetics.

The videographer tried to continue filming, but the young man suddenly leaped onto the roof of a building several meters away and disappeared without a trace.

A female classmate whispered, "So cool."

"If we had such a traveler in our school, we could directly ask about that world."

At this moment, Qingchen suddenly remembered that there was indeed someone in the school who traveled at the same time as him, the son of the chairman of Yongli Group, Huang Jixian.

If he remembered correctly, the other person should be in Class 7 of Grade 1.

After the other person collapsed, he was taken away by the mechanical prison guards and never appeared again. In theory, he should have already returned, even if he died, his body would still return.

Thinking of this, Qingchen, with about ten minutes before class, got up and walked downstairs to the Grade 1 classrooms.

Luocheng Foreign Language School was bustling with excitement, everyone was discussing the traveler event, even the teachers passing by were scrolling through their phones.

Perhaps no one expected that a traveler was right beside them.

Qingchen looked at those people and suddenly felt a sense of alienation, as if he had become somewhat different from them at some point.

In the past, he might have thought about studying hard, reviewing and previewing seriously, and striving to get into a good university far away.

But now, his path seemed to be no longer here.

Qingchen arrived at the door of Class 7, Grade 1, and casually pulled aside a boy with glasses and asked, "Hello, is Huang Jixian here today?"

"No, I haven't seen him yet," the boy replied.

"Okay," Qingchen nodded, "do you know where he lives?"

"I only know he lives in Yirun Central Garden, but I don't know the exact location. Do you need to find him?" the boy asked, "I can pass the message to him when he comes to class."

"Thanks, no problem," Qingchen guessed that Huang Jixian might not come.

The boy who collapsed might have suffered a severe mental trauma and could have gone insane.

Qingchen returned to the class, lost in thought. In the first math class, almost all the classmates had no heart for studying.

In the second half of the class, the young male math teacher, Tian Hailong, seeing that everyone was distracted, joked, "You're not paying attention to me at all, it seems I need to get a robotic arm or something for you to listen to me."

The class burst into laughter, and then Tian Hailong started chatting with the students about the current hot topic instead of teaching.

If it were a regular hot topic, the teacher and students wouldn't have been so engrossed, but what was happening now was changing the world.

Nangengchen was scrolling through his phone during class and suddenly handed it to Qingchen, "He Xiaoxiao posted a guide!"

"He Xiaoxiao?" Qingchen asked in confusion.

"He's a big game streamer, a high-level player in the gaming world, often discovering Easter eggs and details in games, like how to find hidden plots, hidden orange weapons, and hidden professions. He has a lot of fans," Nangengchen explained, knowing that Qingchen didn't play games much and wouldn't have followed such a streamer.

Nangengchen continued, "A few hours ago, he posted a game guide video, but no one had ever seen the game he was talking about. He was making the guide seriously. Now that the travel news has come out, people suddenly realized that his game guide might be related to that world, and he is one of the travelers."

The video had no visuals, only a black background and white subtitles.

A young, magnetic male voice said, "Because this game is special, I can't show you game videos. I call this game... the Inner World."

"And the world we are in now is called the Outer World."

He Xiaoxiao continued calmly, "I just entered this game, so the information I have is limited."

"I haven't found a way to get hidden orange weapons yet."

"There are three known ways to obtain a profession. The first is to use technology to modify yourself, which can be done directly at the mechanical hospital."

"Mechanical limbs are relatively expensive, and I haven't found a way to farm money, so I haven't tried it yet. Selling your own organs seems to be the easiest way to get money, but I don't recommend it."

"The second way is to join the Forbidden Tribunal, where you can become a new human after injecting a gene agent, but I haven't found the relevant NPC organization yet, as it is quite mysterious."

"The third known profession path is in Prison 18, where you need to find an NPC named Li Shutong, which is the most potential profession path known so far."

"If there are other profession paths in the future, I will continue to share them with you."

Qingchen was increasingly stunned as he watched the video.

He was certain it was a real world, as even bruises could be brought back, what else could it be?

But He Xiaoxiao seemed to be obsessed, treating it like a game to farm!

He even treated Li Shutong as an NPC for a profession quest!

Qingchen didn't know what role He Xiaoxiao played in the Inner World, but he was sure that Li Shutong was indeed well-known, as He Xiaoxiao had heard of him after just 48 hours.

And now, He Xiaoxiao had already identified Li Shutong as the most potential profession path.

Nangengchen, after watching the video, muttered, "This doesn't help much, buying mechanical limbs requires money, the Forbidden Tribunal can't be found, and Prison 18 might be accessible, but how to get in isn't mentioned."

Qingchen suddenly thought that this video had a significant impact. When he returns in seven days, would people really go to Prison 18 to farm Li Shutong?

But if someone treats Li Shutong as an NPC, the outcome might be very grim, and Li Shutong himself would probably be confused.

The excitement about the travel event continued until the afternoon.

Until a news report appeared: a young male traveler from abroad was found dead at home, his mechanical legs, previously shown in a video, had been cut off and were missing.

This news, like a dark cloud, suddenly overshadowed everyone's enthusiasm.

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