Night’s Nomenclature

The dormitory area was sealed off, and Time Travelers who were not from City 10 were temporarily prohibited from moving around freely.

On the square in front of the dormitory building, 4811 Time Travelers stood anxiously.

Although they didn't know what had happened, the heart-wrenching screams after their return cast a shadow over everyone's hearts.

They saw Principal Zheng's solemn expression, and beside Principal Zheng, there was a young man—wasn't that Daybreak's Boss Qing Chen?!

Before this, most people had been waiting for Qing Chen's appearance, wanting to see what this legendary Time Traveler looked like. However, no one had ever seen Qing Chen.

Everyone thought that the Master of Daybreak wouldn't bother coming to the Time Traveler Academy.

Qing Chen's appearance even diverted some of the female students' nervousness. They whispered among themselves, discussing things related to Qing Chen.

However, Zheng Yuandong didn't have time for them to process their emotions. He had to use the fastest speed to break through the emotions of these Time Travelers and make them feel fear.

Only fear could arouse the Time Travelers' survival instincts and make them understand that everything the Academy was doing now was not a drill or a joke.

"You also heard the screams when you returned. That's because 16 Time Travelers have already been attacked and killed by rats in the city. They were still alive and kicking when they returned last time, running with you, but this time, they have become mere skeletons."

With that, Ni Ergou and Lu Yuan brought sixteen skeletons to the front of all the Time Travelers and instantly lifted the white cloth covering them.

The Time Travelers retreated in fright, but this was exactly what Zheng Yuandong wanted.

If it were something else, he could wait for the children in front of him to grow up slowly, but there was no time now. If these children didn't realize the seriousness of the situation, they probably wouldn't have the chance to grow up.

At this time, Chen Zhuoqu suddenly asked from the crowd, "Principal Zheng, what should we do?"

As soon as she said this, many Kunlun Members were astonished to discover that even in the face of the bones, this top performer remained calm and rational.

Her first reaction was what she should do.

Zheng Yuandong said in a heavy tone, "I now require you to form mutual aid groups under the Academy's arrangement. The Academy will determine the team leaders based on your usual performance. I demand that after your next time travel, you must listen to the commands of your team leader, use all your money to purchase supplies, and then move towards the border checkpoint in the south of the city, leaving City 10."

Zheng Yuandong: "Don't go to dark corners of the city, don't go to places with few people. This will be your first principle for survival."

Although Kunlun and Daybreak had both decided to inform the other Conglomerates about this matter, it was now return time, and they had to arrange the Time Travelers as thoroughly as possible first.

And the selection of the team leader would undoubtedly be the one with the highest score.

The Academy's scoring system is a comprehensive and integrated evaluation system. A Time Traveler who can achieve the highest score is bound to be more excellent and powerful than others.

4811 people would be divided into 96 teams by the Academy, about 50 people per team. They would go to purchase supplies and then leave the city.

The Academy began to divide the areas to assign teams to the Time Travelers.

However, Qing Chen suddenly said, "Wait a minute. I'll assign the teams, and I'll designate the escape routes and the places to purchase supplies."

The Time Travelers and Kunlun Members were stunned. They didn't expect Qing Chen to step forward at this time.

Lu Yuan scratched his head curiously and asked, "Was there a problem with what we did?"

Qing Chen shook his head, "No problem. From the start of the lockdown to now, the Academy has done an impeccable job. It's just that I can do better. Let me do it."

If it were normal times, Qing Chen might choose to hide his talents, might be humble, but matters of life and death didn't allow him to be sentimental.

Qing Chen said, "Wait for me."

With that, he returned to the war fortress and called for Xiao Tongyun and Shinguji Maki.

He crouched on the ground and said, "Maki, I'll draw it. You create a sand table model on the square in front of the dormitory area."

After he finished speaking, he lay on a huge piece of paper and, based on the City 10 satellite map he had seen at the Qing Clan Secret Intelligence Agency, replicated it exactly on the paper.

On the square outside the dormitory area, the Time Travelers and Kunlun Members watched as a huge sand table model of City 10 slowly appeared in front of them.

The sand table model was upright, like a blackboard, making it easy for everyone to look up.

Buildings rose up before them, District 1, District 2, District 3…

A Time Traveler said, "Wait, the trees on the streets in District 2 are exactly the same. I remember that row of trees, they were paulownias."

"And the storefronts on the street, the signs are all the same."

At this time, everyone finally realized that this was a real 3D sand table. The so-called reality meant that there was no fabrication, and everything could be used as a reference and guide in reality.

The Time Travelers suddenly looked towards the mysterious war fortress.

When City 10 was replicated in pixels, they felt as if they were experiencing the rise and fall of a city.

"What is this for?" A Time Traveler asked doubtfully.

The next moment, Qing Chen walked out from the war Academy, his expression slightly weary.

He held a laser pointer and drew an area on the map, "Time Travelers living in this area, step forward."

More than forty Time Travelers slowly walked forward, looking at each other.

Qing Chen said without looking back, "Lu Yuan, assign them a leader. Then everyone come and watch. I require you to gather at the entrance of this convenience store on Guangdian Street immediately after leaving your homes. The leader will count everyone's money and purchase water, protein bars, canned synthetic meat, sugar, and lighters at the convenience store. Buy as much as you can."

Qing Chen moved the laser pointer to draw a route on the city, "After you leave Guangdian Street, continue southward along Ziyun Road. Taxis are easy to hail there. Everyone will take taxis in batches and go to the border checkpoint. Remember to tell the driver not to take Qixing Street, because although it's the closest, it'll be very congested from 8 pm to midnight."

With that, Qing Chen looked at the Time Travelers behind him expressionlessly, "Did everyone remember?"

The Time Travelers were stunned for a moment, looking at each other, "What you just said wasn't fast, but it was a little complicated."

At this time, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old Time Traveler stepped forward, "Sir, you…"

The Time Traveler didn't know how to address Qing Chen. Call him Qing Chen? Impossible, he was clearly not on the same level as them.

Should they just be brazen and call him Boss? It seemed a bit abrupt.

Qing Chen looked at him and said, "You can call me Dean, the Dean of the Agricultural Academy."

On Whale Island, at midnight, the Time Travelers were stunned, then immediately gasped.

Before this, many Time Travelers had searched the Academy for information on the Dean of the Agricultural Academy.

But no matter how they searched, the identity of the Dean of the Agricultural Academy remained a mystery.

Qing Chen, Dean of Agricultural Academy, were considered two of the most mysterious figures in the Time Traveler Academy.

But now everyone realized that these two mysterious figures were the same person.

It was too strange. A boy who was barely 17 years old was the Dean of an academy! Was he really their peer?

Qing Chen interrupted the Time Travelers' train of thought, "What is it?"

The Time Traveler who had just stepped forward said weakly, "Dean, I can remember the route you just drew. I know how to go."

Qing Chen nodded, "Very good. You'll be the deputy leader, assisting the leader in the evacuation work."

In Qing Chen's configuration, a person with the strongest organizational and thinking ability would be the leader, and someone familiar with the route would be the deputy leader.

He waved his hand, signaling the other party to return to the team, and used the laser pointer to draw another area on the sand table, "Time Travelers in this area, step forward. I require you to gather at the pharmacy on Fangcao Street, use all your savings to buy outdoor emergency supplies, and then cross Kaixuan West Road—remember, don't take Jiudou Avenue, it's very congested, and I suspect that it's also a heavily affected area by the Rat Tide. Those who can remember the route, step forward."

At this time, Chen Zhuoqu stood up, "Dean, I can remember."

"Anyone else?" Qing Chen asked calmly, "Anyone else who can remember, step forward."

Another student stepped forward, "Dean, I can remember."

"Very good, you're the deputy leader," Qing Chen looked at Chen Zhuoqu, "You're the leader. You can't bet the lives of your team members solely on yourself. If you die, the deputy leader can still lead everyone forward. If the deputy leader dies, at least you'll still be the backbone."

The crowd was startled. This young Dean was still considering the worst-case scenario.

Chen Zhuoqu, when she originally heard Qing Chen looking for another person who knew the way, thought that Qing Chen didn't trust her, but after hearing Qing Chen's arrangement, she immediately submitted, "I understand, Dean."

Qing Chen nodded and continued to assign the next group.

Lu Yuan stood beside the sand table, frowning. To be honest, he couldn't imagine what kind of brain Qing Chen possessed. He could actually remember all the road conditions and routes of City 10.

At first, he was a little unconvinced that the other party would take over the task of arranging the Time Travelers, but now he was convinced.

Moreover, Lu Yuan also discovered his previous mistake. He had previously assigned group areas based on his feelings, but when the sand table appeared, he realized how stupid he had been.

You must know that the Inner World city is three-dimensional. Some buildings' 88th floors might actually be the first floor of other buildings. Students in the same geographical area might have to take a hovercraft to quickly meet up with others, otherwise, they would have to take a very long detour.

Qing Chen's assignments would never have this problem.

Lu Yuan understood that Qing Chen had interrupted him because he had realized this problem.

He recalled the beginning of the time travel incident, when he followed that figure through one intersection after another, and the other party was just an ordinary student, yet he could easily get rid of their cross-tracking, as if even the traffic lights were helping him.

In fact, it wasn't Lu Yuan, nor the group of Time Travelers who felt this computational ability most profoundly, but Shendai Yunhe. He clearly remembered the feeling of fighting with Qing Chen in the city, a feeling of being at odds with the world and fate.

However, it's not that Lu Yuan was stupid, normal people facing the vast urban area of the Inner World would make this mistake.

At this time, all the Time Travelers were on the square outside the dormitory area, waiting for Qing Chen to assign groups and deputy leaders one by one, and warning the deputy leaders that they must review the routes three times a day for the remaining six days, they must remember them by heart, because the routes meant life.

From midnight to dawn, from morning to noon.

For a full hour, Qing Chen finally arranged all the routes for 99 groups.

After the Time Travelers were assigned to their groups, they could go back to their dorms to rest, but Qing Chen stood there for a whole hour.

Everyone could see the deep weariness in Qing Chen's eyes.

But he didn't rest for a minute, he didn't stop for a minute.

And everyone suddenly discovered that from last night to this noon, although Qing Chen had begun to show signs of fatigue, his mind remained clear.

4811 Time Travelers, they were most familiar with their own living areas, and they knew that Qing Chen hadn't made a single mistake.

Earlier, some Time Travelers were unconvinced. When they saw information about the Master of Daybreak on the internet, many people would say that he was just lucky, just happened to be by the side of a big shot, and some said that it was only because of the big shot's support that he had achieved his current success.

But only the Time Travelers who had experienced it firsthand would realize how terrifying his mind was.

Even Chen Zhuoqu, the top performer, after observing Qing Chen for four hours, felt a sense of self-abasement for the first time.

She kept trying to write down every route and precaution Qing Chen said, to see how long she could follow Qing Chen's thinking.

As a result, by the fourth hour, she couldn't keep up, and her brain began to become muddled due to memorizing a large amount of information.

She could only admire and feel lucky that her future Boss was a top performer even stronger than herself!

Who could compete with that?

Chen Zhuoqu left at 4:30 in the morning. Hu Jingyi asked her where she was going, and she said she was going to continue challenging the cliff.

The Time Travelers around her were surprised. At this time, she still had the energy to challenge the cliff in the middle of the night…

Chen Zhuoqu looked at the others indifferently, "Otherwise? Just sit here and wait to die? All the challengers whose groups have been assigned, don't just stand here dumbfounded, come with me. Those whose groups haven't been assigned, after the Dean assigns the groups, also gather at the cliff."

No one knew why Chen Zhuoqu now seemed like the leader of those challengers, and no one stood up to refute her words.

Zheng Yuandong left at 2 am. At that time, Ni Ergou asked him if he didn't need to preside over the situation here. Zheng Yuandong's answer was: Qing Chen is here, it's enough.

This is Zheng Boss's trust in Qing Boss. He found that Qing Chen genuinely wanted to help the Time Travelers survive. To be honest, this matter completely changed his view of Qing Chen.

Tonight, Qing Chen was like someone who suddenly stepped forward to try to save the situation when the building was about to collapse, making those who were unconvinced become convinced.

Only Little Seven and his family members looked at Qing Chen with admiration from beginning to end. This is their Leader!

At noon, all the assignments were completed.

The leaders and deputy leaders of each group stood in front of the sand table, recording their respective routes, and many team members spontaneously came to record as well, in case the leader and deputy leader both died, they could take over.

Qing Chen slowly walked towards the war Academy, returned to his recliner, and fell asleep.

Sun Chuci and others silently watched. They knew what Qing Chen had done and admired him deeply.

Shendai Kongyin put her index finger to her lips in front of everyone, signaling everyone to keep their voices down, don't disturb Qing Chen's sleep.

She looked at that familiar yet unfamiliar face, but just looked quietly, doing nothing.

At this time, Qing Chen, who was closing his eyes, said, "Start transplanting the third batch of Eternal Heaven Fruit. Remember to keep them all. I want to distribute them in advance to the Time Travelers in City 10. Sun Chuci, go tell Lu Yuan that the Eternal Heaven Fruit I sent out in advance are all considered on credit. After those Time Travelers survive, remember to do tasks and earn points to pay me back."

The Time Travelers in the Agricultural Academy couldn't help but laugh and cry. It's such a critical time, and the Boss is still in that landowning landlord's manner.

However, they realized that Qing Chen's work hadn't ended yet, this Boss was still planning incessantly.