This was news that concerned all time travelers. If one wasn't careful enough, one would end up like the victims in the news, being kidnapped to an exotic place…
And become a carrier of goods.
Merchants once sold goods from the south to the north and from the north to the south.
But now, with the drastic differences between the Inner and Outer Worlds, there are too many things that can be resold.
The one thing that limited this business was transportation efficiency and space.
Right now, if one didn't want to be someone else's mule, then one must be strong enough.
Now as Qing Chen was thinking about it, he thought that the people who attacked Jiang Xue must also be thinking that way.
At this moment, Wang Yun slowly recovered from the shock.
In the class, other students began to pay attention to this news and moved away from the fact that Qing Chen and the transfer students became neighbors.
The focus was shifted.
But for most people, they were just discussing it for the fun of it. This had nothing much to do with them.
Qing Chen noticed that in the end, the news reported that the criminal group used digital currency to conduct transactions, and so far the police was able to trace the buyer's information.
He got up and went to the class representative to pay the book fee, and paid for Nan Gengchen's books along with it.
It wasn't that Qing Chen felt generous, but because the first thing that this friend of his thought about was to invite him to a meal after getting rich. So, it wouldn't matter if he just paid the money for now.
When Nan Gengchen heard about it, he was almost crying and promised to repay the money after his mom returned.
As time passed, the news of the criminals at large spread rapidly in the country, affecting every time traveler.
A young man wearing a black coat was walking in the alleys near the Lijing Gate.
According to historical records, the Lijing Gate was built in the Sui Dynasty. The entire Lijing Gate was composed of the gate tower, the urn city, the arrow tower, the city wall, and the moat. It is now a famous historic site in Luo City.
The young man's sunglasses and his shiny black dress shoes looked very incompatible with the ancient buildings around him.
He looked like a man that got dropped back in time and was walking in history.
The alley was empty, and the sound from his footsteps could clearly be heard.
Further inside, a plaque was hung on top of the entrance to a house. On it, wrote two medium-sized words: Kun Lun.
The young man picked up the ring on the door and knocked. A person peeked out from behind the door, looking at the young man suspiciously, "Who are you?"
The young man took off his sunglasses and smiled, "He Jinqiu, from Jiu Zhou;
However, the person closed the door and went back inside, "Boss, it's He Jinqiu from Jiu Zhou."
Soon, the red wooden door was opened and more than a dozen men stood along the edges of the courtyard, staring at He Jinqiu with a serious look.
He Jinqiu smiled, "You don't need to be that afraid of me, right? Where's Mr. Zheng?"
"The boss hasn't returned yet," said Lu Yuan with a smile, "Please take a seat inside. I'm sure that Boss will return soon."
He Jinqiu didn't hesitate and sat in the center seat in the room, "This traditional Chinese furniture is so hard, not comfortable at all. Right… do you have wine, I don't drink tea."
As he spoke, the Kun Lun members looked at each other. Seeing that He Jinqiu just sat in Zheng Yuandong's seat, someone wanted to go up and say something, but Lu Yuan stopped them.
"Wine? We have plenty." Zheng Yuandong's loud and clear voice came from outside, "We have wine and meat for guests, and we also got bullets and guns for wolves."
He Jinqiu straightened his black coat but didn't get up, "The day before yesterday I invited Mr. Zheng to a meeting, but you refused, so I had to fly here all the way from the capital."
"Why in such a rush?" said Zheng Yuandong as he sat down on another chair. He wore a traditional suit that tightly hid all his mechanical limbs.
He Jinqiu said, "Mr. Zheng must have seen the news."
"Yep, I do know that you saved 12 time travelers," Zheng Yuandong nodded, "But you don't have to come all the way here to ask for praise, right?"
"A praise won't be necessary, but I want to ask if you have considered my proposal?" He Jinqiu said calmly, "Right now, the people in Kun Lun are decreasing, and this is the very opposite of what the world needs right now. The number of time travelers in the country is increasing, yet with your people, you won't be able to do much."
"We have different concepts," said Zheng Yuandong, "You want to bring all the time travelers into your control, but I don't think there's a need for that. A messy group with people of all kinds isn't a good thing."
"But do you understand how many people would be harmed if they are just left like that? What happened today was a good example of that." He Jinqiu's voice became harsh, "If you don't gather everyone up and tell them the real side of the Inner World, they would never understand that they are in danger!"
Zheng Yuandong didn't answer the question but asked, "Are you controlling He Xiaoxiao?"
He Jinqiu fell silent for two seconds and smiled, "What do you think?"
Zheng Yuandong sat up and said, "What do you want to do? For the power or for the people?"
He Jinqiu stood up and walked toward the outside, "I think you knew the answers to your questions. As for what I'm going to do, you'll know by this afternoon."
The Kun Lun members who surrounded the courtyard gave way for him to exit.
Zheng Yuandong's voice sounded again, "I hope that when we face a common enemy, you and I can still fight as comrades."
He Jinqiu paused for a moment, "You can count on me for that, squad leader.
The young Jiu Zhou leader walked into the empty alley outside.
In the afternoon, just before people's attention drifted away from the previous news, another piece of news about He Xiaoxiao rose rapidly in the trending searches.
In his TikTok video, He Xiaoxiao said, "Due to the uncertainties and dangers of the recent events, I recommend all players who entered the public beta to be very careful.
"The Inner World is a very exciting game that can change your life, but if your life ended, there would be no such thing as changing it."
"I'm currently working on a private chat for all time travelers to discuss news safely. After all the technical aspects are completed, any time traveler will be able to join and share their information to assist each other.
"To ensure the safety of the chat members, the messaging system will have 12 active data fortresses to protect everyone's identity information.
"After the chat is set up, my videos will be released to chat members only."
This news caused an uproar in the entire country.