Chapter 84 The Arena

The library in Zhanzhou has a very novel display.

The south section on the third floor is hard to find; it's almost completely isolated from the outside world.

The reading rooms here are individual rooms, each with a different map and symbol painted on its door.

The long corridor was carpeted in deep red, and the walls were adorned with ancient tapestries and murals depicting various fantastical scenes: dragons soaring through the sky, elves wandering in the forest, and mysterious sacrificial rituals being performed under the moonlight.

These are historical and mythological texts that are likely stored according to their distribution across different regions of the world.

Yan Shi walked down the corridor and stopped at the end.

There were no maps or symbols at the entrance of this room, only three very simple words: "Table World".

Is the world of watches also a separate reading room?

Yan Shi immediately became interested.

It should be noted that in Yan Shi's understanding, the surface world consists mostly of ordinary people without spiritual perception.

So what exactly does this history and myth tell us?

Surely everything written in the legends of the surface world can't be true.

There is a very modern card reader at the entrance.

It bears a resemblance to the one that He Zhihe had placed on the newborn airship shaped like a bus.

It's just obviously much more advanced.

Yan Shi took out his teacher's card from his pocket.

Lu Jian had already completed all the formalities for her. The teacher's card was also among a pile of things on the door frame.

After the teacher's card was pressed against the card reader, several runes flashed on the machine's surface, followed by a slight clicking sound.

The door opened.

Yan Shi walked into the reading room.

To her surprise, she saw that there were quite a few people in the library corridor downstairs, but this room was completely empty.

Sunlight streamed in through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating everything inside.

The room was empty and quiet, with sunlight casting large swaths of light and shadow on the floor, while dust particles suspended in the air danced in the light, as if time had stood still.

This reading room is much like any ordinary library in the world.

The room was neatly arranged with bookshelves, and the types of books on each shelf were labeled on the outside.

The difference is that the bookshelves in Zhan Zhou's reading room are very tall. So tall that you have to look up to vaguely see some of the edges.

At the same time, there are no tables and chairs in this reading room.

Yan Shi walked to the bookshelf closest to her.

The side of the bookshelf is labeled "World Calendar 7296 - Present".

Is there anything special about this year?

Yan Shi turned and walked into the bookshelf, then was startled.

This bookshelf is densely packed with books whose spines bear the words "Different Management Bureau".

Below the words "Differentiary Bureau," the date is vertically marked on the book:

World Calendar 7296.3.14, 7296.3.15, 7296.3.16...

Yan Shi's gaze followed the dates upwards, the books seemingly endless.

It's somewhat alarming.

She casually pulled out a book from the bookshelf, titled "World Calendar 7298.7.18," and opened it.

Today, Director Xing also resigned, having served for a total of four months and nine days.

During his tenure, he resolved 0 internal incidents.

Two major proposals were submitted at the same time, and the process should stop once the resignation procedures are confirmed.

This is the third director to leave office since Director Shan resigned.

Before leaving her post, Director Xing said she was fed up with the feeling of the rules eroding her own emotions.

She felt like she was becoming a cold, indifferent tool.

Record: Execution Department - Sheng Chunqiu

[Director Xing resigned today.]

The proposal to forcibly count the number of newborn marine creatures each year can finally be suspended.

Each time the sea creatures reproduce, tens of thousands of newborns are born. Director Xing can go to the sea creature territory himself after leaving his post to count the number of newborns each year.

Instead of causing trouble for the Information Department, the Household Registration Department is not up to the task.

Hopefully, the next director won't be so unrealistic.

Record: Information Department - Lu Jian

Today, Director Xing resigned, and I'll be one of the veteran employees who has seen four directors come and go!

When will I get a raise? Damn it!

(Why do I have to write 100 words?)

When will the holiday start? When will the year-end bonus be paid?...

Record: Logistics Department - Guigemu

The entire book contains the daily reflections of staff from various departments of the General Administration.

Yan Shi raised an eyebrow.

The label on the side of the bookshelf just now reads "World Calendar 7296 - Present".

However, she has been in office for so long that it has exceeded the four months and nine days that Director Xing left office.

She had no idea that her subordinates had to submit this every day.

That's so interesting.

Next to the bookshelf is a ladder made of bronze with intricate patterns engraved on its surface.

Yan Shi started walking up the ladder to the top of the bookshelf.

If she wasn't mistaken, the dates on the bookshelf were arranged from the bottom down.

Then the closest one should be on the top floor.

Let her see how her subordinates evaluate her.

Yan Shi walked for a while, and at the top of the ladder, there was still a long stretch that seemed to have no end.

She stopped and pulled out the book closest to her.

World Calendar 7318.4.28.

This happened after she joined the company this year.

Yan Shi curiously opened it, then slowly froze.

I'm attending a meeting in Casal today.

The meeting's theme was: Whether the Giants' diplomatic actions in Kanches would...

Key participants in the meeting: Director Yan, Sheng Chunqiu, ...

@#%……&*（）

Record: Yanju

Yan Shi: ?

This meeting, this record...

Yan Shi closed his eyes in pain.

This appears to be from her work journal.

The meeting was led by the giants, whose names are all long and difficult to remember.

The name of the meeting was also particularly difficult to pronounce, and Yan Shi couldn't remember it at all.

Moreover, because I was bored, I fell asleep towards the end of the meeting, and my work notes were full of blurry scribbles.

This was her first time going to the Otherworld on official business.

She wasn't quite sure what the other world was like, but this official business made her feel like she had suffered a work-related injury.

Yes, no.

This is what she wrote in her work journal. Why did it appear in the Zhanzhou Library?

This is an invasion of personal privacy!

Moreover, many of those that remain seem to be dark or embarrassing stories.

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Yan Shi now understands why she never knew that her subordinates had to submit daily reflections after being with the company for so long.

Emotions are all contained in my work journal.

Now that we've reached the year 7318.4.28 in the world calendar, what's on this seemingly endless bookshelf?

Yan Shi put the book back in and continued walking upwards.

After walking quite a distance, the bookshelves were still full of books.

The spine of the book only says "Bureau of Foreign Affairs," but there is no date below it.

She pulled out a book and opened it.

The interior is completely blank.

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When Yan Shi walked out of the library again, it was almost dusk.

The setting sun had painted the sky a golden orange, and warm light filtered through the treetops, scattering across the stone path of the college.

Large numbers of students poured out of the library and headed in the same direction.

I guess it's the cafeteria.

Yan Shi made his conclusion and followed the students forward.

After walking for a short while, a huge, circular building appeared ahead, its thick stone walls appearing exceptionally solemn.

The building's scale is astonishing; even standing at the entrance, Yan Shi could not see the whole thing at a glance.

She stopped and looked up and down at the magnificent building.

This is the cafeteria...?

Yan Shi was puzzled.

That can't be right.

She felt it didn't quite seem like it.

That's not true.

Yan Shi walked into the building. Inside the arena were countless arenas divided into small pieces, and the entire space was filled with the tense atmosphere of battle.

The various spirits on the arena shimmered with light, and the fluctuations of their opposing abilities reverberated in the air.

The match on the stage closest to the entrance was nearing its end.

This was a match that Yan Shi knew would be overwhelmingly dominant even without watching the earlier parts.

At this moment, the person on the left side of the arena clearly had poor control over spirits, and could only barely gather a few small fireballs.

Furthermore, the fireball was poorly aimed, with the flame flickering on and off.

Meanwhile, the person on the right side of the arena easily summoned several bolts of lightning, as if teasing their opponent, circling around the outline of the person on the left before finally striking her limbs.

The person on the left has school uniforms covered in blackened holes of all sizes.

"What are they doing?" Yan Shi asked, intrigued.

A coaching match?

This doesn't seem like it.

Hearing Yan Shi's question, a student next to him replied without turning around, "You don't even know about the grade president election? A freshman?"

Yan Shi: "A class president election?"

She knew about the student committee that Sheng Chunqiu had mentioned to her, and what this grade chairman was.

"You don't even know, class president? Have you even read the freshman handbook?"

As expected, the person on the right won the match, and the student in front of Yan Shi turned to look at her.

"Yan, Teacher Yan?" She stammered.

"I'm so sorry, teacher. I didn't recognize you just now. I misspoke."

"Please don't hang up on me QAQ."

He was so terrified he almost became a meme.

Yanlan was late for her first day at school, and the fact that she fought two incredibly powerful teachers one-on-two on her first day, blowing up the academy's floating island, has already become famous on the Zhanzhou student forum.

The new teacher is extremely well-connected, has a terrible temper, and is very capable. It's best not to offend him; it's better to avoid him altogether.

Unless you have the skills of Teacher Ao Wei or Teacher Sharp, and are not afraid of the director of the Teachers' Committee.

Attached is a candid photo of Teacher Yanlan.

It's almost become a new kind of strange tale in Zhan Zhou.

Yan Shi: ...

She wasn't that unreasonable.

Why does this student seem so afraid of her?

She was clearly so kind and approachable.

"It's alright, go ahead. What's the grade president election?"

This time, the student was much more cautious and polite: "It's a competition that takes place during the first week of each semester."

"The champion of the tournament will be the president of the department and the year of the contest."

Yan Shi: "What's the use of being the class president?"

“You can join the student council,” the student explained. “Then the student council president will be chosen from among the presidents through an elimination tournament.”

Everything depends on strength.

Yan Shi understood.

After she nodded, the student in front of her who had answered the question let out a long sigh and ran away quickly without looking back.

Yan Shi's lips twitched slightly, and he moved to another arena to watch the excitement.

The champion of this arena is an acquaintance.

I just met Chu Mengfu.

Just like when he caused trouble for Adelaide before, Chu Mengfu stood casually on one side of the ring.

The only difference was that the other side of her ring was empty.

"This is so boring." Chu Mengfu pouted. "Are there any fourth graders left?"

There was absolutely no sound from the surroundings, only hushed conversations.

Chu Mengfu: "If you don't come up soon, I'm leaving. Is anyone else here?"

Why does it look so much like a street vendor hawking their wares?

Yan Shi found it quite amusing and laughed out loud.

How dare anyone laugh at Zhan Zhou?

Chu Mengfu suddenly looked in this direction, but after recognizing Yan Lan, he looked away.

I recognized him by his eyes; he's someone you can't mess with or fight.

Author's Note: Sorry for the long wait.

There are still 3k lines left to edit, but I'm too tired to finish. I'll get up tomorrow morning to finish and post it before noon.

I'll never write another draft that I know is unusable again QAQ

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