Chapters 90 and 90: Two Part-Time Jobs in Progress

The Death Throne: The throne of the ancient gods who held the power over the dead and reincarnation.

The dead and the authority of reincarnation can only be stored in the abyss, and the Death Throne is the accompanying artifact of that authority.

Therefore, the Death Throne is also known as the Authority of the Abyss.

What follows are legends about the dead and the successive gods who inherited the power of reincarnation and used the Death Throne.

Yan Shi fell into deep thought.

Since the Death Throne is an artifact associated with divine authority, why did it fall into the hands of ordinary beings and even become the foundation of the Zhanzhou Floating Island?

This is such a disgrace to this amazing artifact!

"Lanlan," Lin Cai gently poked Yan Shi's arm as Yan Shi fell into deep thought, appearing somewhat hesitant.

Yan Shi turned her head to look at her, signaling her to speak.

"I might have to go now," Lin Cai said, biting her lip with a pitiful look. "Senior Chu wanted to talk to me about the student committee."

Yan Shi found it somewhat amusing: "Then let's go, why do you need to report to me?"

Lin Cai: "Because it's so hard to run into Lanlan, I originally wanted to spend the whole day with you at the library."

Her hair shone with a warm orange hue in the sunlight, and the scene felt so familiar that Yan Shi was momentarily disoriented.

Before Yan Shi broke up with Wen Ying, he also liked to hide in a corner of the library with Wen Ying during high school.

In the corner is a table surrounded by bookshelves, next to a floor-to-ceiling window.

Sunlight always danced between Wen Ying's brows and eyes, making her eyes appear almost transparent emerald in the light.

Wen Ying is similar to Yan Shi in some ways; they used to understand each other's thoughts without needing to say much.

However, Wen Ying was too stubborn.

It's not just Wen Ying.

Yan Shi belatedly realized that, apart from her, many people around her were always very stubborn.

After Lin Cai fell into thought again, she quietly left the library. After handing the translation to Yan Shi, the skeleton also slowly left the bookshelf.

Next to the Death Church bookshelf, only Yan Shi remained.

She stared blankly at the wooden floor.

"Teacher Yanlan." A figure stopped in front of her, the shadow blocking part of the light.

Yan Shi snapped out of his daze and looked up at the newcomer: "Shu You?"

Shuyou, ever the friendly type, sat down next to her: "I came to find you to discuss our class schedule. You left too quickly yesterday, I didn't even have time to call you back."

Yan Shi was somewhat surprised: "How did you know I was here?"

"The director said you should be in this reading room on the second floor of the library today, so I came straight here." Shuyou said, opening his tablet and bringing up a class schedule.

“You’re new here, so you might not be familiar with this,” she said, adjusting her posture slightly to bring the tablet closer to Yan Shi. “The Eastern Magic Studies Foundation Course is a large course, and all new students need to choose between Eastern Magic Studies Foundation and Western Magic Studies Foundation.”

"The class schedule needs to be submitted to the faculty committee tonight. Our students are different, so we need to give them time to prepare in advance."

Yan Shi: ?

She hadn't even looked at the long list of onboarding guides Lu Jian had sent her.

So the reason why a course is paired with two teaching assistants to explain the theory is not because of the number of class hours, but because the students are different.

Yan Shi was greatly shocked.

Shuyou seemed to take it for granted that Yanshi knew the reason, and did not continue to explain. Instead, he handed Yanshi a flat pen: "A bet is a bet, you choose first."

The basic course on Eastern magic has two time slots: a large class from 8:30 to 11:30 in the morning and a large class from 6:30 to 9:30 in the evening.

Five days a week, sometimes four.

The specific reasons will be explained later in the onboarding guide. Yan Shi took the pen and, without hesitation, selected all the evening classes.

The timing was perfect, and it wouldn't interfere with her work at the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs during the day.

The normal closing time for the Foreign Affairs Bureau is 5 PM.

After work, I can have dinner before coming here.

Yan Shi wept inwardly at the prospect of a miserable life where he would have to work one job during the day and another at night.

Shuyou wasn't surprised by Yan Shi's choice. She just sighed and took back the tablet: "Then I'll report it to the Teachers' Committee."

"Hmm." Yan Shi nodded, then suddenly remembered a question: "Who is the main instructor for the course 'Mathematical Games'?"

Shuyou asked, somewhat puzzled, "You don't know?"

Then, considering that this was Yanlan who hadn't come to the company on her first day and had gotten into a fight with her colleagues on her first day in Zhanzhou, breaking through the floating island, it suddenly seemed reasonable.

“It’s the director,” Shuyou explained.

Ji Pucun is actually the main teacher of the basic course on Eastern magic, no wonder she asked about the lesson plan yesterday.

Yan Shi suddenly realized.

She planned to continue reading the translation of the Deathly Hallows for a while longer, and then send a message to ask Sheng Chunqiu about the progress of his teachings.

After putting away his tablet, Shuyou remained seated next to Yanshi.

"Is there anything else?" Yan Shi asked, turning his head to her.

Digital travel: ...

She was simply facing two opponents, and Yan Lan, who was holding her own against Ao Wei and Sharp, was very curious.

I also want to get to know my colleagues whom I'll be working with soon.

To prevent Yanlan from suddenly wanting to fight her one day.

Digital games are not good at fighting.

But Yanlan was clearly not curious about her.

"It's nothing." Shuyou's lips twitched, and he stood up. "I'm leaving."

Yanlan naturally looked away: "Okay."

Digital travel: ...

So, before Yanlan grew up and became powerful, did she really not experience the harsh realities of society?

"Oh, right," after walking a few steps, Shuyu turned back, took a storage bag out of his pocket, and tossed it to Yanshi.

"The director asked me to bring this to you, saying that someone else asked her to give it to you."

This should be the means of transportation that Yanshi mentioned to Lujian yesterday for Zhanzhou.

Yan Shi suddenly became interested and stood up, intending to go downstairs to check out his new mode of transportation.

As soon as he stood up, he met Shuyou's somewhat surprised gaze.

Shuyou: "You've changed your mind again and want to come with me?"

"How did you figure that out?" Yan Shi looked back in confusion. "I was planning to go downstairs to check on my mode of transportation."

Digital travel: ...

She quickly left the reading room first.

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Director Yan didn't come today.

Lu Jian stood outside the director's office, holding a thick stack of revised proposals for the underground world's security campaign, and looked at the gray screen at the door with surprise.

The sign above clearly reads "Leave of Absence".

This is the first time Director Yan has taken leave since taking office.

The General Administration provides excellent welfare benefits for its employees.

In principle, no overtime work is required on weekends, and 15 days of annual leave are provided each year.

However, since taking office, Director Yan has never used his annual leave, has been on duty all day, and often works overtime online on weekends.

Lu Jian tapped on the gray screen at the entrance, which showed that Director Yan had left the bureau yesterday afternoon.

Then I took the day off today.

What's wrong with Director Yan?

Lu Jian stood at the door in thought for a while, then dialed Sheng Chunqiu's number: "Director Sheng, do you know why Director Yan didn't come?"

After being implicated in the household registration department incident, Sheng Chunqiu has been away on field duty and not working in the department.

At that moment, a slightly noisy sound came from the other end of the communication channel: "Director Yan didn't come?"

Sheng Chunqiu was also somewhat surprised.

“Yes,” Lu Jian said, “I reported the draft of the new proposal to Director Yan yesterday morning, and made a revised version today. I was just about to report it again when I found that Director Yan was not here.”

Sheng Chunqiu lowered her eyes; she had seen Director Yan yesterday as well.

At the time, Yanju was in the medical department, and he left in a hurry.

Is there some emergency at home?

still...

Sheng Chunqiu recalled what Gui Gemu had told her before: Yan Ju raised his hand to annihilate the gods and then repaired the world barrier.

Each of these is something that would be difficult for a human to accomplish.

But Director Yan did it.

Their head of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs is practically omnipotent.

But is there really no consequence for Yanju's actions?

Sheng Chunqiu didn't share his guesses with Lu Jian.

Lu Jian has a complicated background, and Yan Ju would not want his weakness to be known by outsiders.

She replied to Lu Jian in a normal tone, "Isn't Yanlan currently near the capital? Perhaps Director Yan went to see his sister temporarily."

Lu Jian was skeptical: "Yanlan went to Zhanzhou to report for her new post."

Sheng Chunqiu: "Oh, then Director Yan probably went to check on my sister's work situation."

Lu Jian: ...

What's the situation at work? Did Director Yan help Yan Lan when she got into a fight?

Lu Jian knew he wouldn't get anything out of Sheng Chunqiu: "You can continue with your work. I'll send the revised proposal to Director Yan's email."

After hanging up, Sheng Chunqiu's fingertips hovered over the chat box with Director Yan for a long time, typing and deleting.

No further messages were sent.

This is Director Yan.

She let out a deep sigh.

After leaving the bureau, Sheng Chunqiu had always wanted a fair and just bureau chief who did not come from a powerful family.

Sheng Chunqiu knew better than anyone that the Bureau of Foreign Affairs was gradually heading towards its end.

When Director Yan actually arrived, with absolute fairness as his guiding principle and decisive action, Sheng Chunqiu should theoretically have breathed a sigh of relief.

What was Yanju like before he became Yanju?

Sheng Chunqiu has traversed countless difficult paths to become who he is today.

So, did Director Yan also walk through countless more difficult paths in the past?

Sheng Chunqiu turned off his phone screen, took a deep breath, suppressed his chaotic thoughts, and focused on continuing to organize the reconstruction work of Emerald City.

The Emerald City branch of the Management Bureau is already undergoing emergency reorganization.

The Emerald City was half destroyed because the outer and inner worlds overlapped due to the shattering of the world barrier.

Sheng Chunqiu had temporarily transferred personnel from the execution department of a nearby branch, and he himself was also here to oversee things.

At the same time, the General Administration's Information Department was notified that Emerald City would be the preferred work location for this year's autumn recruitment.

“Sheng Chu,” a patrol member ran up from a distance, “we’ve found a human. He accidentally entered the inner world from the outer world when the world barrier broke yesterday.”

This is not an event that did not happen.

Sheng Chunqiu frowned: "Find out the situation, contact the logistics department, properly handle her memories, and send her back to the surface world."

“The situation is a bit complicated,” the patrol member explained hesitantly. “We don’t know how to handle it.”

"After checking her health, we contacted the logistics department to send her back."

"But suddenly, she discovered that a fragment of the world barrier had fused into the back of her hand."

Sheng Chunqiu's expression suddenly changed, and he looked sharply at the team member: "The fragment of the World Barrier has fused into the back of her hand?"

The team member nodded: "Yes, so we need you to come and see how to handle this."

Sheng Chunqiu hurried along, following the patrol team members into the temporary resettlement site.

The temporary resettlement site was small. A young girl sat at a table nearby, nervously folding the hem of her clothes repeatedly.

A medical officer and another patrolman were standing next to her.

Sheng Chunqiu stopped and composed himself: "Hello, I am Sheng Chunqiu, the director of the Executive Division of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs."

The girl looked up at her and said, "Hello, I'm Lin Xuya."

Sheng Chunqiu: "Hello Ms. Lin, please don't be nervous. The Bureau of Anomalies is the official agency in the Outer World that specializes in handling these abnormal events."

“I know you,” Lin Xuya said. “There’s no need to explain further.”

Sheng Chunqiu: "Where is the fragment of the world barrier located?"

A patrolman next to her said, "The infusion of spirit will manifest on the back of Ms. Lin's left hand."

The patrol team member then looked at Lin Xuya and said, "Ms. Lin, could you please cooperate and let Director Sheng take a look?"

Lin Xuya: "No problem. I know you still need to prepare an inspection report. I am a pure human from the surface world, and your department should still have records of that."

Sheng Chunqiu: ?

Lin Xuya raised her other hand from under the table, her expression bitter: "There is also a fragment of your world barrier on the back of this hand."

"The people who communicated with me about this matter last time were Director Yan and Section Chief Lu."

Author's Note: Yan Shi, who is currently working a second job in Zhan Zhou:

Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants with nutrient solution between 04:03:24 on August 19, 2024 and 05:58:48 on August 20, 2024!

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