Listening to the voice inside, several people in the conference room fell silent for a moment.
Then, Shao Zhu said dryly: "This... should be true, right?"
The one who answered him was Xia Ying.
Vice Chairman Xia had already brought his phone close to his face, straining to take in every detail. He muttered, "This road is the one outside our college. I still remember the snack street across the street. I go there every morning to buy a set of pancakes."
Now, the pancake stall owner is right there, and his expression is stunned enough.
Shao Zhu also quickly shifted his focus away from his own principal and looked around.
Even though nearly two years have passed, it is still my alma mater, a place I go to often. Even if only a pit is left, it still looks very familiar from the surrounding houses and scenery.
The next few people who appeared further deepened the realism of the video.
The student union president who lived off campus and couldn't come, the teachers and professors who had gone home since they didn't have classes and therefore didn't come, and the faculty and staff who rushed to work.
Basically everyone who came had surprisingly consistent reactions.
The left eye says "shocked" and the right eye says "confused", and together they mean "who am I and where am I".
This prompted Kun Jingming, who had been silent the entire time, to finally speak up. "Actually, I used to think we were the most unlucky people. We were sleeping soundly at school, but we were uprooted and thrown into a fictional world along with the school. But now it seems we're actually quite lucky."
Xia Ying nodded gently: "After all, some things still depend on who you compare yourself with."
Shao Zhu silently glanced at his own principal who was always in the center of the picture.
When you reach middle age, not only are you broke, but you're also suddenly unemployed...
Reaching out and pouring himself a cup of tea, Shao Zhu held it up to the photo of his principal hanging on the wall and said seriously, "I'll use tea instead of wine as a sign of respect."
As for whether the principal over there could receive the sympathy and care of his good students, he had no way of knowing.
Kun Jingming obviously thought further: "This news cannot be covered up. Someone must be looking for us, our teachers, our parents, and even China."
Before he finished speaking, the clear sound of sirens could be heard from the video.
Although we couldn't see what happened in other places from this angle, it was obvious that the sudden appearance of the deep pit and the sudden disappearance of the school must have alarmed many people.
Obviously, Shao Zhu had not thought about what would happen to the original world after crossing.
After all, no one took time travel seriously before.
All they thought about was how to live their lives today, how to earn points, and what to redeem them for. No one told them they had to go back and forth...
So when Shao Zhu saw this scene, his first reaction was: "It looks like we're going to be on the news."
Kun Jingming, who had recently been studying media and newspapers in Fenghe County, subconsciously responded, "Shocking! A school suddenly disappeared overnight, and a huge pit appeared in the city center. Is this an alien abduction or a conspiracy hidden in the dark?"
Xia Ying: ...
Shao Zhu: ...
I wanted to laugh, but I couldn't laugh when I thought about myself being the protagonist of the news.
I never expected that the clown would be me.
At this moment, the originally clear video suddenly changed. The clarity went from blue light to low-definition video, and finally a blurred mosaic appeared. It flashed violently a few times and then disappeared.
This is obviously not a live broadcast, but a video that can be played repeatedly, but there is only this part.
As the video ended, several people finally came to their senses.
Then I heard a sound coming from outside the window.
Because of the air wall, sounds from outside the school cannot enter, so now the only noises that can be heard are from the students.
Xia Ying stood up immediately and said: "Most of them have seen this push and video. I'll go out and see what's going on." Then he strode out of the meeting room and called the students' union officers to leave together.
Kun Jingming directly pulled open the broadcasting equipment in the conference room.
Because this is the student union meeting room, many meetings that determine the future of the school are held here after the time travel. Therefore, in the previous school renovation, in addition to adding a separate power generation device to the meeting room, the broadcasting equipment here is also connected to the outside world so that the entire school can be notified directly.
Kun Jingming now turned on the highest authority switch, tapped it twice to confirm there was movement, and then said in a deep voice: "Attention all students, attention all students, this system upgrade involves a lot of content and a wide range, and there may be some new changes. Please remain calm and don't worry. The Student Union will report any developments as soon as possible. I repeat, we have seen all kinds of situations, please remain calm!"
Shao Zhu took his phone, quickly switched to the conversation interface, and directly contacted the system: "This is what happened after we traveled through time, right?"
The system's response was as quick and concise as usual: "Yes."
"What happened next?"
“I only captured this part.”
Shao Zhu felt it was a pity, as he also wanted to see what his home was like.
But he also knew that this was across time and space, and even if he knew, he wouldn't be able to do anything. So he simply skipped the question and asked, "Can you contact them now?"
The system quickly replied: "No."
Shao Zhu was silent for a moment, and stopped typing. Instead, he muttered softly: "What use is there for you..."
I thought the system wouldn't say anything about this complaint. After all, they have been dealing with the system for two years and are quite familiar with the system's temper.
He is like a sophisticated computing machine, a carefully written program that can run in multiple threads and communicate with teachers and students throughout the school without any problems.
But at the same time, he has no emotions. He will answer questions directly if he can, and choose to remain silent if he cannot answer or does not want to tell them. Students will occasionally complain to him, or use him as a voice assistant to tease them when they are bored, but the system will remain silent and have no reaction.
But this time, the system gave feedback: "Please check carefully when the update is pushed."
Shao Zhu was slightly stunned: "What push?"
Then Kun Jingming's steady voice was heard: "The explanation is in the push." As he spoke, he held the phone upright and pointed the screen at Shao Zhu.
All that was displayed was the article just now - something about time, space, and different dimensions... something or other. Shao Zhu said he couldn't remember it.
The long paragraphs of text above make people dizzy.
So he asked, "How did you know?"
Kun Jingming said calmly, "I can see that."
"...It's so long, you actually finished reading it?"
"Um."
Shao Zhu wanted to ask, how did you finish reading it? It took less than ten minutes in total, watching the video and reading the text at the same time. How is that possible?
But he swallowed it back before he could say it.
After all, he still remembered that the person in front of him was the one who led the entire School of Literature and translated a whole box of books from Qi State in just a few days.
The world of academic elites is probably just so unpredictable.
Kun Jingming ignored Shao Zhu's changing expression and said directly, "It's mentioned here that the reason we were able to obtain this video is because the system has a new function after the upgrade."
Shao Zhu immediately became interested and leaned towards Kun Jingming, asking, "What's the new feature?"
"He can briefly capture information from the original world, but because of the obstacles on both sides, it's only fragmentary."
"Hinder? Does it say what hinder means?"
“I wrote it, but I can’t understand it.”
Shao Zhu, who had originally thought he would get a correct answer, was stunned. After a while, he finally said, "...Ah? You don't understand?"
Kun Jingming gave him a puzzled look: "I'm a liberal arts student, why do you think I can understand physics?"
Shao Zhu: ...Yes.
At this time, Xia Ying had already turned back.
Shao Zhu was just about to ask him about the situation at school, when he saw that not only did he come back by himself, but he was also followed by a lot of people.
Among them was Chai Kexin, who had previously gone to Fenghe County to measure earthquakes.
They soon filled the conference room, and some people connected their mobile phones directly to the projector, which displayed the communication interface with the system.
It looks like a meeting is about to begin.
Shao Zhu came up to Xia Ying and asked quietly, "Who are these?"
Xia Ying covered his mouth with his hand and whispered, "They're all professors and seniors from physics-related majors, mostly working on theory. They said they wanted to discuss the system together, so I brought them here. This place can broadcast live to the entire school, and it's also easy to archive the videos for future reference."
Shao Zhu nodded and said, "Yes, we should ask them to come over. Professionals should do professional things." He paused and asked, "How is the situation?"
Xia Ying replied, "I asked the security guards. The school suddenly... started to glow. The Qi and Zhou people in the dormitories were all looking over here. However, the system has increased the brightness of the air wall sufficiently, so it's impossible to see what's going on inside from the outside."
"What about school?"
"Everyone is discussing this video and researching the upgrade push. But they're just talking about it, not reacting much, and their emotions are relatively stable." Xia Yingxiang seemed to have thought of something as he spoke. "No wonder the system called all the students back before the upgrade."
Shao Zhu blinked: "What do you mean?"
Kun Jingming said calmly, "Because this time is different from the previous ones. The previous two system upgrades were minor, but this time it's a big deal, with many updates. Every student must be informed, but there are many things that must not be known to the natives."
Xia Ying nodded: "Yes, not only should we call them all back, but we should also cover them with a shield to ensure that people outside can neither hear nor see what is happening inside."
Shao Zhu looked out the window, at the wall of air still glowing white, and whispered, "What if someone tells others about it?"
Kun Jingming said calmly, "Let's not even talk about whether anyone would believe me if I told them. Simply put, my biggest reliance is school. Without the support of school and my peers, a single person is nothing in this world. Haven't you seen this clearly in the past two years?"
Xia Ying added, "The three who initially escaped were given a break by the school because of their offenses. Even then, they had to chop trees and move bricks for a year before they could get a place in a dormitory again, and it wasn't even their original dorm."
Shao Zhu: "Where is their original dormitory?"
Xia Ying: "I heard it was converted into a bathroom."
Shao Zhu: ...Well, this lesson is very tragic.
At this time, the discussion had already begun over there.
This discussion is a bit heated...
In fact, for Shao Zhu, who studies civil engineering, he is not familiar with the theoretical majors in school.
Even if he also wants to study physics, and even it is closely related to physics, application and theory are completely two different directions.
One engineering, one science.
One does construction every day, and the other does research every day.
It can be said that no matter whether they are in class or out doing tasks, the two sides rarely meet each other.
Shao Zhu had only heard that there were big guys there, but he had never actually seen them, let alone attend meetings with them.
As a result, today, I got to see the big guys holding a meeting.
This scene is just too intense and exciting...
The professor, who usually looks respectable and elegant, can suddenly slam the table and start yelling.
Looking at the elegant and gentle seniors, they would roll up their sleeves, stand in front of the whiteboard and write furiously, and all they wrote were symbols and formulas that they could not understand.
I can also draw.
I just don't know what the painting is about.
It just so happened that these people were arguing loudly just now, but the next second they quickly calmed down and gathered together to take notes, as if nothing had happened.
At the beginning, Shao Zhu could understand some of it, but later he was completely confused.
But he doesn't think it's because of his lack of professional skills.
After all, not everyone has the opportunity to watch a group of bigwigs and a system from another world holding a meeting together.
The topic of the meeting was still to study things about time travel.
When they traveled through time before, no one told them that this actually required a scientific explanation...
It's okay for fantasy to become a science channel...
Shao Zhu didn't understand, and medical student Xia Ying and liberal arts student Kun Jingming were even less confused.
So, the three vice-chairmen who usually had the final say in school now all looked obedient and turned into ruthless nodding machines.
And I felt inexplicably drowsy.
Sometimes, even if I know I can’t sleep, I just can’t control myself, especially when I don’t understand a word.
Fortunately, they are highly efficient and the system’s feedback is very timely. The basic tone was set in a short time, and the next step is to analyze specific issues specifically.
Apparently, the people from the Physics Department didn't want to leave just like that. Their eyes lit up as they asked this system from an unknown dimension many questions, taking notes as they asked. Everyone had a look of joy on their faces as if they had found a topic for the next paper, hahahaha.
This is a happiness that most people cannot understand.
Shao Zhu was anxious to know the answer, so he quietly waved to Chai Keyin.
After seeing this, Chai Kexin didn't stand up immediately. Instead, she sat down and took notes with her teacher. Then she closed her notebook and walked over to sit next to the three vice-chairmen. She pushed her black-framed glasses and asked softly, "What's going on?"
Shao Zhu then asked, "What did you discuss?"
Chai Kexin handed over the notebook: "Here, meeting minutes."
Shao Zhu took it, and the other two also leaned over to take a look.
Magnetohydrodynamics, Hamiltonian equations, spontaneous symmetry breaking...
Um, okay, I don’t understand.
Chai Kexin also noticed their expressions. She didn't act condescending because the subject involved her own expertise. Instead, she smiled apologetically and said as she took back the meeting notes, "I forgot this isn't a professional discussion class. Let me give you a brief description."
The three of them nodded in unison, their eyes almost sparkling with curiosity.
Chai Kexin thought back to what she had just said, and tried to translate it into easier-to-understand language. She slowly said, "To put it simply, the system upgrade, just like many people in school have expected, depends on tasks. As we earn points, the system will also gain corresponding energy, allowing it to upgrade."
Shao Zhu raised his hand obediently, and after receiving a nod from Chai Kexin, he asked, "What energy?"
After carefully considering her words, Chai Kexin said, "You can think of it as influence, influence on the world. The more effort the school makes towards this, the more energy the system will gain."
Xia Ying grasped the key point: "In other words, the system's energy actually comes from this fictional world. We need to influence this world as much as possible and make it progress. The system will then gain more energy from this and upgrade, which in turn will provide us with more help?"
Chai Kexin gave him a thumbs up with an admiring look that said, "You are the class representative."
Shao Zhu was very surprised: "The system actually operates in this way? I thought it was just a simple AI, just like in the game, responsible for giving us tasks."
Kun Jingming said: "Actually, none of this is important. What is important is what we want to do and what the system can do for us."
Seeing his straightforward question, Chai Kexin skipped over all the theoretical stuff and jumped straight to the practical part. "According to the system, before and after our time travel can be considered two different planes, and time and space do not overlap. Just like he said at the beginning of the time travel, our entire school's time travel was an accident, and his purpose in coming here was to work with us to correct this accident, but now we have encountered some difficulties."
Kun Jingming asked: "What difficulties?"
Chai Kexin flipped open her notebook, checked the records, and then said, "To put it simply, there are many differences between the two planes. The speed of time flows differently, and the development situations are also different. In order to connect the two sides, we need to allow the system to obtain enough energy, and at the same time, make this plane closer to the world before we crossed over."
Shao Zhu was confused: "I don't understand..."
Xia Ying offered his own explanation: "What we need to do is to drive development here by completing one mission after another. Civilization, culture, productivity. In short, every aspect must be improved and influence increased to help upgrade the system and unlock the ultimate achievement."
Shao Zhu was curious: "What achievement?"
Xia Ying: "Connecting two dimensions."
Shao Zhu was slightly stunned, and Kun Jingming said softly: "You can understand it as going home."
Just two words made Shao Zhu straighten his back.
In fact, after traveling through time, everyone misses home, no matter whether they are teachers or students. They are suddenly picked out and put in a strange place, a strange world in the farming era. It would be a lie to say that they don’t want to go back.
I miss my family, technology, and the days when I could surf the internet and order takeout whenever I want...
I miss high technology every day.
But this sentiment quickly dissipated because at that time, the entire school was facing survival issues.
Although there is system help, the system's help is not free, so everyone has to study hard and complete tasks, in fact, just to survive better.
Faced with a strange world and an unknown future, everyone understands that instead of wasting time crying, it is more practical to give up fantasies and be a good person.
As a result, Chai Kexin's words now came like a blessing from heaven.
Shao Zhu forgot what to say for a moment.
Xia Ying didn't show much excitement, but said seriously, "So we are going to rebuild a new civilization here?"
Chai Kexin smiled and said, "Or you could call it driving the development process and accelerating the improvement of people's living standards."
Regardless of which statement is made, the result is the same.
That is, we must continue to complete tasks, do big things, and work hard on our careers.
At this moment, Xia Ying finally understood: "No wonder the previous system tasks looked like poverty alleviation projects. I thought he had become a master of learning to strengthen the country."
Kun Jingming said calmly: "You can call him that now, literally."
Shao Zhu finally understood the logic behind it, so he relaxed his strength, leaned back in his chair, and muttered, "At first I thought this was a cultivation system, then I thought it was a farming and construction system. Now it seems that this is actually a civilization evolution system. I really underestimated it before."
At this moment, their phones started vibrating.
Xia Ying picked it up and took a look, then smiled: "It seems that many people were watching the live broadcast of the meeting just now, and many people understood the spirit of the meeting."
Chai Kexin was surprised: "How did you know?"
Xia Ying waved his phone and said, "Several majors have already started applying for tasks, and the task list is very busy now." He looked at the people who were still discussing with the system and said softly, "There weren't many theoretical tasks before, but now it's good. Every time they get a task, it's a big one."
Research time travel.
It's easy to imagine that this will definitely have high points rewards.
If you are a top student, you will have your own spring no matter where you go!
Shao Zhu was flipping through the assignments for those majors, and the more he looked, the more astonished he became. He muttered to himself, "Those who study electricity, resources, and mechanics... can they really do all of these?"
Although Kun Jingming didn't understand these technical skills, he knew history, so he said firmly: "As long as you want it, nothing is impossible."
Xia Ying smiled and said, "I have to say the system is very good at finding time. With the accumulation of these two years, we have laid some foundations in this world, established relationships with the natives, and taught them some basic skills."
Shao Zhu added, "Also, regardless of their major, they've been well prepared in both theory and practice over the past two years. Even freshmen should be able to handle things on their own by now. Upgrading the system now is just the right time, not too early or too late."
Chai Kexin also smiled, her eyes curved behind her black-framed glasses: "This is really the best New Year's gift."
Kun Jingming thought for a moment, took out his phone, called up the dialog box, and found the system: "When can I get news from there?"
The system replied: "Insufficient energy. We are capturing signals randomly and cannot provide a specific time."
Kun Jingming didn't look disappointed at all. He said softly, "Well, I'd like to leave a message. Please help me pass it on when you get a signal. At least let the principal know about us, okay?"
This time, the system didn't remain silent. Instead, it took this as a reasonable request and quickly replied, "Yes."
Then the video recording starts showing on the screen.
Kun Jingming immediately sat up straight, stared at the front camera, and slowly smiled.
Several people around him were looking at him, as if they wanted to hear what this person was going to say.
Kun Jingming took a deep breath before saying, "Principal, please don't worry. We haven't given up on our studies and have been working hard to return. We look forward to reuniting soon."
Then his voice paused, as if he was preparing something.
But he soon looked back at the camera and spoke slowly:
"Now, your students are going to create a new world."
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