Destiny Rekindled

Chapter 4 Special Affairs Group

"Qin Chuan, did you encounter any spirit beasts in the dream world last night?"

In the noisy classroom, the fat classmate pushed Qin Chuan's elbow and asked in a low voice.

"Yes." Qin Chuan nodded and looked at Xiaopang.

Compared to yesterday's excitement, Xiaopang looked quite depressed at this moment.

"You encountered it too?" Xiaopang's eyes lit up, and his face showed a desire for recognition. "Were you also killed by a spirit beast?!"

"That's not the case." Qin Chuan shook his head. Seeing Xiao Pang's expression darken again, he wanted to laugh. "Did you die in the dream world?"

"Yeah." Xiaopang couldn't help but sigh, "Around two o'clock in the morning, I encountered a growth-level powerful bear in the dream world. It hit me and I was gone."

"Do you know what the most important thing is?" Xiaopang's expression suddenly became sad and angry. "The pain in the dream world was very real. When I woke up, I felt like my bones were falling apart and my whole body was in so much pain."

"How miserable." Qin Chuan patted Xiaopang's shoulder and thought of the shadow leopard that almost tore him to pieces.

If it weren't for the help of Water Leaf Dog, his fate would probably be similar to that of Xiaopang.

"Oh, right." Qin Chuan suddenly thought of something and spoke quickly, "You died in the dream world. Did you visit your parents after you woke up? They should have also entered the dream world, right? How are your bodies in reality?"

"I actually went to their room to check." Xiao Pang chuckled, "They were both sleeping soundly, just like usual. I didn't dare wake them up, fearing that something unexpected might happen. I just took a look and went back to my room."

"Is this so..."

Qin Chuan couldn't help feeling a little more worried.

If a person is in the dream world and is awakened by external forces, no one knows what will happen.

Qin Chuan suppressed his worries and continued to ask, "Did you try to enter again later?"

“Of course.” Xiaopang gave Qin Chuan an expression that said “I’m very reliable.” “Although my whole body was in pain, I went back to my room and lay on the bed listening to English exercises for more than an hour, forcing myself to hypnotize!”

Qin Chuan: “…”

That's fine, it makes sense.

Without waiting for Qin Chuan to continue asking, Xiao Pang chuckled and continued to tell his story, "I fell asleep again, and appeared in a completely different place. My player name and player image also needed to be modified, which was equivalent to creating a new account."

"This was mentioned in the update announcement." Qin Chuan nodded.

After waking up today, the text from yesterday had disappeared, but he remembered it very clearly.

"You know what, this dream world is really no different from the game." Xiaopang winked at Qin Chuan, "Except for the extremely realistic senses, many things are exactly the same."

"It's just that the game panel is a bit crude." Xiao Pang couldn't help but complain, "Except for the player level, contract slot, equipment bar and countdown reminder, there is nothing else."

At this point, Xiaopang rubbed his hands in anticipation, "As a hardcore player who plays all kinds of games, what happened last night was just an accident. I'll create a new account and make a comeback!"

"Come on." Qin Chuan's mouth twitched, and then he asked casually, "So what is the function of the one-second countdown of ashes? Have you figured it out?"

"What do you mean by hardcore?" Xiaopang glared, "Call me by my full name, hardcore player!"

After the two looked at each other for a second, Xiaopang scratched his head and asked, "What is a one-second countdown?"

"Yes..." Qin Chuan was about to speak, but something occurred to him, "Maybe I saw it wrong."

他记得很清楚，在梦境世界入口关闭的最后一瞬间，倒计时后面的【00:00:00】变成了【00:00:01】

Qin Chuan had not yet fully understood the meaning of this second. He wanted to ask Xiaopang, but Xiaopang's confusion combined with his previous words suddenly made him come up with a bold guess.

Xiaopang may not be able to see this extra second.

"Okay." The usually carefree Xiaopang didn't pay attention to Qin Chuan's abnormality. He soon said excitedly, "If I'm right, the core of this dream world should be the contracted spirit beast."

"The spirit beasts I saw all had a status called 'uncontracted', and there is a contract slot on our panel. The two obviously correspond."

"There is only one empty contract slot now, which means we can contract a spirit beast." At this point, Xiaopang showed a look of longing, "After the contract, we should be able to make the spirit beast act according to our instructions, and we can also train it to become stronger."

“It will be fun then!”

"After I created my second account, I saw a few juvenile spirit beasts. Unfortunately, they all ran very fast when they saw me, so it was a bit difficult to catch them." Xiao Pang sighed, "Otherwise, I would have probably contracted one by now."

Qin Chuan listened quietly on the side.

He basically agreed with Xiaopang's guess.

After seeing the status of the spirit beast and the contract slot, he had similar speculations, but before he could put them into action, he was attacked by the shadow leopard.

While the two were talking, other students in the class were also whispering. Suddenly, a scream was heard, and the whole class fell silent.

"Squad leader, you have already made a contract with a spirit beast?!"

Including Qin Chuan and Xiaopang, everyone looked at a boy sitting in the front row. This boy wore glasses and had a smug look on his gentle face.

Zhang Yangwang is the monitor of Qin Chuan’s Grade 7 () class.

"Yes, I have already contracted a spirit beast." Zhang Yangwang stood up, turned around and faced the rows of envious and curious eyes behind him, and pushed his glasses, "I know everyone is curious. As the first person in the class to contract a spirit beast, I am willing to share my experience with you."

"The monitor is so generous!"

"Thank you, squad leader! Long live the squad leader!"

"As expected of the squad leader, even the contracted spirit beast is so fast!"

As soon as Zhang Yangwang's voice fell, many classmates started to compliment him.

Their compliments made Zhang Yangwang's face look even more proud.

"Ahem!" He cleared his throat and was about to speak when the classroom door was pushed open.

"Students, please be quiet." The head teacher walked into the classroom quickly. Behind him, followed a young man in casual clothes. "Now, let's start a scientific explanation of the dream world."

"Zhang Yangwang, what are you standing there for?"

"Nothing... nothing." Zhang Yangwang opened his mouth, then slowly sat down.

Looking at Zhang Yangwang's depressed expression, Xiaopang snickered and nudged Qin Chuan, "Let that grandson show off."

Qin Chuan raised the corner of his mouth and stared at the young man who walked onto the stage.

"Hello, students." The young man walked up to the podium with a warm smile on his face.

"I'm Zhou Zixiu from the Special Affairs Team."

(End of this chapter)