I can travel to the past and the future

Chapter 97-Awakening

In the future, he said with a half-smile, "Mr. Simon should at least explain the whole story first. After all, my sister just told me a couple of days ago that she wanted to use me as a bait to catch this blonde lady."

"Should I call her now or not? At least Yu Jin paid me back."

Simon was taken aback for a moment, then burst into laughter: "It seems I misunderstood Mr. Qiao Yuan. I'm truly ashamed."

He then quickly changed the subject: "Mr. Qiao Yuan, what would you like to drink? Wine, juice, or milk?"

The future self smiled and said, "Either is fine."

Qiao Yuan now felt a strange, indescribable feeling as he watched his future self converse with Simon.

This is the first time.

You need to look at more things and get used to them.

Simon nodded and asked the waiter to bring a bottle of Rémy Martin commemorative edition, also known as Rémy Martin 3100, a brandy made 77 years ago.

As it was poured into the two glasses, the rich aroma, a blend of honey and rose, was quite unique, with a golden color and an unforgettable aftertaste.

Simon took a sip first, then smiled and said to his future self, "Whether you make a call or not is your prerogative, but the fact that you can tell me this means you don't care about such a small gain."

"If I'm not mistaken, you should have already seen the black tentacles."

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At this moment, he picked up his glass and took a sip, but did not answer directly: "Even a small profit is still profit. I'm just an ordinary person, I'm afraid of being poor."

"What kind of wine is this? It's delicious."

Qiao Yuan saw this and a smile appeared in his eyes. He had never actually drunk Remy Martin before, so his expression of emotion was extremely natural.

Simon watched with a broad smile. He wasn't afraid that Qiao Yuan would have demands; he was afraid that Qiao Yuan would be without desires.

"You like it? Why don't you take a bottle with you later?"

"I love ordinary people. I hate those self-righteous bastards who keep saying they don't care, but in reality, they're all incredibly greedy."

"College students are so much better; at least they can speak like human beings," Simon said repeatedly, with a sigh of admiration.

Qiao Yuan was slightly surprised. Although the guy in front of him seemed to be speaking from the bottom of his heart, in reality, only this one sentence was a genuine expression of his feelings.

This was his intuition.

At this moment, Simon muttered again: "Join me. I will make up for what Caesar owes you tenfold or a hundredfold in the future."

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"Just empty promises?" Future chuckled to himself.

Simon shook his head: "No, no, if you want it, I can give it to you right now—a car, a house, money, anything. It's just that I don't think it's a good time right now; it might attract attention."

"I can even use my connections to get you into the Galaxy Class, it's up to you."

Qiao Yuan sneered from the side; this guy really would stop at nothing.

"Huh? What's that?" In the future, he gradually noticed a familiar face.

Qiao Yuan also looked over.

It was Charles!

Charles, my old high school classmate, the last time I saw him was at the class reunion on August 8th.

Simon said intriguingly, "Your old classmate has only been involved with black tentacles for a couple of days."

"What?"

This time, both Qiao Yuan and his future self were surprised. Qiao Yuan quickly regretted it, thinking, "Damn it, Simon just got me so easily to admit that I'm a cult member."

But he was genuinely surprised.

Upon seeing this, Simon laughed loudly and said, "Come, my friend, let's drink to our cause!"

After some hesitation, I decided to clink glasses with Simon and drink it all in one gulp.

Simon then arranged for Charles to meet with his future self and Hutu, all of which were quite unexpected.

Charles never expected to run into Qiao Yuan and Hu Tu here, especially since they both knew Simon.

Especially when Simon privately hinted to Charles that he would be like him in the future, Charles's eyes lit up, and when he looked at his future self, the look in his eyes was completely different.

In the soft silver glow, Charles also drank a glass of Rémy Martin: "To the Mother of Night!"

In addition, at Simon's request, he secretly performed a hand seal for the Eternal Night spell and exchanged ideas with Charles about exchanging for the Night Stone, thus bringing the meeting to a successful conclusion.

"From now on, you're my true friend. If you need anything, I need nothing." Simon said readily.

Qiao Yuan's face darkened; this was truly dramatic and ironic.

It seems that all Simon did tonight was confirm that he was a cultist, and nothing more.

After returning to reality.

He and Hutu, led by Veronica, re-entered the restaurant and met Simon.

They took their seats, sat at separate tables, began their conversation amidst the silver beams of light, and then drank, and drank and drank.

Until he met Charles again.

Just now, his mind was still on the conversation, but now Qiao Yuan only had one thought: to end the banquet as soon as possible.

Then set an anchor point to investigate Simon or Charles's hiding place in order to make a breakthrough.

However, it cannot be done at a banquet.

His sudden advancement to [Awakening] is somewhat inexplicable; it is his biggest secret.

Not in a hurry.

Qiao Yuan drank Rémy Martin, ate pastries from his birthday dinner, and chatted with Simon.

After the light curtain was lifted, I spent the birthday dinner with Hu Tu.

As he left, Simon patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "If you need anything, or if you run into trouble, feel free to contact Veronica anytime."

Qiao Yuan nodded slightly: "Okay."

After saying goodbye to Simon, he briefly described what had just happened to Hutu.

But the matter of the Church of the Night was concealed.

Hu Tu suddenly realized: "My God, these guys are really bold! So what are you going to do?"

"Delay it for now, and once you've extracted evidence, close the net. Just pretend nothing happened."

In fact, Qiao Yuan wanted to capture Simon right now, but this guy was very shrewd. Although he had been calling him brother from beginning to end, he had never mentioned cultists or the Mother of Night. Even the last few sentences were all mentioned by Charles.

Moreover, Veronica remained uninvolved, seemingly acting as an observer.

On the contrary, he himself once again provided leverage. Whether it was the casting of the Eternal Night spell or his experience in trading Night Stones, it would be absolutely unacceptable to hand over his memories to the Ember Bureau.

Qiao Yuan pondered for a moment, then gradually calmed down, deciding not to rush things.

"Okay," Hu Tu said seriously, "but I really have to go back now, Qin Xue isn't feeling well."

"You should go back now. I need to talk to Charles a bit more," Qiao Yuan said, hailing a taxi for Hu Tu. "If there's anything else you want to say, call me tonight or we can talk tomorrow."

"Okay, okay, let's go, bro."

Hu Tu quickly got into the car as he spoke.

After that, Charles followed his father away, waving goodbye: "I have to go home with my dad today. Let's get together sometime next time."

Qiao Yuan nodded.

[Anchor point: Charles returns home.]

[Time: Half an hour later.]

This was the most boring time for Qiao Yuan. He never expected that Charles's family would fall into cultism as soon as they returned to the main city.

He even speculated that this might be the price the Ivan family paid to return to the main city.

What a pity.

The thought of possibly having to kill Charles himself made Qiao Yuan shake his head slightly.

On the night of the class reunion, he thought the other person was somewhat interesting, but he didn't expect him to be a complete jerk.

He wandered around Charles's house, listening to Charles's conversation with the other man's father, and it turned out to be quite close to his earlier guess.

[Having learned of the whereabouts of Charles Ivan, a cultist of the night, and gained absolute control, the Pioneer Potion was digested more quickly, officially advancing to the first tier of Pioneer of Destiny [Awakening].]

[So-called awakening represents reaching the pinnacle of one's current rank, achieving the ultimate expression of one's identity.]

[Tier 1 Pioneer Ability, Memory Corridor Evolution: Gain Memory Beacon.]

[Effect: The beacon acts like a clone, allowing you to appear in two places simultaneously—one in reality and one in the memory corridor—to handle different events, enabling multitasking and real-time synchronization.]

[Upgrading to the first-tier Celestial Pioneer [Limit Break] requires twelve more Pioneer Breakthroughs, each of which allows the Memory Beacon's ability to evolve further.]

[Successfully advanced to Tier 1 Awakening, now can enter the timeline five times per day (refreshes immediately)]

[Advanced: Advance to Tier 2 Ascension, increasing the number of times and duration of daily access to the timeline.]

Seeing a series of messages pop up on the attribute panel, Qiao Yuan licked his lips excitedly.

This memory sign is very interesting.

Simply put, it means that everything happens simultaneously, and all information is shared synchronously. You can investigate clues while fighting, or investigate subtle clues while attending class.

Like he just watched his future self chatting with Simon, but he couldn't feel his future self's thoughts, even though it was him, because they were in different timelines and couldn't be synchronized.

But memory signposts are possible, although they are limited to the scope of memory corridors.

So what the textbook says is correct; pioneers are indeed very suitable for scientists and scholars.

After saying goodbye to Hutu, he sat on a nearby public bench, not in a hurry to go home.

The scenery here is in no way inferior to the aurora and starry sky in the garden area; it has a unique beauty.

It's only eight o'clock now.

He planned to sit for a while before going back. The baby hadn't finished get off work yet, and going home would just mean he'd be alone doing his meditation.

Now that Simon is no longer a threat, there's no need to be so cautious anymore.

Fifteen minutes later.

As Qiao Yuan stood up, he suddenly froze, realizing that he was being watched by three gang members in the distance.

One of the bald women said sarcastically, "This kid looks familiar. I remember someone gave me two photos the other day, and he looks a lot like him."

Another sumo-sized, fat man shouted, "That's right! It was that guy who went to Zijingwu that night. He's Li Chonghu's friend. We had informants who saw him take our bag of sand slug eggs!"

"Damn it, you're asking for it!" the woman cursed.

Qiao Yuan's eyelids twitched. Huh? These guys are from the Black Crow Gang?