My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 106: University Championships! National Games! Sprinter!
"I've finally finished memorizing it."

Chu Zhu stretched and then glanced at the time.

"It's nine o'clock! Hmm, no wonder I'm so hungry."

He took one last deep look at the dilapidated and decaying base, bit his lower lip, turned around without hesitation, went to the base's gate, opened it, and rushed into the distance without hesitation.

There was no dodging! No hiding! No covering up!

The wind brushed against my cheek.

Chu Zhu could smell the fragrance of grass and trees. He was in the most relaxed mood since arriving in this timeline, and his thoughts began to wander.

"I have to say, the air quality here is really good."

"In the real world, the sandstorm has just passed! But in the dream world... tsk tsk, the pollution from the steam industry is far more outrageous than in the real world! The level of smog there..."

"However, the most important problem at present is that it is too easy to be assassinated in the real world... Even if the physique exceeds the limits of the human body, it is still only so far. Compared with the first stage of body refining, it is far inferior."

Of course, even those at the first level of body refinement are often helpless in the face of many situations.

For example, a dump truck collision!

Chu Zhu had serious doubts about whether someone as strong as Li Kang could withstand such an attack if he stood in front of the dump truck.

"Cultivate the immortals, cultivate the immortals!"

Chu Zhu chewed on the word repeatedly.

Cultivating immortality grants one divine sense and incredible supernatural powers, and it doesn't involve moon grass! If one could truly embark on this path of immortality in reality, perhaps there would be no need to worry about safety?

So what if it's a dump truck? With a divine warning, you can just dodge it!
There's even a real possibility of continuous progress; perhaps in the future he'll be able to cut down a dump truck with his sword, giving the world a small but extraordinary shock.

Self-immolation, electric trucks and dump trucks... all dangers stem from a lack of strength!

Suddenly, Chu Zhu got goosebumps and stopped moving again.

As expected, Chu Zhu turned his head, looked at the three-headed monster in the distance, and smiled without the slightest hint of killing intent: "Old friend! Long time no see."

next moment……

Chu Zhu charged towards the three-headed monster, his muscles bulging, and slammed into the rapidly approaching monster. "Although the Spring Festival has been over for a long time, I'll still send you a blessing!"

I'll fuck your mother!

Then, all vision went dark.

……

The next day.

The first thing Chu Zhu did after getting up was to open her laptop, convert the content she had written about the Starry Sea into a txt format, and send it to her phone, intending to print it out later!
"Thank goodness, the detailed explanation of Xinghai wasn't recorded!" Chu Zhu exclaimed in surprise.

Even without having witnessed the power of artificial intelligence firsthand, he was certain that it could easily breach firewalls.

Although Skynet probably doesn't exist now, who knows what technology James Raven has in his hands... to see what's on his computer?
Currently, it seems highly likely that he will come into contact with or even face off against James Riven in the future!

Anyway, I'll try to handwrite as much content as possible from now on! I'll try to expose as few flaws as possible—or, even if I use a computer, it has to be a computer that's disconnected from the internet?
After much hesitation, Chu Zhu took out his notebook. This time, he chose to write down the technical information on Arisu batteries and Tesla wireless charging.

He naturally asked for leave today.

They ate takeout around noon! Of course, the delivery guy was Lin Xia... This wasn't Chu Zhu's request; Lin Xia came over on his own.

"This is the high-tech achievement you came up with?" Lin Xia glanced at it twice, then stopped looking, mainly because he didn't understand it. This wasn't his major! Just looking at the title was enough…

"Yes!"

"It seems I'll have to find some senior students majoring in materials engineering or chemistry in the future?" Lin Xia took out her notebook and started taking notes.

After chatting for a few more minutes, Lin Xia said goodbye. He patted Chu Zhu's shoulder hard and said earnestly, "Don't be too lazy! Try your best to get it done in the next couple of days... After all, we don't have much time left!"

Chu Zhu: "..."

What?! He's actually being pressured to update?!
After watching Lin Xia leave, a long while later...

"Heavens above!"

Chu Zhu sat at the table, looking at the paper and pen in front of her, and suddenly felt a wave of sadness…

Does this mean he'll have to spend the rest of his life doing endless copying?

Will he be the one to painstakingly transport countless scientific and technological documents in the future, acting as a typing "laborer"?

Thinking about such a future, Chu Zhu felt her hands start to cramp.

and……

"I'm almost out of notebooks!" Chu Zhu opened the drawer, looked at the nearly empty notebooks, and then at the notebooks piled on her desk, covered with dense writing. She painfully took out her phone and placed another order.

"Extraterrestrial civilizations, and James Raven! Don't let me find your weakness—"

"Damn it, if I catch an alien, I'm going to burn his ass with a cigarette butt!"

Chu Zhu gritted her teeth as she wrote, silently making a vow.

2 p.m.

Chu Zhu's phone suddenly rang. He instantly threw down his pen, glanced at the phone screen, and his brow twitched: "Coach Yuan Qiang? It's him again!"

After a moment's thought, Chu Zhu decided to answer the call. She could also take a break!
“Coach Yuan,” Chu Zhu composed herself and spoke slowly, “I hope you’re not here to say those usual nonsense.”

"...You're still the same as ever." Coach Yuan's expression was complicated. He had returned to the Yanjing Sports Bureau. During this time, he repeatedly recalled his previous experiences, but he still couldn't understand them!
He's a big shot in the sports bureau, after all! He's not some ignorant person—

Why was he so completely controlled by Chu Zhu, who hadn't even graduated from university yet?

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore!" Coach Yuan realized that Chu Zhu would probably say again that he didn't care about the track and field championship, so he forcibly suppressed his agitation and quickly changed the subject.

"You mentioned before that there would be a performance review every six months... Now I have a suggestion."

Chu Zhu narrowed her eyes: "Please speak plainly!"

"No need for the assessment! It's not very meaningful... China will be hosting the National University Track and Field Championships in August! You can register to participate then. Although this competition doesn't receive much attention, it is still nationally recognized!"

"If you can set a national or even higher record in this competition, and with a little push from me, you could easily become a rising star in track and field!"

Coach Yuan spoke eloquently, revealing the conclusion he had reached after careful deliberation… With Chu Zhu, honors shouldn't be the primary focus; instead, incentives should be offered. This guy truly is one who won't act until he sees a tangible benefit!
Coach Yuan actually had some doubts. Could it be that Chu Zhu was acting this way because she saw many retired athletes online...? But if you can become a track and field champion, what are you afraid of? I completely don't understand!

He said, "Although the attention received is much less than winning an Olympic gold medal, it shouldn't be underestimated. Especially with our sports bureau endorsing it!"

"Anyway, with some promotion... it shouldn't be a problem for you to have hundreds of thousands of followers across the internet, right?"

"Okay." This time, Chu Zhu didn't hesitate and nodded in agreement. His bad attitude towards Coach Yuan stemmed mainly from his fear of being bothered. But this was simply part of his job as a track and field champion; if he was told to compete, he wouldn't refuse!

"And another thing," Coach Yuan hesitated for a moment, then said cautiously, "there's also the National Games this November!"

"……Um?"

“Unlike the Olympics, the National Games is the highest-level sporting event in our country!” Coach Yuan said quickly and very carefully. “Therefore, its prestige is beyond doubt! To put it bluntly, even many leaders pay attention to it.”

"Actually, it would be best if you could participate in both sports meets... but if you only want to participate in one, I personally suggest participating in the National Games!"

Chu Zhu tapped her fingers lightly on the table, remaining noncommittal: "You, sir, must have had a tough time coming up with this curve testing method, right?" The interval between these two sports meets is less than half a year!
How afraid are they that he'll become useless from being idle for too long?

but……

"I agree!" Chu Zhu said lightly. "Is there anything else?"

Coach Yuan: "!!!"

Shock!

Coach Yuan had considered countless ways to persuade him, but he never expected that this time... it would be so easy?
Coach Yuan didn't even know how he ended up hanging up the phone. He stood there stunned for a long time, pacing back and forth several times, before finally clenching his fist uncontrollably, an excited expression spreading across his face, and letting out a shout of "Yay!"

It wasn't easy! It really wasn't easy.

far away.

"..." The track and field athletes who had just finished training all had subtle expressions after seeing Coach Yuan's actions.

Soon enough, people started whispering and gossiping among themselves.

"What's going on, Coach?!"

"If I didn't know that the coach was already married and quite old... I would have suspected that he was in a relationship..."

"Wow, so it might actually be a second spring... As the saying goes, the wildflowers are always more fragrant than the garden flowers... I was wrong!" Under the strange gazes of his teammates, one athlete realized what was happening, raised his hands in surrender, shrank his neck, and looked nervous. "I was just saying, please don't tell the coach."

"What do you think?"

The expressions on his teammates' faces grew increasingly subtle. They'd finally caught something on you; did they think you could escape?
You're going to die!
"I'll treat you! I'll treat you, okay?" He clasped his hands together, bowed ninety degrees, and repeatedly apologized.

Suddenly...

"I've heard a little rumor!" a short but extremely muscular man said in a low voice.

He wasn't in the group of athletes, but in a separate row on the side!
It wasn't that they were rejecting him; rather, it was more like the athletes were subconsciously afraid to get too close to him.

As he interrupted, the athletes present all fell silent, their eyes fixed on him with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty.

This man is the current sprint champion, who enjoys a very high reputation both at home and abroad... Coach Yuan is also his coach.

"Brother, tell me about it?" An athlete who looked only seventeen or eighteen years old approached the man and asked in a rather familiar manner.

"It seems so. Someone from Jiangnan has emerged... who's even stronger than me?" The Flying Man scratched his head.

At that moment, the scene fell into dead silence.

A look of astonishment crossed the faces of all the athletes. Some doubted their ears, while others instinctively wanted to question and deny it…

Even stronger than a sprinter? That's impossible!

The sprinter is basically considered the best Asian sprinter in track and field. Some even believe he is the next Liu Qiangdong, still active in his prime!

However, the questioner hesitated, ultimately shutting up due to the sprinter's status—judging from his expression, he had clearly heard the news from Coach Yuan…

That person isn't easily startled or fond of joking!

But this kind of thing... is incomprehensible!
"This...this..." The seventeen or eighteen-year-old athlete was less shrewd than others, and after enduring for a while, he finally couldn't hold back.

"Don't ask anymore! Coach Yuan doesn't really want to talk about this either!" The sprinter understood how everyone felt, because he had gone through the same emotional journey himself.

He frowned deeply. "Actually, I'm quite puzzled too. If it were true, shouldn't everyone be spreading the news? Maybe even reporting it directly to the higher-ups? To be honest, it's not a secret... It's strange that I'm the only one who knows! And I only found out by deliberately asking around..."

"Not to mention, if someone is really more talented than me... shouldn't they be brought to the sports bureau for training as soon as possible? But we haven't even seen that person yet."

All I can say is that the more I describe it, the more ridiculously suspicious the whole thing seems!

"Anyway, just treat it as a rumor! Don't take it too seriously." The Flying Man shrugged.

"Yes, the situation... is indeed quite complicated!" Coach Yuan's voice suddenly rang out.

The athletes were startled and instinctively turned around, only to find that Coach Yuan had appeared behind them without them noticing.

The coach's formidable reputation, coupled with the content of their previous whispers behind their backs, was indeed... a double whammy that left them drenched in sweat.

I don't know if it was sweat from the intense exercise or from being scared...

"Coach, um, I, I'll go run now! I still have tasks to finish today."

"Me too, I'm leaving too!"

"I'm going to get some water! Coach, do you want me to get you some? If not, I'm leaving, hahaha..."

The athletes scattered the moment someone started it.

"These mischievous monkeys!" Coach Yuan chuckled, glancing at the sprinting group. He thought to himself, "They're naughty, but they're much easier to handle than Chu Zhu. Sigh, how did that kid...?"

Finally, he shook his head and looked at the flying man.

"Your expression... Hmm, were you chatting with my 'junior brother' earlier?" Flying Man said thoughtfully.

"It's not really true... I would like to take him on as my apprentice!" Coach Yuan said sadly, "but he won't accept it!"

"..." The sprinter choked for a moment, then finally blurted out, "So, what exactly is going on? Coach, can you tell me?"

"...This matter!" Coach Yuan opened his mouth, recalling the experiences along the way, and the more he thought about it, the more painful it became.

All his words, in the end, boiled down to just one sentence: "You'll find out in August!"

"……what?"

"It's not that I want to hide it from you... it's just that I really don't know how to tell you this."

Seeing the helplessness on his coach's face, the sprinter swallowed all his complaints.

However, his curiosity about that junior brother, whose name he didn't know and who he thought might be his junior brother, only grew stronger!
……

Half past four in the afternoon.

Jinling No. 3 High School.

Chu Zhu stood at the school gate, lost in deep thought, then strode forward and looked at the gatekeeper: "Um, I'd like to find Ms. Xu from Class 1, Grade 3!"

Chu Zhu naturally had no intention of directly approaching Lu Keke...

After all, he didn't want to end up in the police station—inviting high school students to work on room-temperature superconductors would definitely lead to them calling the police if they were in the right mind.

However, this did not stop him from taking the initiative to establish connections—

This Ms. Xu is Lu Keke's homeroom teacher!

"Are you from this school? Or did you graduate from this school?" The security guard glanced at them and asked the essential question.

"Um... I'm from Jinling University!" Chu Zhu was momentarily at a loss for what expression to make. He really wanted to say that he was actually an alumnus, hoping to build a connection... but in reality, he wasn't a local from Jinling and didn't know the area very well.

"Hmm," the gatekeeper looked Chu Zhu up and down suspiciously, thought for a while, and then said, "Leave your phone number! What's your name? I'll notify Teacher Xu... If Teacher Xu wants to contact you, she'll call!"

"Alright!" Chu Zhu gave her name and phone number. After hesitating for a while, she noticed that the gatekeeper's attitude was becoming increasingly cautious, even turning wary... so she didn't linger at the school gate and turned to leave.

(End of this chapter)