My Dream Connects to 3000 Years in the Future

"Since you already know all that, I won’t go into detail... Hmm, aside from that, is there anything else you need right now?" Zhang Hai paused briefly, then stared at Chu Bamboo with anticipation. "Or, let me be more direct... Did you come looking for me because you’ve made up your mind?"

"Cut the act," Chu Bamboo sneered, his voice indifferent. "There’s no way you don’t know what’s happening in Jinghai City right now."

"..." After a brief silence, Zhang Hai deflated. "Alright, I do know you’ve just been appointed as the Director of the Management Department, but... sigh!"

Chu Bamboo watched him with great interest. Only when he was sure Zhang Hai’s spirits had hit rock bottom and he had lost all hope did Chu Bamboo slowly begin to bait the hook. "Actually, it’s not entirely impossible!"

Seeing the light return to Zhang Hai’s eyes, Chu Bamboo said, "However, I have one condition... If I am to join the God Worship Sect... then after joining, I must immediately obtain the God Worship Sect’s Immortal Cultivation Technique!"

"The time between joining and receiving it cannot exceed half an hour. Otherwise..." Chu Bamboo spoke slowly and deliberately, but his voice was firm, leaving no room for negotiation. "I absolutely will not join the God Worship Sect! Don’t ask why. I just won’t..."

"...Ah." Zhang Hai’s head started to ache. He racked his brain but couldn’t figure out the logic behind Chu Bamboo’s behavior. ’Is he doing this on purpose to make things difficult? To test the sincerity of the God Worship Sect?’

’If that’s really the case...’

"No problem! You can rest assured." Zhang Hai gritted his teeth. He subconsciously touched his phone, a bitter smile on his face. ’Looks like I’ll have to pull some strings again tonight.’

"Then it’s settled!" Chu Bamboo stood up and stretched. "Also, find me a place to sleep... What’s with that look? What time do you think it is? You don’t expect me to run all the way back home, do you?"

Zhang Hai shrank back at his words and quickly led the way.

On the way, they ran into Zhang Xu, who was the night-watch Priest.

Zhang Xu: "..."

Honestly, watching Chu Bamboo and his own master, he felt like he was seeing his master and himself—in front of Chu Bamboo, his master was acting like a total pushover! He was constantly being toyed with, yet he didn’t even dare to talk back, looking completely dejected.

Zhang Xu truly felt his worldview shattering... ’Master, how did you become like this?’

’That guy is younger than me!’ 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

’So what if he has a little dirt on you? Is it really that serious? Why don’t you just fight him? You’re not just losing your own face, but the church’s, and even mine!’

’With you acting like this, how am I supposed to hold my head up high in front of this Mr. Zhu in the future?!’

But in the end, after his lips trembled, Zhang Xu could only glare at Chu Bamboo with wide eyes to express his protest—which, of course, Chu Bamboo completely ignored.

...

「Six in the morning.」

"Good morning, world!"

Chu Bamboo climbed out of bed, once again pulled open the curtains, and opened the window. The morning breeze carried the fragrance of sand... Huh?

"Crap! I almost forgot, the sandstorm from the north ruined my fresh morning air!"

Chu Bamboo was so exasperated he had to laugh. He slammed the window shut and sat back down at the desk.

After a moment of hesitation, Chu Bamboo took out his notebook, turned to a fresh page, and began to write with intense focus.

First up was one-twentieth of the introductory data for Spirit Star.

He wrote for a full hour and had finished less than a third...

’Writing it from memory is even slower than memorizing it in the first place!’

Chu Bamboo shook out his hand, thought for a moment, and sent a message to his tutor: "Taking a day off today!"

Tutor Qian: ?

Chu Bamboo simply said, "I need to do special track and field training," and immediately earned his tutor’s understanding, approval, and support!

"You just go on ahead, I’ll take care of everything!"

Then, he wrote all the way until noon.

"...Completely burned out!" Chu Bamboo rubbed his cheeks.

In this one session, he had not only copied down one-twentieth of the complete Spiritual Star Algorithm, but also the entire beginning of the prototype algorithm he had memorized last time. As the saying goes, might as well... ’I already memorized it, can’t just let it go to waste.’

’Damn it, there are still the textbooks!’ Chu Bamboo felt a wave of despair. He took a deep breath, composed himself, and prepared to go out for lunch before getting back to it.

He casually stuffed the notebook into his small bag and slung it over his shoulder!

However, once he had actually finished eating, Chu Bamboo lost the motivation to continue his seclusion... He decided to go find Zhao Shao.

...

「Z Intelligence Co., Ltd.」

"Long time no see, Senior Zhao!" Chu Bamboo, without any ceremony, pulled up a rolling chair and sat down opposite Zhao Shao.

"If I recall correctly, didn’t we just meet yesterday?" Zhao Shao didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He added inwardly, ’And it was the first time we ever met!’

To be honest, his impression of Chu Bamboo was very strange. It wasn’t that he’d never met people like him before. The university was full of such clueless undergrads...

But, at times, Zhao Shao could also sense that the clueless undergrad was just a facade for Chu Bamboo. As for the real him... he was incomprehensible, invisible, and unfathomable!

"Senior Zhao, I came over this time because I thought this stuff might give you some inspiration." Acting completely at home, Chu Bamboo took out two notebooks and tossed them onto the desk.

Chu Bamboo wasn’t worried that Zhao Shao might have already written the very things he was throwing on the table, which could arouse suspicion—

After all, according to the previous timeline... Zhao Shao only came up with the Spiritual Star Algorithm after he had taken all of Chu Bamboo’s money and completely hit rock bottom.

Besides, even without mentioning the initial timeline, the data Nuwa had shown from the last dream timeline also indicated that Chu Bamboo and Zhao Shao had gotten along very well... At least, no recordable issues had ever appeared!