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Therefore, the Demon Hunting Bureau had almost no room to be selective; they basically used anyone they found. Compared to the hand-picked elite Demon Hunters, the ranks of Time Travelers were filled with all sorts of rejects.

Furthermore, due to the uncertainties of crossing into other universes, the mortality rate for Time Travelers was sky-high. If one out of ten made it back alive, it was considered a miracle. It was more common for only three or four to return out of a hundred.

In the two years since the Demon Hunting Bureau was established, a total of 237 Time Travelers had been discovered. Today, only 8 remain alive...

A harsh environment and a high mortality rate—this was the current reality for Time Travelers.

「Three months ago.」

Li Ye was just an ordinary, recently graduated college student living off the business his parents had left him. During a routine screening, he was discovered to have awakened the Space-Time Attribute and was suddenly made into a glorious Time Traveler.

Now, after a brief three-month training period, he had to undertake his first crossing for a mission with such a high death rate. It would be a wonder if he were in a good mood. But not going wasn’t an option. Demons grew far faster than the Demon Hunters’ methods to contain them. If even one demon became agitated, it could cause massive casualties.

The Time Travelers were in a race against the demons. Either the Time Travelers brought back more Cultivation Techniques to help more people grow strong enough to defend themselves, or everyone on Earth would be slaughtered by the demons.

Every successful crossing by a Time Traveler meant more people would survive.

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’Survive!’

Yang Feng’s talk of ”surviving” might have been just lip service, but Li Ye truly wanted to live. He was still young. He didn’t want to just get a trial package of the transmigration experience, and he certainly didn’t want to die so far away that his soul couldn’t return home.

So, no matter what it took, he had to stay alive and endure for one year in the Otherworld.

That’s right. The duration of each Time Traveler’s mission was one year. The Demon Hunting Bureau anchored itself to the Demonic Artifact worn by the Time Traveler and then, using the coordinates of the Demon Qi that had escaped into other universes, sent the Time Traveler across.

After one year, no matter what the Time Traveler was doing, the Demon Hunting Bureau would initiate the recall procedure. The Demonic Artifact would be recalled, and the Time Traveler would be transported back along with it. To think that a three-month crash course could prepare someone to survive a year in an Otherworld was a joke.

Li Ye had previously objected to the three-month training period. It was far too short; there was a glaring contradiction between the preciousness of Time Travelers and their incredibly high mortality rate. But Yang Feng had brushed him off, saying they had their own unspeakable hardships.

Yang Feng had said that the timing of the crossings wasn’t up to them, and that the three-month training period was already squeezed out with great difficulty.

They had to race against the demons for time. Otherwise, if humanity went extinct, Time Travelers would lose their reason for existing. Besides, longer training couldn’t guarantee a Time Traveler’s survival rate, because no one knew what kind of world they would be facing. Using the Demonic Artifact effectively was more important than long-term training...

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’Hairdryer. Attributes related to hot and cold air. An offensive-type Demonic Artifact. Too big of a target. Pass!’

’Wristwatch. Attributes related to time. A powerful control-type Demonic Artifact. Too difficult to control. The last few Time Travelers who chose it all failed. Pass!’

’Loudspeaker. Attributes related to sound. An offensive-type Demonic Artifact, but makes too much noise when used. Pass!’

’Menstrual pad. Attributes might be related to blood absorption... Ugh... pass!’

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Below each Demonic Artifact was a description of its Attributes, the number of times it had been chosen by a Demon Hunter, and the users’ evaluations.

Li Ye walked past these Demonic Artifacts, but none of them satisfied him.

Yang Feng followed him quietly, not interfering or rushing him. A Demon Hunter’s choice of a Demonic Artifact had to suit their own personality, but it also came down to a feeling of affinity. An outsider’s opinion didn’t matter much.