Steam Capital, Gear Tower, fiftieth floor
Star Envoy Association · Steam Capital Branch, front desk registration office
"Name."
"Shui Mo."
"Star Envoy rank."
"Rank 2 Mid-Tier."
"Star Source."
"Ink Wash Control."
The receptionist entered the information Tiandao had provided into the computer before her, one item at a time.
After finishing those basic procedures, she raised her head. Her mechanical prosthetic eyes carefully examined the two of them, as though verifying something.
The young man wore a classical moon-white long robe, its cuffs embroidered with faint ink-bamboo patterns.
Together with the black-rimmed glasses perched on his nose and his refined, easygoing air,
he appeared exceptionally ordinary, without the slightest sharpness of youth, looking very amiable.
The pink-haired little girl at his side, meanwhile, clutched her adorable bear backpack tightly, nearly burying her entire face in the man's trouser leg.
Her eyes were timid, yet unable to hide their curiosity as they observed this unfamiliar Star Envoy Association.
Noticing Little Danika's slightly restrained mood, Tiandao smiled and rubbed her head, signaling that she did not need to be nervous.
With Tiandao's reassurance, Little Danika quickly calmed down.
At the same time, after briefly recording the data she had scanned,
the Association staff member unplugged the data cable from behind her ear and precisely inserted its connector into a data port on the workstation before her.
It connected to the quantum database of the entire building.
After confirming that the Deep Blue Branch had indeed once had someone named "Shui Mo," and that Little Danika posed no threat,
the staff member politely said, "Mr. Shui Mo, sorry to keep you waiting. Please show me your Association Emblem."
Tiandao took out the emblem he had prepared long ago and handed it to the staff member before him.
She accepted Tiandao's emblem and embedded