Lin Qiye followed the orderly through winding corridors and stopped before a transparent door several centimeters thick.
He had no idea what material the door was made of. Standing beside it, Lin Qiye barely managed to extend his Mental Power beyond his body, only to discover that even Mortal Divine Domain could not pass through it. It was like an insulator for Mental Power, blocking all Forbidden Ruins detection.
The orderly took out his work ID and held it up to the camera above them, seemingly waiting for verification. The next moment, a deep male voice came from a tiny speaker.
"Employee number. Please answer today's passphrase."
"Mm."
"What does the Lamp Bearer most want to eat today?"
"Taro paste boba baa-baa milk tea so delicious it'll make you bleat."
"Passphrase confirmed. You may proceed."
The verification device beside the glass door lit up green. With a soft click, the transparent door that blocked Mental Power slowly opened, revealing a vast open-air recreation yard beyond it.
Lin Qiye: ...
What the hell was that passphrase verification?
From the metal cube to the entrance of the facility, the five-minute walk had been sealed off by nine checkpoints, including but not limited to passwords, fingerprints, irises, voiceprints, and work ID verification. None of those had posed any difficulty for Lin Qiye, but that final passphrase checkpoint had genuinely shocked him.
What era was this? People still used such a primitive verification method as passphrases?
And could a normal human being really come up with a passphrase like "taro paste boba baa-baa milk tea so delicious it'll make you bleat"?
The orderly turned sideways, stood behind the transparent door, and made a welcoming gesture.
Lin Qiye stepped forward and asked doubtfully, "I'm going by myself? You don't need to watch me?"
"I'm an