Chunming City, Tianshu Tower.
Sun Hang had always thought that the so-called "Tianshu Tower" was really just a tall tower. But when he finally stood before this colossal structure, he realized that this "tower" differed from what he had imagined by... quite a few hundred million points.
Even throughout the entirety of human civilization's history, Chunming City remained in a league of its own when it came to sheer urban scale.
Even divided into twenty-eight districts, each district was still far larger than an ordinary prefecture-level city... and this complex of buildings named after a "tower" occupied more than eighty percent of the entire Pleiades District.
After riding the hovering light rail for over half an hour, Sun Hang and Yang Qi finally arrived before a structure resembling a gigantic chimney.
"This is Tianshu Tower's main elevator, code-named 'Jade Pillar.' It reaches Ziwei Yuan above and Houtu below," Yang Qi explained to Sun Hang. "I'm really curious about what exactly happened to you on Nameless Island... for you to receive an invitation to meet Elder Pei..."
"You really want to know?" Sun Hang asked, glancing at the conflicted-looking woman beside him.
"I do, but don't tell me." Yang Qi sighed. "You'd be the one violating the confidentiality agreement, but I'd be punished along with you."
"What kind of punishment?" Sun Hang joked. "If execution isn't on the list, maybe we could give it a try?"
"Are you a masochist?" Yang Qi rolled her eyes at him speechlessly. "As your direct supervisor, Tianshu Tower will grant me permission to read that information sooner or later, unless..."
"Unless what?"
"Unless someone else becomes your direct supervisor, or you're simply transferred directly into Tianshu Tower's ranks... then we'd have nothing to do with each other." Yang Qi said.
"You really do fuck and