World 003, Divine Land... [Kirin City].
Although [Kirin City]'s four major satellite cities had initially been completed, they still could not ease [Kirin City]'s population pressure.
At present, the Divine Land authorities had prohibited all other forms of entry, allowing only residency based on points.
The ways to earn points were still the usual ones: outstanding contributions, meritorious service... and the age-old standard of strength being truth.
Within [Kirin City], even those arriving temporarily on official business needed to show a letter of introduction from their work unit in order to find lodging.
At [Kirin City] Railway Station, the veteran driver who had been squatting around for half the day finally picked up his first passenger... and his luck was not bad. The passenger was not going to a satellite city, but straight into the main urban district.
"Brother, you're not a local, are you? First time in [Kirin City]? Visiting relatives or on a business trip?" The veteran driver was quite talkative.
Mainly because this passenger he had picked up today looked easy to get along with... around twenty-five or twenty-six, refined and scholarly, with a literary air that was quite rare in this era.
"I heard [Kirin City] has nice scenery, so I came to take a look around." The young man answered with a smile. "If it suits me, I might settle down here."
The veteran driver could not help glancing at him again through the rearview mirror, muttering inwardly. The young man looked plainly dressed, but anyone who could say they had come to [Kirin City] for tourism these days was most likely no ordinary person.
Not only did they need an official letter of introduction through the right channels, they also needed money and a clean identity. Otherwise, they would have been stopped before even