Led by an employee with the Eye of Horus carved into his brow,
Yi Chen and Lorien were taken to the deepest part of the inspection station, to a tomb-like room.
Although it did indeed follow a tomb-inspired design, it was actually a sealed chamber made entirely of metal. Even the grains of sand on the floor were some kind of metallic powder.
The murals carved into the walls corresponded to complex metal circuit boards.
Amid the sand, two mummy coffins rose up and opened toward them.
"During the inspection, you must remain inside from start to finish. The coffins will then be filled with sand to fill all the gaps.
The awakened pharaoh will inspect you and provide your personal certification report. This concerns your future life in the City of Husks, your privileges, and the breadth of planes you will be allowed to access, so please cooperate throughout the entire process."
Yi Chen and Lorien exchanged a sideways glance before stepping into their respective mummy coffins.
Rustle, rustle, rustle~ As the metallic sand filled them, the space inside the coffins was completely packed.
Yi Chen could feel that nearly every grain of sand carried a trace of divinity, along with strange electrical currents.
Then the grains of sand actually formed sand-eyes among themselves. They clung to every part of Yi Chen's body and scrutinized it carefully, examining his physical structure and even seeping through certain pores to observe the inside of his body.
Ultimately, the person secretly controlling the sand reached a more definite conclusion. The grains surrounding Yi Chen rubbed against one another, producing an extremely magnetic male voice:
"Rumor has it that an individual appeared in a Simulated World in a lower plane, caught the eye of a special evil god, and was accepted as his