"What document?" Yu Jing asked curiously.
"This!"
The driver projected a delicate dark-iron metal badge into the air through the central control projection screen.
The Dihua Ability Institute ordinary badge bore the character "Di" on its surface. Its inner layers consisted of the Central Administration Building combined with a mask.
The driver continued explaining, "This ordinary badge is the most basic access pass. You need to prove that you can contribute to the Dihua Ability Institute before you can apply for one... Even if you submit an application through the proper channels, it'll take at least seven working days to receive a reply. So please go there first..."
Yu Jing suddenly interrupted the driver. "Let us off here."
"This... all right. Sorry, but I still have to remind you: whatever you do, don't trespass into the Dihua Ability Institute without an access pass. It's very dangerous."
The driver was merely a resident of District One. Once he delivered his passengers to Dihua City, he had to leave immediately. If he stayed beyond the estimated time, he would be detained as a potential criminal.
"A utopian future city, yet it makes me feel stifled."
Yu Jing did not like Dihua City in the slightest. An artificial sun hung in the sky, providing solar energy more suitable for biological growth. The density of cameras on the streets was a full three times higher than in District Ten.
"Senior Yu Jing, do you think we might be able to enter the Ability Institute using the Ability Institute Card?"
"There's a chance, but the risk is high... This is only a future world simulated by World Cinema. It might simply be a simulation, with none of our information entered into its database. There may not even be people like us in this world. Taking