Lin Yu knew of a saying: in a single world, any two completely unrelated people could be connected through at most six others.
This saying clearly held true in the Gray Domain's Mirror World as well.
Or rather... a world structured like the Mirror World, where all 2.6 billion people lived together in one place, was especially suited to this saying.
Although the identity of "Shaw Bernard" that Leila Avi—or rather, Big Sister—had prepared for him was a blank sheet of paper with no interpersonal connections at all,
starting with Chong Ping, Lin Yu expanded outward step by step along his relationships, like a spider crawling across his social network. Before long, he obtained the identity he ultimately wanted.
Chong Ping's sister, Chong Ning; Chong Ning's classmate, Xixi; Xixi's father, Zeg; Zeg's colleague, Dull...
In the end, Lin Yu was now operating under the identity of "Shen Qi," a data recorder at the "Hero Training Center" and "resident" number 19441902.
After leaving Shen Qi's home, Lin Yu walked only a short distance along the roads in District 3 before arriving beneath the "Hero Training Center."
He used Shen Qi's "terminal" and appearance to open the main entrance of the "Hero Training Center."
It was already deep into the night. Although the Mirror World no longer had a sky in the traditional sense, the Central Mechanism still simulated the alternation of day and night through its "Firmament" system to accommodate the residents' daily routines.
By late night, most residents had entered "hibernation," and most institutions and facilities had also shut down.
The "Hero Training Center," however, was an exception.
The only ninety-three heroes among the Mirror World's 2.6 billion humans had no holidays or rest days. Accordingly, the "Hero Training Center" never rested either.
At that moment, research and logistics personnel