Enrollment
Xu Zhi felt a chill in her heart as well. She thought of the twenty-year indenture contract the consortium had offered her. According to Ke Yi, if she had not deceived her, then let alone twenty years—even after just a few years, a person would probably gradually turn to ash like burning firewood.
Seeing the lingering fear on Xu Zhi's face, Ke Yi changed the subject to reassure her. "Don't worry. The Light Institute won't treat people like they aren't people. Once you enter the inner academy, you'll be one of us. The Light Institute has always been tolerant and gentle toward its own."
Hearing that, Xu Zhi thought, What kind of one of us am I? Entering the inner academy is only a method of the Light Institute. If anything truly goes wrong with me, the Light Institute will probably be the first to strike against me, won't it?
"We're almost there." As they spoke, the three of them had already walked a long way down the road. Xu Zhi looked up and saw an outdoor elevator standing beside the cliff, stretching straight into the clouds.
There was not just one. Within what looked to be a five-hundred-meter stretch along the cliffside, dozens of such outdoor elevators had been built in succession.
To enter the elevator area, they still had to pass through a gate.
"You can get in by swiping your card. You'll need to swipe it again when entering the elevator later. But once you officially enroll, it won't be so troublesome. The Light Institute's system will record your identity, face, voice, fingerprints, irises—every biological characteristic. Within the Light Institute, you yourself will become your identity card."
That was truly terrifying. It also meant that everything every student did each day within the Light Institute could