Just then, the glass doors opened again. A woman with short orange hair stood in the doorway, dressed in a Team Flare executive's uniform.
"Hello, everyone! Let me briefly introduce myself. My name is Aliana, and I'm one of Team Flare's executives. Now, please follow me!"
Under Aliana's guidance, everyone entered the tower. Beyond the entrance lay a spacious lobby, where a receptionist as beautiful as a model greeted them with a smile. There was even a fountain in the middle. Yet Aliana led them to a shabby, inconspicuous elevator in a corner. Instead of the usual up and down arrows, its buttons were numbered from 0 to 9.
After Aliana entered a string of numbers, the elevator doors opened, revealing a space large enough to hold twenty people. Xiao Yan and the others froze when they stepped inside. All four walls were enormous, borderless display screens, and there were no floor buttons or floor indicators.
"But... how are we supposed to use an elevator without floor buttons?" Xiao Lan asked in confusion.
Aliana did not answer. She simply tapped the screen interface, and an image of a palm immediately appeared, covered in dense, clearly defined fingerprints and palm lines.
Aliana pressed her hand against the palm image, and the electronic voice rang out again. "Verification successful. Please state your destination floor."
"B20."
"Elevator activated!"
Only then did the floor number appear on the elevator screen. A moment later, they felt the elevator descending.
Taking an elevator here is exhausting! Entering a password, scanning your face and body-that's one thing, but a palm scan too? And a talking elevator is practically sci-fi technology! Still, looking at it another way, all these procedures must be there to keep intruders out.
Although technology was already highly advanced, Team Flare was probably the