The person who had come from the institute was Mei Qian of the Abyssal Sea Research Department.
When Mei Qian saw Lin Yuan enter the room, he immediately rose from his seat:
"Greetings, Lord Zero!"
"Hey, you're treating me like a stranger. Why so formal?"
"Not at all. The Federation has officially issued a notice. You are now an Authority-level being and have automatically become a member of the council. Things are quite different from before," Mei Qian said respectfully.
A council member?
In Lin Yuan's previous impression, council members had all been important figures in the Federation's upper ranks. He had never expected to become one of them himself.
Still, it did not feel particularly real to him.
Compared with the pressure of soon facing Great Beings and the "Finale," the supposed status and authority that came with council membership were utterly insignificant.
At that thought, Lin Yuan patted Mei Qian on the shoulder and smiled:
"I'm not used to all that. Just talk to me like you always have."
"What brings you here this time?"
Although the East Pole Sea was part of the Humanity Domain and had a powerhouse like the East Pole Island Lord stationed there, it did not border the Federation's traditional territory, because the former Central Sea Area had expanded countless times over.
Mei Qian was only a low-star S-rank powerhouse and was not skilled in combat. He most likely had not sailed here himself, but had used spatial teleportation.
Although space in the Central Sea Area was no longer distorted, teleporting here was still enormously expensive. Lin Yuan was a little curious about why Mei Qian had come all this way to find him.
Seeing Lin Yuan's expression, Mei Qian wasted no words and took a Blueprint straight out of his coat:
"This