Chapter 178: Chapter 178: Yao Ji

The church cannot intervene in the affairs of the shelter.

It seems the definition of the church needs to be reassessed. Various operational regulations suggest that the church is not favored by the East Prosperity Imperial government.

Baiyu thought to himself.

On the streets, besides people carrying swords, many were also leading various small domesticated exotic beasts as pets.

Mini double-headed dragons, flame dogs, and the like.

All sorts of bizarre creatures are present.

Baiyu realized that even if he summoned Cang Yan, it probably wouldn’t attract much attention.

“First, go to the government to register, and then the two of you pay 300,000. You can be assigned a fixed residence.”

Pang Fei took the two to the government office and completed a series of registration and documentation procedures, then paid 600,000 imperial coins and received two iron keys.

Their housing is in District 11 of the Lijiang Shelter, on Peace Street.

A very auspicious name.

Their rooms are adjacent, not large, with basic furniture, and the kitchen and living room are well-equipped. They can move in with their bags.

There is even a small freezer in the room.

“There are mechanical patrols outside the street at all times, and the room has a citizen code collector. If anyone illegally enters, they will be hit by the entire shelter’s defense force and absolutely cannot escape. So no one attempts illegal entry in the shelter, and even if they try, it may not succeed because every room has its own spiritual technique array. If they try to destroy the array, the defense system will find them first.”

Pang Fei entered the room and explained, “The core control system of the entire Linjiang City’s shelter is called ‘Yao Ji’. If you reach a tier seven martial artist level, it records your unique true martial intent, and you can communicate directly through your consciousness. Before tier seven, you can only use a communication stone.”

The communication stone is the luminous white jade stone in the room.

It looks very good.

Embedded in the room’s pillar.

Baiyu was more concerned with the name of Lijiang Shelter’s central control system, Yao Ji, yet another figure from the ancient Eastern mythology.

He asked Pang Fei.

The shelter has existed for an ancient time, and scholars speculate it is from a prehistoric civilization. Nowadays, the East Prosperity Imperial has only rebuilt and refurbished the shelter to use it as a human stronghold in the Spirit Realm.

In other words.

With the current technology, it is still impossible to create an intelligent life form like “Yao Ji”.

She is equivalent to the manager of the entire shelter, her standing is like Erza’s relationship with the Legendary Ship as a ship spirit.

“Alright, from now on you can wander around yourselves. You can ask Yao Ji anything if there’s something you don’t understand. She knows the shelter better than I do.

As for the items for trade here.

Whether it’s herbs, spirit techniques, or weapons, they are cheaper than outside.

Also.

The government has a team specifically for newcomers. You can pay to experience hunting exotic beasts. As long as you don’t go too far outside the shelter’s boundaries, everything is very safe.”

Pang Fei patted both on the shoulder: “I have matters to attend to and can’t take you out of the city. Remember, to return, go directly to the government’s teleportation spot; right now your purpose here is to understand the shelter’s structure and system, not to take on tasks yet.”

Pang Fei gave his instructions.

Having anticipated that the two would be fascinated by the new shelter, he smiled and shook his head, then walked out alone.

He was just like this when he first came to the shelter.

Youth.

Always brings fond memories.

…

“Brother Yu, I’ll go tidy up my room first and come back later. Then we can go check out the government’s task point together,” Qin Shou also wanted to explore.

After seeing him off, Baiyu placed his hand on the communication stone in the center of the room.

An indescribable feeling arose.

The communication stone suddenly emitted a white light, and a delicate girl wearing a light-colored dress with her hair in lily buns appeared before him.

She opened her lively eyes and looked Baiyu up and down.

Then a serene and clear voice came out: “Based on your citizen ID, your permissions are ordinary citizen level, now verifying.

Citizen level judgment is incorrect.”

Yao Ji’s expression had a slight change, which Baiyu keenly noticed.

Just as suspected, similar to Erza, with her own thoughts and considerations.

Also.

What does it mean that citizen level judgment is wrong?

He is a genuine East Prosperity Imperial person, how could there be any mistakes?

“Permissions modified to special honorary citizen level, for your safety, citizen level remains temporarily unchanged.”

In the image.

The beautiful girl slightly bowed to Baiyu, then lifted her head, her eyes brimming with tears, “You have finally arrived, master.”

What?

Baiyu was somewhat unresponsive.

What kind of development is this? He had never heard of a shelter management system manifesting an artifact spirit-like entity calling a human their master.

Based on Pang Fei’s description.

Yao Ji is rated based on permissions.

Most people are rated as ordinary citizens and cannot interfere with the shelter’s operation, while those who make great contributions to the shelter are evaluated as special citizens.

Capable of minor management of shelter affairs.

Therefore, the true management authority of the shelter always remains with Yao Ji, but because she has almost no selfish motives and wholeheartedly considers human interests, the East Prosperity Imperial was reassured.

In other words.

Yao Ji was regarded by the East Prosperity Imperial as an impartial program solely concerned with human welfare.

It’s not just the Linjiang Shelter.

The same applies to the other shelters in the Spirit Realm.

Hence.

At this moment, Baiyu suspiciously looked at her: “What did you just call me?”

“Master,”

Yao Ji joyfully explained, “I’ve been here for a long time, and you’re the only one with sufficient permissions; the rest of the human race doesn’t qualify.”

Permissions?

Could it be related to the soul? Because of his Earth soul?

Baiyu was plunged into deep thought.

He had always thought he had transmigrated to another world, but now with more and more elements from the East appearing, he had a slight suspicion.

Could it be that he is still on Earth?

Or.

Did people from Earth come to this planet before?

And it’s a super powerhouse who left the shelter behind?

After all, with current technology, it’s impossible to establish an autonomous shelter.

Every shelter suppresses a Spirit Realm passage, clearly someone did it deliberately, and now historians believe it to be a prehistoric civilization.

But as mighty as they were, how did they vanish, and what did they experience?

Why were there no churches a hundred years ago, and in such a short time, the major churches spread across the continent like locusts?

And the strange attitude of the nation towards the church…

All these mysteries hovered in his mind, and Baiyu felt that there were too many things in this world he didn’t understand. To get to the bottom of it, he had to continually enhance his strength.

Just like if he didn’t study mysticism or enter a martial arts school, he would never learn the truth behind the first and second Celestial Essence Wars.

“Yao Ji, what are my permissions?”

Baiyu decided to get to the root of it, first sorting out the current situation.