267.Enrollment
Xu Zhi felt a chill in her heart when she heard this. She thought of the twenty-year indenture contract that the consortium had given her. According to Ke Yi, if she had not deceived herself, then let alone twenty years, she would probably turn into ashes like burning firewood in just a few years.
Seeing Xu Zhi's face showing a lingering fear, Ke Yi changed the subject and comforted him, "Don't worry, Guangming Court will not treat you as a nobody. As long as you enter the inner courtyard, you will be one of ours. Guangming Court has always been tolerant and gentle towards its own people."
Hearing this, Xu Zhi thought, how can she be considered one of them? Entering the inner courtyard was just a trick of Guangmingyuan. If she really revealed any problems, Guangmingyuan would probably be the first to take action against her, right?
"We're just ahead." As they spoke, the three of them had already walked a long way on this road. Xu Zhi looked up and saw an outdoor elevator standing on the edge of the cliff, reaching into the sky.
Not just one, but dozens of such outdoor elevators were built in a range of about 500 meters along the edge of the cliff.
To enter the elevator, you need to go through a door.
"You can enter by swiping your card. You'll need to swipe your card again when you get to the elevator later, but once you officially enroll, you won't have to go through this hassle anymore. By then, Guangming Academy's system will have registered your identity. Your face, voice, fingerprints, pupils, and all your biometrics will be recorded. Then, within Guangming Academy, you will be your ID card."
It's really scary. This also means that what every student in Guangming Academy does every day will be recorded clearly.
This is the case in Guangmingyuan, and I think other places are not much different. The consortium might even go further.
"Remember to swipe your card when you come in." Ke Yi pressed the button on an elevator door, opened it, and pointed to the sensing area next to it.
When Xu Zhi entered and the elevator began to ascend, she kept talking: "Having the inner courtyard on the top of the mountain is a bit troublesome, but it's not entirely without advantages. The inner and outer courtyards have the same holiday dates. Only on the days before and after the holidays can students from the two courtyards see each other in the square."
"The two colleges have different uniforms and different entrances and exits. The outer college's school is on the right, so students don't usually have access to the elevators and aren't allowed in. Occasionally, I see students from the inner college during holidays, which is a kind of encouragement for them."
Xu Zhi could probably understand that if they didn't want the students of the two colleges to meet each other, they could just set up the entrances and exits in different places, deliberately intersecting them together, and leaving such conspicuous stone steps. I guess it was just to stimulate the students.
As Ke Yi kept chattering, the elevator continued to rise. Xu Zhi could sense that Qi Yanxin behind him seemed a little nervous and scared. After all, this outdoor elevator was completely transparent, but Xu Zhi was very calm, and even looked outside boldly. As the elevator climbed higher, she could see more and more of the ground area on the fifth floor.
Looking from a high place, one can clearly feel that the planning of the five floors is very rigorous. Even when looking from a high altitude, there is no trace of disorder.
However, as the elevator went higher and higher, Xu Zhi was surprised to find that she still could not see the edge of the fifth floor.
How huge is this sky city?
Until the elevator stopped, Xu Zhi even saw the white clouds in the sky and the gradually blurred city, but he still could not see the edge of the city.
"We're here, let's get down. The top of the mountain is quite large, and we need to take a car to get to the Academic Affairs Office."
Qi Yanxin's legs felt weak and her face was pale, but she insisted that she was fine. Even though she was pushing Xu Zhi, she still used the wheelchair as a support for her body. Hearing this, she asked with some surprise, "Is there any car at the top of the mountain?"
Ke Yi nodded. "Of course. After all, the inner courtyard is very large, and the distances between the various teaching facilities are quite long. To facilitate the inner courtyard students, there are many self-driving trams available for students to use."
After walking out of the elevator, Xu Zhi inexplicably felt that the scene in front of him was somewhat familiar. It looked a bit like the Federal Subway Station?
But unlike the airport, what is parked here are not airplanes, but elevators, and not far from the elevators are trams parked quietly next to the exits.
"Here are the locations of every building in the inner courtyard. Just select your destination and it will automatically take you there."
"Inner courtyard students can use this for free." Ke Yi added.
What amazed Xu Zhi even more was that the tram seemed to detect that there was a "disabled person" here when she approached. After the door opened, it even lowered the barrier-free ramp directly, and the body of the tram was lowered to make the slope lower, so that she could easily get up even without anyone's help.
"Okay, Academic Affairs Office, we'll be there in about ten minutes."
After setting the destination, Ke Yi withdrew his hand from the smart screen in front of him, looked at Xu Zhi beside him and asked, "Do you understand what I'm doing?"
Xu Zhi nodded: "Very convenient."
"Yes." Ke Yi said with some pride, "Not only that, everything is very convenient in the inner courtyard, and the facilities in the inner courtyard itself are complete enough that even if students don't leave for the entire school year, there will be no problem at all. Not only the teaching facilities, but also the daily living and entertainment facilities are taken into consideration."
"Sounds great." Xu Zhi praised at the right time.
"Of course, but the inner courtyard is not just where students and teachers live. There are some places that are not available on the tram, so you shouldn't go in." Ke Yi suddenly seemed to remember something and warned.
"There live some powerful transcendents from the Guangming Academy. Some of them have strange tempers and won't take you into consideration because you're a student. If you enter without permission, you might lose your life."
Xu Zhi nodded seriously, looking like he had completely understood what Ke Yi said.
Soon, the three arrived at the Academic Affairs Office building. After getting off the tram, Ke Yi took Xu Zhi and Qi Yanxin to an office on the sixth floor of the Academic Affairs Office.
"Normally, if you need to go to the Academic Affairs Office for something, you need to consult in the lobby first. However, your matter has been scheduled in advance, so we can just come up directly."
The office door opened, and a serious-looking middle-aged woman sat inside. When she saw Ke Yi, she stood up from her seat, unlocked the huge cabinet at the back, and took out a box.
"The household registration, communication bracelet, student ID, information about missed classes, and enrollment bonus are all in there. Come and register."
The serious-looking woman was quite efficient and effective in her work, without even saying a word to Ke Yi.
Ke Yi was obviously aware of her style, and just pushed Xu Zhi and Qi Yanxin, motioning them to come forward.
The registration is actually very simple. Xu Zhi just needs to press his fingerprint on the student registration panel. Apart from that, Guangmingyuan seems to have completed the rest of the process.
At the moment the hand seal was pressed, the serious woman in front of him said calmly: "Congratulations, from now on you are a student of Guangming Academy."
(End of this chapter)
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