146: The journey begins

"Hello! I am the director of the Mars Security Bureau! I'm here to conduct a simple inquiry with you." A middle-aged man walked over, smiled at Clarissa, and sat down to the side. Beside him, several people stood stiffly, while a few others kept their heads down, seemingly preparing to record something.

"Mm, go ahead and ask!" Clarissa nodded, while Ellie sat obediently to the side, listening.

"May I ask which civilization you come from?" the director asked.

"Uh… does that mean where we come from?" Clarissa asked.

"Yes! That's right!" The director thought for a moment and nodded.

"We come from the Normanya continent," Clarissa told the director.

"The Normanya continent civilization…?" Listening to Clarissa's words, the director felt the name of this civilization was a bit of a mouthful, but it was acceptable; they had heard of even more bizarre ones.

"Mm!" Clarissa didn't know why the other party insisted on adding the word "civilization" at the end, but it didn't matter; as long as they understood, it was fine.

"Has your world ever waged war against others?" the director asked.

"Uh… I don't think so! At least not since I've been old enough to understand things." Upon hearing the question, Clarissa thought: Invade other worlds? How is that possible! It wasn't that Clarissa was boasting, but her own world was actually a bit lackluster; they were already worried about other worlds invading them, so how could they possibly invade others!

"Hmm~" The director nodded. "What level has your technological advancement reached?"

"Technological advancement?" Clarissa looked at him, bewildered.

"Uh… for example, what is the farthest place you can travel to?" the director asked, trying a different approach.

"The farthest place I've traveled? Another world?" Clarissa tilted her head. "Aren't I right here with you? Why ask!"

"Mm, don't be anxious. We are just conducting a routine inquiry. Even obvious questions need to be answered!" The director said with a smile, reassuring Clarissa. He remained quite relaxed; in his view, this "Universe civilization" of Clarissa's was the most approachable and gentle one they had encountered.

The director asked a few more questions, and Clarissa answered them one by one.

"Alright, thank you for your cooperation! Please wait here for a moment while we process your entry permits and temporary ID cards!" The director said to Clarissa with a smile. "I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be going now!"

"Mm!" Clarissa nodded.

The director stood up, and the people recording also left with him.

Ellie secretly asked Clarissa, "Sister Clarissa, why did they ask all those questions? It feels so boring…"

"They must have their reasons, but don't worry about it. We're just here for a trip, so let's just have fun," Clarissa said to Ellie with a smile.

This conversation was also "accidentally" overheard by the "surveillance," and the people recording added a few more notes.

Five minutes later, the compiled document was delivered to the director's hands.

Normanya continent civilization, Clarissa and Ellie, sisters.

Civilization level suspected to be capable of space jumps; purpose of visit is tourism; clearly, space jump technology is already mature.

Belongs to an unknown civilization, but their attitude is very friendly. It is unknown if they are an individual or a population; tentatively classified as a friendly civilization.

Can be contacted and befriended…

A pile of records and various analyses and judgments. The Blue Star civilization did not relax in the slightest when dealing with these people from the Universe of different civilizations; they had many measures in place for this.

In the past, the Blue Star civilization had suffered losses in this regard, but fortunately, they handled it in time and did not cause a major disaster.

"Sister Clarissa, I keep feeling like we're being spied on," Ellie suddenly whispered to Clarissa.

"That's normal. After all, we are outsiders, and it's normal for them to monitor us," Clarissa said with a smile. It was already quite impressive that Ellie could sense it.

In Clarissa's view, these "peeping" entities were very stealthy, and there was almost no energy fluctuation.

However, with Clarissa's terrifying sensory abilities, she still knew the exact locations of the surveillance perfectly well.

She also just discovered that they were all using a small gadget to spy.

A very clever approach; the people of this world are quite intelligent!

From their brief contact, Clarissa felt that the people of this world were extremely adept at using and manufacturing external tools.

No wonder their bodies were so weak.

Of course, Clarissa didn't look down on a world that relied on external tools at all.

After all, the 3rd-level world told her that this was also a valid path.

Besides, even in the "self-reliant" Normanya continent, there were still things like equipment.

The people behind the scenes immediately reported it upon hearing they had been discovered long ago, and various judgments would have to undergo some minor changes again.

"Hello! Here are your ID cards and entry permits! The ID cards can be used for purchases! We have deposited a sum of our Blue Star civilization currency, about 100,000 Alliance coins." A member of the Security Bureau delivered two cards to Clarissa.

"Thank you!" Clarissa took them and looked at the photos of her and Ellie on the cards; they were very realistic.

"These are pretty good. Here, Ellie." Clarissa gave Ellie her ID card.

"This is our Blue Star communicator. Let me briefly teach you how to use it!" The Security Bureau member took out two wristwatches and handed them to Clarissa. These wristwatches were equivalent to mobile phones; they could be used for calls, browsing the internet, and even holographic projection.

You could even just sit down, project a screen, keyboard, and mouse holographically, and operate it that way.

"Thank you!" The simple tutorial was much easier to understand compared to various sword techniques.

Clarissa and Ellie learned it immediately.

"These are some of our laws and regulations, as well as some basic common sense! Of course, you can also look them up on the holographic wristwatches we gave you." The Security Bureau person took out a not-too-thick book and handed it to Clarissa. Both of these had been continuously refined and revised over the years specifically for "visitors from the Universe."

"Okay." Clarissa nodded and took them.

"Then I won't disturb you any further! As I said before! The Blue Star civilization welcomes your arrival!" The Security Bureau person said to Clarissa with a smile. "You are free to leave now."

"Okay, thank you!" Clarissa nodded and then left the Mars Security Bureau with Ellie.

Walking through this Martian city, the Blue Star civilization's Martian immigrant city had four districts, simply divided into East, South, West, and North.

The district where Clarissa and Ellie were was the East District.

"Sister Clarissa, this world looks like so much fun!" Ellie looked around, then gazed at the objects whizzing through the sky. "Can we ride those things?"

"I suppose… we should be able to?" Clarissa pursed her lips. "Let's find a place to sit down, read this book, and learn a bit."

"Mm-hmm!" Ellie nodded.

"Let's go with this one! We can grab something to eat while we're at it." Clarissa looked at a place that read: "Authentic Blue Star Gourmet Commercial Street," and walked in with Ellie.