Registering identity for two girls who might not be considered "human," this was quite a novelty for Yu Sheng, but once he sat down in front of Hu Li's form, he realized this was only new to him—for the Special Service Bureau, it was nothing unusual.

Because the first line of the form goes as follows:

If the registrant belongs to a long-lived species (average lifespan of 1K years or more inclusive), fill in the age column with the percentage and note the racial average lifespan in the blank space after; if the registrant's species has no gender concept, shade in the gender column; if the registrant is unable to use pen-like tools for writing, or mainly uses pheromones or other special secretion as their major identifying feature, the staff will assist in sampling or filling it out. Other special circumstances should be explained in the supplementary form and reviewed and signed by the staff.

Following this is a string of disclaimers, the main content of which can be summarized in one sentence: the Special Service Bureau is aware that this place has all sorts of strange and peculiar entities, and we have considered everyone's bizarre life forms and racial taboos as much as possible; if you still feel offended, take it up with the Council.

Yu Sheng sat at the table looking at that long string of disclaimers and filling instructions for a long time, flipping to the second page only to see the place for officially registering names, gender, age, and address...

He looked up, glancing at Ren Wenwen sitting beside him: "The forms for ordinary people's identity cards in Boundary City surely aren't like this, right?"

"Of course not," the young Special Service Bureau clerk immediately nodded, "The ordinary people's form is much simpler; this one is specially prepared for those non-human 'guests' who need to reside in the Boundary Land for a long time. The identity documents being prepared for the two ladies also belong to a special version—they look similar to ordinary identity cards externally, but they register some details that can only be read by specific devices in certain departments. Should any trouble arise in the future, this also serves as a help and preferential treatment channel for 'special residents.'"

"Do you often register these kinds of 'services'?" Yu Sheng was a bit curious.

"Definitely less than the number of ordinary residents' file registrations, but there are still a few thousand to ten thousand new files each year," Ren Wenwen did not hide anything, "In this place, the Boundary Land, there are always 'travelers' from various places applying to stay for various reasons."

Yu Sheng listened earnestly, slowly feeling a certain kind of... stirring within him.

This form with its many strange contents suddenly made him feel a genuine sense about the fantastical Boundary Land, about the world beyond the everyday.

Beside him, Erin was already grabbing the ballpoint pen, which seemed particularly thick for her, and was laboriously filling out the form next to her—this was a quite challenging task for her, especially since the pen was nearly as long as her arm, and a sheet of A4 paper was almost half her height; however, she did not ask for help this time but was very seriously and enthusiastically writing.

Yu Sheng also lowered his head and filled in "Hu Li's" name on the form in front of him very seriously.

Then he got stuck on the next item.

"Savior?" The fox girl also noticed Yu Sheng's action and curiously asked.

"How old are you this year?" Yu Sheng looked at the demon fox girl in front of him with a somewhat strange expression, but as soon as he finished speaking, he felt something was off, "Eh... No, I should first ask what the average lifespan of your species is... Still wrong, is one 'year' of your age equivalent to one 'year' in the Boundary Land?"

Hu Li tilted her head, her silvery white fluffy big ears twitched in the air, seemingly not catching on.

After two or three seconds, she hesitated and said, "Probably over two hundred years old? We reach adulthood at one hundred and eighty, but I don't know how long I can live. Mom and Dad said when one doesn't want to live anymore, they 'return to the Great Path,' but they said that's not dying, it's becoming a member of the Heavenly People..."

Yu Sheng: "..."

He looked helplessly at the young female clerk beside him.

Ren Wenwen pointed at the age column: "Just fill in 'especially long-lived.'"

Yu Sheng: "...Is that really okay!?"

"If you think that's not formal enough, you can simply write 'don't know,'" Ren Wenwen said very seriously, "There are many people who fill it out this way every year because there are some species that live extremely long without a clear concept of lifespan; there are also species that undergo rapid life and death iterations over a few years, their age is not marked by 'years and months' but by 'inter-generational,' and it's unclear even to themselves."

Yu Sheng opened his mouth, then looked at the next column: "... I don't know where the place of origin is, how should I fill it?"

Ren Wenwen still had a serious face: "Then write 'from abroad', for those born outside of Boundary Land with unknown origins can be uniformly archived."

Yu Sheng's expression was a bit blank: "...What about the race here?"

Ren Wenwen stretched her hand and pointed: "Check the box in the 'supplemental form,' then turn to the last page, there's a supplemental form, see if you find anything appropriate."

Yu Sheng then turned to the last page of the stack of forms, and a dense array of checkable options loudly crashed into his view.

He noticed at first glance the last column on the form that said "Note": If your species has adaptable traits, please select "Mimicry Department"; if your species does not fit into any available categories, please write "To be supplemented", and we will open a new department for you as soon as possible.

Yu Sheng's expression was laced with a hint of astonishment as he looked up at Ren Wenwen, admiration in his eyes: "Your everyday work must be pretty... complex, huh?"

"It's okay, I'm actually from the logistics department. It's the special archives section that directly manages these things, they are indeed very busy. No matter male or female colleagues, not much hair," said Ren Wenwen, raising her hand to point at a section on the selection area, "Choose this one, 'Beast Spirit or Humanoid Species.'"

Yu Sheng glanced at it, his brows slightly furrowed: "Why not choose 'Immortal Spirit'? That seems quite fitting too..."

"There are group privileges, get half-price subway tickets," Ren Wenwen casually said, "And her tail seems to lean more towards 'Beast Spirit'. But it doesn't really matter, if you don't think it's appropriate, you can fill in something else, just choose from the 'Figure' large category, generally, nobody investigates deeply."

Yu Sheng was more and more amazed as he filled out the form, and stealthily stretched his neck to glance at Erin's side. Seeing the little doll earnestly placing a tick on the option for "High-class Doll or Alchemy Figure", and specifically writing "from Alice's Cottage" in the remarks.

It took a while, but the form was finally filled out.

Honestly, this wasn't even easier than helping Little Red Riding Hood with her homework—the mess and bizarre content on the form was too much. There were many items that Yu Sheng could never imagine would be used in "identity registration" if he hadn't seen and heard Ren Wenwen's explanations himself. No wonder the Special Service Bureau's staff needed to assist on-site with this; without help, just the items "type of thinking" and "neural evolution classification" alone would have kept Yu Sheng busy for a day...

But on the other hand, a lot of content on these two forms was incredibly lenient to the point of disbelief. For many items that were impossible to fill out, Yu Sheng simply followed Ren Wenwen's suggestions and filled in words like "don't know", "random", "arbitrary". By the end, he even started to doubt the professionalism of the Special Service Bureau...

"Actually, you needn't worry, this form is designed according to the principle of maximum adaptability. Generally speaking, for an 'outsider' registering their identity in Boundary Land, as long as they can fill out a quarter of the form, it is already enough to accurately describe their origin, purpose, and personal characteristics," Ren Wenwen patiently addressed Yu Sheng's doubts, "We can't expect a registration form to sufficiently restrain an outsider. Boundary Land has been operating smoothly up to now because there's an extremely large and effective management system in place."

Continuing, she took out a small device and placed it on the table: "Next, we'll collect biometric data. Since both of you are humanoid, shall we collect fingerprints?"

Erin raised her finger: "I don't have fingerprints."

Ren Wenwen was stunned: "...then blood... dolls don't have blood either... then how about collecting hair? Um, dolls seem quite resistant to that, then how about scraping some body flakes? From the arm."

Erin sighed, "If you scrape it, it will turn into lotus root powder."

Ren Wenwen: "...?"

"It's a long story," Yu Sheng said, covering his forehead. "Her body is temporary right now, maybe you shouldn't collect it, it's useless anyway... those are just materials bought from the supermarket."

"Well... that works too, the Director said we can be more lenient," Ren Wenwen said with a slightly peculiar expression, picking up the two forms to briefly scan them, and sighing deeply, looking at Erin, "Miss Erin, you can't fill 'good-looking' in the 'Regular Shape or Physical Features' column, it should be 'Humanoid'... nevermind, I will rewrite this page for you, and in the end, you just need to sign to confirm. Also, you two get ready, I'm going to take a photo of you. Miss Hu Li, can you hide your ears?"

Hu Li casually took off her ears and tossed them into her tail.

Ren Wenwen: "...ah?!"

The next second, the young clerk realized what she had just seen, turning her head to look at Yu Sheng in disbelief: "Mr. Yu, she she she she just..."

"Calm down," Yu Sheng, having anticipated this scene, was now consoling her, "You work at the Special Service Bureau, you should think more broadly."

Ren Wenwen: "..."

Trying to calm herself down, the clerk managed to control her expression and then pulled out another stack of forms, handing them over to Yu Sheng.

"Uh, these are the registration documents you asked for, before the identity cards for the two ladies are activated, you can start filling these out."

Yu Sheng's heart stirred as he took the printouts.

"Boundary Land Independent Operating Organizations/Groups/Offices Universal Registration Form"

A smile appeared on Yu Sheng's face.

It was finally his turn.

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