Over the following week, Hexia Tilan spent almost all her time within Grey Dust Crystal Company, occasionally stepping out to make contact with the outside world and show herself, to signal that everything was normal.
Ten days later, in the grand conference hall of Grey Dust Crystal.
The vast underground conference hall was illuminated by bright crystal stones, with the entire space resembling an excavated mine. The walls and ceiling were inlaid with crystal stones of various sizes, radiating a soft and bright halo.
Encircling the central high platform was an array of circular tables, where the upper echelons of Grey Dust Crystal sat, wearing crisp uniforms with white bases and grey collars, with semi-transparent circular goggles before their eyes constantly displaying data to assist their communication and transaction processing.
