The westerly wind swept across the desolate earth as the convoy pressed onward.
Shi Tiexin looked over the half-desertified land, his gaze stirring slightly.
This place had somehow come to resemble the landscape of Mars.
Who would have thought that the beautiful blue planet would one day become like this?
Where had all this begun, and why had it happened? Who had created this state of affairs, and how could everything be turned around and changed? Perhaps he could obtain some preliminary answers to those doubts from the Female Captain beside him.
"First, what is your name?"
The Female Captain answered everything she knew. "Gong Yudie."
"What organization do you belong to?"
The Female Captain left nothing unsaid. "Torrent."
"Why that name?"
The Female Captain instinctively straightened her chest, her eyes lighting up with resolute, proud radiance. "Because we aspire to become a torrent that washes the world clean—destroying all that should be destroyed, allowing all that should be reborn to be reborn."
"Where the torrent passes over scarred earth, new spring blooms from death!"
Shi Tiexin made a note, then continued asking.
"Who is your enemy?"
"Tianluo."
"Tianluo?!" Old Six could not help saying, "Isn't Tianluo a gaming company?!" His expression shifted, and after a moment, his gaze darkened. "It really could be Tianluo. I should have suspected it long ago!"
Shi Tiexin made another note and continued questioning Gong Yudie.
"What is Tianluo?"
"A company, a group of financial magnates, a band of politicians, a host of dependents—an enormous military, economic, and political entity."
"What did Tianluo do?"
"It..." Bone-deep hatred surfaced in Gong Yudie's eyes. "It destroyed the world."
The big revelation was coming!
Shi Tiexin sharpened his focus and continued. "As far as I know, Tianluo is a gaming company."
Gong Yudie said, "It merely disguised