Above the Firmament

"Where did you go?"

When she returned to the crowd in the square, Li was handing out all sorts of snacks from her arms. "I was just about to go look for you."

Li Mengyun stared at her for quite a while. Only after confirming that she knew nothing of the matter did she let out a long breath. "I saw a familiar-looking figure and instinctively chased after it."

"I told you there was nothing to worry about," Shanhui muttered. "Jinxia City is so safe. She couldn't possibly get lost."

"And then?" Luo Qingqing gave her a thoughtful look. "Was it someone you knew?"

"No, I was mistaken," Li Mengyun replied blandly.

"I see..." Li did not press the matter further. She handed over a paper bag. "Try this. Jinxia's fried crab—it's one of the city's most popular snacks."

Fried... crab?

Li Mengyun accepted the bag, fished out half a crab leg, and slowly put it into her mouth.

The rich fragrance of oil instantly filled her entire mouth.

It was a flavor that food from Skywell did not possess.

It had been a long time since she had tasted such a crisp, fragrant bite, where juices burst forth at the first crunch.

It was not just Li. Some of the people around them were also enjoying nighttime snacks, from grilled fish and shellfish skewers to candied hawthorn sticks—there was everything one could want. It seemed utterly natural to them to watch the concert while spending a little money on snacks to munch on.

Suddenly, streams of fireworks rose from all around the square—

They shot into the sky, then burst into dazzling blooms of light. Red, green, and silvery-white flashes lit up the entire West District in an instant. The booms came one after another, as though some grand