Deep Blue Metropolis, the port in the Coastal District.
In the early morning, the gentle sea breeze swept up the sea's distinct salty mist and blew it toward the ferry terminal at the harbor.
The ten-thousand-ton passenger ship docked at the shore started its rumbling engines, billowing black smoke from its funnels and making the passengers below seem tiny by comparison.
Yun Meng stood before the boarding passage, one hand holding down her white lady's hat that the sea breeze had nearly carried away, the other holding four tickets she had already checked.
"Alright, everyone. Time to head back."
Hearing Yun Meng's words, Tiandao adjusted the black sunglasses on his face, took the ticket from her hand first, and walked into the boarding passage without hesitation.
His black trench coat cut a crisp arc through the sea breeze blowing in from both sides of the passage.
Reflected along the edge of his sunglasses' lenses was the iconic landmark in the distance—the Deep Blue Pearl of Deep Blue Metropolis.
But unlike when he had first arrived, when he had stopped to take it in.
Tiandao, now preparing to leave, did not even spare a second glance behind him.
Because he had already seen everything there was to see.
He had also experienced everything there was to experience.
As for what remained... it was time to look ahead.
At the same time, Caroline, only one step behind him, dragged both her own and Tiandao's suitcases as she quietly followed after him.
People liked to reminisce about the past because they feared the unknown future.
But Caroline was different.
She neither clung to the past nor feared the future.
Because she understood clearly that, whether it was her past or her future.
If Tiandao was not part of them, then none of it