Shuji, Mocheng was still locked in a stretch of drizzly, overcast weather.
A small shuttlecraft, designed in a style utterly different from the local vehicles, nimbly flew over the City Lord's residence. After receiving clearance, it landed on the Immortal Boat platform.
Luo raised her head and looked at the hazy shield enveloping the buildings. The steady rain fell onto the barrier and gathered into a blurry curtain of water. High in the heavy clouds, a large cargo ship transporting crystal ore—the locals called it an "Immortal Boat"—was slowly accelerating.
For some reason, a few fragmented, yellowed images surfaced in the depths of her mind. Things she had thought long forgotten reappeared in her memories. She remembered the old observatory in her hometown, a sudden downpour, and the frustration of missing the H-32 comet in the rain. She still remembered that, by coincidence, the planet's only interstellar flight had passed through the clouds at the time. Its engine trail burned in the rainy night, igniting her childhood longing to leave her homeland for the first time.
Too much time had passed.
Luo withdrew her gaze from the sky and followed the attendant sent by the City Lord of Mocheng into the depths of the residence. In a place resembling a small processing center, she saw the gifts her "new boss" had prepared for her.
"These are blood grenades," Bone Gnawing Immortal said, pointing to the small box beside him. As he spoke, he curiously examined the "new colleague" before him, who was supposedly once a major figure. "They've been specially modified for you. Ordinary detection methods won't be able to find anything."
Luo picked up the strange "weapon" and weighed it in her hand. A mechanical limb extended from behind her, and the detector at its tip quickly scanned the