"Name?"
"Huai Shi."
"Gender?"
"Male."
"Age?"
"Twenty."
"Please wait. System login verification in progress..."
In the void, that gentle voice rang out once more. "Verification complete. Major General Huai Shi, Legion Commander of the Original Sin Legion. Destination: Central Command Center.
Thank you for your contributions to the Present Realm. You will be transferred shortly. May you return victorious."
Within the empty space flowing with Rainbow Light, as the final verification passed, the insubstantial barrier hovering before him silently dissolved. Carried along by that stream of light, Huai Shi flew toward the end of the radiance.
With a blur before his eyes, gravity, breath, air reeking of gunpowder, the dark sky, and the steel earth appeared before him.
So familiar.
Following the Rainbow Light descending from above, Huai Shi stepped out of the Rainbow Bridge transit station, descended the stairs, and entered the crowd flowing in all directions.
Behind him, Rainbow Light continued to descend.
As forklifts, tower cranes, and massive engineering exoskeletons moved cargo, huge containers sped along conveyor belts toward every direction.
From the distant airbase came the unceasing roar of engines rising into the sky. Female Dragon, KH-1, Northern God... Just recognizing their models and watching their vapor trails vanish into the storm clouds was enough to make one's heart race.
Amid the thunder constantly shrieking overhead, Huai Shi raised his head and looked over the busy, expansive plaza and the vehicles shuttling back and forth under heavy loads.
And beyond that, the clouds wreathed in fire and lightning.
Beneath those clouds lay the battlefield.
"I'm back."
He could not help taking a deep breath.
He had only been gone for half a month, yet it felt as though an age had passed. What was with this long wait? It really made him look forward to it.