Prelude

Blue Star!

The day after the White Sun celestial anomaly appeared, the warm morning sun shone over a remote little village in Hua Country.

The morning mist had yet to disperse when an old farmer carrying a hoe, wearing a straw hat, wobbled onto his electric scooter and headed out, planning to tend his fields before the blazing noon sun arrived.

His name was Luo Jianguo, a name steeped in the flavor of another era. He was a native-born farmer of Luo Family Village.

Although the income from farming had grown smaller and smaller over the years, wasn't there a saying that went, "If farming could make money, farmers would have no land left to till"?

Luo Jianguo was no exception. After deducting the costs of fertilizer, pesticides, seeds, and the like, he earned barely enough to get by after a year of hard work.

After all, he had dealt with the land his entire life and knew no other trades. Farming had become his main source of income. He occasionally took odd jobs in town, but now that he was older, people looked down on him. Most of the time, he still tended his own little patch of land.

"Old Luo, heading to the fields so early?"

"You've only got that tiny patch of land. You work yourself to the bone and barely make any money. You might as well rent it out. Wouldn't that save you time and effort?"

"Jianguo, did you see the White Sun last night? I recorded this video. Come take a look—I'm telling you, it was something else."

Country folk rose early. Along the road, villagers stopped now and then to chat with Luo Jianguo.

"Ah, I saw it. I even got up and watched it for half an hour last night. But strange