Qin Shi seemed to sense something. With Yu Weiwei, dressed in an evening gown, on his arm, he turned sideways to face the "camera."
He could clearly feel the fluctuations of some kind of spiritual life-form spreading toward him.
"Lord Tai?"
Qin Shi immediately thought of the Active Consciousness Body that kept Central City running.
Only a wondrous existence born from Eastern Xia's Original Codex technology could maintain a super-metropolis on such a vast scale.
Blessed by the High-level Pillar [Divine Mecha], he was extremely sensitive to electronic signals. His mind seemed to turn like a magnetic field, instantly catching the rapidly vibrating, invisible threads one after another.
It was like a vast net blanketing everything, encompassing the void!
"Under Lord Tai's gaze, nothing can escape notice."
Qin Shi couldn't help marveling. In ancient times, this was probably the sort of immortal being found in myth.
The moment he turned sideways, every electronic screen lit up across Central City, displaying the handsome face of a spirited young man.
Though his features still held a trace of boyishness, his eyes shone like bright stars, brimming with vigorous energy.
"So this is the Top 100 Competition's champion?"
"He looks so young!"
"I heard he's still in school, in his third year of high school..."
"Hard to believe a genius like this isn't from Central City!"
"Exactly..."
With Lord Tai's consciousness covering the entire area, Qin Shi appeared before the public for the first time.
He and Yu Weiwei walked down the red carpet. With every step they took, a lamppost lit up, its beam shooting straight into the night sky.
When Qin Shi passed through the heavy doors leading to the banquet hall, the whole dark sky blazed as bright as day.
Beams of light and figures crossed, while deliberately pounding drumbeats