CountDown: Innocent World

CountDown ① [Innocent World]

Preface:

You can certainly quote famous people when making a point, but famous quotes aren't necessarily right, and reason is no match for physics.

—Fox Man

November 1. The morning mist had yet to fully lift.

A new sunrise greeted Eureka Volcano City. The sun was probably new, and perhaps so was everything else.

That was what Fay Florasalin thought as she struggled in her restraint suit. Was it too late to admit defeat, give in completely, and surrender now?

But as the days went by, there was still no sign of the dark, oppressive cage opening. No matter how she called out to [Heaven's Gift], the glow that had always protected her, hurt her, helped her, and even killed her had vanished.

Xue Ming and Bu Liuxing sat on the railing along the side of the Siberia escort ship, watching the warship gradually approach shore. They watched Adulis Harbor draw closer and closer, and the vast sea of golden wheat.

At last, it was time to part—

"—A Xing."

Bu Liuxing was still joking around, and once he started talking about his family, he couldn't stop.

"Ming Ge! Teacher San San had her baby! It's a girl!"

Xue Ming said, "You've told me that three times. I know. And I wonder who it is that's supposed to get pregnancy brain for three years."

"Hey! Hey, hey!" Liuxing squeezed up against Xue Ming and nudged him with his elbow. With all that abundant werewolf essence, bullying the gunsmith was a piece of cake. "Hey, come on, say it! Let's arrange a betrothal for them! How about your three little brothers compete for my one daughter?"

The big man crowded Xue Ming toward the bridge, and he had to retreat. "Let them write their own stories. I