[Manga Adaptation: The one trending online? You're going to see that?]
[Frequent Strikes: Holy shit! The High God is taking you to see the Flood Dragon?]
[No Beef: Is this for real? You're not joking, right?]
[Fairies Don't Poop: Yaoyao, you don't have a fever, do you? That's a Flood Dragon, not a snake in a zoo!]
[Qin Family Xiaoyu: The High God said so? Then it must be true!]
[No Cilantro: Wasn't that a doctored video? Are you going to livestream how it was made?]
[Never Android: What's going on? I came here for laughs. Why do you all think there's really a Flood Dragon?]
Chen Siyao offered no further explanation. She slipped her phone into her pocket and pushed open the door. Yang Wanqing, Cai Jingwen, and Li Li were already waiting in the hallway.
Chen Hao stood by the elevator, holding Moontrace's leash.
"Let's go," he said.
The elevator doors opened, and they stepped inside. Moontrace sat at Chen Hao's feet, looking up at him, and wagged its tail twice. Chen Hao glanced down, then bent over and picked it up.
Moontrace found a comfortable position in his arms and closed its eyes. It wasn't afraid. Wherever they went, as long as it was in his arms, it feared nothing.
The elevator descended. Chen Siyao watched her reflection in the doors, her heart racing. She didn't know what awaited her at Dragon Mound, but she wasn't afraid. With her brother there, she feared nothing.
They reached the hotel lobby. Outside, the sky was overcast. The rain had stopped, but the clouds hadn't dispersed. In the direction of Dragon Mound, that mass of dark clouds hung even lower than before.
Chen Hao walked out through the entrance and glanced up at the sky. The breeze after the rain