Chapter 17 – The moment when faced with muzzle

…… …… A huge merchant spaceship floated amidst the boundless universe, its faint silver exterior and extremely streamlined shape making this spaceship the brightest star beneath the starry skies, was calmly and gracefully observing the planet beneath. Due to interstellar travel nowadays being extremely costly because of energy crystal shortage, this spaceship from Westwood Grand …

Chapter 16 – The will of bigwigs

Di di, di di… The gentle yet full of urgency alarm bell resounded throughout Charter Department. Those staff members in black suits raised their heads flabbergasted and paid their attention on the crystal screens all over the building. Apart from the Empire’s surprise attack previously, the Charter Department had not issued a first class order …

Chapter 15 – The journey of an exhibit (2)

For a human civilization, regardless of period or space, whether there were any historical records or not, as long as a form of society was developed, it would not be able to avoid getting enveloped by layers upon layers of bureaucracy. The Federation that possessed tens of habitable planets and larger amount of resource stars …

Chapter 14 – The journey of an exhibit

“How did you found out I’m at State University?” Xu Le asked with his head lowered. Not realizing the heavy mood of his companion, Li Wei smiled and said, “Currently a lot of people already know that you entered the repair shop. I thought that even though no trouble will result for this I should …

Chapter 13 – The curtain slowly unveils

A month had passed. Based on the sayings of those from Highwood - the Federal Capital Star System, it should now be late autumn. In books, characteristics of late autumn were cold winds, drizzling rains and pale skies. However, the differences between the four seasons were never clear for those at Eastwood.  Perhaps this was …

Chapter 12 – The stiff dance

On the pit above the mines, facing the calm night sky of the west, the monstrous metropolis in the background deeply illuminated in color of faint red, the sky on the Eastwood Grand District seemed so pale, as if there were never-ending layers of yarn enveloping the outer layer of the atmosphere. Just like this, …

Chapter 11 – How the first machine was made

After being fried on a frying pan and having pepper and the likes sprinkled on it, the beef that originally reek of blood started to emit a rich flavor of ingredients. The scene of the crispy surface of the beef getting sliced by silver table knife was different than the bloody scene of The Handle …