You want me to stay? Then answer my question for It!
Chongyue
......
Ya
I came so far to find you.
Ya
Did you know that those ants have dug through mountains and filled in rivers, calling the scars they leave upon the land 'cities?'
Ya
Is this frail and sick land still the cosmos that we had once lived and frolicked in?
Ya
Did you know that the marks They left before They died remain on this despicable city they call Yumen?
Ya
The ants have not repaired it for a thousand years, calling it part of the glorious journey towards civilization.
Ya
This is the city that your fragment has sworn to protect?
Chongyue
It is It. I am I.
Ya
(Heaven's repressed anger)
The boat continues to sail.
The plants on the banks grow shorter, pressed down by the snow.
Ya
Do you remember how our consciousnesses journeyed the sleepless void and became the first living beings here?
Ya
Do you remember how we watched the sun rise and set, giving order to time and objects, and Heaven and earth took shape?
Ya
Do you remember that eye which broke the heavens? We watched and clashed in the cosmos, the rivers turned red, the mountains leveled, the bodies piled up until they reached the clouds, becoming new mountains when they rotted away...
Ya
Such a magnificent thing a true war is!
Ya
(Heaven's repressed anger)
The boat continues to sail upon a river without end.
The snow grows thick. Each question echoes like an avalanche.
It is white up above and down below. The skies are so low that one only has to reach out to touch them.
Ya
Why would one who has seen such an era care about the ants between its claws, and the dust that they stir up?
Ya
To deceive humanity, you meddled with cloud and rain, sent preposterous 'blessings' from the heavens, helped the so-called True Lung triumph. How utterly meaningless...
Ya
Why do you answer them again after a thousand years? Harass, provoke, hunt and kill your own kind?!
Ya
Compared to their ancestors, puny but brave, these ants are feeble, despicable, filthy. Why do you want to rule over them?!
Ya
Why do you want to become their god?!
Ya
(Heaven's repressed anger)
Ya
Since time immemorial, has our kind ever seen the shame that you have put yourself to?!
Answer me, my... my kin!
Chongyue
You're angry.
Chongyue
In all these millennia of slumber, It has ever been like you are now...
Chongyue
Swallowing the shame, chewing upon betrayal, seeking answers.
Chongyue
That is why fragments like us were born.
Ya
......
Chongyue
But we are not It.
Chongyue
I cannot answer your question.
Chongyue
I cannot understand your fury, just as you cannot understand mine.
Ya
Fury?
Ya
You will stand for humanity? Here?
Ya
Draw the sword, and maybe you can.
Chongyue
I'm thinking how much you treasure this dimension.
All civilians on the east side were safely evacuated to the west side.
Patrol Battalion Soldier
Half of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau Casters deployed at the inner city to deal with the secondary storm were injured. Also on scene were Mr. Lin of Lungmen and his daughter, Envoy Lin... Mr. Lin suffered serious injuries.
Zuo Xuanliao
......
Patrol Battalion Soldier
H-He is being treated at the army hospital.
Zuo Xuanliao
All of Yumen owes Mr. Lin a great debt. Spare neither money nor manpower.
Patrol Battalion Soldier
Yes, sir.
Zuo Xuanliao
Damage to buildings?
Patrol Battalion Soldier
The west side was unaffected. A number of buildings were damaged by the storm in the east and north sides.
Patrol Battalion Soldier
The east side took the brunt of the storm.
Patrol Battalion Soldier
Two of the Four Guardians were damaged beyond economical repair and have been detached by the Tianshi.
Patrol Battalion Soldier
Part of the foundation wall has been severely warped. Emergency repairs are in progress.
Patrol Battalion Soldier
About 60% of all city defenses have been damaged.
Zuo Xuanliao
......
Zuo Xuanliao
The Tianshis' assessment?
Patrol Battalion Soldier
Initial estimates are that it will take at least two months before Yumen can move again, even with full effort devoted to the repairs.
Zuo Xuanliao
Two months...
Zuo Xuanliao
Slightly better than pre-Catastrophe estimates.
Zuo Xuanliao
Here are my orders.
Zuo Xuanliao
The entire army will remain alert for potential after-storms.
Zuo Xuanliao
Continue to assess damage and treat the injured. Erect emergency shelters to house the evacuated population.
Patrol Battalion Soldier
Yes, sir.
Zuo Xuanliao
And the Shanhaizhong?
Patrol Battalion Soldier
They attempted to cause chaos by attacking city defenses and harassing the people. Most have been brought to justice by the Patrol Battalion's prompt intervention, assisted by civilian volunteers.
Patrol Battalion Soldier
Only a few managed to escape through gaps in the damaged walls.
Zuo Xuanliao
...I see.
Patrol Battalion Soldier
However, we have not found the Shanhaizhong leader responsible for the assassination attempt at the barracks. Search efforts are underway.
Zuo Xuanliao
She did not show herself?
Zuo Xuanliao
Strange, given her ability...
Zuo Xuanliao
What of the Grandmaster?
Patrol Battalion Soldier
The Grandmaster visited the Sword Forge. He has not been seen since.
