Thorn District, Siluoke high-rise apartments.
Cao Xinling sat in the armored car, her expression tense, hands uncontrollably trembling.
She had to be nervous, everyone was tense. They had received an impossible mission, which was to attack a weakened hero of the skies.
Everyone knew this mission was doomed; even if they somehow succeeded, they would become mere stepping stones for the grand scheme - no credit, no glory, certainly not the pioneers of a so-called new era. But those villains harboring resentment against the hero would get money, and she would gain the possibility to leave the City of the Skies. That was enough. That was enough.
Cao Xinling activated her Superpower, the Heart Connection Net, gathering the thoughts of everyone nearby into her ears. The skill was one-way, she could listen but not speak, a lopsided communication tower.
