High above Black Cloud City, just as they were about to reach the white walls of the Inner City.
The Association Leader suddenly came to a halt.
"Go investigate the identity of that person who just flew by," he said, turning his head to the Xinshuai at his side.
For this venture, he had mobilized three of the association's five Xinshuai to accompany him. His goal was to seize control of Black Cloud City in the shortest time possible. He didn't aim to completely dominate Black Cloud—that wasn't realistic.
His core objective was to bury the special array disk he carried beneath Black Cloud's key Moon Tower.
This was a crucial step in the unfolding of his grand design.
A great undertaking, with the entire Federation as his chessboard and its cities as his pawns.
And yet, for some reason, the young man who had just passed... gave him an inexplicable sense of unease.
