Eve had never seen such a giant ship, nor such a flag.
Just as she was in a daze, a voice with a strange accent rang out.
"Oh, you've finally arrived. I thought I would have to wait a bit longer."
Eve looked in the direction of the voice and saw an elderly stranger, with more strangers following behind him.
They were dressed in the same crimson attire as the flag, adorned with gleaming scale armor that Eve had never seen before, if it could even be called armor.
The old man had a simple longsword at his waist, and a refined firearm on his back, with the other strangers equipped similarly, though varying in their decorative splendor.
Eve's daze deepened; neither the armor design nor the weapons were anything she had seen before, even scarcely mentioned in books. Yet when she saw the old man's black eyes, it seemed to awaken some memory, one long buried under dust.
"Jiu... Jiuxia people?"
"Yes, yes."
