A decade later.
The Primal Primordials—all eight of them— had long given up on finding the hiding two Outer Primordials after searching for them unsuccessfully for an extended period of time. Eventually, they cancelled their projections. Naturally, Primordial Sango found Kong Xiang before leaving and updated him, warning him to stay alert and remain cautious.
Kong Xiang had now fully adapted to life on Vega, perfectly fitting into the persona of Ian—a teenager from a remote village eager to adapt to the modern style of the urban city he was now living in, the City of Rus.
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To make himself fit in better, Kong Xiang eventually enrolled himself in the City University. Cassandra lectured there. Right now, Ian was walking home from class with two of his mates, Reyla and Hugo.
Hugo was speaking excitedly, "Professor Dortmund's Reverse Superposition hypothesis is really crazy, man. If it succeeds—"