Moonset, Sunrise
He Ao absorbed the qi into his body and slowly opened his eyes. It was dawn now, and he looked at the fish-belly white sky outside the window and the rising sun beneath it, faintly feeling that this dawn had given him a bit more energy than usual.
He took a deep breath, left his room, and went to eat breakfast at the sanatorium cafeteria.
Along the way, several seemingly Central Earth workers warmly greeted him, and he responded politely.
While eating, he could also hear some whispers from people who appeared to be from the Research Institute and the World Tree.
The Transcendents working here were only a minority from Central Earth, with some from Ruodan and others being local Transcendents of the Yika Republic.