Federation, Interstellar Strategy Academy.
Room 702's door was open, and the young man lay in a pool of blood, a pair of black boots gradually walking away.
Blood gushed out in large patches. Anubis's fingertips twitched as his gaze fixated on those receding black boots, which slowly became blurry. The next second, his heavy eyelids closed, and his consciousness fell into a haze.
...
Qiao Suisui sat curled up in the vine-woven rocking chair in the garden, daydreaming. After that day, Zong Fang had left, but he didn't take the snake egg with him. No one knew where he had gone.
She could no longer go to school, and the appeal from the Simon family had been secretly suppressed. With several powers maneuvering in the background, it seemed the matter would be settled. Yet she heard this morning that the entire Simon family had been wiped out. It was as effortless and silent as the candle she had snuffed out that day.
