Outside the observation balcony of Villa Seven-Zero-Four, the golden sky stretched peaceful and warm.
Old Stone-Carver Shi arrived within minutes, his heavy Mountain-Cleaving Scepter resting lightly in his calloused hand.
Beside him walked Navigator Xing Yao, her military jacket crisp and her holographic star-charts already floating in the air.
Behind them came forty senior bridge-masons from the ten thousand loose cultivators recruited in the Justice Court, their eyes glowing with quiet determination.
[Old Stone-Carver Shi. Chief Infrastructure Architect. Goodness Score: 96 / 100.]
[Navigator Xing Yao. Chief Spatial Navigator. Goodness Score: 96 / 100.]
“Chairman Lin,” Old Shi said, dipping his head respectfully. “You called for stone-work?”
Lin Mo looked at the forty masons carrying heavy iron mallets, measuring lines, and spirit-level gauges.
