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Chapter 2: Director Wen's Ambition

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Wen Desi recounted his solo crossing in broad strokes. The alternate timespace he'd reached through his bathroom opened beneath a hill beside a small river. Judging by the cultivated land, this was a prosperous agricultural region, and the terrain and vegetation suggested southern China. He had been weighing whether to venture deeper in search of a village when something unexpected happened. A pa

Wen Desi recounted his solo crossing in broad strokes. The alternate timespace he'd reached through his bathroom opened beneath a hill beside a small river. Judging by the cultivated land, this was a prosperous agricultural region, and the terrain and vegetation suggested southern China. He had been weighing whether to venture deeper in search of a village when something unexpected happened. A party of soldiers in ancient costume came marching along, led by a mounted officer, driving a dozen peasant-looking captives toward the riverbank. Then the killing began. Wen Desi had seen his share…

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