City Cicada

"From the moment I was born, I've had the same dream every day, where the same day repeats itself endlessly."
"What did you do in your dream?"
"Robbed banks, blew up buildings, flirted with girls, joyrode in luxury cars... Since it was a dream, naturally, I did a lot of lawless things."
"Tell me about your dream last night."
"Yesterday was quite interesting. After dreaming for so long, it was the first time I dreamed about someone I know in real life. She was a very beautiful girl..."
"Mhm."
The police officer Uncle nodded as he took notes:
"Keep going, I'm listening."

Genius Club

"In fact," Big Face Cat sighed lightly, "Before my father passed away, he told me something similar to what Lin Xian said."


"He said the same thing, that if we let Queenstown continue to develop, to annex us, to eliminate us, to enslave us... it's really only a matter of time."


"Because the technological gap between us is simply too great, and with no exchange over so many years, the gap is only widening—it will eventually become unbridgeable, incomprehensible, unbearable... just like animals and humans."


"Everyone knows, my father's line of thinking was to develop ourselves as soon as possible, to grasp the power to confront Queenstown. That's why he was so obsessed with knowledge, so obsessed with opening the safe. All along, we had hoped that the safe could help us change our situation."


Chapter 24 City of Romance (Extra for monthly votes!)