She Wants to Walk Towards the Light

Ximu's life was supposed to end uneventfully on her eighteenth birthday. She stepped onto the high platform, engulfed in profound fire, only waiting for the pain to pass and to merge with the dark deity, just like all the previously chosen family sacrifices.

However, an unexplained change suddenly occurred. She fell off the altar, plunged into a dark river, and was swept away by the turbulent current. When she woke up, she was already in an unfamiliar cage.

She was gravely injured. Yet, she didn't care, wasn't concerned, and had no plans. The girl, raised as a sacrifice, was empty inside, with no attachment to life. Until, from the opposite cell, a hesitant question suddenly came:

"...Are you alright?"

This person named Ruixia is truly strange. While saying things like "unity" and "concern," he keeps giving her items. He looks so frail, as if he could easily be snuffed out... How did such an unguarded creature survive until now?

Ximu didn't understand and was a little curious. Therefore, when the boy made the innocent suggestion, "Many hands make light work, let's find a way to leave this place together," by some inexplicable impulse, she actually found an excuse to persuade herself and agreed to travel with him.

Dense forests, giant lakes, an unchanging starry sky, a mysterious ancient academy hidden in the dense fog... The boys' footsteps extended continuously, fragmented clues gradually took shape, and secrets hidden in endless years slowly came to light, forming the origin of everyone's encounter.

They walked side by side, and after shattering the conspiracy, they would each go their separate ways. But by then, Ximu no longer wanted to leave the boy who would smile gently at her.

Reading Highlights:

1. Profit-first, empty-hearted assassin girl X warm and gentle "puppy" mechanic boy.

2. A Western fantasy style in another world, with extensive private settings. Mechanist術 (Ji Gong Shu) refers to mechanical engineering skills with a touch of magic.