In a dilapidated apartment on the edge of a bustling city lived a young girl named Lin Xiao. Having just graduated from college with bright hopes for the future, she had repeatedly hit dead ends in her job hunt, and the pressures of life had left her exhausted. Lin Xiao was slender in build, her long dark hair slightly unkempt, and her eyes held a mix of confusion and resilience.
One evening, on her way home, Lin Xiao walked through a dim alley. The alley was filled with an air of antiquity, its walls marked by the mottled traces of time. Suddenly, she heard a faint cry for help coming from deep within the alley. Though somewhat afraid, her kind nature compelled her to carefully walk toward the source of the sound.
At the end of the alley, Lin Xiao saw an elderly man in ragged clothes huddled in a corner, looking in pain. Before the old man sat an archaic box, covered in strange symbols and emitting a faint glow. Lin Xiao stepped forward without hesitation to ask about the old man's condition and expressed her willingness to help him.
Chapter 70