At the fifth watch, Shen Xitang stood before the magnetic sluice gate upstream of the Canal.
The improved thickness gauge indicated that the gate’s load-bearing capacity had reached its limit. The moment she swung her sword to sever the iron winch chain, twenty magnetic mines detonated amidst the rushing torrents.
On the wreckage of the Tax Supervision Office’s official boat that surfaced in the water mist, the charred Twining Branch Lotus Pattern perfectly aligned with the magnetic ore seals she had sold to the Ministry of Works the previous month.
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