She suddenly pulled open her collar, revealing a red scorpion tattoo on her collarbone that appeared under the magnetic dust—a yin-yang pattern that perfectly complemented the dragon scale birthmark on Xiao Heng.
Ma San’s cry of shock came from the end of the secret passage. Crates of magnetic thunder-bombs from the Jingtai Dynasty were emitting an indigo toxic glow, their serial numbers matching the classified files of the Armory Directorate of the Ministry of Works exactly.
"Tell the naval forces to sink the warehouse into the Canal," Shen Xitang said, tossing the letter of surrender into a brazier. "Mix all the magnetite ore with red scorpion powder and scatter it into the river—I want these thousand miles of canal shipping to remain unnavigable for eternity!"
Chapter 38