Late spring along the canal brought the fishy stench of the peach blossom flood sweeping over the stone dikes, and Shen Xitang's silver bracelet suddenly grew piping hot at the Qinglong Sluice.
She leaned over to inspect the newly constructed basalt revetment, only to see indigo droplets with a metallic sheen seeping from the cracks in the stone rather than ordinary water.
The needle of the Improved Armillary Sphere went spinning wildly here, and the sulfur vapor inside the glass cover condensed into the ominous vision of the Big Dipper inverted.
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