At the third quarter of the Zi hour, the Transport Gang pier.
Moonlight was swallowed by dark clouds, and the river surface rippled with a rust-colored, murky red hue. Shen Qingya and Xiao Heng crouched behind a derelict cargo hold, watching the black-armored guards patrolling the pier—the serpent-motif emblem of the Fire Snake Camp glinted coldly on their shoulder plates.
"The entrance to the conduit is under the third slab of bluestone," Shen Qingya whispered. "Shen Hongxiao said the guards change shifts every half hour."
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