The Wayward Wanderer

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Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and steadily we reflect upon them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me. — Immanuel Kant When Xu Le withdrew his gaze from these words and truly saw the dense, sesame-seed-like stars beyond the dust for the first time, he wasn't filled with awe. On the contrary, he was furious: The stars outside the district's sky are so blinding. Who could stand it? Being glared at by this light every day would probably turn one into those stray cats on the mining tracks, rendered idiots by the harsh lamps! Thus, Xu Le abandoned his dream of becoming an aide to a distinguished female warship commander and began to fall, fall, fall under the pull of gravity—reduced to a poor provincial boy guarding a gatehouse, a pitiful man selling his body, a male nanny engaged in tedious work... In the magnificent, sweeping tides of the great era, he bared his white teeth, squinted with a foolish grin, cloaked in an inexplicable radiance, step by step advancing toward a future unknown to anyone. ... ... Xu Le, a citizen of the Eastern Forest District, left a desolate, semi-abandoned planet. His mind held strange and peculiar knowledge, and his body possessed a power unknown to anyone else in this world. Not confused, but content in his own absurd way, he entered this most tedious and yet most fascinating world. The life of a wayward wanderer is bound to be extraordinary. (This site solemnly reminds: This story is purely fictional. Any resemblance to real events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.)