Azure Dragon of Another World

Sitting at his computer, Wang Luo stared idly at an email sent by an employer. The employer was offering ten million to have him steal an item from the upcoming International Jewelry Expo in H City.

“I’m a patriot. How could I do something that would disgrace the Chinese people?” Wang Luo muttered to himself, intending to refuse. After all, international events like this had formidable security. Even though the employer had provided the security blueprint for the expo, risking his life for ten million wasn’t worth it. He was just a small-time thief, albeit one with a bit of a reputation. He really couldn’t understand how the employer had found him.

As he scrolled down with his mouse, an image appeared on the screen—something strange and unsettling. It was the head of a black yin fish from a Taiji diagram, its body covered with bizarre red and black patterns, with only the white fish eye untouched by bloodshot lines.

Wang Luo paused, visibly surprised, then took a sachet from around his neck. From it, he drew out the head of a white yang fish, also from a Taiji diagram. The white body was covered with eerie red and white patterns, and a single black eyeball gleamed strangely.

Placing the two images side by side on his computer screen, Wang Luo saw they formed a blood-streaked Taiji symbol. Startled, he couldn’t help but exclaim, “What a coincidence!”

He had no clear memory of where his own Taiji yang fish had come from—he vaguely recalled picking it up as a child because he found it intriguing and had kept it ever since. After being recruited