C596 Riches Come from Danger

"How do you control this thing?" White Medicine trailed Lee Zhi, ascending the northern city's gathering point wall. She stood behind him, watching with curiosity as he operated the A9 small-scale city energy shield.

The A9 shield, when compacted, was a mere meter tall and thirty centimeters wide, scarcely thicker than a wall. Expanded, it stood just over three meters, resembling a black