C40 An Ancient Profession

Chen Mo moved with a sense of urgency, as though he were being chased by a malevolent ghost. He had come to understand a simple truth: in this day and age, you couldn't say you'd traveled unless you'd run into some kind of trouble. He hadn't even made it two steps into the city center before a major incident unfolded. If he dared to go any further, he joked to himself, the sky might just collapse