As the setting sun dyed the Brooklyn Bridge amber, Xiao Yan wascurl uping in the corner of the top floor of the Queens Library. On the yellowed pages of Stellar Alchemy spread out before him, the faded star chart was pulsating irregularly with the neon lights flickering outside the window—three hours ago, this ancient book had begun to flip pages on its own, and formulas intertwined with Sanskrit and Mayan calendars had emerged in the originally blank spaces.
"Magical energy resonance model of quantum entanglement?" Xiao Yan quickly calculated on the scratch paper with a pencil, his sleeve stained with coffee smudges rubbing off a corner of the MIT rejection letter. The pages suddenly trembled violently, and the seven-pointed star symbol in the formula oozed dark red liquid, which condensed into a line of English on the desktop: "When the Morning Star falls toward the Hudson River, the gate through lies will open to the chosen one"[1].
Bang!
The sound of glass shattering downstairs interrupted his thoughts. Three figures wearing clown masks kicked open the fire door, their Remington shotguns wrapped in bandages engraved with runic符咒. "Hand over the Hermes Manuscript, yellow-skinned boy!" The leader pressed the muzzle against Xiao Yan's forehead, while the other two quickly tore open the backpack—the cloudy eyes of the Chinatown antique shop owner when he stuffed the book to him yesterday flashed through his memory.
Zizi!
The old iPhone in Xiao Yan's arms suddenly emitted blue electric arcs. The star chart on the pages automatically projected into the air, forming a Klein bottle structure covering the entire floor. The bullets from the gunmen turned into fluttering rose petals the moment they touched the twisted space, and Xiao Yan's right hand uncontrollably traced a specific trajectory. The magical defense matrix over New York City actually tore open a rift, and purple light from the Orion Nebula poured down[3][6].
"Impossible! This is the Star Rainbow Bridge recorded in The Alchemist's Throne..." Before the gunman could finish speaking, he was swallowed by the beam and turned into the common fluorescent graffiti at subway turnstiles. Xiao Yan collapsed in the mess all over the floor and found that a brand exactly the same as the seven-pointed star in the book had appeared on his palm. The phone screen lit up with a text message from an unknown number: "21:30, alley behind Brooklyn Magical Animal Shelter, bring the book to the ghost train—left by your father's partner".
At the same time, at the private banquet on the 23rd floor of Wall Street, Xiao Xun'er crushed the champagne glass. The crystal chandelier reflected the twelve-ringMagic circle flowing in her irises, and Xiao Yan's figure entangled by star orbits appeared in the reflection. "Ancient clan blood resonance..." Sheshake off the bodyguard who tried to help, and the golden flames迸发 from the Tiffany bracelet instantly vaporized the champagne stains on her skirt[4]. Outside the floor-to-ceiling window, the spire of the Empire State Building was oozing dark matter flow with the same frequency as the Star Rainbow Bridge.