Chapter 303 Guest from Kunlun

The military transport jet sliced through the frigid air, its engines a low roar against the vast, silent expanse of the night. Below, the Tianshan mountain range sprawled like the skeletal spine of a colossal dragon, its peaks capped with eternal snow that gleamed faintly under the starlight. The aircraft descended rapidly, landing not on a conventional runway but on a flattened, ice-swept stretch of earth in a desolate valley, its landing gear kicking up a storm of snow and grit. The cabin...