Spiritual qi has dried up, and mutant beasts run rampant.
Su Che is blind and lives in the slums, making a living by playing the erhu.
Though he cannot see, he can hear the "threads" of all things.
Cut that thread, and anything from steel mechs to ninth-rank magical beasts will collapse in an instant.
Some bully him for being blind, steal his turf, and harm his loved ones.
Su Che sighed and drew the thin sword hidden inside his erhu.
"I lost my sight, and my heart became bright. You can see, but your hearts are black."
That night, the music thundered, and the heads of the city's powerful rolled.
Although I may not know much about fighting, it's fun The foreshadowing didn't feel right. I didn't find out who the old man said he killed.