When I was fourteen, the Empire's Shapeshifters attacked my home, Naier Star.
My mother fell among the ruins. And my most admired sister, the top model who dazzled on the runway, shed her disguise before my eyes and transformed into a giant silver-white moth to fight the Empire's "Queen Bee" to the death.
In the end, the Queen Bee ripped her true form out of her body and carried it away in the palm of its hand like a trophy.
All that remained for me was a field of bloodstained silver scales and a shattered childhood.
Years later, Bai Yi, the Federation Military Academy's finest graduate in the mecha piloting program, received a top-secret briefing at his commissioning ceremony:
"The identity of the Empire's newly appointed 'Insect Emperor' confirmed: codename 'Silkworm God,' formerly known as Bai Xiu."
The entire universe considers her a terrifying weapon of war, an Imperial pillar that must be eliminated.
Only I know that she's the sister I have to bring back.
The Federation's mecha armor goes on the outside. The Empire's shapeshifting form grows on the inside.
I don't know which hurts more. But I know that this time, I won't kneel and tremble helplessly.
Even if I have to charge alone into the Empire's central hive, even if I have to stand against the entire interstellar world.
Sis, this time, I'll be the one to bring you home.
Theme: You are stronger than you think
