"Hello, you have a package. I've left it at the supermarket at the community entrance."
Chen Xi cursed as he went downstairs after receiving the call, annoyed by the increasingly perfunctory delivery service.
In the past, they would at least call from downstairs, but now they just dump packages at the community entrance. Home delivery was completely an empty promise.
Although he understood that the massive volume of deliveries nationwide meant there weren't enough couriers, that still wasn't a reason for him not to curse.
Understanding was one thing; cursing and venting his emotions was another.
Arriving at the supermarket at the community entrance, Chen Xi cursed even more, because the package he received was a large, one-meter-square box, the kind that was hard to even move.
If he hadn't been somewhat familiar with the supermarket owner and borrowed a small cart, Chen Xi wouldn't have been able to get the item home.
After getting the box home and returning the cart, Chen Xi finally opened the box.
He then revealed an expression of surprise and joy, yet also confusion.
Inside the box was another box, but this one was metal, full of a sense of technology and sharp, angular lines. Yet, it was also ornately decorated, possessing a rather rough mechanical feel, and on its front was printed a double-headed eagle symbol.
"By the Emperor's arse! What is this? I don't