Nine-Star War Sovereign

In March 2149, the nine major planets of the solar system unexpectedly aligned in the rare astronomical spectacle known as the "Nine Stars in a Row." All around the globe, public opinion was awash in talk of the "end of the world." In such an atmosphere of apprehension and unrest, perhaps only the appearance of another kind of miracle could overshadow this pervasive sense of despair.

The timely emergence of the Six Micro-Carved Cities provided just such a diversion, capturing the attention of many. Whether these were miracles or divine wonders, no one could say for sure. It seemed as though the six micro-carved cities appeared before the public all at once, each grandly exhibited by the national museums of six different countries.

A micro-carved city, as the name suggests, is an entire city painstakingly carved onto a minuscule medium—so tiny that only a powerful magnifying glass could reveal its intricate details.

First came the City of Yellow Sands, unveiled in the holy land of the Middle East, quickly becoming a sacred site to which descendants of nomadic tribes flocked in reverence. Under the lens of a high-powered magnifying glass, a condensed metropolis was etched onto a single grain of sand, perfectly embodying the phrase "a world in a grain." Within this City of Yellow Sands, vast ochre buildings, bustling marketplaces, lively streets, and playful youths chasing each other along the walls, as well as caravans setting out beyond the city gates—the leader already fading into the boundless desert—were all vividly rende