Rust-eaten walls, the sound of flowing water gushing incessantly, the light dim in the simple square house, lacking appliances.
A mother sat in front of her home, holding her child in her arms, her gaze occasionally drifting towards the distant large elevator passage, waiting for her family members attending the celebration to return.
This was deep underground in Jielou City, where the internet signal was weak, and many of the city's residents couldn't afford good personal terminals, with quite a few having never been officially registered in the Federation's records.
Although the surface was full of ruins, that still represented the glossy side of Jielou City, reminiscent of its former prosperity and grandeur, while the real depiction of most Jielou City residents lay here, in the underground residential area.
