July 10, Yandai Commercial Street, Huanjing Elementary School.
On a deserted overpass at the horizon, there was a moment of silence before a train rumbled by. The wheels friction against the rails shook off brilliant sparks, scattering them from the edge of the overpass into the chillingly quiet city.
The sky transitioned from dark to light as a sliver of dawn quietly spread across the horizon.
The morning light then fell upon the city, like a yellow bus slowly entering Huanjing from the eastern horizon.
It meandered leisurely between the densely packed skyscrapers and the cluttered electronic signs, all the while gilding the city's network of electrical wires and the Ferris wheel with a faint golden fringe.
It wasn't long before the rooftop of this elementary school, which hadn't heard a morning bell in quite some time, was also slowly engulfed in the gentle light of dawn.
