Chapter 1 Mysterious Object
Heavy clouds shrouded the urban sky above, and in the distance, the collapsed and broken skyscrapers still stood at crooked angles, reeking slightly of blood. The murky air filled every corner of the city, and the slanted rays of the setting sun always carried an odd, crimson hue.
Like everywhere else, Tianchang City was also a wounded city.
Having just finished his part-time job, Li Yi was now carrying his belongings and walking through the desolate, dilapidated streets of the old district. He skillfully and carefully avoided the puddles on the ground, then quickly slipped into an alley.
The alleyways were interconnected, leading to various parts of the old district. Taking the shortcuts could save a lot of time.
"Cough, cough!"
Li Yi, minding his own business, suddenly caught a whiff of a rotten stench, which made him cough twice, but he didn’t dare to linger and instead hastened his pace to quickly leave the area shrouded in the foul smell.
That’s because he knew that such a stench came from human corpses in the process of decomposition.
The lowest people in the city, like rats in the sewers, barely managing to maintain a normal life, would quietly rot away in dark corners when dead. Their bodies would fester until the stench became unbearable and only then would they be discovered and cleaned up by the sanitation teams.
After all, the world had changed. Even in cities with good order, the death rate remained high.