An orange sun rose from the horizon, tearing through the night's gloom and silence.
The earthen ground of the wilderness was illuminated. Leaves rustled, and small lizards crawled out from their burrows to gaze into the distance.
The buffer zone bordering the human city was a stretch of continuous concrete buildings and shantytowns. Neon signs with aging wiring flickered brightly, extending far into the distance.
A towering wall, as if built by giants, stood magnificent and unyielding, a vast expanse of gray-black.
The orange-gold sunlight pierced through the clouds, falling upon the city enclosed within the great wall.
The night was over. The entire city entered a new day.
It seemed like just another ordinary day.
But for You Qiulin, it felt as though a century had passed.
"Manager, look!"
Her assistant, Xu Yao, said excitedly. At her words, You Qiulin looked down. On the tablet screen was a page from the Dark Web, showing its various sections.
