Wheel City

Ember has repaired other people's memories for more than ten years. He himself had only twelve seconds left. Twelve seconds. His mother sat in the sunshine and smiled at him, making no sound. That was the only thing he didn't lose during the five years he was deleted. Wheel City has been gone for 127 years. People in the city sell their lifespans for food rations, and trade their deleted memories for air. Ember is the one who glues the broken things back together for everyone. Until he glued a picture that shouldn't exist. There is a date on the screen. A date that does not exist in any official records. He began to ask questions. Wheel City started to stare at him. A signal on the ground that had not spoken to anyone in sixteen years began to speak to him. When the last piece was put together, Yi Yan discovered that during the five years that had been deleted, he himself had held the truth with his own hands. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.