Lin Yi crumpled the note into a ball and threw it into the simple recycling port in the corner. He walked to the window and pushed open the heavy airtight window that required force to move. The air rushed in, carrying the odor of motor oil, low-quality synthetic fuel, and emissions from distant industrial areas. The scene outside the window comes into view:
The jagged steam pipes are like giant pythons intertwined between the high and low steel structures. Some places are covered with thick dark green moss or rust. In the distance, several tall chimneys were spewing gray-white smoke into the lead-gray sky. Further away, the outline of the city's central area is looming, where there are towering spiers covered with precise magic lines, rail trains suspended in the air shuttling like glowing ribbons, and huge holographic billboards projecting colorful dynamic images - that is the glamorous world of the "uptown area", which is like two planets from the "rust belt" area where Lin Yi is located, which is made of steel, rust and steam.
