My name is Lin Ye. When I opened my eyes, I traveled to Xincang City in 2099.
This is an era dominated by robots. Skyscrapers plunge into the gray fog, floating cars fly across the sky, and magnetic rail trains fly silently. Once the old machines age and become obsolete, they are thrown into the waste area, crushed, refurbished, and completely erased.
And I fell into this cold robot cemetery.
I had nothing, but with my skills in repairing things, I saved an old butler robot that was about to be destroyed - Lao Zhou. Later, I met A Dun, a security machine who can only apologize, Xiao Jie, a quiet and gentle cleaning machine, and Xiao Xian, a timid and talkative person...
I stayed in the garbage dump and repaired the scrap metal discarded by others one by one, giving them names, warmth and a home.
But this city has no room for old machines. Water and power outages, men in black siege, and nationwide clearance orders came one after another. They wanted to recycle all old machines, squeeze out the memory and data, and recast them into new consumables.
In order to protect this group of friends who cannot cry or make trouble, but who desperately want to live, I use my mortal body to fight against the huge and cold system.
On nights of heavy rain, they used their bodies to build steel walls for me; in desperate times, I led them to build the only old machine shelter in the city.
I have no superpowers, just a wrench, a pair of hands, and a family that never abandons each other.
In this future era of indifference and efficiency, I want to let the abandoned scrap metal burn the brightest light.
