I still remember the night the stars spread out like a tapestry.
Gazing into the distance, skyscrapers were sliced in half at their waists.
The surging river had frozen into a glacier.
Steel bridges had been twisted into corkscrews.
In the distance, the silhouettes of giant beasts flickered faintly.
Yi Lin seemed to remember, that night, it was a bit cold.
He was covered in blood.
Next to him was a gentle woman, silently bandaging his wounds.
"Lin, if you manage to survive in the end, what would you most like to do?"
"Heh... get married? Have kids?"
"That's it?" The woman's lips curved into a smile, gentle as water.
"To work at sunrise, rest at sunset, nine to five, earn a wage, sweet-talk the boss, dote on the wife, make money for baby formula, and still have to think about sending kids to kindergarten, tutoring classes, buying a house in a good school district, and even when they grow up, thinking about..."