Deep in the City (Big Chapter Seeking Monthly Ticket)

Pushing open the car door, Inie stepped into the mud in her Martin Boots. She struggled to open her mechanical umbrella, raised her head, and looked at the scene ahead.

Yellow Pine Street was far broader than she had imagined. Most of the streetlights lining the road were covered in rust, with only two or three dim yellow lamps still lit, casting a faint glow across the ground.

The entire street was strangely deserted. Only violent, rumbling noises echoed out from the dimly lit buildings nearby.

Stepping onto the cracked stone-paved sidewalk, Inie raised her wristband and dismissed the Credit Card charge notification sent by Norde Bank. Then she opened the forum app again and looked at the "address" the "netizen" had sent her not long ago.

Near 72 Yellow Pine Street.

It was not far ahead now.

Opening her navigation app, Inie held up her umbrella, took a deep breath, looked at the towering buildings around her, and walked forward along the sidewalk step by step.

At the same time, she began recalling the information about Yellow Pine Street that she had searched for in the taxi.

This street belonged to the Industrial Area of Ningweisi District. It contained many heavy industry factories and was one of the oldest industrial bases in the entire Ningweisi District.

Matching its "old-established" status was the fact that even the newest Factory Building here had been in use for over sixty years, all exceeding the Federation's mandated maximum design lifespan of fifty years. They were old and dangerous.

Inie looked up at the towering building beside her. Amid the streaming rain and violent rumbling, she could almost see those buildings trembling beneath their burden in the night.

She lowered her head, edged a little farther away from the buildings, and quickened her pace