Sometimes It Was Nice to Be Idle

On a winter morning, the sun shone brightly—a rare spell of good weather. That referred to the world outside.

It had seemed like it would snow outside these past two days, with the sky gloomy the whole time. But after holding it in for forty-eight hours, the heavens had not managed to squeeze out even a shard of ice. Lin Xue's prediction had been right after all—the weather station had been fooled by the atmosphere again.

There was no harsh winter in Shadow City. Every day, all residents voted on several weather templates, which were then filtered through Child's Mother's "Optimal Weather Solution" before the final weather was artificially created. As a result, the city was warm, pleasant, and sunny most of the time. On occasional special days, residents would be notified in advance before it snowed or rained—not for ecological balance, but simply to reduce the monotony of good weather and add a touch of romance. A city shaped by super technology naturally had many wonderful habits and behaviors that outsiders could not understand. For instance, when it came to daily weather, Shadow City had established quite a few factions. Their members were permanent residents from various worlds who had obtained Imperial honorary citizenship. With nothing better to do, they started finding ways to entertain themselves, forming the Snowing Party, Raining Party, Sunny Day Party, and Cloudy Day Party. Every day, they held all kinds of votes and publicity campaigns over the next day's weather, striving to win enough public support to fulfill their preferences. According to statistics, most Snowing Party members were Shadow City citizens under sixteen, such as the Misakas. They enjoyed playing in the snow and possessed a pure romantic streak. Raining Party members were mainly between seventeen and twenty-five—they were busy dating and needed to