There were often residents who had lived in Hive City for thousands of generations, and among their descendants were children who longed for the outside world, who longed to know what lay beyond room after room, and whether there existed a vast world where no walls could be seen.
But they could not get out. More often than not, they could only move a few kilometers through Hive City's internal structures before walls of steel primal energy blocked their path.
Too many stirring tales had once played out in Hive City. Among the legends of the sky passed around by youths, there were promising young hackers who breached the system, determined to break through those walls and metal doors to catch one glimpse of the true earth...
Even if it was only to breathe in a single mouthful of sweet natural air, rather than the breathable gas filtered layer upon layer.
"By the way, isn't there a rumor that the real moon outside Hive City is rounder than the artificial moon?"
"But with Nine-Nine Boundary Heaven's abstract structure, do things like moons or suns even exist?"
You walked through the cramped corridors inside Hive City and saw vagrant youths squatting atop piles of junk, talking grandly and pouring out their dreams to one another.
They raised their right fists high, determined to resist a fate whose end could be seen at a glance.
"If I could, I'd leave this container world."
"Did you hear? Walk sixty thousand kilometers outward, and you'll reach a truly brand-new world! Even if you keep going for a million kilometers, you won't see a single wall!"
"No, the world was never inside walls. The world is vast; it's only us who are trapped within these walls!"
"I want so badly to see flowers, trees, the