Su Mo still remembered Qinggang City as it had first appeared to him, every detail vivid in his mind.
Abandoned high-rises stood everywhere in the city, their façades peeling away to reveal the mottled concrete beneath.
The western suburbs, once a wealthy district, had largely collapsed. Only piles of rubble and rebar remained, like hideous scars carved into the earth by humanity.
The streets were even more dilapidated. The roads had long since lost their original shape, crisscrossed with cracks. Seven- or eight-meter-deep pits appeared from time to time, exposing the broken pipes buried below. Whenever it rained, they immediately filled into huge puddles reflecting the gloomy sky and surrounding ruins.
After crossing the bridge toward the Fifth Ring, the once-bustling commercial street still had a few recognizable storefronts, but the glass on their doors had long since shattered, leaving only empty hollows.
As for public facilities and urban greenery, there was even less to say. They had long since fallen into disrepair from lack of maintenance.
Vast stretches of weeds, vines, and all kinds of spore plants had invaded the city, as though nature was slowly reclaiming the land humanity had abandoned.
Su Mo still clearly remembered Qinggang City at night back then. Outsiders did not dare enter, and even the Mole People living underground were afraid to come out.
Even the boldest drifter had to hurry back to shelter before sunset.
Because once night fell, the Radiation Beasts ruled the land.
The frenzied Radiation Beasts attacked every living creature that appeared in their sight, fighting to the death.
If the normal Timeline had continued, the Qinggang City within Faith World would have been the final destination of this abandoned city.
Yet times had changed. When he saw the abandoned city again, Su Mo could hardly believe his eyes.