Led by Haman, they passed through the long "One-Line City," then took several more dark, filthy side roads. At last, they crossed through the darkness and arrived at a "cliff."
Before them lay an enormous cavern.
They were currently on the cavern wall, and below them stretched a dense cluster of dilapidated buildings.
Small low-altitude hovercraft cruised through the cavern. Their hulls were made of neon lights and steel frames, flashing all manner of advertising slogans.
"Evening Glow Group's latest dazzling collection is now on sale at Wandering House..."
"Softblood One-Line has invited surface experts to develop a new antibody, now available at Wandering House."
"Ruins Stage—get to work! Massive multiplayer ruins-game interaction, with Wandering House's sexy instructors clearing the way for you!"
"Song and revelry in Red Alley tonight. Welcome to come and experience it."
"..."
Neon titles and holographic advertisements—everything underground was much like everything aboveground.
Aside from being a little more rudimentary, it was not all that different from the surface.
However, Angel noticed that every advertisement on the low-altitude hovercraft bore an "⑧" mark. Only after speaking with Haman did Angel understand that "⑧" represented the name of this underground town.
—Eighth Town.
Modern City's surface administrative divisions were east, south, west, and north, with fifteen districts in each direction. Together with the Central District, there were sixty-one districts in all.
Likewise, beneath Modern City lay sixty-one corresponding towns.
This town happened to be Eighth Town.
"This may look like a cavern, but it actually isn't one. It is an artificial underground reservoir." Haman and Angel were currently at a cave opening in the cliff-like wall. As Haman led Angel down the narrow path, he introduced the origins of Eighth Town.
"This underground reservoir originally supplied the daily water needs of the residents of West Eighth