The Underground City-State had no distinction between day and night.
The ten spheres of light in the sky shone twenty-four hours a day.
After all, not a single blade of grass or tree in the city-state received actual sunlight. Replacing it with lamplight naturally came with a substantial loss in quality.
However, although there was no day or night, the citizens' schedules remained orderly. After all, everyone could connect to the internet, and internet time was standardized.
As for which region's time they used, the church would notify everyone. Generally, they used the time of one time zone for anywhere from three months to half a year.
For the past few months, the Underground City-State had been using Honiara time in the Solomon Islands.
At that moment, it was eight-thirty in the evening by Honiara time.
In the home of a wealthy citizen, a young girl was praying. The statue of a deity above her head burst into dazzling light, filling the entire room.
The light even shone through the windows of the three-story building, illuminating the whole city-state.
Under this blinding radiance, the ten spheres of light above were reduced to mere decorations.
"Oh! Which Priest has come to visit Dorothy's family?"
"No, I've been standing by the roadside this whole time. I didn't see any Priest come over."
"Ah! Could Dorothy really have become that devout?"
"It could also be her man."
"Hey, have you forgotten that her man went to the surface? Dorothy must have advanced!"
Such dazzling light could only be produced by a Priest. The surrounding neighbors could tell that it far surpassed the brightness a citizen could produce.
The neighbors discussed it animatedly, guessing which member of the family had achieved enough devotion to become a Priest.
"Knock, knock, knock..."
Inside the small building,