Beneath the steel-frame bridge, the clear river flowed slowly.
Lu Bai strolled across the bridge at an unhurried pace.
It was still early, so he had no need to rush to school.
Ignoring the oppressive unreality of it all, he found that taking in the man-made scenery was quite nice.
After all, in a sense, there weren't many people who could appreciate these views.
The upper classes had their own places to unwind and wouldn't come anywhere near Livability City for a stroll.
Meanwhile, the lower classes were too busy making ends meet. Rather than go out of their way to see this fake wilderness, they might as well spend the time hauling a few more bags of cement.
Besides, if they wanted to experience real nature, there was plenty of it in the Deathmatch Arena.
Perhaps that explained why Xiao Xueyin and Liu Yue had gone on a retaliatory sightseeing spree during the latter half of the Deathmatch Showdown.
They'd spent the whole journey stopping here and there.
A thirty-minute walk took Lu Bai nearly an hour.
As he walked, he could see the outline of the campus from far away.
The campus's greenery and broad avenues looked completely different from the steel and concrete of Livability City.
It was hard to believe the two were only a kilometer apart.
Even this most basic comparison made it clear just how high the social standing of deathmatchers was.
After all, students were only reserves; strictly speaking, they weren't yet real deathmatchers.
Standing before the school's main gate, Lu Bai thought of the cramped quarters where he lived and sighed inwardly.
Whether he liked it or not, he was already in this world.
I'll start by improving my quality of life.
With that, he began calculating how to reasonably show that