Because Ai-chan had provided too few clues, Dark Seele could only use those scant hints to guess the most likely location.
Compared to other places, Shanghai seemed slightly more likely.
"Shanghai? Then let's go to Shanghai."
Though she had no absolute certainty, Seele only wanted a goal right now. Dark Seele had given her one, so they would head toward it.
"By the way, Shanghai is also very large, so..."
"Let's go to Xuhui District!"
Seele immediately finished Dark Seele's sentence.
"Right."
Dark Seele nodded in satisfaction. Seele was quite clever after all.
Without further nonsense, Higokumaru carried Seele toward Shanghai.
Shanghai, one of Shenzhou's most developed cities. Its prosperity and towering skyscrapers left many visitors from elsewhere astonished.
When they were young, countless people had dreamed of striving in a major city like Shanghai, but most of them... returned home in defeat after a few years.
It was heaven for the rich and hell for the poor. Shanghai's exorbitant prices and fast-paced life left countless people who came here to struggle unable to catch their breath. Everyone around them worked harder than they did every day, making it feel as though the moment they stopped, they would be overtaken. In Shanghai, one simply could not stop moving forward.
Yet no matter how great the pressure was, countless people still rushed into this city, because it offered more opportunities and challenges. What they saw and encountered here could not be found elsewhere. Most young people would not choose comfort; because they were young, they chose to strive and realize their own worth.
Countless people were eliminated by this city, but quite a few also rose to prominence here.
And now... Shanghai in this bubble universe had changed in no other way except that there were no people. Without people...