Rainy day.
Countless cold, fine raindrops fell from the sky, soaking everything around them, even the air.
This was one of the rare quiet, sparsely populated places in the city: the garbage dump.
Cold searchlights occasionally swept over mountains of trash, while red warning neon lights in the distance cautioned scavengers that even though there was nothing here but garbage, it was far from safe.
Even so, some scavengers from the slums still came here under cover of night, hoping to find something useful.
Xu Zhi had awakened from the cold. When she first woke, her mind was still a haze. She could not remember anything. She only felt cold, sleepy, and in pain all over, especially in her head, which was as muddled as paste.
The icy raindrops striking her body stirred no reaction. She could only feel her already fading life slowly slipping away. If she did not find a way to leave this place, get out of the rain, and warm herself up a little, this dreary rainfall might take her life.
Yet even though her brain urged her to leave, to move, Xu Zhi could barely even open her eyes.
Her body was heavy and weak, her limbs felt as though they did not belong to her. When she tried to curl her fingers, she could not even sense where her "hand" was. When she exhausted all her strength trying to open her eyes, her eyelids merely trembled faintly.
Her mind was a mess, and even thinking had become incredibly difficult. Less than half a minute after waking up, she felt as though she might pass out again.
But if she fainted here like this, she would die, right?
A wave of panic rose within her. Lying atop the garbage heap, Xu Zhi did not know