[Second Ring District · Luz Krabin Street · East Street]
The closer one got to the center of the City of Measurement, the more upscale the architectural style seemed.
The city's outskirts tended to the rusty yellow of the wasteland dominated by forging and mechanic streams. The closer one moved toward the city center, the more it leaned towards the saturated colors of cyber aesthetics illuminated by multicolored lights. The contrast in style from the outskirts to the core was stark, as if worlds from different dimensions had been stitched together.
Luz Krabin Street was a residential area for workers in the mechanics manufacturing industry. After work, they would often buy a few packs of cigarettes, gather together, and gossip—this was one of their few recreational activities.
At this moment, a group of workers who had just finished their shifts and hadn't yet had the chance to change out of their work clothes were leaning against the wall, smoking.
