The warm winter morning sun failed to bring the reviving heat of summer.
Although the weather in the basin finally cleared that day, the indoor temperature between six and seven o'clock remained steadily at minus six degrees Celsius, with the wind chill hovering around zero.
Watching the crowd of onlookers begin to sneeze from the cold, Su Mo cut his musings short and slipped back into the Underground Shelter.
He pushed open the familiar heavy doors, greeted by the same distinct metallic scent.
However, the Earth Tiger, King Kong, and the two rotary tillers that used to sit in the garage were gone.
In their place stood a heavy-machinery workshop.
The front wall, previously modified with partitions for tool storage, had been completely torn down.
Now, the wall was split evenly down the middle.
