Entering the "dreamscape," taking the metro for his commute naturally became part of Ethan's new life. He felt he could be a candidate for the Empire's Model Worker; even while asleep, he was still working.
Today's work content had already been determined—to push the progress of the project involving three professors at the underground research facility in the western suburbs. His intuition told him that the progress of these "black technology" projects was a time anchor leading the City of Truth towards destruction, and right now everything was in its budding stage.
As usual, he opened his phone on the metro and scrolled through today's news.
Judging from the news reports alone, the City of Truth was vibrant and lively. The Democratic Assembly had held several meetings, with results mainly summarized as stabilizing the recently restless public sentiment through promising but vague reforms. They've noticed the problems and have already put reform on the agenda.
