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The Long Descent

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Chapter 1 - The Blue City

Sky was calmer than usual . Night was slowly approaching.Coming back from work Marcus suddenly searched for his gloves .it was nowhere to be found . I had kept it under the table, he thought .After a thorough search he realised he was already wearing them.

After finding his gloves .he urgently left house with a banging sound of door .it was first day of October .Roads were awfully lonely .Evening sun was radiating red light .His house stood far from the city, where the glow of neon faded and the shadows grew deeper.

The car he drived was one of cheapest models available at that time "Zephy V-9".

Even though it was cheap it was way faster than older models . It's maximum speed was clocked at 400km/hr . The roads were unknown to city lights .

2 hours after leaving the home he reached the outskirts of city .it was already night . Sunlight has been already gone . Unlike rural areas, city was filled in light .

Marcus drived the car at 350 km/hr since it was a straight road passing through center of city . traffic was also low.

Buildings here were build with a highly durable nanomaterial called Aetherium.In the entire world Virelia had highest production level of Aetherium. And it caused the city to be more engineered than an rocket from 450 years. In night pure Aetherium emits a blue light . Some buildings which were made of pure Aetherium thus gave the city a blue artistry .

Car stopped infront of a medium sized building .The building didn't glow blue.it was a bar . Marcus stepped outside the car .He checked his pockets and pulled out a card . He showed this to guard standing beside door.He was given permission to go inside .

a long helical pathway which leads to underground floors of bar greeted him. There was more than 70 floors within that medium sized building.60 of them were under the ground. Which made it seem smaller than its orginal size . On the side of helical pathway there was a lift . It's speed was greater than 10 times speed of sound .

He stepped into lift and started to descend towards last floor . He was alone in the lift . There was a field generater within the lift which kept the passagers to the floor even with this acceleration. Force field adjusted itself while descending,ascending and before coming to a stop and start moving . Thus people inside lift didnt felt any acceleration.

The lift reached the 70th floor. The door opened. There were two Blaster-bearers. It was thecurrently most popular and effective type of firearm. They looked at him with their cold, neutraleyes and asked for identification. He took out another card .this card was different from what heshowed to guard at front door. Guards were suddenly gifted with a respect. They moved aside.

Marcus walked straight .His mind was determined ,but an anxiety lurked. He wore a brown jacket,its fabric carrying the faint ruggedness of long use. Beneath it, a plain white baniyan clung to him ,Combining with his cream-colored pants, giving him an understated presence

While walking he thought of answer that he was going to give Kael. His foots come to an halt.There was an door infront of him it was made of one of hardest materials ever known to exist