3 posts tagged with "Social Absurdity"

Old Li tightened his thermal suit. The HUD screen on his helmet displayed the "Deep Space Express" logo and the package number he was delivering today: DS-742. The cold wind blew across the few sparse whiskers he had recently grown on his face, bringing a stinging sensation. He muttered, "This damn weather, when will it ever end?"

He was in a city that had been transformed beyond recognition by technology. Towering metal buildings resembled cold, monstrous beasts, and the air was filled with a faint odor of disinfectant. There were no cars on the ground, only automatic skateboards and aerial tracks, while Old Li was riding an old electric scooter, which looked out of place.

Old Wang has recently become obsessed with "life-extending blind boxes."

It’s not that he’s particularly afraid of death, but lately, he’s been seeing red and white advertisements everywhere - on the subway, in the elevators, even on his own toilet seat: “Life balance insufficient? Don't panic, blind boxes are here to help!” The accompanying picture is a metallic, gleaming cube, mysterious and alluring.