Li Bo's noodle shop was closed, a "For Rent" sign hanging within the door.
Chen Ke peered through the glass display window. The tables inside had been dismantled, and the plastic chairs were stacked up in the corner. It seemed that after the toad incident, Li Bo's noodle shop had not turned its luck around.
There is no longer any prospect to speak of in the Gun Tie District of Opportunity City, the poorest and most desolate part of the city.
After the decline of the world's automobile factories, many Spiritual Businesses moved in, occupying the prime locations on Raffi Road and buying up the wastelands in other districts to leave them vacant as Spirit Explosion Spaces.
Such practices squeezed out the growth of other industries, and these Spiritual Businesses did not provide job opportunities for the laid-off auto workers. They were like a swarm of bloodsuckers, leeching the life out of Opportunity City.