The Second World

Lin Sanjiu could still remember the first day of Hyperthermal Hell clearly.

She could still remember the sticky sensation between her fingers when her hands were covered in her ex-boyfriend’s blood and how she couldn’t wash away the bloodstain under her nails no matter how hard she tried. She remembered the heat wave which lunged at her when she stepped into the carpark. She could remember how her heart raced the first time she saw a duoluozhong. It was as clear to her as yesterday.

"14 months passed so quickly." she knew that she was dreaming yet she was still lucid, so she couldn’t help lamenting.