"This is the Mechanical Lotus I created based on my grandfather's design. It took three months and a bit of effort, but the results are worth looking forward to..."
Blah, blah, blah.
Yet another heap of high-sounding words, describing the painstaking process of creating the Mechanical Lotus, which made people drowsy.
Some impatient spectators, listening to him speak slowly and methodically, really felt like rushing up and beating him, then showing off this so-called Mechanical Lotus themselves.
After three minutes of agony, Ethan Scott finally finished the introduction.
"Please watch."
Ethan stepped aside with a confident smile, even a bit of pride and smugness.
The crowd was eagerly anticipating.
"Click."
Ethan pressed the mechanism button.
What followed was not the expected "clack" sound of the mechanism working but instead—
"Crackle—"
"Clang—"
At that moment, Ethan heard the sound of the world shattering.
Disheartening, hopeless, suffocating.
"..."
