The Chuckna Capital, Hanjing, is at midnight.
Looking up, the city's iconic Sky Curtain Tower undulates with a bluish glow in the night, exceptionally charming. Occasionally, an atmospheric airliner, a cargo ship, or a shuttle from the Sky Tower's halo pierces through the automatically opening light screen, descending toward distant airports.
The busiest airways are at the military base in the suburbs. Since the war began, the military bases built by Chuckna for the Allies have gradually connected into a cluster, already forming a new satellite city of Hanjing.
Although compared with the traditional seven satellite cities, there are no rows of space high-rises, no bustling commercial districts, yet, in terms of entertainment, it is not inferior to the most colorful nightlife in Queen's District of Hanjing.
Hastings sat in a wheelchair, looking down at East Second District, not far from the base. The wind on the terrace was strong, causing the elderly man's collar to flap wildly.
