Ethan walked beside Genos, their footsteps echoing softly along the pristine, silver walkway. Everything around him seemed so advanced it almost felt like he was dreaming. Roads shimmered like flowing liquid metal, shifting and reforming as people walked over them. Towering buildings stretched far into the sky, their surfaces curving in impossible ways, each layer outlined by glowing veins of soft neon light.
There were no cars anywhere. Instead, sleek hovering pods zipped silently overhead, guided along invisible currents of energy that pulsed between buildings.
Ethan had watched many sci-fi movies in his previous life, but none of them could compare to Solaris. Here, everything felt so complete, so immersive, as though this was a living world rather than a virtual construct. Even the air itself carried a cool freshness that made his senses sharpen.
