As Li Chengyi approached, he could see more details of the slot machine. In this entire old district shrouded in gray fog, everything was covered in a layer of dull color—except for the slot machine, which remained brightly colored as ever.

Everything around was unpowered, but the slot machine kept spinning its gambling reels, the central numbers shifting intermittently. Li Chengyi slowly walked up to it, noticing an old, cracked, yellow wooden stool placed on the ground in front of the machine.

The stool was round, reminiscent of a small wooden toy stool meant for children, with two circular ends …