18:35.
The sky was dark.
The originally dead silent Sea Rock Island seemed to be submerged by the deep sea. The air was filled with the salty stench of seawater, mixed with the smell of rust and decay, like the breath of some ancient creature, slowly seeping into every inch of space.
This atmosphere of despair seemed even more terrifying than on land, as if the entire island suddenly plunged into a bottomless deep ocean, filled with fear and suffocation.
Outside the orbit station, on the originally deserted streets, a rustling sound suddenly arose, countless eerie whispers echoed, like countless wet limbs dragging along the cement ground, or some kind of sticky liquid slowly seeping out from the sewer openings.
"Drip."
A drop of black liquid fell from the roof of the platform, hitting the tracks, instantly corroding a wisp of green smoke.
Then came the second drop, the third drop...
The entire city seemed to be "awakened" by some unnameable presence.
