Without the network, this also meant that floating cars that depended on real-time maps were completely scrapped; mechanics couldn't operate multiple trucks at the same time, and factories in the Lower City District couldn't report their output in real time, nor could they dispatch cargo fleets seamlessly.
The streetlights on both sides of the streets didn't have light-sensitive devices, they were just connected to the network, providing appropriate brightness at the right time and under suitable weather conditions through the annealing device's weather data. With the network paralyzed, all streetlights and indicator lights on the streets and alleys were extinguished.
In a city even darker than the night, only a bit of radiance leaked from the shops on the streets and alleys.
At this moment, the Upper City District seemed to have become the Lower City District—its people had long been accustomed to living by identifying streets with the light sources of factory machines.
