"Boom boom boom!!"
A bolt of lightning suddenly tore through the sky, followed by a deafening roar of thunder that resonated over the land.
Big raindrops began to pitter-patter down from the sky.
Cars parked outside the Shallow Bay District wailed chaotically.
Inside the district, those who had been cautiously observing from the entrance to the underground parking lot threw themselves into the rain with faces alight with mad excitement.
Some danced and cheered with joy, while others cried tears of overwhelming happiness.
It was hard to tell whether the streams flowing down their faces were salty tears or bitter rain.
"Ah! It's raining!!!"
"Damn! Heaven finally opened its eyes!"
"Honey! Thank God! We're finally saved!!!"
"..."
Some people even ignored the trash strewn on the ground and lay face-up, closing their dry, cracked lips to slowly draw in the rainwater.
More than a thousand people had been crammed in the sweltering underground, unwashed for over twenty days.