You take the underwater pedestrian tunnel instead. It was bored through the silt in 2074. The walls are transparent biopolymer, and as you walk, you watch the city's submerged ground floors drift past: abandoned bakeries, a jewelry shop with mannequin torsos still wearing pearl necklaces, a pharmacy where the neon cross flickers on and off every 2.3 seconds (solar backup, low power).
The city creaks. Hydraulic systems exhale. Pontoons settle. Somewhere, a church bell rings — retrofitted with a solenoid striker, but the tone is the same as it was in 1589. venice 2089 walkthrough
You sit on a bench that is half-submerged. Your feet dangle in the lagoon. The sky turns the color of a bruise fading — purple to orange to a pale, watery gold. You take the underwater pedestrian tunnel instead