In a world once ablaze with the brilliance of technology, now lay a barren wasteland, its once-mighty cities reduced to crumbling ruins. The skyline, once dominated by towering skyscrapers, now stood as broken sentinels against the desolation. Power lines hung lifeless, like mournful tendrils, and the hum of electricity was but a distant memory. Cars lay dormant, their once-thriving engines now silent, rusting monuments to a forgotten era. Devices, once the heartbeat of civilization.