City Worker Painting Giant Lane Lines Gymnasium

Pale dawn light falls through high gymnasium windows, illuminating a Wuhou district worker in a reflective vest. The worker stands on a small ladder, applying thick white paint to a massive road marking that stretches across the basketball court floor. This single lane line has been scaled to the size of a highway divider, towering three meters tall and casting a long, sharp shadow that cuts across the polished wood. Rain streaks the glass above, blurring the morning light into soft gray patches. The worker’s hand moves steadily along the painted edge, treating the impossible scale as a normal part of the pre-dawn routine. Tiny paint cans sit on the floor beside the giant stripe, showing the sheer magnitude of the road marking rising from the gym floor.