"Old Li, you're a citizen of the Alliance Country now, too."
"Haha, exactly. I heard that with this ID card, we'll be able to enter the city rings in the future."
"Tsk, tsk. I'm really curious about what Ring City is like."
"We'll find out when we go take a look, won't we? Didn't they say there'll be a chance for some of us to be selected for a visit..."
Inside Fortress Mountain City, residents in plain clothes gathered near the shacks, chatting and laughing.
Although their weather-beaten faces were deeply wrinkled and their skin a sunbaked yellowish-brown, their eyes shone noticeably brighter than they had a month ago. It looked like hope, an anticipation of a better life. Looking around, the slate roads were being repaired, and some of the shacks in Mountain City had been demolished. Construction teams from the Alliance Country had arrived to build new residential apartment blocks.
