Time passed swiftly, in the blink of an eye.
A month didn't seem long, but Fortress Mountain City had undergone significant changes. Transport trucks from the Alliance Country drove along the key roads at the base of the fortress mountain peak. The figures patrolling the city walls had changed their attire. Elite soldiers from the Alliance Country's city circle armies gradually integrated into the area, taking over the defense lines.
Within Mountain City itself, the stone-paved streets had undergone multiple cleanings. Shattered concrete walls had been rebuilt, and the ruins of collapsed stone buildings had been bulldozed flat, zoned into new open spaces. Construction teams even arrived from Ring City. Under instructions from the Political Affairs Department, they were drafting new blueprints for the area, preparing to lay down water pipes and electrical grids.
"Time really flies."
"Doesn't it? It's only been a month, but it feels like a whole new world."
