The Previous Era (Big Chapter Seeking Monthly Ticket)

"Save the city?"

He Ao took a sip of milk tea and looked at Old Jacko in confusion.

United Industries was Winter City's largest employer, controlling nearly all of the city's mining and industry. The entire city lay beneath its immense curtain.

Although United Industries did not have an especially terrible reputation, it could hardly be called a savior.

"Our generation had a unique kind of emotions toward United Industries,"

Old Jacko moved the stove closer and set it nearer to He Ao. Holding his teacup, he gazed deeply at the cheering scene on the television.

"Many young people now see United Industries as an oppressive behemoth that devoured people without leaving even their bones behind. But in our era, when it had just been founded, it carried the hopes of us and the entire city."

"Hopes?"

Holding his teacup, He Ao watched Old Jacko silently, waiting for him to continue.

"It's a long story,"

Old Jacko glanced at the electric kettle on the stove. "Where should I begin?"

He pressed the button on the stove and switched on the kettle's warming function. Then he paused, seeming to sink into distant memories. "Do you know why United Industries was established?"

"Winter City's scattered small mining companies lacked sufficient competitiveness in the Federal market. There needed to be a large company with enough bargaining power, so these small companies joined together and founded what is now United Industries."

He Ao looked at the old man and answered softly.

After leaving Vili, he had also roughly looked up the history of United Industries. This was how United Industries' official website described the background of its founding.

But that was all there was—just that simple sentence. It did not mention a single word about what happened in that era, or even the people