Time always flew by when one worked hard.
Cement plants and steel mills rose one after another, continuously producing the industrial goods essential for infrastructure construction.
The number of robots also steadily accumulated as time passed.
The number of conscious people gradually recovered as well. There was no particular rush; to reduce the burden on society, around twenty thousand people were awakened each month on average.
In the sixth month, the foundation work for the Green Field Trading Market was fully completed. The first phase covered an area of roughly 22 square kilometers.
There were a total of 360 large buildings inside, over a thousand residential buildings, as well as botanical gardens, animal-breeding bases, restaurants, supermarkets, hot spring resorts, and more. Every service function was available.
Over those six months, the most important task had been attracting investment and businesses. Green Field City lacked manpower and could hardly handle all kinds of service industries—and having Green Field City's people work in the service sector would have been rather wasteful.
Thus, they recruited a group of outside races to work in service industries such as restaurants, barbershops, and taverns.
The first twenty-two civilizations moved in, ushering in a new era of large-scale trade.
However... progress had not been particularly smooth.
Aside from Ulan City, which had bet everything on Green Field City and spent 5 Luck Points to purchase a Floating Fortress, all the other civilizations were being stingy and remained in a wait-and-see state.
They had merely sent in a group of diplomats and had not made large-scale purchases.
That was understandable.
Most civilizations in the Northern Frontier were poor, and they all feared being scammed out of their possessions.
Green Field City's combat power was far beyond theirs. Even if it suddenly resorted to robbery, they would have nowhere