Fu Ya spoke sternly, but in practice, these "temporary auxiliaries" were given plenty of freedom to move around.
Each of the five groups was given a flying car and told to make their own way to the locations agreed upon with their clients. Those appointments had all been confirmed before their arrival. Naturally, some were scheduled later, leaving them free time before the meeting to wander around the nearby area. Of course, some had it rougher—their destinations were far away, requiring transfers to other forms of transportation. That was another matter entirely.
Tai Yu's group of three had neither especially good nor especially bad luck. They did not have much free time, as the meeting time set by the other party fit their schedule quite well. The destination was not far either, only a little over an hour's drive from this transit spaceport.
As the only equipment specialist in the trio, Tai Yu naturally took on the role of driver. He carefully followed the satellite map as they weaved through the urban clusters of this artificial planet. They occasionally climbed onto an expressway, but for the most part, they had to pass between densely packed high-rises. They even ran into traffic jams now and then, forcing them onto lift tracks. The driving experience was anything but pleasant.
Tai Yu sighed. "The population density is pretty high."
Star Ring City, this retired war Fortress, had a radius of just over two hundred kilometers by Star Alliance standards. Of course, to compare it with some remote Isolated Star System, that figure had to be multiplied by 3.34. Half of it was high-quality residential space reserved by the Xi Clan Consortium for high-level talent, while another portion was a military zone.
About ninety percent of Star Ring City's permanent population—roughly one billion people—was