Back when those factories were still in Hope Village, they basically did not guard against the villagers.
Aside from the safety measures during essential production, which barred outsiders from entering, people could visit at any other time.
Even Doomsday Madman's Weapon Factory had no restricted areas.
But after the entire Industrial Zone moved dozens of kilometers away, the successive Mist Poison disasters became another obstacle.
What had the place developed into? Had the Industrial Zone recently added any new production lines?
Apart from occasionally catching fragmentary news on the territory's chat channel, even the villagers who worked there knew little about the details.
Of course, they had to prevent the two sides from falling out of sync because of different development speeds.
About two weeks ago, the first public shuttle bus between Hope Village and Dragon Rise Village officially began operating.
Two buses departed in the morning, at nine and ten, with an interval between them.
The two buses in the afternoon returned at six and seven, also at an interval.
Since it was still in the trial-operation stage, the fare was extremely cheap—only one iron coin.
But considering the threat of the Mist Poison disaster, as well as the fact that most of the factories there had essentially stopped work,
almost no one wasted time going there for sightseeing every day. Even the Four-Man Scavenger Squad was visiting for the first time.
Before long, they reached Hope Village's shuttle stop.
Amid the fog, the first thing that caught their eyes was the striking pale-green paint.
The broad commuter vehicle looked like an ancient vine growing from the ground, clinging tightly to the soil.
Only after they approached did its true appearance begin to emerge.
The enormous vehicle was nearly twelve meters long, stretching even farther than the medium-sized buses