On January 4 of Wasteland Calendar Year Two, four days had passed since the New Year's skirmish.
During that time, Qinggang Shelter had not sent anyone over again, as if it had forgotten that there were still prisoners who had yet to be redeemed.
Faced with this attitude, Hunter Tiger and Aldrich both breathed sighs of relief.
The West Suburbs Alliance had begun rapidly exchanging what they had, and transport energy vehicles could be seen coming and going in an endless stream every day.
Tian Yuan Territory Research Institute.
After the upgrade of the Territory Points, this place looked noticeably different from the buildings elsewhere.
It was not that the design was too advanced. Rather, it seemed to blend into nature.
How should one describe it? At a glance, one could tell that the other buildings had been newly constructed, with obvious traces of excavation and construction.
But whether it was the tree-lined avenue in front or the buildings behind it, everything seemed to have formed naturally.
It was as if they had already existed here for decades.
At that moment, two transport energy vehicles, code-named "Star Ark," slowly emerged from the mist not far ahead of the tree-lined avenue.
Their design was similar to that of a box truck. There were two seats in front, while the rear consisted of an enclosed, box-shaped storage compartment.
In fact, the first version of Star Ark had been designed as a convertible, much like a dump truck. But after considering that exposed transport was unsafe in the Wasteland—and that a flatbed cart would be more convenient for truly large cargo—that design was scrapped.
Even so, the Star Ark produced by the Galaxy War Chariot Factory still had a terrifying maximum load of sixteen tons.
Its "Meteor Type-I Energy Stone Engine," a version