Ten years had already let most people learn what kind of existence the Star Sea was, making the tension of waiting in line increasingly intense. Many had waited from the age of twenty to thirty, while some had waited from thirty to forty.
The longer they waited, the more anxious and desperate they became, because many knew that after reaching a certain age, their development would be restricted. They might never be able to leave their planet and venture into the stars like the First Batch Players. Thus, during this period, calls for the Star Sea to increase its admission rate grew louder and louder.
Because everyone knew there was a beautiful New World, most of D-Ball's industries had begun to shrink. Most people had lost their motivation and spent their days waiting.
Many people who demonized the Star Sea were finding their influence increasingly diminished, while those who knew they would never be able to enter the Star Sea began to grow radical. These were all negative effects.
The city lords of the Six Major Cities had already held several meetings about this...
Faced with these negative crises, Hua Xia City was the first to make a decision. Its upper leadership decided to use its existing economic advantages for infrastructure development. They expanded the city and had even begun plans to develop a second city for Hua Xia City. Construction had already started.
Developing a new city required paying for materials, energy, and workers' wages. For a city that had only just begun developing, this was a tremendous drain. It left Hua Xia City, which had originally possessed the highest tax revenue, extremely strapped for funds. As a result, many research grants, citizen subsidies, and equipment upgrades for training within the city became tight as well.
This left the