699. Average Prenatal Education

On the other side.

Lu Ban and Stone walked along the streets of Sunset Town.

Calling it a street was generous—it was merely a muddy road. The forest was heavy with moisture, and the ground was wet most of the time, mixed with cow dung, human waste, and all sorts of filth imaginable and unimaginable.

Stone covered his nose. He looked at the people on the street. Most of them were gaunt and malnourished, as though they could barely afford to eat. Deep dark circles hung beneath their eyes. Fatigue and misery were the dominant themes here.

What drew even more attention was the look in their eyes.

Some people, despite their ragged clothes, could not conceal the gleam of ambition in their eyes. But most of the people in Sunset Town had eyes that were numb, as though nothing could stir the slightest ripple in their hearts.

Apart from the children who still knew nothing of life's hardships, everyone here, from the residents to the soldiers, seemed to have completely lost hope in life. They were merely living like Walking Corpses, waiting for the day of their end to arrive.

"We don't have nearly enough manpower to build the Gray Tower here."

Stone said.

The fields ahead were not fertile. They had been forcibly reclaimed, and the crops growing in them were hardly abundant, merely enough to scrape by.

Lu Ban had watched some documentaries before. They showed scenes from the most remote and impoverished mountain villages in certain countries. Sunset Town was no better than those places.

"Indeed. There are probably fewer than a thousand people here. The average person only has prenatal education. Even if they have the strength to work, they can't understand blueprints, and they can't handle delicate work either."

Lu Ban muttered.

"Besides, building