An Unexpected Encounter

After the attack on the Artificial Meat factory, City Z settled into a state that seemed peaceful on the surface, though trouble stirred beneath it.

But with the New World Group and Saitama around, any monster below Dragon-class that tried to stir up trouble in City Z was asking to die.

As a result, City Z's safety rating had recently shot up.

The old district Coco had acquired became a hot commodity. Once safety was assured, the local economy was bound to recover quickly.

Take the city Mumen Rider protected, for example. Its safety rating was second only to the headquarters base built by Metal Knight, and its economy was thriving.

The New World Group's headquarters was a massive disc-shaped building, roughly 1.5 kilometers in radius and 200 meters tall.

In fact, it was more than a building. It was also a spaceship.

After the recent completion of its Force Field Generator, Electromagnetic Field Generator, Controlled Nuclear Fusion Engine, and Antigravity System, various weapons were being installed in secret.

The New World could accommodate 100,000 people. It was a typical fortress-style spaceship.

The New World Group's factories on the outskirts of City Z also looked like boxy buildings, but they were actually spaceships.

From the start, Coco had never intended to build permanent structures fixed to the ground. He had used buildings as a cover to construct a large fleet of spaceships.

The New World Group currently had 137 spaceships in City Z.

That included the flagship New World, 35 industrial spaceships, 65 Evacuation Spaceships, and 36 Combat Spaceships.

The ships were spread around City Z, all positioned in the suburbs. The Evacuation Spaceships were disguised as employee dormitories, housing for employees' families, hospitals, schools, libraries, stadiums, markets, and supermarkets.

The 65 Evacuation Spaceships could hold 6.5 million people.

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