Two days later.
Amid the enthusiastic cheers of the people of Fladick Academy, a heavy balloon airship carrying a specially ordered Sun Energy reactor slowly crossed the sprawling superfactory, stretching for several thousand meters, accompanied by the rumbling of its airship bellows running at full power. It arrived at the Third Air Port, which had long been prepared for it.
The workers looked up at the metal behemoth, watching as it seemed poised to fall from the sky at any moment. Its terrifying, oppressive presence made them swallow nervously again and again.
Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble.
Its shadow slowly passed over them.
Two hours later.
[Golden Pig] Xiao Kang and a merchant from Fladick—a shrewd old man with a goatee—exchanged contracts amid the lively, warm atmosphere of an upscale tavern. The fat man walked away with a handsome reward.
"How were things along the way? I heard some more dangerous things have appeared in the storms lately."
The old man with the goatee asked politely.
"Heh heh, there was danger, all right. But we were lucky this time—we didn't run into any Blue Zombies, just a few death-frenzied giant birds. They took some effort to deal with. Otherwise, we'd have had another tough fight."
Xiao Kang counted his earnings and replied with satisfaction.
However.
At the mention of Blue Zombies, the mood in the room suddenly turned cold. Xiao Kang froze in bewilderment as he counted his earnings. "What's wrong?"
Elsewhere.
Atop the High Tower, Reilo and Seratos sat facing each other.
Outside the window, the scene was bustling with activity and seemed full of promise, yet neither man looked at ease.
"First, the greenhouses were contaminated by radiation, and our grain production fell by more than 75 percent. A food crisis is now inevitable this year. We can