Following the tunnel network, Theus quickly arrived at the Eastern Test Site.
Now that the entire island of Castel had been reclaimed, there was no longer any need to travel through the tunnel network, yet most people still preferred using it to get around.
First, it was a matter of habit. During the previous battles, nearly all troop movements had been carried out through the tunnel network—resource deliveries, evacuating the wounded. Whether they were Faithguard Army soldiers or islanders, everyone had grown accustomed to traveling through the tunnels.
Second, traveling through the tunnel network really was convenient.
Elevators had been installed at several key nodes. The Paternoster Elevator had a simple structure and high reliability. The islanders were not weak office drones who sat around all year; with sharp eyes and quick hands, catching a chance to hop aboard was easy enough. Since its construction, there had never been any real problems.
Besides efficiency, another advantage of traveling through the tunnel network was that one did not need to care about the weather.
After all, Castel was located on the Storm Ocean. The weather here was unpredictable. The sun could be high in the sky one moment, only for rain to begin falling shortly afterward.
Traveling through the tunnels meant there was no need to worry about any of that. Though Castel was an island, most of its terrain was not particularly low. Setting aside the volcano in the southwest, Castel Cathedral had only faced the risk of being submerged after the seawater had risen for so long.
With higher terrain, drainage was relatively easy. The labyrinthine tunnel network had been designed with numerous drainage outlets, so even when a storm struck, there was no need to worry about flooding.
Once the subway project was completed in the future, Castel's