With a large number of shinobi joining the effort, construction of the maglev tracks advanced by leaps and bounds.
In just three short months, a complex railway network spanning the east, west, south, and north of the Land of Fire had basically taken shape.
The entire railway network resembled a spiderweb, using major cities as nodes to connect the villages and towns throughout the Land of Fire. No matter where one departed from, one could reach any town in the Land of Fire by rail.
Even the Eastern Plateau Region, acquired from the Land of Lightning on the northeastern continent, had its rail network completed. However, since the Land of Snow lay between it and the mainland, it was not yet connected to the domestic railway network, though plans had already been made in advance.
Of course, the railway network was merely the foundation for the maglev train routes. The true core was the power supply!
Unlike traditional trains, a maglev train's kinetic system relied on a special magnetic field formed jointly by the train and the tracks, rather than simply moving through the train's own power. Therefore, energy stations had to be established at key nodes throughout the railway network to maintain the normal operation of the entire route!
Thus, after the tracks were completed, another month was spent building energy stations at every town and city node, using Zero-Tails clones as the energy source!
According to the plan, the Zero-Tails clones within these energy stations would not only be maintained with chakra supplied by shinobi, but could also automatically absorb negative energy around their respective nodes to grow.
This would allow Zero-Tails to grow even faster, while also ensuring public safety aboard the maglev trains.
Five months later, the maglev train system within the Land of Fire was