On the highway.
A long line of heavy trucks roared past outside, rattling the windows and filling the bus with a low rumble.
Geographically, Pyrite Town lay between Gateon Port and Silicon Beryllium City.
To manage the supplies donated from outside Orre, Shan Ren had asked Team Magma to build an enormous storage depot outside Pyrite Town for transfers and temporary storage.
Word was it was nearly full already, and a second expansion was being planned.
"Do many outsiders come to Pyrite Town?"
Baimu asked curiously.
"Not too many, not too few," Ayana replied. "You know Pyrite Town can't compete with Silicon Beryllium City. The living conditions there are much better."
Silicon Beryllium City had once been Ejin's stronghold.
Despite being from Orre, Baimu had never been there.
That had not stopped him from learning about it through various channels.
According to Shan Ren, most of Orre's advanced technology originated in Silicon Beryllium City. Built in the harshest part of Orre, the city had grown around a water channel dug by its first mayor.
With ample water, Silicon Beryllium City had become an oasis in the desert, home to more than a million people over the centuries.
Before Ejin's defeat, it had also been the only place that valued basic education, with a literacy rate above eighty percent.
Most of its buildings were white as jade, its greenery was carefully maintained, and its canals ran clear to the bottom. It had earned names like the Holy City and the City of Oases.
Ejin had dared to welcome personnel from outside Pokémon Leagues into Silicon Beryllium City. Naturally, he had made sure it looked the part.
Now that he was back, Baimu intended to visit Silicon Beryllium City himself.
He also wanted to see Orre's largest and grandest high-tech arena: Orpiment