The water transport system ran on its own

Orwen stood on the raised platform in the bridge district, watching ships pass beneath the bridge before turning his gaze to the vehicles leaving one after another across it.

Once the initial reorganization of the Third Outer Warehouse was complete, the Water Spirit Reconstruction Coordination Group began reforming water transport according to Shien's plans.

The first month focused on assessing the main river channel and beginning reconstruction of two docks. Loading and unloading capacities were reassessed, and every ship and route was entered into a unified registry.

In the second month, the trial expanded to several major rivers, including the Blackwater River. Several new bridges were completed at the same time, linking water and land transport in the bridge districts, with the Third Outer Warehouse serving as the hub.

In the third month, the territories along the rivers gradually joined the water transport system. The Echoing Platform took on another task: synchronizing water-level and ship-position information to coordinate berths and transfers.

Over those three months, Shien divided the system's work into three categories: main routes, branch routes, and reviews.

Throughout that time, Orwen watched the routes spread across the map as once-isolated waterways gradually joined the same transport registry. He marveled at how quickly the Reconstruction Institute worked.

Today, Orwen had brought the district supervisor's recorder and Shien to the new bridge over the Blackwater River for the first formal inspection.

The docks in the bridge district were already operating. As far as the eye could see, ships and vehicles streamed back and forth in a constant flow.

Every day, ships arriving from the tributaries submitted registration documents at the entrance. The recorder needed only to check a ship's number to confirm its cargo's origin, scheduled arrival time, and other information, then assign a berth using the short code sent