"Finally found it!"
Tony found something reflective amid the pitch-black earth.
He had finally completed the first stage of the mission.
[Mission: Cross Mountains and Seas (Complete)] [Objective: Countless treasures and rocks lie hidden among the volcanoes. Find the most dazzling treasure.]
[Mission: A City Returned to Nature] [Description: As a member of the Nature Returners, how could you possibly not destroy a city that represents human civilization?] [Objective: Choose a city covering at least 100,000 square kilometers and raise its green coverage to over eighty percent.]
"What the hell are these missions? Still, my priority is to find out what this world is like." Tony removed his equipment, reconfigured it for flight, and slowly searched for a nearby city.
Before long, Tony spotted an inhabited town.
But no matter how he looked at it, the town's location seemed strange.
Shouldn't a normal town have been built somewhere convenient to live?
Even without rivers or trees nearby, surely having a properly maintained road would at least make things more convenient?
Without a suitable road, wouldn't they eventually struggle to afford even food?
The cost of transporting goods along dirt roads and mountain paths was no small sum.
Noticing something odd about the town, Tony stopped a short distance away and slowly observed it.
His expression grew cautious.
Before long, Tony discovered plenty of things that were wrong.
Goods bound for this town were actually being transported by robots!
Tony was astonished.
Ever since he had begun evaluating the Ultron Initiative, he had conducted tests on more fronts, including the practical usefulness of robots and their energy consumption during ordinary transport.
His final conclusion had been that, when transporting goods, a humanoid machine consumed nearly ten times as much energy as a vehicle-shaped robot.
Yet this