After Lin Yan left, Meteor City underwent an unprecedented transformation.
The mountain of metal debris named the "Spider's Nest" was completely sealed off by a joint decree from the Thirteen Elders and designated Meteor City's most forbidden ground.
Any resident who dared approach within a hundred meters of it would be killed without mercy.
The Elders' Council's finest guards enforced this ironclad law themselves. They patrolled the foot of the mountain day and night, their eyes filled with fervor and reverence whenever they looked toward the summit.
In their hearts, it was no longer a mountain of garbage, but sacred ground where a god had performed a miracle.
As time passed, the changes brought by this sacred ground began spreading throughout Meteor City at an incredible speed.
At the foot of the mountain, the sparse blades of grass began spreading wildly, soon joining into patches that became carpets of green. Small white flowers no one had ever seen before, glowing with a faint fluorescence, stubbornly pushed through gaps in the metal and swayed in the wind.
Even more astonishingly, the pools of industrial waste that had once reeked and teemed with deadly toxins slowly grew paler, their water gradually clearing. Some residents even discovered multicolored, crystal-like ores beginning to form at the bottom.
At first, some refused to believe it, thinking they were seeing things.
Then a bold child, thirsty enough to risk it, secretly drank a mouthful of the purified water. Not only did he avoid poisoning, but he felt strength fill his entire body. Even the lingering ailments caused by radiation improved considerably.
The news exploded throughout Meteor City like a bomb!
The residents went wild.
They rushed to the wastewater pits they had once avoided at all costs. Gazing at the crystal-clear water and the beautiful crystals