New York City was peaceful-or at least, the streets were.
The New York branches of the International Gene Cooperation Corporation, Bloom, Lady Li Financial, and Atlas had all been completed.
None of the buildings was very tall, but they all shared a unified design language, making it obvious at a glance that they belonged to the same series.
On the other hand, finishing construction in less than half a year was something only the Atlas Group could manage at present.
The garbage dumps had been moved out of the city, the old utility lines replanned, and the roads, power grid, water supply, and drainage networks rebuilt.
The land belonging to those bankrupt industrial companies had also been acquired, and one high-tech factory after another had sprung up.
Robots and workers took their places, working together as they began another day.
Artificial Blood, Immunosuppressants, first-generation Cyberware, graphene batteries, Shards, large-scale infrastructure projects-
So many industries had gotten back on track. The power of money had restarted a society brought to a halt by the subprime mortgage crisis, and smart people had begun looking for opportunities to change fields.
[Gwen: You mean I should retire?]
The bodies in the two worlds weren't completely in sync. Relatively speaking, Lier's body was safer here in the Marvel Universe.
The state legislature also had to consider what New York City meant to them.
But Lier had no idea he also had the miraculous Negative Energy.
After dealing with the governor, the next step was dealing with the state legislature, and that would take time and lobbying.
Matt smiled, then left the room, leaning on his cane.
The waste that had left Lier and Matt disabled had come from this waste disposal company. Matt had always believed they were operating illegally.
[Gwen: You make me sound