When Binghan the First returned to Furnace Fortress, he looked as though he had aged ten years. However, the Dwarf's thick beard hid his haggard appearance from the eyes of others.
Through the window of the train carriage, he saw the industrial district he had painstakingly built be reduced to its current state. Everywhere were collapsed buildings, ruins, and debris.
In fact, this was already a cleaned-up version for his return; a few days earlier, there had even been unextinguished flames and skies blackened with smoke.
The bombing by the Tang Army brought devastation to the city far greater than imagined, and the halted factories led to shortages in other resources that quickly followed, such as electricity and water.
Previously, when the factories were in operation, they would somewhat drive the usage of water and electricity in the surrounding areas. This chaotic phenomenon was due to the city's backward construction.
