The firestorm had burned the munitions factory to the ground, and the last of the tools and raw materials were easily taken away by more than a dozen horse-drawn carts.
The port area no longer had the layers-upon-layers "onion" structure, instead, planned building clusters had replaced the wildly grown city. The winding alleys had become straight stone-paved roads with drainage ditches installed as well.
Winters and his peers could hardly recognize Guidao City, which had changed beyond recognition with each passing day.
But the joy of returning to their "second homeland" quickly faded due to the tense relations between The Federated Provinces and Vineta. As soon as the Venetian apprentice officers set foot on Provincial soil, they were under strict surveillance.