The passing months had transformed the city in ways none could have imagined.
Green now speckled the eternal divine white, each new tree and garden standing as a testament to progress.
The transformation wasn't merely aesthetic, with each addition to the landscape, the inhabitants' morale soared higher. Children who had never seen vegetation now played beneath leafy canopies, while adults found peace in these pockets of nature amid their manufactured world.
But beneath this apparent peace, preparations continued with relentless determination.
The tunnels to the two remaining deposits were complete, their dark passages stretching like veins through the earth. The construction team had worked tirelessly, their efforts hidden from the world above but no less vital.
Now that everyone in the main group had reached their maximum power, Elio knew it was time to finish what they had begun.
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