At the entrance of Boulder Town’s industrial zone, a bulletin board stood tall with names and numbers listed on it.0

In front of the notice board stood a dense crowd of people.0

From time to time, excited cheers erupted, those who found their names wore expressions of sheer joy, as if they had won the lottery. The surrounding people looked on with envy, regretting that they had responded to the mobilization too late or hadn't worked hard enough.1

Setting aside the scavengers outside the city, Boulder Town had almost no primary sector, relying solely on secondary and tertiary industries. Even after strict enforcement of labor laws and sending all child workers to full-time schools that provided food and shelter, there were still over 100,000 registered workers.0

1,800 free apartments were like a splash of water into a desert, but they still gave many people hope for a better...0