While the transformation of the Floating City was being completed, the Energy Tower in Marsel City was finally constructed.
The massive energy field and temperature barrier extending from the Energy Tower enveloped the slums within the city, providing them with a relatively warm environment.
Though not enough to melt the accumulating snow, it raised the temperature in the slums from several degrees below zero to just a few degrees below, still cold but at least tolerable and survivable without too great a cost.
The heating field was the first to take effect, and the residents of the shivering slums were amazed to find the biting cold rapidly fading away.
The heat released from the Energy Tower was distributed to every corner of the city through underground networks, bringing warmth to those ramshackle shacks for the first time.
