Chapter 154: The Weight of Momentum
The city rarely slept completely.
Even long after midnight, the distant sounds of engines, footsteps, and humming machinery continued in the background like a quiet pulse beneath the darkness. Lights still burned inside office towers and hospital wings. Delivery trucks moved through nearly empty streets. Somewhere, construction equipment continued working under floodlights.
Progress did not pause simply because the clock changed.
Inside the operations center, the night shift monitored the massive web of systems that now governed the city's reform program. Dozens of screens filled the curved walls, displaying moving charts, traffic grids, infrastructure reports, and housing construction updates.
A young analyst named Rina sat quietly at her workstation, eyes fixed on the logistics dashboard.
She had been working there for three weeks, and although the job fascinated her, it also terrified her.
