Several dozen minutes earlier, atop the Stuttgart signal tower.
"Do you know?" The robed person stood at the edge of the lookout, staring down at the city covered in forests and vines, "The Swabian Duchy used to be known as the Germania Province within the Ancient Solomon Empire."
"At that time, the Empire wanted to extend wireless networks here, but the local Germanic tribes believed that building base stations near their homes, the electromagnetic signals could adversely affect human health."
"So they besieged the Empire's construction teams, destroyed the base stations they built, and slaughtered their engineers."
"In the end, with no other recourse, the Empire could only turn to build these giant mobile communication towers on mountains in the suburbs, typically rising to 200-300 meters, enough to cover the entire city within the signal range."
"Ignorant," said the young man standing behind the robed person.