Chapter 868

"If a road can be built here, the kids can leave the village and establish a home outside. We can't keep our future generations in this remote place."

What the villager said dampened our mood. The stones on our backs threatened to crush them just like how the news crushed our spirit. This wasn't like the sense of suffocation Jasmine made me feel. Compared to the misery here, what Jasmine did was nothing.

"Why are you so quiet now?" Nico turned to me and asked.

Smiling, I poked the ground with a stick. I was trying to hide the upset I was feeling. "I feel bad. I don't know what to say."

"Did what the villager say bother you?"

I nodded. "Nico, is it impossible to build a road here?"

"It's not impossible, and I'd love to build a road too. But there are several deterrents here. One, mudslides happen often here. It's very destructive, so the road won't last very long. Two, there might be endangered species in the mountains.

"Overdeveloping this area might damage the ecosystem here. I