In the days that followed, the commercial landscape of Riverdale began changing at a pace that very few people had anticipated, although the transformation was subtle enough in its earliest stages that most citizens failed to recognize they were witnessing the birth of something that would eventually reshape the empire's entire trade industry.
Across the capital city, as well as throughout countless major cities scattered across the provinces, workers could be seen renovating abandoned buildings, purchasing vacant storefronts, and constructing entirely new establishments whose architecture immediately distinguished them from the countless ordinary shops surrounding them.
Every one of these buildings displayed the same massive signboard above its entrance.
Infinity.
The elegant word had been engraved into polished wooden plaques with remarkable craftsmanship, while the storefronts themselves had been designed unlike anything the people of Riverdale had ever encountered before.
