Published: March 2, 2025
This kid was expelled from the military. Although he had food and drink, his decent combat abilities were wasted, and coupled with some key monitoring, it seemed his life was far from free.
Well, this is what Kamen calls "not good"...
Because of the lack of freedom, his ambitions couldn't be realized, and he couldn't utilize his strengths.
It's completely different from living on the brink of death every day without food and water; or rather, this might reflect a change in values once material life reaches a certain level—this world is no longer what it used to be.
People living in this world are quite happy, though there are minor misfortunes, but compared to the past, one could only say they think too much...
This also confirms a fact.
The current Beijing, in the grand scheme of things, has not fundamentally changed.
...
After hearing Kamen's words, Victor and Tang Haofei exchanged glances, truly unsure of what expression to wear...
This... seems like aside from Fran being driven away, there wasn't anything else happening...
The world is still the same world, and it has become better, which left Victor and Tang Haofei bewildered.
They came back with the intention of correcting the chaos, but now with this outcome, even Tang Haofei's small temper had no outlet.
After a moment, Victor finally managed to speak up.
"What about the soul puppets? Is the soul puppet legion in Zone One Main City still around?"
Upon hearing this question, Kamen was first taken aback, then suddenly realized.
"They're gone; they've been reorganized. Just like the mutated beasts, now they're in Layered Battlefield Zone Six, which is territory allocated by Beijing for the soul puppets to thrive."
"This..."
Victor was once again taken aback.
Driving the soul puppet legion out of Zone One Main City wasn't exactly honorable, but Beijing didn't exterminate them; instead, they allocated an entire area for the soul puppets to thrive.
It's similar to a large group of mutated beasts—one of the largest kinds, in fact.
An entire zone, this is much larger than the original territory of the soul puppets...
Looking at it this way, it seems there's nothing wrong with it...
"Then the soul puppets have no objections?"
The one-eyed lord interjected.
"No, it seems this matter was resolved peacefully."
"Hiss..."
The others gasped, feeling utterly powerless—everything was clear and obvious, there was no trouble at all...
Even the most hot-tempered one-eyed lord couldn't find a reason to pick a fight...
Avenging Fran? He isn't even dead...
Reclaiming Zone One Main City? This matter was resolved peacefully.
Right, the big boss's home! Our home!
"Who is managing Zone One Main City now?"
Previously, Zone One Main City was Wen Yu's stronghold; it must be taken back!
"Lady Fang Yuqiong is the deputy city lord... and the city lord is Lord Wen Yu..."
"Huh?"
"An honorary city lord, just a title. However, the residence of Lord Wen Yu in Beijing hasn't been touched; rather, it has been expanded, with the promise to return it to you when you all come back."
"By the way, Beijing also mentioned that it will always welcome all of you back home, and this phrase is engraved on the city walls of Zone One Main City. Statues have also been erected for the lords—Lord Wen Yu, Lord One Eye, Lord Victor, all have them..."
"What the heck..."
The one-eyed lord's eyes widened, and he was immediately stunned.
...
Kamen finished his intel, leaving everyone in a daze.
At this point, they truly couldn't understand what had happened in the past five thousand years...
Everything seemed to have changed, yet it also felt unchanged...
"By the way, where's Tang Hao?"
After a while, Tang Haofei couldn't help but inquire about his son's whereabouts.
"He's in Beijing, the guardian of Beijing, the strongest on Earth, with a multitude of sons and grandsons. The Tang Clan is now quite prestigious, possibly second only to the Fang Clan in Beijing."
"The Fang Clan? Is it Fang Bai and Fang Yuqiong?"
"Yes, but Fang Bai has already retired, reportedly living in seclusion. Lady Fang Yuqiong is the deputy city lord of Zone One Main City and also the overall head of the entire layered battlefield. There's also Fang Yujie, the second son of Fang Bai and Lady Tianxue, who is now the commander-in-chief of Beijing."