The battle for Antarctic City ended in just three hours, but the news had a lasting impact on the entire Morning Star.
More precisely, Antarctic City had sent out its distress signal before the battle was even over. But having been forced into a hasty defense, how could it possibly stand against the well-prepared "righteous army"?
Before much of the rescue force could even set out, Antarctic City had fallen.
The new City Lord was Zhou Xiuyu, an Immortal Cultivator at the peak of Soul Transformation. She had once been the president of a corporation in Antarctic City. Put simply, she was a capitalist.
As soon as the war ended, Zhou Xiuyu began speaking eloquently before the cameras. Yet she was no fool. For the time being, she did not direct her attacks at the three major corporations, merely condemning the crimes of Antarctic City's management.
The more recent offenses included this: after the Holy Spirit War broke out, the former leadership had used the opportunity to suppress other businesses, expand their own interests, and monopolize entire industries—these managers had all been capitalists themselves.
The more distant offenses included this: the various factions had colluded to manipulate the market, monopolize elections, arbitrarily control currency, and so on, plunging Antarctic City into recession and leaving its people destitute.
Their common misdeeds included assassinating rivals, raising bandit gangs and privateer groups, conducting human experiments, secretly forcing decent women into prostitution, and even coercing ordinary citizens into selling themselves as slaves.
One crime after another was exposed, directly branding Antarctic City's former leadership as enemies of humanity.
Zhou Xiuyu then stated, "We have only overthrown Antarctic City's old leadership. We will still follow the existing system and accept the leadership of the three major corporations."
But in secret, Jiang Guangyuan had already contacted