With the main questline no longer available, the Fallen Ones rarely appeared, and the northern world of the Yuan Continent entered a temporary period of peaceful development.
Players are no longer confined to the Shadow Empire, but appear all over the continent, accepting quests, killing monsters, leveling up, and repeating the cycle endlessly.
Su Xi joined the Holy Capital's investigation team, following them to investigate whether there were any Fallen Ones hiding within the Human Empire.
Anna was there too.
This investigation was very high-profile, and it felt like the Holy Capital's real purpose was not to investigate, but to loudly proclaim its existence and to prove to people that the Holy Capital and the Fallen Ones were irreconcilable enemies.
As for the upgrades, she left them to Kurumi and Mavis.
Su Yu was also taken along by the two of them, mainly because she felt at ease.
This investigation mission wasn't particularly difficult. In Su Xi's view, it was just like a business trip or vacation. At least in the Carron Empire and the Saint Ace Empire, the investigation team enjoyed the highest level of treatment.
The four great Human Empire.
No, there are now three major Human Empire.
After half a month, the investigation team had only one place left to visit.
The most economically developed Human Empire, the Southern City Alliance.
The Southern City Alliance was not originally an empire.
It was only under the covetous eyes of the Shadow Empire, the Saint Ace Empire, and the Carron Empire that the major cities in the south united to resist the economic invasion of the other three empires. Then, in order to make people in other parts of the Yuan Continent realize that they were one, they claimed to have established an empire.
The major cities within the interior were actually divided and governed separately.
Southern cities, being coastal, naturally enjoyed the bounty of the sea and controlled most shipping routes, and the Southern City Alliance eventually became the wealthiest nation.
The Naiboneer City.
The main city is a massive, semi-floating city, and the entire city was made up of a large amount of enchanted materials to make it float.
The amount of Gold Coin required to maintain the city's levitation is an astronomical figure for a solo player like Su Xi every day.
The Naiboneer Family chamber.
The current city lord looked at the cultivation machine in front of him and said, "Edgar, the investigation team from the Holy Capital is coming. The team includes the Holy Maiden of the Elf race. I hope you can suppress your emotions and remain calm. This is your last life. Also, if you are exposed, our entire family will be implicated."
Edgar inside the culture machine couldn't open his mouth, but countless bubbles rose to the surface of the precious culture medium used to calm his soul, which was soaking his body, indicating that his heart was far from at peace.
His first life was killed by a nun in the Holy Capital, and his second life was killed by the strange power of the Elf Saintess. He hated both the Holy Capital and the Elf Saintess to the point of madness, but at the same time he was deeply afraid of the Elf Saintess's death power.
"I only kept you here for my sister's sake. You also promised not to harm our family. I have fulfilled my sister's promise. I hope you can do the same. Have a quiet recovery period and then leave quietly." The current city lord said coldly, then said to the doctor, "Inject him with sedatives these next few days to prevent him from getting angry, so as not to attract the attention of the gods and the people from the Holy Capital."
"Yes, Lord City Lord."
This was Su Xi's first time visiting the Southern City Alliance, and she couldn't help but show a look of surprise.
Although I had some memories of this special country in my past life, the Southern City Alliance was already in chaos back then, far from the peace, prosperity, and clear skies it has now.
After all, the only clean place in this country is the sky.
These city lords are no pushovers; a large portion of their cities are connected to the Siren Resistance Organization in the sea, while a small portion are linked to corrupt forces.
In short, none of them are peaceful and content.
Holy Capital wouldn't care about or bother with the matter of having connections with the Siren Resistance Organization, but the corrupt forces are a different story.
It was revealed in a previous life that three cities seemed to have connections with corrupt forces.
One is Naiboneer City, one Sylvester City, and one Clarence City.
I'm not sure if other cities have similar experiences, but these three are the ones that leave the deepest impression on me.
The investigation team walked out of the teleportation array and arrived at the neutral city located in the center. All the city lords in this neutral city have management authority and have opened shops within their respective jurisdictions.
In short, as long as you are in a neutral city, you can buy all the city's specialties.
Anna, dressed in a pristine and elegant saintly robe, invited, "Su, would you like to go for a walk with me later? I've heard that everything here is very beautiful."
Su Xi looked exhausted. "Shopping again?"
We've already explored the Carron Empire and the Saint Ace Empire, let's continue...
"Of course, otherwise how would we sense if there are any Fallen Ones here?" Anna smiled.
The staff of the Church all possess a holy light constitution, and even if they don't have one, they can cultivate it by consuming Holy Saliva Fluid. This constitution is extremely sensitive to the aura of the Fallen Ones.
Before the two could finish speaking, the receptionist arranged by the City Alliance came over.
Similar to the other two empires, upon arrival, they were greeted by special personnel and then arranged for high-class accommodations.
Next, the cult's staff usually start checking the records of abnormalities that have occurred in the alliance in recent years, only looking at those related to the corrupt forces, such as whether any Fallen Ones have been killed, whether anyone has been found to be in contact with the Fallen Ones, and so on.
To be honest, even with the [Truth Spell] used by the cult staff to verify the authenticity of the information, Su Xi still felt that there was still a lot of room for deception.
Otherwise, those three cities connected to the corrupt forces wouldn't have remained undiscovered for so long.
As for Su Xi and Anna, their responsibility is to investigate whether there are Fallen Ones hiding in the city.
Anna's Life Level is the epic-level Light Saintess. She can easily sense whether there is the aura of the Fallen Ones in the city. She can only sense those walking outside. If they are hidden by rune arrays, she is powerless to do anything about them.
That's why Su Xi felt that this investigation was just a show.
As long as they choose to hide, the Holy Capital will never be able to find out...
After arriving at their lodgings and taking a quick look around, Su Xi and Anna parted ways with the clergy.
They went to look at the records and conduct inquiries, while Su Xi and Anna were to travel around for the next few days, with Anna accompanying them to sense the aura of the Fallen Ones.
After walking through the Saint Ace Empire and the Carron Empire, Su Xi was already exhausted, not from physical fatigue, but from mental exhaustion.
Now we still need to explore this city alliance.
Anna seemed oblivious to Su Xi's exhaustion and happily took Su Xi outside.
(A new month, hoping for free gifts~)