Banzhen City, once the capital of Andai State, had now become the administrative center of Yingqi Nation.
On the morning of December 3, Guan Tong infiltrated the city and discovered that entry and exit controls had already been imposed.
Not a single ordinary person could be seen on the streets. Only official vehicles traveled along the roads. The brand-new cameras scattered throughout the streets and alleys also demonstrated just how tightly the city was under lockdown.
This level of lockdown was no less severe than when North Star had entered wartime administration. Whether it was because of the bombing or some other reason, Guan Tong did not know.
He was currently standing amid the ruins of the manor he had burned down back then—the former hideout of Basong and his gang.
After Basong and the others died, the place had remained vacant, with no one taking it over. Guan Tong simply summoned a shelter beneath the ruins as a temporary base, then used Shadow to investigate.
His investigative method was the same as when he had investigated Yongzhou Base: using Shadow to infiltrate important buildings and attempting to locate key figures.
The most important building in Banzhen City had naturally been Lado's Royal Palace, the one Guan Tong had previously destroyed with a Mind Power Bomb he had purchased.
However, because the Royal Palace occupied an excellent location in the center of Banzhen City, it was naturally a symbol of the seat of power. After the people of Yingqi Nation relocated here, they cleared away the palace's ruins and erected a new building atop its original structure for use as an administrative center.
At that moment, several inconspicuous Shadow Lines slipped into the building and investigated its interior.
The first three floors were filled with basic office workers, all dressed