The ruler here? What was there to sound out?
Pu Yunchuan froze. It took him several seconds to realize what Isabelle meant...
Right. Unlike the veteran lord players, those newly appointed city lords represented other things behind them. They had always harbored some inexplicable designs on this alien lord...
"But why sound them out now?" Pu Yunchuan asked curiously.
After all, nearly half a year had passed since the election and their settlement. The pace over the past six months had been relatively peaceful. They hadn't sounded him out when they first arrived, so why do it now? Had they gotten too comfortable?
Isabelle said, "Now is exactly the right time."
Pu Yunchuan asked, "How so?"
Isabelle said, "First, the large-scale withdrawal of lord players a month ago gave them a signal that something had happened within the Alien Force. Besides, Lord Xi Ye hasn't shown himself for a long time since the incident began, and there's still been no response regarding the disappearance of several key figures, including Guo Xiaoyun. All of this suggests that the people above may have lost control. Of course they're going to sound things out..."
Pu Yunchuan frowned at that. Emotionally speaking, he actually stood on the lord's side. The man had given D-Earth such a massive platform. Never mind all the technology and resources—the Gene Body alone had solved many diseases and longevity problems for D-Earthlings. The other side had always shown goodwill, or at least hadn't displayed any malice for the time being. Yet the moment something happened to him, they started scheming. It left Pu Yunchuan feeling rather uncomfortable...
Seeing what Pu Yunchuan was thinking, Isabelle secretly curled her lip. If she hadn't known his personality, she might have been unable to resist sounding things out herself.
She understood Pu Yunchuan's