That afternoon.
Cloud Hawk Lotus Island.
Dressed in plain civilian clothes, Cheng Han entered Ningyun War Fortress, one of the lotus island's four war fortresses, in an extremely low-key manner.
Female Mystic Master Lan Jiayao had also changed into casual clothes and applied ordinary makeup to conceal her exquisite features as she accompanied him.
The war zone's glorious victory not long ago, in which over a hundred thousand Black Scale Sea Demons had been slain, coupled with the successive deaths of two Sea Kings, had greatly affected the situation in the surrounding seas.
As a result.
Within a radius of a thousand kilometers.
Nearly every sea race tribe had fled overnight with their buckets in hand.
At most, only a few scattered Sea Monsters still dared to appear in the waters near the Eastern Li War Zone.
This had directly left the entire war zone suddenly facing a situation where there were "no battles to fight." Lan Jiayao, who was usually busy beyond belief, now had the time to accompany her superior on a pointless stroll.
Of course.
The Female Mystic Master had not bluntly said, "I'm bored out of my mind right now, so I might as well take a stroll around the war zone with you."
Instead, under the pretext of "understanding conditions at the grassroots level of the war zone and providing reference for military reforms," she joined this incognito inspection.
At this moment.
Cheng Han strolled down a street within the war fortress, carefully observing the expressions of the passing pedestrians.
Unlike the Central Court and the major legions, which were celebrating their victory, the civilians showed little joy.
Along the way.
Cheng Han had heard only four civilians discussing the battle from a few days ago, giving him a strong sense of disconnect.
The military