Inside the Central Court Meeting hall.
Under the gaze of the assembled crowd.
Cheng Han suddenly let out a soft sigh and asked a question. "Vice General Gu, have you visited the various war fortresses recently?"
Though his voice was quiet, every person heard it clearly, without the slightest echo.
Gu Mingxun froze for a moment, then replied vaguely, "I have too many matters on my hands, so I do not visit them very often!"
Cheng Han immediately knew that this fellow did not merely visit "not very often." He had never gone even once.
Of everyone present, was anyone ordinarily busier than him?
However.
Cheng Han could not be bothered to dwell on such a trivial matter. He continued on his own, "Yesterday, I found time to visit Ningyun War Fortress. I saw that the entire fortress was filled with..."
He deliberately paused, then uttered a word with an intensely negative connotation. "Fear!"
General Sword Wanli raised an eyebrow and slightly adjusted his posture.
Gu Mingxun's lips moved as he wanted to interject.
But mindful of the Patrol Envoy's immense authority, the Vice General ultimately shut his mouth obediently and listened in silence.
Cheng Han began telling a story. "On the way, I saw quite a few children with dry, cracked lips, as if they had not had water for a long time.
"There was also a little boy, around six years old, who kept crying and begging for water. But his mother gave him a hard slap."
Blood Shrimp Void Worms were Anomalies unique to this world. They could randomly emerge in any body of water, and even boiling the water could not prevent them from appearing.
To reduce the chances of their children becoming infected, many civilians adopted the simplest and crudest method—drink less water.
Cheng Han's