"War and a state of alert? What's going on?"
Chen Le heard Lin Yu's account and wore a puzzled expression.
"The Fishman Kingdom... was invaded?"
Lin Yu shook his head. "I don't know either. I only saw that there are now many armed fishmen patrolling around every settlement, and the signboards outside many settlements have prohibition symbols for things like 'humans,' 'merfolk,' and 'Naga.'"
Seeing the even more solemn and confused look on Chen Le's face, Lin Yu asked in turn, "What... is this really that unusual?"
"It's very strange. This isn't the Black Marsh World, so how could there be a war...? The various factions in the Pure Ruins have their conflicts, but based on my observations, they should be in a delicate state of balance," Chen Le said. "Although the Eight Races of the Pure Ruins have differences and look down on one another, their interests are deeply entangled. Besides, none of them has the confidence to completely destroy another. If you asked them to launch an all-out war right now, I don't think it would be very likely."
"Especially since most of the current rulers of the various races are actually considered 'doves.'"
Chen Le analyzed the situation.
Lin Yu was somewhat surprised. "You actually understand the situation in the Pure Ruins so well?"
Chen Le looked at Lin Yu, who was steering the ship, and sighed. "Are you kidding me, 'Zhu Ming'? Don't you think that, among the Ten Realms, the one I understand best has to be the Nether Void Realm?"
"They call me the 'Fishing Man'... Do you really think I wouldn't understand a world made entirely of oceans and fish?"
Hearing Chen Le's retort, Lin Yu shrugged. "I just thought... you might pay more attention to the fish here than to intelligent life—or