Cui Tike walked along the streets of Bo Prefecture, inspecting the city's remaining population.
Bo Prefecture was not Chaoge. There were far fewer restrictions and obstructions here, allowing Cui Tike to carry out his duties as Imperial Envoy more smoothly.
Yu Zhuo had once established the New Pavilion in Bo Prefecture. Under Shang Country's laws, many people here had committed the grave crime of treason, which gave Cui Tike even more convenient conditions for fulfilling his duties as Imperial Envoy.
After so many days here, apart from Dream Tether Tower, which had made him a promise back then, were there any living people left in Bo Prefecture?
There were.
Those responsible for carrying corpses.
These corpse bearers were all Servile People. They displayed astonishing resistance to disease lesions, perhaps because of their wretched living conditions, or perhaps because of their relatively primitive bodily structures.
Cui Tike had spared most of the corpse bearers. Bo Prefecture was very clean now, and he did not want this beautiful city piled high with rotting corpses.
But if the corpse bearers caused trouble, Cui Tike would show them no mercy either.
Just yesterday, several corpse bearers had picked up whips and struck the other corpse bearers. Wearing a smile, Cui Tike had sent them on their way.
In Bo Prefecture, Cui Tike's dream had essentially come true. There seemed to be no reason for him to remain any longer.
Cui Tike prepared to leave Bo Prefecture aboard a ship transporting corpses, but after waiting at the harbor for a long while, he saw no ships docking.
There was not a single ship in all of Bo Prefecture.
Cui Tike realized something was wrong. He left the harbor and entered First Layer City. From the inner pocket of his tailcoat, he took out a Pocket