"So, how do you plan to help her?"
There were four major regions and thirty-one cities on the Eastern Continent, and every city had a Queen.
In other words, if Wei Lan wanted to rise to the rank of Regional Queen, she would have to compete against the seven reigning Queens in the Eastern Continent's four regions, as well as no fewer than twenty other candidates. And to become the Queen of the entire continent, she would have to compete against thirty reigning Queens and more than a hundred candidates.
It was far too difficult.
The countless complications involved made it impossibly hard—so hard that it defied reason, and was beyond the understanding of a bunch of naive, straightforward men like them.
Every Queen's rise to power involved a tangled web of open and covert struggles.
As things stood, Wei Lan had no chance of winning.
Before, if she wanted to compete for the title of Queen in Azure Harbor, she first had to secure the approval and sponsorship of Lilac Mansion. But Lilac Mansion no longer existed.
Although their own people had taken over its legacy, that could at most ensure Wei Lan held on to her position as Queen of Azure Harbor. As for taking the next step?
That would require a grand strategy. It wasn't something they could settle overnight.
In response to Han Su's question, Xue Zhi merely looked unruffled. "For now, you can tell the Queen that if she's already called another Queen for help and been rejected, she should head to Light Machine City!"
"Light Machine City?"
Although Han Su hadn't studied the matter closely, he had heard of Light Machine City.
It was a small city that had yet to receive permission to be built from the Eastern Continent's council. It also had