So were they smuggling things into the country? Or out of it? Or causing trouble somewhere within the country? Lu Yuan suddenly felt a splitting headache coming on.
Please don't let this have anything to do with certain things. I really can't take it anymore. I only came here to study in peace.
Why was everything always such a mess? Lu Yuan complained furiously to himself.
"Secondly, there's the Withered Land." Blanca's voice gradually grew heavier. "They can't hold on there anymore."
"Really? They can't hold on?" Dean's voice carried a hint of astonishment.
"That's different from the information I received. A month or two ago, the information my family received said that Withered City had achieved a phased victory. How did it suddenly become unable to hold on? Did something happen there again?"
"Ah." Blanca let out a long sigh.
"A large number of residents from the Withered Land, along with some city guards, have already begun evacuating in batches," Blanca continued. "It's said that something extremely horrifying happened in the Withered Land, but no information can get out from there. Nearly all sources of information have been blocked off, and even my family can't obtain anything useful. So even now, I don't know exactly what happened in the Withered Land."
Blanca tapped her fingers against the table. "But for the residents across an entire Defense Line and some city guards to evacuate, we need to prepare for the worst."
"The third matter is also related to Withered City. Because so many people have evacuated from there, resettlement has become an enormous problem," Blanca continued.
"Someone has to take charge of those who came out. Supplies in the Northern Territory are already scarce, and with so many extra mouths to feed, every city is struggling to cope. The central