So that was it.
Lan Qingyou mulled it over.
In fact, after leaving those suits of Power Armor earlier,
she had seen the vibrant scene below in Lakeside City, where everything flourished.
There were quite a few people there.
Even the villages farther away, beside the Herb Garden and farmland she had previously planned out, had plenty of people.
That was precisely why
Lan Qingyou had wondered why Xiao Feng brought up the population.
But now it seemed she had been overthinking it.
He had only mentioned the population because he did not want to lose anyone.
There was certainly nothing wrong with that reasoning.
But taken in context, his earlier words had given Lan Qingyou the mistaken impression that the Maple Leaf Territory now had very few inhabitants.
Hmm... was it because he hadn't had anyone to talk to in so long?
Had his ability to put his thoughts into words deteriorated?
Lan Qingyou thought mischievously.
Still, the subject of casualties did give Lan Qingyou something to ask about.
"Some of that Power Armor looked pretty old. Some even had marks on the outside from monster attacks. What's going on with that?"
Lan Qingyou asked.
"Just that. Monster attacks. They started a thousand years ago."
For some reason,
the moment this subject came up, Xiao Feng's previously good mood sank.
"What exactly happened? Does it have anything to do with the Karim Continent's decline?"
The mention of monsters naturally brought the terrible environment outside to mind.
To be honest,
that was the biggest mystery.
Although she had previously heard some information from Katie, the human world will, and combined it with her own deductions to conclude that it was related to the star beast invasion,
she still did not know exactly what had happened.
But now, right in front