A few months after Cheng Yu left Capital City.
While eating by the roadside in Mountain City, Cheng Yu saw the following news report.
"We interrupt our broadcast with breaking news. At noon today, His Excellency Yun Tian, former director-general of the Human Nation's Special Affairs Bureau and current Head of State of the Ghost-Tamer Nation, stormed Imperial Capital Ancient City in Capital City and captured the following members of the old order who resisted the arrival of the new era...
"Apart from former Human Nation Chancellor Zhou Qianyan, whose remains have been found, former Head of State Kong Yanji, Chancellor Elias, Beatrice, Shadow Operations Office chief Bian Yao, and Hunter chief Luo Xia remain unaccounted for. They are suspected of abandoning the city and fleeing after Capital City fell.
"Yuri Constantine, former Chairman of the Human Nation Supreme Military Commission, is also missing.
"The latest wanted notices are now being announced.
"Highest-priority fugitive: Yuri Constantine, wanted dead or alive. Anyone who spots him may report directly to their local Special Affairs Bureau. The reward is...
"Additionally, first-class fugitives: Kong Yanji, Elias, Bian Yao, and Luo Xia, wanted dead or alive. The rewards are..."
Cheng Yu sighed inwardly. Zhou Qianyan had died after all. Why was that old man so stubborn? Why go head-to-head with him in a situation like that? Wouldn't it have been better to stay alive and make a comeback later? Sigh...
Just then, a nearby conversation caught Cheng Yu's attention.
"Ah, what's the world coming to? I still remember Chairman Yuri killing a Weird King when I was a kid. How has he become a wanted criminal today?"
"Tell me about it. A few years ago, those so-called influencers were going on about the casualties Chairman Yuri caused when he killed Sand and the Weird King