There was no need to mention Linbin Town. He certainly would not have heard of an obscure little town with fewer than a thousand people, but South La Province was famous, a province of the British Commonwealth that frequently appeared in Huaguo's news.
The British Commonwealth was one of the world's foremost powers, and South La Province was one of its border provinces, right next to Blue Star's most chaotic country, Xierde.
As a federal nation, Xierde differed from most of Blue Star's countries, which enjoyed peace. Although its territory ranked among the ten largest on Blue Star, it had suffered unrest for years, with gangs running rampant throughout its provinces.
The country had a legitimate government and a nominal leader, its "prime minister," but in reality, its provinces had long since become semi-independent. Regions large and small were controlled by local gangs, and even most of the military had been corrupted and infiltrated by them.
As a result, weapons and drugs were everywhere in Xierde, and crimes were too numerous to count. The police and government did not dare intervene. Sometimes, they even had to rely on local gangs just to barely carry out certain government functions.
As for government officials and police officers who dared offend the gangs, they would often soon become corpses dumped in the streets for ordinary people to see, killing the chicken to warn the monkeys.
Moreover, the gangs in different provinces frequently fought over profits, sometimes even using cannons and rockets. Ordinary people were often caught in the crossfire, leaving Xierde's entire populace trembling with fear all day, without any sense of security.
Even more absurdly, Xierde's chaotic conditions had made it a paradise for criminals worldwide. Almost every day, hundreds of criminals from other countries illegally crossed into it and received protection