Xu Ye studied Ivy and Shenchuan Lan, recalled the news report, and understood.
Ivy wanted to escape the marriage, but the other party seemed determined to hound her.
Why was the Shenchuan Family trying to forge a marriage alliance with the Federation in the Land of Exiles?
To suppress the societies?
Xu Ye suddenly recalled Mr. Guan Ze. The man seemed to have discussed a whole series of social issues with him, including the birth rate, layoff rate, employment rate, and suicide rate here.
The conflict between the societies and the Federation seemed to be growing.
The societies had infiltrated the Federation, seized key positions, and hollowed out its authority. Even the supreme commander seemed to have lost all real power.
The Matchmaker Society had been destroyed so easily because its foundations were shallow. It had only been established ten years ago.
A succession of thoughts swirled through Xu Ye's mind.
The Federation had shown signs of rising in recent years. A group led by Ivy's father, Councilman Airo, had begun to contend with the Heart of the Order Keeper, the Young Wives' Club, the Teachers' Club, the Doctor Society, and the Mushroom Society.
One side was rising, but the distribution of resources had already been fixed.
Based on what Xu Ye knew from his previous life, the best way to break through barriers to resources was war.
Could the Federation be planning to join forces with the Shenchuan Family and start a war?
Xu Ye startled himself with the thought, but it was highly probable. Under normal circumstances, the Federation would never dare contemplate it. Such a war would inevitably cause widespread destruction throughout the city and countless deaths, a price no one could bear in peacetime.
*But what if it happened inside the Dreamscape created by the Holy