Although he did not know what means or methods Ailei had used to get these cities to cooperate with the Black Market.
There was no doubt.
Under the present circumstances, Lu Jiayun, the leader of the Homecomers, had clearly lost their allegiance.
Of the Twelve Primordial Cities, two had disappeared in the fullest sense.
One was, of course, Heinz's Uto City, which had disappeared through The End that Ye Qiyan himself had unleashed.
The second was not the Vampires' City of Eternal Night.
It was the Nation on the Ship, which he had once visited.
Although Zhao Xi had led the Judgment Enforcers in conquering the City of Eternal Night, she had mentioned during an occasional chat with Ye Qiyan that the city was now under Solo City's complete jurisdiction. A group of relatively less bloodthirsty Vampires had taken over its territories again, and all the humans had been liberated.
Zhao Xi was kind.
Otherwise, Grace would never have tricked her into remaining in Solo City for ten Wasteland Years.
The city that had truly been destroyed completely.
Was the Nation on the Ship.
The city that had once belonged to Joel.
After Joel left with his train crew, control of the Nation on the Ship, where no guild forces remained, had ultimately fallen into the hands of Grace, the former Solo City Mayor.
Ye Qiyan had learned this through the intelligence routinely sent back by Batos, his undercover agent in the City of a Thousand Stars.
Grace had once been Lu Jiayun's intimate companion, but in her heart, she had long since had enough of this so-called homecoming. Moreover, some of her special abilities prevented her from using items and consumables that could preserve her looks forever.
For a woman who loved beauty, holding on for so many years