"Supplies were already in short supply before Clear Sky City was attacked, not to mention after the attack. And let me tell you, food is not only in short supply outside the city, but also inside Clear Sky City, the entire Red Alliance's eight major cities, and even the new nobles are in short supply."
"How could this happen? Didn't we have any food reserves before?"
"Yes, but most of them are in District 8. Even though District 8 seems to be fine now, it's actually not completely healed at all."
"Since the Eighth District is so important, why didn't the Red Alliance send more people there when the incident happened?"
"Why haven't we sent anyone? We have sent everyone we can. But the Red Alliance is still focusing on exploring the other worlds. Otherwise, how could your strength grow so fast? How could you have so many things for sale in the mall?"
City Lord Bai Shao started discussing with Shen Qiu directly.
Shen Qiu thought about it carefully and it seemed to be true.
Although the Red Alliance did not do anything on the surface, it actually kept getting resources from the other world. Therefore, everyone's strength was improving every day.
If he were to deal with the affairs of District 8 now, it wouldn't be so difficult.
"Lord City Lord, if that's the case, can you please lower the price of grain outside? I don't ask for much, just keep it within the market price set by the Red Alliance! Don't you know that those profiteers have driven the price to an outrageous level?"
Shen Qiu said after pondering for a while.
"Shen Qiu, listen to your uncle. If you had proposed this before the attack on Clear Sky City, I might have given an order that would have been helpful. But now, even if I give an order, they won't listen and will only pretend to obey."
"Why? Isn't the outside also under your jurisdiction?"
"Nominally, yes, but not really. There are four local tyrants lurking outside the Sky City. They used to be afraid of me and didn't dare to do anything. But now that my Sky City Legion has been damaged, they naturally don't take me seriously. There's a saying that goes, a strong dragon can't defeat a local tyrant."
When City Lord Bai Shao said this, he couldn't help but shook his head with a very helpless expression.
“Are they so arrogant?”
Shen Qiu frowned slightly.
"That's not true. Let me tell you, even though food prices have skyrocketed, the Red Alliance hasn't completely ignored it. They've also distributed a large amount of relief food to ensure the minimum survival of the people out there. The reason the situation out there is so bad right now is most likely due to this gang. You know, I didn't withhold any relief food."
City Lord Bai Shao said with great sorrow.
Bai Lanxin, who was standing next to them, saw her father and Shen Qiu chatting endlessly. She hadn't drunk much of the wine yet, so she started to speak.
"Stop chatting, Shen Qiu, let's have a drink."
"You drink first, I'll talk to my uncle."
Shen Qiu was having a great chat with City Lord Bai Shao, so he was in no mood to drink.
"That's right, go away. Can't you see that Shen Qiu and I are having a very pleasant chat?"
City Lord Bai Shao waved his hands impatiently at Bai Lanxin.
Bai Lanxin was speechless for a moment. Her father was simply here to cause trouble. Not only was he unable to help, but he was causing more trouble.
Thinking of this, a gleam of light flashed in her eyes. In this case, she would not be polite and would knock down her father as well.
So Bai Lanxin raised her glass.
"Let's eat and talk together and have a drink together."
…
More than two hours later.
Shen Qiu felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach and a little dizzy from drinking so much. Bai Lanxin really could drink too much.
Fortunately, with the evolution of genes, his physical condition has also been strengthened, so his alcohol tolerance has also increased dramatically, but he did not get completely drunk.
He stood up and said.
"I'm going to the bathroom."
"Don't run."
Bai Lanxin, who was sitting next to Shen Qiu, grabbed Shen Qiu's arm and said with a drunken look in her eyes.
"Don't worry, I won't leave."
Shen Qiu promised with a helpless smile.
At this time, City Lord Bai Shao stood up and said enthusiastically.
"I just happen to want to go to the bathroom too, let's go together."
"Uh, okay."
Seeing that City Lord Bai Shao was so enthusiastic, Shen Qiu didn't know what to say, so he followed him to the toilet.
Bai Lanxin, who was drunk at this time, glanced at Shen Qiu and Bai Shao leaving. She immediately took out sleeping powder from her body, twisted it open, and quickly poured it into Shen Qiu's wine glass, muttering non-stop.
"I'm really impressed. How come this guy can drink so much?"
In order to prevent the medicine from being insufficiently effective, Bai Lanxin did not forget to pour a little more in, since it was colorless and odorless anyway.
After pouring the wine, Bai Lanxin stretched out her index finger to stir the wine in the glass, then put it in her mouth and sipped it.
Baji~
"Yeah, done."
Bai Lanxin, who was a little tipsy, said to herself with satisfaction.
However, as soon as she finished speaking, Bai Lanxin paused for a moment, then reacted and hurriedly tried to hold her throat to spit out the saliva she had swallowed.
As a result, my eyes went dark, I felt dizzy, and I sat down on the chair and finally fell on the table.
Not long after, City Lord Bai Shao and Shen Qiu came back talking and laughing.
"Mr. Shen Qiu, let me tell you, from the moment you stood up to face Monkdo Beast, I knew you were extraordinary..."
"City Lord Bai Shao, you are too kind. Eh? Bai Lanxin..."
Shen Qiu was also startled when he saw Bai Lanxin lying on the table.
City Lord Bai Shao took a look, coughed and said.
"I'm sorry, I can't drink very well."
"No, she's had enough to drink."
"It's okay, uncle will drink with you."
"No, I've almost had enough to drink, it's time to go back."
Seeing that Bai Lanxin was drunk, Shen Qiu prepared to leave.
"Okay, I'll take you there."
"No, I'll go back by myself. Bai Lanxin is drunk and needs your care."
"Don't worry about her, I'll let Butler He Yue take care of her."
"That's too much trouble, isn't it?"
"No trouble, let's go! I'll take you there!"
City Lord Bai Shao warmly invited Shen Qiu to go out.
…
Under the abandoned factory of Gray Alliance Dix.
Crunch~
The iron door was opened with a sharp sound of rusty friction.
A shadowy, blurry figure walked in, looking through the intermittent emergency lights of the underground factory.
You can see that the blurry figure has scarlet eyes, and leaves a trail of faint afterimages wherever it passes.
Not long after, the figure walked straight to the center of the underground factory, sat on a chair, and snapped his fingers.
Da~
In an instant, projected communication images appeared.
The images that appeared were all people whose figures could not be seen clearly. All that could be seen were pairs of eyes filled with evil, desire, greed and other negative emotions.
These emerging images all greeted the figure sitting in the chair in low voices.
"Lord Gamaka!"
The name Gamaka is enough to cause a stir anywhere in the Three Alliances, because he is the only deputy leader of the Defeatist Cult.