False Court was greatly pleased with Su Mo's awareness. Then he said to Su Mo in a low voice, "The composition of power in this world is not as simple as you think. Even Star Ring City is just one existence standing at the peak."

Su Mo was also deeply shocked, but he suddenly thought of something and frowned.

"Something's not right."

"What's not right?"

False Court asked in a low voice.

"The weapons of Star Ring City are so powerful. They destroyed such a powerful monster with just a casual blow. Why are the weapons they sell to us so trash?"

Su Mo asked with a frown.

"Heh heh, you're just realizing now that the weapons Star Ring City sells to you are the worst of the worst, and can't threaten it at all. There's nothing strange about that. If you were the lord of Star Ring City, would you sell weapons that could threaten yourself to others?"

"No. So, there's no way to buy truly cutting-edge weapons from Star Ring City?"

Su Mo nodded in response.

"It's not that you can't buy them, it's just that you need enough contribution. The so-called contribution value is how much you've done for Star Ring City. In fact, to put it bluntly, it's your loyalty. If Star Ring City thinks you're reliable enough, your contribution value will be enough, and they can sell you weapons."

False Court revealed the key point.

"I see. By the way, can you tell me one thing?"

Su Mo roughly understood what was going on.

"What is it?"

False Court rarely had the patience to chat with Su Mo.

"What will the winner of the real Heavenly Cup get?"

When Su Mo asked this question, his heart couldn't help but beat faster, as if he was about to touch a forbidden door.

Unfortunately, False Court didn't directly answer Su Mo, but said in a low voice.

"Why are you asking this? Now is not the time for you to know. You just need to keep going, and you'll naturally know when the time is right."

"Isn't it just curiosity? What? Can't you even say that?"

Su Mo was still a little unwilling.

"It's not that I don't want to tell you, but telling you won't do you any good. Being in the negative universe, your own emotional fluctuations are very fatal. The more you know, the more troubles you have, and the more intense your emotional fluctuations will be. That's why I don't tell you many things."

"Haha, I'm actually a very calm person!"

"Everyone says that before they know."

False Court replied disdainfully.

Su Mo responded with an awkward smile: "You can't compare me to them! Haha, you have to treat me differently."

"There's no difference. In short, don't ask what you shouldn't ask. I'll naturally tell you when it's time to tell you."

False Court replied in a low voice.

"Okay!"

Seeing that False Court had no intention of saying anything, Su Mo didn't continue to press.

At this moment, a prompt message popped up on Su Mo's phone from Star Ring City.

"Notification: The Qiju Zi (Kyujuja) monster wave has ended. Star Ring City has lifted its Level 3 response state, lifted all controls, and wishes everyone a happy life."

Su Mo looked at this ordinary message, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch. The efficiency was really top-notch.

He lowered his head and continued to browse the Star Ring forum. After a brief silence, the forum completely exploded.

Everyone was enthusiastically discussing the terror of Star Ring City.

"Star Ring City is too strong."

"It feels so out of reach. When will we be able to catch up with its pace?"

"Stop dreaming. Our growth is based on the charity of others. Do you think it's realistic to surpass them?"

......

"You said Star Ring City is so strong? Doesn't that mean we can't default on our debts? How much money do our countries owe Star Ring City? What should we do?"

Suddenly, a user named Stealing Cheese Mouse jumped out and said something.

The discussion thread froze for a few seconds.

Then it exploded even more.

"Damn, that's right! Now all countries owe Star Ring City a lot of money. If we can't pay it back, will we be implicated?"

"It's over. Our country is so poor right now."

"Which country are you from, brother?"

"The Republic of Goga, it's almost bankrupt..."

"My condolences."

......

Su Mo looked at the discussion being sidetracked, and his expression was a little unnatural. Was it almost time for countries to repay their debts?

This was a bit of a坑爹 (kengdie - a drag), and it would be troublesome if they couldn't pay it back.

Su Mo had seen experts' analyses on the forum regarding Star Ring City's loans.

Its loans were usually short-term, five years, with interest paid annually and the principal and interest recovered upon maturity.

Then, the country's qualifications were reassessed, and loans were reissued.

If the qualifications were too poor, the quota would be reduced, the interest rate would be increased, and even the loan would be cut off.

Of course, you could also choose not to repay.

In the Star Ring City forum not long ago, some discussion threads showed many self-proclaimed experts analyzing how to default and evade debts.

They thought Star Ring City was nothing great.

Some even advocated that individuals take out loans, buy a bunch of things, and run away.

Now, seeing the strength of Star Ring City, everyone decisively chose to shut up and didn't mention defaulting on debts.

Instead, they were worried about whether their country could pay it back and whether it would affect them.

Su Mo coughed and asked False Court, "What happens if the Federation really can't pay it back?"

"Nothing happens, we confiscate all the assets that can be confiscated."

False Court replied in a low voice.

"What if you're insolvent?"

"It's simple, confiscate all the assets of the citizens. If that's still not enough to pay off the debt, then all the citizens will work together to pay off the debt until it's paid off. No one can escape. Don't think about defaulting on Star Ring City's debt, that's very stupid, ten thousand times more stupid than attacking Star Ring City."

"Isn't that guilt by association?"

"It is guilt by association, but there are ways to avoid it. That is, before the debt breaks out, transfer your identity to another country or Star Ring City, and leave your original country."

False Court replied in a deep voice.

"Tsk tsk, too difficult."

Su Mo replied with emotion.

"I said long ago that Star Ring City is not a philanthropist. If you behave yourself under its rules, then everyone is fine. Once you cross the line, you will feel its thunderous methods."

"I understand."

Su Mo continued to browse the forum.

At this moment, the sound of footsteps came, and a faint fragrance came to his face.

Su Mo subconsciously looked up and saw Qian Chengxue wearing a blue slim-fitting long dress, her hair tied up, and standing beside him with a smile on her face.

"What are you doing?"

Qian Chengxue asked softly, with her hands behind her back.

"Nothing, just paying attention to the attack on Star Ring City. Didn't you guys watch it?"

Su Mo handed the phone to Qian Chengxue to look at, and responded with a smile.

"Of course I watched it, but it's rare to see you caring about big events."

"I can't help it, I don't want to care! The problem is that the event is too shocking, and I just escaped from the monster's clutches, so I'm very curious. But speaking of which, Star Ring City is really ridiculously strong."

"That's right, the Federation has a long way to go, and I don't know how many years it will take to catch up."

"Let's take it slowly."

Su Mo stretched.

"Let's not talk about those things. How did you catch up?"

Qian Chengxue changed the subject and looked at Su Mo with a smile.

"That..."

Su Mo didn't know how to answer for a moment. Was she going to get to the bottom of it? He couldn't say that Lin Xiaoyu betrayed him, right?

"Okay, I won't ask you those things. Sorry for making you worry."

Qian Chengxue sighed and said.

"It's okay, there's no need to say those things between us. Just don't hide things like this from me next time, tell me."

"Actually, the reason why we suddenly escorted the supplies this time was also a last resort. The arrow was on the string and had to be fired. On the surface, it was for my elder brother, Lin Ming, but it wasn't entirely for him. The main thing was for the Federation. The logistics supply situation on the front line is very bad now. They are seriously short of medicines, supplies, etc., and the casualty rate is increasing explosively."

"So serious?"

Su Mo was slightly surprised to hear Qian Chengxue's words. He knew that the supply situation on the front line was not optimistic, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.

"Yes, since the Blue Whale was destroyed and the supplies were damaged, the Federation has not transported any supplies to the front line. It's not that the Federation is unwilling to transport supplies, but the Federation's situation is very bad, and it probably doesn't have any supplies or enough power to transport them. During this period, in fact, many people with lofty ideals spontaneously organized the transportation of supplies, but they all failed. After all, the speed of the ships is there, and they can't break through the Imperial army's blockade at all."

"Yeah, I know a little bit about that."

"Alas, what's worse is that because of the successive transportation failures, no one dared to transport supplies at the later volunteer meetings. Until the last critical moment, my father stood up. Others didn't dare to transport, so he came to transport. So I started to help my father raise supplies, but raising them was not smooth. There was a strong voice of opposition within the Lin family, and many were unwilling to contribute supplies."

Qian Chengxue said with a sigh.

"Then how did you raise them later?"

Su Mo asked very curiously.

"Later, I accompanied my father to visit many people with lofty ideals. After they heard about the Federation's situation, they generously extended a helping hand. Some donated supplies, and some organized people to help. In fact, now in the Lin family's fleet, there are not only people from the family, but also many spontaneous people with lofty ideals."

Qian Chengxue explained to Su Mo.

After listening, Su Mo also replied with emotion: "This era has hope because of these rebellious people. In fact, I originally wanted to help, but my physical condition was too bad."

"I know, that's why I don't want you to take risks."

Qian Chengxue hooked Su Mo's nose and said with a smile.

Su Mo also shook his head and replied.

"That's why I have to catch up even more. Compared to your safety, my side is nothing."

"I can't tell. I didn't expect you to be so dull usually, but you're quite good at caring for people."

Seeing Su Mo being so considerate, Qian Chengxue couldn't help but cover her mouth and teased him softly. Although Su Mo didn't listen to her and still chased after her despite the danger, she was actually warm in her heart, which meant that she had a very important place in Su Mo's heart.

Seeing Qian Chengxue teasing him, Su Mo suddenly thought of something, and a sly smile appeared on his face: "It's okay, I remember someone said before that I should find a few more confidantes. I don't know if that counts."

When Qian Chengxue heard Su Mo's words, her fair face suddenly frowned, and she immediately realized that Su Mo was teasing her with her own words.

She smiled, reached out her hand, and gently pinched Su Mo's ear.

"What did you say?"

"It hurts, it hurts, I was wrong, I won't say it anymore."

Su Mo begged for mercy very cooperatively.

Just then, Ye Wuhen, Wang Kui, and other younger generations walked over, talking and laughing.

Seeing this, Qian Chengxue quickly let go of her hand and returned to normal.

"Brother Su Mo."

Ye Wuhen greeted enthusiastically with a smile on his face.

"Ye Wuhen, it's been a long time."

Su Mo replied politely.

"Yeah, I haven't seen you since the return trip. I didn't expect that after a few years, your achievements are becoming more and more admirable."

Ye Wuhen said with sincere emotion. He used to have a little sense of superiority, but now it's completely gone.

"You're too kind, just lucky."

Su Mo said with ordinary modesty.

"Master Su Mo, you're really too humble. We admired your strength very much on the Black Obsidian. I didn't expect you to be doing even better now after retiring."

Wang Kui also echoed.

"That's right, such a powerful Level 5 warship, how much money would that cost! I guess we may not be able to own it in our lifetime."

Zhang Xing, the eldest son of the Zhang family, sighed with emotion.

"Yes..."

......

"Cough cough, everyone is too polite, we are all friends. Also, everyone doesn't need to be too restrained, just treat the Blue Whale as your own home. If you have any needs, just say so."

Su Mo responded to everyone very generously.

"I'm really too touched. Master Su Mo not only takes us in, but also treats us so well."

.....

The younger generations of the Five Dragon Heads all praised Su Mo vigorously.

At this time, Li Ze was standing at the back of the crowd, without much expression on his face. His eyes occasionally glanced at Su Mo.

Of course, his heart was not as calm as his face.

He had never felt so jealous and annoyed. Before this guy appeared, he had always been the object of everyone's praise.

But after this guy appeared, everything changed, and everyone couldn't stop talking about him.

It was as if Su Mo's fart was fragrant.

At this time, Li Ze's gaze fell on Qian Chengxue beside Su Mo, and the anger in his heart was like being poured a pot of oil on it, burning even more vigorously.

However, Li Ze restrained himself very well. He was very clear about the gap between him and Su Mo now. Although he could pilot a pseudo-V-generation mecha, so could the other party, and there was one more important thing.

His pseudo-V-generation mecha, the Crimson Worm Flying Dragon, belonged to the Wang family and was not his private property.

And this guy had two Level 5 warships in a row, which was completely not at the same level.

So, before he had enough strength, he would not show any hostility.

......

At this time, Lin Yaotian, Ye Quan, Xiao Qijin, Zhang Xun, Wang Ce, and others were also gathered together in the distance, chatting.

"I say, Lin Yaotian, your son-in-law is really amazing. We old men can't help but admire him."

Zhang Xun praised Lin Yaotian with a smile on his face.

"It's okay, this era itself belongs to young people."

Lin Yaotian replied faintly. Facing everyone's praise, he didn't show anything, but he was actually very happy in his heart.

"Lin Yaotian, your son Lin Ming is strong and can support a world on his own. Your daughter Qian Chengxue is also extremely outstanding. It's just a pity that she didn't continue to work in the military. But even so, she found such an outstanding fiancé. Alas~ unlike my family, I had a bastard."

Xiao Qijin said with emotion.

"Haha, you can't envy him. Lin Yaotian has vision. I heard that Qian Chengxue was still in the Ye family in the early days, and Su Mo seems to be in the Ye family too! It's a good thing Ye Tian isn't here, otherwise he would probably regret it. I said, Ye Quan, how did you educate your son?"

Zhang Xun asked Ye Quan with a smile.

Ye Quan's expression suddenly became a little awkward. If he hadn't seen big storms, his old face would really be unbearable.

It was really a good hand played poorly.

"That's a matter for the younger generation."

However, now that things had come to this, he could only say.

"Haha, what you said makes sense, but speaking of which, why doesn't any of my granddaughters bring back such an excellent person? I don't know if they'll bring back someone so outstanding."

Zhang Xun had a very regretful expression.

Wang Ce was silent at this time. How could he not hear the meaning in this? His heart was also a little complicated.

You should know that a few days ago, everyone was praising Li Ze.

His heart was also very satisfied, but he couldn't stand the comparison.

It was really people compared to people, making people angry, and goods compared to goods, making people want to throw them away.

In fact, Wang Ce was also very envious. He had been very optimistic about Su Mo a long time ago. For this reason, he took the initiative to show his goodwill when he bought a washing machine.

At that time, he had intended to absorb Su Mo into the Wang family, but unfortunately, he wasn't interested.

.......

At this time, Lin Yaotian and others walked towards Su Mo while chatting.

Seeing this, Ye Wuhen and others stepped aside very politely.

Seeing Lin Yaotian coming, Su Mo quickly greeted him, "Uncle."

"Cough cough."

Lin Yaotian coughed coldly.

Su Mo's expression paused slightly, and Qian Chengxue quickly nudged him with his arm without showing any signs.

Then, Su Mo immediately reacted and quickly called out, "Father-in-law, you're here."

Lin Yaotian then replied faintly, "Yeah, I was busy arranging the wounded before, so I didn't have time to thank you."

"Yes, thank you very much for your help, Mr. Su Mo."

Wang Ce and others thanked him one after another. If you listened carefully, you would find that they didn't rely on their seniority to call Su Mo, but were all very polite and respectful.

"Everyone is too polite, this is what I should do. Everyone is a member of the Federation, and everyone is for the Federation, so it's natural to help each other."

Su Mo replied frankly.

"Haha, Mr. Su Mo is really too outstanding. If the mixed-up kids in our family had half of your ability, that would be a blessing."

"You're too humble."

......

After everyone gathered together, the scene was also very harmonious.

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A month later, the Sunken Star Sea.

In the dark starry sky, the space rippled.

The Level 5 battleship, Shadow, appeared first, followed by the huge Blue Whale behind it.

Inside the Shadow's command room, Su Mo sat on the command chair.

Sun Duoxiang reported the situation with a serious expression: "Boss, we have arrived at the Sunken Star Sea. If we fly further, we will be in the central area of the negative universe. There are so many monsters here."

On the scanning screen, there were red dots wandering everywhere, and there were also large red dots among them.

The alarm device almost never stopped.

For this reason, Sun Duoxiang specially turned the volume of the alarm device to the lowest to avoid being too flustered.

However, fortunately, these monsters were relatively scattered. Under normal circumstances, as long as they didn't make any strange movements, they shouldn't be attracted.

But even so, the situation was not optimistic, and the ship was sailing very carefully.

Their hearts had to be suspended all the time.

This was also why Su Mo ran from the Blue Whale to the Shadow.

"It's so dangerous just approaching the front line. Moreover, our route is still the relatively safe area that the Federation has explored."

Su Mo frowned and said in a low voice.

"It's too scary. We can't stay in this place for long. Who knows if a monster as powerful as the V-shaped Fortress-class Qiju Zi (Kyujuja) will suddenly pop out."

Sun Duoxiang was also panicking.

"Okay, stop with the bad luck. Continue to advance towards Freedom Fortress. It will be safe when we get there. We'll unload the supplies and leave!"

Su Mo didn't want to stay here for too long either.

"Okay, I'll move forward!"

Sun Duoxiang bit the bullet and operated the ship to fly forward.

Su Mo communicated with False Court in his mind without making a sound.

"This starry sky is too dangerous. Help me keep an eye out and don't let high-level monsters rush at us without us even noticing."

"I know."

False Court replied cautiously. This starry sky was too close to the Negative God Star. There were all kinds of wandering monsters, and the danger was so high that it had to be taken seriously.

Suddenly, the Shadow stopped abruptly, and Su Mo and others subconsciously leaned forward.

"Sun Duoxiang, what are you doing?"

Su Mo asked with a dark face. It was obvious that this was caused by the Shadow's emergency deceleration.

Sun Duoxiang covered his mouth and pointed to the distant starry sky in the optical imaging.

An unknown monster, as large as a planet, composed of black soft tissue, with a transparent head and writhing white substance inside, was opening a wormhole.

Half of its body had already entered, and countless smaller versions of the monster followed behind it.

The Shadow's scanning screen kept popping up prompts.

"Data matching failed, unknown creature!"

"Danger prediction: extremely high!"

......

Su Mo swallowed and said, "Stop first, we're not in a hurry, let them pass."

An hour later, Su Mo and the others witnessed a group of monsters migrating to an unknown place through the wormhole.

He didn't know which unlucky person would have the honor of running into it.

Su Mo suddenly felt a little fortunate that the Federation's Earth Star was within the protection range of Star Ring City. If they were floating in space on their own, and they ran into this level of monster due to bad luck.

Then it would be a typical cannon fodder, and the civilization would be destroyed.

It seemed that they still had to hold on to the big cradle tree of Star Ring City.

"Phew, it's finally gone, scared me to death."

Sun Duoxiang's back was soaked. Although the other party probably looked down on them.

But it couldn't be ruled out that they would be bored one day and slap them casually.

Su Mo waved his hand and said with a headache, "Continue to advance, how long will it take us to reach Freedom Fortress?"

"If there are no problems, we should be able to reach Freedom Fortress in 18 hours under normal circumstances."

Sun Duoxiang checked and replied.

"Send a message to Freedom Fortress."

Su Mo thought for a while and said.

"But, I can't find Freedom Fortress's signal."

Sun Duoxiang scratched his head and replied.

Su Mo waved his hand and adjusted the virtual operation screen in front of him. As a result, he found that the Shadow's signal device did not search for Freedom Fortress's signal.

Under normal circumstances, they should be able to search for it more or less when they were so close. Could it be that Freedom Fortress was hiding its signal source?

Su Mo thought for a while, it wasn't impossible, so he said to Sun Duoxiang.

"I see, then let's continue to advance. When we get closer, they should take the initiative to contact us."

"Okay!"

Sun Duoxiang nodded in response.

In the dark starry sky, the Shadow and the Blue Whale carefully continued to advance towards Freedom Fortress.

At this time, the virtual image communication of the Blue Whale's command room was connected.

Qian Chengxue, Lin Yaotian, Wang Ce, and others were there, and they said with solemn expressions.

"Su Mo, something's not right. The density of monsters in this starry sky is higher than before. Although this place was dangerous before, it wasn't this serious."

"I know, it should be because of the negative energy riot. No matter how dangerous it is now, we have come to this point, so we have to rush over. Everyone, be prepared for battle."

Su Mo replied in a deep voice.

"Okay!"

Lin Yaotian was the first to reply, and a hint of approval appeared in his cold eyes. He really didn't misjudge him.

"No problem."

Wang Ce and others were also unprecedentedly united, and no one retreated.

Time passed little by little.

The closer they got to Freedom Fortress, the more nervous they became.

Because the number of wandering monsters appearing around them was also becoming more and more dense. They had already begun to be attacked by wandering monsters.

However, the ones that attacked were not very strong, and they were destroyed by the Shadow's firepower weapons in two or three strokes.

But this was not a good sign.

"Almost, almost there."

Sun Duoxiang kept cheering himself up.

Su Mo calmed down and looked at the star chart. At most, they could reach the designated coordinate area of Freedom Fortress in three hours.

At this time, False Court's voice sounded.

"Don't advance any further."

After hearing this, Su Mo gave an order to Sun Duoxiang as soon as possible.

"Stop sailing, order the Blue Whale to stop too."

Although Sun Duoxiang didn't know what was going on, he still operated the Shadow to stop moving forward as soon as possible.

Soon both ships stopped.

Qian Chengxue and others connected to the images as soon as possible and asked, "What happened?"

"I don't know either, the boss told us to stop."

Sun Duoxiang was also confused.

At this time, Su Mo was also asking False Court, "Why did you stop us?"

"There is no fortress at the coordinate you are going to, only a group of monsters fighting each other. If you fly forward, you will definitely plunge into the pile of monsters."

False Court warned in a low voice.

After hearing this, Su Mo's first reaction was that it was too absurd? So much so that he didn't dare to believe it.

"Are you sure? You're not kidding me, are you."

"Am I that bored? If you don't believe me, you can just pilot a pseudo-V-generation mecha to scout it out."

False Court replied very simply.

After hearing this, Su Mo didn't hesitate any longer. He turned his head to look at everyone and asked, "Everyone, I want to ask one thing, is the coordinate of Freedom Fortress correct?"

"Su Mo, are you kidding me? How could we misremember the location of the Federation's largest supply transfer fortress in the rear of the front line."

Wang Ce and others replied in confusion.

After hearing this, Su Mo's expression kept changing and he fell into silence.

"Su Mo, what happened?"

Qian Chengxue asked suspiciously.

"Nothing, I just feel that something's not right, there are more and more monsters in front. Sun Duoxiang, launch a long-range reconnaissance device towards the coordinates of Freedom Fortress."

After saying the doubts in his heart, Su Mo turned to Sun Duoxiang and gave the order.

"No problem."

Although Sun Duoxiang didn't know what was going on, he still did as he was told.

Soon the Shadow ejected a TS-03 model optical explorer device.

Everyone waited quietly.

The flight speed of the optical explorer device was definitely not comparable to that of a Level 5 warship, so it would take several times longer to wait.

Time passed little by little, and everyone waited quietly.

Su Mo seemed to be waiting too, but in fact, he was constantly communicating with False Court.

"Are you sure you didn't scan Freedom Fortress? Under normal circumstances, even if Freedom Fortress fell, there should be some slag left, right? Have you scanned nearby too?"

"I said, no is no."

False Court was too lazy to argue.

Su Mo felt more and more egg pain, what was going on? He thought he was about to reach his destination, but as a result, the destination disappeared.

Was there anything more absurd than this?

After a long time, the explorer device returned a remote image.

Sun Duoxiang, who was about to fall asleep, woke up with a start and said happily, "The image has returned, I'll unfold it now!"

Su Mo and others looked over one after another.

They saw a star sky image unfolding.

In an instant, everyone was dumbfounded. The entire starry sky was full of monsters scurrying around. There were Zerg (Zhuchong), Qiju Zi (Kyujuja), polluted alien species, etc....

These monsters were strangling each other.

The entire starry sky area was like a burial ground.

However, except for monsters, they didn't see any fortresses at all.

The next second!

Suddenly, a green flying insect with sharp insect teeth rushed directly in front of the image.

Ci Ci~

The image was immediately lost.

"It's destroyed."

Sun Duoxiang coughed and said.

"The last image that was returned was in the coordinate area, right."

Su Mo asked in a low voice.

"Uh, it should be right, judging from the data parameters."

Sun Duoxiang didn't say it with any confidence.

"Impossible, if it's the coordinate area, then where's Freedom Fortress? Even if it was destroyed by monsters, there should be some scum left, right? That was a planetary fortress built by the Federation with huge funds."

Zhang Xun couldn't accept it at all.

Lin Yaotian frowned, and he didn't know what to say.

"Could it be that the boss was swallowed by a monster?"

Zhang Hao swallowed and asked a little nervously.

"Are you brain damaged? What monster can swallow a fortress, aren't you afraid of bursting its stomach."

Sun Duoxiang rolled his eyes and replied.

"Be quiet, whether you believe it or not, the reality is in front of you now, Freedom Fortress is gone. That also explains why we haven't been able to contact Freedom Fortress all this time."

Su Mo took a deep breath and said.

When everyone heard Su Mo's words, their faces became even more ugly.

They came here at great risk, paying a bloody price, but as a result, the responding fortress was gone.

Anyone would feel very uncomfortable.

"Then what do we do now?"

Wang Ce asked Su Mo and others helplessly.