"Okay," Li Yu agreed.

He was merely providing support outside Yan City; whether it succeeded or not was entirely up to Lu Fan himself, so he had no reason to refuse.

"That's great. With you helping out outside the city, there won't be any problems." After saying that, Lu Fan glanced at the crossbow in Li Yu's hand and thought to himself.

Since he couldn't withstand it, he didn't believe that the superhuman in Yan City could.

As he was thinking, Lu Fan suddenly turned to look at Wang Tianzhao.

Can you help me?

If Wang Tianzhao could also be involved, Lu Fan had an even grander and more astonishing plan in mind.

Wang Tianzhao glanced at Lu Fan sideways, a hint of amusement in his eyes:

"My prices are very high."

Lu Fan answered without the slightest hesitation:

"You can have Qingcheng."

"You wish!" Wang Tianzhao was startled and immediately refused.

"I don't want to stay here and watch over this mess."

If he just wanted to find a safe place to stay, he wouldn't have needed to leave the Xirong Mountain Refuge.

Lu Fan was not surprised by Wang Tianzhao's refusal.

It certainly won't be easy to persuade Wang Tianzhao to help.

"Judging from your words, you're willing to give up Qingcheng, so it seems you don't want to be the city lord either," Wang Tianzhao said with a smile, his tone slightly teasing.

Lu Fan actually nodded slightly, his expression as calm as still water:

"The complete disappearance of Qingcheng should not be long. Even if I continue to be the city lord, I cannot save Qingcheng. Soon this desert area will also be swallowed by the ocean."

"How did you know?" Wang Tianzhao stared intently at Lu Fan.

Lu Fan gently tapped his temple with his finger, his tone carrying a hint of mystery:

"A premonition."

Seeing Wang Tianzhao purse his lips in disbelief, Lu Fan continued:

"It seems that Zhongzhou calls this upcoming new era the Water Era."

"The Water Era?" Li Yu raised an eyebrow, a hint of uncertainty in his voice:

"Are you referring to that disaster?"

The disaster they had been trying to escape was called the "Water Era".

"Disaster? You mean that charlatan's prophecy, saying a catastrophe is about to befall and destroy the world?" Wang Tianzhao said with a face full of disdain.

“I’m sick of hearing people spreading rumors about disasters every day while I’m in the Xirong Mountain shelter.”

"I've disliked this charlatan for a long time. If I ever run into him, I'll definitely give him a good beating."

“That was a prophecy from Zhongzhou,” Lu Fan said calmly.

At this moment, Ma Yuanbai, standing behind Li Yu, couldn't help but ask Lu Fan:

"I want to know, is Zhongzhou still the same as before?"

Lu Fan replied casually in a low voice, "Hasn't it always been like this in Zhongzhou?"

Ma Yuanbai fell silent for a moment, then quickly came to his senses and nodded as if in a dream.

Li Yu was completely confused and looked at Lu Fan.

Lu Fan explained based on what he knew:

"A hundred years ago, the previous generation returned to the surface from the refuge and were integrated into the Central Continent."

"With the help of Zhongzhou, many new cities have sprung up, and Zhongzhou is trying to restore its glorious rule before the typhoon."

"But as everyone has seen, the various forces outwardly comply but inwardly resist, while secretly forming their own alliances. Even a small force like Qingcheng is trying to break away."

"However, Zhongzhou has never given up on integration. The arrival of the Water Era may bring another large-scale reshuffling."

Ma Yuanbai asked earnestly, "Is there no way to avoid the Water Era?"

After this reminder, Lu Fan seemed to realize something:

"It seems that Zhongzhou is experimenting with a cloud vacuum device in an attempt to save the atmosphere, but judging from the current results, it seems to have the opposite effect."

Wang Tianzhao looked at Lu Fan, who was speaking eloquently, with some surprise.

Although Lu Fan has been forcibly controlled for nearly ten years, he seems to know everything about the outside world.

Wang Tianzhao always felt that Lu Fan's superpowers might not be so simple.

Li Yu listened attentively from the side. Even from these few words, he could strongly feel the grand and far-reaching goals of Zhongzhou.

Zhongzhou actually wants to rule all the cities.

Li Yu didn't quite understand why such a powerful state like Zhongzhou would bother to set up a defensive line.

As he spoke, Lu Fan's gaze fell upon the tattered clothes of Li Yu and his group.

"Since you've agreed to help, let's head back to Qingcheng first."

"Don't rush. Let me arrange your people first, and then we'll go to Yan City."

“Okay.” Li Yu agreed. After all, there was also a super ability user in Yan City, so it was better to be more prepared.

Upon hearing this, Ma Yuanbai quickly returned to the refugees and led them back to Qingcheng.

Wang Qinshui, who was in the safe zone next to the scene, hesitated for a moment when she saw this.

Wang Qinshui glanced again at the green flag outside Qingcheng. He had previously assumed that Qingcheng was under the rule of Zhongzhou, which was why he chose to enter.

As it turns out, Qingcheng was just a separate force, and its style of doing things was very different from that of Zhongzhou, so there was no need for it to stay here.

After glancing at Wang Tianzhao, Wang Qinshui silently led the safe zone team westward.

Now that he has seen the green flag, he believes that as long as he continues to migrate westward, he will surely be able to find the Central Plains.

That perfect empire described in the book.

The refugees glanced at the group leaving the safe zone, then at Ma Yuanbai and Li Yu, and made their choices, ultimately all following the two into the city.

The refugees knew their lowly status and could not integrate into anyone else's group.

At this moment, the refugees no longer hoped to rely on the safe zone to continue their migration; Li Yu's alliance of wanderers was their best refuge.

Moreover, the alliance leader Li Yu is incredibly powerful; many refugees became Awakened because Li Yu shot out the giant eye.

The deputy leader, Ma Yuanbai, distributed large amounts of food every day, so they had no reason to make the wrong choice.

From that moment on, they finally accepted their new identity from the bottom of their hearts: members of the Wanderers' Alliance.

After returning to Qingcheng.

From afar, Li Yu could see a large group of people forced to kneel in the square, surrounded by a squad of Awakened from Qingcheng pointing their weapons at them.

Without Lu Fan giving any orders, the soldiers, in order to show their loyalty, had already arrested all the former leaders of the Lu family and gathered them in the square to await Lu Fan's trial.

Seeing that Lu Fan had finally returned, these people with the surname Lu seemed to have grasped a lifeline.

"Nephew, it's me! I never participated in what Lu Qinglin did." A middle-aged man pleaded for mercy, his voice trembling as he lay on the ground.

“Brother! I don’t know anything!” a young man shouted.

"Lu Fan, do you know what you're doing? Your grandmother is still here, come and kneel down!" a woman shouted angrily, pointing at an old woman.

"Outrageous! Outrageous!" the old woman repeated, her voice trembling.

Lu Fan coldly looked at the Lu family members who were being controlled, and then glanced at the woman.

This aunt makes him kneel down all the time. Does this guy not use his brain when he goes out?

Can't you see the situation?