Song Jian had completed his epic task at the fortress, and the City of Hope had not descended into chaos because of his absence. In fact, Wang Qi and others had grown accustomed to Song Jian's frequent absences from the City of Hope, and everything proceeded in an orderly fashion even when he was not there.
Negotiations with the City of Sin continued, Abyssal Shadow replicas were purchased or destroyed as needed, and following the system announcement, players who had first seized these replicas understood that they would become worthless bridgeheads for the Abyssal Hell's invasion of the game world. Even if the people of the City of Hope didn't buy them out, they would eventually be forced to destroy them all, so naturally, they were all too happy to make one last profit from them.
