Yan State's territory, Wen'an Prefecture.
Although this place was merely two hundred miles from Yunjing City, it appeared to belong to an entirely different world.
Compared to that capital city, which enjoyed the support of the entire nation and was bustling with prosperity, this place seemed desolate.
In the cracked fields, everywhere one could see young crops that had died before they could mature.
The few remaining leaves on the branches of trees alongside the ridges of the fields were all tinged with hints of scorching yellow.
The rivers had nearly dried up completely, their exposed muddy riverbeds thoroughly ransacked many times over by people.
Even the most inconspicuous grey-white clamshells had been excitedly picked up and then thrown away in disappointment countless times.
Along the roadside, one could occasionally see emaciated corpses, reduced to skin and bones, collapsed on the ground and swarming with mosquitoes.
