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I left the somewhat suspicious Yang realm with the intention of reporting it to the high-commander. Fortunately, I was able to hitch a ride on a carriage going to the Tian realm's outskirts.

In case you forgot, the Tian realm is one of the realms infected by the outbreak. Of course, going in and out of the Tian realm would result in death, but the merchants were able to sell their goods at the very outskirts to the soldiers. The soldiers either ate the stuff or threw it at the Tian realm inhabitants. And to make sure no one used the shrine in the Tian realm, a food package would be sent there every ten hours from another realm.

Apparently, they did that for all the infected major cities. Of course, I only know this because of the guy who I used as a ride. Luckily, he was a rather nice guy, so I was able to ask whatever I wanted without having to pay, which was very very odd in the east. It's either 'pay up and die' or 'die and then pay up' when it comes to bandits and the like.

Luckily, most of the east is just pure grass with few trees. We have elaborate cave systems, unfortunately, which may or may not lead to the underground city; no proof of the connection is there just yet. On top of the specialty for military, the east also specializes in mining. As mentioned before, the north is fishing and anything sea related, the west is a bunch of useless luxury products and the south is... well, I'm not sure.

After a month or so, the merchant and I finally arrived at the Tian realm. I immediately parted with the guy and went down from the Tian realm, where a huge river would be. You might wonder why I'd go to a river, but that river is the only thing separating me and the Jia's city. Unless I feel like going through the Caodi realm and getting killed. Because the high-commander is such a fool, the only way to get to the Jia's city is from the bridge in the Caodi realm, which is now under lockdown. And personally, swimming through a river doesn't seem that bad.