Felin didn't seem to notice Long Yuehong's silence and continued introducing,

"Wildgrass City isn't big, and the layout is simple, divided into East, South, West, and North Streets. Each street has some alleys, like this one, only wide enough for one vehicle to pass through."

"South Street is mainly the market. You can buy all sorts of things if you find the right people, including marijuana produced on Pleasure Island..."

Felin didn't finish, skipping the later parts:

"East Street is mostly hotels, inns, warehouses, and parking lots. West Street has the Hunter's Guild, bars, tea houses, bath centers, and nightclubs – a real mixed bag."

"To get to North Street, you have to go through the central square and the municipal building first. Then there's a small bridge with a dozen or twenty fully armed guards."

"North Street is where the nobles, manor owners, and wealthy merchants live. The city lord's mansion is also there."

Jiang Baimian and the others already knew most of what Felin was saying, thanks to Bai Chen's competence as a guide. Still, they listened attentively, not wanting to miss any details.

As the convoy moved forward, Felin retracted his gaze and asked thoughtfully,

"Do you have hunter badges?"

"No," Shang Jianyao said frankly.

"No," Jiang Baimian and Long Yuehong followed suit, shaking their heads. Bai Chen didn't answer.

Felin smiled.

"If you get the chance, you should register as relic hunters.

"It's fine elsewhere, but within Wildgrass City, it's not so convenient without a hunter badge."

"Has this become a city dominated by the Hunter's Guild?" Jiang Baimian asked knowingly.

She already had some understanding of Wildgrass City, and Bai Chen was very familiar with it.

Felin thought for a moment.

"In a way, you could say so."

He smiled and explained:

"Do you know what Wildgrass City was like when it was first established?"

"No," Bai Chen, who was driving, answered first.

She used to be a wanderer in the wilderness, struggling to make a living. Her knowledge of Wildgrass City was mostly focused on immediately useful information, and she hadn't paid much attention to its history.

Seeing Jiang Baimian also turn slightly to look at him, Felin stroked his grizzled mustache.

"Back then, survivors gathered here, naturally forming about a dozen armed groups.

"After fierce internal strife, only seven remained, and none could defeat the others.

"Coupled with the threat of beasts, monsters, and the 'Mindless,' they realized that if they continued to fight, everyone would die. So, they compromised and formed a council, each armed group with one vote, electing a city lord to jointly face external threats."

Hearing this, Jiang Baimian nodded slightly.

"Primitive military democracy."

She then sighed:

"The cycle of human civilization..."

Primitive military democracy... Long Yuehong repeated the term in his mind, realizing that he recognized each word individually, but put together, it was a little hard to understand.

Everyone was an employee of "Pangu Biology" and received the same education. Why could team leader grasp so much extra knowledge?

Because she read a lot of extracurricular books?

Felin was also stunned for a moment, not expecting to hear such an academic term.

Of course, with his understanding of various systems, he easily understood what it meant.

"Whether primitive or not, as long as it works," Felin expressed his thoughts and continued, "This allowed Wildgrass City to survive the most dangerous period and has continued to this day. Although this can't completely eliminate internal strife, each power struggle is more or less accompanied by bloodshed, but at least it's kept to a certain extent."

He glanced out the window again.

"Later, Wildgrass City became a vassal of 'First City.' The leaders of the seven armed groups gradually evolved into the great nobles of this region.

"Each of them had a group of minor nobles under them, who controlled the large and small manors built around Wildgrass City.

"Hehe, two words were added to the council, becoming the Noble Council.

"Later, the illegitimate son of one family relied on his own efforts and the family's resources to climb to the position of the local chairman of the Hunter's Guild.

"This wouldn't have been a big deal, but during an internal coup, the main branch of that family died out. To prevent the branch from inheriting, the illegitimate son was recognized, became the head of the family, and became a noble.

"Relying on his position in the Hunter's Guild and the family's property and resources, he gradually won over a group of powerful relic hunters in a discreet manner. Well, in other places, they might be called mercenaries. Anyway, I suspect that some of them might be Awakened.

"In short, after several internal struggles, that illegitimate son was elected as city lord. Since then, the rights of the Noble Council have become nominal, and the election system has been turned into a disguised family inheritance system."

"It has a sense of historical recurrence..." Jiang Baimian said with a laugh after listening, "That's why the local Hunter's Guild is relatively strong."

Felin nodded.

"That's right, now every city lord also serves as the local chairman of the Hunter's Guild."

"It seems that in different places, the Hunter's Guild will also have some different changes. I used to have too little experience," Jiang Baimian was very satisfied with understanding this.

Bai Chen suddenly asked:

"Is that illegitimate son the statue in front of the municipal building?"

"Yes," Felin smiled, "Huerde, known as the greatest city lord of Wildgrass City to date. During his lifetime, he relaxed many restrictions, making Wildgrass City the most developed, most dynamic, and most agriculturally based city in the Monk Wilderness. If it weren't for this, Wildgrass City wouldn't be short of food in this year's climate.

"However, after he was elected city lord, when he was paving the way for the next generation, in order to obtain the support of 'First City,' he abolished many important industries in Wildgrass City and switched to importing from there. In this area, Wildgrass City completely became a vassal of 'First City.'

"But this is good for us. We travel between Wildgrass City and 'First City' many times every year."

As the leader of a merchant group that traveled all over the place, he could easily recall these secrets.

As they spoke, the convoy turned into East Street and drove to a hotel.

The hotel's name was "Meili Hotel." It occupied three street-facing rooms and the corresponding third, fourth, and fifth floors.

Next to the hotel was an alley with a pair of iron gates leading to a spacious courtyard surrounded by buildings.

This was the hotel's private parking lot.

The "Sangzi" merchant group's convoy skillfully drove here.

A middle-aged man wearing a knitted melon-shaped hat and a thick military green cotton coat came out of the sentry box, opened the gate, and said with a smile:

"You're here again?"

He rubbed his hands, shivering slightly from the cold wind.

"Aren't we looking at your daughter?" The "Rootless" in front joked, driving the vehicle into the parking lot.

Seeing Bai Chen proactively step on the brakes and stop the jeep on the street, Felin asked with some regret:

"Are you planning to find a place to stay on your own?"

"Yes, we don't want to trouble you, so as not to involve you in anything later," Jiang Baimian said frankly.

"What's there to be afraid of? Xiao Shang and I are brothers!" Felin raised his hand and patted Shang Jianyao's shoulder.

"Because we're brothers, we can't implicate you," Shang Jianyao replied seriously.

He then stared at Felin, neither willing to show weakness.

Finally, Felin sighed.

"Then you must be careful in everything. Come find me if you have any difficulties. We should be here for a few days. Sigh, the situation is gradually becoming clear. Those nobles and manor owners should be able to see it too. Buying grain isn't that easy anymore."

After instructing them, he got out of the car, held Shang Jianyao's hands tightly, and said reluctantly:

"I hope to see you again!"

"We will definitely see you again!" Shang Jianyao shook their clasped hands.

After saying goodbye to Felin and his party, Bai Chen had the jeep continue forward.

"Where to now?" Long Yuehong, who had been holding it in for a long time, finally had the opportunity to ask.

Jiang Baimian pointed her chin at Bai Chen.

"Let Xiao Bai free-range, arrange it however she likes."

"..." Bai Chen frowned slightly, "Team Leader, why did you give me a nickname?"

"Calling each other by name all the time isn't intimate enough within the team," Jiang Baimian said with a smile, "You can also call me Jiang-jie, Mian-jie, or Da Bai."

"You're so childish," Passerby Shang Jianyao said frankly.

Jiang Baimian raised her left hand, allowing it to escape the shielding of the back of the passenger seat.

The tiny arc of electricity flashed and disappeared.

Bai Chen didn't speak, driving the vehicle to the end of East Street, circling back south along the road along the city wall.

Seeing Shang Jianyao shut his mouth, Jiang Baimian thought for a while and continued:

"Once we settle down, we'll have lunch first, and then contact the company's intelligence personnel in the agreed manner, meeting at our preset location at the preset time.

"After secretly observing that the intelligence officer is fine and that no one is following, we'll have Shang Jianyao go up and 'make friends' with him..."

At this moment, the jeep turned into an alley on South Street and stopped in front of a row of houses.

Long Yuehong leaned his head to look outside, the first thing he saw was a sign:

"Afu Gun Shop."

Below the sign, on the wall with severely damaged white tiles, someone had written a line with a black pen:

"Buying broken pistols, broken rifles, broken submachine guns."