The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

Song Gua felt a chill run down his spine.

Why does Yue Sheng seem to be doubting himself?

Where did I slip up?

On the surface, Song Gua still maintained his joking demeanor.

"Yeah, everyone usually admires bandits. It just so happened that Longtan brought a bunch of bandit costumes, which he distributed to us. Once we put them on, we went wild and really went overboard."

When you say Longtan, you'll arrive at Longtan.

He was beaten up by the crowd and was depressed for a long time, missing the process of fighting with the Shi family.

I just got here.

"What do you mean 'give it to you'! You clearly stole it! Especially you, Song Gua, your outfit is the most expensive, estimated at eight million. Remember to transfer the money to me!"

Song Gua simply tossed him the dice set.

"Then I won't buy it, you can take it back."

Longtan was greatly annoyed.

"No! We don't support seven-day no-reason return policies here!"

Watching the young people playfully bickering, Yue Sheng smiled and let it go, not bringing up the topic again, as if he had just said it casually.

Yue Sheng turned around and walked toward Shi Ji, who was facing huge compensation and looked worried.

"Captain Yue, you have to say something fair. The ancestors in the capital can't bully the Shi family like this."

"It was wrong of me to arrest them, but they were all wearing bandit hoods, I couldn't tell them apart, I really couldn't."

Yue Sheng said solemnly.

"I can't interfere with your personal grudges. I'm here to tell you that Shi Ji, Shi Youping, Shi Liangzong, and Shi Fenling, the four of you have violated the Glory City Garrison Regulations by abandoning your posts and using the garrison troops for your own purposes!"

According to the regulations and punishment guidelines, you will be confined to the Guard City for one month, plus a penalty of 8000 reputation points each. Remember to pay the fine in the capital within three months, otherwise, late payment will incur a 20% compound interest rate.

Shi Ji, Shi Youping, and the other three were stunned on the spot.

"No, Captain Yue, what do you mean?"

Yue Sheng said calmly.

"An invasion from the Abyss is expected this year. Four years have passed since the last invasion, and the capital is concerned that the defenses of Glory City have become lax."

Therefore, I was transferred from the capital to here to oversee the maintenance of Glory City's defenses and the work of the various garrison regiments.

"I know that! But when can't the garrison regiments stationed in the main city and the guard cities leave the city?"

"You can leave the city, but you need to submit an application to the Glory Administration Bureau and get it approved before you can leave. Obviously, you didn't... Commander Shi Ji doesn't even know this? How did you get your position as the commander of this garrison?"

Shi Ji was stunned, a bead of cold sweat trickled down his face, and he quickly changed the subject.

Shi Ji was furious when he saw that Yue Sheng was already issuing penalty tickets.

"Yue Sheng! Don't go too far! The so-called garrison regiment is here to fight star beasts for various factions; it's an unspoken rule! What are you pretending to be so arrogant about! Aren't you just trying to curry favor with those old guys in the capital?"

Shi Ji regretted it as soon as she finished speaking.

Those "old guys" from Beijing stared at him with unfriendly expressions.

"I was wrong, I was wrong, I spoke without thinking, I spoke without thinking..."

Regarding the defense of Glory City, the authorities did not assign a large number of personnel; they mainly assigned management personnel to the area.

The main city and the four guard cities are actually managed by various factions on a rotating basis, with a large number of garrisoned professionals and defensive facilities.

Various factions dispatched personnel to form garrison regiments and stationed them in the main city or Glory City.

After they move in, they will naturally be able to gain benefits, such as more convenient participation in the land deed competition and the usual star beast competition.

This is a way for the government to reduce a lot of expenses.

The two sides hit it off immediately.

On the surface, the personnel dispatched by various forces are actually part of the federal regular army, similar in nature to the city defense forces of various cities, except that they are not formally organized and still need to be organized and disciplined.

That's why there are the Glory City Garrison Regulations.

However, everyone knows what the real purpose of these garrison regiments coming to Glory City is.

When there's no Abyss invasion, who cares about your city's defenses?

Taking the Shi family as an example, all four garrison regiments in the No. 3 Guard City are from the Shi family.

Even the bureau chiefs, staff officers, military governors, and other officially appointed officials in the city were all from the Shi family.

The Shi family is a special case in this regard. They have many officials, so they firmly control the Third Guard City. The other guard cities are still a mix of forces, and are managed and coordinated by the official management personnel.

Yue Sheng still issued four tickets.

"Commander Shi Ji, I don't believe in any unspoken rules. With all four of your garrison regiments running away, the entire Third Guard City is practically a ghost town. If any danger occurs, this secondary crystal will definitely be lost. I can't turn a blind eye to this."

When Shi Ji faced the officials of the capital, he bowed and scraped.

When he turned to look at Yue Sheng, his eyes widened in anger.

The whole thing was like a Sichuan opera face-changing performance.

"Yue Sheng! I think you're targeting the Shi family! You wouldn't happen to have some kind of connection with the bandits, would you?!"

Yue Sheng ignored him and continued to speak in a very formal manner.

"The four garrison regiments of the Third Guard City are hereby ordered to return to their posts immediately. If you wish to leave the city, please submit an application to the City Management Bureau. If you are absent from your post for more than 24 hours, your garrison status for this month will be revoked."

Shi Ji pointed at Yue Sheng.

"Fine! You've got guts! Let's go!"

The various factions in the capital blocked Shi Ji's way, shouting, "You're not allowed to leave! When are you going to pay your compensation?!"

Yue Sheng reminded them, "One of your garrison regiments has been out for over ten hours. Get back to your posts quickly!"

The various factions in the capital declared: "Don't even think about going back until the compensation is paid in full today!"

Yue Sheng: "Please send the four garrison regiments back!"

Upon arriving in the capital: "You're not allowed to leave!"

Yue Sheng: "Let's go!"

The four regimental commanders of the Shi family immediately knelt down and scratched their heads.

"Please spare me..."

I regret provoking those bandits!

Song Gua, Tong Zhan, and the others were watching the excitement from the sidelines, and they couldn't be happier.

Ghost Brother, Nanfeng, and the others took advantage of this moment to steal the Star Beast.

Ten thousand reputation points were instantly credited to my account!

Song Gua's smile is harder to suppress than an AK.

Seeing the Star Beast killed, Shi Ji's blood pressure spiked, and he almost choked.

"Bandits! This isn't over!"

Let the Shi family deal with all this trouble.

Song Gua and a group of talented individuals from the capital continued their journey towards Glory City.

As for Brother Gui and his group...

After defeating the Star Beasts, everyone immediately made their escape, some running city-building tasks, others grinding in the arena.

As for the feud with the Shi family...

Song Gua didn't care, and neither did the bandits.

The feud has been brewing for who knows how long, what's one more thing to worry about?

Upon entering Glory City, everyone from the capital felt incredibly excited about everything there.

Although you can learn about something online, it's still a completely different experience from actually visiting and feeling it in person.

Looking around, you can hardly see anyone in casual clothes; they are all combat and logistics professionals wearing various equipment.

Here, you really can't see a single life-related system.

Even for official civilian staff, those with combat skills would definitely be selected and transferred over.

"This is Glory City, much bigger than I imagined!"

"Come on, come on! I'll take you to stay at my Long clan's hotel!"

"Come on, come on! I'll take you to a restaurant owned by my Tong family!"

"Come on, come on! I'll take you to our Taihang Alliance's foot massage parlor..."