The foundation of the stability of the Mine City area is the prosperity and stability of the residents, and the relative level playing field.

But in the long history of more than 400 years, a part of the wealthy human race has slowly evolved into an aristocratic class.

Powerful families have mastered the technology that remains underground, and have established a relatively fair social power system that checks each other down.

They even used the rudimentary financial system handed down from some pre-civilizations to build their control circles, enslaving and buying off many foreign refugees. Even having the private armed forces of the nobles, as well as the gangs that belong to them, make themselves more and more powerful......

After constantly annexing the forces of other nobles and countless resource wars, there are only 6 ancient nobles left now.

Among these 6 families, there are powerful royal three families, and although the other 3 nobles are ancient, their descendants are scattered all over the country, and they are basically unable to compete with the huge power of the three royal families. Some of the remaining minor nobles, or former great nobles, have declined to the point of living outside the city.

Various aristocratic families are fighting with each other, planting eyeliners, and fighting openly and secretly.

But when confronted with non-local gang forces, they will unite against each other in order to preserve their absolute hegemony in the local area.

In recent decades, major families have felt the crisis!

This crisis comes from both inside and outside, and is a combination of them.

The internal crisis comes from the serious differentiation of the family, and the capable children set up another door, or secretly collude with other families, swallow up materials to strengthen themselves, and the internal friction of the aristocratic strength is huge.

Externally, new forces have emerged, forming gangs and factions, constantly encroaching on and challenging the authority of ancient families. And their excavation and transformation of pre-civilizations in other regions are no less than those ancient families.

In this way, the scientific and technological strength of those old families is not as good as before. Without technological superiority as a backer, their rule is already in jeopardy.

In such a situation where the edifice is about to collapse, these families are forced to make a change—to join forces. The "Ten Thousand Heavens Federation" was a loose association formed in this context, and in the early days, these noble families were united, and even actively sought support from the outside, intending to create the largest organization in the Central Continent.

And the first person to respond to the call of their alliance is the Emperor of the "Ancient Iron City", the emerging overlord of another region known as the "Faceless God of War".

He even single-handedly turned the tide and helped the nobles with brutal means, suppressing the first voices to raise objections.

Of course, these nobles are not stupid, they are all well aware of the ambition of this emperor - once the "Ten Thousand Heavens Federation" is truly established and holds real power, the emperor of the ancient iron city will definitely take credit and make more demands for the ruling power of the nobles, and even replace it.

But in the situation of internal and external troubles, they automatically made small calculations. They are secretly planting their own forces in each other, some of them are superficially supporting the "Faceless God of War", and some are silent, but no one dares to directly oppose them.

No one is stupid when it comes to shooting a bird in the head.

As a result, the "Ten Thousand Heavens Federation" was in such a delicate state - more than a dozen alliance meetings were held in a row, and no results were discussed.

At this point, the Emperor was clearly impatient to wait, and he declared that if he did not get the goodwill of the entire Federation, or if he did not get the approval of the development of the Mine City area, then he would consider withdrawing from the Federation. He even put aside his harsh words and will unite with other opposition forces to form a stronger alliance.

This time, which is full of ** taste, has already made the ant-like aristocracy on the hot pot begin to panic.

Some families began to secretly look for new opposition forces to help, using the strength of financial capital to attract foreign aid in case of contingencies. For example, in recent years, through financial assistance and the export of science and technology, the "Obsidian Hunting Regiment" has been wooed......

The aristocracy used the practice of "money to open the way", and maintained good cooperation with the powerful "hunting regiment" organization. The "Hunting Regiment" constantly sent men and horses to operate secretly in the name of protecting the town.

Of course, there are also some emerging forces that are being co-opted by other families.

The nobles, relying on the wealth they had accumulated for a long time, began to implement their own plans, and the "Ten Thousand Heavens Federation" was already on the verge of collapse.

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The entanglement between these nobles, and the crisscrossing of various huge and complex forces, made the rock man not care much in his heart, and he couldn't help frowning after hearing it.

He actually came here for only one purpose.

He was flying from Sand City to another place when he noticed strange fluctuations here. Based on the subtle fluctuations, he couldn't tell what it was, but it felt familiar.

Coincidentally, he saw Fit's car on the road and was stopped by the mob.

The flight of thousands of kilometers does consume a huge amount of his spiritual power, and there are ready-made means of transportation, although it is a little slower, but after all, it can allow him to slowly recover his spiritual power. So he simply came to the rescue of the two of them - after all, Fett was the first human he met after he first arrived on Earth, and he was an acquaintance......

After listening to Old Man Barton's ramblings, he changed his mind - there were some things he had to do sooner or later, and since he was here, let's do it together.

The reason why these nobles were able to mobilize so many resources, in the final analysis, was not because of how noble their origins were, or how advanced the technology in their hands was, or even because of how many gang forces they controlled.

It all boils down to one word – "money".

The role of money here is obviously more useful than in the vast western region, or even in other parts of the Central Continent.

Money can bring almost everything these aristocrats want - slaves, gangs, technology, status, armies, weapons, and discourse.

The mining city and its surroundings are mature and stable societies that have developed for hundreds of years.

No matter how powerful and capable the aristocratic forces are, they can't break the rules of the game here - the rules of money.

A hundred years ago, there was a powerful aristocrat who wanted to cover the sky with one hand, monopolize power, occupy financial credit institutions, and even reshuffle the cards to formulate rules.

But the various forces that followed, under various banners, launched almost all the surrounding forces to start a counterattack.

As a result, it can be imagined that the nobles of this faction were forced to fall into the vast sea of national power, and all the horses were wiped out.

The side branches, which occasionally wandered outside, also became outcasts, and from then on, this branch of nobility collapsed until it was completely wiped out.

Today, the basis for the prosperity of these regions is the stability of the demographic structure. The basis for achieving population stability and being able to live in a relatively "fair" environment is the material base, or rather the economic base.

If there had been no war or a major disaster, there would have been no doubt that it would have prospered.

But once the foundation of society, the economic foundation, is shaken, then the entire hierarchical structure will collapse.

Like humans on other continents, the Mine City will become wild and brutal, preying on the corpses of its own kind, becoming unorderly and prosperous, and everything must be spoken by fists......

For these aristocrats, it was the erasure of centuries of prosperity and the regression of the new order.

Countless city dwellers, like the base of the pyramid, laid a solid foundation. From slaves and paupers to ordinary citizens, gangs to the top of the aristocratic power.

That's right! For the mining city area, the phrase "money can make ghosts grind" is vividly reflected.

With the strength of the rock man, it was certainly not difficult for him to get the submission of several gang leaders. But here, it is obviously a very stupid thing to rely on this strength to achieve submission......

Obviously, there is a better choice - Qu Ren is a soldier without a fight, and everything is not all right if you lose one or two heads......

The rocker's mind has changed, and he has a better solution!