In the capital city, the high officials had led their subordinates to quickly evacuate the populace. Although the people were puzzled by the scene unfolding before them, they trusted these officials and followed them.
This trust was a testament to the previous emperor's success in enhancing the reputation of the bureaucrats in the eyes of the people. Otherwise, the citizens really would not have followed, and many lives would have been lost.
They did not possess guns for self-defense, so fleeing was the prioritized option. Why were there no guns when there were explosives?
This required a review of the history of this planet. On our Earth, gunpowder, also known as black powder, was believed to have been invented by Chinese chemists around the ninth century. Initially, it was used in medicine as a method to treat diseases. However, the Chinese soon realized that gunpowder could be used as a weapon. It can be said that this accidental discovery did not occur on this planet.
