Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1716 Intelligence Confirmed
While the Giant Eagle Knights were on their mission, Zhou Xu, who was in Black Moon City, had received the latest reports from the front lines.

It must be said that after deploying the mini communication cube, the efficiency of transmitting this important message has indeed been greatly improved.

Of course, this communication is not entirely unrestricted.

The biggest limitation is the energy issue of the small communication cube.

Because of the ordinary materials used, its energy storage performance is naturally not particularly good.

Within the effective communication range, the greater the communication distance, the greater the energy consumption.

At the same time, the rate of natural recovery can never keep up with the rate of consumption.

Although it is possible to manually power up the small communication cube.

However, considering that ordinary mages have low self-healing efficiency under normal circumstances, it is not possible to use them frequently at this stage. They are mainly used for military purposes, such as reporting important military intelligence.

"A snake-man?"

Although he initially envisioned that there were no enemies inside the desert, which could be transformed into a natural barrier for their Great Zhou, allowing them to enter a period of stable development.

However, the appearance of the snake-man did not throw him into disarray.

Now, the desert border is a gathering place for high-end combat forces. Jie Liancheng, Zhou Chongshan, Zhuo Ge, and Lex are all Vajra Realm level warriors.

In addition, the Royal Mage Corps is currently stationed there.

According to Shi Lei's report, the situation is still completely under their control.

Later in the report, they also mentioned that they had discovered desert people in the desert and, incidentally, gained a desert transport unit called 'camel'.

Upon confirming the news, Zhou Xu's eyes lit up.

Camels, those are the famous ships of the desert.

Looking at the long term, their Great Zhou will definitely expand into the desert in the future, so breeding camels first is definitely the right thing to do.

During this period, the work of preventing and controlling desertification along the desert border went very smoothly, which made Zhou Xu feel at ease.

Their Great Zhou Dynasty has finally developed to the point where they no longer need to travel around.

He became emperor and supported so many people, not to save people from all sorts of crises.

It would be wonderful if my subordinates could handle everything so I could stay comfortably in Blackmoon City without any worries.

After confirming the situation at the border, Zhou Xu quickly returned to his daily work.

In recent times, apart from handling daily government affairs, he has spent most of his time researching the creation of lower-level job titles.

Lower-level job titles may not seem that complicated, but as a special 'program' that doesn't require personal control and operates largely semi-automatically, the actual production process is far more complex than it appears.

The job ranks that Zhou Xu has created recently have simply not been able to function smoothly.

Just like when he first started researching enchanting incantations, taking that first step was always exceptionally difficult.

But the thrill of acquiring knowledge and constantly improving his understanding provides him with a continuous stimulation, making him quite engrossed in his recent research on class-based systems.

While Zhou Xu was busy with his work, the Giant Eagle Knight squad dispatched to the desert border had already returned after completing their reconnaissance mission.

Along the way, the cave where the desert people had originally hidden became their resting place, allowing them to successfully complete their mission.

When they left, they hid the hole again.

After all, finding a secluded place to stay in the desert is not easy.

"Reporting to the general, our team has successfully confirmed the location of Snakeman's second base."

The captain of the Giant Eagle Knights squad spread out a map as he spoke.

They had already made a rough mark on the map. "The location of the Snakemen's second stronghold is not too far from the first stronghold. If we confirm the location, it would take about a week to move from the first stronghold to the second stronghold, based on the speed of the Trapped Camp."

At this stage, their regular Zhou cavalry has not yet officially entered the desert region.

The speed of the mythical beast warhorses is different from that of ordinary warhorses, which means they can only use the speed of the Trapped Camp as a unit of measurement.

"There aren't many snake people that can be observed inside the stronghold, so they may have already gathered at Stronghold No. 1."

Even with risks avoided, simple aerial reconnaissance can only yield limited intelligence, but it is enough for Shi Lei.

"You've all worked hard on this mission. Go back and rest now."

Having updated the desert map, Shi Lei was not in a hurry to take action.

Their core strategy is still focused on defense and development, and they don't have much desire to expand outwards.

The frequent dispatch of the elite troops on reconnaissance missions was also to gather intelligence and, incidentally, to acquire desert plants so that they could combat desertification.

Some people think that if you don't plan to expand outwards, you shouldn't go to the desert; just stay in your own little corner of the world.

This idea is inherently stupid.

When facing an unfamiliar territory, you may not expand, but you cannot fail to understand it.

This is similar to how you can choose not to fight a war, but you cannot choose not to produce weapons, much less not to arm your troops.

Most of the risks in this world come from the unknown.

Going out to conduct reconnaissance and gather intelligence is essential.

Their subsequent ambush by snake people and their subsequent response strategy were normal procedures.

In fact, so far, their response strategy has been conservative, and they have not shown much aggression.

Otherwise, the army would have been fully assembled by now.

The confirmation of the location of Snakemen's second stronghold is also a defensive action to prepare for possible subsequent actions by the Snakemen.

Following this operation, the desert border region, led by Shi Lei, will officially enter a state of "if the enemy doesn't move, we don't move."

After all, they now have a general understanding of the desert region.

Even if a war breaks out with the snake people later, they will be able to deal with it based on the intelligence they have gathered so far.

Under this premise, if the Snake People don't take any further action, then they can just focus on developing their business.

The initiative remains in their hands, and that is the right approach.

Meanwhile, deep in the desert...

Although the snake people are scattered across various oases and live in a tribal-like manner, the snake king still rules over all of them.

The news that the outer strongholds had been attacked and that the tribesmen had suffered heavy casualties had finally reached the Snake King.

It's been a long time since this happened, since he led the snake people to sweep through the desert and occupy the major oases.

"A bunch of trash."

After swallowing the bloody thigh in his hand, the Snake King licked his lips, but his face did not show much anger.

In his view, the newly appeared humans were simply there to increase his food reserves.

"Summon the warriors of my snake-people race! I want to see just how capable those humans really are!"

(End of this chapter)