The Border Fortress Region looked peaceful, but it was merely the calm before the storm. No one had been stationed here for too long, so the mutated beasts naturally could not be bothered to come here. Once they discovered the Apocalypse Fortress, the conflict would completely erupt.
This was exactly what Su Xiao wanted to see. Sending the tens of thousands of pig-headed men who knew nothing about combat to clash head-on with the Tribes was simply courting death.
By contrast, although the mutated beast faction had several Apex Creatures as leaders, they were not united internally. There were too many species. For example, the Viper Wolf Hunters mutated from hyenas were natural enemies of the Saber-Toothed Lions mutated from lions.
The situation within the mutated beast faction made them a perfect first opponent. As long as the two nearby Tribes outposts were dealt with, preventing the Tribes from discovering that they were developing here, there would be no problem.
Trying to hide it for more than a month was wishful thinking. Even half a month would be difficult. Therefore, from the moment they settled in the Borderlands, they had to race against time to develop.
Before the morning sun had climbed above the horizon, the pig-headed men were jolted awake by the sound of a horn and gathered in the large open area before the fortress.
Looking out, over ten thousand pig-headed men stood in four lines, creating a magnificent sight. Back in Liberty City, Su Xiao had commissioned the house merchant to custom-make tens of thousands of pendants resembling soldiers' tags. One side was blank so the pig-headed men could carve their names on it themselves, while the other side came in two colors: blue and red.
The blue tags represented pig-headed men assigned to labor, while the