For a soldier, being able to return to the profession he knew best was an incredibly blissful thing.
Eighty kilometers southeast of Hope Village.
To keep the new recruits from losing control and running back to the village for a feast, the new military camp had been temporarily established here.
The reason it was temporary was that the terrain throughout the Tian Yuan Territory was simply too flat.
There were no complicated hills or swamps—not even a decent-sized pit.
A military stronghold like a camp naturally had to be built with natural terrain defenses.
On ordinary days, it could serve as a Training Ground, allowing soldiers to fight across complicated terrain and improve their combat experience.
At critical moments, they could rely on the terrain to defend the camp and accomplish the miracle of defeating a stronger force with fewer troops.
In the future ruins.
During the first war against foreign races in the Tian Yuan Territory, they had suffered because of the terrain, leaving the territory surrounded by invading foreign races.
After that, Chen Shen had reflected bitterly on the lesson and begun constantly expanding toward the coastline.
Now, although Su Mo had not disappeared, he had no way to continue expanding the territory or changing the local terrain in the short term.
There was no point.
After all, their greatest enemies at present were still those Mole People in Qinggang City.
Building a mountain right under their noses would be far too conspicuous and might even backfire.
Yet if the camp were stationed too far from the city, it would be difficult to provide rapid support in the event of a battle.
After weighing the options, they had established the camp here.
It was farther from prosperous Hope Village, but closer to both the Warning Wall and Wasteland