Inside the command tent.
After settling in, Feng Lan's group of seven and Commander Zhang returned as well.
"Now that the trial has officially begun, let's discuss how we should expand this outpost next."
Zhou Ling swept his gaze over the group and spoke calmly.
Although the trial mainly assessed the number of foreign races killed, successfully expanding the outpost was also one of the evaluation criteria.
Of course, the assessment would only take place after the trial ended.
But the entire process still had to be coordinated with the expansion.
"Head Zhou, fellow Daoists, this Shiyan Barren Star is vast. At present, the area roughly explored by our Number Three Outpost—"
"—covers about five hundred li."
"Members of the Golden-Eyed Spirit Race are frequently encountered within this region, so we can roughly conclude that there is a Golden-Eyed Spirit Race tribe within a thousand-li radius."
"And its strength is considerable. Half a month ago, a group of Golden-Eyed Spirit Race members attacked our outpost. Among them were two Fourth Order Golden-Eyed Spirit Race members."
"They caused us substantial losses."
"Over the past few months, dozens of cultivators have already fallen."
Commander Zhang solemnly introduced the current situation of the Number Three Outpost to everyone.
Although he knew Zhou Ling and the others were no weaklings, they now faced the Golden-Eyed Spirit Race, whose exact strength remained unknown, as well as strange entities lurking within the stellar mist. Naturally, they had to be especially cautious.
"Steward Pei, tell us your thoughts first."
Seeing that the others seemed to have no clear ideas, Zhou Ling called on her directly.
"Head Zhou, I went to the perimeter earlier and sensed the condition of this stellar mist."
"The stellar mist contains an extremely dense baleful aura. With my cultivation, I would be suppressed